Generally chart swifties have a way to find out those numbers when preorders go up so maybe it's out there somewhere I'm not sure. But Nielson Soundscan tracks sales and as far as I know there's no data of that rn. It's possible TOTC knows something but like I said don't trust it

Who said that! JDJ has 4 diamond albums - the madness. Crazily this list only includes the millenia albums as janet. debuted at #1; The first female artist to do so in the soundscan era with 350,000 in 93.

When Taylor was on her 3rd album she was getting honoured at the hall of fame an aoty under her belt fastest selling digital album until then first album to place all songs in hot 100 and sold a million units The highest soundscan week In History

👑 @ShaniaTwain's "Come On Over" is the best-selling studio album in Soundscan history by a female artist IN ANY GENRE 🐆

That plus Soundscan is why music became different.

Late 1991 - Soundscan tracks exact album and song sales in USA and Billboard uses it for their weekly data. Before that there weren’t weekly numbers.

Define "hits." Top 10? @grok, how many Top 10 hit singles, according to Billboard, Soundscan, et at., did Bruce Springsteen have? How many for Bob Seger? How many for Fleetwood Mac? How many for the Eagles? Finally, how many for Whitney Houston?

なにわ男子、【BON BON VOYAGE】ツアーの映像作品が2026年5月音楽ビデオ・セールス首位【SoundScan Japan調べ】 billboard-japan.com/d_news/d…

billboard‘s data is provided by soundscan by collecting sales data directly from each transaction. All albums/variants have their own UPC assigned (Confessions II CD is 093624822356), so when a copy is sold, the purchaser’s data is tracked (name, address, card number, VPN, etc.)

#OnThisDay in 1991, Skid Row released their 2nd album "Slave To The Grind", featuring the title track, Monkey Business and Wasted Time. It was the first heavy metal album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 in the SoundScan era and is certified 2x platinum in the US

June 11, 1991 #SlaveToTheGrind #OfficialSkidrow @OfficialSkidRow Slave to the Grind is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on June 11, 1991, By Atlantic Records. The album displayed a heavier sound than its predecessor and lyrics that avoided hard rock cliches. Slave to the Grind is the first heavy metal album to chart at number one on the Billboard 200 in the Nielsen SoundScan era, selling 134,000 copies in its opening week. The album was certified 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1998 for shipping two million copies in the United States. It produced five singles: "Monkey Business", "Slave to the Grind", "Wasted Time", "In a Darkened Room" and "Quicksand Jesus". Skid Row promoted the album opening for Guns N' Roses in 1991 and as a headliner the following year.

Killer lp & saw the tour! first heavy metal album to chart at number one on the Billboard 200 in the Nielsen SoundScan era @OfficialSkidRow 35th anniversary

35年前の1991年6月11日アルバム発売。 Skid Row - Slave to The Grind(US:1 UK:5) 2ndアルバム。ビルボードの集計にSoundScan（実売データの自動集計システム）が導入されて以降、ヘヴィメタル・アルバムとして初めて全米初登場1位を記録した作品。