Japanese Idol Group King & Prince has done it again, rocking to the top of the United World Album Chart with their brand new effort 'L&' after selling 555,000 equivalent units in its 1st week according to Oricon. 'L&' follows their self-titled debut Album which topped the United World Album Chart the 27th week of 2019 with equivalent sales of 468,000! King & Prince were signed as a 6 member Group in 2018 to Johnny & Associates' new record Company with Universal Music (Johnny's Universe) and were the first artists to sign under the label. Their debut single "Cinderella Girl" was released on 23 May 2018 and sold over 577,000 copies in its first week, the first debut single in over 12 years to exceed 1st week sales of 500,000 copies, becoming the most commercially successful debut of the decade! By late June, King & Prince had become the highest earning new artists, and in September 2018, "Cinderella Girl" was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 750,000 units! King & Prince embarked on a nationwide arena tour titled 'King & Prince First Concert Tour 2018' attracting 260,000 fans. On October 10, 2018, King & Prince released their second single titled "Memorial" which sold over 400,000 copies in its first week, topping the Oricon Singles Chart. It was soon certified 2x Platinum by the RIAJ for shipments of 500,000 units. King & Prince have sold over 3 million records so far in Japan!

Back to this week's top selling Albums with Super Junior's brand new Album 'Bad Blood' landing at #2 on the United World Album Chart, selling 157.000 equivalent units in its 1st week!

Former #1, Pop Smoke's posthumous album, 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon', holds at #3 after selling another 121.000 equivalent sales this week and 1.674.000 so far, while US rapper BIG SEAN lands at #4 with his brand new 'Detroit 2' after selling 116.000 equivalent units in its 1st week!

Former chart topper, Juice WRLD's posthumous album 'Legends Never Die', holds at #5 after selling another 91.000 equivalent units and 1.707.000 so far while last week's chart topper, Taylor Swift’s  'Folklore', drops 1-7, after selling another 89.000 equivalent units in its 7th week on the chart, surpassing 2.013.000 official sales units around the world according to Mediatraffic and nearly 1 Million unofficial in China! 

New entry at #8 for 6ix9ine’s 'TattleTales' with 1st week sales of 71.000 while the hugely talented Japanese Superstar Kenshi Yonezu dips 4-8 with his masterpiece 'Stray Sheep' after selling another 70.000 equivalent units and 1.668.000 so far, topping the World Album Chart and the Oricon Album chart for 3 whole weeks!

Harry Styles’ ‘Fine Line' dips 8-9 after selling another 60.000 equivalent units and 3.086.000 in total, while Metallica & San Francisco Symphony's 'S&M2' drops 2-10 after selling another 58.000 equivalent units in its 2nd week and 202.000 so far! 

So far in 2020, the Albums which have surpassed 2 Million official sales units according to Media Traffic are Taylor Swift's 'Folklore', Harry styles' 'Fine Line' which was released in December 2019, and has sold 2,29 million units in 2020, 'Hollywood's Bleeding’ by Post Malone which sold 2,36 million this year, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ by Billie Eilish

 which sold 2,47 million just in 2020, 'After Hours’ by The Weeknd which sold 2,5 million and 'Map Of The Soul: 7’ by BTS which has sold 6,16 million so far!

