US Year to Date Sales 2012

[POP!]

I really cannot see another album catching up to 21 in 2012 at this rate. Pretty astonishing considering how much it already sold last year.

[Nathalie Tauziat's Analpony]

It'll be interesting to see at what point during 2012 that 21's sales for this year get overtaken by the equivalent YTD for the album of 2011

[lolly]

When was the last time an album was #1 for consecutive years in the US?

[funky]

Thriller I believe.

[Johnkm]

WEEK 14

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 3 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 22 / last year - 19
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 69 / last year - 81
total albums sales - this year - 84.23m (+0.6%)/ last year - 83.69m #

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 2,820,019 - 21 - Adele
02 - *713,200 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 602,316 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 442,599 - TAKE CARE - Drake
05 - 407,065 - MDNA - Madonna
06 - 391,696 - 19 - Adele
07 - 370,170 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
08 - 351,089 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
09 - 348,874 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
10 - 342,084 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
11 - 326,511 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
12 - 306,664 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
13 - 295,125 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
14 - 294,304 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
15 - 288,947 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
16 - 283,404 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
17 - 279,720 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
18 - 276,274 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
19 - 267,524 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
20 - 256,495 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
21 - 253,681 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
22 - 250,789 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
23 - 236,665 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
24 - 229,269 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
25 - 203,586 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
26 - 203,262 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
27 - 201,962 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
28 - 198,447 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
29 - 196,513 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
30 - 195,434 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
31 - 191,251 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
32 - 183,059 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
33 - 181,272 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
34 - 180,609 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
35 - 174,505 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
36 - 173,601 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
37 - *172,700 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
38 - 171,980 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
39 - 161,842 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
40 - 161,394 - CHIEF - Eric Church
41 - 160,794 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
42 - 156,992 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
43 - 152,233 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
44 - 151,586 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
45 - 146,076 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
46 - 143,960 - NOW 40 - Various
47 - 142,408 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
48 - 141,955 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
49 - 140,063 - TORCHES - Foster The People
50 - 138,909 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
51 - 136,984 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
52 - 136,223 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
53 - 134,556 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
54 - 132,768 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
55 - 129,664 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
56 - 128,884 - 4 - Beyonce
57 - *127,600 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
58 - 126,755 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
59 - 125,746 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
60 - 123,242 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
61 - *118,200 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
62 - 114,716 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
63 - 112,515 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
64 - *112,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
65 - 109,880 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
66 - 109,267 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
67 - 106,973 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
68 - 105,141 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
69 - *105,000 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
70 - 99,860 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
71 - 98,633 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
72 - 98,555 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
73 - 98,358 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
74 - 96,160 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
75 - 94,106 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
76 - 91,349 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
77 - *88,400 - WZRD - WZRD
78 - 86,787 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
79 - 85,214 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
80 - *84,900 - SOUL 2 - Seal
81 - 84,652 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
82 - 83,171 - RECOVERY - Eminem
83 - *82,600 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
84 - 82,538 - AMBITION - Wale
85 - 82,504 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
86 - *81,500 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
87 - 81,180 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
88 - 80,620 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
89 - *79,700 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
90 - 78,265 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
91 - 78,086 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
92 - 72,501 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
93 - †72,297 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various
94 - 69,817 - HELL ON HEELS - Pistol Annies
95 - *69,700 - HUMAN AGAIN - Ingrid Michaelson
96 - 67,026 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
97 - *66,900 - NUMBER ONE HITS - Tim McGraw
98 - 66,805 - EVANESCENCE - Evanescence
99 - 66,354 - FORMULA VOL.1 - Romeo Santos
100 - *66,300 - 100 PROOF - Kellie Pickler

[Johnkm]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 14

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *713,200 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 391,696 - 19 - Adele
03 - *172,700 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
04 - 141,955 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
05 - *127,600 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
06 - *112,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
07 - 94,106 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
08 - 84,652 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
09 - 83,171 - RECOVERY - Eminem
10 - 78,086 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
11 - 65,952 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
12 - 65,917 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
13 - 65,598 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
14 - 64,589 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
15 - 64,424 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
16 - 63,288 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
17 - *62,700 - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Whitney Houston
18 - 62,183 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
19 - 60,963 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd
20 - 59,746 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
21 - 59,114 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
22 - 58,903 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
23 - 58,519 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
24 - 58,188 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
25 - 57,677 - 1 - Beatles
26 - 57,573 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
27 - *55,700 - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - Whitney Houston
28 - 55,007 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
29 - 54,196 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
30 - 53,887 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
31 - 52,832 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
32 - 50,344 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
33 - *49,300 - CELEBRATION - Madonna
34 - 49,150 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
35 - 49,097 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith
36 - 47,273 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5
37 - 46,826 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
38 - *46,100 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
39 - 45,528 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
40 - 45,129 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

[Johnkm]

WEEK 15

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 3 / last year - 3
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 24 / last year - 20
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 74 / last year - 84
total albums sales - this year - 89.84m (-0.2%)/ last year - 90.02m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 2,911,702 - 21 - Adele
02 - *727,200 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 618,039 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 436,893 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
05 - 436,654 - TAKE CARE - Drake
06 - 428,176 - MDNA - Madonna
07 - 422,857 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
08 - 406,417 - 19 - Adele
09 - 362,635 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
10 - 356,726 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
11 - 355,355 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
12 - 334,725 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
13 - 333,056 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
14 - 314,300 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
15 - 310,491 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
16 - 306,173 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - 301,693 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
18 - 294,579 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
19 - 294,333 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
20 - 283,419 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
21 - 276,585 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
22 - 262,562 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
23 - 258,629 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
24 - 251,610 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
25 - 215,286 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
26 - 213,438 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
27 - 212,689 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
28 - 210,850 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
29 - 200,822 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
30 - 199,686 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
31 - 197,556 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
32 - 191,066 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
33 - 190,988 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
34 - 184,865 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
35 - 181,253 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
36 - 179,898 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
37 - 179,876 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
38 - 177,062 - CHIEF - Eric Church
39 - *176,800 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
40 - 170,493 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
41 - 167,639 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
42 - 167,512 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
43 - 165,540 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
44 - 161,120 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
45 - 159,174 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - 157,651 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
47 - 153,197 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
48 - 148,870 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
49 - 147,077 - TORCHES - Foster The People
50 - 147,075 - NOW 40 - Various
51 - 144,905 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
52 - 144,661 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
53 - 140,573 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
54 - 139,568 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
55 - 135,962 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
56 - 135,168 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
57 - 133,701 - 4 - Beyonce
58 - 132,028 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
59 - *131,100 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
60 - 129,761 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
61 - 124,286 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
62 - 119,984 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
63 - 119,269 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
64 - 117,490 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
65 - *115,600 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
66 - 113,250 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
67 - 110,685 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
68 - 109,001 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
69 - *107,000 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
70 - 104,699 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
71 - 102,667 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
72 - 102,394 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
73 - 101,639 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
74 - 101,612 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
75 - 97,426 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
76 - 94,540 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
77 - 91,363 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
78 - 89,995 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
79 - 89,905 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
80 - *89,900 - WZRD - WZRD
81 - 87,429 - RECOVERY - Eminem
82 - *86,100 - SOUL 2 - Seal
83 - 85,967 - AMBITION - Wale
84 - 85,396 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
85 - *84,500 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
86 - 84,112 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
87 - *83,900 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
88 - 83,549 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
89 - 83,092 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
90 - 83,060 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
91 - *81,600 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
92 - 81,123 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
93 - 79,406 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
94 - †75,512 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various
95 - 73,228 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
96 - 73,191 - HELL ON HEELS - Pistol Annies
97 - 71,151 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
98 - 70,865 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
99 - 70,828 - HUMAN AGAIN - Ingrid Michaelson
100 - 69,593 - EVANESCENCE - Evanescence

[Johnkm]

WEEK 16

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 4 / last year - 4
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 24 / last year - 25
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 76 / last year - 90
total albums sales - this year - 95.56m (-1.0%)/ last year - 96.49m


Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,001,446 - 21 - Adele
02 - *739,300 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 632,039 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 536,967 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
05 - 491,397 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
06 - 452,420 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 440,393 - MDNA - Madonna
08 - 420,195 - 19 - Adele
09 - 382,974 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
10 - 373,599 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
11 - 368,134 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
12 - 363,502 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
13 - 339,357 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
14 - 332,668 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
15 - 329,818 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
16 - 327,804 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
17 - 319,144 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
18 - 314,614 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
19 - 313,987 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
20 - 305,093 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 285,032 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
22 - 268,175 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
23 - 266,377 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
24 - 265,656 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
25 - 230,452 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
26 - 222,608 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
27 - 220,710 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
28 - 218,420 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
29 - 205,847 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
30 - 202,972 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
31 - 202,532 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
32 - 199,352 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
33 - 198,289 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
34 - 195,701 - CHIEF - Eric Church
35 - 195,416 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
36 - 189,417 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
37 - 188,867 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
38 - 186,464 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
39 - 184,856 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
40 - *180,700 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
41 - 179,430 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
42 - 176,462 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
43 - 173,614 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
44 - 168,561 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
45 - 166,057 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - 163,150 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
47 - 161,327 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
48 - 156,330 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
49 - 151,992 - TORCHES - Foster The People
50 - 150,058 - NOW 40 - Various
51 - 149,822 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
52 - 148,104 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
53 - 146,270 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
54 - 144,333 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
55 - 143,784 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
56 - 140,617 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
57 - 139,164 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
58 - 138,110 - 4 - Beyonce
59 - 136,836 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
60 - *134,200 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
61 - 133,759 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
62 - 125,947 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
63 - *121,600 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
64 - 121,624 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
65 - *118,400 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
66 - 116,991 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
67 - 113,914 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
68 - 112,932 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
69 - 109,548 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
70 - *108,700 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
71 - 108,387 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
72 - 106,654 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
73 - 104,844 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
74 - *104,200 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
75 - 102,255 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
76 - 100,721 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
77 - 99,677 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
78 - 98,708 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
79 - 97,544 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
80 - 94,979 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
81 - 94,671 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
82 - 94,470 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
83 - *92,500 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
84 - 91,645 - RECOVERY - Eminem
85 - 91,552 - NEW LIFE - Monica
86 - *91,100 - WZRD - WZRD
87 - 90,646 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
88 - 90,383 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
89 - 89,125 - AMBITION - Wale
90 - *88,100 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
91 - 87,614 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
92 - 87,299 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
93 - *87,200 - SOUL 2 - Seal
94 - 86,995 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
95 - *86,100 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
96 - 85,697 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
97 - *83,700 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
98 - †78,452 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various
99 - 77,955 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
100 - 76,796 - HELL ON HEELS - Pistol Annies

[lolly]

It's LUDICROUS how Adele is dominating in the US, isn't it? Clearly nothing released so far is going to catch her, unless Lionel Richie DIES or something.

