Ash12345 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Top selling albums (US pure sales) by year of release in millions. 1963 - 3.0 - Various Artists - West Side Story 1964 - 4.8 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night 1965 - 8.3 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul 1966 - 6.5 - The Beatles - Revolver 1967 - 14.1 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band 1968 - 11.5 - The Beatles - The Beatles 1969 - 15.3 - The Beatles - Abbey Road 1970 - 10.0 - Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album (1970 re-issue) 1971 - 23.0 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 1972 - 14.0 - Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 1973 - 15.0 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 1974 - 17.0 - Elton John - Greatest Hits 1975 - 8.0 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 1976 - 38.0 - Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) 1977 - 20.0 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 1978 - 14.0 - Steve Miller - Greatest Hits 1974-78 1979 - 23.0 - Pink Floyd - The Wall 1980 - 22.0 - AC/DC - Back In Black 1981 - 10.0 - REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity 1982 - 33.0 - Michael Jackson - Thriller 1983 - 10.0 - Def Leppard - Pyromania // Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down // ZZ Top - Eliminator 1984 - 15.0 - Bob Marley - Legend // Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 1985 - 13.0 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 1986 - 12.0 - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 1987 - 18.0 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 1988 - 15.0 - Journey - Greatest Hits 1989 - 10.0 - Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks 1990 - 17.0 - Garth Brooks - No Fences 1991 - 16.0 - Metallica - Metallica 1992 - 18.0 - Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard 1993 - 8.2 - Tom Petty - Greatest Hits 1994 - 9.9 - Boyz II Men - II 1995 - 16.0 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 1996 - 11.8 - Celine Dion - Falling Into You 1997 - 20.0 - Shania Twain - Come On Over 1998 - 10.6 - Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause 1999 - 14.2 - Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time 2000 - 12.9 - Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP 2001 - 7.5 - Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor 2002 - 11.0 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 2003 - 7.0 - Linkin Park - Meteora 2004 - 10.3 - Usher - Confessions 2005 - 8.0 - Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 2006 - 5.7 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift 2007 - 6.0 - Josh Groban - Noel 2008 - 7.1 - Taylor Swift - Fearless 2009 - 4.0 - Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream 2010 - 4.8 - Eminem - Recovery 2011 - 11.9 - Adele -21 2012 - 4.4 - Taylor Swift - Red 2013 - 4.0 - Various Artists - Frozen 2014 - 6.1 - Taylor Swift - 1989 2015 - 9.5 - Adele - 25 2016 - 1.9 - Beyonce - Lemonade 2017 - 2.2 - Taylor Swift - Reputation 2018 - 1.2 - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born 2019 - 1.1 - Taylor Swift - Lover Edited September 29, 2020 by Ash12345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash12345 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Let me know if any corrections need to be made. Also had a hard time finding good data for the 1960s but I think the 1967-1969 albums are accurate as the top sellers for those years. Edited December 12, 2018 by Ash12345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMiguelCosta Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor the only one having the best selling album for 5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash12345 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, NMiguelCosta said: Taylor the only one having the best selling album for 5 times. Not that anyone's done it 4 times. Also Speak Now is less than 200k sales from giving her a double hat-trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaynsus Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, NMiguelCosta said: Taylor the only one having the best selling album for 5 times. Speak Now could've also been on this list, its numbers are so close to Recovery's. I think it's at 4.6-4.7M now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoto Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Lemonade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TtaraHae Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metamorphosis Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Damn Taylor did that I can't even hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanUnderYou Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor and Adele keeping US Album sakes alive The way 2018 is gonna nosedive to like 600k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Angel Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 2018 - A Star Is Born Soundtrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBoy Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor is impressive by being steady then we also have Adele with her mammoth 11.5 and 9.5 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenBLadyG Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Beyoncé and Taylor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLover Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 wow she's actually pretty famous in the us oh wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katyhudson Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor Swift her power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles. Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 It will never stop being the most irritating thing that Eminem is a few hundred thousand copies ahead of Taylor in 2010, blocking her from a full sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt B Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 2018- A Star Is Born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksmith Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Speak Now was robbed. Taylor is so powerful it's insane. Proud of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
americanlife Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I thought High School Musical soundtrack was the best selling album of 2006, not Taylor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelegend Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 33 minutes ago, MJLover said: wow she's actually pretty famous in the us oh wow it’s her more than 80% of her sales come from OT : adele and taylor’s dominance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Wow, females have really slayed in terms of pure album sales this decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash12345 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, americanlife said: I thought High School Musical soundtrack was the best selling album of 2006, not Taylor? Her Self-Titled album had most of its sales after 2006, mainly spread out across 2007-2009, so that's why it didn't chart as high on year end lists. The highest sales figure I could find for High School Musical soundtrack was 5 million in 2016, but if you can find a higher figure I'll update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy8923 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1995 - 16.0 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 1996 - 11.8 - Celine Dion - Falling Into You 1997 - 17.0 - Shania Twain - Come On Over The 1-2-3 punch of Canadian female dominance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhateverYouWant Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Wow slay miss Taylor Swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisTheLoner Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Ahhh my faves Taylor and Gaga, their impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Taylor streak is so impressive. Sad that we dont have any catalogue pure sales for Speak now and Recovery. Maybe in 100 years, looking back we can say she had 1st 6 albums on top of their years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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