Bon Jovi’s ‘Forever’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart
Bon Jovi’s new studio album Forever enters at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated June 22), with 50,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending June 13, according to Luminate. Of that sum, vinyl sales accounted for 9,000 copies – the band’s most significant week on vinyl given that Luminate started tracking sales in 1991.
Also in the leading 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the most current albums from Charli XCX, Meghan Trainor and NxWorries debut.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the leading-promoting albums of the week primarily based only on standard album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the 1st week Billboard started tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count data from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales have been the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart by way of the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, following which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. The new June 22, 2024-dated chart will be posted in complete on Billboard‘s web-site on June 18. For all chart news, adhere to @billboard and @billboardcharts on each Twitter and Instagram.
Since the Top Album Sales chart launched in 1991, Bon Jovi has placed 20 titles on the ranking, with 5 of them hitting No. 1. The band’s general Billboard chart history pre-dates 1991, obtaining 1st reached a Billboard chart in 1984.
Forever’s 1st-week sales have been supported by its availability across 11 vinyl variants (largely colour variants 3 had collectible paper ephemera contained inside, 1 of which was a signed edition), 4 CD editions (a regular set, two with option cover art, and 1 that was signed), a cassette tape, a regular digital download album, and a deluxe digital download edition with two bonus tracks that was sold through the band’s official webstore beginning June 8.
At No. 2 on Top Album Sales, Charli XCX’s new Brat bows with 45,000 copies sold – the singer-songwriter’s biggest sales week however.
The album’s 1st-week sales have been supported by its availability across 14 vinyl variants (largely colour variants, two have been issued in deluxe editions containing collectible paper ephemera, 1 of which also housed a bonus 7-inch vinyl), which added up to 34,000 copies sold on vinyl – Charli XCX’s most significant week on vinyl. The set was also issued as a regular CD, a signed CD and as a deluxe boxed set containing a branded T-shirt and a CD. On June 10, the album was reissued as a deluxe digital download and streaming album with 3 bonus tracks.
ATEEZ’s chart-topping Golden Hour: Part.1 falls 1-3 in its second week on Top Album Sales (43,000 down 66%), Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 The Tortured Poets Department dips 2-4 (23,000 down 13%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft slips 3-5 (20,000 down 18%).
Meghan Trainor collects her biggest sales week given that 2016, as Timeless begins at No. 6 with 15,000 sold. Of that sum, 4,000 have been on vinyl – Trainor’s ideal week on vinyl ever. The album’s general sales have been supported by 11 vinyl variants (such as a signed edition), 5 CD variants (such as two signed editions, and a Target-exclusive with a bonus track), a regular digital download album, a deluxe edition with a bonus track, and two additional deluxe versions (1 containing bonus “sped up” mixes, and 1 containing bonus “slowed down” mixes).
Superduo NxWorries (comprising Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) sees its new album Why Lawd? debut at No. 7 with 11,000 sold (its ideal sales week ever) – exclusively from sales of its physical configurations. It was released on June 7 on CD, vinyl and cassette, and then reached digital retail and streaming solutions a week later on June 14. The album was initially obtainable across 5 vinyl variants, 1 CD and 1 cassette tape. Vinyl sales accounted for 9,000 of Why Lawd?’s 1st-week – the act’s ideal week on vinyl.
Rounding out the leading 10 on the new Top Album Sales chart: Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess rallies 17-8 with 8,000 sold (the album’s ideal week, up 87% — the rise follows her buzzy functionality at the Governor’s Ball), Twenty One Pilots’ former leader Clancy falls 5-9 (practically 8,000 down 32%) and The Marias’ Submarine slips 4-10 (7,000 down 58%).