I suspect that wouldn't work for Madonna.

[Johnkm]

WEEK 17

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 6
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 24 / last year - 26
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 85 / last year - 95
total albums sales - this year - 100.97m (-0.9%)/ last year -101.88m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,085,363 - 21 - Adele
02 - *753,400 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 646,460 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 615,312 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
05 - 541,230 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
06 - 464,359 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 449,715 - MDNA - Madonna
08 - 433,227 - 19 - Adele
09 - 415,406 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
10 - 383,297 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
11 - 379,095 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
12 - 367,830 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
13 - 359,889 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
14 - 353,327 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
15 - 347,169 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
16 - 345,903 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
17 - 337,869 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
18 - 329,696 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
19 - 319,582 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
20 - 314,931 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 292,670 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
22 - 280,169 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
23 - 273,233 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
24 - 272,058 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
25 - 243,058 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
26 - 230,937 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
27 - 228,035 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
28 - 224,946 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
29 - 212,510 - CHIEF - Eric Church
30 - 212,392 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
31 - 210,380 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
32 - 208,022 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
33 - 206,211 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
34 - 204,992 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
35 - *204,800 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
36 - 196,232 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
37 - 192,894 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
38 - 192,167 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
39 - 189,270 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
40 - 188,399 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
41 - 188,256 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
42 - *184,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
43 - 179,133 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
44 - 174,544 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
45 - 171,599 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
46 - 168,349 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
47 - 167,645 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
48 - 163,057 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
49 - 161,561 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
50 - 157,242 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
51 - 156,359 - TORCHES - Foster The People
52 - 154,521 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
53 - 152,700 - NOW 40 - Various
54 - 152,424 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
55 - 150,712 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
56 - 146,665 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
57 - 146,281 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
58 - 142,948 - 4 - Beyonce
59 - 142,089 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
60 - 138,317 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
61 - *137,200 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
62 - 137,078 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
63 - 131,994 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
64 - 131,551 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
65 - 124,161 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
66 - *123,200 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
67 - 121,727 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
68 - *121,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
69 - 120,656 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
70 - 117,176 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
71 - 116,635 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
72 - 114,029 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
73 - 113,923 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
74 - 113,202 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
75 - *110,300 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
76 - 109,980 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
77 - 107,833 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
78 - 106,912 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
79 - 106,139 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
80 - 106,124 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
81 - 105,921 - NEW LIFE - Monica
82 - 103,705 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
83 - 102,128 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
84 - 100,905 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
85 - 100,211 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
86 - 98,957 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
87 - 95,716 - RECOVERY - Eminem
88 - 94,905 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
89 - 94,714 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
90 - *92,200 - WZRD - WZRD
91 - 91,956 - AMBITION - Wale
92 - 90,554 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
93 - *90,500 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
94 - 90,254 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
95 - 89,823 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
96 - *88,200 - SOUL 2 - Seal
97 - *87,700 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
98 - *87,600 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
99 - *85,800 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
100 - 82,713 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie

[Johnkm]

THE DECADE 2010-2019 SO FAR... (WEEK 121)

Selling a further 23,509 this week, Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" becomes the 46th album to sell over a million since the beginning of 2010. The albums shown in red were released before 2010.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 8,909,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 4,252,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
03 - 4,082,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
04 - 3,864,000 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
05 - 3,132,000 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
06 - 2,543,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
07 - 2,457,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Buble
08 - 2,243,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
09 - 2,209,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
10 - 2,191,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
11 - 2,125,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
12 - 2,085,000 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
13 - 2,045,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
14 - 1,823,000 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
15 - 1,711,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
16 - 1,645,000 - LOUD - Rihanna
17 - 1,628,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
18 - 1,587,000 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
19 - 1,586,000 - THANK ME LATER - Drake
20 - 1,476,000 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
21 - 1,440,000 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
22 - 1,421,000 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
23 - 1,395,000 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
24 - 1,383,000 - 19 - Adele
25 - 1,375,000 - ANIMAL - Ke$ha
26 - 1,360,000 - SOLDIER OF LOVE - Sade
27 - 1,352,000 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
28 - 1,281,000 - RAYMOND V RAYMOND - Usher
29 - 1,275,000 - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY - Kanye West
30 - 1,268,000 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
31 - 1,255,000 - MY WORLD (EP) - Justin Bieber
32 - 1,254,000 - UNDER THE MISTLETOE - Justin Bieber
33 - 1,211,000 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
34 - 1,201,000 - 4 - Beyonce
35 - 1,157,000 - REVOLUTION - Miranda Lambert
36 - 1,129,000 - THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE - Sugarland
37 - 1,126,000 - O HOLY NIGHT - Jackie Evancho
38 - 1,083,000 - NOTHING LIKE THIS - Rascal Flatts
39 - 1,079,000 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
40 - 1,074,000 - HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY - Kenny Chesney
41 - 1,052,000 - BORN FREE - Kid Rock
42 - 1,036,000 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
43 - 1,035,000 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM - Glee Cast
44 - 1,035,000 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
45 - 1,007,000 - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING - Lil Wayne
46 - 1,005,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan

[Johnkm]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 17

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *753,400 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 433,227 - 19 - Adele
03 - *184,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
04 - 150,712 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
05 - *137,200 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
06 - *121,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
07 - 106,124 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
08 - 103,705 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
09 - 95,716 - RECOVERY - Eminem
10 - 94,714 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
11 - 82,713 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
12 - 78,173 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
13 - 75,354 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
14 - 74,915 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
15 - 74,171 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
16 - 73,285 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
17 - 72,847 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
18 - 71,700 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
19 - 71,159 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
20 - *71,000 - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Whitney Houston
21 - 69,539 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
22 - 68,880 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
23 - 68,391 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd
24 - 66,558 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
25 - 65,292 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
26 - 64,222 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
27 - 63,568 - 1 - Beatles
28 - 62,123 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
29 - 61,844 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
30 - 61,831 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
31 - *61,100 - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - Whitney Houston
32 - 57,590 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith
33 - 56,776 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
34 - 56,367 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
35 - 56,341 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
36 - 53,092 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5
37 - 53,091 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
38 - *52,100 - CELEBRATION - Madonna
39 - 51,829 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
40 - 51,751 - WAR IS THE ANSWER - Five Finger Death Punch

[Johnkm]

WEEK 18

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 7
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 26 / last year - 29
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 88 / last year - 99
total albums sales - this year - 106.73m (-1.3%)/ last year -108.11m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,162,742 - 21 - Adele
02 - *764,400 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 679,433 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
04 - 658,291 - NOW 41 - Various
05 - 586,278 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
06 - 476,002 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 456,332 - MDNA - Madonna
08 - 445,717 - 19 - Adele
09 - 435,907 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
10 - 394,457 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
11 - 386,976 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
12 - 386,913 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
13 - 379,956 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
14 - 372,816 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
15 - 357,338 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
16 - 354,692 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
17 - 351,109 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
18 - 341,436 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
19 - 324,507 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
20 - 323,144 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
21 - 299,820 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
22 - 295,791 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
23 - 278,252 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
24 - 277,724 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
25 - 267,594 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
26 - 254,264 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
27 - 238,508 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
28 - 235,923 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
29 - 231,446 - CHIEF - Eric Church
30 - 230,311 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
31 - 227,008 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
32 - 215,081 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
33 - 214,100 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
34 - 213,237 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
35 - 211,919 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
36 - *206,700 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
37 - 202,877 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
38 - 199,863 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
39 - 197,639 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
40 - 196,539 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
41 - 196,108 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
42 - 193,980 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
43 - 193,299 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
44 - *187,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
45 - 185,246 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
46 - 182,298 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
47 - 176,458 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
48 - 174,173 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
49 - 173,232 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
50 - 169,980 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
51 - 167,739 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
52 - 167,054 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
53 - 161,458 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
54 - 160,794 - TORCHES - Foster The People
55 - 159,146 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
56 - *155,100 - NOW 40 - Various
57 - 153,627 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
58 - 153,246 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
59 - 152,349 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
60 - 149,250 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
61 - 147,008 - 4 - Beyonce
62 - 144,750 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
63 - 140,765 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
64 - *140,100 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
65 - 137,861 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
66 - 136,417 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
67 - *126,500 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
68 - 126,087 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
69 - *124,700 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
70 - 124,167 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
71 - *123,800 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
72 - 120,267 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
73 - 120,132 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
74 - 119,442 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
75 - 119,233 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
76 - 118,600 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
77 - 117,032 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
78 - 116,418 - NEW LIFE - Monica
79 - 113,469 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
80 - 112,211 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
81 - *111,800 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
82 - 110,761 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
83 - 110,203 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
84 - 109,927 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
85 - 109,855 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
86 - 106,649 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
87 - 104,380 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
88 - *102,500 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
89 - 99,326 - RECOVERY - Eminem
90 - 98,831 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
91 - *97,300 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
92 - 94,895 - NOW 42 - Various
93 - 94,672 - AMBITION - Wale
94 - 93,402 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
95 - 93,269 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
96 - *93,100 - WZRD - WZRD
97 - 93,084 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
98 - 92,978 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
99 - *89,700 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
100 - *89,100 - SOUL 2 - Seal

