charts discussion Soundscan Top 10 Albums by year in the US (1991-2020)

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1991 was the year when Soundscan started to track sales for albums in the US.

Sales/Units are based on the calendar year

 

1991-2013 are based on pure album sales

2014-2020 are based on Total Equivalent Album Units (Album sales + TEA + SEA)

* 2020 was the first year on-demand video streams factored into album title totals and chart rankings. 

 

 

1991

 

1--Garth Brooks, “Ropin’ the Wind”: 4 million 

2--Mariah Carey, “Mariah Carey”: 3.38 million

3--Garth Brooks, “No Fences”: 3.37 million

4--Natalie Cole, “Unforgettable”: 3.26 million

5--Michael Bolton, “Time, Love and Tenderness”: 3.17 million

6--Metallica, “Metallica”: 3.2 million

7--C+C Music Factory, “Gonna Make You Sweat”: 3.15 million

8--Guns N’ Roses, “Use Your Illusion II”: 2.81 million

9--R.E.M., “Out of Time”: 2.78 million

10--Vanilla Ice, “To the Extreme”: 2.45 million 

 

 

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. Whitney Houston - “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 - “Metallica” 2.6 million

 

 

1993

 

1. Whitney Houston — The Bodyguard (Soundtrack): 5,500,000
2. Janet Jackson — Janet: 4,300,000
3. Pearl Jam — Vs.: 3,800,000
4. Kenny G — Breathless: 3,800,000
5. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 3,300,000
6. Dr. Dre — The Chronic: 2,900,000
7. Eric Clapton — Unplugged: 2,900,000
8. Garth Brooks — In Pieces: 2,800,000
9. Stone Temple Pilots — Core: 2,700,000
10. Meat Loaf — Bat Out of Hell II: 2,600,000

 

 

1994

 

1. Soundtrack — The Lion King: 4,900,000
2. Ace of Base — The Sign: 4,900,000
3. Boyz II Men — II: 4,300,000
4. Counting Crows — August & Everything After: 3,800,000
5. Green Day — Dookie: 3,400,000
6. Tim McGraw — Not a Moment Too Soon: 3,200,000
7. Stone Temple Pilots — Purple: 3,100,000
8. Kenny G — Miracles: The Holiday Album: 3,000,000
9. Offspring — Smash: 2,900,000
10. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 2,700,000

 

 

1995

 

1. Hootie & the Blowfish — Cracked Rear View: 7,000,000
2. TLC — CrazySexyCool: 4,800,000
3. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 4,200,000
4. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,900,000
5. Garth Brooks — The Hits: 3,800,000
6. Live — Throwing Copper: 3,500,000
7. Boyz II Men — II: 3,400,000
8. The Beatles — Anthology I: 2,900,000
9. Eagles — Hell Freezes Over: 2,800,000
10. Shania Twain — The Woman In Me: 2,800,000

 

 

1996

 

1. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 7,400,000
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 6,000,000
3. Fugees — The Score: 4,500,000
4. No Doubt — Tragic Kingdom: 4,400,000
5. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,000,000
6. 2Pac — All Eyez On Me: 3,000,000
7. Metallica — Load: 3,000,000
8. Toni Braxton — Secrets: 2,900,000
9. Shania Twain — The Woman In Me: 2,800,000
10. Oasis — (What's the Story) Morning Glory: 2,600,000

 

 

1997

 

1. Spice Girls — Spice: 5,300,000
2. Jewel — Pieces of You: 4,300,000
3. Puff Daddy & the Family — No Way Out: 3,400,000
4. Garth Brooks — Sevens: 3,300,000
5. Hanson — Middle of Nowhere: 3,200,000
6. The Notorious B.I.G. — Life After Death: 3,100,000
7. The Wallflowers — Bringing Down the Horse: 3,100,000
8. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 3,000,000
9. Soundtrack — Space Jam: 2,900,000
10. LeAnn Rimes — You Light Up My Life: 2,900,000

 

 

1998

 

1. Soundtrack — Titanic: 9,300,000
2. Celine Dion — Let's Talk About Love: 5,900,000
3. Backstreet Boys — Backstreet Boys: 5,700,000
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 4,900,000
5. 'N Sync — 'N Sync: 4,400,000
6. Soundtrack — City of Angels: 4,100,000
7. Garth Brooks — Double Live: 3,900,000
8. Will Smith — Big Willie Style: 3,700,000
9. Savage Garden — Savage Garden: 3,200,000
10. Soundtrack — Armageddon: 3,200,000

