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Chart Listings: Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1991- 2014 by year [UPDATED]
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Nvm. It just got updated
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01 - 4,150,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 1,749,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
03 - 1,349,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - 1,077,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
05 - 1,034,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
06 - 989,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
07 - 920,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
08 - 898,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
09 - 867,000 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
10 - 751,000 - NOW 41 - Various
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New update for 2012 sales so far
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4. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 2,319,000
08 1,245,000 Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
06 - 989,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
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06 - 989,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
07 - 920,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
08 - 898,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
09 - 867,000 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
These should all cross 1M by the end of the year
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Lookin at these sales
Maybe they should downgrade platinum to 800,000 or something. Nobodies got 2x platinum sales this year so far except Adele
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Adele selling more than any album within a year since 2005 with 1 album for 2 years in a row
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Originally posted by BlazingLovatic
Lookin at these sales
Maybe they should downgrade platinum to 800,000 or something. Nobodies got 2x platinum sales this year so far except Adele
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Taylor is definitely getting it by end of this year.
I do agree that sales are getting worse each year
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the riaa should not change their cert levels. Red will easily go 2x platinum.. so there are still albums reaches that level. + sales are supposed to reach their ultimate low in the next 2-3 years and from then on, rise again.
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Not a single Madonna album in this list?
SLAY MARIAH, SLAY! Charting on 5 separate years, expanded to two decades #longevity
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Oh Adele
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Quote:
Originally posted by BlazingLovatic
Lookin at these sales
Maybe they should downgrade platinum to 800,000 or something. Nobodies got 2x platinum sales this year so far except Adele
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Nah. If anything, it makes the certification that much more meaningful.
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01 - 4,299,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 2,591,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
03 - 1,505,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - 1,303,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
05 - 1,190,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
06 - 1,108,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
07 - 1,061,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
08 - 1,042,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction
09 - 1,026,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
10 - 914,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean
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2012 updated with 2 weeks left of the calendar year.
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Some facts:
Artists with most apparences in the yearly SoundScan top 10 since 1992:
1. Garth Brooks - 7
2. Taylor Swift - 6
3. Mariah Carey / Shania Twain / Eminem - 5
Artists with multiples albums in the top 10 the same year:
Garth Brooks (1992)
2 ROPIN' THE WIND Garth Brooks 4.0m
6 NO FENCES Garth Brooks 3.1m
7 THE CHASE Garth Brooks 3.1m
Taylor Swift (2008):
3 Fearless/Taylor Swift 2,112,000
6 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift 1,597,000
One Direction (2012):
03 - 1,505,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
08 - 1,042,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction
Artists to top the year-end charts with the same album:
Adele (2011 / 2012)
2011:
01 5,824,000 Adele, 21
2012:
01 - 4,299,000 - 21 - Adele
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2005 - Mariah omg.. such a big success.
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Taylor and Adele our modern slayers slay Tay slay
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Adele
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Adele
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Taylor
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Yeessss ADELE, slay them hard
Wow Lion King
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Carrie #6.
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