[Johnkm]

WEEK 18 YTD 2012 RELEASES

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 679,433 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
02 - 658,291 - NOW 41 - Various
03 - 586,278 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - 456,332 - MDNA - Madonna
05 - 435,907 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
06 - 386,976 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
07 - 372,816 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
08 - 357,338 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
09 - 323,144 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
10 - 277,724 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
11 - 267,594 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
12 - 254,264 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
13 - 230,311 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
14 - 227,008 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
15 - 215,081 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
16 - 214,100 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
17 - *206,700 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
18 - 199,863 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
19 - 193,980 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
20 - 176,458 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
21 - 153,246 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
22 - 152,349 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
23 - 140,765 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
24 - 136,417 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
25 - 126,087 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
26 - *124,700 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
27 - 120,267 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
28 - 119,233 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
29 - 117,032 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
30 - 116,418 - NEW LIFE - Monica
31 - *111,800 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
32 - 110,203 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
33 - 109,927 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
34 - 94,895 - NOW 42 - Various
35 - *93,100 - WZRD - WZRD
36 - *89,700 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
37 - *89,100 - SOUL 2 - Seal
38 - *89,000 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
39 - *87,700 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
40 - 85,464 - THE MF LIFE - Melanie Fiona
41 - 84,960 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various
42 - 77,623 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
43 - 76,450 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
44 - 74,716 - I WIN - Marvin Sapp
45 - *73,700 - HUMAN AGAIN - Ingrid Michaelson
46 - *73,600 - THE OF TAPE VOL.2 - Odd Future
47 - *70,700 - GOD LOVE AND ROMANCE - Fred Hammond
48 - *70,700 - CHIMES OF FREEDOM - Various
49 - 70,377 - PLUTO - Future
50 - 70,060 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice

[Johnkm]

SONGS WEEK 18

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 4,121,000 - WE ARE YOUNG - Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
02 - 3,637,000 - SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye feat. Kimbra
03 - 2,885,000 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
04 - 2,341,000 - GLAD YOU CAME - The Wanted
05 - 2,304,000 - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele
06 - 2,119,000 - STARSHIPS - Nicki Minaj
07 - 1,914,000 - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - One Direction
08 - 1,879,000 - WILD ONES - Flo Rida feat. Sia
09 - 1,852,000 - CALL ME MAYBE - Carly Rae Jepsen
10 - 1,849,000 - YOUNG WILD AND FREE - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
11 - 1,822,000 - SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
12 - 1,737,000 - RACK CITY - Tyga
13 - 1,731,000 - TURN ME ON - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
14 - 1,713,000 - PART OF ME - Katy Perry
15 - 1,670,000 - BOYFRIEND - Justin Bieber
16 - 1,468,000 - GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
17 - 1,453,000 - DRIVE BY - Train
18 - 1,443,000 - THE MOTTO - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
19 - 1,334,000 - WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
20 - 1,273,000 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
21 - 1,258,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake feat. Rihanna
22 - 1,235,000 - INTERNATIONAL LOVE - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
23 - 1,230,000 - DOMINO - Jessie J
24 - 1,204,000 - I FEEL SO CLOSE - Calvin Harris
25 - 1,191,000 - ASS BACK HOME - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
26 - 1,185,000 - NI**AS IN PARIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
27 - 1,169,000 - ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele
28 - 1,161,000 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
29 - 1,143,000 - I WON'T GIVE UP - Jason Mraz
30 - 1,018,000 - PARADISE - Coldplay

[Johnkm]

WEEK 19

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 9
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 27 / last year - 30
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 92 / last year - 104
total albums sales - this year - 112.32m (-1.3%)/ last year -113.79m


Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,264,093 - 21 - Adele
02 - *775,400 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 750,534 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
04 - 668,909 - NOW 41 - Various
05 - 626,466 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
06 - 487,008 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 463,406 - 19 - Adele
08 - 462,447 - MDNA - Madonna
09 - 453,545 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
10 - 413,065 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
11 - 409,153 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
12 - 406,245 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
13 - 394,288 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
14 - 387,118 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
15 - 377,148 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
16 - 365,732 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
17 - 363,675 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
18 - 361,977 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
19 - 353,235 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
20 - 335,837 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - *325,800 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
22 - 312,010 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
23 - 306,363 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
24 - 283,896 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
25 - 281,296 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
26 - 264,922 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
27 - 250,959 - CHIEF - Eric Church
28 - 246,107 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
29 - 245,157 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
30 - 243,671 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
31 - 235,873 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
32 - 228,278 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
33 - 221,012 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
34 - 220,794 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
35 - 220,126 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
36 - 218,058 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
37 - 210,619 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
38 - 209,728 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
39 - *209,200 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
40 - 203,439 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
41 - 203,223 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
42 - 200,581 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
43 - 197,059 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
44 - 192,526 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
45 - 191,845 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - *190,300 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
47 - 180,718 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
48 - 180,421 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
49 - 179,253 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
50 - 178,122 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
51 - 178,107 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
52 - 174,729 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
53 - 172,826 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
54 - 169,943 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
55 - 169,794 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
56 - 165,039 - TORCHES - Foster The People
57 - 163,793 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
58 - 159,856 - NOW 42 - Various
59 - 157,778 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
60 - *157,700 - NOW 40 - Various
61 - 156,703 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
62 - 152,521 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
63 - 151,863 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
64 - 150,853 - 4 - Beyonce
65 - 148,696 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
66 - 144,756 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
67 - 143,528 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
68 - *142,700 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
69 - 137,167 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
70 - 133,907 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
71 - 129,557 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
72 - 129,411 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
73 - 128,033 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
74 - *126,600 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
75 - *126,200 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
76 - 125,513 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
77 - 124,658 - NEW LIFE - Monica
78 - 123,622 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
79 - 123,391 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
80 - 123,112 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
81 - 117,956 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
82 - 117,305 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
83 - 116,530 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
84 - 114,225 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
85 - 113,470 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
86 - *113,200 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
87 - 113,179 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
88 - 108,828 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
89 - *105,000 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
90 - 103,602 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
91 - 102,528 - RECOVERY - Eminem
92 - 101,433 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
93 - *99,900 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
94 - 97,555 - AMBITION - Wale
95 - 96,629 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
96 - 96,425 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
97 - 96,391 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
98 - *94,900 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
99 - *94,000 - WZRD - WZRD
100 - 92,716 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie

[Johnkm]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 19

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *775,400 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 463,406 - 19 - Adele
03 - *190,300 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
04 - 156,703 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
05 - *142,700 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
06 - *126,600 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
07 - 117,956 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
08 - 113,179 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
09 - 103,602 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
10 - 102,528 - RECOVERY - Eminem
11 - 92,716 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
12 - 86,500 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
13 - 83,442 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
14 - 81,422 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
15 - 80,796 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
16 - 80,494 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
17 - 80,044 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
18 - 79,239 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
19 - 78,845 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
20 - 77,895 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
21 - *77,400 - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Whitney Houston
22 - 75,533 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
23 - 73,999 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd
24 - 72,227 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
25 - 70,199 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
26 - 69,863 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
27 - *68,200 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys
28 - 67,719 - 1 - Beatles
29 - 67,507 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
30 - 67,397 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
31 - 66,388 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
32 - *64,100 - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - Whitney Houston
33 - 63,338 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith
34 - 62,128 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
35 - 61,683 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
36 - 60,127 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
37 - 57,611 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
38 - 57,119 - WAR IS THE ANSWER - Five Finger Death Punch
39 - 56,613 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 - Rascal Flatts
40 - 56,572 - VH1 STORYTELLERS - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
41 - 56,545 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5
42 - 56,039 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
43 - 54,577 - THANK ME LATER - Drake
44 - 54,555 - AN AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN - Elvis Presley
45 - 53,920 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
46 - *53,200 - CELEBRATION - Madonna
47 - *52,200 - JUST WHITNEY - Whitney Houston
48 - 51,180 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
49 - 50,880 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - George Strait
50 - 50,368 - SUPER HITS - Janis Joplin

[Johnkm]

WEEK 20

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 10
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 30 / last year - 31
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 94 / last year - 109
total albums sales - this year - 117.40m (-1.5%)/ last year - 119.19m


Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,327,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 789,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 784,000 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
04 - 678,000 - NOW 41 - Various
05 - 661,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
06 - 497,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 475,000 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
08 - 474,000 - 19 - Adele
09 - 468,000 - MDNA - Madonna
10 - 441,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
11 - 435,000 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - 428,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
13 - 419,000 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 399,000 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 380,000 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
16 - 376,000 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
17 - 372,000 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
18 - 371,000 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
19 - 364,000 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
20 - 344,000 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 328,000 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
22 - 326,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
23 - 312,000 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
24 - 288,000 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
25 - 285,000 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
26 - 276,000 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
27 - 266,000 - CHIEF - Eric Church
28 - 256,000 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
29 - 252,000 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
30 - 252,000 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
31 - 250,000 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
32 - 240,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
33 - 228,000 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
34 - 226,000 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
35 - 225,000 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
36 - 222,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
37 - 218,000 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
38 - 216,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
39 - 215,000 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
40 - 211,000 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
41 - 210,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
42 - 208,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
43 - 204,000 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
44 - 202,000 - NOW 42 - Various
45 - 201,000 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - 201,000 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
47 - 197,000 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
48 - 193,000 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
49 - 188,000 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
50 - 186,000 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
51 - 185,000 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
52 - 184,000 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
53 - 183,000 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
54 - 182,000 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
55 - 180,000 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
56 - 177,000 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
57 - 169,000 - TORCHES - Foster The People
58 - 168,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
59 - 163,000 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
60 - 163,000 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
61 - 160,000 - NOW 40 - Various
62 - 159,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
63 - 154,000 - 4 - Beyonce
64 - 154,000 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
65 - 151,000 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
66 - 149,000 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
67 - 148,000 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
68 - 148,000 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
69 - 145,000 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
70 - 144,000 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
71 - 138,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
72 - 133,000 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
73 - 131,000 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
74 - 131,000 - NEW LIFE - Monica
75 - 131,000 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
76 - 129,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
77 - 128,000 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
78 - 127,000 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
79 - 127,000 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
80 - 126,000 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
81 - 123,000 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
82 - 123,000 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
83 - 119,000 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
84 - 118,000 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
85 - 117,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
86 - 116,000 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
87 - 116,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
88 - 114,000 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
89 - 113,000 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
90 - 108,000 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
91 - 107,000 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
92 - 106,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
93 - 102,000 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
94 - 101,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
95 - 100,000 - AMBITION - Wale
96 - 99,000 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
97 - 98,000 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
98 - 97,000 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
99 - 96,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
100 - 95,000 - WZRD - WZRD

[POP!]

