I know this is a surprise, but Taylor Swift is at the top of yet another list.
Rolling Stone put out a list of the “biggest albums of 2020”, and that’s in terms of peformance, not opinions and critics. They ranked the albums using an algorithm that involves album sales (physical and digital), song sales, and streams, but not “passive” listening, like radio.
Here’s the Top 20, along with the “album units” for each.
1. “Folklore”, Taylor Swift . . . 2.3 million units
2. “My Turn”, Lil Baby . . . 2.1 million units
3. “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon”, Pop Smoke . . . 2 million units
4. “After Hours”, The Weeknd . . . 1.9 million units
5. “Legends Never Die”, Juice WRLD . . . 1.9 million units
6. “Hollywood’s Bleeding”, Post Malone . . . 1.8 million units
7. “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial”, Roddy Ricch . . . 1.7 million units
8. “What You See Is What You Get”, Luke Combs . . . 1.7 million units
9. “Fine Line”, Harry Styles . . . 1.6 million units
10. “Hamilton”, Various Artists. . . 1.5 million units
11. “This One’s for You”, Luke Combs . . . 1.4 million units
12. “Eternal Atake”, Lil Uzi Vert . . . 1.4 million units
13. “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”, Billie Eilish . . . 1.3 million units
14. “YHLQMDLG”, Bad Bunny . . . 1.3 million units
15. “Blame It on Baby”, DaBaby . . . 1.2 million units
16. “Music to Be Murdered By”, Eminem . . . 1.1 million units
17. “Goodbye & Good Riddance”, Juice WRLD . . . 1 million units
18. “Manic”, Halsey . . . 975,000 units
19. “Chilombo”, Jhené Aiko . . . 939,000 units
20. “Dark Lane Demo Tapes “, Drake . . . 930,000 units
If you have time to kill, you can check out the Top 200 here.
— Jenn
