Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Streaming Sales Track Equivalent Sales TOTAL SALES 1 Drake Certified Lover Boy OVO/Republic 46,000 562,329 5,000 613,000 2 Kanye West Donda G.O.O.D./Def Jam 37,000 272,000 684 309,000 3 J. Cole The Off-Season Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope 37,000 243,000 2,000 282,000 4 Tyler, The Creator CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Columbia 55,000 114,000 604 169,604 5 Summer Walker Still Over It LVRN/Interscope 12,000 153,000 1,000 166,000 6 Lil Baby & Lil Durk The Voice of the Heroes Alamo/Geffen/Interscope/WolfPack/Quality Control/Motown 4,000 144,000 1,000 150,000 7 Polo G Hall of Fame Columbia 18,000 124,000 1,197 143,000 8 YoungBoy Never Broke Again Sincerely, Kentrell Never Broke Again/Atlantic 10,199 126,874 701 137,775 9 Rod Wave SoulFly Alamo/Geffen/Interscope 4,000 126,000 700 130,700 10 Migos Culture III Quality Control/Motown 22,500 106,000 2,028 130,500 11 Lil Nas X MONTERO Columbia 22,000 102,000 2,000 126,000 12 Juice WRLD Fighting Demons Grade A/Interscope 110,000 4,000 5,000 119,000 13 Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna Slime Language 2 Young Stoner Life/Atlantic 6,000 106,000 1,000 113,000 14 Moneybagg Yo A Gangsta’s Pain CMG/N-Less/Interscope 4,000 106,020 713 110,713 15 Doja Cat Planet Her Kemosabe/RCA 11,024 95,722 2,715 109,461 16 Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak An Evening With Silk Sonic Aftermath/Atlantic 40,756 61,364 1,972 104,093 17 Meek Mill Expensive Pain MMG/Atlantic 10,000 82,000 3,000 95,000 18 DJ Khaled KHALED KHALED We The Best/Epic 15,006 76,000 3,000 94,000 19 Young Thug Punk Atlantic 9,007 80,718 621 90,346 20 NF CLOUDS (THE MIXTAPE) NF Real Music/Virgin 61,541 27,377 916 89,834 21 The Weeknd The Highlights XO/Republic 9,995 69,827 9,018 88,840 22 Pop Smoke Faith Victor Victor/Republic 3,984 83,000 1,323 88,000 23 Trippie Redd Trip At Knight TenThousand 6,143 69,171 426 81,000 24 Don Toliver Life of a DON Cactus Jack/WeRunIt/Atlantic 18,000 49,000 1,000 68,000 25 Roddy Ricch LIVE LIFE FAST Bird Vision/Atlantic 59,406 3,233 865 63,504 26 Lil Tjay Destined 2 Win Columbia 2,549 59,013 705 62,267 27 Pooh Shiesty Shiesty Season Atlantic 1,324 61,618 463 62,000 28 NCT 127 Sticker – The 3rd Album SM/Virgin 58,161 2,964 188 61,648 29 Nas King’s Disease II Mass Appeal 20,385 34,962 1,594 56,941 30 Prince Welcome 2 America Legacy 51,970 4,476 480 56,926 31 Baby Keem The Melodic Blue Columbia 1,187 52,517 365 54,068 32 G Herbo 25 Machine Label Group/Imperial/Republic 1,609 44,693 289 46,591 33 Isaiah Rashad The House Is Burning TDE/Warner 4,338 38,175 211 42,724 34 Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales RCA 6,907 32,177 694 39,778 35 H.E.R. Back of My Mind RCA 6,099 29,045 1,026 36,170 36 Key Glock Yellow Tape 2 Paper Route/Empire 8,026 27,250 256 35,533 37 Young Dolph & Key Glock Dum and Dummer 2 Paper Route/Empire 3,775 31,187 258 35,220 38 NCT Universe – The 3rd Album SM/Virgin 2,254 32,366 68 34,688 39 Megan Thee Stallion Something for Thee Hotties Atlantic 3,918 28,390 346 32,654 40 DMX Exodus Def Jam 14,332 16,872 965 32,168 41 42 Dugg Free Dem Boyz CMG/Interscope 819 30,899 206 31,924 42 $uicideboy$ Long Term Effects of SUFFERING G59 3,464 27,703 93 31,260 43 Rick Ross Richer Than I Ever Been Epic 21,306 7,687 700 29,883 44 Giveon When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time Not So Fast/Epic 1,307 28,624 365 30,296 45 Lil Tecca We Love You Tecca 2 Galactic/Republic 1,203 28,689 134 30,027 46 YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman From The Bayou Never Broke Again 26,965 700 135 29,883 47 Money Man Blockchain Black Circle/Empire 14,050 15,233 480 29,763 48 BROCKHAMPTON ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE RCA 14,932 14,362 53 29,347 49 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie B4 AVA Highbridge/Atlantic 25,482 1,205 144 27,309 50 Only The Family Lil Durk Presents: Loyal Bros Only The Family/Empire 2,020 26,806 200 29,025 51 Nardo Wick Who is Nardo Wick? Flawless/RCA 5,686 23,020 170 28,876 52 EST Gee Bigger Than Life Or Death Warlike/CMG/Interscope 2,053 26,186 217 28,456 53 J Balvin JOSE UMLE 24,832 1,402 700 26,935 54 Anuel AA & Ozuna Los Dioses Real Hasta La Muerte 3,359 22,588 416 26,363 55 YNW Melly Just A Matter of Slime P2021 6,377 19,232 752 26,361 56 ITZY Crazy in Love JP 21,663 4,374 170 26,206 57 Various Artists Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album RCA 1,924 22,963 1,244 26,132 58 Tee Grizzley Built For Whatever Atlantic 828 23,363 235 24,427 59 Big30 King Of Killbranch Bread Gang/N-Less/Interscope 1,526 20,578 464 24,067 60 Toosii Thank You For Believing South Coast/Capitol 5,538 17,853 97 23,488 61 Yung Bleu Moon Boy Vandross/Empire 2,208 20,728 533 23,469 62 24kGoldn El Dorado Records/Columbia 2,501 19,675 458 22,634 63 Nas Magic Mass Appeal 13,362 8,526 557 22,445 64 Kevin Gates Only The Generals Part II Breadwinner’s Association 2,346 19,706 303 22,365 65 Big Scarr Big Grim Reaper Atlantic 1,649 20,125 84 21,858 66 Kodak Black Haitian Boy Kodak Atlantic 691 19,845 123 20,659 67 Logic Bobby Tarantino III Def Jam 2,910 17,319 330 20,559 68 Anuel AA Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren Real Hasta La Muerte 1,294 18,859 166 20,310 69 KAROL G KG0516 UMLE 1,439 18,166 576 20,181 70 Mozzy Untreated Trauma Mozzy/Empire 10,656 8,446 499 19,964 71 Young Dolph PAPER ROUTE iLLUMINATi Paper Route/Empire 2,428 17,260 189 19,876 72 Vince Staples Vince Staples Blacksmith/Motown 3,374 16,264 114 19,752 73 Wale Folarin II MMG/Warner 2,960 16,190 554 19,704 74 Rauw Alejandro VICE VERSA Sony Music Latin 456 18,674 258 19,388 75 G-Eazy These Things Happen Too BPG/RVG/RCA 2,518 16,068 634 19,219 76 Leon Bridges Gold-Diggers Sound Columbia 12,160 6,473 335 18,968 77 Benny The Butcher The Plugs I Met 2 Black Soprano Family/SRFSCHL 8,419 9,571 205 18,194 78 Snoh Aalegra TEMPORARY HIGHS IN THE VIOLET SKIES Artium 3,341 14,473 250 18,064 79 Myke Towers LYKE MYKE Warner 671 17,208 88 17,967 80 MO3 Shottaz 4Eva H$M/Empire 2,104 15,654 175 17,933 81 Pi’erre Bourne The Life Of Pi’erre 5 Interscope 397 17,170 87 17,653 82 Farruko La 167 Sony Music Latin 816 15,427 565 16,807 83 Sleepy Hallow Still Sleep? Winners Circle/RCA 231 16,433 89 16,754 84 ATEEZ ZERO : FEVER Part.3 KQ 1,121 15,415 199 16,735 85 Ski Mask The Slump God Sin City The Mixtape Victor Victor/Republic 775 15,433 53 16,260 86 DaBaby Back On My Baby Jesus Sh!t AGAIN SCMG/Interscope 979 14,933 160 16,072 87 Lil Yachty Michigan Boy Boat Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 218 15,708 71 15,997 88 Gucci Mane Ice Daddy Guwop/Atlantic 1,125 14,508 295 15,928 89 Lil Skies Unbothered All We Got/Atlantic 756 14,145 175 15,076 90 ZAYN Nobody Is Listening RCA 4,181 10,338 378 14,898 91 Lil Wayne & Rich The Kid Trust Fund Babies Republic 1,535 12,987 287 14,810 92 Fredo Bang In The Name Of Gee (Still Most Hated) Se Lavi/Def Jam 4,023 10,572 93 14,687 93 Logic YS Collection Vol. 1 Def Jam 1,955 11,807 377 14,140 94 Nelly Heartland Records/Columbia 2,976 9,877 1,108 13,961 95 Gucci Mane So Icy Boyz Atlantic 1,562 12,004 357 13,923 96 mike. the highs. 4TheHomies 6,532 7,025 77 13,634 97 CJ Loyalty Over Royalty CJ Music/Warner 370 11,930 270 12,570

