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This past week (May 25th) Nielsen/Soundscan turned 30 years since they started to submit data for the Billboard 200 album chart. Let's see which ones were the most successful albums each calendar year since 1991:

 

* 1991-2014 (pure sales)

* 2015-2021 (SPS)

 

 

1991

 

Garth Brooks-Ropin' the Wind (album cover).jpgA curly-haired young brunette woman with black straps around her shoulders. The words "MARIAH CAREY" on the top of the image, upper-cased.


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

 

Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All.jpgGarth Brooks-Ropin' the Wind (album cover).jpg

 

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, “Metallica,” 2.6 million

 

 

1993

 

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1. Soundtrack — The Bodyguard: 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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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: 3,200,00

 

 

1999

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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. Beyonce — 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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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. Beyone — 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

 

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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

 

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

 

 

2009

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

Adele - 21.pngThe cover image features face of Taylor Swift in red lips wearing a long brimmed hat. On the bottom-left title of album appears.

 

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

 

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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. Beyonce — BEYONCE: 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

 

The cover is a polaroid of Swift with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing red lipstick and a long-sleeved sweater with a picture of birds in the sky. Her face is cut off by the frame above the nose and "T. S." and "1989" are written on the white polaroid frame with black marker.A graphic of the album title over a snowflake

 

1. Taylor Swift — 1989: 3,661,000
2. Soundtrack — Frozen: 3,527,000
3. Sam Smith — In the Lonely Hour: 1,207,000
4. Pentatonix — That's Christmas To Me: 1,139,000
5. Soundtrack — Guardians Of the Galaxy: 898,000
6. Beyonce — Beyonce: 878,000
7. Barbra Streisand — Partners: 856,000
8. Lorde — Pure Heroine: 841,000
9. One Direction — FOUR: 814,000
10. Eric Church — The Outsiders: 811,000

 

 

2015

 

Adele - 25 (Official Album Cover).pngThe cover is a polaroid of Swift with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing red lipstick and a long-sleeved sweater with a picture of birds in the sky. Her face is cut off by the frame above the nose and "T. S." and "1989" are written on the white polaroid frame with black marker.

 

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

 

 

2016

 

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1 DRAKE VIEWS 4,140,000 
2 ADELE 25 2,369,000 
3 BEYONCE 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 HAMILTON 1,327,000 
9 VARIOUS ARTISTS SUICIDE SQUAD:THE ALBUM 1,126,000 
10 ARIANA GRANDE DANGEROUS WOMAN 1,070,000

 

 

2017

 

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1. Ed Sheeran — ÷: 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

 

 

2018

 

Scorpion by Drake.jpgA disc wrapped in barbed wire inside a jewel case

 

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: 2,055,000
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: 1,459,000
10. Post Malone — Stoney: 1,388,000

 

 

2019

 

Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding.pngEilish sits on the edge of a white bed, in front of a dark background. She wears white clothing, with white eyes while smiling demonically at the camera.

 

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

 

 

2020

 

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1 LIL BABY My Turn 2.632 million 
2 TAYLOR SWIFT folklore 2.205 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

 

 

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For 2021 here's an estimation (based on HDD numbers) of the 10 biggest albums of the year so far:

 

2021 (so far):

 

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1    MORGAN WALLEN | DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM  1,857,510    
2    JUSTIN BIEBER | JUSTICE  820,335    
3    POP SMOKE | SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON  809,664    
4    OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR  735,740    
5    THE WEEKND | AFTER HOURS  693,827    
6    LIL DURK | THE VOICE  664,572    
7    DUA LIPA | FUTURE NOSTALGIA  661,498    
8    ARIANA GRANDE | POSITIONS  619,275    
9    LUKE COMBS | WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET  597,644    
10    LIL BABY | MY TURN  581,310

Posted
14 minutes ago, Green said:

8. Alan Jackson — Drive: 3,055,000

Was this just off the back of that 9/11 song?

Posted
15 minutes ago, Green said:

2006

 

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1. Soundtrack — High School Musical: 3,719,000
8. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana: 1,988,000

 

2007

 

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2. Soundtrack — High School Musical 2: 2,957,000
6. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus: 2,487,000

 

 

2009

 

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6. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana: The Movie: 1,823,000

Young millennial Disney fans, ha power 

Posted
28 minutes ago, Green said:

4    OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR  735,740

:jonny5: please olivia block that racist from #1

Posted
12 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Young millennial Disney fans, ha power 

Corbin Bleu dominating 2006 and 2007 :clap3:

Posted

Love a female who can rank top 5 on an album sales year end list. :clap3:

Posted

I don’t know if another album will ever top 25’s 2015 numbers. Wow. Over 8M in post 2010 is completely insane and she did that in less than 2 months too! Imagine if she had the majority of the year in the year it was released - she would’ve topped 10M in a single year, which I don’t see on this list at all. It is easy to forget how huge a moment 25 was but that was ****ing legendary. Adele is really that girl.

