IFPI, the physique that represents the file business worldwide, has been publishing an intriguing collection of stats this week in regards to the world recorded music enterprise in 2022.
On Wednesday, for instance, it revealed that Taylor Swift’s recorded music generated extra money globally than some other artist in 2022.
Yesterday (February 23), it revealed that As It Was by Harry Types was the largest single globally in 2022, having generated 2.28 billion world subscription stream equal items final 12 months.
On Friday (February 24), the corporate introduced that Unhealthy Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was the largest album, globally, in 2022, profitable the IFPI’s International Album Award for 2022, and topping its International Albums chart, consequently.
IFPI says that its International Albums Chart takes under consideration all consumption codecs, spanning bodily gross sales, digital downloads, and streaming platforms throughout a calendar 12 months.
Crucially, IFPI notes that the chart “is weighted based mostly on the relative worth of every technique of consumption.”
As defined by MBW alongside Thursday’s information in regards to the IFPI’s Prime 20 artists chart, which Taylor Swift topped, what which means in observe is that IFPI’s Prime 20 albums checklist (which you’ll be able to see in full under) reveals, so as, the albums that generated essentially the most cash final 12 months globally throughout streaming, obtain, and bodily file gross sales (mixed) in 2022.
Right here is the complete albums chart:
Unhealthy Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
Taylor Swift, Midnights
Harry Types, Harry’s Home
BTS, Proof
Encanto Solid Encanto OST
Stray Children, MAXIDENT
SEVENTEEN, Face The Solar
BLACKPINK, BORN PINK
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR
Ed Sheeran =
ENHYPEN, MANIFESTO: DAY 1
Morgan Wallen, Harmful: The Double Album
Doja Cat, Planet Her
Stray Children, ODDINARY
The Weeknd, Daybreak FM
TOMORROW X TOGETHER, minisode 2: Thursday’s Youngster
Beyoncé, RENAISSANCE
SEVENTEEN, SECTOR 17
The Child LAROI, F*CK LOVE (Combine Tape)
Drake, Licensed Lover Boy
IFPI notes that Unhealthy Bunny is the primary Latin American artist to win an IFPI International Chart Award.
Un Verano Sin Ti, the fifth album from the Puerto Rican rapper and singer, was launched in Could 2022. The 23-track album, which is an all-Spanish language file, went on to spend 13 weeks atop the Billboard 200 album chart, and later that 12 months turned the primary Spanish-language album to be nominated for Album of the 12 months on the Grammy Awards.
Elsewhere within the International Albums Chart, there have been successes for a spread of artists – from Taylor Swift, IFPI’s International Recording Artist Of The 12 months 2022, whose album Midnights charted at No.2, to the UK’s Harry Types’ Harry’s Home which charted at No.3 (Types additionally gained the IFPI International Single of the 12 months Award 2022 for his smash success As It Was).
Each Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR (No.9) and Ed Sheeran’s = (No.10) spent a second 12 months within the Prime 10, whereas the unique soundtrack for Encanto reached No.5.
Eight of the 20 albums featured on the chart have been from South Korean acts, lef by BTS’ Proof within the No.4 spot.
Each Stray Children (MAXIDENT No.6 and ODDINARY No.14) and SEVENTEEN (Face The Solar No.7; SECTOR 17 No.18) had two albums within the Prime 20, whereas TOMORROW X TOGETHER and ENHYPEN each appeared within the International Albums Chart for the primary time, at No.11 and No.16 with MANIFESTO: DAY 1 and minisode 2: Thursday’s Youngster respectively.
South Korean woman group BLACKPINK additionally made their debut within the Prime 10 with their album BORN PINK which charted at No.8.
“We’re extremely excited to award Unhealthy Bunny, the primary Latin American artist to win an IFPI International Award, with the Album of the 12 months Award.”
Frances Moore, Chief Govt, IFPI, mentioned: “We’re extremely excited to award Unhealthy Bunny, the primary Latin American artist to win an IFPI International Award, with the Album of the 12 months Award.
“His distinctive sound, encapsulated in his award-winning album Un Verano Sin Ti, has captured the world’s consideration on a exceptional scale during the last 12 months.
Added Moore: “This 12 months’s International Albums Chart bears testomony to the unimaginable partnerships that exist between artists and file labels.
“These partnerships nurture and assist artists whereas they write and file their music earlier than happening to advertise albums on a world stage, reaching extraordinary quantities of success around the globe.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
