YTD Best Sellers (album): US, 2013

[clh_hilary]

ALBUMS WEEK 41

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 25 / last year - 23
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 77 / last year - 78
total albums sales - this year - 214,780,000 (-6.2%)/ last year - 228,879,000

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist

01 - 2,318,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,254,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
03 - 1,056,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
04 - 1,044,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
05 - 1,025,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
06 - 1,014,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
07 - 970,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
08 - 924,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
09 - 891,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
10 - 889,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
11 - 834,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
12 - 803,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
13 - 771,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
14 - 731,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
15 - 710,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
16 - 640,000 - TO BE LOVED - Michael Buble
17 - 618,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
18 - 578,000 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
19 - 567,000 - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II - Lil Wayne
20 - 553,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West
21 - 550,000 - UNAPOLOGETIC - Rihanna
22 - 532,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke
23 - 530,000 - 21 - Adele
24 - 516,000 - SPRING BREAK: HERE TO PARTY - Luke Bryan
25 - 503,000 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5

26 - 500,000 - THE GREAT GATSBY - Soundtrack
27 - 490,000 - LES MISERABLES: HIGHLIGHTS… - Soundtrack
28 - 483,000 - THE WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON - Phillip Phillips
29 - 478,000 - HUNTER HAYES - Hunter Hayes
30 - 475,000 - NOW 45 - Various
31 - 474,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar
32 - 467,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction
33 - 458,000 - ALL THAT ECHOES - Josh Groban
34 - 445,000 - PIONEER - Band Perry
35 - 434,000 - GOLDEN - Lady Antebellum
36 - 431,000 - TWO LANES OF FREEDOM - Tim McGraw
37 - 423,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean
38 - 421,000 - LONG.LIVE.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
39 - 420,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake
40 - 411,000 - SAVE ROCK AND ROLL - Fall Out Boy
41 - 405,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
42 - 392,000 - BELIEVE ACOUSTIC - Justin Bieber
43 - 386,000 - TORNADO - Little Big Town
44 - 383,000 - NOW 46 - Various
45 - 380,000 - PASSIONE - Andrea Bocelli
46 - 376,000 - LIFE ON A ROCK - Kenny Chesney
47 - 374,000 - TRUE BELIEVERS - Darius Rucker
48 - 368,000 - + - Ed Sheeran
49 - 363,000 - KIDZ BOP 23 - Kidz Bop Kids
50 - 346,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood

51 - 345,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
52 - 345,000 - MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY - Vampire Weekend
53 - 344,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
54 - 340,000 - CHIEF - Eric Church
55 - 336,000 - 2013 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
56 - 327,000 - SET YOU FREE - Gary Allan
57 - 326,000 - LOVE IS EVERYTHING - George Strait
58 - 326,000 - THE GIFTED - Wale
59 - 325,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
60 - 321,000 - TEEN BEACH - Soundtrack
61 - 320,000 - 13 - Black Sabbath
62 - 316,000 - GIRL ON FIRE - Alicia Keys
63 - 313,000 - GREATEST HITS: CHAPTER 1 - Kelly Clarkson
64 - 290,000 - BOYS AND GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
65 - 283,000 - HAIL TO THE KING - Avenged Sevenfold
66 - 273,000 - DEMI - Demi Lovato
67 - 273,000 - NOW 47 - Various
68 - 271,000 - WHEELHOUSE - Brad Paisley
69 - 271,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus
70 - 268,000 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
71 - 265,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic
72 - 263,000 - SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU - Fantasia
73 - 261,000 - WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN…VOLUME 1 - Five Finger Death Punch
74 - 259,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
75 - 254,000 - PARAMORE - Paramore

76 - 252,000 - TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD - T.I.
77 - 251,000 - INDICUD - Kid Cudi
78 - 249,000 - BURNING LIGHTS - Chris Tomlin
79 - 248,000 - PARADISE VALLEY - John Mayer
80 - 245,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
81 - 242,000 - NOW 44 - Various
82 - 239,000 - THE CIVIL WARS - Civil Wars
83 - 233,000 - STARS DANCE - Selena Gomez
84 - 233,000 - ANNIE UP - Pistol Annies
85 - 225,000 - KIDZ BOP 24 - Kidz Bop Kids
86 - 225,000 - SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK - Kacey Musgraves
87 - 223,000 - UNCAGED - Zac Brown Band
88 - 220,000 - PRECIOUS MEMORIES: VOLUME II - Alan Jackson
89 - 220,000 - KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM - Miguel
90 - 219,000 - YOURS TRULY - Ariana Grande
91 - 218,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
92 - 212,000 - REBEL SOUL - Kid Rock
93 - 212,000 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
94 - 210,000 - WHAT ABOUT NOW - Bon Jovi
95 - 204,000 - LOVE AND WAR - Tamar Braxton
96 - 202,000 - CAUGHT IN THE ACT: LIVE - Eric Church
97 - 199,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
98 - 196,000 - TRILOGY - The Weeknd
99 - 195,000 - THE 2ND LAW - Muse
100 - 193,000 - BEST DAYS - Tamela Mann

