2003- 1) Norah Jones - Come Away With Me [12.206.000 copies]
- 2) Avril Lavigne - Let Go [7.021.000 copies]
- 3) Dido - Life For Rent [5.112.000 copies]
- 4) Shania Twain - Up [4.786.000 copies]
- 5) Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love [4.737.000 copies]
- 6) Christina Aguilera - Stripped [4.031.000 copies]
- 7) Celine Dion - One Heart [3.324.000 copies]
- 8) T.A.T.U. - 200 Km/h In The Wrong Lane [3.322.000 copies]
- 9) Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis [2.741.000 copies]
- 10) Dixie Chicks - Home [2.642.000 copies]
- 11) Madonna - American Life [2.605.000 copies]
- 12) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.596.000 copies]
- 13) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Then [2.478.000 copies]
- 14) Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys [1.978.000 copies]
- 15) Sheryl Crow - The Very Best Of [1.857.000 copies]
- 16) Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor [1.817.000 copies]
2004- 1) Norah Jones - Feels Like Home [9.020.000 copies]
- 2) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin [6.390.000 copies]
- 3) Dido - Life For Rent [3.528.000 copies
- 4) Shania Twain - Greatest Hits [3.525.000 copies]
- 5) Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys [3.362.000 copies]
- 6) Beyoncé - Destiny Fulfilled [3.299.000 copies]
- 7) Britney Spears - Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [2.994.000 copies]
- 8) Britney Spears - In The Zone [2.754.000 copies]
- 9)Norah Jones - Come Away With Me [2.623.000 copies]
- 10)Hikaru Utada - Single Collection Vol.1 [2.313.000 copies]
- 11)Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography [ 2.298.000 copies]
2005- 1) Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi [6.972.000 copies]
- 2) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [5.493.000 copies]
- 3) Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby [4.685.000 copies]
- 4) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [4.031.000 copies]
- 5) Shakira - Fijación Oral Volume 1 [2.293.000 copies]
- 6) Enya - Amarantine [2.123.000 copies]
- 7) Jennifer Lopez - Rebirth [1.639.000 copies]
- 8) Nicole Scherzinger - PCD [1.632.000]
- 9) Beyoncé- Number Ones [1.615.000 copies]
- 10) Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [1.538.000]
2006- 1) Nicole Scherzinger - PCD [3.629.000 copies]
- 2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor [3.469.000 copies]
- 3) Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [3.351.000 copies]
- 4) Shakira - Oral Fixation Volume 2 [ 3.349.000 copies]
- 5) Pink - I'm Not Dead [3.230.000 copies]
- 6) Beyoncé - B'Day [3.113.000 copies]
- 7) Nelly Furtado - Loose [3.069.000 copies]
- 8) Mary J.Blige - The Breakthrough [2.444.000 copies]
- 9) Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics [2.431.000 copies]
- 10) Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way [2.408.000 copies]
- 11) Rihanna - A Girl Like Me [2.406.000 copies]
- 12) Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [2.220.000 copies]
- 13) Fergie - The Dutchess [1.977.000 copies]
- 14) Miley Cyrus- Hannah Montana [1.910.000 copies]
- 15) Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae [1.669.000 copies]
2007- 1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [5.510.000 copies]
- 2) Nelly Furtado - Loose [4.308.000 copies]
- 3) Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing [4.122.000 copies]
- 4) Alicia Keys - As I Am [3.222.000 copies]
- 5) Norah Jones - Not Too Late [3.220.000 copies]
- 6) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.218.000 copies]
- 7) Fergie - The Dutchess [3.004.000 copies]
- 8) Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus [2.768.000 copies]
- 9) Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape [1.984.000 copies]
- 10) Pink - I'm Not Dead [1.937.000 copies]
- 11) Celine Dion - Taking Chances [1.833.000 copies]
- 12) Beyoncé - B'Day [1.815.000 copies]
- 13) Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride [1.695.000 copies]
- 14) Leona Lewis - Spirit [1.471.000 copies]
2008- 1) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [5.1 million copies]
- 2) Duffy - Rockferry [4.5 millon copies]
- 3) Leona Lewis - Spirit [4.3 million copies]
- 4) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad [3.7 million copies]
- 5) Madonna - Hard Candy [3.2 million copies]
- 6) Pink - Funhouse [2.5 million copies]
- 7) Alicia Keys - As I Am [2.4 million copies]
- 8) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [2.3 million copies]
- 9) Taylor Swift - Fearless [2.2 million copies]
- 10) Britney Spears - Circus [2.1 million copies]
- 11) Miley Cyrus - Breakout [2.1 million copies]
- 12) Mariah Carey - E=MC2 [1.9 million copies]
- 13) Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift [1.8 million copies]
- 14) Enya - And Winter Came... [1.7 million copies]
- 15) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.5 million copies]
2009- 1) Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream [6.0 million copies]
