Hi. This is going to be a little of hard work, but im going to update this thread weekly with the biggest albums of the year based on how much sales they get on the weekly Top 40. Im not going to update sales received by albums that are not inside of the chart, so the actual year-end could have a few differences from this building chart. Enjoy!
Albums (in bolded, the ones that are already higher than 2014s #40):
Top 40:- 2,508,000 - Taylor Swift - 1989
- 2,196,000 - Ed Sheeran - X
- 2,074,000 - Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
- 1,443,000 - Soundtrack - Fifty Shades Of Grey
- 1,041,000 - Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
- 1,021,000 - Meghan Trainor - Title
- 881,000 - Soundtrack - Frozen
- 861,000 - AC/DC - Rock Or Bust
- 852,000 - Hozier - Hozier
- 798,000 - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
- 747,000 - AKB 48 - Koko Ga Rhodes Da, Koko De Tobe!
- 737,000 - Sandaime J Soul Brothers - Planet Seven
- 684,000 - Imagine Dragons - Smoke+Mirrors
- 675,000 - One Direction - Four
- 674,000 - Maroon 5 - V
- 651,000 - Madonna - Rebel Heart
- 624,000 - Soundtrack - Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.1
- 616,000 - Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho
- 597,000 - George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage
- 565,000 - Exo - Exodus (Korean+Mandarin Version)
- 493,000 - Pink Floyd - The Endless River
- 481,000 - Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint
- 481,000 - Sia - 1000 Forms Of Fear
- 473,000 - Soundtrack - Furious 7
- 453,000 - Southern All Stars - Budo
- 412,000 - Mark Knopfler - Tracker
- 385,000 - Diana Krall - Wallflower
- 383,000 - Sekai No Owari - Tree
- 361,000 - J.Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- 344,000 - Soundtrack - Empire: Season 1
- 330,000 - James Bay - Chaos And The Calm
- 329,000 - David Guetta - Listen
- 301,000 - Bob Dylan - Shadows In The Night
- 283,000 - Ariana Grande - My Everything
- 262,000 - Les Enfoirés - Sur La Route Des Enfoirés
- 250,000 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
- 249,000 - Nogizaka 46 - Tômei Na Iro
- 247,000 - Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise
- 246,000 - Louane - Chambre 12
- 245,000 - Kid Rock - First Kiss
Outside of Top 40:
241,000 - B'z - Epic Day
240,000 - Josh Groban - Stages
236,000 - Exile - 19 (Road To Amazing World)
233,000 - Zac Brown Band - Jekyll+Hyde
232,000 - Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
224,000 - Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
205,000 - Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
204,000 - E-Girls - E.G.Time
201,000 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 27
196,000 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
194,000 - Michael Bublé - Christmas
192,000 - Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
189,000 - One OK Rock - 35 XXXV
188,000 - Shawn Mendes - Handwritten
186,000 - Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor
184,000 - Olly Murs - Never Been Better
177,000 - Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
173,000 - Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece
172,000 - Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel
171,000 - Kendji Girac - Kendji
160,000 - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
159,000 - Coldplay - Ghost Stories
159,000 - Luke Bryan - Spring Break: Checkin' Out
155,000 - Barbra Streisand - Partners
151,000 - Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me
145,000 - Masaharu Fukuyama - Tama Riku
144,000 - Calvin Harris - Motion
143,000 - Ikimono Gakari - Fun! Fun! Fanfare!
140,000 - D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah
140,000 - Unheilig - Gipfelstürmer
137,000 - All Time Low - Future Hearts
135,000 - Chris Brown & Tyga - Fan Of A Fan: The Album
133,000 - Van Morrison - Duets (Re-Working The Catalogue)
131,000 - Bjork - Vulnicura
127,000 - Beck - Morning Phase
124,000 - Blur - The Magic Whip
123,000 - Francis Cabrel - In Extremis
123,000 - Nickelback - No Fixed Address
116,000 - Wale - The Album About Nothing
115,000 - News - White
114,000 - Acid Black Cherry - L
109,000 - Take That - III
109,000 - Zaz - Paris
107,000 - Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
105,000 - Soundtrack - Into The Woods
103,000 - Reba - Love Somebody
102,000 - Christine & The Queens - Chaleur Humaine
101,000 - Sexy Power - Sexy Power 3
99,000 - Queen - Forever
98,000 - 5 Seconds Of Summer - LIVESOS
97,000 - Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine
96,000 - Ne-Yo - Non-Fiction
96,000 - YelaWolf - Love Story
93,000 - Jovanotti - Lorenzo 2015 CC.
