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The Biggest Album Debuts of 2018: Chart
Billboard has been publishing a list of the most popular albums 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 the biggest sales numbers for each year.
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 albums that debuted in the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart. Sorry to Juice WRLD and Mamma Mia 2.
Last updated (9/16): Paul McCartney, Lauren Daigle, Russ, $uicideboy$
| Artist | Album | First Week Sales |
| Drake | Scorpion | 732,000 |
| Travis Scott | Astroworld | 537,000 |
| Post Malone | beerbongs & bentleys | 461,000 |
| Eminem | Kamikaze | 434,000 |
| 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 |
| Ariana Grande | Sweetener | 231,000 |
| Kanye West | Ye | 208,000 |
| Migos | Culture II | 199,000 |
| Nicki Minaj BTS | Queen Love Yourself: Answer | 185,000 (1) (2) |
| 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 |
| Paul McCartney | Egypt Station | 153,000 |
| 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) |
| Lauren Daigle | Look Up Child | 115,000 |
| Dierks Bentley | The Mountain | 102,000 |
| Breaking Benjamin | Ember | 88,000 |
| Florence + The Machine | High as Hope | 84,000 |
| Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers 2 | 80,000 |
| Russ | Zoo | 79,000 |
| Pusha T Nas Kenny Chesney | Daytona Nasir Songs for the Saints | 77,000 (1) (2) (3) |
| A$AP Rocky | Testing | 75,000 |
| Trippie Redd Troye Sivan | Life’s a Trip Bloom | 72,000 (1) (2) |
| Lil Baby Five Finger Death Punch | Harder Than Ever And Justice for None | 71,000 (1) (2) |
| A Perfect Circle Christina Aguilera | Eat the Elephant Liberation | 68,000 (1) (2) |
| Bridges Ghost Mac Miller | Good Thing Prequelle Swimming | 66,000 (1) (2) (3) |
| 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 Future | SR3MM Beastmode 2 | 57,000 (1) (2) |
| YG | Stay Dangerous | 56,000 |
| 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 |
| Cole Swindell | All of It | 50,000 |
| Kacey Musgraves Judas Priest Ozuna | Golden Hour Firepower Aura | 49,000 (1), (2) (3) |
| Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino | 47,000 |
| $uicideboy$ | I Want to Die in New Orleans | 46,000 |
| Dan + Shay Why Don’t We | Dan + Shay 8 Letters | 44,000 (1) (2) |
| Brandi Carlile YoungBoy Never Broke Again | By the Way, I Forgive You Until Death Call My Name | 43,000 (1) (2) |
| Young Thug | Slime Language | 41,000 |
| 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 Jason Mraz | Activated Know | 33,000 (1) (2) |
| Lord Huron Lake Street Dive | Vide Noir Free Yourself Up | 32,000 (1) (2) |
| The Decemberists | I’ll Be Your Girl | 30,000 |
| Halestron | Vicious | 29,000 |
| Lil Xan Vance Joy | Total Xanarchy Nation of Two | 28,000 (1) (2) |
| Meek Mill Daughtry | Legends of the Summer Cage to Rattle | 26,000 (1) (2) |
| Various Artists | Now That’s What I Call Music! 65 | 25,000 |
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