Top 10 First Weeks of 2021 Across All Genres

Rank Artist Album Label Pure Sales Streaming Sales Track Equivalent Sales TOTAL SALES 1 Adele 30 Columbia 692,000 141,000 6,000 839,000 2 Drake Certified Lover Boy OVO/Republic 46,000 562,329 5,000 613,000 3 Taylor Swift Red (Taylor’s Version) Republic 369,000 227,000 9,000 605,000 4 Kanye West Donda G.O.O.D./Def Jam 37,000 272,000 684 309,000 5 Taylor Swift Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Republic 185,215 112,072 2,785 300,072 6 Olivia Rodrigo SOUR Geffen 68,333 214,446 3,771 286,550 7 J. Cole The Off-Season Dreamville/Roc Nation/Interscope 37,000 243,000 2,000 282,000 8 Morgan Wallen Dangerous: The Double Album Big Loud/Republic 75,181 178,576 7,608 261,365 9 Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Darkroom/Interscope 148,529 84,055 1,464 234,049 10 Tyler, The Creator CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Columbia 55,000 114,000 604 169,604

FAQ:

Q: Source?

A: http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Q: How is this list sorted?

A: It’s sorted by the total first-week sales

Q: What are pure sales?

A: Pure sales are purchases of the album (iTunes, Amazon, physicals, etc)

Q: What are track equivalent sales?

A: Track equivalent sales (or TEA/Track Equivalent Albums) is a term used to describe the sale of music downloads or singles. A track equivalent album is equal to 10 tracks, or 10 songs

Q: Where is X album?

A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted

Q: Why do some albums show exact sales numbers while others do not?

A: The albums that do not show exact numbers are the ones that have had sales corrections from Billboard

Q: Where can I find last year’s list?

A: 2020 list, 2019 list, 2018 list, 2017 list, 2016 list