Comebacks from Nirvana, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Bob Marley, and Ozzy Osbourne outnumber debuts on this week’s Top Album Sales chart. Bob Marley performs on stage, Hammersmith Odeon, London, United Kingdom, June 1976. (Photo by Erica Echenberg/Redferns) *** Local Caption ***
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It’s a relatively quiet period on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, which ranks the bestselling full-lengths and EPs throughout the United States. The tally differs from the Billboard 200, which ranks titles based on total consumption, and not solely pure purchases.
As is often the case, the highest reaches of the Top Album Sales roster are filled with new releases. But there are currently more comebacks on the roster than debuts, as several superstars and some of the bestselling full-lengths of all time find their way back to the competitive list.
Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Marley and Taylor Swift Return Together
12 projects return to the Top Album Sales chart this week. The ranking only features 50 spots, so that means almost one-quarter of all rungs are filled by sets that have already spent time on the list. In some cases, the comebacks have only racked up a few stays, while others have lived on the tally for years.
Here’s a rundown of all of the titles that make their way back to the Top Album Sales chart this week:
- No. 23 — Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz
- No. 25 — The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
- No. 38 — Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers
- No. 40 — Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
- No. 41 — Nirvana – Nevermind
- No. 42 — Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift
- No. 44 — Arctic Monkeys – AM
- No. 45 — Tame Impala – Currents
- No. 46 — Evanescence – Fallen
- No. 47 — My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
- No. 48 — Deftones – White Pony
- No. 49 — Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Renee Rapp, $uicideboy$ and Yeat Debut
Only seven projects land on the Top Album Sales chart for the first time. The list is led by Reneé Rapp’s sophomore full-length Bite Me, which earns the singer and actress her first leader as it opens at No. 1.
Also new to the top 10 are Thy Kingdom Come by $uicideboy$ at No. 2, Dangerous Summer by Yeat at No. 3 and Live at the Legion by Billy Strings and Bryan Sutton at No. 7. Three other titles by Buddy Guy, Roger Waters, and Fit for a King also launch on the purchase-only roster in what has turned out to be something of an odd frame when it comes to sales in America.