There does seem to be very few HIT albums of original, new material from 2012 on that list. Hopefully Usher, Bieber, Maroon 5, Linkin Park, Chris Brown change that in June

[Johnkm]

WEEK 21

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 12
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 31 / last year - 36
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 99 / last year - 112
total albums sales - this year - 122.63m (-2.6%)/ last year - 125.86m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,382,974 - 21 - Adele
02 - 822,477 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - *791,900 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
04 - 697,753 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
05 - 686,865 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 506,681 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 492,740 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
08 - 485,626 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
09 - 483,062 - 19 - Adele
10 - 472,246 - MDNA - Madonna
11 - 455,149 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - 448,420 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
13 - 427,564 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 403,628 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 383,221 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
16 - 383,135 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
17 - 380,582 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
18 - 379,859 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
19 - 375,431 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
20 - 354,815 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 339,471 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - *329,900 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
23 - 319,163 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
24 - 292,697 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
25 - 291,457 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
26 - 288,524 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
27 - 280,693 - CHIEF - Eric Church
28 - 270,230 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
29 - 264,348 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
30 - 258,802 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
31 - 256,094 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
32 - 245,321 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
33 - 243,058 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
34 - 233,580 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
35 - 233,359 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
36 - 232,249 - NOW 42 - Various
37 - 228,519 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
38 - 226,863 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
39 - 224,817 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
40 - 224,579 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
41 - 219,938 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
42 - 216,666 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
43 - *213,300 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
44 - 212,764 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
45 - 208,788 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - 206,256 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
47 - 205,609 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
48 - 203,244 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
49 - 201,802 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
50 - *194,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
51 - 191,442 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
52 - 190,007 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
53 - 187,694 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
54 - 186,387 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
55 - 185,953 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
56 - 185,403 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
57 - 183,645 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
58 - 172,898 - TORCHES - Foster The People
59 - 172,545 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
60 - 171,065 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
61 - 167,056 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
62 - 161,828 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
63 - *161,500 - NOW 40 - Various
64 - 159,769 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
65 - 157,084 - 4 - Beyonce
66 - 156,575 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
67 - 155,675 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
68 - 154,980 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
69 - 153,625 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
70 - *153,000 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
71 - 151,942 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
72 - *146,500 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
73 - 138,819 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
74 - 135,772 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
75 - 135,654 - NEW LIFE - Monica
76 - *133,300 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
77 - 131,424 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
78 - 130,472 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
79 - *130,300 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
80 - 129,527 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
81 - *128,900 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
82 - 128,495 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
83 - 128,151 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
84 - 127,142 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
85 - 122,313 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
86 - 120,637 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
87 - 118,576 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
88 - *118,500 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
89 - 118,465 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
90 - *115,600 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
91 - 111,001 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
92 - 109,802 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
93 - 108,730 - RECOVERY - Eminem
94 - 108,244 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
95 - 104,817 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
96 - 104,450 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
97 - *101,700 - AMBITION - Wale
98 - *100,900 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
99 - *100,200 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn
100 - 99,642 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert

[Johnkm]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 21

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *791,900 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 483,062 - 19 - Adele
03 - *194,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
04 - 161,828 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
05 - *146,500 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
06 - *130,300 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
07 - 127,142 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
08 - 118,576 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
09 - 111,001 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
10 - 108,730 - RECOVERY - Eminem
11 - 99,105 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
12 - 97,265 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
13 - 92,920 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd
14 - 89,786 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
15 - 89,528 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
16 - 86,901 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
17 - 86,502 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
18 - 86,345 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
19 - 85,411 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
20 - 84,897 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
21 - 84,305 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
22 - *82,200 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys
23 - *81,000 - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Whitney Houston
24 - 80,152 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
25 - 76,777 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
26 - 76,361 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
27 - 75,040 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
28 - 72,330 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
29 - 72,135 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
30 - 71,935 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
31 - 71,784 - 1 - Beatles
32 - 68,048 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith
33 - *66,600 - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - Whitney Houston
34 - 66,476 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
35 - 66,046 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
36 - 63,439 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
37 - 61,940 - WAR IS THE ANSWER - Five Finger Death Punch
38 - 61,681 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
39 - 60,757 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 - Rascal Flatts
40 - 60,643 - VH1 STORYTELLERS - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
41 - 59,876 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
42 - 59,256 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5
43 - 58,338 - THANK ME LATER - Drake
44 - 57,726 - AN AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN - Elvis Presley
45 - 56,975 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
46 - 56,591 - GREATEST HITS - Foo Fighters
47 - *54,900 - JUST WHITNEY - Whitney Houston
48 - 54,830 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
49 - 54,276 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback
50 - 54,217 - SUPER HITS - Janis Joplin

[Johnkm]

WEEK 22

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 8 / last year - 12
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 34 / last year - 36
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 105 / last year - 114
total albums sales - this year - 127.70m (-2.8%)/ last year - 131.39m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,441,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 844,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 798,000 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
04 - 739,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
05 - 694,000 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 517,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 515,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
08 - 508,000 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
09 - 494,000 - 19 - Adele
10 - 477,000 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
11 - 475,000 - MDNA - Madonna
12 - 473,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
13 - 436,000 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 407,000 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 389,000 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 388,000 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
17 - 388,000 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
18 - 386,000 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
19 - 386,000 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
20 - 364,000 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 352,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 332,000 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
23 - 326,000 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
24 - 305,000 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
25 - 297,000 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
26 - 296,000 - CHIEF - Eric Church
27 - 292,000 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
28 - 285,000 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
29 - 284,000 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
30 - 272,000 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
31 - 266,000 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
32 - 262,000 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
33 - 260,000 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
34 - 258,000 - NOW 42 - Various
35 - 249,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
36 - 240,000 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
37 - 238,000 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
38 - 235,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
39 - 232,000 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
40 - 231,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
41 - 230,000 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
42 - 224,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
43 - 218,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
44 - 216,000 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
45 - 216,000 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
46 - 215,000 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
47 - 209,000 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
48 - 209,000 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
49 - 208,000 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
50 - 197,000 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
51 - 196,000 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
52 - 194,000 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
53 - 192,000 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
54 - 191,000 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
55 - 190,000 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
56 - 190,000 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
57 - 188,000 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
58 - 178,000 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - 177,000 - TORCHES - Foster The People
60 - 177,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
61 - 171,000 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
62 - 169,000 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
63 - 169,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
64 - 163,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
65 - 163,000 - NOW 40 - Various
66 - 162,000 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
67 - 160,000 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
68 - 160,000 - 4 - Beyonce
69 - 157,000 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
70 - 156,000 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
71 - 155,000 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
72 - 148,000 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
73 - 143,000 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
74 - 141,000 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
75 - 141,000 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
76 - 140,000 - NEW LIFE - Monica
77 - 135,000 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
78 - 135,000 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
79 - 134,000 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
80 - 132,000 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
81 - 132,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
82 - 131,000 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
83 - 130,000 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
84 - 130,000 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
85 - 125,000 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
86 - 123,000 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
87 - 123,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
88 - 121,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
89 - 121,000 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
90 - 117,000 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
91 - 117,000 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
92 - 115,000 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
93 - 112,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
94 - 112,000 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
95 - 112,000 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
96 - 108,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
97 - 106,000 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
98 - 105,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
99 - 104,000 - AMBITION - Wale
100 - 103,000 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese

[Agnetha]

Do we not get single sales for the US?

[Loufoque]

What do the *s mean next to Whitney's entries?

[Johnkm]

It means they include some estimated sales.

[Nathalie Tauziat's Analpony]

At this rate One Direction will be #2 on the YTD and pass a million sales which will look rather good for British exports to have the #1 and #2 spots

[POP!]

Do we not get single sales for the US?

Sales leaks for the digital singles charts are less frequent so I think the most recent one we got was the one Johnkm posted a couple weeks ago.

Worth noting though: "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "We Are Young" will fly past 5 million in sales this coming week.

