Marshmello Dominates Nielsen Music’s Mid-Year 2019 Dance/Electronic Charts

Marshmello dominates Nielsen Music’s mid-year 2019 dance/electronic charts. The masked producer’s “Happier,” with Bastille, is both the most streamed and biggest selling dance/electronic track so far this year, while his Fortnite Extended Set is the genre’s most popular album. (See charts, below.)

During the tracking period of Jan. 4 through June 20, 2019, “Happier” collected 528.7 million on-demand streams (audio and video combined), while also selling 246,000 digital downloads. As for Fortnite, it earned 212,000 equivalent album units in that span of time.

Equivalent album units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported on-demand audio streams generated by songs on an album, or 1,250 paid subscription on-demand audio streams generated by songs on an album. (For the sake of clarity, equivalent album units do not include listening to music on broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts.)

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Overall equivalent album units for the country genre totaled 9.1 million through June 20. That represents 3% of the total volume across all genres (305.2 million).

The biggest selling dance/electronic album so far in 2019 is an effort that is more than 10 years old: Lady Gaga’s The Fame. Released in 2008, the album sold 19,000 copies between Jan. 4 and June 20 of this year.

2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Dance/Electronic Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units*)
1. Marshmello, Fortnite Extended Set (212,000)
2. Lady Gaga, The Fame (132,000)
3. The Chainsmokers, World War Joy (EP) (118,000)
4. The Chainsmokers, Collage (EP) (108,000)
5. The Chainsmokers, Memories… Do Not Open (107,000)
6. Alan Walker, Different World (93,000)
7. Avicii, Tim (91,000)
8. Odesza, A Moment Apart (89,000)
9. Clean Bandit, What Is Love? (88,000)
10. The Chainsmokers, Sick Boy (80,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Dance/Electronic Albums
1. Lady Gaga, The Fame (19,000)
2. James Blake, Assume Form (16,000)
3. Various Artists, Now That’s What I Call a Workout 2019 (15,000)
4. Gorillaz, Demon Days (14,000)
5. Daft Punk, Discovery (11,000)
6. Flying Lotus, Flamagra (10,000)
7. Avicii, Tim (10,000)
8. Soundtrack, Saturday Night Fever (9,000)
9. Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (8,000)
10. The Chemical Brothers, No Geography (8,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Dance/Electronic Songs
1. Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier” (246,000)
2. Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES, “Here With Me” (109,000)
3. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer, “Who Do You Love” (97,000)
4. Ellie Goulding x Diplo featuring Swae Lee, “Close to Me” (80,000)
5. DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B, “Taki Taki” (77,000)
6. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini, “This Feeling” (70,000)
7. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, “The Middle” (54,000)
8. Loud Luxury featuring Brando, “Body” (50,000)
9. Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd, “Lost In the Fire” (44,000)
10. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, “Something Just Like This” (42,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Dance/Electronic Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier” (528,660,000)
2. DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B, “Taki Taki” (259,354,000)
3. Alan Walker, “Faded” (192,396,000)
4. Marshmello, “Alone” (168,592,000)
5. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, “The Middle” (160,653,000)
6. Village People, “Y.M.C.A.” (158,948,000)
7. Bag Raiders, “Shooting Stars” (140,432,000)
8. The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, “Closer” (135,928,000)
9. Ellie Goulding x Diplo featuring Swae Lee, “Close to Me” (130,502,000)
10. Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES, “Here With Me” (126,881,000)

2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Dance/Electronic Audio Streams
1. Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier” (223,338,000)
2. Ellie Goulding x Diplo featuring Swae Lee, “Close to Me” (105,881,000)
3. DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B, “Taki Taki” (105,881,000)
4. Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, “The Middle” (100,896,000)
5. Marshmello featuring CHVRCHES, “Here With Me” (99,114,000)
6. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds of Summer, “Who Do You Love” (91,320,000)
7. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini, “This Feeling” (78,428,000)
8. The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey, “Closer” (74,865,000)
9. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, “Something Just Like This” (74,223,000)
10. Loud Luxury featuring Brando, “Body” (72,611,000)

Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period of Jan. 4 – June 20, 2019.

* Note: Nielsen Music’s consumption unit totals for albums include SEA and TEA for an album’s songs registered before an album’s release, but during the tracking period.