In 1994, their major label debut Dookie, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the US. The album's first-week performance reflects that. BTS' 'Yet to Come' Wins on 'Music Bank' - But Other Nominee Draws Attention, THIS Male Idol Draws Attention as HYBE's 'Hidden Card' Amid BTS Temporary Break, BTS Confirmed as 2030 Busan World Expo Official Ambassadors. Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year and who do you expect will make the top 100? Jagged Little Pill is unbelievably good. Numbers behind streams ofThe WeekndsMy Dear Melancholy,Kanye WestsYeand Lil Nas Xs 7 EP take another feel when we see that they are so short. no one comes close now. certainly the last biggest act in hiphop, i dont see it ever being surpassed with how BIG he was. I update it frequently. Back in Black came out in 1980 at the height of the reign of Hard Rock, marking AC/DCs 7th studio album and the first with their new vocalist Brian Johnson. In 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children and played their debut gig the following year. TOP GUN - MAVERICK. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. That stunt helped create the mystique around the album. Purpose and Scorpion are comfortably inside the Top 5, while Post Malone, Lamar and Grande record similar results one step behind, which was also expected. This is not really the case, if we look at average US share of these streams its slightly under 50%. They just dont do it like they used to! On June 20, "Yet to Come" ranked No. The 10 Highest Selling Hip-Hop Albums Of All Time Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985) 30m The album also reached number one in fifteen other countries. I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts. In South Korea, BTS' "Yet to Come" reached a new peak on the weekly charts of three major music platforms. 1" from 1997 not to have a top five debut week. The new title song has now joined BTS' previous hits such as "Dynamite," "Butter," "Life Goes On," "Permission to Dance," and "My Universe" as the group's song to land at No. 19. 2004 - The rise of Kanye West. once we account for everything it happens to be the top performer out of You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. By then, the platform had 88 million monthly active users, a number that has now increased to over 300 million. Snoop set the record for best first week for a debut album. Tapestry received four Grammy Awards in 1972, including Album of the Year and the lead singles from the album Its Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move spent five weeks at number one on the US chart. Rick Ross' "Port of Miami" debuted with 187K. In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth, England for an audience of 125,000 each night, which were at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history. You were probably waiting on The Beatles to make an appearance. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter| 1999| 462K 59| Kanye West| 808's & Heartbreak | 2008| 450K 60| Drake| Thank Me Later| 2010| 447K 61| Kanye West| The College Dropout| 2004| 441K 62| DMX| The Great Depression| 2001| 439K 63| Jay-Z & Kanye West| Watch The Throne| 2011| 436K 64| Eminem| Kamikaze| 2018| 434K 65| Lloyd Banks| The Hunger for More| 2004| 433K 66| 2Pac| Tupac: Resurrection| 2003| 430K 67| Ludacris| Chicken-n-Beer| 2003| 429K 68| 2Pac| Until The End of Time| 2001| 427K 69| Jay-Z| American Gangster| 2007| 426K 70| Lauryn Hill| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill| 1998| 423K 71| Jay-Z| The Blueprint| 2001| 420K 72| Method Man| Tical 2000: Judgement Day| 1998| 411K 73| 2Pac & Outlawz| Still I Rise| 1999| 408K 74| J. Cole | KOD| 2018| 398K 75| Snoop Dogg| Tha Last Meal| 2000| 397K 76| Nelly| Suit| 2004| 396K 77| Nicki Minaj| Pink Friday| 2010| 395K 78| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony| The Art Of War| 1997| 394K 79| Mystikal| Ghetto Fabulous| 1998| 385K 79| The Game| Doctor's Advocate| 2006| 385K 81| G-Unit| Beg for Mercy| 2003| 377K 82| J. Cole| 2014 Forest Hills Drive| 2014| 375K 82| Drake & Future| What A Time to Be Alive| 2015| 375K 84| D12| Devil's Night| 2001| 372K 85| 2Pac| Better Dayz| 2002| 366K 86| Kendrick Lamar| To Pimp a Butterfly| 2015| 363K 87| Ja Rule| Pain Is Love| 2001| 361K 87| Young Buck| Straight Outta Cashville| 2004| 361K 89| Beastie Boys| To the 5 Boroughs| 2004| 360K 90| Nas| Hip Hop Is Dead| 2006| 356K 91| Young Jeezy| The Inspiration| 2006| 352K 92| Jay-Z| Vol. 29. Eminem The Eminem Show (2002) 27m hollywoods bleeding had a bigger first week but i assume its not included here bc its not a full hip hop record. 