2013 Best sellers, albums, singles | Pulse Music Board

Bolded are country albums;
Underlined are albums with country successes;
Italic are albums released by female artists (including albums with dominant female-led singles).
Red is for reality shows-related albums.

 

[Eder Rodrigues]

I hope Carrie stays in the Top 50 and hits 400k. It may not happen, but that's what I want.

 

[clh_hilary]

Highly unlikely.

Gary Allen, Milegend Cyrus, Lorde, Mary J Blige, Kelly Clarkson (holiday album), Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, One Direction, Justin Bieber, etc could all pass her. Then there could be holiday and Grammy hype.

 

[teesharky]

Will the SOM soundtrack count towards Carrie's overall career sales? She is the primary artist on it. Tx.

 

[clh_hilary]

Will the SOM soundtrack count towards Carrie's overall career sales? She is the primary artist on it. Tx.

Difficult to tell with soundtracks really. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard is often counted even though she wasn't the primary artist; Madonna's Evita is sometimes counted, sometimes not, while Who's That Girl is usually counted even though she was the primary artist on E but not very much WTG; nobody seemed to care about Christina Aguilera's Burlesque much. People often try to discredit Miley Cyrus with all the Hannah Montana soundtracks.

I would say it depends on how the album is marketed and what the record label insists it to be. We will have a better idea when we see whether she is listed as the artist of the album when it hits the charts.

 

[Eder Rodrigues]

She will be singing 9 out of 21 songs, almost half of them. It should count towards Carrie's sales.

 

[clh_hilary]

She will be singing 9 out of 21 songs, almost half of them. It should count towards Carrie's sales.

And she would basically be the reason why anyone would like to buy the album. But just because it should, doesn't mean it will. It's like Red is poppy, and most of its sales came from pop fanatics who fancy 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble.'

So it should be counted as a pop record, but it doesn't. It's pretty much about how it's marketed and the claims made by the labels concerned. If it is something 'The Sound of Music Cast' then definitely not.

 

[carebear4eva]

Difficult to tell with soundtracks really. Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard is often counted even though she wasn't the primary artist; Madonna's Evita is sometimes counted, sometimes not, while Who's That Girl is usually counted even though she was the primary artist on E but not very much WTG; nobody seemed to care about Christina Aguilera's Burlesque much. People often try to discredit Miley Cyrus with all the Hannah Montana soundtracks.

I would say it depends on how the album is marketed and what the record label insists it to be. We will have a better idea when we see whether she is listed as the artist of the album when it hits the charts.

There's no way that's gonna happen. It isn't gonna be "The Sound of Music Recording - Carrie Underwood".

Also, do we really expect this to sell all that well?

 

[clh_hilary]

There's no way that's gonna happen. It isn't gonna be "The Sound of Music Recording - Carrie Underwood".

Also, do we really expect this to sell all that well?

It is on the contrary pretty possible that it would be '...Cast' or '...Recording'. They usually do it that way.

No I don't think it's expected to sell much, but it could go gold.

 

[clh_hilary]

Dropped a spot to No 51, passed by Queen of Corny Island, Lana Del Slay.

ALBUMS WEEK 42

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 3
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 26 / last year - 25
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 79 / last year - 81
total albums sales - this year - 219,464,000 (-6.3%)/ last year - 234,148,000

Rank - Estimated Sales - TITLE - Artist

01 - 2,324,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,265,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
03 - 1,070,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
04 - 1,069,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
05 - 1,034,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
06 - 1,019,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
07 - 984,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
08 - 947,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
09 - 939,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
10 - 898,000 - THE HEIST - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
11 - 841,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink
12 - 807,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk
13 - 775,000 - THE LUMINEERS - Lumineers
14 - 736,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
15 - 714,000 - PITCH PERFECT - Soundtrack
16 - 645,000 - TO BE LOVED - Michael Buble
17 - 621,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
18 - 581,000 - SOME NIGHTS - Fun.
19 - 569,000 - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II - Lil Wayne
20 - 556,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West
21 - 552,000 - UNAPOLOGETIC - Rihanna
22 - 543,000 - BLURRED LINES - Robin Thicke
23 - 535,000 - 21 - Adele
24 - 518,000 - SPRING BREAK: HERE TO PARTY - Luke Bryan
25 - 506,000 - OVEREXPOSED - Maroon 5

