ALBUMS WEEK 52

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 4 / last year - 7
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 14 / last year - 25
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 52 / last year - 66
total album sales in 2016: 200.54m, down 16.7% vs 2015: 241.66m.

Rank - Estimated 2016 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )
01 - 1,731,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,172,000 )
02 - 1,608,000 - VIEWS - Drake ( 1,608,000 )
03 - 1,554,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,554,000 )
04 - 1,085,000 - TRAVELLER - Chris Stapleton ( 1,770,000 )
05 - 915,000 - A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS - Pentatonix ( 915,000 )
06 - 820,000 - HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL - Original Cast ( 989,000 )
07 - 738,000 - BLURRYFACE - Twenty One Pilots ( 1,330,000 )
08 - 668,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Prince ( 2,756,000 )
09 - 603,000 - ANTI - Rihanna ( 603,000 )
10 - 554,000 - PURPOSE - Justin Bieber ( 1,823,000 )
11 - 540,000 - IF I'M HONEST - Blake Shelton ( 540,000 )
12 - 539,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 539,000 )
13 - 518,000 - HYMNS - Joey + Rory ( 518,000 )
14 - 517,000 - HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT - Metallica ( 517,000 )
15 - 497,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,569,000 )
16 - 479,000 - 24K MAGIC - Bruno Mars ( 479,000 )
17 - 474,000 - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Garth Brooks ( 474,000 )
18 - 472,000 - SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM - Soundtrack ( 472,000 )
19 - 456,000 - BLACKSTAR - David Bowie ( 456,000 )
20 - 452,000 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY - J Cole ( 452,000 )
21 - 412,000 - RIPCORD - Keith Urban ( 412,000 )
22 - 403,000 - ISLAH - Kevin Gates ( 403,000 )
23 - 392,000 - A MOON SHAPED POOL - Radiohead ( 392,000 )
24 - 382,000 - THE GETAWAY - Red Hot Chili Peppers ( 382,000 )
25 - 380,000 - NOW 57 - Various ( 380,000 )
26 - 373,000 - STARBOY - The Weeknd ( 373,000 )
27 - 371,000 - JOANNE - Lady Gaga ( 371,000 )
28 - 354,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 530,000 )
29 - 354,000 - CLEOPATRA - Lumineers ( 354,000 )
30 - 347,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 6,001,000 )
31 - 343,000 - BLONDE - Frank Ocean ( 343,000 )
32 - 331,000 - CALIFORNIA - Blink-182 ( 331,000 )
33 - 325,000 - DIG YOUR ROOTS - Florida Georgia Line ( 325,000 )
34 - 323,000 - A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS - Coldplay ( 646,000 )
35 - 322,000 - DANGEROUS WOMAN - Ariana Grande ( 322,000 )
36 - 321,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11,774,000 )
37 - 318,000 - THIS IS ACTING - Sia ( 318,000 )
38 - 313,000 - THANK YOU - Meghan Trainor ( 313,000 )
39 - 309,000 - BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS - The Weeknd ( 1,171,000 )
40 - 305,000 - THEY DON'T KNOW - Jason Aldean ( 305,000 )
41 - 302,000 - TROLLS - Soundtrack ( 302,000 )
42 - 298,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed ( 533,000 )
43 - 296,000 - ENCORE: MOVIE PARTNERS SING BROADWAY - Barbra Streisand ( 296,000 )
44 - 291,000 - VESSEL - Twenty One Pilots ( 701,000 )
45 - 284,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,253,000 )
46 - 278,000 - UNTITLED UNMASTERED - Kendrick Lamar ( 278,000 )
47 - 275,000 - THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME - Pentatonix ( 2,048,000 )
48 - 268,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,486,000 )
49 - 266,000 - TANGLED UP - Thomas Rhett ( 523,000 )
50 - 257,000 - T R A P S O U L - Bryson Tiller ( 415,000 )
51 - 256,000 - STORYTELLER - Carrie Underwood ( 722,000 )
52 - 251,000 - THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE - Various ( 251,000 )
53 - 249,000 - BLUE & LONESOME - Rolling Stones ( 249,000 )
54 - 245,000 - NOW 59 - Various ( 245,000 )
