Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1992 - 2016
2016:
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
2015:
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
2014:
1. 3,661,000 Taylor Swift, 1989
2. 3,527,000 Frozen Sdtk.
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
2013:
1, 2,427,000 Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience
2. 1,727,000 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2
3. 1,521,000 Luke Bryan, Crash My Party
4. 1,402,000 Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
5. 1,399,000 Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox
6. 1,350,000 Florida Georgia Line, Here's To the Good Times
7. 1,344,000 Drake, Nothing Was The Same
8. 1,301,000 Beyonce, Beyonce
9. 1,109,000 Blake Shelton, Based On A True Story
10. 1,099,000 Jay Z, Magna Carta…Holy Grail
2012:
1. 4,410,000 Adele, 21
2. 3,110,000 Taylor Swift, Red
3. 1,620,000 One Direction, Up All Night
4. 1,460,000 Mumford & Sons, Babel
5. 1,340,000 One Direction, Take Me Home
6. 1,340,000 Justin Bieber, Believe
7. 1,200,000 Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
8. 1,100,000 Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines
9. 1,070,000 Lionel Richie, Tuskegee
10. 1,020,000 Jason Aldean, Night Train
2011:
1. 5,824,000 Adele, 21
2. 2,452,000 Michael Buble, Christmas
3. 2,101,000 Lady GaGa, Born This Way
4. 1,917,000 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV
5. 1,576,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
6. 1,420,000 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
7. 1,247,000 Drake, Take Care
8. 1,245,000 Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
9. 1,232,000 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne
10. 1,204,000 Lady Antebellum, Own the Night
2010:
1. 3,415,000 Eminem, Recovery
2. 3,089,000 Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
3. 2,960,000 Taylor Swift, Speak Now
4. 2,319,000 Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
5. 1,852,000 Susan Boyle, The Gift
6. 1,591,000 Lady Gaga, The Fame
7. 1,300,000 Sade, Soldier of Love
8. 1,269,000 Drake, Thank Me Later
9. 1,143,000 Usher, Raymond V Raymond
10. 1,143,000 Ke$ha, Animal
2009:
1. 3,217,000 Taylor Swift, Fearless
2. 3,103,828 Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream
3. 2,355,000 Michael Jackson, Number Ones
4. 2,238,000 Lady Gaga, The Fame
5. 2,207,000 Andrea Bocelli, My Christmas
6. 1,823,000 Hanna Montana, Hannah Movie Soundtrack
7. 1,786,852 Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
8. 1,735,358 Eminem, Relapse
9. 1,514,800 Jay-Z, Blueprint 3
10. 1,398,000 Kings of Leon, Only By the Night
2008:
1. 2,874,000 Tha Carter III/ Lil Wayne
2. 2,144,000 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay
3. 2,112,000 Fearless/Taylor Swift
4. 2,018,000 Rock N Roll Jesus/ Kid Rock
5. 1,915,000 Black Ice/ AC/DC
6. 1,597,000 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift
7. 1,565,000 Death Magnetic/ Metallica
8. 1,522,000 Paper Trail/ T.I.
9. 1,492,000 Sleep Through the Static/ Jack Johnson
10. 1,459,000 I Am…Sasha Fierce/ Beyonce
2007:
1. 3,698,934 Josh Groban, Noel
2. 2,956,799 High School Musical 2 Sdtk.
3. 2,608,338 Eagles, Long Road Out Of Eden
4. 2,543,224 Alicia Keys, As I Am
5. 2,497,457 Daughtry, Daughtry
6. 2,487,346 Hannah Montana 2 Sdtk., Miley Cyrus
7. 2,098,941 Linkin Park, Minutes To Midnight
8. 2,063,572 Fergie, The Duchess
9. 1,950,641 Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift
10. 1,891,918 Kanye West, Graduation
2006:
1. 3.720,000 High School Musical
2. 3.480,000 Rascal Flatts, Me and My Gang
3. 3.020,000 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
4. 2.690,000 Nickelback, All the Right Reasons
5. 2.380,000 Justin Timberlake, Futuresex/Lovesounds
6. 2.140,000 James Blunt, Back to Bedlam
7. 2.010,000 Beyonce, B'Day
8. 1.990,000 Hannah Montana Sdtk.
