How;” by BOYNEXTDOOR Debuts in the Top 10 on the Album Sales Chart

BOYNEXTDOOR score their second top 10 and highest charting album to date Advertising signTop selling albums ranking as How? enters at No. 7 on the chart dated May 4. The set comes in at 11,000 copies sold in the US in the week ending April 25, according to Luminate – its best sales week ever. The South Korean pop group previously visited the top 10 with No. 10 Why in 2023.

Also in the top 10 of the new top album sales chart: Taylor Swift's Department of Tormented Poets makes an impressive debut at Pearl Jam's No.1 Dark matter bows to No. 2 and Anne Wilson Rebel starts at No. 10.

Advertising signThe Top Albums Sales chart ranks the best-selling albums of the week based on traditional album sales only. The history of the chart dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Advertising sign began charting electronically tracked track count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Net album sales was the sole metric used by the Billboard 200 album chart through the list dated December 6, 2014, after which that chart changed to a methodology that combines album sales with track-equivalent album units and album-equivalent units flow. For all new charts, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Out of 11,000 copies sold How?, physical sales make up essentially all of that total – and all from the CD format. Sales of the album were supported by its availability in 17 different collector's CD packages, including exclusive variants for Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart. All editions contained branded paper goods, including some randomized items.

At No. 1 on Top Selling Albums, Swift's Department of Tormented Poets released with 1.914 million copies sold in its first week. It's Swift's 14th No.1. This volume marks Swift's best sales week ever and the third biggest sales week for any album since Luminate began tracking sales electronically in 1991. The set's sales were boosted by its availability in 19 different collector's physical editions ( nine CDs, six vinyl LPs and four cassettes, some of which were exclusive to the Target and Swift webstores) and two digital download albums. Some of the physical iterations of the album featured branded merchandise.

Swift has half of the top 10 on the new top album sales chart, as well Poets accompanied by her former No. 1 Lover (up 8-3 with 14,000, up 79%), 1989 (Taylor Edition) (10-4 to 13,000, 100% increase), Midnight (11-5 to 12,000, up 130%) and Folklore (13-9 with 10,000, up 112%).

Pearl Jam's Dark matter debuts at No. 2 with 52,000 copies (with 24,000 on vinyl), marking the band's 18th top 10 effort. Dark matterFirst week sales were boosted by its availability in 12 different color vinyl variations.

Beyoncé's former No1 Cowboy Carter falls 1-6 in its fourth week on the chart, selling just over 11,000 copies (down 59%). Pink Floyd's The dark side of the moon rises 35-8 with nearly 11,000 sold (up 329%), thanks in large part to sales from the April 19 release of a Collector's Edition of the album on 180 gram crystal double vinyl.

Anne Wilson's new Rebel rounds out the top 10 best-selling albums, as the set starts at No. 10 with sales of 10,000 copies. It is the second top 10 effort and the best selling week for the artist. Sales of the album were supported by its availability on four vinyl and five CD variants (three of which were signed by the artist).