2012 YTD thread - United States

[NorfolkScot]

What were the totals sales of the album that finished #2 in the 2011 YTD chart?

It was Michael Buble with sales over 2.4million, then Gaga.

[Euromillions]

Thanks, Norfolk. 21' could be at that level by the end of March/ mid April

[oldbloke]

SONGS WEEK 6

First 2 songs past the million mark this week…

Rank - Estimated Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1.10 - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele
02 - 1.06 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
03 - 0.90 - SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
04 - 0.88 - TURN ME ON - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
05 - 0.84 - RACK CITY - Tyga
06 - 0.82 - GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
07 - 0.82 - YOUNG WILD AND FREE - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
08 - 0.76 - WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris  
09 - 0.67 - NI**AS IN PARIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
10 - 0.64 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
11 - 0.63 - DOMINO - Jessie J
12 - 0.60 - IT WILL RAIN - Bruno Mars
13 - 0.57 - THE MOTTO - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
14 - 0.57 - DANCE (A$$) - Big Sean
15 - 0.55 - INTERNATIONAL LOVE - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
16 - 0.54 - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Katy Perry
17 - 0.52 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
18 - 0.49 - ASS BACK HOME - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
19 - 0.49 - WE ARE YOUNG - Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
20 - 0.49 - I WON'T GIVE UP - Jason Mraz
21 - 0.48 - RED SOLO CUP - Toby Keith
22 - 0.48 - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
23 - 0.46 - NOT OVER YOU - Gavin DeGraw
24 - 0.42 - WORK OUT - J.Cole
25 - 0.40 - I LIKE IT LIKE THAT - Hot Chelle Rae
26 - 0.40 - I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END - Luke Bryan
27 - 0.39 - SOMEBOY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye feat. Kimbra
28 - 0.39 - PARADISE - Coldplay
29 - 0.39 - ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele
30 - 0.38 - STEREO HEARTS - Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine  

[joao]

Is it me or are the coincidences with Adele's stats a little crazy, I mean, her album 21 is about spend its 21st week at 1 this week, breaking the record of Whitney Houston's album, a week after Whitney's death. Speaking of which Whitney's GH just supplanted Adele's 19 from the Top Catalog Albums Chart and I'm assuming these 2 albums will be 1 and 2 for the rest of the year.

Another one I just read today, she is renting a home worth 7million pounds and 21 is about to cross 7million copies this week....ok that one not as crazy, it's still a kind of a coincindence

Yeah, and haven´t you noticed that, except from the Christmas period, Adele´s 19 only leaves the catalog chart #1 when a celebrity dies?

[oldbloke]

3 months down, 9 to go on the "Billboard" year!

The "Billboard" year began with the chart dated 3rd December 2011 and will finish with the chart dated 25th November 2012. Billboard only count sales whilst the album is in the weekly top 200.

Key: Rank - Wks On Chart - Sales 000's - TITLE - Artist

01 - 13 - 2,203 - 21 - Adele
02 - 07 - 2,100 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Buble
03 - 13 - 1,438 - TAKE CARE - Drake
04 - 08 - 934 - UNDER THE MISTLETOE - Justin Bieber
05 - 12 - 698 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
06 - 12 - 648 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
07 - 10 - 595 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
08 - 13 - 528 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
09 - 13 - 525 - NOW 40 - Various
10 - 13 - 505 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay

11 - 12 - 497 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES (ACT 1) - Mary J Blige
12 - 13 - 493 - CONCERTO: ONE NIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK - Andrea Bocelli
13 - 13 - 459 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
14 - 08 - 440 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
15 - 13 - 418 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
16 - 12 - 376 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
17 - 13 - 366 - 19 - Adele
18 - 13 - 356 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
19 - 13 - 347 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
20 - 10 - 344 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse

21 - 13 - 329 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
22 - 13 - 323 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
23 - 13 - 321 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
24 - 13 - 307 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
25 - 12 - 305 - SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME - Susan Boyle
26 - 06 - 303 - GLEE: THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM VOLUME 2 - Glee Cast
27 - 13 - 301 - THE BAND PERRY - The Band Perry
28 - 13 - 298 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
29 - 13 - 275 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett  
30 - 10 - 266 - SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR LIVE - Taylor Swift

31 - 13 - 266 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West  
32 - 13 - 261 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
33 - 13 - 247 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
34 - 13 - 246 - TORCHES - Foster The People
35 - 06 - 246 - HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS - Jackie Evancho
36 - 13 - 237 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
37 - 13 - 233 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
38 - 07 - 229 - A VERY SHE AND HIM CHRISTMAS - She & Him
39 - 12 - 229 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL... - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
40 - 13 - 216 - 4 - Beyonce