 

 

1999

 

1. Backstreet Boys — Millennium: 9,400,000
2. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 8,400,000
3. Ricky Martin — Ricky Martin: 6,000,000
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 5,600,000
5. Limp Bizkit — Significant Other: 5,000,000
6. Santana — Supernatural: 4,700,000
7. Kid Rock — Devil Without A Cause: 4,300,000
8. TLC — Fanmail: 4,200,000
9. Christina Aguilera — Christina Aguilera: 3,700,000
10. Dixie Chicks — Wide Open Spaces: 3,500,000

 

 

2000

 

1. 'N Sync — No Strings Attached: 9,900,000
2. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP: 7,900,000
3. Britney Spears — Oops!...I Did It Again: 7,900,000
4. Creed — Human Clay: 6,600,000
5. Santana — Supernatural: 5,900,000
6. The Beatles — 1: 5,100,000
7. Nelly — Country Grammar: 5,100,000
8. Backstreet Boys — Black & Blue: 4,300,000
9. Dr. Dre — 2001: 4,000,000
10. Destiny's Child — The Writing's On the Wall: 3,800,000

 

 

2001

 

1. Linkin Park — Hybrid Theory: 4,810,000
2. Shaggy — Hotshot: 4,520,000
3. 'N Sync — Celebrity: 4,420,000
4. Enya — A Day Without Rain: 4,410,000
5. Staind — Break the Cycle: 4,240,000
6. Alicia Keys — Songs In a Minor: 4,100,000
7. Destiny's Child — Survivor: 3,720,000
8. Creed — Weathered: 3,580,000
9. Soundtrack — O Brother, Where Art Thou?: 3,460,000
10. Various Artists — NOW 6: 3,130,000

 

 

2002

 

1. Eminem — The Eminem Show: 7,608,000
2. Nelly — Nellyville: 4,916,000
3. Avril Lavigne — Let Go: 4,121,000
4. Dixie Chicks — Home: 3,690,000
5. Soundtrack — 8 Mile: 3,498,000
6. P!nk — M!ssundaztood: 3,145,000
7. Ashanti — Ashanti: 3,099,000
8. Alan Jackson — Drive: 3,055,000
9. Shania Twain — Up: 2,090,000
10. Soundtrack — O Brother Where Art Thou: 2,736,000

 

 

2003

 

1. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin': 6,536,000
2. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me: 5,137,000
3. Linkin Park — Meteora: 3,478,000
4. Evanescene — Fallen: 3,365,000
5. OutKast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below: 3,090,000
6. Beyoncé — Dangerously in Love: 2,527,000
7. R. Kelly — Chocolate Factory: 2,440,000
8. Hilary Duff — Metamorphosis: 2,406,000
9. Toby Keith — Shock N Y'all: 2,324,000
10. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head: 2,184,000

 

 

2004

 

1. Usher — Confessions: 7,979,000
2. Norah Jones — Feels Like Home: 3,843,000
3. Eminem — Encore: 3,517,000
4. Kenny Chesney — When the Sun Goes Down: 3,072,000
5. Gretchen Wilson — Here for the Party: 2,931,000
6. Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying: 2,787,000
7. Maroon 5 — Songs About Jane: 2,708,000
8. Evanescene — Fallen: 2,614,000
9. Ashlee Simpson — Autobiography: 2,577,000
10. Various Artists — NOW 16: 2,560,000

 

 

2005

 

1. Mariah Carey — The Emancipation of Mimi: 4,969,000
2. 50 Cent — The Massacre: 4,853,000
3. Kelly Clarkson — Breakaway: 3,496,000
4. Green Day — American Idiot: 3,360,000
5. The Black Eyed Peas — Monkey Business: 3,037,000
6. Coldplay — X&Y: 2,615,000
7. Rascall Flatts — Feels Like Today: 2,511,000
8. Gwen Stefani — Love Angel Music Baby: 2,505,000
9. Kanye West — Late Registration: 2,414,000
10. The Game — The Documentary: 2,276,000

 

 

2006

 

