2012 YTD thread - United States

[NorfolkScot]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

[Lemo]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

Mumford and Sons maybe? I know their last album was really successful. I think they may hit a million. Pink maybe?

[NorfolkScot]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

Mumford and Sons maybe? I know their last album was really successful. I think they may hit a million. Pink maybe?

I forgot about Mumford&Sons, yeah they could sell over 1M.

[oldbloke]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

Mumford and Sons maybe? I know their last album was really successful. I think they may hit a million. Pink maybe?

I forgot about Mumford&Sons, yeah they could sell over 1M.

There's also Jason Aldean.

Is Taylor Swift definitely releasing an album this year - nothing's showing up on the metacritic new release schedule.

[oldbloke]

2001 - 100

Just got curious! Maybe there were other 1 million sellers out of Top 100 or there were exactly a hundred million sellers in that year?

I'm fairly certain it was exactly 100 - when they published these lists in Billboard the length of the chart was determined by the number of million sellers. Of course, those stats I posted were for SoundScan only, so in the years where music club sales were substantial there may well have been a few others.

[CountryMan]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

Mumford and Sons maybe? I know their last album was really successful. I think they may hit a million. Pink maybe?

I forgot about Mumford&Sons, yeah they could sell over 1M.

There's also Jason Aldean.

Is Taylor Swift definitely releasing an album this year - nothing's showing up on the metacritic new release schedule.

3rd week of October is the estimated album release according to BMR's label President
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Edit

Expect new album to be announced on August 13th by Taylor Swift with additional rumors that her lead out single will play during the broadcast with release to radio on Tuesday...

http://taylorswift.com/news/90711



video http://taylorswift.com/

[Timmy94]

It means ... good luck finding more than 1 album that sells over 1 million.

But seriously, not looking too hot right now with the except of Adele and One Direction. It's going to be a dry finish in the end.

1 Million today seems like an absolute smash then...

I still have faith in the coming xmas season though..

Last year, the Christmas sales were rather disappointing with only 6 albums selling 100k+ in the Christmas week. 10 years ago, the entire top 50 was doing so...

You might think that if the people don't buy albums the whole year, then they might do it for Christmas/celebrating purposes - d'oh!

[WolfSpear]

And I don't see a huge Christmas blockbuster this year.

I don't people are going to swarm for the Rod Stewart one. I do expect Michael Buble to return in the top 10 again and ... unfortunately, Justin Bieber as well.

[thebigham]

Who's going to release the big Xmas album this year?

That'll sell over 1 million.

[Lioha]

Apart from Swift, any new releases coming out this year pass 2million or even 1million?

Mumford and Sons maybe? I know their last album was really successful. I think they may hit a million. Pink maybe?

I forgot about Mumford&Sons, yeah they could sell over 1M.

There's also Jason Aldean.

Is Taylor Swift definitely releasing an album this year - nothing's showing up on the metacritic new release schedule.

What about Michael Buble? He's good album seller)

[NorfolkScot]

So albums by

Swift, Buble, Jason Aldean, Mumford&Sons to sell over 1 million so far.

That's not many.

[oldbloke]

I don't see a new Michael Buble release on the metacritic site either…

Here's a link

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums ... w=detailed

Is there a better site for viewing upcoming new releases?

[WolfSpear]

I don't see a new Michael Buble release on the metacritic site either…

Here's a link

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums ... w=detailed

Is there a better site for viewing upcoming new releases?

I usually go here:

http://www.pauseandplay.com/14august2012.htm

[oldbloke]

^ Thanks!! A much better site.

[Lioha]

I don't see a new Michael Buble release on the metacritic site either…

Here's a link

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums ... w=detailed

Is there a better site for viewing upcoming new releases?

I usually go here:

http://www.pauseandplay.com/14august2012.htm

Thank you for the link!

As I can see, Jackie Evancho is also releasing new album in October.
She can sell 1M during the Autumn-Xmas season

[Lioha]

oh, and Rod Stewart's releasing a Christmas album.
This can sell 1M definitely.

[Lemo]

So albums by

Swift, Buble, Jason Aldean, Mumford&Sons to sell over 1 million so far.

That's not many.

Plus Adele, One Dierection, Lionel Richie and maybe Bieber and Carrie. So that makes about 8/9 million sellers in the year. Hope we're proved wrong

[deuce8pro]

I don't see a new Michael Buble release on the metacritic site either…

Here's a link

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums ... w=detailed

Is there a better site for viewing upcoming new releases?