9. 1.860,000 Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
10. 1.820,000 Hinder, Extreme Behavior
2005:
1. 4,968,606 CAREY*MARIAH, EMANCIPATION OF MIMI
2. 4,852,744 50 CENT, MASSACRE
3. 3,496,192 CLARKSON*KELLY, BREAKAWAY
4. 3,360,394 GREEN DAY, AMERICAN IDIOT
5. 3,037,251 BLACK EYED PEAS, MONKEY BUSINESS
6. 2,615,280 COLDPLAY, X&Y
7. 2,511,209 RASCAL FLATTS, FEELS LIKE TODAY
8. 2,505,390 STEFANI*GWEN, LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY
9. 2,413,580 WEST*KANYE, LATE REGISTRATION
10. 2,275,646 The GAME, DOCUMENTARY
2004:
1. 7,978,594 Confessions Usher
2. 3,842,920 Feels Like Home Norah Jones
3. 3,517,097 Encore Eminem
4. 3,072,224 When The Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney
5. 2,931,097 Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson
6. 2,786,840 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw
7. 2,708,415 Songs About Jane Maroon 5
8. 2,614,226 Fallen Evanescence
9. 2,576,945 Autobiography Ashlee Simpson
10. 2,560,316 Now 16 Now That's What I Call Music!
2003:
1. 6,535,809 50 Cent, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
2. 5,137,468 Jones Norah, Come Away With Me
3. 3,478,361 Linkin Park, Meteora
4. 3,364,738 Evanescence, Fallen
5. 3,089,849 Outkast, Speakerboxx-Love
6. 2,527,485 Beyonce, Dangerously In Love
7. 2,439,536 Kelly R., Chocolate Factory
8. 2,405,544 Duff Hilary, Metamorphosis
9. 2,324,437 Keith Toby, Shock N Y'all
10. 2,183,997 Coldplay, Rush Of Blood To The Head
2002:
1. 7.607.925 Eminem, Eminem Show
2. 4.916.073 Nelly, Nellyville
3. 4.121.396 Avril Lavigne, Let Go
4. 3.690.413 Dixie Chicks, Home
5. 3.498.497 Soundtrack, 8 Mile
6. 3.144.947 Pink, M!ssundaztood
7. 3.099.216 Ashanti, Ashanti
8. 3.054.736 Alan Jackson, Drive
9. 2.909.499 Shania Twain, Up
10. 2.736.049 Soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001:
1. 4,812,852 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park
2. 4,507,568 Hotshot Shaggy
3. 4,421,231 Celebrity N Sync
4. 4,410,053 Day Without Rain Enya
5. 4,242,507 Break the Cycle Staind
6. 4,102,482 Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys
7. 3,718,446 Survivor Destiny's Child
8. 3,581,344 Weathered Creed
9. 3,460,852 Soundtrack O Brother Where Art Thou?
10. 3,133,462 Vol.6-Now That's What I Call Music !