1. Soundtrack — High School Musical: 3,719,000
2. Rascal Flatts — Me and My Gang: 3,480,000
3. Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 3,016,000
4. Nickelback — All the Right Reasons: 2,688,000
5. Justin Timberlake — FutureSex/LoveSounds: 2,377,000
6. James Blunt — Back to Bedlam: 2,137,000
7. Beyoncé — B'Day: 2,010,000
8. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana: 1,988,000
9. Dixie Chicks — Taking the Long Way: 1,856,000
10. Hinder — Extreme Behavior: 1,817,000

 

 

2007

 

1. Josh Groban — Noel: 3,699,000
2. Soundtrack — High School Musical 2: 2,957,000
3. Eagles — Long Road Out of Eden: 2,608,000
4. Alicia Keys — As I Am: 2,543,000
5. Daughtry — Daughtry: 2,497,000
6. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus: 2,487,000
7. Linkin Park — Minutes to Midnight: 2,099,000
8. Fergie — The Dutchess: 2,064,000
9. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,951,000
10. Kanye West — Graduation: 1,892,000

 

 

2008

 

1. Lil' Wayne — Tha Carter III: 2,874,000
2. Coldplay — Viva La Vida: 2,144,000
3. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 2,112,000
4. Kid Rock — Rock N Roll Jesus: 2,018,000
5. AC/DC — Black Ice: 1,915,000
6. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,597,000
7. Metallica — Death Magnetic: 1,565,000
8. T.I. — Paper Trail: 1,522,000
9. Jack Johnson — Sleep Through the Static: 1,492,000
10. Beyoncé — I Am...Sasha Fierce: 1,459,000

 

 

2009

 

1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 3,217,000
2. Susan Boyle — I Dreamed a Dream: 3,104,000
3. Michael Jackson — Number Ones: 2,355,000
4. Lady Gaga — The Fame: 2,238,000
5. Andrea Bocelli — My Christmas: 2,207,000
6. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana: The Movie: 1,823,000
7. The Black Eyed Peas — The E.N.D.: 1,787,000
8. Eminem — Relapse: 1,735,000
9. Jay-Z — The Blueprint 3: 1,515,000
10. Kings of Leon — Only By the Night: 1,398,000

 

 

2010

 

1. Eminem — Recovery: 3,415,000
2. Lady Antebellum — Need You Now: 3,089,000
3. Taylor Swift — Speak Now: 2,960,000
4. Justin Bieber — My World 2.0: 2,319,000
5. Susan Boyle — The Gift: 1,852,000
6. Lady Gaga — The Fame: 1,591,000
7. Sade — Soldier of Love: 1,300,000
8. Drake — Thank Me Later: 1,269,000
9. Usher — Raymond v Raymond: 1,183,000
10. Ke$ha — Animal: 1,143,000

 

 

2011

 

1. Adele — 21: 5,824,000
2. Michael Buble — Christmas: 2,452,000
3. Lady Gaga — Born this Way: 2,101,000
4. Lil Wayne — Tha Carter IV: 1,917,000
5. Jason Aldean — My Kinda Party: 1,576,000
6. Mumford & Sons — Sigh No More: 1,420,000
7. Drake — Take Care: 1,247,000
8. Justin Bieber — Under the Mistletoe: 1,245,000
9. Jay-Z & Kanye West — Watch the Throne: 1,232,000
10. Lady Antebellum — Own the Night: 1,204,000

 

 

2012

 

1. Adele — 21: 4,414,000
2. Taylor Swift — Red: 3,107,000
3. One Direction — Up All Night: 1,616,000
4. Mumford & Sons — Babel: 1,463,000
5. One Direction — Take Me Home: 1,340,000
6. Justin Bieber — Believe: 1,324,000
7. Carrie Underwood — Blown Away: 1,203,000
8. Luke Bryan — Tailgates and Tanlines: 1,105,000
9. Lionel Richie — Tuskegee: 1,071,000
10. Jason Aldean — Night Train: 1,024,000

 

 

2013

 

1. Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience: 2,427,000
2. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP 2: 1,727,000
3. Luke Bryan — Crash My Party: 1,521,000
4. Imagine Dragons — Night Visions: 1,402,000
5. Bruno Mars — Unorthodox Jukebox: 1,399,000
6. Florida Georgia Line — Here's To The Good Times: 1,350,000
7. Drake — Nothing Was the Same: 1,344,000
8. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ: 1,301,000
9. Blake Shelton — Based On a True Story: 1,109,000
10. Jay-Z — Magna Carta...Holy Grail: 1,099,000

