
The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Plus, new albums from Blackberry Smoke and DMX debut in the top 10, while Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red hits a new chart high, following its release on vinyl.īillboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. Its sales surge is owed to the album’s release on vinyl, Swift-signed CDs and deep discounting on its digital album. The album was issued on silver colored vinyl on May 28 as part of the Fueled by Ramen record label’s ongoing 25th-anniversary festivities.Įlsewhere on the new Top Album Sales chart, as earlier reported, Taylor Swift’s Evermore returns to No. Riot! had previously debuted and peaked at No. in the week ending June 3 (up 1,380%), according to MRC Data, nearly all from sales of the new vinyl edition. The set re-enters the chart dated June 12 at No.

Paramore’s 2007 album Riot! reaches the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart for the first time, thanks to a new pressing on silver colored vinyl.
