by oldbloke » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:00 pm
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
It's still only April, but Adele's "21" has now sold more this year than Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" sold in 2008 to become that year's top selling album with sales of 2,874,420.
Now 41 remains the biggest seller amongst 2012 released albums, whilst One Direction's "Up All Night" moves past Madonna's "MDNA" as the biggest selling artist album. That will be short lived as Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee", which moved to #1 on the BB200 this week and jumped #14-#7 on this list will become the first 2012 released artist album to pass the 500,000 sales mark next week.
Other climbers in the top part of this week's list: Nicki Minaj up from #21 to #12, Hunger Games #15-#14, Gotye #24-#20, Fun. #28-#25, Rascal Flatts #55-#40, Shinedown #47-#44 and Miranda Lambert #52-#48.
Key: Albums in blue are 2012 releases, albums in green are catalog. * - indicates estimated sales. † - indicates album with christian outlet sales not included.
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
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oldbloke on Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:04 am, edited 2 times in total.