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Chart Listings: Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1991- 2014 by year [UPDATED]
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Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1991- 2014 by year [UPDATED]
Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1991- 2013:
1991
1) Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 4.0 million
2) Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey - 3.38 Million
3) Garth Brooks - No Fences - 3.37 million
4) Natalie Cole - Unforgettable - 3.26 million
5) Metallica - Metallica - 3.2 million
6) Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness - 3.17 million
7) C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat - 3.15 million
8) Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II - 2.81 million
9) R.E.M. - Out of Time - 2.78 million
10) Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme - 2.45 million
1992
1 SOME GAVE ALL Billy Ray Cyrus 4.7m
2 ROPIN' THE WIND Garth Brooks 4.0m
3 TEN Pearl Jam 3.4m
4 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 3.3m
5 TOTALLY KROSSED OUT Kris Kross 3.2m
6 NO FENCES Garth Brooks 3.1m
7 THE CHASE Garth Brooks 3.1m
8 NEVERMIND Nirvana 2.7m
9 ADRENALIZED Def Leppard 2.7m
10 METALLICA Metallica 2.6m
1993
1 THE BODYGUARD Soundtrack 5.5m
2 JANET Janet Jackson 4.3m
3 VS Pearl Jam 3.8m
4 BREATHLESS Kenny G 3.8m
5 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 3.3m
6 THE CHRONIC Dr Dre 2.9m
7 UNPLUGGED Eric Clapton 2.9m
8 IN PIECES Garth Brooks 2.8m
9 CORE Stone Temple Pilots 2.7m
10 BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK INTO HELL Meat Loaf 2.6m
1994
1 THE LION KING Soundtrack 4.9m
2 THE SIGN Ace Of Base 4.9m
3 II Boyz II Men 4.3m
4 AUGUST AND EVERYTHING AFTER Counting Crows 3.8m
5 DOOKIE Green Day 3.4m
6 NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON Tim McGraw 3.2m
7 PURPLE Stone Temple Pilots 3.1m
8 MIRACLES:THE HOLIDAY ALBUM Kenny G 3.0m
9 SMASH Offspring 2.9m
10 MUSIC BOX Mariah Carey 2.7m
1995
1 CRACKED REAR VIEW Hootie & The Blowfish 7.0m
2 CRAZYSEXYCOOL TLC 4.8m
3 JAGGED LITTLE PILL Alanis Morissette 4.2m
4 DAYDREAM Mariah Carey 3.9m
5 THE HITS Garth Brooks 3.8m
6 THROWING COPPER Live 3.5m
7 II Boyz II Men 3.4m
8 ANTHOLOGY 1 The Beatles 2.9m
9 HELL FREEZES OVER Eagles 2.8m
10 THE WOMAN IN ME Shania Twain 2.8m
1996
1. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette: 7,400,000
2. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 6,000,000
3. The Score The Fugees: 4,500,000
4. Tragic Kingdom No Doubt: 4,400,000
5. Daydream Mariah Carey: 3,000,000
6. All Eyez On Me 2Pac: 3,000,000
7. Load Metallica: 3,000,000
8. Secrets Toni Braxton: 2,900,000
9. The Woman In Me Shania Twain: 2,800,000
10. What's The Story Morning Glory? Oasis: 2,600,000
1997
1. Spice Spice Girls: 5,300,000
2. Pieces of You Jewel: 4,300,000
3. No Way Out Puff Daddy & The Family: 3,400,000
4. Sevens Garth Brooks: 3,300,000
5. Middle of Nowhere Hanson: 3,200,000
6. Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G.: 3,100,000
7. Bringing Down The House The Wallflowers: 3,100,000
8. Falling Into You Celine Dion: 3,000,000
9. Space Jam Soundtrack: 2,900,000
10.You Light Up My Life LeAnn Rimes: 2,900,000
1998
1 TITANIC Soundtrack 9,338,061
2 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Celine Dion 5,859,421
3 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys 5,709,369
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 4,872,841
5 'N SYNC 'N Sync 4,385,148
6 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack 4,120,508
7 DOUBLE LIVE Garth Brooks 3,892,288
8 BIG WILLIE STYLE Will Smith 3,687,568
9 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden 3,247,406
10 ARMAGEDDON Soundtrack 3,222,603
1999
1 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
2 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears 8,358,619
3 RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin 5,981,155
4 COME ON OVER Shania Twain 5,618,134
5 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Limp Bizkit 4,952,890
6 SUPERNATURAL Santana 4,732,589
7 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE Kid Rock 4,259,736
8 FANMAIL TLC 4.186,685
9 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera 3,662,905
10 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks 3,463,642
2000:
1. N Sync- No Strings Attached- 9.936.104
2. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP- 7.921.107
3. Britney Spears- Oops!...I Did it Again- 7.893.544
4. Creed- Human Clay- 6.587.834
5. Santana- Supernatural- 5.857.824
6. The Beatles- 1- 5.068.300
7. Nelly- Country Grammar- 5.067.529
8. Backstreet Boys- Black and Blue- 4.289.865
9. Dr Dre- 2001- 3.992.311
10. Destiny's Child- The Writing's on the Wall- 3.802.165
2001:
1. Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 4,812,852
2. Hotshot Shaggy 4,507,568
3. Celebrity N Sync 4,421,231
4. Day Without Rain Enya 4,410,053
5. Break the Cycle Staind 4,242,507
6. Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys 4,102,482
7. Survivor Destiny's Child 3,718,446
8. Weathered Creed 3,581,344
9. Soundtrack O Brother Where Art Thou? 3,460,852
10. Vol.6-Now That's What I Call Va-Now 3,133,462
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?
