Oddinary', the 6th Korean-language extended play by the Korean Superstar boy band Stray Kids, has debuted at #1 on the United World Chart with 393,000 equivalent album units sold in its initial week! The album was released on March 18, via JYP Entertainment and Republic Records, just 7 months after their preceding studio album 'Noeasy' (2021). The EP was the band's first release under Republic Records after signing with the label in February together with "Maniac" serving as the lead single! The album went straight to #1 on the Worldwide & European iTunes Album chart for multiple days and also hit #1 on the Worldwide Apple Music chart for multiple days ! The EP also landed at #1 atop the Gaon Albums Chart in Korea, the Official Finnish Albums Chart, the Polish Chart, and the US Billboard 200, Stray Kids' first album to hit #1 in America, and the third Korean act in history to top the chart, after BTS, and SuperM_smtown! 'Oddinary' had the biggest sales week for an album in the US in 2022 at the time, with 103,000 pure sales! The EP also appeared on the OCC's UK Albums Chart for the first time at #95! 'Oddinary' was written and produced by 3 Racha, an in-house production team of Stray Kids members, and represents "all of us who have something odd about ourselves" and the concept that "odd things will soon become ordinary". Versachoi, DallasK, Trippy, Jun2, Nickko Young, and Millionboy co-produced the amazing album which consists of 7 cool tracks, with "Maniac" serving as lead single, and is a mix of various music genres, including hip hop, trap, EDM, and rock. Stray Kids will kick off their 2nd World Tour "Maniac" in late April in Seoul, Korea, followed by dates in Japan and the US! The group will release their Japanese second EP on June 22.
The Soundtrack to Disney's Encanto rebounds 3-2, after 6 weeks at #1 on the United World Chart, selling another 106,000 equivalent units and a total of 1,797 Million so far! it's the most successful album this year, followed by The Weeknd's 'Dawn FM' and Adele's '30'! Released by Walt Disney Records on November 19, 2021, the album contains 8 original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, produced by Mike Elizondo and recorded by various singers, with 27 score pieces composed by Germaine Franco. It has been released in 44 languages, other than English and Spanish! The soundtrack album was a huge commercial success, and topped the Billboard 200 chart for 9 weeks, with all of its original songs entering the US Billboard Hot 100. The album also hit #1 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and was a top ten hit in various other territories. "We Don't Talk About Bruno", Encanto's most successful track, topped the UK Singles and the US Hot 100 charts for multiple weeks, while the latter peaked at #4 & 8, respectively. 'Encanto' is the first Disney animated film in history to generate multiple top-10 Hot 100 entries. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the 2nd number-one song for Disney in the US after "A Whole New World" from Aladdin (1992), and its first-ever original song to reach #1 in the UK! 'Encanto' was met with critical acclaim and received various accolades. Reviews lauded its vibrant Latin music rhythms and complimented Miranda's musicianship. The album won the Annie Award for outstanding music in a feature film, and received two nominations at the 94th Academy Awards!
'7220', the 7th studio album by American rapper Lil Durk, dips 2-3 after 2 weeks in the runner-up slot, scoring another 99,000 equivalent sales units and 243.000 so far, while (G)I-dle's new 'I Never Die' lands at #4 with 85,000 equivalent album sales units sold globally in its 1st week!
Olivia Rodrigo's former chart-topper, SOUR', holds at 5, selling another 69,000 and 4,963,000 in total since its release, while Doja Cat's 'Planet Her' holds at 7, selling another 68.000 units and 2,914,000 so far!
New entry at #7 for Charli XCX's 'Crash', selling 64.000 equivalent units globally in its 1st week! The Album is Charli's most successful album to date, and landed at #1 in Australia, Ireland and the UK. It also became her first top-10 album in New Zealand (2) and the US (7), and also her first top-20 album in Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland!
Juice Wrld's 'Fighting Demons' reenters the United World Top 10 at #8 selling another 63.000 equivalent sales units and 781.000 in total! 'Fighting Demons' is the 4th studio album by American rapper and singer Juice Wrld. It was posthumously released by Grade A Productions and Interscope Records on December 10, 2021. The album features amazing songs with Justin Bieber, Polo G, BTS' Suga & Trippie Redd. It served as a tie-in for the HBO-produced documentary 'Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss' released on December 16, 2021. The Album landed at #2 on the Billboard 200 in the US, #3 in Canada, #4 in New Zealand, #5 in Lithuania & the Netherlands, #6 in Denmark, #8 in the Official UK chart and #10 in Belgium (Flanders) & Finland.
TWICE's new 'TWICE4' lands at #9 on the United World Chart, selling 62,000 equivalent units globally in its 1st week. Released: March 16, 2022, the album landed at #1 on the Oricon weekly chart in Japan!
Ed Sheeran's 5th Studio Album and former chart-topper, 'Equals', released on October 29, 2021, slips 8-10 after selling another 59,000 units and 2,571,000 so far! The album spawned the hit singles "Bad Habits", "Shivers", "Overpass Graffiti" & "The Joker and the Queen", and hit #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. A Christmas edition of the album was released on December 3, 2021 and contains Ed's UK chart- topping collab with Elton John, "Merry Christmas", while the standard Album has no guest appearances!