35. It is widely agreed that the duo is among the most significant and influential hip-hop acts of all time. 18. In order for an album to attract a certification, they need to sell a certain number of units. The third studio album by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain became the best-selling country music album, the best-selling studio album by a female act, and the best selling album by a Canadian. Another interesting fact is that Asian artists, mainly from Japan and South Korea, have placed 16 albums on the list, indicating a growing worldwide appetite for Asian music and exhibiting their dominance on the list. Top selling albums in the U.S. 2022 | Statista In the US, the album sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week, marking the largest single-week sales for an album. Third biggest week in history for The Massacre and even the other members of G Unit were pushing 400k+ a week just by association. Feeling instantly nostalgic. "Double Live," the first live album from country star Garth Brooks, sold 1,085,000 copies in the first week after its release. The album got a massive 34-million average per song. Additionally, 15 acts are from the USA, whilst three positions are occupied by British artists. 3. All we can now do is wait and see, Disclaimer: Whilst all attempts were made to secure worldwide first-week sales for all the albums listed in this article, sometimes only first-week sales figures from one country were available at the time this article was published. Swift broke her tie with Adele as the artist with the most million-selling weeks overall (four). The rappers fourth studio album is often debated as Eminems most personal and best work. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. List of best-selling albums - Wikipedia In the USA, for example, there are three major categories: It is clear, therefore, that all of the artists, in the list that follows attain Platinum status in their first week of sales in the USA alone, if sales were limited to the USA. Adele 25 (2015) 22m After taking a seven-year hiatus from the music business, Justin Timberlake crooned his way back to the Billboard charts this week, selling a whopping 968,000 copies ofThe 20/20 Experiencein its first week of release. For her third studio album Mariah Carey employed Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, Robert Clivills and David Cole (also known as C+C Music Factory) and Daryl Simmons for production duties. 42. Q: Where is X album? 2018 - Drake cements himself as number one, Weezy is free, and the rise of Travis Scott, 2021 - Kanye v Drake: Dawn of Prolonged Album Rollouts, ---|---|----|----|---- 1| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP| 2000| 1.76M 2| Eminem| The Eminem Show| 2002| 1.322M 3| 50 Cent| The Massacre| 2005| 1.14M 4| Drake| Views| 2016| 1.075M 5| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter III| 2008| 1.006M 6| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter IV| 2011| 964K 7| Kanye West| Graduation| 2007| 957K 8| 50 Cent| Get Rich or Die Tryin'| 2003| 872K 9| Kanye West| Late Registration| 2005| 860K 10| Snoop Dogg| Doggystyle| 1993| 803K 11| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP 2| 2013| 792K 12| Drake| Scorpion| 2018| 749K 13| Eminem| Recovery| 2010| 741K 14| Nelly| Nellyville| 2002| 714K 15| Eminem| Encore | 2004| 710K 16| Eminem| 8 Mile OST| 2002| 702K 17| DMX| And Then There Was X| 1999| 698K 18| 50 Cent| Curtis| 2007| 697K 19| The Notorious B.I.G.| Life After Death| 1997| 690K 20| Beastie Boys| Hello Nasty| 1998| 681K 21| Jay-Z| Kingdom Come| 2006| 680K 22| DMX| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood| 1998| 670K 23| 2Pac| The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory| 1996| 664K 24| Drake| Nothing Was the Same| 2013| 658K 25| Drake| Take Care| 2011| 631K 26| Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 2021| 613K 27| Wu-Tang Clan| Wu-Tang Forever| 1997| 612K 28| Kendrick Lamar| DAMN.| 2017| 610K 29| Eminem| Relapse| 2009| 608K 30| The Game| The Documentary| 2005| 586K 31| T.I.| Paper Trail| 2008| 568K 32| 2Pac| All Eyez On Me| 1996| 566K 33| P. Diddy| No Way Out| 1997| 561K 34| Jay-Z| The Dynasty: Roc La Familia| 2000| 558K 35| Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 | 553K 36| 2Pac| R U Still Down? The record was a commercial success, charting at number-one in the US for 15 weeks. The album also won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985. Theres some newcomers that show that this list can change at any time. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Less hip hop and trap style beats dominating the charts. vs. T.I.P.| 2007| 468K 57| Jay-Z| The Black Album| 2003| 463K 58| Jay-Z| Vol. None of the band members had any say in this release happening, and felt it was a ploy by the record company to make more money without additional expenses. Nothing Was The Same, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, Views, and More Life all broke the US record for first week streams, showing that the Canadian rapper has been a monster force for many years. Also despite female rappers being really dominant recently and Doja, cardi b and nicki all either being confirmed or likely to drop albums this upcoming year idk if any of them will make the top 5 for the year, just wondering, are you not counting post malone as hip hop? 36. 50. With over 510k copies sold in its first week, the album shot straight to the top of the Billboard 200. Nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning five, including Album of the Year, Jagged Little Pill topped the charts in thirteen countries; with sales of over 33 million copies worldwide. "The Massacre," 50 Cent's sophomore album, sold 1,141,000 copies in the first week after its release. Your email address will not be published. 