41 - 13 - 215 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
42 - 06 - 215 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli
43 - 12 - 205 - ELEVATE (OST) - Big Time Rush
44 - 13 - 196 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry 
45 - 13 - 192 - COME TO THE WELL - Casting Crowns
46 - 13 - 190 - WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - Selena Gomez & the Scene
47 - 01 - 187 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
48 - 09 - 178 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
49 - 13 - 174 - DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
50 - 10 - 168 - THE PATH OF TOTALITY - Korn

51 - 13 - 167 - CHIEF - Eric Church
52 - 10 - 165 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: SEASON THREE: VOL.7 - Glee Cast
53 - 06 - 162 - CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY - Mannheim Steamroller
54 - 06 - 162 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
55 - 13 - 159 - AMBITION - Wale
56 - 13 - 158 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J. Cole
57 - 13 - 157 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
58 - 06 - 156 - NOEL - Josh Groban
59 - 07 - 155 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi Trio
60 - 13 - 154 - WOW HITS 2012 - Various

61 - 13 - 152 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
62 - 04 - 150 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
63 - 11 - 148 - IMMORTAL - Michael Jackson
64 - 06 - 146 - GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: CHRISTMAS SONGS… - Chris Tomlin
65 - 13 - 145 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
66 - 13 - 144 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
67 - 13 - 142 - SINATRA: BEST OF THE BEST - Frank Sinatra
68 - 01 - 142 - NOW 41 - Various
69 - 13 - 140 - BLUE SLIDE PARK - Mac Miller
70 - 13 - 140 - EVANESCENCE - Evanescence

71 - 13 - 139 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
72 - 03 - 137 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
73 - 13 - 136 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese
74 - 13 - 136 - NOW 39 - Various
75 - 09 - 134 - THAT'S LIFE - Landau Eugene Murphy Jr
76 - 13 - 133 - LUNGS - Florence + the Machine
77 - 10 - 131 - LOVE AFTER WAR - Robin Thicke
78 - 13 - 130 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
79 - 13 - 125 - FORMULA VOL.1 - Romeo Santos
80 - 06 - 124 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS 4 - Various

81 - 13 - 123 - #1 GIRL - Mindless Behavior  
82 - 08 - 122 - THE DREAMER / THE BELIEVER - Common
83 - 09 - 122 - THE MUPPETS - Soundtrack
84 - 09 - 121 - WICKED GAME - Il Divo
85 - 07 - 121 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
86 - 03 - 118 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
87 - 13 - 118 - HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION - Chris Tomlin
88 - 10 - 118 - HATS OFF TO THE BULL - Chevelle
89 - 10 - 117 - THE VERY BEST OF - Neil Diamond
90 - 13 - 115 - RECOVERY - Eminem

91 - 13 - 114 - HELL ON HEELS - Pistol Annies
92 - 11 - 113 - CAMP - Childish Gambino
93 - 08 - 112 - UNDUN - Roots
94 - 08 - 112 - DREAM WITH ME - Jackie Evancho
95 - 13 - 111 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
96 - 12 - 110 - RADIOACTIVE - Yelawolf
97 - 13 - 108 - WILDFLOWER - Lauren Alaina
98 - 13 - 108 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
99 - 02 - 106 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
100 - 11 - 102 - ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED - Soundtrack

[huynhicq]

was looking for this

[SLiM]

oldbloke, if you have time could you please tell me why Susan Boyle Someone To Watch Over Me isn't on the list through week 13 because I thought only her first 2 weeks counted toward last year's Billboard year end chart and therefore all the rest which I figured should be about 300,000 should count toward this year.

Thank you!

[oldbloke]

oldbloke, if you have time could you please tell me why Susan Boyle Someone To Watch Over Me isn't on the list through week 13 because I thought only her first 2 weeks counted toward last year's Billboard year end chart and therefore all the rest which I figured should be about 300,000 should count toward this year.

Thank you!

Aah - slight bug in the spreadsheet - about a dozen albums were without totals. I've corrected the chart now in the original post and SuBo is #25. Thanks for spotting.

[Euromillions]

^Why don't you go look at the 2011 thread?

Hmmm...I'm getting the impression I'm not exactly your favourite poster at the moment. Here's hoping you can get an Adele prediction at least half right at some stage this year, lol.

PS Have you apologised to Timmy94 yet? You know, for accusing him of posting nonsense when he suggested sales of 500k for '21' whereas your attempt was IIRC 250-300k

[thebigham]

^Why don't you go look at the 2011 thread?