92,000 - M.Pokora - R.E.D. (Rythmes Extrêmement Dangereux)
92,000 - Sam Hunt - Montevallo
91,000 - Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
90,000 - Halestorm - Into The Wild Life
86,000 - Ludacris - Ludaversal
85,000 - Scorpions - Return To Forever
81,000 - Bushido - Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 3
81,000 - Joey Bada$$ - B4.Da.$$
81,000 - Johnny's West - Paripipo
80,000 - Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 28
80,000 - Shogo Hamada - The Journey Of A Songwriter
79,000 - Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi
77,000 - Soundtrack - Annie
76,000 - Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase
74,000 - Jay Chou - Aiyo, Not Bad
71,000 - Darius Rucker - Southern Style
71,000 - Kid Ink - Full Speed
69,000 - Fifth Harmony - Reflection
69,000 - Frei.Wild - Opposition
69,000 - Marina & The Diamonds - Froot
68,000 - Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction
66,000 - Fabolous - The Young OG Project
64,000 - Generations from Exile Tribe - Generation Ex
64,000 - Jung Yong-Hwa - One Fine Day (Version A+B)
64,000 - Maná - Cama Incendiada
63,000 - Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant
63,000 - Taylor The Creator - Cherry Bomb
62,000 - Jonghyun - Base
62,000 - Super Junior (Donghae & Eunhyuk) - Present
61,000 - Ella Henderson - Chapter One
59,000 - Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
59,000 - Soundtrack - Sing Meinen Song: Das Weihnachtskonzert
58,000 - Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
58,000 - Super Junior (Donghae & Eunhyuk) - The Beat Goes On
58,000 - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa - Cheek To Cheek
57,000 - Flower - Hanadokei
55,000 - Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful
55,000 - SpongeBozz - Planktonweed Tape
54,000 - A.Souchon & L.Voulzy - Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy
52,000 - Bangtan Boys - The Most Beautiful Moment In Life, Part 1
52,000 - Papa Roach - F.E.A.R.
51,000 - Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt
51,000 - Herbert Grönemeyer - Dauernd Jetzt
51,000 - Udo Jürgens & Gäste - Mitten Im Leben: Das Tribute Album
50,000 - Hideaki Tokunaga - Vocalist 6
50,000 - Miwa - Oneness
49,000 - Hollywood Undead - Day Of The Dead
47,000 - Booba - D.U.C.
47,000 - Sound Horizon - Nein
46,000 - J.Ax - Il Bello D'esser Brutti
46,000 - MyName - I.M.G. (Without You)
45,000 - Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter
45,000 - OneRepublic - Native
45,000 - Three Days Grace - Human
44,000 - Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth
44,000 - Sleeping With Sirens - Madness
44,000 - Van Halen - Live: Tokyo Dome, In Concert
43,000 - 2PM - 2PM Of 2PM
41,000 - Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think...