2003:
1. 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 6,535,809
2. Jones Norah Come Away With Me 5,137,468
3. Linkin Park Meteora 3,478,361
4. Evanescence Fallen 3,364,738
5. Outkast Speakerboxx-Love 3,089,849
6. Beyonce Dangerously In Love 2,527,485
7. Kelly R. Chocolate Factory 2,439,536
8. Duff Hilary Metamorphosis 2,405,544
9. Keith Toby Shock N Y'all 2,324,437
10. Coldplay Rush Of Blood To The Head 2,183,997
2004:
1. "Confessions," Usher: 7,978,594
2. "Feels Like Home," Norah Jones: 3,842,920
3. "Encore," Eminem: 3,517,097
4. "When The Sun Goes Down," Kenny Chesney: 3,072,224
5. "Here for the Party," Gretchen Wilson: 2,931,097
6. "Live Like You Were Dying," Tim McGraw: 2,786,840
7. "Songs About Jane," Maroon 5: 2,708,415
8. "Fallen," Evanesence: 2,614,226
9. "Autobiography," Ashlee Simpson: 2,576,945
10. "Now 16: Now That's What I Call Music!": 2,560,316
2005:
1. CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 4,968,606
2. 50 CENT MASSACRE 4,852,744
3. CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 3,496,192
4. GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 3,360,394
5. BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 3,037,251
6. COLDPLAY X&Y 2,615,280
7. RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 2,511,209
8. STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 2,505,390
9. WEST*KANYE LATE REGISTRATION 2,413,580
10. GAME DOCUMENTARY 2,275,646
2006:
1. High School Musical: 3.72 million
2. Rascal Flatts Me and My Gang: 3.48 million
3. Carrie Underwood Some Hearts: 3.02 million
4. Nickelback All the Right Reasons: 2.69 million
5. Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds: 2.38 million
6. James Blunt Back to Bedlam: 2.14 million
7. Beyonce B'day: 2.01 million
8. Hannah Montana: 1.99 million
9. Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way: 1.86 million
10. Hinder Extreme Behavior: 1.82 million
2007:
1 NOEL JOSH GROBAN 3,698,934
2 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 2,956,799
3 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN EAGLES 2,608,338
4 AS I AM ALICIA KEYS 2,543,224
5 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 2,497,457
6 HANNAH MONTANA 2(SOUNDTRACK):MEET MILEY CYRUS MILEY CYRUS 2,487,346
7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT LINKIN PARK 2,098,941
8 THE DUTCHESS FERGIE 2,063,572
9 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 1,950,641
10 GRADUATION KANYE WEST 1,891,918
2008:
1 Tha Carter III/ Lil Wayne 2,874,000
2 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay 2,144,000
3 Fearless/Taylor Swift 2,112,000
4 Rock N Roll Jesus/ Kid Rock 2,018,000
5 Black Ice/ AC/DC 1,915,000
6 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift 1,597,000
7 Death Magnetic/ Metallica 1,565,000
8 Paper Trail/ T.I. 1,522,000
9 Sleep Through the Static/ Jack Johnson 1,492,000
10 I Am…Sasha Fierce/ Beyonce 1,459,000
2009:
1 Fearless Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2 I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle 3,103,828
3 Number Ones Michael Jackson 2,355,000
4 Fame Lady Gaga 2,238,000
5 My Christmas Andrea Bocelli 2,207,000
6 Hannah Movie Soundtrack Hanna Montana 1,823,000
7 The E.N.D. Black Eyed Peas 1,786,852
8 Relapse Eminem 1,735,358
9 Blueprint 3 Jay-Z 1,514,800
10 Only By the Night Kings of Leon 1,398,000
2010:
1. Eminem – Recovery 3,415,000
2. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now 3,089,000
3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2,960,000
4. Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 2,319,000
5. Susan Boyle – The Gift 1,852,000
6. Lady Gaga – Fame 1,591,000
7. Sade – Soldier of Love 1,300,000
8. Drake – Thank Me Later 1,269,000
9. Usher – Raymond V Raymond 1,143,000
10. Ke$ha - Animal 1,143,000
2011:
01 5,824,000 Adele, 21
02 2,452,000 Michael Buble, Christmas
03 2,101,000 Lady GaGa, Born This Way
04 1,917,000 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV
05 1,576,000 Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party
06 1,420,000 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
07 1,247,000 Drake, Take Care
08 1,245,000 Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe
09 1,232,000 Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch the Throne
10 1,204,000 Lady Antebellum, Own the Night
2012:
01 - 4,414,000 - 21 - Adele
02 - 3,107,000 - RED - Taylor Swift
03 - 1,616,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - One Direction
04 - 1,463,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons
