2022 YTD thread - United States

[thebigham]

HITS has updated their YTD chart through 11/24/22:

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 11/25/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 11/24/2022)
MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 33% WMG 11% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,142,000	61,000	136,000	3,942,425,000	355,679,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,599,000	1,462,000	619,000	1,362,569,000	49,166,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,193,000	78,000	368,000	2,665,025,000	199,200,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,014,000	662,000	278,000	1,711,902,000	68,958,000
5 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,794,000	225,000	377,000	1,819,399,000	407,404,000
6 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,679,000	54,000	211,000	2,113,937,000	206,794,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,367,000	19,000	69,000	1,714,343,000	162,052,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,328,000	310,000	97,000	1,387,044,000	76,130,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,289,000	6,000	83,000	1,622,587,000	242,500,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,234,000	3,000	49,000	1,618,232,000	81,228,000
11 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,154,000	9,000	24,000	1,494,993,000	76,261,000
12 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,141,000	73,000	141,000	1,384,549,000	139,619,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,093,000	184,000	53,000	1,156,397,000	68,658,000
14 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,044,000	309,000	228,000	895,783,000	37,100,000
15 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,011,000	89,000	520,000	1,114,110,000	81,500,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,000,000	198,000	88,000	1,019,983,000	50,522,000
17 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			937,000	401,000	282,000	672,441,000	89,991,000
18 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			930,000	6,000	22,000	1,181,407,000	165,012,000
19 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			878,000	74,000	342,000	990,889,000	69,132,000
20 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			842,000	181,000	61,000	846,708,000	33,669,000
21 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			836,000	25,000	108,000	1,031,957,000	35,499,000
22 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			831,000	33,000	80,000	1,020,188,000	79,906,000
23 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			812,000	227,000	23,000	772,836,000	55,279,000
24 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			792,000	31,000	130,000	959,483,000	67,502,000
25 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			779,000	48,000	20,000	1,059,024,000	87,657,000
26 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			777,000	26,000	150,000	944,585,000	62,106,000
27 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			777,000	36,000	142,000	933,153,000	142,254,000
28 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			772,000	52,000	153,000	903,386,000	54,782,000
29 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			770,000	17,000	32,000	1,005,262,000	93,802,000
30 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			769,000	242,000	128,000	658,938,000	27,507,000
31 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			759,000	43,000	94,000	898,874,000	94,414,000
32 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			758,000	122,000	197,000	805,506,000	44,703,000
33 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			757,000	48,000	26,000	987,613,000	90,669,000
34 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			754,000	16,000	61,000	933,255,000	42,927,000
35 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			752,000	252,000	135,000	621,744,000	50,344,000
36 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			745,000	8,000	19,000	966,198,000	73,277,000
37 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			736,000	25,000	98,000	904,106,000	65,766,000
38 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			727,000	9,000	24,000	919,086,000	102,822,000
39 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			726,000	2,000	76,000	977,479,000	69,862,000
40 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			707,000	49,000	162,000	834,910,000	53,760,000
41 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			706,000	157,000	50,000	733,156,000	42,197,000
42 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			681,000	27,000	20,000	923,129,000	76,036,000
43 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			681,000	167,000	35,000	667,798,000	14,500,000
44 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			680,000	1,000	17,000	955,283,000	78,931,000
45 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			675,000	2,000	23,000	907,696,000	127,496,000
46 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			673,000	144,000	88,000	691,970,000	28,387,000
47 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			670,000	4,000	19,000	894,896,000	85,666,000
48 JUSTIN BIEBER | JUSTICE RBMG/DEF JAM (UMG)			660,000	24,000	148,000	812,253,000	43,300,000
49 YOUNGBOY NEVER BROKE AGAIN | THE LAST SLIMETO NEVER BROKE AGAIN/ATLANTIC (WMG)			655,000	6,000	13,000	880,015,000	159,682,000
50 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			647,000	24,000	175,000	806,736,000	78,874,000

[Mugen]

Yay, the top 16 have passed a million units now.

[borderwolf]

Yay, the top 16 have passed a million units now.

Yes, but only Taylor in sales....

[Mugen]

Yes, but only Taylor in sales....

That's just the world we live in now, unfortunately. Physical sales are dead outside of places like Japan(where even sales there are also down).

[borderwolf]

That's just the world we live in now, unfortunately. Physical sales are dead outside of places like Japan(where even sales there are also down).

I know, of course. And it's sadly true, you are right

[thebigham]

HITS has updated their YTD chart through 12/2/22:

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/02/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/01/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 33% WMG 11% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,196,000	63,000	139,000	4,009,046,000	363,033,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,744,000	1,520,000	637,000	1,472,624,000	52,789,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,237,000	81,000	375,000	2,716,637,000	203,408,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,048,000	676,000	282,000	1,737,841,000	70,008,000
5 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,803,000	225,000	378,000	1,829,564,000	409,262,000
6 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,718,000	55,000	216,000	2,162,588,000	211,337,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,385,000	20,000	69,000	1,736,523,000	164,878,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,350,000	319,000	98,000	1,405,184,000	76,950,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,302,000	6,000	84,000	1,639,542,000	245,747,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,251,000	3,000	49,000	1,640,603,000	82,272,000
11 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,164,000	9,000	24,000	1,506,915,000	76,744,000
12 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,155,000	74,000	141,000	1,400,136,000	141,154,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,106,000	188,000	53,000	1,169,732,000	69,465,000
14 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,065,000	313,000	234,000	916,023,000	38,004,000
15 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,036,000	93,000	532,000	1,140,129,000	83,468,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,012,000	201,000	88,000	1,031,485,000	51,080,000
17 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			952,000	407,000	284,000	683,447,000	91,599,000
18 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			946,000	6,000	22,000	1,201,413,000	167,564,000
19 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			890,000	75,000	346,000	1,004,828,000	70,242,000
20 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			864,000	193,000	62,000	860,763,000	34,192,000
21 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			864,000	27,000	120,000	1,064,195,000	36,809,000
22 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			845,000	34,000	81,000	1,037,752,000	81,352,000
23 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			830,000	235,000	24,000	786,834,000	56,292,000
24 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			804,000	32,000	131,000	974,225,000	68,661,000
25 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			795,000	50,000	20,000	1,079,549,000	89,328,000
26 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			794,000	254,000	138,000	674,840,000	28,218,000
27 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			791,000	38,000	144,000	949,748,000	144,697,000
28 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			786,000	15,000	28,000	987,003,000	31,205,000
29 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			784,000	27,000	151,000	952,888,000	62,642,000
30 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			784,000	53,000	155,000	916,769,000	55,929,000
31 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			782,000	17,000	33,000	1,021,009,000	95,368,000
32 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			777,000	129,000	200,000	819,399,000	45,143,000
33 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			773,000	44,000	95,000	914,962,000	96,307,000
34 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			770,000	10,000	25,000	972,688,000	111,655,000
35 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			767,000	49,000	26,000	1,000,079,000	91,982,000
36 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			766,000	260,000	136,000	629,647,000	50,980,000
37 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			765,000	16,000	62,000	947,809,000	43,680,000
38 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			756,000	8,000	20,000	980,851,000	74,645,000
39 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			749,000	25,000	100,000	920,055,000	67,019,000
40 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			736,000	2,000	77,000	990,342,000	70,812,000
41 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			720,000	163,000	50,000	743,758,000	42,771,000
42 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			717,000	49,000	164,000	846,940,000	54,766,000
43 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			707,000	181,000	36,000	683,147,000	14,806,000
44 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			693,000	28,000	20,000	938,736,000	77,391,000
45 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			688,000	1,000	17,000	967,326,000	79,813,000
46 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			688,000	151,000	89,000	702,490,000	28,851,000
47 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			687,000	4,000	20,000	917,140,000	88,402,000
48 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			687,000	2,000	23,000	923,404,000	129,348,000

[Mulvanaghty]

That's just the world we live in now, unfortunately. Physical sales are dead outside of places like Japan(where even sales there are also down).