55 - 244,000 - KILL THE LIGHTS - Luke Bryan ( 1,095,000 )
56 - 241,000 - YOU SHOULD BE HERE - Cole Swindell ( 241,000 )
57 - 241,000 - THE WEIGHT OF THESE WINGS - Miranda Lambert ( 241,000 )
58 - 239,000 - WE GOT IT FROM HERE…THANK YOU 4 YOUR SERVICE - A Tribe Called Quest ( 239,000 )
59 - 225,000 - BLACK - Dierks Bentley ( 225,000 )
60 - 223,000 - BEST OF BOWIE - David Bowie ( 1,738,000 )
61 - 222,000 - WHEN IT'S DARK OUT - G-Eazy ( 383,000 )
62 - 220,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 2,642,000 )
63 - 217,000 - CRY BABY - Melanie Martinez ( 340,000 )
64 - 216,000 - ILLUMINATE - Shawn Mendes ( 216,000 )
65 - 212,000 - MR MISUNDERSTOOD - Eric Church ( 484,000 )
66 - 211,000 - NOW 58 - Various ( 211,000 )
67 - 209,000 - I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP: FOR YOU ARE… - 1975 ( 209,000 )
68 - 206,000 - BADLANDS - Halsey ( 475,000 )
69 - 205,000 - NOBODY BUT ME - Michael Buble ( 205,000 )
70 - 202,000 - KIDZ BOP 31 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 202,000 )
71 - 197,000 - NINE TRACK MIND - Charlie Puth ( 197,000 )
72 - 197,000 - THIS IS WHAT THE TRUTH FEELS LIKE - Gwen Stefani ( 197,000 )
73 - 196,000 - MIND OF MINE - Zayn ( 196,000 )
74 - 194,000 - MOANA - Soundtrack ( 194,000 )
75 - 191,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 6,132,000 )
76 - 189,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,678,000 )
77 - 187,000 - 2016 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 187,000 )
78 - 183,000 - CHRISTMAS TOGETHER - Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood ( 183,000 )
79 - 180,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,104,000 )
80 - 178,000 - EVOL - Future ( 178,000 )
81 - 177,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 956,000 )
82 - 176,000 - COSMIC HALLELUJAH - Kenny Chesney ( 176,000 )
83 - 175,000 - REVOLUTION RADIO - Green Day ( 175,000 )
84 - 175,000 - THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE - Bon Jovi ( 175,000 )
85 - 174,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 1,180,000 )
86 - 172,000 - RELOADED: 20 #1 HITS - Blake Shelton ( 361,000 )
87 - 171,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,575,000 )
88 - 170,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,026,000 )
89 - 168,000 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell ( 168,000 )
90 - 166,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 1,259,000 )
91 - 166,000 - ROYALTY - Chris Brown ( 364,000 )
92 - 165,000 - NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE… - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats ( 302,000 )
93 - 165,000 - 1999 - Prince ( 954,000 )
94 - 164,000 - SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - Jordan Smith ( 164,000 )
95 - 163,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,215,000 )
96 - 159,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé ( 4,081,000 )
97 - 158,000 - KIDZ BOP 32 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 158,000 )
98 - 157,000 - 'TIS THE SEASON - Jordan Smith ( 157,000 )
99 - 157,000 - HERO - Maren Morris ( 157,000 )
100 - 156,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 5,925,000 )

Panic slaying

Adele with all her albums

I'm bored of seeing Adele on the top of the list every year

i feel bad for you then

Where's ANTi

What are Melanie's total sales?

official numbers for this week aint out yet.

She hasn't been at the top of the list a while apart from 2015. And she might not even top 2016... especially if 25 continues to slow down and Taylor releases her next album in Q4.

#LG5 is coming

So 1/12 then. Every three months would be sufficient.

Wow at the Pure Sales/SPS ratio for Purpose

Stay seething then!

Taylor is taking a break and wont release this year.

21 is the 9th best seller of the year so far

460 units isn't enough to chart.

21

23 - 34,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 1,003,000 )


SLAY

Carrie Slay that consistency.