I usually go here:

http://www.pauseandplay.com/14august2012.htm

Thank you for the link!

As I can see, Jackie Evancho is also releasing new album in October.
She can sell 1M during the Autumn-Xmas season

Would be nice! Its called "Songs From The Silver Screen" due 10/2.

[FliplovesMC]

I was hoping Carrie and Bieber would buck the low-sales trend but I guess I was hoping too much too much.

[aez]

And I don't see a huge Christmas blockbuster this year.

Wasn't Adele going to release a Christmas album this year? Or it was just a rumor?

[Lioha]

And I don't see a huge Christmas blockbuster this year.

Wasn't Adele going to release a Christmas album this year? Or it was just a rumor?

There wasn't even a rumor

[NorfolkScot]

I don't see a new Michael Buble release on the metacritic site either…

Here's a link

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums ... w=detailed

Is there a better site for viewing upcoming new releases?

I usually go here:

http://www.pauseandplay.com/14august2012.htm

Thank you for the link!

As I can see, Jackie Evancho is also releasing new album in October.
She can sell 1M during the Autumn-Xmas season

I think Jackie could with this album, she will sell more than SuBo even though SuBo fans think she will sell more than Adele this year .... aint going to happen.

[Timmy94]

What I found:

"At No. 2 this week in the Billboard 200, Zac Brown Band's "Uncaged" slips a slot with 39,000 (down 18%). With a fourth week in the top two, it's only the second album this year to spend a month or longer in the region. The other is Adele's "21," which has claimed 22 frames in the top two this year."

This makes it obvious why the sales look so dull on the YTD chart. When weekly sales are so low as they are at the moment, you have to depend even more on longevity, what most albums seem to lack today.
Only 4 albums managed to be in the top 10 for 10 or more weeks this year (Drake's Take Care and Lionel Richie's Tuskegee for 10 weeks, One Direction's Up All Night for 20 weeks, Adele's 21 for 32 weeks).
At the same point 10 years ago, 9 albums achieved this (P!nk's M!ssundazdood for 20 weeks, Ashanti's Ashanti for 16 weeks, Ludacris' Word Of Mouf and Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory for 14 weeks, Now 9 and the Soundtrack of O Brother for 12 weeks, Eminem's The Eminem Show and Alan Jackson's Drive for 11 weeks, plus Celine Dion's A New Day Has Come for 10 weeks)...

[Mulvanaghty]

Compare that to the year 2000 when there were 100 albums that reached 1 million during the year.

Actually it was 2001 when the entire year-end top 100 sold over a million…

1993 - 59
1994 - 69
1995 - 64
1996 - 56
1997 - 70
1998 - 81
1999 - 88
2000 - 88
2001 - 100
2002 - 65
2003 - 69
2004 - 70
2005 - 48
2006 - 52
2007 - 39
2008 - 25
2009 - 22
2010 - 13
2011 - 13

Thanks for the correction as well as the full list for all the years.

2001 had 26 albums that sold 2 million+ So far 2012 only has 12 albums that have sold 500,000+.

[oldbloke]

Not posted this for a while, so…

SOUNDSCAN 21ST CENTURY

Key
Rank. ARTIST Title
Date & sales last leaked actual number {pre 1-1-2000 sales}
Estimated sales (Year released)

1. THE BEATLES 1
8-5-2012 12,079,000
12.08m (2000)

2. 'NSYNC No Strings Attached
5-13-2012 11,125,000
11.13m (2000)

3. NORAH JONES Come Away With Me
8-5-2012 10,855,000
10.85m (2002)

4. EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP
8-5-2012 10,625,000
10.62m (2000)

5. EMINEM The Eminem Show
8-5-2012 10,093,000
10.09m (2002)

6. USHER Confessions
8-5-2012 10,013,000
10.01m (2004)

7. LINKIN PARK Hybrid Theory
8-5-2012 9,996,000
9.99m (2000)

8. ADELE 21
8-5-2012 9,660,000
9.66m (2011)

9. CREED Human Clay
8-5-2012 11,599,000 {2,056,000}
9.54m (1999)

10. BRITNEY SPEARS Oops!...I Did It Again
5-13-2012 9,194,000
9.20m (2000)

11. NELLY Country Grammar
1-30-2011 8,489,000
8.52m (2000)

12. 50 CENT Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
8-5-2012 8.130,000
8.13m (2003)