Hmmm...I'm getting the impression I'm not exactly your favourite poster at the moment. Here's hoping you can get an Adele prediction at least half right at some stage this year, lol.

PS Have you apologised to Timmy94 yet? You know, for accusing him of posting nonsense when he suggested sales of 500k for '21' whereas your attempt was IIRC 250-300k

Mods, please notice. Flaming.

[oldbloke]

WEEK 7

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 3
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 28 / last year - 28
total albums sales - this year - 41.70m (+4.4%) / last year - 39.95m

The number of albums that have sold over 50,000 so far this year increases to 66, up 12 from last week. A further 2 albums would appear on the list if SoundScan included sales from christian outlets in their YTD numbers: David Crowder Band's "Give Us Rest" has total sales of 83,400 (34,200 throught christian outlets) and James Fortune & FIYA'S "Identity" total sales are 56,700 (17,200 through christian outlets).

The combined sales of the top 10 on this is list totals 3.42 million - over half of that total (1.74 million) belongs to Adele. She also appears on "Now 41" (SLY) and the "Grammy Nominees" (RITD), and if that isn't enough there's a Kidz cover of Someone Like You on "Kidz Bop 21".

Key: Albums in blue are 2012 releases, albums in green are catalog. * - indicates estimated sales.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1,528,981 - 21 - Adele
02 - 246,424 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
03 - *240,800 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
04 - 236,223 - NOW 41 - Various
05 - 222,628 - TAKE CARE - Drake
06 - 222,088 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
07 - 207,372 - 19 - Adele
08 - 185,551 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
09 - 173,599 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
10 - 160,461 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
11 - 160,384 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
12 - 156,378 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
13 - 153,580 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
14 - 146,087 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
15 - 143,653 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
16 - 137,059 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
17 - 132,408 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
18 - 130,660 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
19 - 126,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
20 - 124,370 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
21 - 123,985 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 116,283 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
23 - 116,088 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
24 - 115,892 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
25 - 105,650 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
26 - 105,646 - NOW 40 - Various
27 - 104,183 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
28 - 100,625 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
29 - 98,611 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
30 - 97,300 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
31 - 96,476 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
32 - 91,949 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
33 - 84,910 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
34 - 83,772 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
35 - 83,196 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
36 - 83,184 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
37 - 80,763 - TORCHES - Foster The People
38 - 79,141 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
39 - 77,408 - 4 - Beyonce
40 - 76,860 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
41 - 75,694 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
42 - 75,613 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
43 - 75,566 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
44 - 73,909 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
45 - 70,290 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
46 - 68,937 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
47 - 68,096 - CHIEF - Eric Church
48 - 65,789 - SOUL 2 - Seal
49 - 65,122 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
50 - 64,083 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
51 - 63,739 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
52 - 62,929 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
53 - 61,495 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
54 - 59,648 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
55 - 59,544 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
56 - 59,238 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
57 - 58,678 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
58 - 58,416 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
59 - 56,713 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
60 - 56,177 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
61 - 55,338 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
62 - 55,114 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
63 - 53,695 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch 
64 - 51,678 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
65 - 51,623 - 100 PROOF - Kellie Pickler
66 - 50,862 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band

[Lehmann]

Thanks, oldbloke!
So Adele reaches 1 million before anyone else reached 500k and it's clear that she will be at 2 milli before anyone else reaches 500k.. I think that such things never happened before!
31 - 96,476 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
That's 2011 release

[Euromillions]

She could even be at 2 million in 2 week's time! Quite extraordinary, really. She's outselling the #2 album by more than 6:1 Has any album ever dominated the US charts like this in its second year of release? 'Thriller' perhaps?

[Mulvanaghty]

Is it to early to predict that Adele will have the #1 selling album in the United States and Worldwide with "21" for 2012?

If this is true, I think it will be the first time an artist has had the #1 album for two consecutive years with the same album since Michael Jacksons Thriller in 1983 and 1984.

In fact, because more precise records are not available and so it is difficult to determine, Michael Jackson may not of had the #1 album of 1984, it may have been Prince who shipped 9 million copies of his Purple Rain album by the end of 1984 just in the United States.

[starshine90]

50 - 64,083 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
51 - 63,739 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady Gaga

This situation is so interesting

[oldbloke]

31 - 96,476 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
That's 2011 release

Thanks Lehmann - that's fixed now!!