05 - 1,340,000 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction
06 - 1,324,000 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
07 - 1,203,000 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood
08 - 1,105,000 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
09 - 1,071,000 - TUSKEGEE - Lionel Richie
10 - 1,024,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean
2013:
01 - 2,427,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake
02 - 1,727,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
03 - 1,521,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan
04 - 1,402,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons
05 - 1,399,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars
06 - 1,350,000 - HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES - Florida Georgia Line
07 - 1,344,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
08 - 1,301,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
09 - 1,109,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton
10 - 1,099,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay Z
2014:
1.) Taylor Swift, 1989 3,661,000
2.) Frozen - Soundtrack 3,527,000
3.) Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour 1,208,000
4.) Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me 1,143,000
5.) Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - Soundtrack 898,000
6.) Beyoncé, BEYONCÉ 878,000
7.) Barbra Streisand, Partners 856,000
8.) Lorde, Pure Heroine 841,000
9.) One Direction, FOUR 814,000
10.) Eric Church, The Outsiders 811,000
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i actually needed this 
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It's sad how it went up from 3.8 being the lowest seller on the top 10 to what seems to be around the 800k range this year, it's really depressing to see it tank tbh. 
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Adele 
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Adele needs to teach me. 
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Taylor having an album on the list from 2007 to 2010 
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Quote:
Originally posted by Green
Top 10 SoundScan Albums 1992- 2012:
2007:
9 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 1,950,641
2008:
3 Fearless/Taylor Swift 2,112,000
6 Taylor Swift/Taylor Swift 1,597,000
2009:
1 Fearless Taylor Swift 3,217,000
2010:
3. Taylor Swift – Speak Now 2,960,000
* 2012 sales are updated until last week's chart. |
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Goodness sales are in the pits. Looking at 98-00, and then now is such a shame.
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Adele will like be the first and only artist (so far) to have the #1 album of the year two years in a row in the Soundscan era. Crazy.
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Carrie
The Lion King soundtrack 
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Sales have tanked to the pits 
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2001: 6. Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys
2007: 4. As I Am Alicia Keys
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Usher in 2 decades list (2004 and 2010) 
He would be in 3 decades if they add the other main list
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Sales in 2012 
Thank God so many big names are releasing in fourth quarter because if not 
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04 - 887,276 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber
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Not Bieber selling over 4 months what many thought he would do opening week
no shade
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Queen Adele!  Imagine Adele snatched 2013 with 21?
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Waynes Carter III & IV were epic
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Some Hearts should be 2007 to as well shouldn't it? 
Either way, she's looking to snag a Top 10 album this year to! 
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These are January-December sales, right?
Cause these rankings are not the ones from Billboard's callendar years.
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Damn, Adele, slaying all of our faves, she deserves it though. Anyways, Kelly, P!nk, Lady Antebellum, Mariah Carey, Alanis, Dixie Chicks, and the Lion King
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