Harry Styles’ New Album Enters the Chart at #7
Por Carlos Passage
The “modern era” began in 1991 when Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music) for Billboard started electronically tracking music sales in the U.S. using barcodes.
Before that, record labels reported sales without any official auditing.
Today, sales, especially streaming equivalents, are easier to track and verify, even for anyone, since view counts (YouTube) and streams (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) are publicly available.
The 10 Best-Selling Vinyl Records from 1991 to the Present
10. Taylor Swift, Lover: Live From Paris, 2025, 161,000 copies sold
9. Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department (second week of the Deluxe Edition release), 2024, 164,000 copies
8. Harry Styles, Harry’s House, 2022, 182,000 copies
7. Harry Styles, Kiss All the Time Record, Occasionally, 2026, 186,000 copies
6. Taylor Swift, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (first week of Deluxe Edition release), 2024, 191,000 copies
5. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), 2022, 268,000 copies..
4. Taylor Swift, Midnights, 2021, 575,000 copies
3. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), 2022, 693,000 copies
2. Taylor Swift, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (standard album), 2024, 859,000 copies
1. Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl, 2015, 1,334,000 copies
Carlos Passage