The good and the bad times it also starts in third place on the Billboard 200 chart, the quintet’s biggest scoring effort in that count. The new album was strongly supported by sales through the group’s official web store, where a number of collectible versions of the album were available. In all, of its 38,000 copies sold in the first week, 33,000 were through CD sales and 6,000 were through digital album sales.
Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: the double album 1-2 drops in major album sales in its second week (22,000 sold; 70% drop), while Eminem’s Music to be murdered For safes 69-3 (15,000; 592% increase) after the January 15 release of the album’s deluxe reissue on CD. The deluxe edition, dubbed Music to be murdered – side B, added extra tracks to the one-year album and was first released on digital retailers and streamers on December 18, 2020. All versions of the album are tracked on the chart. The vinyl release of the deluxe package is scheduled for August.
Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Ever drops 3-4 (11,000 sold; down 26%), while Harry Styles’ previous leader Thin line it is stable at No. 5 (just over 9,000; an increase of 13%).
Jeff Tweedy conquers his first top 10 in album sales as Love is the king debuts in 6th position, with 9,000 units sold. The set was first released via digital retail and streamers on October 23, 2020, and sold about 2,000 downloads before its release on CD and vinyl LP on January 15. In the week ending January 21, the album’s CD sold about 2,500 copies while its vinyl LP handled 6,500.
Love is the king it also debuts first on Tastemaker albums (which ranks the best-selling albums of the week in independent stores), second on vinyl albums, third on Americana / folk albums and sixth on alternative albums.
Back at the top of album sales, Barry Gibb’s star collaboration album, Barry Gibb & Friends: Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 falls from 2 to 7 with just over 8,000 units sold (down 65%), Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Folklore 4-8 dives with 8,000 (20% drop), NCT’s Resonance, Pt. 1 down 6-9 with 6,000 (down 16%) and Chris Stapleton Starting again decreases 8-10 with just under 6,000 (down 11%).