[Johnkm]

WEEK 22 TOP SELLING 2012 RELEASES

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 844,015 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
02 - 739,186 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
03 - 693,623 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 517,156 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
05 - 508,081 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
06 - *474,700 - MDNA - Madonna
07 - 407,441 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
08 - 388,329 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
09 - *385,600 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
10 - *331,700 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
11 - 305,029 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
12 - 292,102 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
13 - 285,370 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
14 - 284,036 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
15 - 272,446 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
16 - 259,911 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
17 - 258,102 - NOW 42 - Various
18 - 249,139 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
19 - 238,432 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
20 - 232,435 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
21 - 229,970 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
22 - 215,716 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
23 - *215,000 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
24 - *188,100 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
25 - 178,275 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
26 - 171,181 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
27 - 169,418 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
28 - 168,617 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
29 - 161,879 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
30 - 156,330 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
31 - 140,546 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
32 - 139,542 - NEW LIFE - Monica
33 - 133,748 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
34 - 132,239 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
35 - *130,100 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
36 - 117,207 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
37 - *116,600 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
38 - 111,613 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
39 - 105,042 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
40 - 101,670 - SMASH - Soundtrack
41 - 98,184 - THE MF LIFE - Melanie Fiona
42 - 97,493 - PLUTO - Future
43 - *96,900 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
44 - *96,300 - WZRD - WZRD
45 - *96,200 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various
46 - 95,284 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
47 - 94,658 - I WIN - Marvin Sapp
48 - *94,300 - BELIEVE - Celtic Woman
49 - *91,900 - SOUL 2 - Seal
50 - 90,896 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack

[Johnkm]

SONGS WEEK 23

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 4,970,000 - SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye feat. Kimbra
02 - 4,836,000 - WE ARE YOUNG - Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
03 - 3,281,000 - CALL ME MAYBE - Carly Rae Jepsen
04 - 3,201,000 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
05 - 2,852,000 - STARSHIPS - Nicki Minaj
06 - 2,765,000 - GLAD YOU CAME - The Wanted
07 - 2,586,000 - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - One Direction
08 - 2,540,000 - WILD ONES - Flo Rida feat. Sia
09 - 2,465,000 - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele
10 - 2,442,000 - PAYPHONE - Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
11 - 2,375,000 - BOYFRIEND - Justin Bieber
12 - 2,029,000 - SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
13 - 1,978,000 - YOUNG WILD AND FREE - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
14 - 1,953,000 - PART OF ME - Katy Perry
15 - 1,906,000 - DRIVE BY - Train
16 - 1,874,000 - RACK CITY - Tyga
17 - 1,840,000 - TURN ME ON - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
18 - 1,689,000 - THE MOTTO - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
19 - 1,595,000 - GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
20 - 1,529,000 - I FEEL SO CLOSE - Calvin Harris
21 - 1,490,000 - I WON'T GIVE UP - Jason Mraz
22 - 1,451,000 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
23 - 1,435,000 - WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
24 - 1,415,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake feat. Rihanna
25 - 1,326,000 - INTERNATIONAL LOVE - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
26 - 1,319,000 - DOMINO - Jessie J
27 - 1,299,000 - ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele
28 - 1,268,000 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
29 - 1,263,000 - NI**AS IN PARIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
30 - 1,256,000 - ASS BACK HOME - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch

[Johnkm]

WEEK 23

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 9 / last year - 14
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - xx / last year - 42
total albums sales - this year - 132.96m (-2.9%)/ last year - 136.90m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,516,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 862,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 804,000 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
04 - 779,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
05 - 699,000 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 545,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 524,000 - TAKE CARE - Drake
08 - 522,000 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
09 - 509,000 - 19 - Adele
10 - 498,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
11 - 494,000 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - 477,000 - MDNA - Madonna
13 - 445,000 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 411,000 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 399,000 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 395,000 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - 393,000 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
18 - 391,000 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
19 - 388,000 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
20 - 372,000 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 365,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 333,000 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
23 - 331,000 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
24 - 324,000 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
25 - 323,000 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
26 - 312,000 - CHIEF - Eric Church
27 - 300,000 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
28 - 296,000 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
29 - 296,000 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
30 - 281,000 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
31 - 280,000 - NOW 42 - Various
32 - 272,000 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
33 - 271,000 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
34 - 267,000 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
35 - 254,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
36 - 246,000 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
37 - 245,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
38 - 244,000 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
39 - 237,000 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
40 - 235,000 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
41 - 235,000 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
42 - 233,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
43 - 228,000 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
44 - 223,000 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
45 - 223,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
46 - 217,000 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
47 - 214,000 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
48 - 213,000 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
49 - 211,000 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
50 - 202,000 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
51 - 200,000 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
52 - 198,000 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
53 - 197,000 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
54 - 196,000 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
55 - 195,000 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
56 - 195,000 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
57 - 190,000 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
58 - 185,000 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - 182,000 - TORCHES - Foster The People
60 - 181,000 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
61 - 180,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
62 - 178,000 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
63 - 175,000 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
64 - 169,000 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
65 - 167,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
66 - 165,000 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
67 - 165,000 - NOW 40 - Various
68 - 163,000 - 4 - Beyonce
69 - 160,000 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
70 - 159,000 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
71 - 158,000 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
72 - 150,000 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
73 - 149,000 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
74 - 148,000 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
75 - 146,000 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
76 - 143,000 - NEW LIFE - Monica
77 - 139,000 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
78 - 138,000 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
79 - 136,000 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
80 - 136,000 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
81 - 135,000 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
82 - 133,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
83 - 132,000 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
84 - 131,000 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
85 - 127,000 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
86 - 127,000 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
87 - 126,000 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
88 - 125,000 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
89 - 123,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
90 - 123,000 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
91 - 119,000 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
92 - 119,000 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
93 - 118,000 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
94 - 115,000 - RECOVERY - Eminem
95 - 114,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
96 - 114,000 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
97 - 112,000 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
98 - 109,000 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
99 - 107,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
100 - 106,000 - SMASH - Soundtrack

[Johnkm]

WEEK 24

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 11 / last year - 15
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 37 / last year - 43
total albums sales - this year - 138.77m (-3.1%)/ last year - 143.20m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,578,659 - 21 - Adele
02 - 885,267 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 818,547 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - *808,600 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
05 - 704,869 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 568,932 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 533,588 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
08 - 532,654 - TAKE CARE - Drake
09 - 525,142 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
10 - 521,714 - 19 - Adele
11 - 510,637 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - *479,600 - MDNA - Madonna
13 - 452,513 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 417,853 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 408,357 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 404,085 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - 400,864 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
18 - 396,485 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
19 - 391,151 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
20 - 379,724 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
21 - 378,451 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 351,936 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
23 - 339,856 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
24 - 337,357 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
25 - *334,900 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
26 - 330,890 - CHIEF - Eric Church
27 - 307,091 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
28 - 304,815 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
29 - 300,819 - NOW 42 - Various
30 - 298,762 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
31 - 289,579 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
32 - 289,040 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
33 - 277,750 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
34 - 272,652 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
35 - 258,009 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
36 - 253,976 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
37 - 252,518 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
38 - 249,026 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
39 - 242,911 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
40 - 240,945 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
41 - 240,823 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
42 - 240,588 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
43 - 238,906 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
44 - 229,410 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
45 - 227,203 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
46 - *218,100 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
47 - 218,086 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
48 - 217,263 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
49 - *213,600 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
50 - 208,376 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
51 - 205,002 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
52 - 203,589 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
53 - 200,850 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
54 - 200,604 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
55 - 200,568 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
56 - *199,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
57 - 194,102 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
58 - 193,676 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - *191,200 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
60 - 187,530 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
61 - 186,887 - TORCHES - Foster The People
62 - 185,110 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
63 - 180,270 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
64 - 178,046 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
65 - 176,653 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
66 - 170,947 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
67 - *165,900 - NOW 40 - Various
68 - *165,100 - 4 - Beyonce
69 - 164,933 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
70 - *161,400 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
71 - 160,965 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
72 - 155,984 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
73 - 155,075 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
74 - *150,900 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
75 - 150,542 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
76 - *146,200 - NEW LIFE - Monica
77 - 144,708 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
78 - 142,853 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
79 - 141,815 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
80 - *137,800 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
81 - 137,757 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
82 - *134,800 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
83 - *134,600 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
84 - 133,707 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
85 - *132,600 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
86 - 131,056 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
87 - *130,000 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
88 - 128,343 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
89 - *127,100 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
90 - 126,608 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
91 - 126,192 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
92 - 125,107 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
93 - 123,005 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
94 - 122,356 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
95 - 119,107 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
96 - 118,952 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL… - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
97 - 118,538 - RECOVERY - Eminem
98 - 117,845 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
99 - *116,500 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
100 - 110,754 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj

[Johnkm]

WEEK 25

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 11 / last year - 16
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 41 / last year - 43
total albums sales - this year - 144.71m (-3.0%)/ last year - 149.12m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,626,331 - 21 - Adele
02 - 901,277 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 859,959 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - *812,900 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
05 - 709,470 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 587,056 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 553,100 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
08 - 546,916 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
09 - 540,881 - TAKE CARE - Drake
10 - 530,986 - 19 - Adele
11 - 524,791 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - *481,500 - MDNA - Madonna
13 - 458,856 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
14 - 421,899 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
15 - 416,653 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 415,257 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - 409,164 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
18 - 399,367 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
19 - *393,100 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
20 - 388,996 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
21 - 388,190 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
22 - 374,558 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
23 - 369,433 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
24 - 357,969 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
25 - 347,943 - CHIEF - Eric Church
26 - 342,423 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
27 - 336,154 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
28 - 319,324 - NOW 42 - Various
29 - 316,527 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
30 - 308,605 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
31 - 302,217 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
32 - 300,834 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
33 - 296,414 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
34 - 283,704 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
35 - 278,208 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
36 - 262,610 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
37 - 261,635 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
38 - 257,663 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
39 - 255,581 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
40 - 253,075 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
41 - 251,879 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
42 - 247,313 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
43 - 245,399 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
44 - 242,592 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
45 - 235,197 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
46 - 231,218 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
47 - 221,732 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
48 - 220,538 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
49 - *219,400 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
50 - *216,000 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
51 - 212,762 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
52 - 212,365 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
53 - 209,083 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
54 - 206,859 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
55 - 205,748 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
56 - 205,287 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
57 - 204,944 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
58 - 201,156 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - 200,676 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
60 - 196,933 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
61 - 193,938 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - Kenny Chesney
62 - *192,500 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
63 - 191,243 - TORCHES - Foster The People
64 - 190,452 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
65 - 189,304 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
66 - 182,412 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
67 - 181,933 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
68 - 176,584 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
69 - 175,620 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
70 - 168,813 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
71 - *167,500 - 4 - Beyonce
72 - *167,000 - NOW 40 - Various
73 - 164,451 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
74 - *163,500 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett [/color]
75 - 162,503 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
76 - 161,108 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
77 - 154,543 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
78 - *152,200 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
79 - 151,523 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
80 - *148,800 - NEW LIFE - Monica
81 - 147,639 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
82 - 145,014 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
83 - 141,986 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
84 - 140,336 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
85 - *139,100 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
86 - *136,700 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
87 - 135,863 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
88 - *135,800 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
89 - *133,600 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
90 - 133,511 - THIRTY MILES WEST - Alan Jackson
91 - 132,913 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
92 - *132,200 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
93 - 131,463 - CLOCKWORK ANGELS - Rush
94 - 131,176 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
95 - 129,433 - GREATEST HITS - Journey [/color]
96 - *129,100 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
97 - 128,712 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
98 - 127,953 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
99 - 126,376 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
100 - 124,233 - RECOVERY - Eminem

[Johnkm]

At the mid-way point in 2012, Adele's "21" and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra), rule as the year's biggest selling album and digital song in the U.S., respectively -- selling 3.69 million and 5.50 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Through the sales week that ended on July 1, the half-way point of SoundScan's tracking year, "21" is the only album that has sold more that 1 million copies this year. The next biggest selling album is Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee," which has moved 912,000.