13. SOUNDTRACK O Brother, Where Art Thou?
8-5-2012 7,738,000
7.74m (2001)

14. EVANESCENCE Fallen
8-5-2012 7,661,000
7.66m (2003)

15. NICKELBACK All The Right Reasons
8-5-2012 7,624,000
7.62m (2005)

16. CARRIE UNDERWOOD Some Hearts
8-5-2012 7,224,000
7.22m (2005)

17. SANTANA Supernatural
7-1-2012 11,730,000 {4,733,000}
7.00m (1999)

18. ENYA A Day Without Rain
11-29-2009 6,926,000
6.99m (2001)

19. SHAGGY Hot Shot
11-29-2009 6,800,000
6.82m (2000)

20. AVRIL LAVIGNE Let Go
10-09-2011 6,788,000
6.82m (2002)

21. LIMP BIZKIT Chocolate Starfish…
11-29-2009 6,703,000
6.76m (2000)

22. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless
8-5-2012 6,581,000
6.58m (2008)

23. NELLY Nellyville
3-11-2012 6,488,000
6.49m (2002)

24. CREED Weathered
8-5-2012 6,413,000
6.41m (2001)

25. ALICIA KEYS Songs In A Minor
8-14-2011 6,265,000
6.29m (2001)

26. KELLY CLARKSON Breakaway
4-8-2012 6,225,000
6.24m (2004)

27. TIM McGRAW Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 6,217,000
6.22m (2000)

28. GREEN DAY American Idiot
4-15-2012 6,061,000
6.08m (2004)

29. DIXIE CHICKS Home
3-11-2012 6,041,000
6.05m (2002)

30. JOSH GROBAN Closer
3-11-2012 5,960,000
5.98m (2003)

31. MARIAH CAREY The Emancipation Of Mimi
3-11-2012 5,964,000
5.97m (2005)

32. LINKIN PARK Meteora
8-5-2012 5,955,000
5.96m (2003)

33. OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3-11-2012 5,702,000
5.71m (2003)

34. DIXIE CHICKS Fly
11-29-2009 8,313,000 {2,673,000}
5.67m (1999)

35. DR DRE 2001
8-5-2012 7,579,000 {1,912,000}
5.67m (1999)

36. STAIND Break The Cycle
11-29-2009 5,593,000
5.67m (2001)

37. 3 DOORS DOWN The Better Life
11-29-2009 5,563,000
5.60m (2000)

38. NICKELBACK Silver Side Up
4-10-2011 5,528,000
5.60m (2001)

39. P!NK M!ssundazstood
5-22-2011 5,531,000
5.58m (2001)

40. JOSH GROBAN Noel
8-5-2012 5,447,000
5.45m (2007)

41. BACKSTREET BOYS Black & Blue
5-13-2012 5,435,000
5.44m (2000)

42. SHANIA TWAIN Up!
5-13-2012 5,410,000
5.41m (2002)

43. GUNS N'ROSES Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 5,319,000
5.32m (2004)

44. EMINEM Encore
3-11-2012 5,282,000
5.30m (2004)

45. 50 CENT The Massacre
3-11-2012 5,286,000
5.29m (2005)

46. RASCAL FLATTS Feels Like Today
3-11-2012 5,230,000
5.24m (2004)

47. TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift
8-5-2012 5,225,000
5.22m (2006)

48. KID ROCK Cocky
5-13-2012 5,190,000
5.20m (2001)

49. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend
8-5-2012 11,077,000 {5,903,000}
5.17m (1984)

50. FAITH HILL Breathe
5-22-2011 6,524,000 {1,425,000}
5.14m (1999)

51. JOSH GROBAN Josh Groban
11-29-2009 5,047,000
5.11m (2001)

52. CELINE DION All The Way…A Decade Of Song
9-11-2011 7,968,000 {2,885,000}
5.11m (1999)

53. RASCAL FLATTS Me And My Gang
3-11-2012 4,918,000
4.93m (2006)

54. PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon
8-5-2012 9,360,000 {4,436,000}
4.92m (1973)

55. KID ROCK Devil Without A Cause
5-13-2012 9,217,000 {4,310,000}
4.91m (1998)

56. 'NSYNC Celebrity
5-13-2012 4,912,000
4.91m (2001)