 

 

2014

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS

 

1. Soundtrack - Frozen  4,471,000
2. Taylor Swift - 1989  4,399,000
3. Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour  2,075,000
4. Ariana Grande -  My Everything  1,514,000
5. Katy Perry - Prism  1,503,000
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine  1,481,000
7. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ  1,469,000
8. Ed Sheeran - X  1,396,000
9. Pharrell Williams - GIRL  1,390,000
10. Luke Bryan - Crash My Party  1,341,000

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. 3,661,000 Taylor Swift, 1989
2. 3,527,000 Frozen Soundtrack
3. 1,208,000 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
4. 1,143,000 Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
5. 898,000 Guardians of the Galaxy Sdtk.
6. 878,000 Beyonce, Beyonce
7. 856,000 Barbra Streisand, Partners
8. 841,000 Lorde, Pure Heroine
9. 814,000 One Direction, FOUR
10. 811,000 Eric Church, The Outsiders

 

 

2015

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2015 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS
 

1 Adele, 25 8,008,000
2 Taylor Swift, 1989 3,105,000
3 Justin Bieber, Purpose 2,225,000
4 Ed Sheeran, X 2,206,000
5 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness 2,045,000
6 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late 1,919,000
7 Meghan Trainor, Title 1,795,000
8 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour 1,741,000
9 Sam Hunt, Montevallo 1,378,000
10 Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 1,295,000

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. 7,441,000 Adele, 25
2. 1,993,000 Taylor Swift, 1989
3. 1,269,000 Justin Bieber, Purpose
4. 1,162,000 Ed Sheeran, X
5. 1,142,000 Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
6. 1,018,000 Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
7. 1,007,000 Meghan Trainor, Title
8. 862,000 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
9. 861,000 Soundtrack, Fifty Shades of Grey
10. 851,000 Luke Bryan, Kill the Lights

 

 

2016

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2016 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS  

 

1. Drake, Views   4,140,000

2. Adele, 25  2,369,000

3. Beyoncé, Lemonade  2,187,000

4. Rihanna, Anti  1,966,000  

5. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface  1,732,000

6. Justin Bieber, Purpose  1,678,000

7. Chris Stapleton, Traveller  1,421,000

8. Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical  1,327,000

9. Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album  1,126,000

10. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman  1,070,000

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. 1,731,000 Adele, 25
2. 1,608,000 Drake, Views
3. 1,554,000 Beyonce, Lemonade
4. 1,085,000 Chris Stapleton, Traveller
5. 904,000 Pentatonix, A Pentatonix Christmas
6. 820,000 Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton: An American Musical
7. 738,000 Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
8. 668,000 Prince, The Very Best of Prince
9. 603,000 Rihanna, Anti
10. 554,000 Justin Bieber, Purpose

 

 

2017

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2017 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS 

1. Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)  2,764,000 
2. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.  2,747,000 
3. Taylor Swift, Reputation  2,336,000 
4. Drake, More Life  2,227,000 
5. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic  1,626,000 
6. Post Malone, Stoney  1,564,000 
7. Migos, Culture  1,438,000 
8. The Weeknd, Starboy  1,408,000 
9. Soundtrack, Moana  1,254,000 
10. Khalid, American Teen  1,220,000 

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. 1,903,000 Taylor Swift, Reputation
2. 1,102,000 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)
3. 910,000 Kendrick Lamar, d**n.
4. 710,000 Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
5. 709,000 Soundtrack, Moana
6. 658,000 Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
7. 628,000 P!nk, Beautiful Trauma
8. 600,000 Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
9. 585,000 Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
10. 522,000 Soundtrack, Trolls

 

2018

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2018 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS      

1. Drake, Scorpion    3,905,000    
2. Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys    3,251,000    
3. Soundtrack, The Greatest Showman    2,499,000    
4. Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy    2,060,000    
5. Travis Scott, Astroworld    1,985,000    
6. XXXTentacion, ?    1,637,000    
7. Migos, Culture II    1,599,000    
8. Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)    1,481,000    
9. Soundtrack, Black Panther: The Album    1,459,000    
10. Post Malone, Stoney    1,388,000        