This is the first time the industry has only seen one album sell a million mid-way through the year in the 21 years SoundScan has been tracking sales data.

21 was also the top selling album halfway through 2011 (2.5 million) and went on to become the year's best seller (5.8 million).

In the SoundScan era, no album has been the top seller in the first half of any two years. At the rate it's going, "21" could be the best seller of 2012, making it the first album to top the year-end charts twice in the SoundScan era.

Adele's "21" debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart upon its release in February 2011 and has been among the top 10 selling albums every week since its bow. Three singles from the album have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

So far in 2012, 11 albums have sold at least 500,000 copies. A year ago at this point (through the week ending July 3, 2011), 16 had moved a half-million. Of those, there were two that had shifted a million or more: "21" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (1.54 million).

Nine of 2012's top 20 selling albums were released this year, while another nine dropped in 2011. The remaining two of the top 20 are even older than that: the late Whitney Houston's "Whitney: The Greatest Hits" (No. 4 this year with 818,000) came out in 2000 while Adele's "19" (No. 10 with 539,000) was released in 2008

A year ago at this point, nine albums were released in 2011, while the other 11 came out in 2010.

With Adele posting two albums among the top 10 so far in 2012, she's the first to do so since Justin Bieber had a pair two years ago. Mid-way through 2010, he ranked at No. 2 with "My World 2.0" (1.39 million) and No. 9 with "My World" (710,000).

This year's top five selling albums are a rather unlikely bunch of disparate titles. We've already established that "21" is in a category by itself. Next up, Richie's "Tuskegee" was a left-field hit for the veteran singer, giving him his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since 1986's "Dancing on the Ceiling."

2012's third-biggest selling set is One Direction's first album "Up All Night," with 899,000. After pop vocal groups essential vaporized from the top of the charts for years, boy band One Direction charged onto the Billboard tallies earlier this year. The quintet made history on the Billboard 200 as the first U.K. group to bow at No. 1 with a debut album.

The fourth-largest seller of 2012 is Whitney Houston's "Whitney: The Greatest Hits," having sold 818,000. After the diva died on Feb. 11, the compilation returned to the Billboard 200, spending three straight weeks at No. 2. In the fifth place position on the mid-year ranking is 2012's best-selling various artists compilation, "Now 41" (714,000). A year ago, the "Now 37" effort was the No. 8 seller with 637,000.

None of this year's top 10 sellers are independently-distributed. That's a turn from a year ago, when two of the top five were indie. At that point, Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" was No. 3 (982,000) and Jason Aldean's "My Kinda Party" was No. 4 (763,000). (Both albums go through RED Distribution.) The highest ranking indie-distributed set so far this year is "My Kinda Party" (No. 20 with 399,000).

Singer Gotye, who broke through this year with his smash No. 1 Hot 100 single "Somebody That I Used to Know," rests at No. 11 on the mid-year albums chart with "Making Mirrors" (538,000).

His "Somebody That I Used to Know" is also the year's best-selling download song, with 5.50 million. It is one of two titles that have shifted 5 million in 2012. fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) is the other, with 5.09 million.

No song has ever sold 5 million in a calendar year's first six months. A year ago at this point, we set records with the first song(s) to surpass 4 million. Katy Perry's "E.T." (featuring Kanye West) was the mid-year best selling song of 2011 with 4.12 million while Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" was in second place with 4.09 million.

With "Somebody That I Used to Know" still selling well, it could become the first song to sell 6 million downloads in a year. It is currently the 15th best-selling digital song of all time, with an overall 5.59 million sold (the track was released in late 2011, hence what its overall number is larger than its 2012 sum).

This year, 47 songs have sold a million downloads, down from the 52 at this point a year ago. 15 titles have shifted 2 million or more, as compared to 17 a year ago.

All three of this year's top sellers so far are songs that were the first Hot 100 chart hit for each act. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is followed by fun.'s "We Are Young" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" (4.06 million). The latter is currently in its fourth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Among this year's top 20 download songs, every title has reached the weekly top 10 on the Hot 100 except for one. Only Drake's "The Motto" (featuring Lil Wayne), missed the top 10. It's the No. 18 seller so far (1.82 million) and peaked at No. 14 on the Hot 100.

Six of the acts with top 20 selling songs are also among those with top 20 albums this year: Gotye, Minaj, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Adele and Drake. However, some of the biggest songs this year are from albums that either just reached the marketplace, or, have yet to be released on an album. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," for example, is due to be featured on her debut album this September. Maroon 5's "Payphone" (the No. 6 seller, with 3.08 million) is from the "Overexposed" album which only came out on June 26.

Only two acts have both a top 10 selling song and album this year: One Direction and Minaj. At the mid-way point in 2011, there were five shared acts: Adele, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown and Perry.

Digital track sales continue to climb overall, with 698.02 million tracks have been sold -- a gain of 6% versus the mid-point last year (660.80 million).

However, album sales volume isn't as fortunate. A year ago, mid-year album sales had its first growth since 2004. This year, we're back to normal -- that is "down" -- with 150.46 million albums sold (down 3% stacked next to the 155.46 million sold at this point in 2011).
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Top Albums
Artist Title Year to Date Sales
1 Adele 21 3,668,000
2 Lionel Richie Tuskegee 912,000
3 One Direction Up All Night 899,000
4 Whitney Houston Whitney: The Greatest Hits 818,000
5 Various Artists Now 41 714,000
6 Carrie Underwood Blown Away 602,000
7 Luke Bryan Tallgates & Tanlines 574,000
8 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded 557,000
9 Drake Take Care 549,000
10 Adele 19 539,000
11 Gotye Making Mirrors 538,000
12 Justin Bieber Believe 490,000
13 Madonna MDNA 484,000
14 Lady Antebellum Own the Night 465,000
15 Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 425,000
16 The Black Keys El Camino 424,000
17 Rihanna Talk That Talk 424,000
18 Coldplay Mylo Xyloto 415,000
19 Soundtrack The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond 415,000
20 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 399,000
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Top Digital Songs
Artist Title Year to Date Sales
1 Gotye feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used to Know 5,501,000
2 fun. feat. Janelle Monae We Are Young 5.087,000
3 Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe 4,064,000
4 Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) 3,324,000
5 Nicki Minaj Starships 3,158,000
6 Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa Payphone 3,075,000
7 The Wanted Glad You Came 2,892,000
8 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful 2,885,000
9 Flo Rida feat. Sia Wild Ones 2,790,000
10 Justin Bieber Boyfriend 2,599,000
11 Adele Set Fire to the Rain 2,534,000
12 LMFAO Sexy and I Know It 2,128,000
13 Train Drive By 2,094,000
14 Katy Perry Part of Me 2,076,000
15 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Young, Wild & Free 2,029,000
16 Tyga Rack City 1,932,000
17 David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj Turn me On 1,874,000
18 Drake feat. Lil Wayne The Motto 1,824,000
19 Jason Mraz I Won’t Give Up 1,711,000
20 Flo Rida Good Feeling 1,651,000

[Johnkm]

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is in third place for the first half, with sales of 4,064,000. That's three songs above 4 million, which is also a record. There were two 4-million-sellers in the first half of 2011. These were the first chart hits for all five of these artists.

Three other songs topped the 3 million mark during the first half: Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (3,324,000), Nicki Minaj's "Starships" (3,158,000) and "Payphone" by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa (3,075,000). That's six songs above 3 million, also a record. There were four in the first half of 2011.

But once you get past the giant hits, the numbers reverse (not dramatically, but just enough to be puzzling). Fifteen songs topped 2 million in the first half, down from 17 in the first half of 2011. Forty-seven songs topped 1 million in the first half, down from 52 in the first half of 2011. A total of 107 songs sold 500K or more copies in the first half, down from 109 in the first half of 2011.

Fans have always responded to the hits, and nowadays a few massive hits are really dominating the pop landscape.

The hefty tally for "Somebody That I Used To Know" is way ahead of the tally for the biggest hit of the first six months of 2011. "E.T." by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West sold 4,120,000 in that period. Here's more proof of digital's dramatic growth: "Somebody…" sold more than twice as many copies as did the best-selling song for the first half of 2008. Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" sold 2,667,000 copies in the first six months of that year.

Two other versions of "Somebody…" also rank among the top 200 songs of the first half. A version by Walk Off The Earth sold 309K copies. Glee Cast's version sold 292K. Add the three versions together and the song is well over 6 million.

The Wanted won bragging rights in the battle of the boy bands, but it was extremely close. The Wanted's "Glad You Came" finished #7 for the first half (2,892,000), just 7K ahead of One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" (#8 with sales of 2,885,000).

