charts discussion Top Selling Albums by Year (US)

[DonnieDarko]

The lists are incomplete and with lots of errors but thanks.

[iHype.]

46 minutes ago, DonnieDarko said:

The lists are incomplete and with lots of errors but thanks.

Lmao there’s no errors but thanks for the input. 

[stevyy]

1993:

5. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 3,300,000

 

1994:

10. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 2,700,000

31. Mariah Carey — Merry Christmas: 1,900,000

 

1995:

4. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,900,000

 

1996:

5. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,000,000

 

1997:

17. Mariah Carey — Butterfly: 2,100,000

 

1998:

36. Mariah Carey — #1's: 1,700,000

 

1999:

25. Mariah Carey — Rainbow: 2,100,000

 

2005:

1. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 4,969,000

 

2008:

18. Mariah Carey — E=MC²: 1,221,000

 

 

[Cloudy]

Imagine if the sales of the last years didn't include streaming and were just physical sales

[slw84]

6 hours ago, satellites.™ said:

1999:

 

42. Destiny's Child — The Writing's On the Wall: 1,600,000

2000:

10. Destiny's Child — The Writing's On the Wall: 3,800,000

 

2001:

 

7. Destiny's Child — Survivor: 3,720,000

 

2003:

 

6. Beyonce — Dangerously in Love: 2,527,000

 

2004:

41. Beyonce — Dangerously In Love: 1,378,000

2005:

50. Destiny's Child — Destiny Fulfilled: 987,000

 

2006:

7. Beyonce — B'Day: 2,010,000

 

2007:

33. Beyonce — B'Day: 1,071,000

2008:

10. Beyonce — I Am...Sasha Fierce: 1,459,000

 

2009:

18. Beyonce — I Am...Sasha Fierce: 1,200,000

 

2011:

11. Beyonce — 4: 1,058,000

 

2013:

8. Beyonce — BEYONCE: 1,301,000

2014:

6. Beyonce — Beyonce: 878,000

 

2016:

3. Beyonce — Lemonade: 2,224,000

 

This is so insane, half her peers have literally become irrelevant and dont even release new music and she's still making the top 10/5 with every release. 
 

That’s wonderful but did everything is love reach top 10?

will her homecoming?

 

so not every release 

[slw84]

24 minutes ago, stevyy said:

1993:

5. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 3,300,000

 

1994:

10. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 2,700,000

31. Mariah Carey — Merry Christmas: 1,900,000

 

1995:

4. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,900,000

 

1996:

5. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,000,000

 

1997:

17. Mariah Carey — Butterfly: 2,100,000

 

1998:

36. Mariah Carey — #1's: 1,700,000

 

1999:

25. Mariah Carey — Rainbow: 2,100,000

 

2005:

1. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 4,969,000

 

2008:

18. Mariah Carey — E=MC²: 1,221,000

 

 

Mariah and her fall releases splitting up two years of great sales.

[Lucyyyyyyyyy]

Baby and Oops  happy to see Korn here too  

[volition]

wow, i really wish we had streaming services throughout the 2000s so we could see accurate music popularity and consumption like we do nowadays :(

[Jimmy.]

Nicki making the charts in 5 separate years.

[DonnieDarko]

3 hours ago, iHype. said:

 

Lmao there’s no errors but thanks for the input. 

Yeah, there are LOTS and LOTS of errors. Thank you, again tho.

[Dingdong123]

Taylor truly slayed the album sales this decade  

[Bloodflowers.]

Omg so many legends in the 90s

 

Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Celine, Mariah, Alanis, Sade, Annie Lennox, I'm-

 

00s with Avril, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse and P!nk

[KillingYourCareer]

Counting pre-album SPS is so not fair when some of the singles date back to two years before (I'm looking at you, Bebe Rexha).

 

The 90s were such a boring decade for the girls. Thank heavens the Spice Girls saved it, with Cher, Britney and all her clones following.

Edited July 8, 2019 by KillingYourCareer

[iHype.]

53 minutes ago, DonnieDarko said:

Yeah, there are LOTS and LOTS of errors. Thank you, again tho.

Point them out then Elsewise, exit doggy!

16 minutes ago, KillingYourCareer said:

Counting pre-album SPS is so not fair when some of the singles date back to two years before (I'm looking at you, Bebe Rexha).

 

The 90s were such a boring decade for the girls. Thank heavens the Spice Girls saved it, with Cher, Britney and all her clones following.

Pre-album SPS included is only for track sales/streams in the same year.

[ArianadelRey]

Mess at Ariana outselling some girls with #1 songs with an album that allegedly underperformed in 2018 (and she released it 7 months later!)

[Samson]

oop soundscan finally posted the lists? let me go on a search

21 leading for two consec years legend sh*t

[JawBreaker]

43 minutes ago, ArianadelRey said:

Mess at Ariana outselling some girls with #1 songs with an album that allegedly underperformed in 2018 (and she released it 7 months later!)

you cant be seriously comparing Camila and Ariana 

[Shakishaki]

6 hours ago, DonnieDarko said:

The lists are incomplete and with lots of errors but thanks.

