Top Sales Weeks(2013-2018) USA *BTS #16 2018

[BabyKBK]

I thought it would be interesting to compare the top sales weeks over the past half decade and compare changes in the industry.The following list only includes pure sales weeks(not combined with streaming or track equivalent sales). Thank you to Oldbloke from Ukmix for providing these sales. These numbers are verifiable by searching the album titles in Billboard articles, the official chart company in the USA.

 

2013:

Male:

1.Justin Timberlake 968,018 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE

2.Eminem 792,394 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem

3.Drake 657,922 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake

4.One Direction 546,230 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES

5.Jay-Z 528,471 - MAGNA CARTA…HOLY GRAIL

 

Female:

1.Beyonce 617,319-BEYONCÉ

2.Beyonce 373,803 - BEYONCÉ

3.Beyonce 310,270 - BEYONCÉ

4.285,839 - PRISM - Katy Perry

5.270,417 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus

 

2014:

Male:

1.One Direction 387,098 - FOUR

2.Coldplay 382,665 - GHOST STORIES

3.J Cole 353,538 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE

4.Eric Church 287,668 - THE OUTSIDERS

5.Jason Aldean 278,096 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT

 

Female:

1.Taylor Swift 1,286,544 - 1989

2.Taylor Swift 401,599 - 1989

3.Taylor Swift 331,478 - 1989

4.Taylor Swift 325,609 - 1989

5.Taylor Swift 312,454 - 1989

 

2015:

Male:

1.Justin Bieber 521,521 - PURPOSE

2.Drake 494,746 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE

3.One Direction 401,837 - MADE IN THE A.M.

4.Drake & Future 334,423 - WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

5.The Weeknd 325,518 - BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS

 

Female:

1.Adele 3,377,885 - 25

2.Adele 1,157,296 - 25

3.Adele 1,112,162 - 25

4.Adele 789,821 - 25

5.Adele 695,043 - 25

 

2016:

Male:

1.Drake 851,675 - VIEWS - Drake

2.J Cole 362,789 - 4 YOUR EYEZ ONLY

3.Metallica 281,645 - HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT

4.Frank Ocean 232,040 - BLONDE

5.Prince 216,472 - THE VERY BEST OF

 

Female:

1.Beyonce 485,094 - LEMONADE

2.Beyonce 196,252 - LEMONADE

3.Lady Gaga 170,320 - JOANNE

4.Adele 163,792 - 25 – Adele

5.Beyonce 153,367 - LEMONADE

 

2017:

Male:

1.Kendrick Lamar 352,766 – DAMN.

2.Ed Sheeran 322,307 - ÷

3.Drake 225,513 - MORE LIFE

4.Kenny Chesney 216,804 - LIVE IN NO SHOES NATION

5.Chris Stapleton 202,154 - FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 1

 

Female:

1.Taylor Swift 1,216,416 - REPUTATION

2.P!nk 384,196 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA

3.Taylor Swift 232,466 - REPUTATION

4.Katy Perry 162,071 - WITNESS

5.Shania Twain 134,268 - NOW

 

2018:

Male:

1.Dave Mathews Band 285,000 - COME TOMORROW

2.Travis Scott 270,000 - ASTROWORLD

3.Eminem 252,000 - KAMIKAZE

4.Justin Timberlake 242,000 - MAN OF THE WOODS

5.Mumford & Sons 214,000 - DELTA

 

Female:

1.Carrie Underwood 251,000 - CRY PRETTY

2.Cher 150,000 - DANCING QUEEN

3.P!nk 135,000 - BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA

4.Ariana Grande 127,000 - SWEETENER

5.Lauren Daigle 103,000-LOOK UP CHILD

 

*Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 162,000 - A STAR IS BORN (OST) is in the top ten sales weeks of both genders overall.

*BTS had the 13^th highest sales week for males and the 16^th highest sales week overall for Love Yourself:Answer with 141,000 copies sold.

[Kayou]

What’s the meaning of the female artist taking multiple places of the same album?

Wow sales has been tremendously decreased since 2013 except those with big fandom like Swift

still can’t believe the 20/20 Experience was 6 years ago.....

[BabyKBK]

What’s the meaning of the female artist taking multiple places of the same album?

Wow sales has been tremendously decreased since 2013 except those with big fandom like Swift

still can’t believe the 20/20 Experience was 6 years ago.....

An artist having multiple places of the same album means that they had multiple sales weeks in the top 5 sales weeks of that year. So Adele, Taylor and Beyonce's 2nd,3rd highest weeks etc outsold all other females largest weeks. None of the males had multiple top 5 sales weeks surprisingly. 

[Kayou]

An artist having multiple places of the same album means that they had multiple sales weeks in the top 5 sales weeks of that year. So Adele, Taylor and Beyonce's 2nd,3rd highest weeks etc outsold all other females largest weeks. None of the males had multiple top 5 sales weeks surprisingly. 

I see... thanks!

[Aliens-United]

Inch resting

[CHARANGDAN]

i was really amazed at taylor swift sales then i saw adele's numbers wow

[Quintessential]

Sales really is dying out in the West

[AriNoona]

Why is Andrea Bocelli listed as female in 2018? Lol.

[BabyKBK]

Why is Andrea Bocelli listed as female in 2018? Lol.

Fixed, I thought it was some other Andrea. It’s so weird how just 5 years ago a 100k selling week was considered average but now it’s making it into these sorts of lists.

[AriNoona]

Fixed, I thought it was some other Andrea. It’s so weird how just 5 years ago a 100k selling week was considered average but now it’s making it into these sorts of lists.

Yep, physical sales have gone down drastically the last few years.