J-Hope marks his second attempt at the top 10 charts Advertising signThe Chart of Top Album Sales (as of April 13), plus Hope On The Street, Vol. 1 bows to No. 2. He had previously visited the area with Jack in the box in 2023, which debuted at No. 2.
Hope On The Street, Vol. 1 is one of five top 10 debuts on the latest chart, joining Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter (No. 1), Sum of 41's Heaven :X: Hell (No. 5), Aaron Lewis' The hill (No. 5) and the collaborative set by mgk and Trippie Redd Genre: Sadboy (No. 7).
Advertising signThe Top Albums Sales chart ranks the best-selling albums of the week based on traditional album sales only. The history of the chart dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Advertising sign began charting electronically tracked track count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Net album sales was the sole metric used by the Billboard 200 album chart through the list dated December 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that combines album sales with track-equivalent album units and album-equivalent units flow. For all the new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Cowboy Carter is racing the chart with 168,000 copies sold in the US in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate. Of that amount, physical sales make up 125,500 (63,500 on CD and 62,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales make up 42,500.
Cowboy CarterSales of the album were supported by the availability of the album in various formats, which was released on March 29. Released as a 19-track standard edition on vinyl (in four variations, each pressed on a different color vinyl [black, red, white and blue] with an alternate cover, a CD with one bonus song (“Flamenco”) and a digital download and streaming version (both in clear and crisp versions, with three bonus songs “Flamenco”, “Spaghetti” and “Ya Ya”, plus two interludes ). The CD version was released in four variants (each with a different cover). Two of the variants were sold as stand-alone items, while two of the CDs were only available within two deluxe box sets (each with a different T-shirt containing a branded box). All physical formats of the album were sold exclusively through Beyoncé's official online store, while digital download and streaming versions were widely available.
The vinyl version of Cowboy Carter sold 62,000 copies (across all four variations combined), marking Beyoncé's biggest week on vinyl and the biggest week for any vinyl album in 2024.
J-Hope's Hope On The Street, Vol. 1 debuts at No. 2 on the top album sales, marking the singer's second attempt at the top 10 charts. The set bows with just over 44,000 copies sold in its tracking week. Of that amount, just over 38,000 came from CD sales. Sales of the album were supported by eight CD collector's editions (including exclusive variants for Target, Walmart and the Weverse store), all of which featured branded paper goods.
A pair of former No. 1s from Taylor Swift follow J-Hope, as well Lover rises 7-3 (10,000, up 8%) and 1989 (Taylor Edition) hits 5-4 (9,000, down 6%).
Sum 41 Heaven :X: Hell debuts at No. 5 with just over 7,000 sales, marking the act's fifth set of top 10s and the act's highest-ever effort. Sales of the set were boosted by its availability on eight vinyl variants, which combined to sell nearly 4,000 copies – the best week ever for vinyl sales.
Aaron Lewis The hill debuts at No. 6 with just 7,000 sold – mostly from digital album sales (around 4,000). It was also available as a standard CD and in two vinyl variants. The hill it is the fifth top 10 set for Lewis.
The first collaborative album from mgk and Trippie Redd, Genre: Sadboy, debuts at No. 7 with nearly 7,000 sales (largely from its digital download). It's mgk's seventh top 10 and Trippie Redd's sixth.
Rounding out the top 10 in top album sales are three former chart toppers: Swift's Folklore (13-8 with nearly 6,500, down less than 1%), by Ariana Grande Eternal sunshine (10-9 with just over 6,000, down 19%) and TWICE's Together with YOU (12-10 with 6,000, down 15%).
In the week ending April 4, 1.343 million albums were sold in the US (up 11.9% compared to the previous week). Of that amount, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) made up 997,000 (up 11.8%) and digital albums made up 346,000 (up 12.1%).
518,000 CD albums were sold in the week ending April 4 (up 21.4% on the week) and 475,000 vinyl albums (up 2.9%). Year-to-date CD album sales total 6.173 million (down 32% from the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 6.425 million (down 48.9% ).
Total year-to-date album sales are 16.883 million (down 36.9% from the same period a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales total 12.661 million (down 41.9%) and digital album sales total 4.221 million (down 15.1%).
