I noticed the sales figures at 54% earlier this afternoon where Miranda and two Taylor albums were in the top 50. Then, the final numbers came in and these albums just missed out.
LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 145,915 --
21
-- 2 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 72,110 --
TAKE CARE
-- 3 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJ 63,232 --
TM 103: HUSTLER AMBITION
-- 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 51,759 --
OWN THE NIGHT
-- 5 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 50,702 --
EL CAMINO
-- 6 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 50,225 --
CEREMONIALS
-- 7 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 49,419 --
SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING
-- 8 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 46,502 --
MYLO XYLOTO
-- 9 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 43,497 --
TALK THAT TALK
-- 10 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 35,965 --
THA CARTER IV
-- 11 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 35,524 --
HERE AND NOW
-- 12 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 35,027 --
19
-- 13 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 32,164 --
TORCHES
-- 14 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 29,765 --
CHRISTMAS
-- 15 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 28,518 --
WATCH THE THRONE
-- 16 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 25,534 --
STRONGER
-- 17 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 24,564 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 18 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 22,929 --
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 19 SKRILLEX BIG BEAT 22,815 --
BANGARANG
-- 20 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 22,042 --
SIGH NO MORE
-- 21 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 21,612 --
MY LIFE II-THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
-- 22 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 21,443 --
4
-- 23 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 21,417 --
CLEAR AS DAY
-- 24 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 21,095 --
BORN THIS WAY
-- 25 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY 19,650 --
NUMBER ONES
-- 26 MAC MILLER ROSTRUM 19,565 --
BLUE SLIDE PARK
-- 27 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA 19,208 --
BREAK THE SPELL
-- 28 COMMON WARNER BROS. 18,662 --
THE DREAMER THE BELIEVER
-- 29 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 18,123 --
CLANCY'S TAVERN
-- 30 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 17,625 --
HANDS ALL OVER
-- 31 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,378 --
LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES
-- 32 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 16,957 --
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 33 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,280 --
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 34 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 16,197 --
THE BAND PERRY
-- 35 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 16,126 --
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
-- 36 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 15,850 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 37 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 15,052 --
EVANESCENCE
-- 38 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS ATLANTIC 15,006 --
CHIPWRECKED (SOUNDTRACK)
-- 39 ANTHONY HAMILTON RCA 14,582 --
BACK TO LOVE
-- 40 NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA 14,295 --
VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND
-- 41 J COLE COLUMBIA 13,390 --
COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY
-- 42 SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA WARNER BROS. 13,186 --
MAC & DEVIN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL
-- 43 WALE WARNER BROS. 12,725 --
AMBITION
-- 44 KORN ROADRUNNER 12,455 --
PATH OF TOTALITY
-- 45 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 12,384 --
AMERICAN CAPITALIST
-- 46 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 12,130 --
BEYOND MAGNETIC
-- 47 DAVID GUETTA CAPITOL/EMI 11,699 --
NOTHING BUT THE BEAT
-- 48 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 11,372 --
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
-- 49 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BA CAPITOL/EMI 11,075 --
ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK & ROLL NEVER
-- 50 BIG TIME RUSH NICKELODEON/COLUMBIA 10,731 --
ELEVATE
Can't wiat until Carrie is back on this chart.
Adele just keeps selling. Wow. What are her total sales at this point of "21"?
Also, does anyone have the cumulative sales for Lady A's "Own The Night" up to this point? I know they got their platinum plaque before Christmas.
^^^Adele's 21 is at 5.82 million and Lady A is at 1.20 million now.
Thanks for the very quick response, Pi314CA!
Adele is more than halfway to Diamond. Good for her!
and Scotty is about 160k away from PLATINUM
woohoo!
Gosh I miss Carrie being on these charts.![]()
Holy crap, Adele. O_O I haven't heard the album in its entirety. Is it that good? I might buy it. Albums just don't sell like that nowadays. Wow. I like these music revolutions when artists who start out as underdogs randomly become top dog.
I was just gonna reply, "No Carrie? Don't care." But apparently, I care enough to reply to three quotes.(x
I saw that. What the heck? Death Magnetic is a terrible album, even Metallica fans think so. The only worse Metallica albums are St. Anger and their latest one, the ever dreadful Lulu.
One of the lyrics from that album is now a popular Internet meme.
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I bought 21 the week it came out and it is really excellent. I prefer it to 19 although there are a handful of songs on 19 that are really great and some of my favorites. Ryan Tedder's co-writes with Adele on 21 including Rumor Has It (a HUGE favorite of mine) and Turning Tables make me feel better about the possibility of him having a song with Carrie on her upcoming album. However, I also don't have a problem with Tedder in general. I think he did some good work this last year. Even people who complain about Halo and Already Gone I don't really think have a case at this point as both songs did so well and continue to garner sales and airplay. I agree that was not an ideal scenario - wouldn't want it to happen to Carrie.