[oldbloke]

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 7

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

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - *240,800 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
02 - 207,372 - 19 - Adele
03 - 55,338 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
04 - 48,492 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
05 - 47,330 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
06 - 43,496 - RECOVERY - Eminem
07 - 39,215 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
08 - 37,674 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
09 - 36,199 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
10 - 35,506 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
11 - *35,300 - CELEBRATION - Madonna
12 - 34,716 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
13 - 34,464 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
14 - 34,281 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
15 - 32,754 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
16 - 31,596 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
17 - 31,397 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
18 - 30,997 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
19 - 30,736 - 1 - Beatles
20 - 30,146 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
21 - 29,918 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
22 - 28,465 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
23 - 27,528 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
24 - 26,862 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
25 - *26,300 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
26 - 25,900 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
27 - 25,448 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson
28 - *25,400 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
29 - 25,302 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith  
30 - 24,366 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Jackson 5

[oldbloke]

SONGS WEEK 7

Rank - Estimated Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1.35 - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele
02 - 1.32 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
03 - 1.03 - SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
04 - 0.99 - TURN ME ON - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
05 - 0.97 - RACK CITY - Tyga
06 - 0.94 - YOUNG WILD AND FREE - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
07 - 0.91 - GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
08 - 0.86 - WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris  
09 - 0.75 - NI**AS IN PARIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
10 - 0.74 - WE ARE YOUNG - Fun. feat. Janelle Monae
11 - 0.72 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
12 - 0.71 - DOMINO - Jessie J
13 - 0.71 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
14 - 0.68 - IT WILL RAIN - Bruno Mars
15 - 0.66 - ROLLING IN THE DEEP - Adele
16 - 0.66 - THE MOTTO - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
17 - 0.64 - INTERNATIONAL LOVE - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
18 - 0.63 - DANCE (A$$) - Big Sean
19 - 0.59 - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Katy Perry
20 - 0.58 - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston
21 - 0.58 - ASS BACK HOME - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
22 - 0.54 - I WON'T GIVE UP - Jason Mraz
23 - 0.54 - RED SOLO CUP - Toby Keith
24 - 0.54 - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
25 - 0.52 - PARADISE - Coldplay
26 - 0.52 - NOT OVER YOU - Gavin DeGraw
27 - 0.51 - SOMEBOY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye feat. Kimbra
28 - 0.48 - WORK OUT - J.Cole
29 - 0.46 - I LIKE IT LIKE THAT - Hot Chelle Rae
30 - 0.45 - I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END - Luke Bryan
31 - 0.45 - TAKE CARE - Drake feat. Rihanna
32 - 0.44 - LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG - Selena Gomez & the Scene
33 - 0.43 - PART OF ME - Katy Perry
34 - 0.42 - STEREO HEARTS - Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine  
35 - 0.42 - A THOUSAND YEARS - Christina Perri
36 - 0.40 - YOU DA ONE - Rihanna
37 - 0.35 - PUMPED UP KICKS - Foster The People
38 - 0.35 - GLAD YOU CAME - The Wanted
39 - 0.35 - GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' - Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
40 - 0.35 - BLACKOUT - Breathe Carolina

[rundmck]

50 - 64,083 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
51 - 63,739 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady Gaga

This situation is so interesting

In what way?

[oldbloke]

WEEK 8

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 5 / last year - 9
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 32 / last year - 36
total albums sales - this year - 48.01m (+3.4%) / last year - 46.45m

Another 11 albums pass the 50,000 YTD sales mark this week taking the total to 77. Amazing that it was this week last year that Adele's "21" debuted on the BB200 at #1 and the YTD chart at #2 - the only time it has appeared on a YTD list and not been #1.