Its any album purchase to include, digital and physical. No one is purchasing anything anymore at all.

I wish we had Oldbloke's rundown so we could see how many albums sold 100,000+

[thebigham]

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/09/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/08/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 34% WMG 10% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,252,000	65,000	142,000	4,080,249,000	367,193,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,893,000	1,589,000	652,000	1,573,467,000	55,650,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,283,000	84,000	381,000	2,769,376,000	207,292,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,102,000	707,000	285,000	1,768,390,000	70,894,000
5 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,813,000	225,000	379,000	1,841,259,000	410,765,000
6 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,761,000	57,000	219,000	2,218,295,000	215,282,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,406,000	21,000	70,000	1,763,183,000	167,876,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,371,000	324,000	99,000	1,426,241,000	77,734,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,318,000	6,000	84,000	1,659,702,000	248,337,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,270,000	3,000	50,000	1,666,460,000	83,121,000
11 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,175,000	10,000	24,000	1,521,474,000	77,151,000
12 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,170,000	75,000	142,000	1,418,817,000	142,458,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,122,000	191,000	53,000	1,186,147,000	70,158,000
14 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,088,000	317,000	239,000	938,880,000	38,766,000
15 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,063,000	96,000	540,000	1,169,739,000	85,001,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,029,000	207,000	89,000	1,045,848,000	51,599,000
17 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			964,000	6,000	22,000	1,224,226,000	169,592,000
18 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			963,000	410,000	286,000	695,420,000	92,878,000
19 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			908,000	77,000	350,000	1,024,824,000	71,226,000
20 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			895,000	28,000	127,000	1,101,560,000	38,018,000
21 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			883,000	200,000	62,000	875,799,000	34,628,000
22 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			867,000	16,000	31,000	1,091,274,000	34,478,000
23 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			861,000	35,000	82,000	1,057,055,000	82,664,000
24 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			850,000	242,000	24,000	803,317,000	57,072,000
25 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			818,000	33,000	133,000	990,179,000	69,618,000
26 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			818,000	264,000	147,000	691,453,000	28,812,000
27 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			813,000	52,000	21,000	1,103,360,000	90,715,000
28 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			812,000	10,000	26,000	1,026,413,000	117,617,000
29 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			799,000	38,000	139,000	960,959,000	146,151,000
30 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			797,000	53,000	157,000	932,901,000	56,972,000
31 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			795,000	17,000	33,000	1,038,770,000	96,681,000
32 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			793,000	27,000	151,000	963,558,000	63,068,000
33 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			793,000	134,000	203,000	833,902,000	45,704,000
34 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			788,000	46,000	96,000	932,444,000	97,609,000
35 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			781,000	268,000	136,000	638,651,000	51,562,000
36 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			778,000	50,000	26,000	1,015,049,000	93,051,000
37 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			777,000	16,000	62,000	964,275,000	44,295,000
38 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			768,000	8,000	20,000	997,289,000	75,669,000
39 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			765,000	25,000	102,000	940,139,000	68,042,000
40 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			747,000	2,000	78,000	1,005,162,000	71,741,000
41 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			737,000	170,000	51,000	756,352,000	43,309,000
42 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			730,000	192,000	37,000	700,293,000	15,084,000
43 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			729,000	51,000	166,000	860,937,000	55,587,000
44 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			707,000	29,000	20,000	957,143,000	78,603,000
45 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			706,000	4,000	20,000	943,625,000	90,766,000
46 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			702,000	156,000	90,000	714,202,000	29,257,000
47 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			699,000	2,000	23,000	941,013,000	130,611,000
48 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			698,000	1,000	17,000	981,342,000	80,582,000
49 SZA | CTRL TDE/RCA (SME)			680,000	60,000	14,000	811,158,000	41,479,000
50 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			677,000	26,000	180,000	844,797,000	82,336,000

[braindeadpj]

So here are the Album sales as pulled from the SPS Top 50. All we know for sure is that at least 16 albums sold 100,000....
YTD Album Sales
Chart Date: 12/09/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/08/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 34% WMG 10% OTHERS 1%

RANK ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL ALBUMS
1 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS
REPUBLIC (UMG)
1,589,000
2 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE
COLUMBIA (SME)
707,000
Only top 2 are definitive. Remainder are ranked based on reported sales in Top 50 YTD SPS Chart.

3 BTS | PROOF
BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)
410,000
4 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR
GEFFEN (UMG)
324,000
5 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)
317,000
6 ADELE | 30
COLUMBIA (SME)
268,000
7 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS
WARNER (WMG)
264,000
8 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
242,000
9 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK
WALT DISNEY (UMG)
225,000
10 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM
XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)
207,000
11 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION)
REPUBLIC (UMG)
200,000
12 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE
REPUBLIC (UMG)
192,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS
PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
191,000
14 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER
DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
170,000
15 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE
COLUMBIA (SME)
156,000
16 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1
HOLLYWOOD (UMG)
134,000
17 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS
ISLAND (UMG)
96,000
18 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM
BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)
84,000
19 ED SHEERAN | =
ATLANTIC (WMG)
77,000
20 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER
KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)
75,000
21 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI
RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)
65,000
22 SZA | CTRL
TDE/RCA (SME)
60,000
23 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS
XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)
57,000
24 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE
MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)
53,000
25 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
52,000
26 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA
WARNER (WMG)
51,000
27 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
50,000
28 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)
46,000
29 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2
SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
38,000
30 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING
REPUBLIC (UMG)
35,000
31 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)
33,000
32 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE
GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
29,000
33 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK
WARNER (WMG)
28,000
34 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)
27,000
35 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL
SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)
26,000
36 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME
BIG LOUD (STEM)
25,000
37 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU
FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)
21,000
38 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON
VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)
17,000
39 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS
OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)
16,000
39 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND
OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)
16,000
41 GUNNA | DS4EVER
YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)
10,000
41 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME
QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)
10,000
43 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG
RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)
8,000
44 LIL DURK | 7220
ALAMO (SME)
6,000
44 LIL BABY | MY TURN
QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)
6,000
46 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND
ALAMO (SME)
4,000
47 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY
OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)
3,000
48 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE
COLUMBIA (SME)
2,000
48 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK?
FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)
2,000
50 POLO G | HALL OF FAME
COLUMBIA (SME)
1,000

[thebigham]

2 weeks left in the calendar year!