Taylor Swift rebounds to #1 on the Global Album Chart for a 3rd non-consecutive week with her latest Album ‘Folklore' after selling another 144,000 equivalent sales and a total of 1,924,000 certified units so far plus over 750k units in China after six weeks on the chart. 'Folklore' was released as a surprise album by Republic Records on July 24, 2020, just 11 months after 'Lover' (2019). The album was written and recorded in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon its release, the critically acclaimed album broke numerous records on streaming services, including the Guinness World Record for the biggest opening day for an album by a female artist on Spotify with over 80.6 million streams within its first day of release. It also claimed eight of the top 10 spots of the Global Spotify chart, with "Cardigan" at the top with 7.742 million streams, at the time marking the biggest single-day play count for any song released in 2020. The album also broke the Apple Music record for the most-streamed pop album within 24 hours, with 35.47 million streams, and the Amazon Music indie/alternative streaming record both in the US and worldwide. 'Folklore' debuted at #1 in the US, on the Billboard 200 with 846,000 album-equivalent units, 615,000 of which were pure sales and 289.85 million on-demand streams, marking the largest weekly sales and streaming figures of 2020! Swift became the first female artist to have 7 albums debut atop the Billboard 200. She is also the first act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have 7 albums each sell at least 500,000 copies in a week. The album held at #1 on the top of Billboard 200 for 3 consecutive weeks making Swift the first woman since Barbra Streisand to have six albums spend multiple weeks at No. 1! In just 3 weeks, 'Folklore' sold over 1 million units in the US, becoming the fastest album of 2020 to hit the mark. Swift became the first solo and first female artist after The Beatles to have 5 albums each top the Billboard 200 for at least six weeks! She also tied Whitney Houston for the most cumulative weeks atop the chart by a woman (46 weeks). All 16 tracks of 'Folklore' debuted simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The lead single "Cardigan" debuted atop the chart, becoming Swift's sixth Hot 100 number-one single and making her the first artist to debut at No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 in the same week. She also became the first act to debut two songs in the Top 4 and three songs in the Top 6 simultaneously, as "The 1" entered at #4 and "Exile" at #6. Swift has now scored a total of 28 Top-10 hits, and 113 Hot 100 entries surpassing Nicki Minaj as the woman with the most Hot 100 entries of all time. 'Folklore’ also hit No. 1 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the UK where it scored the biggest digital sales week in Gt. Britain of 2020! On the UK Singles Chart, "Cardigan", "Exile", and "The 1" opened at #6, #8 and #10 respectively, taking Swift's UK top-ten hits total to 16 and making her the first woman in UK history to debut 3 Top 10 songs simultaneously! 'Folklore’ peaked at #2 in Austria, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland and Spain, #3 in Sweden, #5 in Germany, #8 in iceland, Italy & Poland, #10 in Japan and #12 in France! 

Legendary heavy metal band Metalica's album 'S&M2' debuts at No. 2 with slightly less than Taylor, selling 144.000 equivalent units in its first week! It's the follow-up to the live collaborative album 'S&M', released in 1999. Like 'S&M', the new album was recorded during a live performance in San Francisco at the Chase Center in 2019. The performance was also filmed, and released theatrically on October 9, 2019. 

Former #1, Pop Smoke's posthumous set 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon' lifts 4-3, selling another 122,000 sales units and a total of 1,553,000 so far after 9 weeks in the chart. 

Japanese genius Musician Kenshi Yonezu’s 'Stray Sheep' dips 1-4 after 3 weeks atop the Global Album chart, selling another 102.000 units and 1.598 Million so far!

Former #1, Juice WRLD's posthumous album 'Legends Never Die’, lifts 6-5 after selling another 100.000 units and 1.616 Million so far!

New entry at #6 for Katy Perry’s 'Smile' album after topping the Worldwide Apple Music Chart for 8 days and the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart for 5! The album has so far peaked at #2 in Australia, #3 in Scotland, #4 in New Zealand, #5 in Belgium, Canada, Spain, the UK and the US, #8 in Austria & Switzerland, #9 in Ireland and #10 in Italy! It also hit #13 in the Netherlands, #14 in Germany, #17 in France & #18 in Finland!

New entry at #7 for Korea  Band Cravity’s 'Hideout: The New Day We Step Into ~ Season 2' after selling 85.000 units in its 1st week!

Harry Styles' 'Fine Line' dips 7-8 after selling another 63.000 equivalent units and 3.026 Million so far, while 'Original Broadway Cast Hamilton: An American Musical' dips 8-9 after selling another 98.000 and 2.740.000 since its release on December 13, 2019.

Post Malone's former chart topper 'Hollywood's Bleeding' holds at #10 after selling another 47.000 units and a total of 5.104.000 so far.

