The Top Album Sales is a music chart released weekly by Billboard magazine listing each week's top-selling albums in the United States. The chart has been published since December 13, 2014, although the magazine also retrospectively recognizes the Billboard 200 charts from May 25, 1991, through December 6, 2014, as part of the history of the Top Album Sales listing.[1] Sales figures for the chart are tabulated by Billboard with electronically monitored piece count information from Nielsen SoundScan, now Luminate.
The first number-one album actually published under the Top Album Sales banner was 1989 by Taylor Swift. However, since Billboard also recognizes the history of the Billboard 200 chart since 1990 as part of this chart the magazine recognizes the first chart-topper as Time, Love & Tenderness by Michael Bolton.[2]
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 27, 2023). "Dolly Parton's 'Rockstar' Debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart With Her Biggest Sales Week in Modern Era". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- ^ "Top Album Sales". Billboard. May 25, 1991. Retrieved January 3, 2025.