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/16/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/15/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 55% SME 34% WMG 10% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,303,000	67,000	144,000	4,142,212,000	372,246,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			3,032,000	1,666,000	662,000	1,652,088,000	58,331,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,327,000	87,000	387,000	2,821,353,000	211,487,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,133,000	719,000	288,000	1,791,911,000	71,811,000
5 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,822,000	226,000	379,000	1,851,090,000	412,364,000
6 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,803,000	60,000	222,000	2,269,026,000	219,609,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,424,000	21,000	70,000	1,785,945,000	170,301,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,391,000	332,000	99,000	1,444,298,000	78,537,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,331,000	6,000	84,000	1,677,348,000	251,217,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,287,000	3,000	50,000	1,688,361,000	84,042,000
11 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,185,000	11,000	24,000	1,533,710,000	77,614,000
12 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,184,000	77,000	143,000	1,435,148,000	143,808,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,136,000	194,000	54,000	1,199,412,000	70,885,000
14 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,106,000	321,000	243,000	956,950,000	39,539,000
15 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,089,000	100,000	548,000	1,197,301,000	86,666,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,041,000	210,000	89,000	1,057,340,000	52,136,000
17 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			980,000	6,000	23,000	1,244,841,000	171,668,000
18 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			975,000	413,000	287,000	706,123,000	94,146,000
19 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			931,000	16,000	34,000	1,173,916,000	37,554,000
20 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			930,000	37,000	132,000	1,134,524,000	39,355,000
21 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			925,000	80,000	355,000	1,042,287,000	72,344,000
22 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			901,000	208,000	63,000	888,262,000	35,279,000
23 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			876,000	35,000	83,000	1,075,357,000	84,087,000
24 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			868,000	249,000	24,000	818,213,000	57,984,000
25 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			847,000	10,000	27,000	1,071,640,000	123,254,000
26 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			833,000	275,000	146,000	697,524,000	26,654,000
27 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			831,000	35,000	134,000	1,004,925,000	70,683,000
28 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			830,000	54,000	21,000	1,124,369,000	92,251,000
29 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			814,000	39,000	141,000	978,683,000	148,628,000
30 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			810,000	141,000	205,000	847,252,000	46,313,000
31 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			808,000	17,000	33,000	1,054,914,000	98,115,000
32 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			808,000	54,000	159,000	946,171,000	58,028,000
33 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			803,000	47,000	98,000	948,794,000	99,066,000
34 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			801,000	28,000	152,000	972,188,000	63,534,000
35 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			795,000	276,000	137,000	646,092,000	52,179,000
36 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			788,000	51,000	26,000	1,028,031,000	94,222,000
37 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			787,000	16,000	63,000	977,434,000	44,911,000
38 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			780,000	26,000	104,000	957,808,000	69,223,000
39 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			780,000	9,000	20,000	1,011,815,000	76,715,000
40 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			756,000	2,000	78,000	1,018,293,000	72,683,000
41 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			751,000	176,000	51,000	767,121,000	43,869,000
42 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			749,000	200,000	38,000	714,442,000	15,382,000
43 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			740,000	52,000	168,000	873,237,000	56,483,000
44 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			723,000	4,000	20,000	966,295,000	93,311,000
45 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			720,000	30,000	21,000	973,541,000	79,894,000
46 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			716,000	162,000	91,000	724,348,000	29,656,000
47 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			710,000	2,000	23,000	956,128,000	132,006,000
48 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			707,000	1,000	18,000	994,082,000	81,462,000
49 SZA | CTRL TDE/RCA (SME)			701,000	63,000	15,000	836,934,000	42,535,000
50 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			692,000	27,000	182,000	863,410,000	84,045,000

[hylt]

Does anyone here know how to estimate US audio streams? Or at least Spotify's? oldbloke used to give us this kind of data but...

[thebigham]

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/23/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/22/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 54% SME 35% WMG 10% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,351,000	68,000	146,000	4,204,429,000	378,139,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			3,172,000	1,752,000	670,000	1,720,239,000	61,053,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,365,000	90,000	392,000	2,867,451,000	215,959,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,162,000	732,000	290,000	1,814,394,000	72,760,000
5 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,841,000	62,000	225,000	2,317,413,000	224,391,000
6 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,830,000	226,000	380,000	1,860,274,000	414,090,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,441,000	22,000	71,000	1,806,781,000	173,153,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,410,000	337,000	100,000	1,461,630,000	79,427,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,344,000	6,000	85,000	1,693,057,000	254,333,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,302,000	3,000	50,000	1,709,089,000	85,099,000
11 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,198,000	78,000	144,000	1,450,730,000	145,351,000
12 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,195,000	12,000	24,000	1,545,719,000	78,165,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,153,000	199,000	54,000	1,213,681,000	74,592,000
14 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,126,000	326,000	247,000	975,521,000	40,411,000
15 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,120,000	103,000	556,000	1,230,952,000	88,609,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,053,000	214,000	90,000	1,068,247,000	52,709,000
17 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			995,000	6,000	23,000	1,264,067,000	174,103,000
18 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			987,000	16,000	36,000	1,246,832,000	40,895,000
19 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			986,000	416,000	289,000	716,556,000	95,495,000
20 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			967,000	50,000	137,000	1,165,771,000	40,796,000
21 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			946,000	82,000	359,000	1,065,771,000	73,643,000
22 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			917,000	216,000	63,000	899,772,000	35,766,000
23 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			890,000	36,000	84,000	1,092,618,000	85,670,000
24 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			885,000	255,000	25,000	832,374,000	58,984,000
25 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			879,000	10,000	27,000	1,111,530,000	129,656,000
26 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			853,000	286,000	148,000	708,581,000	27,123,000
27 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			845,000	56,000	21,000	1,144,981,000	93,925,000
28 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			843,000	36,000	136,000	1,018,691,000	71,826,000
29 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			827,000	39,000	142,000	995,336,000	151,332,000
30 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			826,000	148,000	208,000	860,033,000	46,947,000
31 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			820,000	18,000	34,000	1,070,189,000	99,759,000
32 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			818,000	54,000	160,000	958,560,000	59,177,000
33 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			816,000	48,000	99,000	963,977,000	100,699,000
34 SZA | SOS TDE/RCA (SME)			808,000	9,000	44,000	1,017,923,000	67,033,000
35 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			808,000	29,000	152,000	980,619,000	64,114,000
36 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			806,000	281,000	138,000	652,904,000	52,826,000
37 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			798,000	51,000	26,000	1,040,800,000	95,529,000
38 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			797,000	16,000	63,000	990,049,000	45,560,000
39 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			793,000	26,000	106,000	973,811,000	70,526,000
40 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			791,000	9,000	20,000	1,026,055,000	77,968,000
41 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			769,000	209,000	38,000	727,584,000	15,692,000
42 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			766,000	2,000	79,000	1,030,740,000	73,731,000
43 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			764,000	181,000	51,000	777,919,000	44,472,000
44 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			750,000	53,000	169,000	884,807,000	57,494,000
45 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			738,000	4,000	21,000	986,673,000	96,233,000
46 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			732,000	31,000	21,000	989,219,000	81,348,000
47 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			728,000	167,000	92,000	733,880,000	30,072,000
48 SZA | CTRL TDE/RCA (SME)			721,000	67,000	15,000	858,347,000	43,633,000
49 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			720,000	2,000	23,000	969,980,000	133,477,000
50 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			716,000	1,000	18,000	1,005,907,000	82,458,000

[JSparksFan]

So Bad Bunny's gonna hold Taylor off?

[thebigham]

Luminate will release their year end charts on Wednesday/Thursday:

https://hitsdailydouble.com/ytd_project_activity

Chart Date: 12/30/2022 (WEEK ENDING: 12/29/2022)

