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The Biggest Album Debuts of 2018
Billboard has been publishing a list of the most popular albums in the United States every week since March 1956. They include the sales numbers for the albums that make the top ten, but don’t offer a way to view a list of a year’s biggest releases by sales number.
For anyone else who is curious, here is a chart that ranks the first week sales of every album of 2018.
NOTE: This only covers album sales numbers in America and albums that debuted in the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart.
Last updated (7/8/18): Drake, Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz
| Artist | Album | First Week Sales |
| Drake | Scorpion | 732,000 |
| Post Malone | beerbongs & bentleys | 461,000 |
| J. Cole | KOD | 397,000 |
| Justin Timberlake | Man of the Woods | 293,000 |
| Dave Matthews Band | Come Tomorrow | 292,000 |
| Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy | 255,000 |
| Kanye West | Ye | 208,000 |
| Migos | Culture II | 199,000 |
| Jason Aldean | Rearview Town | 183,000 |
| Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | 182,000 |
| Panic! at the Disco | Pray for the Wicked | 180,000 |
| The Weeknd | My Dear Melancholy | 169,000 |
| Various Artists | Black Panther soundtrack | 154,000 |
| Keith Urban | Graffiti U | 145,000 |
| Kids See Ghosts 5 Seconds of Summer | Kids See Ghosts Youngblood | 142,000 (1) (2) |
| BTS | Love Yourself: Tear | 135,000 |
| XXXTentacion | ? | 131,000 |
| Fall Out Boy | Mania | 130,000 |
| Jack White | Boarding House Reach | 124,000 |
| The Carters | Everything is Love | 123,000 |
| Camila Cabello Logic | Camila Bobby Tarantino II | 119,000 (1) (2) |
| Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | 102,000 |
| Breaking Benjamin | Ember | 88,000 |
| Florence + The Machine | High as Hope | 84,000 |
| Pusha T Nas | Daytona Nasir | 77,000 (1) (2) |
| A$AP Rocky | Testing | 75,000 |
| Lil Baby Five Finger Death Punch | Harder Than Ever And Justice for None | 71,000 |
| A Perfect Circle Christina Aguilera | Eat the Elephant Liberation | 68,000 (1) (2) |
| Bridges Ghost | Good Thing Prequelle | 66,000 (1) (2) |
| Above & Beyond Lil Yachty | Common Ground Lil Boat 2 | 64,000 (1) (2) |
| David Byrne Gorillaz | American Utopia The Now Now | 63,000 (1) (2) |
| Thirty Seconds to Mars | America | 62,000 |
| Playboy Carti | Die Lit | 61,000 |
| Shinedown | Attention Attention | 60,000 |
| Rich the Kid | The World is Yours | 59,000 |
| Various Artists Charlie Puth | Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack Voicenotes | 58,000 (1) (2) |
| Rae Sremmurd | SR3MM | 57,000 |
| 6ix9ine | Day69 | 55,000 |
| John Prine Tory Lanez Janelle Monáe | The Tree of Forgiveness Memories Don’t Die Dirty Computer | 54,000 (1) (2) (3) |
| Nipsey Hussle | Victory Lap | 53,000 |
| Kacey Musgraves Judas Priest | Golden Hour Firepower | 49,000 (1), (2) |
| Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino | 47,000 |
| Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | 44,000 |
| Brandi Carlile YoungBoy Never Broke Again | By the Way, I Forgive You Until Death Call My Name | 43,000 (1) (2) |
| Scotty McCreery Godsmack | Seasons Change When Legends Rise | 40,000 (1) (2) |
| Jimi Hendrix | Both Sides of the Sky | 37,000 |
| NAV | Reckless | 36,000 |
| Pentatonix | PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. 1 | 34,000 |
| Tee Grizzley | Activated | 33,000 |
| Lord Huron Lake Street Dive | Vide Noir Free Yourself Up | 32,000 (1) (2) |
| The Decemberists | I’ll Be Your Girl | 30,000 |
| Lil Xan Vance Joy | Total Xanarchy Nation of Two | 28,000 (1) (2) |
| Various Artists | Now That’s What I Call Music! 65 | 25,000 |
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