20 of the Biggest First-Week Hip-Hop Album Sales - XXL - XXL Mag Music Box remains Careys highest seller with 28 million copies sold worldwide. I really have no clue how shes gonna perform in the streaming age. Speaking about relevant factors, another one is the number of MAU (Monthly Active Users) of Spotify. Def Leppard Hysteria (1987) 25m Nas - I Am Released: April 6, 1999 First week sales numbers: 470,000 Singles: "Nas Is Like", "Hate Me Now" Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Released: September 8, 2009 Congratulations to BTS on their historic achievement in Japan with their anthology album! 16. The song Bad was meant to be a duet between Michael and Prince. By 1991, Bad was the second-best-selling album of all time at the time, behind Thriller, having sold 25 million copies worldwide. 11. Record labels and artists often post much higher claimed sales than can be certified by companies like Nielsen SoundScan and the RIAA. I think theres an argument to be made that its hard to compare pre-streaming sales to sales with streaming. It was year 2000, the peak year of music record sales. The Marshall Mathers LP has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album of the 21st century. It reached number one in nineteen countries and sold just under 4m copies in the US in the first month after release. Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A. 1984) 30m [Discussion] First Week Album Sales Since 1991 & The Top 100 Hip-Hop First Weeks of All Time (2021 Edition) 1991 was the first year that Nielsen started tracking music sales data. Backstreet Boys Millennium (1999) 24m That being said, there are still some artists that attain the USA platinum benchmark in the first week of release. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days. Led Zeppelins best-selling album in the US never topped the charts peaking at number-two. I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts. Celine Dion Lets Talk About Love (1997) 31m meaningful, its still arguably better to get 25 songs streamed one time Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. 25. *ARe multiplied by (100 + 4 times the number of songs) divided by 100 and brought to a base 100. The soundtrack albums The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease: The Original Soundtrack are also up there with the 10 best selling albums ever. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, among five others including the Hall of Fame Award. 20. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching high in the Billboard Hot 100: New Kid in Town (number one), Hotel California (number one), and Life in the Fast Lane (number 11). Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All Time (2023 Update) Eric Robert/Sygma/Kevin Mazur/TAS18 via Getty Images. "Reputation," Swift's sixth album, sold 1,238,000 equivalent album units in the first week after its release. The album also won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Lets take a look at the next ten that performed really well and may make it in the next decade. The band supported the album with a yearlong world tour, leading to its ultimate 25x Platinum certification. b/c i was wondering where he'd fit in all-time herebut anyway drake/j cole/uzi/21 savage/roddy* for top 5 this year, drake and cole make it to the top 100, Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year, drake and travis are givens of course. The title song became one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century, with over 50 artists, among them Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, covering the song. The latest mixtapes, videos, news, and anything else hip-hop/R&B/Future Beats related from your favorite artists, Press J to jump to the feed. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977) 43m Five singles were released from Cant Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached number-one: All Night Long (All Night) and Hello. Kings of Leon have broken the all-time sales barrier for the biggest first week digital album sales after the release of their fifth studio record. It came out in 1977 and is a purely Disco album, almost entirely by the Bee Gees. The transatlantic pop rock band Fleetwood Macs 11th studio album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, Rumours has since sold over 40 million copies worldwide, assisted by the hit songs Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Dont Stop, and You Make Loving Fun. 30 's first-week sales of 692,000 not only mark the single-largest sales frame of 2021, but the largest sales week for any album since 2017. The album only reached #2 on the Billboard 200. Ed Sheeran is unbeatable at this point lmao, Check you out, having a wank over Ed Sheeran. Nevermind not only popularised the Seattle grunge movement but also brought alternative rock as a whole into the mainstream.

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