MARKETSHARE: UMG 54% SME 35% WMG 10% OTHERS 1%

RANK	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL		YTD ACTIVITY	ALBUMS	SONGS	AOD STREAMS	VOD STREAMS
1 BAD BUNNY | UN VERANO SIN TI RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			3,398,000	71,000	149,000	4,263,619,000	382,966,000
2 TAYLOR SWIFT | MIDNIGHTS REPUBLIC (UMG)			3,300,000	1,827,000	681,000	1,787,879,000	62,682,000
3 MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM BIG LOUD/REPUBLIC (UMG)			2,403,000	92,000	399,000	2,912,788,000	219,457,000
4 HARRY STYLES | HARRY'S HOUSE COLUMBIA (SME)			2,201,000	755,000	294,000	1,834,432,000	73,489,000
5 THE WEEKND | THE HIGHLIGHTS XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,877,000	65,000	230,000	2,363,705,000	228,270,000
6 ENCANTO | SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY (UMG)			1,839,000	228,000	382,000	1,868,062,000	415,558,000
7 FUTURE | I NEVER LIKED YOU FREEBANDZ/EPIC (SME)			1,459,000	23,000	71,000	1,828,618,000	175,382,000
8 OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR GEFFEN (UMG)			1,436,000	352,000	101,000	1,477,641,000	80,093,000
9 LIL DURK | 7220 ALAMO (SME)			1,357,000	6,000	85,000	1,709,602,000	256,552,000
10 DRAKE | CERTIFIED LOVER BOY OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,317,000	3,000	51,000	1,729,086,000	85,928,000
11 DOJA CAT | PLANET HER KEMOSABE/RCA (SME)			1,211,000	81,000	145,000	1,464,926,000	146,442,000
12 GUNNA | DS4EVER YOUNG STONER LIFE/ELEKTRA (WMG)			1,204,000	12,000	24,000	1,556,913,000	78,451,000
13 KENDRICK LAMAR | MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS PGLANG/TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			1,171,000	208,000	55,000	1,226,463,000	74,669,000
14 ELTON JOHN | DIAMONDS ISLAND (UMG)			1,156,000	110,000	565,000	1,266,901,000	90,038,000
15 BEYONCE | RENAISSANCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA (SME)			1,147,000	334,000	251,000	990,991,000	41,028,000
16 THE WEEKND | DAWN FM XO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,068,000	221,000	90,000	1,078,373,000	53,176,000
17 DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE | HER LOSS OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			1,040,000	17,000	39,000	1,315,325,000	43,211,000
18 LIL BABY | MY TURN QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			1,011,000	6,000	23,000	1,284,968,000	176,205,000
19 ZACH BRYAN | AMERICAN HEARTBREAK WARNER (WMG)			1,002,000	58,000	144,000	1,200,205,000	41,969,000
20 BTS | PROOF BIGHIT/GEFFEN (UMG)			1,000,000	422,000	293,000	726,660,000	96,702,000
21 ED SHEERAN | = ATLANTIC (WMG)			970,000	86,000	364,000	1,089,873,000	74,754,000
22 SZA | SOS TDE/RCA (SME)			950,000	10,000	49,000	1,202,863,000	72,265,000
23 TAYLOR SWIFT | RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION) REPUBLIC (UMG)			936,000	227,000	64,000	910,131,000	36,072,000
24 KENDRICK LAMAR | GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			913,000	273,000	25,000	846,163,000	59,797,000
25 LIL BABY | IT'S ONLY ME QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN (UMG)			908,000	10,000	28,000	1,149,473,000	134,449,000
26 POST MALONE | HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING REPUBLIC (UMG)			904,000	37,000	85,000	1,109,049,000	86,990,000
27 FLEETWOOD MAC | RUMOURS WARNER (WMG)			882,000	307,000	150,000	719,383,000	27,527,000
28 JUICE WRLD | GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			863,000	60,000	22,000	1,165,278,000	95,346,000
29 LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			856,000	38,000	138,000	1,032,374,000	72,782,000
30 QUEEN | GREATEST HITS 1 HOLLYWOOD (UMG)			846,000	158,000	211,000	872,540,000	47,459,000
31 EMINEM | CURTAIN CALL 2 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			841,000	41,000	145,000	1,010,843,000	153,379,000
32 POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON VICTOR VICTOR/REPUBLIC (UMG)			832,000	18,000	34,000	1,085,886,000	101,083,000
33 LUKE COMBS | THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE (SME)			832,000	52,000	101,000	979,605,000	102,117,000
34 POST MALONE | TWELVE CARAT TOOTHACHE MERCURY/REPUBLIC (UMG)			827,000	55,000	162,000	969,969,000	60,009,000
35 ADELE | 30 COLUMBIA (SME)			825,000	296,000	138,000	658,998,000	53,252,000
36 JACK HARLOW | COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC (WMG)			818,000	31,000	153,000	989,650,000	64,521,000
37 JUICE WRLD | FIGHTING DEMONS GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			809,000	53,000	26,000	1,053,542,000	96,490,000
38 DRAKE | HONESTLY, NEVERMIND OVO/REPUBLIC (UMG)			806,000	16,000	64,000	1,001,990,000	46,056,000
39 MORGAN WALLEN | IF I KNOW ME BIG LOUD (STEM)			806,000	27,000	109,000	989,651,000	71,598,000
40 BAD BUNNY | YHLQMDLG RIMAS (THE ORCHARD)			802,000	9,000	21,000	1,040,709,000	78,989,000
41 TAYLOR SWIFT | FOLKLORE REPUBLIC (UMG)			789,000	220,000	39,000	740,645,000	15,931,000
42 BILLIE EILISH | HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			783,000	194,000	52,000	787,542,000	44,963,000
43 THE KID LAROI | F*CK LOVE COLUMBIA (SME)			774,000	2,000	79,000	1,042,327,000	74,534,000
44 DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA WARNER (WMG)			761,000	54,000	171,000	895,957,000	58,282,000
45 ROD WAVE | BEAUTIFUL MIND ALAMO (SME)			755,000	4,000	21,000	1,009,087,000	98,670,000
46 HARRY STYLES | FINE LINE COLUMBIA (SME)			747,000	179,000	93,000	742,854,000	30,408,000
47 JUICE WRLD | LEGENDS NEVER DIE GRADE A/INTERSCOPE (UMG)			745,000	34,000	21,000	1,005,078,000	82,548,000
48 SZA | CTRL TDE/RCA (SME)			744,000	76,000	15,000	876,858,000	44,483,000
49 NARDO WICK | WHO IS NARDO WICK? FLAWLESS/RCA (SME)			730,000	2,000	23,000	983,798,000	134,671,000
50 POLO G | HALL OF FAME COLUMBIA (SME)			724,000	1,000	18,000	1,018,177,000	83,263,000

[Mugen]

Wow, 20 albums with a million units or more, nice!

[HELENEAIMER]

Luminate will release their year end charts on Wednesday/Thursday:

Has it been released yet?

[borderwolf]

Has it been released yet?

A live webinar is scheduled for January 11
https://luminatedata.com/events/

[thebigham]

In years past, Luminate always released the year end charts in the first week of January. Not this year...

[HELENEAIMER]

In years past, Luminate always released the year end charts in the first week of January. Not this year...

Maybe the final week of 2022 is from Dec 31 to Jan 6.

[hot100fan]

Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Is Luminate’s Top Album of 2022 in U.S.

1/11/2022
By Keith Caulfield

According to Luminate's Year-End U.S. Report, album consumption increased 9%, 43% of all albums sold were vinyl LPs & yearly on-demand audio streams surpassed 1 trillion for the first time.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti wrapped 2022 as the most popular album of the year in the U.S., according to music data tracking firm Luminate. Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby” was the year’s top song by on-demand streams, while Harry Styles’ “As It Was” ruled as both the top-streamed song by on-demand audio streams and the most-heard song on the radio. Meanwhile, total music consumption in the U.S. — as measured in equivalent album units — grew by 9.2% in 2022. (View the U.S. 2022 Luminate Year-End Music Report.)

See the year’s top 10 albums chart, along with other year-end rankings and overall volume numbers, below.

But first, the fine print:

Equivalent album units – for album titles and chart rankings cited below (but not industry volume numbers) – comprise traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album, or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. Album titles and album chart rankings by equivalent album units do not include user-generated content (UGC) streams, but UGC streams are included in Luminate’s industry volume numbers. (UGC streams are not factored into any of Billboard’s weekly charts.)

For the sake of clarity, equivalent album units do not include listening to music on broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts. All numbers cited in this story are rounded, and for the U.S. only.

