Kali Uchis Scores First Top-Selling Album No. 1 With 'Orquideas'

Kali Uchis scores her first No. 1 Advertising sign's Top album Sales Chart (as of January 27), plus Orchids tops her best-selling list ever — 31,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 18, according to Luminate. Of that figure, vinyl sales totaled 20,000 – marking the biggest week for a Spanish-language album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. The effort also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart, at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums (her first leader there) and debuts at No. 2 of his career on the Billboard 200.

Elsewhere in the top 10 of the new top album sales chart, Jimin's former No.1 FACE re-enters No.4 following its vinyl release and Kid Cudi's new album Insano starts at No. 5.

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 switched to a methodology that combines album sales with track-equivalent album units and album-equivalent units flow. All new Billboard charts dated January 27, 2024 will be posted in full on Advertising signon the user's website on January 23. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Out of 31,000 copies sold Orchids, physical sales are 30,000 (20,000 on vinyl, 10,000 on CD and a negligible amount on cassette) and digital album sales are 1,000. Its sales were boosted by its availability on seven vinyl variants and four CD editions, including exclusive editions sold through independent record stores, Target, Urban Outfitters and the artist's online store.

Six Taylor Swift albums occupy the top 10, all former No. 1s, led by Folklore, which gains 3-2 with 19,000 (up 92%, due to CD retail restocking). 1989 (Taylor Edition) drops 1-3 (13,000, 20% drop) Midnight drops 2-6 (8,000, down 29%), Lover declines 5-8 (7,000, down 28%), Forever falls 7-9 (6,000, down 8%) and Speak Now (Taylor Edition) drops 6-10 (5,000, 25% drop).

Jimin's FACE re-enters No. 4 with nearly 10,000 sold (up 3,501%) following the release of the set on vinyl. It sold 8,000 copies on vinyl in the week ending January 18, and enters at No. 2 on the Vinyl Albums chart. FACE it was only released in one vinyl edition and included a photo album, postcard and photo card in its packaging.

Kid Cudi scores his sixth Top 10 effort on the Top Albums Chart, as his latest studio album Insano starts at No. 5 with 8,500 sales. Of that amount, physical sales make up 7,000 (about 5,500 on vinyl and 1,500 on CD) and digital downloads make up 1,500. Sales of the album were boosted by its availability in four vinyl variants and four CD editions.

Stray Kids chart topper ROCK STAR falls 4-7 on Top Albums, with nearly 8,000 sold (down 19%).

In the week ending January 18, 1.083 million albums were sold in the US (down 9.3% from the previous week). Of that amount, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) made up 822,000 (down 12.1%) and digital albums made up 261,000 (down 0.6%).

370,000 CD albums were sold in the week ending January 18 (down 15.7% week over week) and 449,000 vinyl albums (down 8.8%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 1,316 (down 27.2% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales stand at 1,566 million (down 45.9% ).

Year-to-date album sales total 3.694 million (down 35.5% from the same period a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales total 2.895 million (down 38.8%) and digital album sales total 799,000 (down 19.5%).