1. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black -
released in 2006. no big sales in 2006.
Island - 5.510.000 copies
2. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
Walt Disney - 4.705.000 copies
3. Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
Warner Bros. - 4.702.000 copies
4. Nelly Furtado - Loose - released in 2006!!
13th best selling album of 2006
Geffen - 4.308.000 copies
5. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
Casablance / Island - 4.240.000 copies
6. Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
RCA - 4.122.000 copies
7. Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles Recording Co. - 4.077.000 copies
8. Josh Groban - Noel
Reprise - 4.055.000 copies
9. Michael Bublé - Call Me Irresponsible
Reprise - 3.875.000 copies
10. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds - released in 2006! 4th best selling album of 2006
Jive - 3.842.000 copies
11. Alicia Keys - As I Am
J Records - 3.222.000 copies
12. Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Blue Note - 3.220.000 copies
13. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
Def Jam - 3.218.000 copies
14. Fergie - The Dutchess - released in 2006! 31th best selling album of 2006
A&M - 3.001.000 copies
15. Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Mosley / Blackground / Interscope - 2.951.000 copies
16. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus
Walt Disney - 2.768.000 copies
17. Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Octone / A&M - 2.605.000 copies
18. Akon - Konvicted - released in 2006. no big sales in 2006
Universal Motown - 2.389.000 copies
19. Kanye West - Graduation
Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam - 2.310.000 copies
20. James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
Atlantic - 2.172.000 copies
21. Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Mercury / Island - 2.129.000 copies
22. Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape - released in 2006. no big sales in 2006
Interscope - 1.984.000 copies
23. Pink - I'm Not Dead - released in 2006. 10th best selling album of 2006
Arista - 1.937.000 copies
24. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Columbia - 1.915.000 copies
25. Daughtry - Daughtry
RCA - 1.860.000 copies
26. Celine Dion - Taking Chances
Columbia - 1.833.000 copies
27. Beyoncé - B'Day - released in 2006. 12th best selling album of 2006
Columbia - 1.815.000 copies
28. 50 Cent - Curtis
Shady / Aftermath / Interscope - 1.728.000 copies
29. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
Fueled By Ramen - 1.716.000 copies
30. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
Arista Nashville - 1.695.000 copies
31. Led Zeppelin - Mothership
Atlantic - 1.602.000 copies
32. Leona Lewis - Spirit
Syco Music - 1.471.000 copies
33. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
Lyric Street - 1.468.000 copies
34. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
Pearl - 1.442.000 copies
35. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
RCA - 1.416.000 copies
36. U2 - 18 Singles - released in 2006. 28th best selling album of 2006
Mercury - 1.413.000 copies
37. Paul Potts - One Chance
Syco Music - 1.403.000 copies
38. Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best Of Andrea Bocelli)
Polydor / Universal Classics - 1.388.000
39. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Third Man / XL Recordings - 1.235.000 copies
40. The Beatles - Love - released in 2006. 15th best selling album of 2006
Apple - 1.176.000 copies
OFFICIAL NUMBERS FROM MEDIATRAFFIC:
http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm