Update: While the specific numbers often differ, the key positions on Hits Daily Double’s album sales chart almost always match those of the Billboard chart.
Not this week.
Future’s “EVOL” did not, in fact, win the weekly US album sales race. Adele’s “25” actually sold more copies during the official tracking week.
“EVOL” does, however, take #1 on the consumption-driven Billboard 200.
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For the third time in seven months, a Future album claims victory in a weekly US album sales race.
Following in the chart-topping footsteps of “DS2” and his Drake collaboration “What A Time To Be Alive,” Future’s “EVOL” claims #1 on this week’s album sales chart.
According to Hits Daily Double, “EVOL” sold 108,403 US copies during the February 5-11 tracking week. While the more authoritative Nielsen/Billboard total will differ, the discrepancy will not be enough to alter the outcome: “EVOL” will take #1 on Top Album Sales.
Other top performers from a pure sales standpoint include Adele’s “25” (~91,870), Coldplay’s “A Head Full Of Dreams” (~89,819), Elton John’s “Wonderful Crazy Night” (~58,517), and “NOW 57” (~56,009).
The Coldplay album rockets back into the Top 10 thanks to the band’s Super Bowl halftime show performance. Like “EVOL,” the Elton John and NOW albums are new releases.
— “EVOL” is also slated to top the Billboard 200, which ranks albums based on combined activity from pure sales, Track Equivalent Albums (track sales/10) and Streaming Equivalent Albums (track streams/1500). Data on its BB200 performance should emerge by Sunday night.
