Top Selling Albums/Singles of 2016

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

Nielsen has released its mid-year sales report. Unlike Billboard, Nielsen's year starts on January 1st and not mid-November, their numbers differ. But anyway, this is Nielsen's numbers. I'm...shocked at how digital sales for songs have plummeted. 

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Drake, Views (2,609,000 units)
2. Adele,  25 (1,747,000 units)
3. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,687,000 units)
4. Justin Bieber, Purpose (1,332,000 units)
5. Rihanna, Anti (1,272,000 units)
6. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (931,000 units)
7. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (905,000 units)
8. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (905,000 units)
9. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness (708,000 units)
10. Kevin Gates, Islah (690,000 units)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Albums
1. Adele, 25 (1,403,000)
2. Drake, Views (1,313,000)
3. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,202,000)
4. Chris Stapleton, Traveller (746,000)
5. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (575,000)
6. Rihanna, Anti (480,000)
7. Justin Bieber, Purpose (479,000)
8. David Bowie, Blackstar (428,000)
9. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (413,000)
10. Panic at the Disco, Death of a Bachelor (397,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Vinyl Albums
1. David Bowie, Blackstar (57,000)
2. Adele, 25 (36,000)
3. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (31,000)
4. Amy Winehouse, Back to Black (27,000)
5. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (23,000)
6. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly (22,000)
7. The Beatles, Abbey Road (21,000)
8. Twenty One Pilots, Vessel (20,000)
9. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (19,000)
10. The Lumineers, Cleopatra (19,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Songs
1. Flo Rida, “My House” (1,947,000)
2. Lukas Graham, “7 Years” (1,831,000)
3. Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (1,653,000)
4. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (1,610,000)
5. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (1,586,000)
6. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (1,442,000)
7. Justin Timberlake, Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (1,400,000)
8. Zayn, “Pillowtalk” (1,288,000)
9. Mike Posner, “I Took a Pill In Ibiza” (1,273,000)
10. Desiigner, “Panda” (1,211,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (511,454,000)
2. Desiigner, “Panda” (467,379,000)
3. Justin Bieber, “Sorry” (325,235,000)
4. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (308,826,000)
5. Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (296,890,000)
6. Zayn, “Pillowtalk” (289,509,000)
7. G-Eazy x BeBe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (287,242,000)
8. Lukas Graham, “7 Years” (284,251,000)
9. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (277,195,000)
10. Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Home” (255,697,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Audio Streams
1. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (286,396,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (249,625,000)
3. Desiigner, “Panda” (197,997,000)
4. G-Eazy x BeBe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (180,962,000)
5. Zayn, “Pillowtalk” (169,634,000)
6. Mike Posner, “I Took a Pill In Ibiza” (161,051,000)
7. Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (155,058,000)
8. Lukas Graham, “7 Years” (149,936,000)
9. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (146,364,000)
10. Justin Bieber, “Sorry” (145,482,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Video Streams
1. Desiigner, “Panda” (269,382,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (261,829,000)
3. Justin Bieber, “Sorry” (179,753,000)
4. Silento, “Watch Me” (152,687,000)
5. Justin Bieber, “Love Yourself” (141,833,000)
6. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (135,576,000)
7. Lukas Graham, “7 Years” (134,315,000)
8. Zayn, “Pillowtalk” (119,875,000)
9. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (115,024,000)
10. Adele, “Hello” (113,612,000)

 

 

Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7438052/drake-adele-rihanna-nielsen-mid-year-2016

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Nnnnnnn not Flo Rida toping the list. And who still buys Vinyl albums

[Bellatrix 34,639]

2016 has been a boring music year so far 

[GloZell Green 11,723]

Beyoncé and Adele  

[Runway 27,876]

Anti-sales  

[Brian Ryan 1,468]

Great year for my favorite songs and albums. I like the majority of the list.

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

1 minute ago, Runway said:

Anti-sales  

Subtract the 1 million sales from Samsaung and you get her real sales.

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

ew, so boring year in music

[The Child 18,994]

12 minutes ago, Bellatrix said:

2016 has been a boring music year so far 

Except for Lemonade. 

[Bellatrix 34,639]

3 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Except for Lemonade. 

Don't get me started 

[JustAnotherDay 8,402]

Honestly I'm happy that we have at least ten songs that have sold more then a million copies, I know roe try soon song are going to start entering that list that haven't sold a million and that will be a sad day

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,439]

Including streaming right? I don't see Anti really selling that lmao

[Sizzily 14,543]

Poor Gwen. Gaga, save us.

[Runway 27,876]

3 minutes ago, KURUSHITOVSKA said:

Including streaming right? I don't see Anti really selling that lmao

Anti real sales are just 480k   

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,439]

1 minute ago, Runway said:

Anti real sales are just 480k   

LMAO