
The new March 19-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 15. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data.


Ask Billboard: Taylor Swift's Career Streaming, Airplay & Sales, Ahead of the Chart Debut of…īillboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales.
