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Best-selling artist worldwide every year since 1956


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Year

Top Artist

Album

1956

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

1957

Elvis Presley

Loving You

1958

Elvis Presley

Elvis’ Golden Records

1959

Mitch Miller

Sing Along With Mitch

1960

Kingston Trio

Sold Out

1961

Mitch Miller

Sing Along With Mitch

1962

Elvis Presley

Blue Hawaii

1963

Peter, Paul and Mary

Moving

1964

Beatles

Meet the Beatles

1965

Beatles

A Hard Day’s Night

1966

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Whipped Cream and other Delights

1967

Monkees

More of the Monkees

1968

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Are You Experienced?

1969

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bayou Country

1970

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin II

1971

Black Sabbath

Paranoid

1972

Neil Young

Harvest

1973

Pink Floyd

The Dark Side of the Moon

1974

Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

1975

John Denver

John Denver's Greatest Hits

1976

Queen

A Night at the Opera

1977

Fleetwood Mac

Rumors

1978

Bee Gees

Saturday Night Fever

1979

Bee Gees

Spirits Having Flown

1980

Pink Floyd

The Wall

1981

AC/DC

Back in Black

1982

Asia

Asia

1983

Michael Jackson

Thriller

1984

Michael Jackson

Thriller

1985

Bruce Springsteen

Born in the USA

1986

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

1987

Bon Jovi

Slippery When Wet

1988

Michael Jackson

Bad

1989

Bobby Brown

Don’t Be Cruel

1990

New Kids on the Block

Hangin’ Tough

1991

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

1992

Michael Jackson

Dangerous

1993

Whitney Houston

The Bodyguard

1994

Mariah Carey

Music Box

1995

Hootie & the Blowfish

Cracked Rear View

1996

Celine Dion

Falling Into You

1997

LeAnn Rimes

Blue

1998

Celine Dion

Let’s Talk About Love

1999

Backstreet Boys

Millennium

2000

Santana

Supernatural

2001

Linkin Park

Hybrid Theory

2002

Eminem

The Eminem Show

2003

Norah Jones

Come Away With Me

2004

Usher

Confessions

2005

Coldplay

X & Y

2006

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stadium Arcanium

2007

Amy Winehouse

Back to Black

2008

Coldplay

Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

2009

Michael Jackson

Thriller

2010

Eminem

Recovery

2011

Adele

21

2012

Adele

21

2013

One Direction

Midnight Memories

2014

Taylor Swift

1989

2015

Adele

25

2016

Drake

Views

2017

Ed Sheeran

Divide

2018

Drake

Scorpion

2019

Taylor Swift

Lover

2020

BTS

Map of the Soul: 7

2021

BTS

BTS, The Best

2022

Taylor Swift

Midnights

Edited by DesiredConsternation

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Daydream was released in 1995. 

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Mariah - 2

Whitney - 2

Celine - 2

 

Legendary trinity.

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Just now, 1DES said:

Daydream was released in 1995. 

They meant to put Music Box, I think.

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Wow, LeAnn outsold Spice Girls in 97?

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1 minute ago, Feanor said:

The source is | Sauce | Know Your Meme

 

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2023 - fashion icon rita ora

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8 minutes ago, DesiredConsternation said:

The source is | Sauce | Know Your Meme

 

:gaycat7:

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These numbers aren’t right. Santana was not the best-selling artist globally of 2000 - I think they just had the best-selling album.

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where is madonna

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11 minutes ago, Luckitty said:

where is madonna

There was always someone more popular :gaycat7:

 

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Females 2008-2022

 

3 Adele

3 Taylor 

 

Two queens 👑👑

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Once again, male-dominated, how boring

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Are BTS pulling these numbers with their fanbase alone? Or are they actual GP artists 

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I guess Drake sold more records in 2016, but I could have sworn Lemonade was the top selling album that year.

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1 hour ago, Eternium said:

These numbers aren’t right. Santana was not the best-selling artist globally of 2000 - I think they just had the best-selling album.

Their songs Smooth and Maria, Maria were monster hits. 

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Taylor there 3 times :clap3:

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