Pop Kings BTS are #1 for a 2nd week atop the Global Track Chart with their smash hit "Dynamite"! 'Dynamite' is BTS' first English-speaking Song and rocketed to #1 last week scoring the biggest first week of 2020! The 2nd biggest debut this year is "Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd who congratulated the band for their first US Hot 100 No. 1 saying it was huge for Asia! "Dynamite" is BTS's 7th Global Top 10 hit and the only Korean song in the chart's history to hit #1 since PSY’s "Gangnam Style" 8 years ago. "Dynamite" is the first Korean Song ever to go to #1 on the US hot 100 chart in America with 300,000 equivalent units, the biggest 1st week sales in 2020! The song also topped the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart, selling 265,000 downloads, the biggest pure sales week since Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" in 2017. "Dynamite" is just the 20th song to debut at #1 on the US Hot 100 and spend its first two weeks atop the chart since Billboard began its charts in 1958. The song sold another 182,000 units in its 2nd week at #1 in America! "Dynamite" has peaked at #1 in several other countries including South Korea, scoring an All kill for a 2nd week at #1 on the Gaon Digital, Download, Streaming and BGM charts! Its BTS' 7th number one in the country and the second in 2020 after "On". The Song has so far peaked at #1 in Colombia, Hungary, Lithuania, Malaysia, Peru and Singapore. It has reached #2 in Australia, Canada, Estonia, Israel and #3 in Japan on the Billboard Japan Hot 100! In the UK, "Dynamite" also debuted at #3 on the official chart and was certified gold shortly after, becoming the band's most successful single to date! “Dynamite” smashed iTunes records, debuting atop the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart after peaking at #1 in 104+ countries in its 1st day including the US, becoming the fastest song in history to hit 100 x #1s! It also scored the biggest debut of the year on Spotify, topping the Global Spotify Chart with 7,778,950 streams and the US chart with 1,824,254 plays! “Dynamite” also scored the biggest debut of All time on YouTube with over 3 million concurrent viewers, and was the most viewed video on the platform in its first 24 hours! YouTube officially confirmed that the video was viewed by 101.1 Million in its 1st day! Its the fastest video to reach 100 & 200 Million views and the fastest Group video to reach 300M! "Dynamite" has broken 3 Guinness World Records Including “Most Viewed YouTube Video In 24 Hours", "Most viewed YouTube Music Video in 24 hours” and "Most Viewed YouTube Music Video in 24 hours by a K-pop group”!

'WAP' by the American female rappers Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion holds at #2 for a 3rd week after debuting at No. 1 three weeks ago, while 'Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)' by New Zealand producer Jawsh 685 and Json Derulo holds at #3 after previously topping the Global Track Chart for 4 non consecutive weeks!

Harry Styles "Watermelon Sugar" holds at #4 while former chart topper, the Weeknd’s "Blinding Lights" holds at 5 after 17 weeks atop the global chart.

American Rapper 24kGoldns "Mood" feat. Iann Dior from Puerto Rico shoots 15-6 with the largest points increase this week while former chart topper Dababy's "Rockstar" ft. Roddy Ricch holds at #7. 

Hawái", the new single by Colombian singer/ songwriter and actor MALUMA which has reached record breaking streaming levels in Latin America lifts 9-8 this week on the Global Chart while Drake's "Laugh Now, Cry Later” ft. Lil Durk slips 6-9!

BLACKPINK scores the Hot shot debut of the week as their brand new "Ice Cream" with Selena Gomez rockets to #10! Released on August 28, "Ice Cream" debuted at #1 on US ITunes and the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and in the Top 5 of the US and Global Spotify charts! The song has so far peaked at #13 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming BLACKPINK's first single to hit the Top 20, surpassing "How You Like That" and "Sour Candy", both of which peaked at number 33! BLACKPINK are now the first all-female act since Fifth Harmony to have 3 consecutive top 40 hits! The song also debuted at #2 on Billboard's Digital Songs chart after BTS's "Dynamite" and at #8 on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart, having sold over 23,000 digital copies and reached over 18.3 million streams in its first week! The song reached 5.1 million radio airplay audience impressions during its first week of tracking! The song also debuted in the Top 40 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK with BLACKPINK becoming the Korean act with the most top 40 singles in UK chart history ie. 41!

The amazing Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and illustrator, Kenshi Yonezu, tops the global album chart for a 3rd week with his incredible album 'Stray Sheep' selling another 168.000 equivalent units and 1.500.000 so far! Yonezu is the 4th Act to debut on the Global Album Chart with over a Million official Units this year following BTS's 'Map Of The Soul 7’, SEVENTEEN’s 'Heng:Garae’ and Taylor Swift's 'Folklore'. 'Stray Sheep' sold nearly all its units in Japan where it is also #1 for a 3rd week on the Oricon Album Chart!