Rounding out the top 10 for the first half were "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida featuring Sia (#9 with sales of 2,790,000) and Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" (#10 with sales of 2,599,000). Both songs had long runs in the top 10 on the Hot 100.

Two Whitney Houston classics surged in the wake of her death on Feb. 11. Her 1992 smash "I Will Always Love You" sold 872K copies in the first half. Her 1987 smash "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" sold 336K.

Two other hits that pre-date the digital era are listed among the top 200. Eminem's 2002 smash "Lose Yourself" sold another 448K in the first half, bringing its total to 4,801,000. Journey's 1981 warhorse "Don't Stop Believin'" sold another 355K, bringing its total to 5,267,000.

Women continued to dominate the pop scene. It will surprise no one to learn that Adele was the only artist who sold 1 million or more copies of four different songs during the first half. She scored with "Set Fire To The Rain" (#11 with sales of 2,534,000), "Rolling In The Deep" (#28 with sales of 1,364,000), "Someone Like You" (#30 with sales of 1,320,000) and "Rumour Has It" (#41 with sales of 1,123,000).

Rihanna and Nicki Minaj each sold 1 million or more copies of three different songs (combining lead and featured credits).

Rihanna's hits were "We Found Love," her 2011 smash with Calvin Harris, which sold another 1,498,000 copies this year, to rank #24; Drake's "Take Care" (#25 with sales of 1,470,000) and "Where Have You Been" (#42 with sales of 1,108,000).

Minaj's hits were the aforementioned "Starships," David Guetta's "Turn Me On" (#17 with sales of 1,874,000) and Big Sean's "Dance (A$$) (#46 with sales of 1,042,000).

Counting only songs in which artists held the lead position (and not including featured credits), Adele leads with four million-sellers, followed by seven artists who each had two: Rihanna, Flo Rida, LMFAO, Drake, Pitbull, Maroon 5 and Kanye West.

Counting both lead and featured credits, the above-named artists are joined by Calvin Harris, Bruno Mars, Wiz Khalifa and Big Sean, who each had one million-seller in which they held the lead role and another in which they were featured.

In other highlights on the list, humor paid dividends with two songs. LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" sold another 2,128,000 copies to rank #12. Toby Keith's country novelty "Red Solo Cup" sold 1,056,000 to rank #45.

Rock icons were cited in the titles of two giant hits. Eric Church's "Springsteen" ranked #32 with sales of 1,312,000. "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera sold another 1,167,000 copies in the first half to rank #38.

Song titles continued to push the envelope. We had "Ni**as In Paris" by Jay-Z/Kanye West (#33 with sales of 1,309,000), "Ass Back Home" by Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch (#34 with sales of 1,283,000) and "Dance (A$$)" by Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj (#46 with sales of 1,042,000). Further down the list: "HYFR (Hell Yah F*****g Right)" by Drake featuring Lil Wayne (449K) and Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" (336K).

Luke Bryan's "Drunk On You" was the biggest country hit of the first half (#26 with sales of 1,376,000). It was followed by "Springsteen," Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl" (#39 with sales of 1,156,000) and "Red Solo Cup."

[Johnkm]

Year-To-Date 2012

Top Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Whitney Houston Whitney: The Greatest Hits 818,000
2. Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded 557,000
3. Drake Take Care 549,000
4. Rihanna Talk That Talk 424,000
5. Young Jeezy TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition 312,000
6. Tyga Careless World 257,000
7. Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV 246,000
8. Jay-Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne 225,000
9. Mary J. Blige My Life II: The Journey Continues 218,000
10. Whitney Houston The Bodyguard 212,000

Top Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars Young, Wild & Free 2,029,000
2. Tyga Rack City 1,932,000
3. Drake feat. Lil Wayne The Motto 1,823,000
4. Drake feat. Rihanna Take Care 1,470,000
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West Ni**as in Paris 1,309,000
6. B.o.B So Good 1,248,000
7. Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz Mercy 1,059,000
8. Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj Dance (A$$) 1,042,000
9. Tyga feat. Lil Wayne Faded 930,000
10. Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 872,000

Top Selling Rock Albums

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Gotye Making Mirrors 538,000
2. Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 425,000
3. The Black Keys El Camino 424,000
4. Coldplay Mylo Xyloto 415,000
5. Soundtrack The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 & Beyond 402,000
6. Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth 395,000
7. John Mayer Born & Raised 382,000
8. fun. Some Nights 373,000
9. Jack White Blunderbuss 324,000
10. Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts 309,000

Top Selling Rock Digital Songs

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Gotye Somebody I Used to Know 5,501,000
2. fun. feat. Janelle Monae We Are Young 5,087,000
3. Adele Set Fire to the Rain 2,534,000
4. Train Drive By 2,095,000
5. Jason Mraz I Won't Give Up 1,711,000
6. Adele Rolling in the Deep 1,364,000
7. Coldplay Paradise 1,321,000
8. Adele Someone Like You 1,320,000
9. Adele Rumour Has It 1,123,000
10. Neon Trees Everybody Talks 913,000

Top Selling Country Albums

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Lionel Richie Tuskegee 912,000
2. Carrie Underwood Blown Away 602,000
3. Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines 575,000
4. Lady Antebellum Own the Night 465,000
5. Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 399,000
6. Eric Church Chief 363,000
7. Rascal Flatts Changed 303,000
8. The Band Perry The Band Perry 262,000
9. Kenny Chesney Welcome to the Fishbowl 255,000
10. Tim McGraw Emotional Traffic 245,000

Top Selling Country Digital Songs

Artist Title Year to Date Sales*
1. Luke Bryan Drunk On You 1,376,000
2. Eric Chruch Springsteen 1,313,000
3. Carrie Underwood Good Girl 1,157,000
4. Toby Keith Red Solo Truck 1,056,000
5. Kip Moore Somethin' 'Bout a Truck 994,000
6. Luke Bryan I Don't Want This Night to End 986,000
7. Taylor Swift Eyes Open 984,000
8. Lee Brice A Woman Like You 955,000
9. Taylor Swift Safe & Sound 928,000
10. Miranda Lambert Over You 832,000

[Johnkm]

WEEK 26

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 2
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 11 / last year - 16
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 43 / last year - 47
total albums sales - this year - 150.46m (-3.2%)/ last year - 155.46m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,668,434 - 21 - Adele
02 - 911,687 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 898,864 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - *818,300 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
05 - 713,866 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 602,228 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 574,722 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
08 - 557,460 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
09 - 548,554 - TAKE CARE - Drake
10 - 538,555 - 19 - Adele
11 - 537,554 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
12 - 489,543 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
13 - *484,100 - MDNA - Madonna
14 - 465,264 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
15 - 424,738 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
16 - 424,112 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
17 - 423,622 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
18 - 415,431 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
19 - 402,126 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
20 - 398,784 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
21 - 395,250 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
22 - *395,000 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
23 - 382,260 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
24 - 373,242 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
25 - 363,083 - CHIEF - Eric Church
26 - 347,968 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
27 - *337,300 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
28 - 336,047 - NOW 42 - Various
29 - 324,261 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
30 - 312,051 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
31 - 308,633 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
32 - 306,643 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
33 - 302,707 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
34 - 289,935 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
35 - 282,566 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
36 - 274,596 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
37 - 271,089 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
38 - 267,645 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
39 - 262,488 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
40 - 260,799 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
41 - 257,003 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
42 - 255,022 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - Kenny Chesney
43 - 252,355 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
44 - 248,883 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
45 - 246,221 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
46 - 240,640 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
47 - 234,780 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
48 - 225,096 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
49 - 223,749 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
50 - 223,740 - LIVING THINGS - Linkin Park
51 - 222,633 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5
52 - 219,154 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
53 - *218,400 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
54 - *217,400 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
55 - 216,820 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
56 - 215,995 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
57 - 215,642 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
58 - 215,195 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
59 - 212,378 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
60 - 209,559 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
61 - 209,347 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
62 - 206,390 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
63 - 205,202 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
64 - *201,800 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
65 - 197,250 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
66 - 195,588 - TORCHES - Foster The People
67 - 193,740 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
68 - *193,700 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
69 - 185,570 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
70 - 184,533 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
71 - 180,246 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
72 - 172,764 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
73 - 171,778 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
74 - *169,700 - 4 - Beyonce
75 - *168,000 - NOW 40 - Various
76 - 167,122 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
77 - 165,428 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
78 - *165,400 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
79 - 161,605 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
80 - 158,473 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
81 - *153,400 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
82 - 151,255 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
83 - *151,200 - NEW LIFE - Monica
84 - 149,085 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
85 - 149,016 - THIRTY MILES WEST - Alan Jackson
86 - 148,415 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
87 - 146,474 - CLOCKWORK ANGELS - Rush
88 - 142,837 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
89 - *140,300 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
90 - 139,827 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
91 - 139,337 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
92 - *138,500 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
93 - *137,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
94 - 134,754 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
95 - *134,600 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
96 - *134,500 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
97 - 134,005 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
98 - 133,284 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
99 - 131,344 - ROCK OF AGES - Soundtrack
100 - *131,100 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa

[Johnkm]