 

 

Posted

Gaga: 4 entries

Mariah: 6 entries

Taylor: 11 entries

Madonna: 0 entries

Beyoncé: 6 entries

Adele: 4 entries

 

Congrats ladies :clap3:

Posted
36 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Was this just off the back of that 9/11 song?

Yes but he’s had other Multi-Platinum albums including three straight 4x, 6x, and 4x in the 1990’s 

Posted

Adele, Britney, Gaga and Taylor :clap3:

Posted

Metallica :clap3:

the power of Disney soundtracks :deadbanana2:

Posted
1 hour ago, Green said:

 

1998

 

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

Insane how one song is responsible for the years two biggest albums.

 

(MHWGO was pulled as a CD single in the US after two weeks on sale).

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Green said:

 

2007

 

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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

Help this year was so tragic :deadbanana2:

Edited by Iridesence
Posted
2 minutes ago, Iridesence said:

Help this one is so tragic :deadbanana2:

LMAO Graduation is the best album there by far, then The Dutchess which is also amazing. Taylor Swift is cute. The rest were fads.

 

HSM was such a phenomenon 

Posted
1 hour ago, TROJAN said:

Gaga: 4 entries

Mariah: 6 entries

Taylor: 11 entries

Madonna: 0 entries

Beyoncé: 6 entries

Adele: 4 entries

 

Congrats ladies :clap3:

:deadbanana4:

~

Barbra Streisand being on the list for 2014. :clap3:

Posted
3 hours ago, Green said:

4    OLIVIA RODRIGO | SOUR  735,740    

already?? :clap3:

Posted

Sour doing so well already and giving us hope it’ll save 2021 to be #1

Posted

Garth Brooks was so ****ing enormous and yet I wouldn’t be able to identify one of his songs at gunpoint and I was alive during that time. A complete cultural blind spot for me and I have no clue why because I distinctly remember every other artist and their music on all of those lists.

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9. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,951,000
10. Kanye West — Graduation: 1,892,000

It's very strange how the guy that "made" Taylor is behind her in 2007 and then nowhere to be seen in the following years. :dies:

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Taylor Swift - #9 (2007), #6 (2008)

Fearless - #3 (2008), #1 (2009)

Speak Now - #3 (2010)

Red - #2 (2012)

1989 - #1 (2014), #2 (2015)

reputation - #3 (2017)

Lover - #3 (2019)

folklore - #2 (2020)

 

:jonny4:

 

Poor evermore :rip:

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7 hours ago, MusicTalker said:

I don’t know if another album will ever top 25’s 2015 numbers. Wow. Over 8M in post 2010 is completely insane and she did that in less than 2 months too! Imagine if she had the majority of the year in the year it was released - she would’ve topped 10M in a single year, which I don’t see on this list at all. It is easy to forget how huge a moment 25 was but that was ****ing legendary. Adele is really that girl.

 

 

The numbers are incredible, but 25 is at about 9.52M sold total so far, so I don't think it would've sold 10M even with it being released earlier. Releasing late allowed it to finish top two for two years, which is more impressive.

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Hilary being the only ex Disney Channel act with a album not linked to her DC character  :jonny5:

 

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Britney having the highest consumption number for a female

Cardi being the #1 female rap or not in 2018 and the only female rapper ranking top 10.

Taylor and Adele taking turns playing monkey in the middle with everyone's tattered wigs.

Whitney and Janet showing the girls black girl magic was real in 1993

Mariah debuting on top (female)

Celine dominating with her soundtrack and her own album sharing the same classic.

 

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

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

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

7. Beyoncé — B'Day: 2,010,000

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

8. Beyoncé — BEYONCE: 1,301,000

6. Beyoncé — BEYONCE: 878,000

3. Beyoncé — LEMONADE 2,187,000 

 

:jonny5: The CONSISTENCY. 

 

Self-titled showing up twice makes up for 4. (You have to wonder what the numbers would look like had it not leaked a month early.)

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2010:

8. Drake — Thank Me Later: 1,269,000

2011:

7. Drake — Take Care: 1,247,000

2013:

7. Drake — Nothing Was the Same: 1,344,000

2015:

6. Drake — If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: 1,919,000

2016:

1. Drake — Views: 4,140,000

2017:

4. Drake — More Life: 2,227,000

2018:

1. Drake — Scorpion: 3,905,000

2019:

8. Drake — Scorpion: 1,249,000 

 

And some people on ATRL think Drake just magically appeared in 2015 with Hotline Bling when he's been smashing since the beginning with his debut album. Most top 10 appearances (8) in the past decade.

 

Truly the Artist of the 2010s decade :clap3:

 

 

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