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New Album Dominates Billboard 200 Amidst Holiday Rush
14 Dec
Summary
- The Billboard 200 ranks albums by multi-metric consumption, including sales and streams.
- The new chart, dated Dec. 20, 2025, will be posted on Dec. 16.
- Christmas holiday timing impacts the tracking weeks for album charts.
The latest Billboard 200 chart, dated December 20, 2025, is set to highlight a new album's strong performance based on multi-metric consumption. This ranking system, managed by Luminate, accounts for album sales, track equivalent units (TEA), and streaming equivalent units (SEA) to determine overall popularity in the U.S.
The album in question earned 89,000 equivalent units, with a substantial 39,000 units derived from direct album sales, boosting it to the number one position on the Top Album Sales chart. Streaming equivalents contributed 50,000 units, though this saw a slight decrease of 5% from the previous week.
With the Christmas holiday falling on a Thursday this year, the chart's tracking week—running from Friday to Thursday—will experience unique dynamics over the remaining holiday weeks. This timing, the first since 2014, adds an interesting layer to the end-of-year music consumption patterns.
