Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” was the most-consumed album in the United States during the first half of 2025, moving 2.562 million equivalent units, according to data tracker Luminate’s Midyear Music Report released on 16 July. The country star’s third chart-topper debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in May and has held the summit for eight consecutive weeks. SZA’s “SOS” ranked second with 1.711 million units, followed closely by Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” at 1.706 million. Bad Bunny’s “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” (1.650 million) and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” (1.331 million) completed the top five. Lamar and SZA also dominate song consumption: their duet “Luther” logged 530.4 million U.S. on-demand audio streams, the year’s biggest tally so far. Format trends diverged. The Weeknd’s “Hurry Up Tomorrow” led combined physical and digital album sales with 495,000 copies, while Lamar’s “GNX” topped vinyl sales at 226,000. Wallen’s set, despite its streaming heft, sold 211,000 albums in the period. Overall U.S. album consumption rose 3.9% year-over-year to 558.9 million equivalent units, even as traditional album purchases slipped 6% to 41 million. Luminate noted that excluding Taylor Swift’s blockbuster 2024 releases, physical album sales would have increased 5.5%, underscoring continued demand for vinyl and other collectible formats despite streaming’s 92% share of music consumption.