{"id":974364,"date":"2020-01-10T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=931512"},"modified":"2020-01-10T11:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:25:45","slug":"by-the-numbers-billie-eilishs-number-one-album-was-miles-ahead-of-anyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/by-the-numbers-billie-eilishs-number-one-album-was-miles-ahead-of-anyone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers: Billie Eilish\u2019s Number One Album Was Miles Ahead Of Anyone Else"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s not often that an artist\u2019s debut album goes on to be the most commercially successful album of the year. In fact, the last time it happened was with 50 Cent\u2019s 2003 album Get Rich Or Die Tryin\u2019, <\/em>which he released after a series of successful mixtapes. Since then, the Number One spot has primarily gone to members of music\u2019s top 1 percent \u2014 the Drakes, Taylor Swifts, Ed Sheerans and Adeles.<\/p>\n

But in 2019, teenager Billie Eilish<\/a> shook up the status quo, often without raising her voice above a whisper. Eilish\u2019s debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,<\/em> finishes at Number One on the inaugural year-end Rolling Stone<\/em> Top 200 Albums Chart<\/a>. Despite its humble roots \u2014 produced entirely with her brother Finneas in their family\u2019s home in Highland Park \u2014When We All Fall Asleep <\/em>finished the year with 2.5 million total album-equivalent units in 2019, 400,000 more units than any other album.<\/p>\n

The majority of the album\u2019s unit came from streams, with 2.3 billion on-demand audio streams throughout the year. (Only Post Malone<\/a>\u2019s Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding <\/em>pulled in more.) But Eilish fans were also eager to own her debut in physical form \u2014 no album sold more vinyl copies in 2019. Eilish shipped out close to 113,000 LPs of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n