41,000 - Toto - Toto XIV
40,000 - Selah Sue - Reason
39,000 - Bethel Music - We Will Not Be Shaken (Live)
39,000 - Kumi Koda - Walk Of My Life
39,000 - Tyler Farr - Suffer In Peace
38,000 - Farid Bang - Asphalt Massaka 3
38,000 - Kinpachi - Shiritsu Ebichu Chugaku
37,000 - Awolnation - Run
37,000 - Shinwa - We
36,000 - Gradur - L'homme Au Bob
36,000 - Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife
36,000 - Red - Of Beauty And Rage
36,000 - Vixx - Boy's Record
35,000 - Ayumi Hamasaki - A One
35,000 - Junsu - Flower
35,000 - Ricky Martin - A Quien Quiera Escuchar
35,000 - Shogo Hamada - Dream Catcher
34,000 - Hardwell - United We Are
34,000 - Joe Bonamassa - Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks
34,000 - Kana-Boon - Time
34,000 - Yoan - Yoan
33,000 - Ayaka - Rainbow Road
33,000 - Blackberry Smoke - Holding All The Roses
33,000 - Deichkind - Niveau Weshalb Warum
33,000 - Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like ****, I Don't Go Outside
33,000 - Jang Keun Suk - Monochrome
33,000 - Ohara Sakurako - Happy
33,000 - Propagation Set Inc. - WWDD
33,000 - Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
32,000 - ClariS - Single Best 1st
31,000 - BigBang - Made (Series: M)
31,000 - Royal Blood - Royal Blood
30,000 - Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep
30,000 - Falling In Reverse - Just Like You
30,000 - Jazmine Sullivan - Reality Show
29,000 - Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure
29,000 - Passion - Even So Come
28,000 - Dat Adam - Chrome
28,000 - Fler a.k.a. Frank White - Keiner Kommt Klar Mit Mir
28,000 - Kim Hyun Joong - Even Now
28,000 - Kodaline - Coming Up For Air
28,000 - Ligabue - Giro Del Mondo
28,000 - The Script - No Sound Without Silence
27,000 - Aaron Watson - The Underdog
27,000 - Above & Beyond - We Are All We Need
27,000 - Beth Hart - Better Than Home
27,000 - Jodeci - The Past, The Present, Ther Future
27,000 - The Wombats - Glitterbug
26,000 - Il Volo - Sanremo Grande Amore
26,000 - Marco Mengoni - Parole In Circolo
26,000 - Mat Kearney - Just Kids
26,000 - Udo Jürgens - Das letzte Konzert, Zürich 2014
25,000 - 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer
25,000 - Calexico - Edge Of The Sun
25,000 - Charlie Wilson - Forever Charlie
25,000 - Lisa - Launcher
25,000 - Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha
24,000 - Babymetal - Live At Budokan: Red Night
24,000 - Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror
24,000 - Fauve - Vieux Fréres Partie 2
24,000 - Kazuya Yoshii - Starlight
24,000 - Texas - Texas 25
24,000 - Third Day - Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship
23,000 - FT Island - Volume 5: I Will
23,000 - Juan Gabriel - Los Duo
23,000 - Jung Yong Hwa - Are Suteki Na Hi
22,000 - All That Remains - The Order Of Things
22,000 - Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart
22,000 - Katy Perry - Prism
22,000 - Passion Pit - Kindred
22,000 - Periphery - Juggernaut: Omega
22,000 - Purity Ring - Another Eternity
22,000 - Sonar Pocket - Sonapokeizm: Super Best
21,000 - Haruka Amami - Idolm@ster Master Artist
21,000 - Hibiki Ganaha - Idolm@ster Master Artist
21,000 - Howard Carpendale - Das Ist Unsere Zeit
21,000 - Jean Leloup - A Paradis City
21,000 - Lord Huron - Strange Trails
21,000 - Makoto Kikuchi - Idolm@ster Master Artist
21,000 - Toshinobu Kubota - L.O.K
21,000 - Wolfgang Petry - Brandneu
20,000 - Leo Ieiri - Twenty
20,000 - Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer
20,000 - U-Kiss - Action
20,000 - Vega - Kaos
19,000 - Annie Lennox - Nostalgia
19,000 - Berryz Kobo - Kanjuku Berryz Kobo: The Final Completion Box
19,000 - Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
19,000 - KB - Tomorrow We Live
19,000 - Laura Marling - Short Movie
19,000 - M&D - Cottage Industry
19,000 - Noriyuki Makihara - Loveable People
19,000 - Prinz ****o - PP=MC²
19,000 - Silent Siren - Silent Siren
18,000 - Dish - Main Dish
18,000 - Frank Sinatra - Ultimate Sinatra (incl. Centennial Collection)
18,000 - Idoling!!! - Rodeo Machine
18,000 - Insane Clown Posse - Marvelous Missing Link (Lost)
18,000 - Jeremy Camp - I Will Follow
18,000 - Ling Toshite Shigure - Best Of Tornado
18,000 - Ribs - Singing Rib
18,000 - Suzuko Mimori - Fantastic Funfair
18,000 - The Blue Hearts - 30th Anniversary All Time Memorials
17,000 - Calogero - Les Feux D'artifice
17,000 - Favorite - Neues Von Gott
17,000 - Ibeyi - Ibeyi
17,000 - Infinite H - Fly Again
17,000 - Niel - Oniely
17,000 - Racoon - All In Good Time
16,000 - Kovacs - Shades Of Black