- 2) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [5.9 millon copies]
- 3) Taylor Swift - Fearless [4.2 million copies]
- 4) Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce [3.2 million copies]
- 5) Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie [2.9 million copies]
- 6) Pink - Funhouse [2.6 million copies]
- 7) Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You [1.7 million copies]
- 8) Whitney Houston - I Look To You [1.6 million copies]
- 9) Miley Cyrus - The Time Of Our Lives [1.5 million copies]
- 10) Madonna - Celebration [1.4 million copies]
- 11) Britney Spears - Circus [1.3 million copies]
- 12) Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted [1.3 million copies]
- 13) Katy Perry - One Of The Boys [1.3 million copies]
2010- 1) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [5.9 million copies]
- 2) Taylor Swift - Speak Now [3.5 millon copies]
- 3) Susan Boyle - The Gift [3.0 million copies]
- 4) Sadé - Soldier Of Love [2.3 million copies]
- 5) Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom [2.3 million copies]
- 6) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.2 million copies]
- 7) Rihanna - Loud [2.2 million copies]
- 8) Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream [2.1 million copies]
- 9) Ke$ha - Animal [2.1 million copies]
- 10) Rihanna - Rated R [1.6 million copies]
- 11) Florence & The Machine - Lungs [1.6 million copies]
- 12) Taylor Swift - Fearless [1.3 million copies]
- 13) Pink - Greatest Hits So Far [1.2 million copies]
2011- 1) Adele - 21 [15.3 million copies]
- 2) Lady GaGa - Born This Way [5.4 millon copies]
- 3) Rihanna - Loud [3.4 million copies]
- 4) Adele - 19 [2.8 million copies]
- 5) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [2.1 million copies]
- 6) Beyoncé - 4 [2.1 million copies]
- 7) Pink - Greatest Hits So Far [1.8 million copies]
- 8) Rihanna - Talk That Talk [1.7 million copies]
- 9) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [1.5 million copies]
- 10) Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) [1.5 million copies]
- 11) Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures [1.5 million copies]
- 12) Britney Spears - Femme Fatale [1.5 million copies]
- 13) Jessie J - Who You Are [1.3 million copies]
- 14) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday [1.3 million copies]
- 15) Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby [1.3 million copies]
- 16) Taylor Swift - Speak Now [1.2 million copies]
- 17) Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials [1.1 million copies]
- 18) Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me [1.1 million copies]
2012- 1) Adele - 21 [9,2 million copies]
- 2) Taylor Swift - Red [3.8 millon copies]
- 3) Lana Del Rey - Born To Die [2.9 million copies]
- 4) Pink - The Truth About Love [2.4 million copies]
- 5) Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events [1.9 million copies]
- 6) Madonna - MDNA [1.6 million copies]
- 7) Rihanna - Unapologetic [1.6 million copies]
- 8) Rihanna - Talk That Talk [1.6 million copies]
- 9) Adele - 19 [1.5 million copies]
- 10) Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded [1.4 million copies]
- 11) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream [1.4 million copies]
- 12) Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits [1.3 million copies]
- 13) Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials [1.3 million copies]
- 14) Carrie Underwood - Blown Away [1.2 million copies]
- 15) Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures [1.0 million copies]
2013- 1) Pink - The Truth About Love [2.9 million copies]
- 2) Taylor Swift - Red [1.9 millon copies]
- 3) Rihanna - Unapologetic [1.9 million copies]
- 4) Katy Perry - Prism [1.8 million copies]
- 5) Adele - 21 [1.6 million copies]
- 6) Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events [1.5 million copies]
- 7) Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Paradise-Edition) [1.4 million copies]
- 8) Beyoncé - Beyoncé [1.4 million copies]
- 9) Lady GaGa - Artpop [1.3 million copies]
- 10) Miley Cyrus - Bangerz [1.2 million copies]
- 11) Celine Dion - Loved Me Back To Life [1.1 million copies]
- 12) Lorde - Pure Heroine [1.1 million copies]
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Random Facts:
- Adele holds the record for most albums sold in a calendar year with 15.3 million copies.
- Rihanna appears on the list ten times, more than any other artist.
- Katy Perry is the only person to appear at the bottom of the list two consecutive years or at all.
- 2006 was the last time Shakira appeared on a year end list even though she has released albums since.
- Lorde replaces Miley Cyrus as the youngest artist to appear on the list.
- Madonna is the oldest artist to appear on the list.
- Amy Winehouse, Adele and Norah Jones are the only artists to take the top spot two years in a row.
- Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, & Celine Dion all appear on the list, Janet Jackson does not.