WEEK 27

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 12 / last year - 17
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 47 / last year - 48
total albums sales - this year - 156.26m (-2.8%)/ last year - 160.81m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,709,413 - 21 - Adele
02 - 934,619 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
03 - 934,121 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
04 - *823,100 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
05 - 718,742 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 616,807 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 595,075 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
08 - 581,953 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
09 - 568,524 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
10 - 563,312 - TAKE CARE - Drake
11 - 559,080 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
12 - 547,226 - 19 - Adele
13 - *485,900 - MDNA - Madonna
14 - 471,390 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
15 - 461,084 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 431,981 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - *427,200 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
18 - 422,811 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
19 - 416,232 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
20 - 411,778 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
21 - 408,464 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 404,038 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
23 - *396,700 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
24 - 392,737 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
25 - 377,459 - CHIEF - Eric Church
26 - 353,136 - NOW 42 - Various
27 - 353,019 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
28 - 351,310 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
29 - *338,200 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
30 - 330,545 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
31 - 315,505 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
32 - 315,152 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
33 - 311,498 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
34 - 308,538 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
35 - 297,638 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - Kenny Chesney
36 - 296,198 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
37 - 292,462 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
38 - 290,158 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5
39 - 287,269 - LIVING THINGS - Linkin Park
40 - 286,751 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
41 - 285,800 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
42 - 283,826 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
43 - 269,226 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
44 - 267,246 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
45 - 261,349 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
46 - 257,192 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
47 - 252,221 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
48 - 249,667 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
49 - 246,036 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
50 - 242,915 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
51 - 239,057 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
52 - 229,217 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
53 - 227,755 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
54 - 225,534 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
55 - 221,500 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
56 - *221,000 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
57 - 220,687 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
58 - 220,546 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - 219,499 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
60 - *218,100 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
61 - 217,361 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
62 - 213,568 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
63 - 213,205 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
64 - 203,815 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
65 - *203,000 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
66 - 201,651 - TORCHES - Foster The People
67 - 198,524 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
68 - *194,800 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
69 - 191,119 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
70 - 188,888 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
71 - *186,800 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
72 - 185,352 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
73 - 177,005 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
74 - 176,622 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
75 - 173,539 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
76 - *172,100 - 4 - Beyonce
77 - *168,900 - NOW 40 - Various
78 - 167,850 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
79 - *167,200 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
80 - 165,787 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
81 - 161,551 - THIRTY MILES WEST - Alan Jackson
82 - 157,163 - CLOCKWORK ANGELS - Rush
83 - 155,889 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
84 - 154,816 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
85 - 154,545 - ROCK OF AGES - Soundtrack
86 - *154,500 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
87 - *153,900 - NEW LIFE - Monica
88 - 151,397 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
89 - 146,121 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
90 - *145,200 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
91 - 142,786 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
92 - *141,500 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
93 - *140,200 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
94 - 138,583 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
95 - *138,100 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
96 - 138,027 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
97 - 137,815 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
98 - *136,600 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
99 - *135,500 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
100 - 134,935 - FORTUNE - Chris Brown

[Johnkm]

WEEK 27 TOP SELLING 2012 RELEASES

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 934,619 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
02 - 934,121 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
03 - 718,742 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 616,807 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
05 - 568,524 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
06 - 559,080 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
07 - *485,900 - MDNA - Madonna
08 - *427,200 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
09 - 416,232 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
10 - 411,778 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
11 - *396,700 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
12 - 392,737 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
13 - 353,136 - NOW 42 - Various
14 - *338,200 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
15 - 330,545 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
16 - 315,505 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
17 - 311,498 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
18 - 308,538 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
19 - 297,638 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - Kenny Chesney
20 - 292,462 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
21 - 290,158 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5
22 - 287,269 - LIVING THINGS - Linkin Park
23 - 285,800 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
24 - 261,349 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
25 - 257,192 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
26 - 252,221 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
27 - 246,036 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
28 - 242,915 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
29 - 220,546 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
30 - 218,102 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
31 - 217,361 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
32 - 203,815 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
33 - *194,800 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
34 - 191,119 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
35 - *186,800 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
36 - 176,622 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
37 - 161,551 - THIRTY MILES WEST - Alan Jackson
38 - 157,163 - CLOCKWORK ANGELS - Rush
39 - 155,889 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
40 - *153,900 - NEW LIFE - Monica
41 - 151,397 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
42 - 146,121 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
43 - *145,200 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
44 - 138,027 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
45 - *135,500 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
46 - 134,935 - FORTUNE - Chris Brown
47 - 132,785 - MMG PRESENTS: SELF MADE VOL. 2 - Various
48 - 131,736 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack
49 - 127,550 - THAT'S WHY GOD MADE RADIO - Beach Boys
50 - 125,843 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
51 - *120,300 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
52 - 119,924 - PLUTO - Future
53 - *116,000 - SMASH - Soundtrack
54 - 115,584 - THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN… - Fiona Apple
55 - 111,513 - AMERICANA - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
56 - 110,966 - THE MF LIFE - Melanie Fiona
57 - *109,600 - I WIN - Marvin Sapp
58 - 108,758 - THE WANTED (EP) - Wanted
59 - *104,300 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
60 - *103,200 - WOW GOSPEL 2012 - Various

[Johnkm]

WEEK 28

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 12 / last year - 18
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 50 / last year - 49
total albums sales - this year - 161.81m (-2.8%)/ last year - 166.42m

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,744,797 - 21 - Adele
02 - 970,822 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
03 - 942,889 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
04 - *826,800 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
05 - 722,343 - NOW 41 - Various
06 - 630,872 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 623,246 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
08 - 604,296 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
09 - 592,414 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
10 - 578,153 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj
11 - 570,351 - TAKE CARE - Drake
12 - 554,006 - 19 - Adele
13 - *487,600 - MDNA - Madonna
14 - 477,625 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
15 - 468,093 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
16 - 438,896 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
17 - 432,083 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
18 - *429,600 - WRECKING BALL - Bruce Springsteen
19 - 428,027 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
20 - 418,324 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
21 - 415,384 - THE HUNGER GAMES - Soundtrack
22 - 412,316 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
23 - 402,380 - BORN AND RAISED - John Mayer
24 - *398,300 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
25 - 396,239 - CHIEF - Eric Church
26 - 385,262 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
27 - 366,527 - NOW 42 - Various
28 - 357,435 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
29 - *339,000 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
30 - 336,299 - BLUNDERBUSS - Jack White
31 - 334,529 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5
32 - 329,215 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - Kenny Chesney
33 - 324,114 - LIVING THINGS - Linkin Park
34 - 321,151 - LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS - Norah Jones
35 - 318,384 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
36 - 316,101 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
37 - 314,824 - CHANGED - Rascal Flatts
38 - 302,676 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
39 - 299,306 - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD - Jason Mraz
40 - 291,758 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
41 - 291,693 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
42 - 290,402 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
43 - 274,702 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
44 - 273,905 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
45 - 265,001 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
46 - 262,798 - LOOKING 4 MYSELF - Usher
47 - 261,571 - AMARYLLIS - Shinedown
48 - 257,065 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
49 - 256,950 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
50 - 253,094 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
51 - 242,739 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
52 - 234,490 - UNCAGED - Zac Brown Band
53 - 234,036 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
54 - 233,012 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
55 - 232,869 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
56 - 228,701 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
57 - 225,941 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
58 - 225,409 - SLIPSTREAM - Bonnie Raitt
59 - 224,238 - BOYS & GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
60 - *223,200 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
61 - 222,598 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
62 - 219,968 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
63 - *218,700 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
64 - 217,390 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
65 - 210,448 - CALIFORNIA 37 - Train
66 - 205,561 - TORCHES - Foster The People
67 - 204,400 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
68 - 204,200 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
69 - *196,000 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
70 - 195,878 - STRANGE CLOUDS - B.o.B.
71 - 195,529 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
72 - 193,593 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
73 - 190,492 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
74 - 190,184 - PORT OF MORROW - Shins
75 - 180,801 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
76 - 179,903 - FORTUNE - Chris Brown
77 - 178,763 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
78 - *174,600 - 4 - Beyonce
79 - 172,109 - THIRTY MILES WEST - Alan Jackson
80 - 170,171 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
81 - 170,048 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
82 - *169,700 - NOW 40 - Various
83 - *168,800 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
84 - 166,760 - HARD 2 LOVE - Lee Brice
85 - 165,993 - ROCK OF AGES - Soundtrack
86 - 165,124 - CLOCKWORK ANGELS - Rush
87 - 158,440 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
88 - *155,900 - NEW LIFE - Monica
89 - *155,500 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
90 - 154,603 - UP ALL NIGHT - Kip Moore
91 - 154,167 - MMG PRESENTS: SELF MADE VOL. 2 - Various
92 - 154,054 - SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE - Soundtrack
93 - 147,486 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
94 - 145,870 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
95 - 142,804 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
96 - 142,747 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
97 - 141,761 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
98 - 141,221 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
99 - 141,043 - TRESPASSING - Adam Lambert
100 - 140,351 - PROJECT X - Soundtrack

[Johnkm]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 28

Excludes titles that were moved to catalog during the year. * - indicates estimated sales.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *826,800 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 554,006 - 19 - Adele
03 - *201,200 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
04 - 195,529 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
05 - 178,763 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
06 - *155,500 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
07 - 142,804 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
08 - 141,221 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
09 - *139,100 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
10 - 135,508 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
11 - 135,415 - RECOVERY - Eminem
12 - 133,133 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
13 - 122,496 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
14 - 118,682 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
15 - *115,500 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys
16 - 115,384 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd
17 - 114,322 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
18 - 110,538 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
19 - 108,395 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
20 - 106,013 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
21 - 104,206 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
22 - 103,745 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
23 - 99,019 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd
24 - 96,355 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
25 - 95,079 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
26 - *93,200 - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - Whitney Houston
27 - 92,961 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
28 - 91,097 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
29 - 90,879 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
30 - 88,465 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
31 - 87,563 - MOTHERSHIP - Led Zeppelin
32 - 86,127 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith
33 - 85,424 - 1 - Beatles
34 - 83,623 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
35 - 81,965 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
36 - 79,722 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
37 - 79,191 - GREATEST HITS - Foo Fighters
38 - 78,743 - GREATEST HITS - Queen
39 - 78,680 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 - Rascal Flatts
40 - 77,141 - WAR IS THE ANSWER - Five Finger Death Punch
41 - 76,457 - VH1 STORYTELLERS - Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson
42 - 75,661 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
43 - 75,190 - THE ULTIMATE - Bee Gees
44 - 74,249 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
45 - 73,521 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
46 - *72,800 - I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - Whitney Houston
47 - 71,646 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
48 - 71,354 - THANK ME LATER - Drake
49 - 70,972 - REVOLUTION - Miranda Lambert
50 - 69,370 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5