Key: Albums in blue are 2012 releases, albums in green are catalog. * - indicates estimated sales.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 1,825,530 - 21 - Adele
02 - *414,600 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 289,733 - NOW 41 - Various
04 - 274,780 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
05 - 250,616 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
06 - 248,653 - TAKE CARE - Drake
07 - 246,212 - 19 - Adele
08 - 199,892 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
09 - 189,306 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
10 - 183,586 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
11 - 176,598 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
12 - 171,859 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
13 - 171,788 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
14 - 165,735 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
15 - 161,836 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
16 - 150,365 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
17 - 148,749 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
18 - 143,800 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan  
19 - 143,464 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
20 - 141,439 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
21 - 137,651 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
22 - 132,068 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
23 - 130,195 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
24 - 129,824 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
25 - 117,911 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
26 - 117,247 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
27 - 114,244 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
28 - 113,485 - NOW 40 - Various
29 - 112,068 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
30 - 108,531 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
31 - 107,603 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
32 - 101,858 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
33 - 98,653 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
34 - 96,917 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
35 - 92,653 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
36 - 90,965 - TORCHES - Foster The People
37 - 90,520 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
38 - 90,367 - BARTON HOLLOW - Civil Wars
39 - 89,114 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
40 - 88,816 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
41 - 86,793 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
42 - 86,592 - 4 - Beyonce
43 - 85,610 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
44 - 83,060 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
45 - 83,011 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
46 - 78,813 - CHIEF - Eric Church
47 - 74,539 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
48 - *72,300 - THE BODYGUARD - Soundtrack
49 - 71,991 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
50 - 71,700 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
51 - 70,724 - SOUL 2 - Seal
52 - 70,573 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
53 - 69,926 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
54 - 69,835 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
55 - 69,335 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
56 - 68,161 - SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITES (EP) - Skrillex
57 - 67,804 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
58 - 66,168 - NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - David Guetta
59 - 65,767 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
60 - 64,559 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
61 - 63,529 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J Cole
62 - 62,565 - BON IVER - Bon Iver
63 - 62,508 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
64 - 62,450 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
65 - 61,488 - CARELESS WORLD - Tyga
66 - 60,618 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch 
67 - 57,357 - ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK AND ROLL NEVER FORGETS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
68 - 56,965 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
69 - *55,900 - WHITNEY HOUSTON - Whitney Houston
70 - 54,680 - 100 PROOF - Kellie Pickler
71 - 54,531 - MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW - Fresh Beat Band
72 - 53,681 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
73 - 53,158 - AMBITION - Wale
74 - 52,773 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
75 - 52,715 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
76 - 51,221 - CHIMES OF FREEDOM - Various
77 - 50,437 - OPEN INVITATION - Tyrese

[JSparksFan]

Adele will cross the 2 million mark next week! That's insane! I hope Whitney's The Greatest Hits remains stable so it can at least finish up in the Top 10 on the year-end chart.

Much thanks for the list, oldbloke!

[WolfSpear]

Is it to early to predict that Adele will have the #1 selling album in the United States and Worldwide with "21" for 2012?

If this is true, I think it will be the first time an artist has had the #1 album for two consecutive years with the same album since Michael Jacksons Thriller in 1983 and 1984.

In fact, because more precise records are not available and so it is difficult to determine, Michael Jackson may not of had the #1 album of 1984, it may have been Prince who shipped 9 million copies of his Purple Rain album by the end of 1984 just in the United States.

Yes, Adele is no doubtly going to have the best seller for 2 consecutive years. Since Billboard cuts off their tracking year by the end of November, the Christmas albums have no chance of taking the crown. Not like they posed a threat anyhow ...

And I agree, Purple Rain was the top selling album of 1984. MC Hammer also had the top seller of 1990 but the then "great method of determining year end charts" was the best way they knew how.

[oldbloke]

Adele's "21" is now SoundScan's 13th biggest selling album of the 21st Century!!!

Rank - Year - Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist

01 - 2000 - 12.03 - 1 - Beatles
02 - 2000 - 11.12 - NO STRINGS ATTACHED - 'NSync
03 - 2002 - 10.80 - COME AWAY WITH ME - Norah Jones
04 - 2000 - 10.56 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
05 - 2002 - 10.04 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem
07 - 2004 - 9.96 - CONFESSIONS - Usher
06 - 2000 - 9.93 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park
08 - 1999 - 9.52 - HUMAN CLAY - Creed
09 - 2000 - 9.21 - OOPS I DID IT AGAIN - Britney Spears
10 - 2000 - 8.51 - COUNTRY GRAMMAR - Nelly
11 - 2003 - 8.08 - GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' - 50 Cent
12 - 2001 - 7.69 - O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU - Soundtrack
13 - 2011 - 7.65 - 21 - Adele
14 - 2003 - 7.61 - FALLEN - Evanescence
15 - 2005 - 7.58 - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - Nickelback
16 - 2005 - 7.17 - SOME HEARTS - Carrie Underwood
17 - 1999 - 7.04 - SUPERNATURAL - Santana
18 - 2001 - 6.98 - A DAY WITHOUT RAIN - Enya
19 - 2000 - 6.82 - HOTSHOT - Shaggy
20 - 2002 - 6.81 - LET GO - Avril Lavigne

[WolfSpear]

Note how it's the only one after 2005. That's quite sad.

[Euromillions]

Note how it's the only one after 2005. That's quite sad.

But it also demonstrates that, sales-wise, this album is the 'Thriller' of its era.