57. DAUGHTRY Daughtry
3-25-2012 4,876,000
4.90m (2006)

58. SOUNDTRACK 8 Mile
8-5-2012 4,875,000
4.87m (2002)

59. SOUNDTRACK High School Musical
3-11-2012 4,867,000
4.87m (2006)

60. MAROON 5 Songs About Jane
8-5-2012 4,848,000
4.85m (2003)

61. COLDPLAY A Rush Of Blood To The Head
8-5-2012 4,845,000
4.85m (2002)

62. BEYONCE Dangerously In Love
3-25-2012 4,825,000
4.83m (2003)

63. ELVIS PRESLEY E1vis: 30 #1 Hits
3-11-2012 4,805,000
4.82m (2002)

64. MICHAEL JACKSON Number Ones
8-5-2012 4,808,000
4.81m (2003)

65. VARIOUS Now That's What I Call Music 5
11-29-2009 4,789,000
4.79m (2000)

66. BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 9,201,000 {4,426,000}
4.77m (1994)

67. USHER 8701
4-30-2007 4,600,000
4.68m (2001)

68. LENNY KRAVITZ Greatest Hits
6-17-2012 4,678,000
4.68m (2000)

69. DESTINY'S CHILD The Writing's On The Wall
10-5-2008 6,258,000 {1,645,000}
4.66m (1999)

70. ALICIA KEYS The Diary Of Alicia Keys
3-11-2012 4,650,000
4.66m (2003)

71. NORAH JONES Feels Like Home
5-13-2012 4,632,000
4.63m (2004)

72. GRETCHEN WILSON Here For The Party
3-11-2012 4,594,000
4.60m (2004)

73. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera
5-22-2011 8,214,000 {3,663,000}
4.56m (1999)

74. TOBY KEITH Shock'N Y'All
5-24-2009 4,420,000
4.48m (2003)

75. LADY GAGA The Fame
8-5-2012 4,458,000
4.46m (2009)

76. U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind
7-23-2006 4,283,000
4.44m (2000)

77. JOHN MAYER Room For Squares
8-22-2010 4,358,000
4.41m (2001)

78. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Futuresex/Love Sounds
6-24-2012 4,374,000
4.38m (2006)

79. DESTINY'S CHILD Survivor
12-30-2007 4,300,000
4.36m (2001)

80. BRITNEY SPEARS Britney
5-13-2012 4,346,000
4.35m (2001)

81. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Stripped
5-22-2011 4,284,000
4.32m (2002)

82. EMINEM Recovery
8-5-2012 4,302,000
4.30m (2010)

83. BLACK EYED PEAS Monkey Business
3-6-2011 4,272,000
4.30m (2005)

84. DISTURBED The Sickness
4-24-2011 4,230,000
4.29m (2000)

85. SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity
8-5-2012 4,267,000
4.27m (2001)

86. DIDO No Angel
11-9-2008 4,200,000
4.25m (2000)

87. TOBY KEITH Unleashed
7-18-2004 4,076,000
4.20m (2002)

88. SHERYL CROW The Very Best Of
9-7-2008 4,102,000
4.17m (2003)

89. JOURNEY Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 8,149,000 {3,978,000}
4.17m (1988)

90. SOUNDTRACK Coyote Ugly
8-5-2012 4,168,000
4.17m (2000)

91. SHANIA TWAIN Greatest Hits
7-15-2012 4,169,000
4.17m (2004)

92. KENNY CHESNEY When The Sun Goes Down
5-24-2009 4,111,000
4.16m (2004)

93. KENNY CHESNEY Greatest Hits
6/5/2011 4,113,000
4.15m (2000)

94. TAYLOR SWIFT Speak Now
8-5-2012 4,143,000
4.14m (2010)

95. OUTKAST Stankonia
9-18-2005 4,025,000
4.11m (2000)

96. METALLICA Metallica
7-29-2012 15,806,000 {11,716,000}
4.09m (1991)

97. SUSAN BOYLE I Dreamed A Dream
12/11/2011 4,040,000
4.06m (2009)

98. TIM McGRAW Live Like You Were Dying
6-5-2011 3,980,000
4.02m (2004)

99. KENNY CHESNEY No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
5-28-2006 3,816,000
4.00m (2002)

100. GWEN STEFANI Love Angel Music Baby
5-22-2011 3,987,000
4.00m (2004)

There are 2 albums that would make this top 100 if the sales of different editions were amalgamated:

Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits II (single album) + Greatest Hits II…And Some Other Stuff (double album). 4.05m
AC/DC's Back In Black - Original + 2003 Remaster. 4.01m