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. 1,491,000 Soundtrack, The Greatest Showman
2. 704,000 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)
3. 493,000 Eminem, Kamikaze
4. 464,000 Travis Scott, Astroworld
5. 463,000 Jason Aldean, Rearview Town
6. 422,000 Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods
7. 401,000 Carrie Underwood, Cry Pretty
8. 374,000 Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys
9. 369,000 Dave Matthews Band, Come Tomorrow
10. 367,000 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide)

 

 

2019

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2019 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS

1. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding 3,001,000 
2. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2,518,000 
3. Taylor Swift, Lover 2,191,000 
4. Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next 2,056,000 
5. Khalid, Free Spirit 1,587,000 
6. Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys 1,380,000 
7. Lil Nas X, 7 1,306,000 
8. Drake, Scorpion 1,249,000 
9. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 1,213,000 
10. Travis Scott, Astroworld 1,201,000 

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1 1,085,000 Taylor Swift, Lover
2 676,000 Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
3 486,000 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)
4 469,000 Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins
5 458,000 Harry Styles, Fine Line
6 454,000 BTS, Map of the Soul: Persona
7 388,000 Tool, Fear Inoculum
8 366,000 Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack)
9 357,000 Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
10 333,000 The Beatles, Abbey Road

 

 

2020

 

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2020 IN U.S., BY TOTAL EQUIVALENT ALBUM UNITS

1. Lil Baby, My Turn (2.632 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Folklore (2.204 million)
3. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (2.198 million)
4. The Weeknd, After Hours (2.032 million)
5. Juice Wrld, Legends Never Die (1.990 million)
6. Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding (1.895 million)
7. Lil Uzi Vert, Eternal Atake (1.860 million)
8. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (1.792 million)
9. Harry Styles, Fine Line (1.522 million)
10. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get (1.475 million)

 

 

Pure Album Sales:

 

Spoiler

1. Taylor Swift, Folklore (1.276 million)
2. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7 (674,009)
3. The Weeknd, After Hours (480,000)
4. Harry Styles, Fine Line (420,000)
5. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (348,000)
6. Lady Gaga, Chromatica (331,000)
7. Juice WRLD, Legends Never Die (301,000)
8. Halsey, Manic (301,000)
9. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By (287,000)
10. Taylor Swift, Evermore (283,000)

 

[biblicalmonster]

9 minutes ago, Green said:

4. Lady Gaga — The Fame: 2,238,000

 

10 minutes ago, Green said:

6. Lady Gaga — The Fame: 1,591,000

 

10 minutes ago, Green said:

3. Lady Gaga — Born this Way: 2,101,000

9. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) 1,213,000 

 

Gaga with 4 entries. 

 

I'm so surprised Katy has only one though. I thought she ran the first part of the last decade. 

 

 

[By the Water]

19 minutes ago, Green said:

2007

 

9. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,951,000

 

 

2008

 

3. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 2,112,000
6. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,597,000

 

 

2009

 

1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 3,217,000

 

 

2010

 

3. Taylor Swift — Speak Now: 2,960,000

 

 

2012

2. Taylor Swift — Red: 3,107,000

 

 

2014

2. Taylor Swift - 1989  4,399,000
 

 

2015

2 Taylor Swift, 1989 3,105,000
 

 

2017

 

3. Taylor Swift, Reputation  2,336,000 
 

 

2019

 

3. Taylor Swift, Lover 2,191,000 
 

 

2020

2. Taylor Swift, Folklore (2.204 million)

[Miss Americana]

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2007

9. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,951,000

 

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2008

 

3. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 2,112,000

6. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,597,000

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2009

 

1. Taylor Swift — Fearless: 3,217,000

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2010

3. Taylor Swift — Speak Now: 2,960,000

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2012

2. Taylor Swift — Red: 3,107,000

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2014

2. Taylor Swift - 1989  4,399,000

 

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2015

2 Taylor Swift, 1989 3,105,000

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2017

3. Taylor Swift, Reputation  2,336,000 

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2019

3. Taylor Swift, Lover 2,191,000 

 

20 minutes ago, Green said:

2020

2. Taylor Swift, Folklore (2.204 million)
 

Taylor having 9 top 3 entries....

[LastKiss]

8 minutes ago, By the Water said:

A QUEEN 

 

[Riot]

29 minutes ago, Green said:

7. Sade — Soldier of Love: 1,300,000

[Cockney Cupcake]

Adele 3 times #1 and 4 times top 2 overall with 2 albums  and her numbers those years

[suburbannature]

53 minutes ago, Green said:

1991 was the year when Soundscan started to track sales for albums in the US.