Luminate’s equivalent album unit totals include SEA and TEA for an album’s songs registered before an album’s release, but during the tracking period. For example, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House album unit total includes SEA and TEA for its song “As It Was” from April 1, 2022 (its release day) through May 19, 2022, before the album was released on May 20, 2022.

Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991 when the company was known as SoundScan. Luminate’s sales, streaming and airplay data is used to compile Billboard’s weekly charts. Luminate’s 2022 tracking year ran from Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

Luminate is an independently operated company owned by PME TopCo, a PMC subsidiary and joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge. Billboard is an independently operated company owned by PME Holdings, a subsidiary of PME TopCo.

Highlights from Luminate’s 2022 year-end data:

• Music consumption in the U.S., as measured by equivalent album units, grew by 9.2%
• Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is the first Latin album, all-Spanish-language title, and non-English-language effort to be Luminate’s year-end No. 1 album, since the firm began tracking data in 1991.
• Children’s music and Latin music had the largest growth among Luminate’s core genres in the U.S., rising 30% and 28.2%, respectively.
• Overall U.S. on-demand song streams (audio and video combined) increased 12.2% to 1.268 trillion.
• Yearly U.S. on-demand audio streams surpassed 1 trillion for the first time.
• 29% of all on-demand audio streams in the U.S. in 2022 were R&B/hip-hop songs.
• U.S. vinyl album sales outsold CDs for the second year in a row & vinyl sales grew for a 17th consecutive year.
• 43% of all albums sold in 2022 in the U.S. – across all formats, physical & digital combined – were vinyl LPs.
• Taylor Swift sold more vinyl albums than any act in 2022 in the U.S., accounting for 1 of every 25 vinyl LPs sold nationwide.
• Total U.S. album sales for the year (physical and digital download purchases combined) fell by 8.2%
• Swift’s latest album Midnights sold 1.8 million in traditional album sales in the U.S. in 2022 – the biggest-selling album of any year since 2017, when Swift’s Reputation sold 1.9 million. Further, an album by Swift has been the year’s top seller in three of the last four years: Midnights in 2022, Folklore in 2020 and Lover in 2019.
• U.S. digital track sales declined for the 10th consecutive year, falling 25% in 2022. And for the first time since 2004, no song sold more than 500,000 downloads in a calendar year. From 2005-21, there was at least one song that sold a half-million downloads in each year, and from 2006-21, at least one song sold 1 million each year.

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated May 21, 2022, and spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list. That marked the most weeks at No. 1 for any album since Drake’s Views also logged 13 frames at No. 1 in 2016. All 22 new songs on Bad Bunny’s album charted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously, with the set launching four top 10-charting hits.

Un Verano Sin Ti was a streaming powerhouse, with 97% of its total activity in 2022 coming from on-demand streams of its 23 songs. Its tracks generated 4.649 billion on-demand streams in the U.S. in 2022 – easily making it the most-streamed album of the year (equaling 3.314 million in SEA units). The album sold just 70,000 in traditional album sales (CD and digital album download purchases – it was not available in any other format at retail). In terms of straight album sales – Un Verano Sin Ti was the No. 121st biggest-selling album of the year. And, Un Verano Sin Ti’s tracks sold just 148,000 downloads in 2022 – equaling 15,000 in TEA units.

Un Verano Sin Ti is the first Latin album, all-Spanish-language title, and non-English-language effort to be Luminate’s year-end No. 1 album, since the firm began tracking data in 1991.

2022 is the seventh consecutive year a solo male artist has Luminate’s top album by equivalent album units, following Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (2021), Lil Baby’s My Turn (2020), Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019), Drake’s Scorpion (2018), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (2017) and Drake’s Views (2016). The last time an album not by a solo male was tops for the year was in 2015, when Adele’s 25 ruled.

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2022 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS
1. Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti (3.400 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Midnights (3.294 million)
3. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album (2.405 million)
4. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (2.204 million)
5. The Weeknd, The Highlights (1.879 million)
6. Soundtrack, Encanto (1.839 million)
7. Future, I Never Liked You (1.460 million)
8. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (1.438 million)
9. Lil Durk, 7220 (1.357 million)
10. Drake, Certified Lover Boy (1.317 million)

Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022. UGC streams are not included in this chart, but are included in Luminate’s on-demand streaming charts (below).

The second-biggest album of 2022 by equivalent album units is Taylor Swift’s Midnights, with 3.294 million units earned in just 10 weeks (the album was released on Oct. 21, 2022). Unlike the streaming-powered Un Verano Sin Ti, the Midnights album saw its success distributed more evenly across streaming, album purchases and track sales.

Midnights was by far the top-selling album of 2022, with 1.818 million copies sold – the biggest-selling album of a calendar year since 2017, when Swift’s own Reputation was tops (1.903 million). Midnights’ songs generated 1.854 million on-demand official streams last year, equating to 1.407 million SEA units. And, in terms of tracks sold from the album, Midnights’ collected songs sold 680,000 – resulting in 68,000 TEA units for the set. The album’s “Anti-Hero” is also 2022’s top-selling digital song, with 436,000 sold.

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is 2022’s No. 3-biggest album by units (2.405 million). It was 2021’s top album. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (2.203 million) and The Weeknd’s hits compilation The Highlights (1.879 million) round out Luminate’s top five albums of 2022.

TOTAL ALBUM CONSUMPTION INCREASES 9.2%: Equivalent album units increased by 9.2% in 2022, to 974.9 million (up from 893.1 million in 2021). There were 19 albums that earned at least 1 million equivalent album units in 2022 – down from 26 in 2021.

R&B/HIP-HOP LEADS, LATIN & CHILDRENS MUSIC GAINS: R&B/hip-hop music continues to have the largest share of total album consumption, with 261.7 million units earned in 2022 – accounting for 26.8% of total volume (973.9) last year across all of Luminate’s core genres measured. R&B/hip-hop consumption increased 5.7% in 2022 over its volume in 2021 (247.5 million). (R&B/hip-hop is an umbrella genre for Luminate that contains most titles categorized as either R&B and/or rap.)

2022’s second-largest genre, by total album consumption, was rock with 194.7 million units (up 9% from 178.7 million in 2021). Pop music was third, with 123.7 million (up 6.2% from 116.5 million) and country music was fourth, with 75.7 million (up 4.8% from 72.2 million). The Latin genre rounded out the top five with 61.7 million units (up 28.2%) from 48.2 million in 2021.

Latin music had the second-largest percentage gain among Luminate’s core genres, in terms of total album consumption in 2022, rising 28.2%. Notably, Bad Bunny holds the top four Latin albums of 2022 by units earned: Un Verano Sin Ti (3.398 million units), YHLQMDLG (802,000), El Ultimo Tour del Mundo (577,000) and X 100PRE (386,000). Rauw Alejandro’s Vice Versa is 2022’s No. 5 biggest Latin album, with 375,000 units. (Those five albums, in order, are also the five total Latin albums among the year-end all-genre top 200 albums, ranking at Nos. 1, 40, 83, 179 and 186, respectively.)

2022’s second-largest gain among Luminate’s core genres was children’s music, which increased 30% to 13.4 million units in 2022 (up from 10.3 million in 2021). The genre was got a big boost from the massive success of the soundtrack to the Disney animated film Encanto, which finished the year as the No. 6 album overall with 1.839 million units. The set topped the weekly Billboard 200 chart for nine nonconsecutive weeks – the most weeks at No. 1 for any soundtrack since Disney’s own Frozen ruled for 13 nonconsecutive frames in 2014. The Encanto album – which boasts the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – also racked up 24 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Kid Albums chart (which ranks the most popular children’s albums of the week).