2000:
1. 9.936.104 N Sync, No Strings Attached
2. 7.921.107 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
3. 7.893.544 Britney Spears, Oops!...I Did it Again
4. 6.587.834 Creed, Human Clay
5. 5.857.824 Santana, Supernatural
6. 5.068.300 The Beatles, 1
7. 5.067.529 Nelly, Country Grammar
8. 4.289.865 Backstreet Boys, Black and Blue
9. 3.992.311 Dr Dre, 2001
10. 3.802.165 Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
1999:
1. 9,445,732 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys
2. 8,358,619 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears
3. 5,981,155 RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin
4. 5,618,134 COME ON OVER Shania Twain
5. 4,952,890 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Limp Bizkit
6. 4,732,589 SUPERNATURAL Santana
7. 4,259,736 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE Kid Rock
8. 4.186,685 FANMAIL TLC
9. 3,662,905 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera
10. 3,463,642 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks
1998:
1. 9,338,061 TITANIC Soundtrack
2. 5,859,421 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Celine Dion
3. 5,709,369 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys
4. 4,872,841 COME ON OVER Shania Twain
5. 4,385,148 'N SYNC 'N Sync
6. 4,120,508 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack
7. 3,892,288 DOUBLE LIVE Garth Brooks
8. 3,687,568 BIG WILLIE STYLE Will Smith
9. 3,247,406 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden
10. 3,222,603 ARMAGEDDON Soundtrack
1997:
1. 5,300,000 Spice Spice Girls
2. 4,300,000 Pieces of You Jewel
3. 3,300,000 No Way Out Puff Daddy & The Family
4. 3,400,000 Sevens Garth Brooks
5. 3,200,000 Middle of Nowhere Hanson
6. 3,100,000 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G.
7. 3,100,000 Bringing Down The House The Wallflowers
8. 3,000,000 Falling Into You Celine Dion
9. 2,900,000 Space Jam Soundtrack
10. 2,900,000 You Light Up My Life LeAnn Rimes
1996:
1. 7,400,000 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
2. 6,000,000 Falling Into You Celine Dion
3. 4,500,000 The Score The Fugees
4. 4,400,000 Tragic Kingdom No Doubt
5. 3,000,000 Daydream Mariah Carey
6. 3,000,000 All Eyez On Me 2Pac
7. 3,000,000 Load Metallica
8. 2,900,000 Secrets Toni Braxton
9. 2,800,000 The Woman In Me Shania Twain
10. 2,600,000 What's The Story Morning Glory? Oasis
1995:
1. 7.0m CRACKED REAR VIEW Hootie & The Blowfish
2. 4.8m CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC
3. 4.2m JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette
4. 3.9m DAYDREAM Mariah Carey
5. 3.8m THE HITS Garth Brooks
6. 3.5m THROWING COPPER Live
7. 3.4m II Boyz II Men
8. 2.9m ANTHOLOGY 1 The Beatles
9. 2.8m HELL FREEZES OVER Eagles
10. 2.8m THE WOMAN IN ME Shania Twain
1994:
1. 4.9m THE LION KING Soundtrack
2. 4.9m THE SIGN Ace Of Base
3. 4.3m II Boyz II Men
4. 3.8m AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER Counting Crows
5. 3.4m DOOKIE Green Day
6. 3.2m NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON Tim McGraw
7. 3.1m PURPLE Stone Temple Pilots
8. 3.0m MIRACLES:THE HOLIDAY ALBUM Kenny G
9. 2.9m SMASH Offspring
10. 2.7m MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey
1993:
1. 5.5m THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack
2. 4.3m JANET Janet Jackson
3. 3.8m VS Pearl Jam
4. 3.8m BREATHLESS Kenny G
5. 3.3m MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey
6. 2.9m THE CHRONIC Dr Dre
7. 2.9m UNPLUGGED Eric Clapton
8. 2.8m IN PIECES Garth Brooks
9. 2.7m CORE Stone Temple Pilots
10. 2.6m BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK INTO HELL Meat Loaf
1992:
1. 4.7m SOME GAVE ALL Billy Ray Cyrus
2. 4.0m ROPIN' THE WIND Garth Brooks
3. 3.4m TEN Pearl Jam
4. 3.3m THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack
5. 3.2m TOTALLY KROSSED OUT Kris Kross
6. 3.1m NO FENCES Garth Brooks
7. 3.1m THE CHASE Garth Brooks
8. 2.7m NEVERMIND Nirvana
9. 2.7m ADRENALIZED Def Leppard
10. 2.6m METALLICA Metallica
sales now compared to 1998 - 2004