26 - 503,000 - THE GREAT GATSBY - Soundtrack
27 - 491,000 - LES MISERABLES: HIGHLIGHTS… - Soundtrack
28 - 486,000 - THE WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON - Phillip Phillips
29 - 482,000 - HUNTER HAYES - Hunter Hayes
30 - 481,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar
31 - 476,000 - NOW 45 - Various
32 - 471,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction
33 - 461,000 - ALL THAT ECHOES - Josh Groban
34 - 455,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE (2 OF 2) - Justin Timberlake
35 - 448,000 - PIONEER - Band Perry
36 - 437,000 - GOLDEN - Lady Antebellum
37 - 433,000 - TWO LANES OF FREEDOM - Tim McGraw
38 - 430,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean
39 - 423,000 - LONG.LIVE.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
40 - 417,000 - SAVE ROCK AND ROLL - Fall Out Boy
41 - 410,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
42 - 393,000 - BELIEVE ACOUSTIC - Justin Bieber
43 - 388,000 - TORNADO - Little Big Town
44 - 386,000 - NOW 46 - Various
45 - 381,000 - PASSIONE - Andrea Bocelli
46 - 378,000 - TRUE BELIEVERS - Darius Rucker
47 - 377,000 - LIFE ON A ROCK - Kenny Chesney
48 - 372,000 - + - Ed Sheeran
49 - 364,000 - KIDZ BOP 23 - Kidz Bop Kids
50 - 352,000 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey

51 - 349,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
52 - 348,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - Of Monsters & Men
53 - 348,000 - MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY - Vampire Weekend
54 - 343,000 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus
55 - 342,000 - CHIEF - Eric Church
56 - 336,000 - 2013 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
57 - 328,000 - SET YOU FREE - Gary Allan
58 - 328,000 - LOVE IS EVERYTHING - George Strait
59 - 328,000 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
60 - 327,000 - THE GIFTED - Wale
61 - 326,000 - TEEN BEACH - Soundtrack
62 - 322,000 - 13 - Black Sabbath
63 - 317,000 - GIRL ON FIRE - Alicia Keys
64 - 316,000 - GREATEST HITS: CHAPTER 1 - Kelly Clarkson
65 - 292,000 - HAIL TO THE KING - Avenged Sevenfold
66 - 291,000 - BOYS AND GIRLS - Alabama Shakes
67 - 282,000 - NOW 47 - Various
68 - 276,000 - DEMI - Demi Lovato
69 - 272,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic
70 - 272,000 - WHEELHOUSE - Brad Paisley
71 - 270,000 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
72 - 266,000 - WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN…VOLUME 1 - Five Finger Death Punch
73 - 265,000 - SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU - Fantasia
74 - 262,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
75 - 257,000 - PARAMORE - Paramore

76 - 253,000 - TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD - T.I.
77 - 253,000 - PARADISE VALLEY - John Mayer
78 - 252,000 - BURNING LIGHTS - Chris Tomlin
79 - 252,000 - INDICUD - Kid Cudi
80 - 247,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
81 - 243,000 - THE CIVIL WARS - Civil Wars
82 - 242,000 - NOW 44 - Various
83 - 240,000 - PURE HEROINE - Lorde
84 - 239,000 - STARS DANCE - Selena Gomez
85 - 234,000 - ANNIE UP - Pistol Annies
86 - 229,000 - KIDZ BOP 24 - Kidz Bop Kids
87 - 227,000 - SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK - Kacey Musgraves
88 - 226,000 - YOURS TRULY - Ariana Grande
89 - 226,000 - UNCAGED - Zac Brown Band
90 - 222,000 - PRECIOUS MEMORIES: VOLUME II - Alan Jackson
91 - 222,000 - KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM - Miguel
92 - 219,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
93 - 214,000 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
94 - 214,000 - REBEL SOUL - Kid Rock
95 - 212,000 - LOVE AND WAR - Tamar Braxton
96 - 210,000 - WHAT ABOUT NOW - Bon Jovi
97 - 204,000 - CAUGHT IN THE ACT: LIVE - Eric Church
98 - 201,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
99 - 198,000 - TRILOGY - The Weeknd
100 - 197,000 - FROM HERE TO NOW TO YOU - Jack Johnson