UKMIX so that's not an accurate source LMAO

[Hunter_13]

Taylor 

[Green]

7 hours ago, brianc33710 said:

Does Old Bloke happen to have 1992? That was the first full year in the US with Soundscan data.

 

I have the top 10 of 1991 and the top 20 of 1992:

 

The SoundScan Top 10, in millions sold, in 1991:

1--Garth Brooks, "Ropin' the Wind": 4 million (released Sept., 1991).

2--Mariah Carey, "Mariah Carey": 3.38 (June, 1990).

3--Garth Brooks, "No Fences": 3.37 (Sept., 1990).

4--Natalie Cole, "Unforgettable": 3.26 (June, 1991).

5--Michael Bolton, "Time, Love and Tenderness": 3.17 (April, 1991).

6--Metallica, "Metallica": 3.2 (Aug., 1991).

7--C+C Music Factory, "Gonna Make You Sweat": 3.15 (Dec., 1990).

8--Guns N' Roses, "Use Your Illusion II": 2.81 (Sept., 1991).

9--R.E.M., "Out of Time": 2.78 (Feb., 1991)

10--Vanilla Ice, "To the Extreme": 2.45 (Oct., 1990).

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-02-ca-1643-story.html

 

 

1992:

1. Billy Ray Cyrus, "Some Gave All"  4.7 million

2. Garth Brooks, "Ropin' the Wind," 4 million;

3. Pearl Jam, "Ten," 3.4 million;

4. "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, 3.3 million;

5. Kris Kross, "Totally Krossed Out," 3.2 million;

6. Garth Brooks, "No Fences," 3.1 million;

7. Garth Brooks, "The Chase," 3.1 million;

8. Nirvana, "Nevermind," 2.7 million;

9. Def Leppard, "Adrenalized," 2.7 million;

10. Metallica's "Metallica," 2.6 million.

 

11-20:

Other major sellers during 1992: the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" and U2's "Achtung Baby," all 2.4 million; Michael Bolton's "Time Love & Tenderness," 2.3 million; Michael Jackson's "Dangerous," 2.2 million; Boyz II Men's "Cooleyhighharmony," 2.1 million; Genesis' "We Can't Dance" and En Vogue's "Funky Divas, both 2 million; and Michael Bolton's "Timeless" and Bonnie Raitt's "Luck of the Draw," both 1.9 million.

 

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Among the "superstar disappointments": Springsteen's "Human Touch," 1 million; Wilson Phillips' "Shadows and Light," 830,000; Madonna's "Erotica," 800,000, Springsteen's "Lucky Town," 780,000; Bon Jovi's "Keep the Faith," 520,000; and Prince's "Symbol," 500,000.

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-05-ca-1031-story.html

[Badboidami]

Rihanna being mentioned 12 times in this list... A lot for a single artist, huh?

[satellites.™]

16 hours ago, slw84 said:

That’s wonderful

Exactly. Janet meanwhile, was there maybe once.

[gerardsuxx]

2003

 

8. Hilary Duff — Metamorphosis: 2,406,000

 

[PrinceMichaelFan]

18 hours ago, AvrilLaQueen said:

Omg so many legends in the 90s

 

Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Celine, Mariah, Alanis, Sade, Annie Lennox, I'm-

 

00s with Avril, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse and P!nk

 

 

Michael is by the most impressive brah considering his career started in 1969 and continued to sell well through the 2000s. My father

[Green]

Biggest female album by year (1991-2019):

 

1991:

2. Mariah Carey, "Mariah Carey": 3.38 million

 

1992:

4. "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, 3.3 million

 

1993:

1. Soundtrack — The Bodyguard: 5,500,000   1994: 10. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 2,700,000   1995: 2. TLC — CrazySexyCool: 4,800,000   1996: 1. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 7,400,000   1997: 1. Spice Girls — Spice: 5,300,000   1998: 2. Celine Dion — Let's Talk About Love: 5,900,000   1999: 2. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 8,400,000   2000: 3. Britney Spears — Oops!...I Did It Again: 7,900,000   2001: 4. Enya — A Day Without Rain: 4,410,000   2002: 3. Avril Lavigne — Let Go: 4,121,000   2003: 2. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me: 5,137,000   2004: 2. Norah Jones — Feels Like Home: 3,843,000   2005: 1. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 4,969,000   2006: 3. Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 3,016,000   2007: 4. Alicia Keys — As I Am: 2,543,000   2008: 3. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 2,112,000   2009: 1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 3,217,000   2010: 3. Taylor Swift — Speak Now: 2,960,000   2011: 1. Adele — 21: 5,824,000   2012: 1. Adele — 21: 4,414,000   2013: 8. Beyonce — BEYONCE: 1,301,000   2014: 1. Taylor Swift — 1989: 3,661,000   2015: 1. Adele — 25: 7,752,000   2016: 2. Adele — 25: 2,372,000   2017: 3. Taylor Swift — reputation: 2,336,000   2018: 4. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy: 2,055,000   2019: (mid-year) 1. Ariana Grande - thank u, next: 1,553,000