Usher's 'Coming Home' Debuts at No. 1 on Top Selling Albums

Usher reaches his fifth No.1 Advertising signThe Top album Sales chart (dated February 24) as his new studio album, I'm coming home, reaches the top of the list. The set sold 53,000 copies in the US in the week ending February 15, according to Luminate. Usher previously topped the list of I'm looking 4 myself (in 2012), Raymond V Raymond (2010), Here I stand (2008) and Confessions (2004).

Elsewhere in the top 10 of the new Top album Sales chart, the latest albums from P1Harmony, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign and iTZY arrive.

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. The new chart dated February 24, 2024 will be published in full on Advertising signThe user site on February 21st, one day later than usual, due to the US Presidents Day holiday on February 19th. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of I'm coming home53,000 copies sold, digital sales amount to 47,500 and physical sales amount to 5,500 (4,000 on CD and 1,500 on vinyl). Its debut marks the biggest sales week for an R&B album in more than four years since Lionel Richie's live set Hello from Las Vegas sold 65,000 copies in its first week (listed as of August 31, 2019). Richie's first week sales were boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer. Ticket/album packages ceased to count towards chart sales as of October 9, 2020. (R&B albums are defined as those recorded on Advertising signThe Top R&B Albums Chart.)

I'm coming home it was available for purchase in the first week as a standard digital download, a standard CD, five different vinyl variants, two deluxe box sets, and a deluxe digital album with a bonus track and alternate cover art. The latter was promoted as a SKIMS exclusive (along with Usher's new starring role in a SKIMS campaign) and was sold for a limited time through the official SKIMS store and Usher's own store. Both versions of the digital album were heavily discounted during the set's launch week.

I'm coming home was released on February 9, two days before Usher took the stage as the 2024 Super Bowl halftime headliner. The 2024 Super Bowl was the most-watched broadcast in American television history, with 123.4 million viewers on CBS and simulcasts of the game on Nickelodeon, Univision, Paramount+ and other digital platforms. Usher didn't perform any material from the new album during halftime, focusing on familiar favorites from the past, including “My Boo” (featuring Alicia Keys), “U Got It Bad” (featuring HER) “OMG” (featuring Will.i.am) and the show-closing “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris).

P1Harmony's Kill it debuts at No. 2 on top album sales with 18,000 copies – almost all from CD sales. Like many K-pop projects, the set was released in CD collector packs, 16 in total, each containing branded merchandise and random items. It's the best sales week for P1Harmony, his highest charting effort and second top 10.

The album by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign Vultures 1 starts at No. 3 with 18,000 sold – all from digital downloads.

Vultures 1, released on February 10, was initially only available for purchase as a digital download. The original 16-track set was sold through leading digital retailers, as well as through Ye's official store. Physical versions of the album on CD and vinyl are expected at a later date, and Ye's store is accepting pre-orders for both at the moment. The set's first week sales were boosted by aggressive selling prices. Vultures 1 it's Ye's 12th top 10 and Ty's first.

By Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor Edition) drops 1-4 with sales of 15,000 copies (though down 28%).

of iTZY Born to be bows at No. 5 with sales of 14,000 copies, largely from CD sales. It is the fifth top 10 chart effort for the Korean pop act. As is common for many K-pop projects, the album was available in multiple CD collector's editions – 10 in total – all containing branded merchandise with random elements.

Swift has three other albums in the top 10, as well Lover drops 3-6 (12,000, up 13%), Midnight sinks 2-7 (11,000, under 1%) and Folklore up 10-8 (9,000, up 57%). Toby Keith 35 greatest hits falls 4-9 with 7,000 sales (down 35%) and Noah Kahan's Stick Season climbs 14-10 with nearly 7,000 (up 48%) following its Feb. 9 deluxe reissue with extra tracks.

In the week ending February 15, 1.258 million albums were sold in the US (up 7.8% compared to the previous week). Of that amount, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) made up 906,000 (up 9.3%) and digital albums made up 353,000 (up 4%).

435,000 CD albums were sold in the week ending February 15 (up 11.3% week-on-week) and 467,000 vinyl albums (up 7.7%). Year-to-date CD album sales total 2.933 million (down 31.5% year-over-year) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 3.314 million (down 46.7% ).

Year-to-date album sales total 8.341 million (down 35.5% year-to-date). Year-to-date physical album sales total 6.279 million (down 40.5%) and digital album sales total 2.062 million (down 12.7%).