TAYLOR SWIFT’S ‘MIDNIGHTS’ IS 2022’s TOP-SELLING ALBUM: Taylor Swift’s latest studio album Midnights was a monster sales success in the U.S., closing 2022 as the top-selling album of the year with 1.818 million copies sold across all formats (physical and digital combined: CD, vinyl LP, cassette, digital download album). (See the top 10-selling albums of 2022, below.)

With 1.818 million sold in 2022, Midnights is the biggest-selling album of any year since 2017, when Swift’s Reputation sold 1.903 million. Further, an album by Swift has been the year’s top-seller in three of the last four years: Midnights in 2022, Folklore in 2020 and Lover in 2019. (The top-selling album in 2021 was Adele’s 30, with 1.464 million sold.)

Midnights’ sales were bolstered by an array of available versions and variants of the album, including four standard CD editions (each with different cover art, both clean and explicit), four vinyl LP editions (each with a different cover and colored vinyl), a cassette tape and multiple digital iterations (including a “3am Edition” of the set with seven bonus tracks). Target stores also carried an exclusive “Lavender” edition of the album on CD and colored-vinyl, with the CD boasting three bonus tracks.

To further enhance sales, Swift’s official webstore sold signed copies of the four standard CD albums and vinyl LPs during a pre-order window before the album launched. As previously reported when the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, some superfans may have been motivated to purchase all four variants of the album on either CD or vinyl, as the back covers of the albums fit together like a puzzle to display a clock face (a literal reference to Midnights). Swift shared the news through her social media in mid-September, saying: “If you put all the back covers together, she’s a clock. It’s a clock… It makes a clock.” (Swift’s official webstore previously sold hardware to hold the four CDs or the four vinyl LPs together as a wall clock.)

The idea of assembling multiple versions of an album’s back cover (or cover) together to reveal a larger complete image isn’t unique to Swift, as other acts (frequently in the K-pop world) have employed a similar marketing idea.

And, It’s not unusual for many artists to offer collectible variants of a physical album package – from multiple color vinyl editions to collectible CD editions and beyond. (Swift herself has done it for previous releases.) In 2022, acts ranging from Ghost, Ozzy Osbourne and Red Hot Chili Peppers to BLACKPINK, Madonna and Harry Styles all leaned in to the practice of offering multiple iterations of a physical album where usually the only difference is in packaging or the color of a vinyl LP.

Midnights was the only album to sell a million copies in the U.S. in 2022. It’s the fifth year in a row where just one album surpassed 1 million in U.S. sales. In 2021, Adele’s 30 was the only million-seller (1.464 million); in 2020, Swift’s Folklore was tops (1.276 million); in 2019, Swift’s Lover was the lone million-seller (1.085 million), and in 2018 the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman ruled with 1.489 million.

Swift is the only act to have the top-selling album of the year at least six times since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. (Swift also had the top-seller in 2020, 2019, 2017, 2014 and 2009.)

All but two of the year’s top 10-selling albums were aided by their availability on vinyl LP. Of the top 10, BTS’ Proof and TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child were the only titles not available on vinyl (the two K-pop projects were only available as digital download albums and on CD). It’s typical for many K-pop albums to bypass a release on vinyl LP in the U.S.

TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS OF 2022 IN U.S. (PHYSICAL & DIGITAL SALES COMBINED)
1. Taylor Swift, Midnights (1.818 million)
2. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (757,000)
3. BTS, Proof (422,000)
4. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (354,000)
5. Beyoncé, Renaissance (335,000)
6. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (310,000)
7. Adele, 30 (296,000)
8. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (278,000)
9. Michael Jackson, Thriller (236,000)
10. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child (229,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

Taylor Swift sold the most albums in total among all artists in 2022, with 2.928 million sold across her entire catalog and via all formats (physical and digital combined). Harry Styles was the No. 2 biggest-seller with albums, as he sold 1.068 million in 2022.

U.S. ALBUM SALES DECLINE BY 8.2%: Total U.S. album sales fell by 8.2% in 2022 to 100.09 million (down from 108.98 million in 2021). In 2021, album sales posted their first yearly gain in a decade, when sales increased by 6.3%, thanks partly to the release of her hot-selling 30 in that year (2021’s top-selling album). Album sales have declined in every year from 2012-20, and again in 2022, as fans increasingly adopt streaming services as a means to consume music.

Physical album sales (CD, vinyl LP, cassette, etc.) declined by 3.5% to 79.89 million (down from 82.79 million in 2021).

VINYL CONTINUES TO OUTSELL CDS: For the second year in a row, and only the second year since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991, vinyl albums outsold CD albums. Vinyl continues to be the leading format for album purchases for the second straight year.

Vinyl was the dominant format for album purchases in the U.S. up until the early 1980s. After that, cassettes took hold until the early 1990s, when the CD format blossomed and remained king until 2021.

43.46 million vinyl albums were sold in 2022 (up 4.2% from 41.72 million in 2021). 2022 was the 17th consecutive year vinyl album sales grew in the U.S., and the largest year for vinyl album sales since Luminate began tracking data in 1991. Plus, vinyl LP sales posted their single-largest sales week of the Luminate era when 2.232 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending Dec. 22.

The top-selling vinyl album of 2022 is Swift’s Midnights, with 945,000 copies sold across all of its vinyl variants and editions (see top 10 list, below). Midnights has the largest yearly sales total for a vinyl album since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. The set also posted the single-largest sales week for a vinyl LP in Luminate history, when it launched with 575,000 copies in its first week.

Eight of the year-end top 10-selling vinyl albums saw their sales enhanced by their availability across multiple variants (including assorted color-vinyl editions). Among the top 10 vinyl sellers, just Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost (No. 6) and Igor (No. 8) were only available in one iteration each.

TOP 10 SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2022 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, Midnights (945,000)
2. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (480,000)
3. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (263,000)
4. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city (254,000)
5. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (243,000)
6. Tyler, the Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost (211,000)
7. Taylor Swift, Folklore (174,000)
8. Tyler, the Creator, Igor (172,000)
9. Michael Jackson, Thriller (168,000)
10. The Beatles, Abbey Road (160,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

Swift sold the most vinyl albums among all acts in 2022 in the U.S., with 1.695 million sold across her entire catalog. (She sold more vinyl LPs last year than the next two biggest-sellers on vinyl combined: Styles with 719,000 and The Beatles with 553,000.) Swift loomed so large on vinyl in 2022, one out of every 25 vinyl LPs sold last year in the U.S. was a Swift album (1.695 million of 43.46 million).

Vinyl album sales comprised 43.4% of all album sales in the U.S. in 2022 (43.46 million of 100.09 million). Vinyl LPs accounted for 54.4% of all physical album sold last year (43.46 million of 79.89 million). Both sums are Luminate-era records for vinyl’s share of the album sales market in the U.S.

In 2022 there were a total of 88 albums that sold at least 50,000 copies on vinyl – up from 87 in 2021. To compare, only 56 albums on the CD format sold at least 50,000 copies in 2022 (down from 67 in 2021).

CD SALES FALL, K-POP & COLLECTIBLE SETS BOLSTER TOP-SELLERS: 35.87 million CD albums were sold in 2022 (down 11.6% from 40.59 million in 2021), making it the second-most popular format among consumers who bought albums.

The top-selling album on the CD format in 2022 was Midnights with 640,000 copies sold. Swift sold the most CD albums last year, with 923,000 copies sold across her entire catalog of titles. BTS was the No. 2-seller on CD, with 917,000 copies sold.

Notably, of the year’s top 10-selling CD albums (see list, below), seven are K-pop titles (Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10). K-pop titles sell particularly well on the CD format, as many releases in the genre are issued in collectible CD editions, each usually housed in elaborate packaging with branded paper goods contained inside (sometimes with randomized elements).