Sales/Units are based on the calendar year

 

1991-2013 are based on pure album sales

2014-2020 are based on Total Equivalent Album Units (Album sales + TEA + SEA)

* 2020 was the first year on-demand video streams factored into album title totals and chart rankings. 

 

 

1991

 

2--Mariah Carey, “Mariah Carey”: 3.38 million

 

 

1993

 

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

 

1994

 

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

 

 

1995

4. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,900,000

 

 

1996

5. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,000,000

 

2005

 

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

 

Legend tingz. I forgot how huge Mariah Carey (1990) was. It was #1 for a crazy amount of weeks, too.

 

Soundscan’s #1 female of all-time.

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by suburbannature

[BnPac]

57 minutes ago, Green said:

6. 2Pac — All Eyez On Me: 3,000,000

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

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

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

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

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

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

7. Beyoncé — B'Day: 2,010,000

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

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

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

8. Beyoncé — BEYONCÉ: 1,301,000

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

7. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ  1,469,000

 

57 minutes ago, Green said:

 

3. Beyoncé, Lemonade  2,187,000

Bey’s only solo album missing is 4, sadly.

Destiny’s Fulfilled not making it deservingly, took all the hype from her sophomore, we could have had another solo instead.  

Edited January 7, 2021 by BnPac

[family.guy123]

52 minutes ago, Green said:

 

 

 

1996
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 6,000,000

 

 

1997
8. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 3,000,000

 

 

1998

1. Soundtrack — Titanic: 9,300,000
2. Celine Dion — Let's Talk About Love: 5,900,000
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[family.guy123]

^^The Celine slayage

 

And most of her sales come from WW

[Quenn]

Beyoncé, a sales juggernaut.

[BnPac]

23 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

1 hour ago, Green said:

 

 

 

1996
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 6,000,000

 

 

1997
8. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 3,000,000

 

 

1998

1. Soundtrack — Titanic: 9,300,000
2. Celine Dion — Let's Talk About Love: 5,900,000
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, she’s really the Adele before Adele. I always say those physical sales artists were absolutely not bigger than the biggest artists nowadays and threads like these prove it but Céline‘a peak is an exception. She managed to pull almost 6M twice in a single calendar year and almost 10M of the Titanic soundtrack: 16M in a year is mind blowing. And the US is not her biggest market. She should have sung a couple more songs on that soundtrack and slap her name on it, god knows most of those sales are because of her song. 

[jezebelvictoria]

1 hour ago, Green said:

1997

 

1. Spice Girls — Spice: 5,300,000

[dreampop]

I thought Madonna was that girl ?

[AMIT]

Anti being Rih's only entry is kinda shocking? Not something to make fun of, but like not even LOUD or GGGB? 

[prunejuicemontes]

Where’s Madonna? The Immaculate Collection? Ray of Light? Music?

[UnusualBoy]

Britney, Adele and Taylor pulling these huge numbers

[Cockney Cupcake]

So wait Adele’s the only artist in the sounds can era to have been #1 3 times 

[robbyds]

Mariah ruling the 90s 

Beyonce with 6 entries 

Taylor's absolute slayage with 10 entries 

Adele with dominance 

 

Janet had a #2 with janet. If she had released more albums during her peak years in the 90s like Mariah did then she would have had more entries. Oh well. 

[tayloralison]

Taylor's 11 entries Insane

[perfillusion]

Gaga booking multiple entires and from 2009-2019  Surprised by some of the girls only pulling 1 or 2 entires  

[kitasss_vlc]

Adele being number #1 two years in a row with THE SAME album... and doing it TWICE (if we talk about PURE sales)...

 

being on top one year is great, but 2 in a row with the same album? and doing it TWICE? now thats IMPRESSIVE

[dangerousbutera]

15 hours ago, Green said:

2014
4. Ariana Grande -  My Everything  1,514,000

2016

10. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman  1,070,000

2019
4. Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next 2,056,000 

 

Taylor not 1989 getting blocked from #1 two years in a row by also mammoth albums

[RainDreamer]

The way the numbers struggle to go over 4 million in the streaming era

 

Also I read somewhere that streaming might have reached its peak already