There are three non-K-pop titles in the year-end top 10 CD albums ranking: Midnights (No. 1), Harry’s House (No. 4) and Beyoncé’s Renaissance (No. 9). Midnights’ CD sales were bolstered by its availability in multiple collectible editions with different cover art, while Harry’s House was issued in zine-CD and casebook CD editions. All three titles were also available in deluxe boxed sets containing branded T-shirts.

TOP 10 SELLING CD ALBUMS OF 2022 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, Midnights (640,000)
2. BTS, Proof (413,000)
3. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child (227,000)
4. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (219,000)
5. Stray Kids, ODDINARY (204,000)
6. TWICE, Between 1&2 (199,000)
7. Stray Kids, MAXIDENT (177,000)
8. ENHYPEN, Manifesto: Day 1 (173,000)
9. Beyoncé, Renaissance (163,000)
10. NCT 127, 2 Baddies (148,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

Digital album sales were the third-most popular format in 2022 for album purchases, and the category declined by 22.9% in 2022 to 20.2 million (down from 26.17 million in 2021). The top-selling digital album of 2022 was Midnights, with 219,000 sold. Swift was also the top-selling act across digital albums in 2022, with 292,000 download albums sold across her catalog in total. Beyoncé was the second-best selling act in digital album sales in 2022, with 69,000 copies sold.

CASSETTE TAPES SPIN BIG GAIN: In 2022, sales of albums on cassette tape in the U.S. increased by 28% to 440,000 (up from 343,000 in 2021). That’s a robust figure for a format that was mostly non-existent a few years ago, when yearly cassette sales numbered just 74,000 in 2015. Now a niche offering marketed to superfans, cassettes were once the leading format for album purchases in the U.S., from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.

The top-selling album on cassette in 2022 was the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, with 17,000 copies sold. Two more Guardians-related titles dot the top 10 (at Nos. 3 and 6). As actual cassette mixtapes feature prominently in the Guardians’ storyline, it makes sense that a real-world cassette album offering, mirroring those seen in the films and series, could be a solid seller. (The three Guardians tapes that rank in the year-end top 10 have sold, combined, more than 238,000 since their release a number of years ago.)

TOP 10 SELLING CASSETTE ALBUMS OF 2022 IN U.S.
1. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (17,000)
2. Taylor Swift, Midnights (14,000)
3. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (13,000)
4. Harry Styles, Harry’s House (11,000)
5. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever (8,000)
6. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Mix, Vol. 1 (8,000)
7. Nirvana, Bleach (7,000)
8. Bo Burnham, Inside (The Songs) (5,000)
9. Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG (5,000)
10. Ghost, Impera (5,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

TOTAL STREAMING INCREASES BY 12.2%: Total U.S. on-demand song streams (audio and video combined, inclusive of UGC streams) grew 12.2% to 1.268 trillion in 2022 (up from 1.130 trillion in 2021). Yearly on-demand audio streams (inclusive of UGC) bolted past the 1 trillion mark for the first time, rising 12.2% to 1.108 trillion in 2022 (up from 988.15 billion in 2021).

The R&B/hip-hop genre accounted for the most on-demand streams (audio and video combined, inclusive of UGC) in 2022, among Luminate’s core genres, with 28.6% of the year’s volume (362.77 billion of 1.268 trillion). In 2021, R&B/hip-hop represented a leading 30.1% of volume.

The rock genre had the second-largest share of on-demand song streams (audio and video combined, inclusive of UGC) in 2022, with 16.7% of the volume (210.71 billion of 1.268 trillion). Pop was third with 13.1% (166.65 billion of 1.268 trillion). Latin overtook country as the fourth-largest genre in on-demand streams, with 7.8% of the volume (99.08 billion of 1.268 trillion), while country was in fifth place with 7.3% (92.52 billion of 1.268 trillion). In 2021, Latin had 77.37 billion streams versus country’s 84.26 billion, when they were in fifth and fourth place, respectively.

In terms of year-over-year growth in total on-demand streams (audio and video combined, inclusive of UGC) among Luminate’s core genres, children’s music had the largest percentage increase in 2022, rising 35.5% (to 17.02 billion, up from 12.56 billion in 2021). World music (an umbrella genre which includes, among its many sounds and styles, most K-pop music), had the second-biggest percentage increase, climbing 28.5% (to 26.98 billion, up from 21.01 billion in 2021). Latin had the third-largest gain, spiking 28.1% (to 99.08 billion, up from 77.37 billion in 2021).

Looking just at on-demand audio streams for 2022 (inclusive of UGC), R&B/hip-hop led the way with 28.7% of volume (318.02 billion of 1.108 trillion). Rock (17.1%; 190.82 billion of 1.108 trillion), pop (12.5%; 138.97 billion of 1.108 trillion), country (7.8%; 85.91 billion of 1.108 trillion) and Latin (7.3%; 80.35 billion of 1.108 trillion) were Nos. 2-5 for the year, as they were in 2021.

The genres that saw the largest percentage growth in year-over-year on-demand audio streams (inclusive of UGC) were Latin music (up 31.5% to 80.35 billion; up from 61.12 billion in 2021), children’s music (up 30.6% to 14.43 billion; up from 11.05 billion in 2021) and world music (up 27.5% to 21.8 billion; up from 17.09 billion in 2021).

Note: UGC streams are included in Luminate’s industry streaming on-demand volume numbers and its year-end streaming song charts. UGC streams are not factored into any of Billboard’s weekly charts.

‘BABY’ & STYLES LEAD STREAMS: Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s co-billed smash “Industry Baby” was the most-streamed song of 2022 in the U.S., with 877.25 million on-demand audio and video streams combined (inclusive of UGC). “Industry Baby” garnered a sizable number of streams via user-generated video content. The most-streamed song by on-demand audio streams (inclusive of UGC) was Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” with 609.67 million clicks.

The most-streamed song of 2021 was Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” with 804.71 million on-demand audio and video streams (inclusive of UGC), and it was also the top song by on-demand audio streams (inclusive of UGC) with 626.56 million.

See the top 10 most-streamed songs, below.

TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2022 IN U.S., ON-DEMAND (AUDIO & VIDEO COMBINED)
1. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, “Industry Baby” (877.25 million)
2. Harry Styles, “As It Was” (763.45 million)
3. Glass Animals, “Heat Waves” (758.07 million)
4. Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (684.90 million)
5. Imagine Dragons X JID, “Enemy” (627.61 million)
6. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (622.39 million)
7. Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin” (609.88 million)
8. Future featuring Drake & Tems, “Wait for U” (602.69 million)
9. Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito” (565.38 million)
10. Bad Bunny, “Titi Me Pregunto” (551.57 million)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022. Includes UGC streams.

TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2022 IN U.S., ON DEMAND AUDIO
1. Harry Styles, “As It Was” (609.67 million)
2. Glass Animals, “Heat Waves” (528.73 million)
3. Future featuring Drake & Tems, “Wait for U” (507.89 million)
4. Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito” (471.36 million)
5. Kodak Black, “Super Gremlin” (471.15 million)
6. Bad Bunny, “Titi Me Pregunto” (451.12 million)
7. Jack Harlow, “First Class” (433.93 million)
8. Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (421.80 million)
9. Steve Lacy, “Bad Habit” (421.09 million)
10. Zach Bryan, “Something In the Orange” (406.79 million)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022. Includes UGC streams.

DIGITAL TRACK SALES FALL 25%: For the first time since 2004, no song sold more than 500,000 downloads in a calendar year in the U.S. And, 2022 marked the first year since 2005 that no song sold 1 million.

Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” was the year’s top-selling digital song in 2022, with 436,000 paid downloads. And, total digital track sales declined for a 10th consecutive year, falling 25% in 2022 to 151.90 million sold (down from 202.92 million in 2021).

In 2021, the top-selling digital song was BTS’ “Butter,” with 1.89 million sold.

The last time a year closed without a million-selling digital song was 2005, when Weezer’s “Beverly Hills” was the top-seller with 962,000. The last year without a song surpassing 500,000 was 2004, when Hoobastank’s “The Reason” was the top-selling digital song, with 380,000 sold. (2004 was also the first full year of the iTunes Store, which launched mid-2003.)

TOP 10 SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF 2022 IN U.S.
1. Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero” (436,000)
2. Lizzo, “About Damn Time” (217,000)
3. Latto, “Big Energy” (206,000)
4. Elton John & Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart” (202,000)
5. Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” (188,000)
6. Harry Styles, “As It Was” (183,000)
7. Nicki Minaj, “Super Freaky Girl” (172,000)
8. Cody Johnson, “Til You Can’t” (145,000)
9. Walker Hayes, “AA” (144,000)
10. Sia, “Unstoppable” (143,000)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021 through Dec. 29, 2022.

‘IT WAS’ BIG ON THE RADIO: Harry Styles’ “As It Was” rules 2022 as the biggest song on the radio, as it collected 3.001 billion audience impressions across all monitored radio stations. Audience impressions are measured by cross-referencing plays with Nielsen Audio audience data – i.e., a play of a song on a top-rated New York station at 8 a.m. on a Monday has more listeners (audience) than an overnight weekend play in a smaller city.

TOP 10 RADIO SONGS OF 2022 IN U.S. (BASED ON AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS)
1. Harry Styles, “As It Was” (3.001 billion)
2. Glass Animals, “Heat Waves” (2.789 billion)
3. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, “Stay” (2.779 billion)
4. Lizzo, “About Damn Time” (2.344 billion)
5. Justin Bieber, “Ghost” (2.325 billion)
6. Latto, “Big Energy” (2.205 billion)
7. Lil Nas X, “Thats What I Want” (2.064 billion)
8. Ed Sheeran, “Bad Habits” (2.060 billion)
9. Adele, “Easy On Me” (1.963 billion)
10. Jack Harlow, “First Class” (1.859 billion)
Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Dec. 31, 2021, through Dec. 29, 2022.

[iHypeMusic]

Estimated 2022 YTD Album SPS

• Period: December 31, 2021 - December 29, 2022
• #51-100 rounded to nearest 10,000
• Includes pre-release song data

Ranking	Artist	Album	Units
1	Bad Bunny	Un Verano Sin Ti	3,400,000
2	Taylor Swift	Midnights	3,294,000
3	Morgan Wallen	Dangerous: The Double Album	2,405,000
4	Harry Styles	Harry's House	2,204,000
5	The Weeknd	The Highlights	1,879,000
6	Soundtrack	Encanto	1,839,000
7	Future	I Never Liked You	1,460,000
8	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	1,438,000
9	Lil Durk	7220	1,357,000
10	Drake	Certified Lover Boy	1,317,000
11	Doja Cat	Planet Her	1,211,000
12	Gunna	DS4EVER	1,204,000
13	Kendrick Lamar	Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers	1,171,000
14	Elton John	Diamonds	1,156,000
15	Beyonce	Renaissance	1,147,000
16	The Weeknd	Dawn FM	1,068,000
17	Drake & 21 Savage	Her Loss	1,041,000
18	Lil Baby	My Turn	1,011,000
19	Zach Bryan	American Heartbreak	1,002,000
20	BTS	Proof	1,000,000
21	Ed Sheeran	=	970,000
22	SZA	SOS	955,000
23	Taylor Swift	Red (Taylor's Version)	938,000
24	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid M.A.A.D City	913,000
25	Lil Baby	It's Only Me	908,000
26	Post Malone	Hollywood's Bleeding	904,000
27	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	882,000
28	Juice WRLD	Goodbye & Good Riddance	863,000
29	Luke Combs	What You See Is What You Get	856,000
30	Queen	Greatest Hits 1	846,000
31	Eminem	Curtain Call 2	841,000
32	Pop Smoke	Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon	832,000
33	Luke Combs	This One's For You	832,000
34	Post Malone	Twelve Carat Toothache	827,000
35	Adele	30	825,000
36	Jack Harlow	Come Home The Kids Miss You	818,000
37	Juice WRLD	Fighting Demons	809,000
38	Drake	Honestly, Nevermind	806,000
39	Morgan Wallen	If I Know Me	806,000
40	Bad Bunny	YHLQMDLG	802,000
41	Taylor Swift	Folklore	789,000
42	Billie Eilish	Happier Than Ever	783,000
43	The Kid LAROI	F*ck Love	774,000
44	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	761,000
45	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	755,000
46	Harry Styles	Fine Line	747,000
47	Juice WRLD	Legends Never Die	745,000
48	SZA	CTRL	744,000
49	Nardo Wick	Who Is Nardo Wick?	730,000
50	Polo G	Hall Of Fame	724,000
51	Taylor Swift	Lover	720,000
52	Justin Bieber	Justice	700,000
53	Rod Wave	SoulFly	700,000
54	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits	700,000
55	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.	700,000
56	Luke Combs	Growin' Up	700,000
57	Rod Wave	Beautiful Mind	690,000
58	Chris Stapleton	Traveller	680,000
59	Drake	Take Care	680,000
60	Eminem	Curtain Call 2	680,000
61	2Pac	Greatest Hits	670,000
62	Original Broadway Cast	Hamilton: An American Musical	660,000
63	Chris Stapleton	Starting Over	650,000
64	Juice WRLD	Death Race For Love	650,000
65	Drake	Scorpion	640,000
66	Tyler, The Creator	IGOR	640,000
67	Kanye West	Graduation	630,000
68	Billie Eilish	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	630,000
69	Nirvana	Nevermind	630,00
70	Taylor Swift	1989	620,000
71	Lil Nas X	Montero	610,000
72	Post Malone	beerbongs & bentleys	600,000
73	Michael Jackson	Thriller	600,000
74	Kodak Black	Back For Everything	600,000
75	Kanye West	Donda	590,000
76	J. Cole	2014 Forest Hills Drive	590,000
77	Baby Keem	The Melodic Blue	590,000
78	Lil Uzi Vert	Luv Is Rage 2	580,000
79	Journey	Journey's Greatest Hits	580,000
80	Travis Scott	ASTROWORLD	580,000
81	Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)	An Evening With Silk Sonic	580,000
82	Steve Lacy	Gemini Rights	570,000
83	Bob Marley And The Wailers	Legend: The Best Of...	570,000
84	Bad Bunny	El Ultimo Tour del Mundo	570,000
85	Taylor Swift	Evermore	570,000
86	Summer Walker	Still Over It	570,000
87	Glass Animals	Dreamland	570,000
88	Imagine Dragons	Mercury - Act 1	570,000
89	Walker Hayes	Country Stuff: The Album	570,000
90	Bailey Zimmerman	Leave The Light On	560,000
91	Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	Greatest Hits	560,000
92	Guns N' Roses	Greatest Hits	550,000
93	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	550,000
94	AC/DC	Back In Black	540,000
95	Tyler, The Creator	Call Me If You Get Lost	540,000
96	Drake	Views	540,000
97	Summer Walker	Over It	540,000
98	Moneybagg Yo	A Gangsta's Pain	540,000
99	Lizzo	Special	530,000
100	Machine Gun Kelly	Mainstream Sellout	530,000

[ArianaCharts]

iHypeMusic do you have the #101-#200? Or at least an estimation of how many units did “thank u, next” and “Positions” moved in 2022? also, thanks for keeping the work!