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Stats: 100 best-selling albums of the 21st century (US)
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100 best-selling albums of the 21st century (US)
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1. THE BEATLES 1
8-5-2012 12,079,000
12.08m (2000)
2. 'NSYNC No Strings Attached
5-13-2012 11,125,000
11.13m (2000)
3. NORAH JONES Come Away With Me
8-5-2012 10,855,000
10.85m (2002)
4. EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP
8-5-2012 10,625,000
10.62m (2000)
5. EMINEM The Eminem Show
8-5-2012 10,093,000
10.09m (2002)
6. USHER Confessions
8-5-2012 10,013,000
10.01m (2004)
7. LINKIN PARK Hybrid Theory
8-5-2012 9,996,000
9.99m (2000)
8. ADELE 21
8-5-2012 9,660,000
9.66m (2011)
9. CREED Human Clay
8-5-2012 11,599,000 {2,056,000}
9.54m (1999)
10. BRITNEY SPEARS Oops!...I Did It Again
5-13-2012 9,194,000
9.20m (2000)
11. NELLY Country Grammar
1-30-2011 8,489,000
8.52m (2000)
12. 50 CENT Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
8-5-2012 8.130,000
8.13m (2003)
13. SOUNDTRACK O Brother, Where Art Thou?
8-5-2012 7,738,000
7.74m (2001)
14. EVANESCENCE Fallen
8-5-2012 7,661,000
7.66m (2003)
15. NICKELBACK All The Right Reasons
8-5-2012 7,624,000
7.62m (2005)
16. CARRIE UNDERWOOD Some Hearts
8-5-2012 7,224,000
7.22m (2005)
17. SANTANA Supernatural
7-1-2012 11,730,000 {4,733,000}
7.00m (1999)
18. ENYA A Day Without Rain
11-29-2009 6,926,000
6.99m (2001)
19. SHAGGY Hot Shot
11-29-2009 6,800,000
6.82m (2000)
20. AVRIL LAVIGNE Let Go
10-09-2011 6,788,000
6.82m (2002)
21. LIMP BIZKIT Chocolate Starfish…
11-29-2009 6,703,000
6.76m (2000)
22. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless
8-5-2012 6,581,000
6.58m (2008)
23. NELLY Nellyville
3-11-2012 6,488,000
6.49m (2002)
24. CREED Weathered
8-5-2012 6,413,000
6.41m (2001)
25. ALICIA KEYS Songs In A Minor
8-14-2011 6,265,000
6.29m (2001)
26. KELLY CLARKSON Breakaway
4-8-2012 6,225,000
6.24m (2004)
27. TIM McGRAW Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 6,217,000
6.22m (2000)
28. GREEN DAY American Idiot
4-15-2012 6,061,000
6.08m (2004)
29. DIXIE CHICKS Home
3-11-2012 6,041,000
6.05m (2002)
30. JOSH GROBAN Closer
3-11-2012 5,960,000
5.98m (2003)
31. MARIAH CAREY The Emancipation Of Mimi
3-11-2012 5,964,000
5.97m (2005)
32. LINKIN PARK Meteora
8-5-2012 5,955,000
5.96m (2003)
33. OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3-11-2012 5,702,000
5.71m (2003)
34. DIXIE CHICKS Fly
11-29-2009 8,313,000 {2,673,000}
5.67m (1999)
35. DR DRE 2001
8-5-2012 7,579,000 {1,912,000}
5.67m (1999)
36. STAIND Break The Cycle
11-29-2009 5,593,000
5.67m (2001)
37. 3 DOORS DOWN The Better Life
11-29-2009 5,563,000
5.60m (2000)
38. NICKELBACK Silver Side Up
4-10-2011 5,528,000
5.60m (2001)
39. P!NK M!ssundazstood
5-22-2011 5,531,000
5.58m (2001)
40. JOSH GROBAN Noel
8-5-2012 5,447,000
5.45m (2007)
41. BACKSTREET BOYS Black & Blue
5-13-2012 5,435,000
5.44m (2000)
42. SHANIA TWAIN Up!
5-13-2012 5,410,000
5.41m (2002)
43. GUNS N'ROSES Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 5,319,000
5.32m (2004)
44. EMINEM Encore
3-11-2012 5,282,000
5.30m (2004)
45. 50 CENT The Massacre
3-11-2012 5,286,000
5.29m (2005)
46. RASCAL FLATTS Feels Like Today
3-11-2012 5,230,000
5.24m (2004)
47. TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift
8-5-2012 5,225,000
5.22m (2006)
48. KID ROCK Cocky
5-13-2012 5,190,000
5.20m (2001)
49. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend
8-5-2012 11,077,000 {5,903,000}
5.17m (1984)
50. FAITH HILL Breathe
5-22-2011 6,524,000 {1,425,000}
5.14m (1999)
51. JOSH GROBAN Josh Groban
11-29-2009 5,047,000
5.11m (2001)
52. CELINE DION All The Way…A Decade Of Song
9-11-2011 7,968,000 {2,885,000}
5.11m (1999)
53. RASCAL FLATTS Me And My Gang
3-11-2012 4,918,000
4.93m (2006)
54. PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon
8-5-2012 9,360,000 {4,436,000}
4.92m (1973)
55. KID ROCK Devil Without A Cause
5-13-2012 9,217,000 {4,310,000}
4.91m (1998)
56. 'NSYNC Celebrity
5-13-2012 4,912,000
4.91m (2001)
57. DAUGHTRY Daughtry
3-25-2012 4,876,000
4.90m (2006)
58. SOUNDTRACK 8 Mile
8-5-2012 4,875,000
4.87m (2002)
59. SOUNDTRACK High School Musical
3-11-2012 4,867,000
4.87m (2006)
60. MAROON 5 Songs About Jane
8-5-2012 4,848,000
4.85m (2003)
61. COLDPLAY A Rush Of Blood To The Head
8-5-2012 4,845,000
4.85m (2002)
62. BEYONCE Dangerously In Love
3-25-2012 4,825,000
4.83m (2003)
63. ELVIS PRESLEY E1vis: 30 #1 Hits
3-11-2012 4,805,000
4.82m (2002)
64. MICHAEL JACKSON Number Ones
8-5-2012 4,808,000
4.81m (2003)
65. VARIOUS Now That's What I Call Music 5
11-29-2009 4,789,000
4.79m (2000)
66. BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 9,201,000 {4,426,000}
4.77m (1994)
67. USHER 8701
4-30-2007 4,600,000
4.68m (2001)
68. LENNY KRAVITZ Greatest Hits
6-17-2012 4,678,000
4.68m (2000)
69. DESTINY'S CHILD The Writing's On The Wall
10-5-2008 6,258,000 {1,645,000}
4.66m (1999)
70. ALICIA KEYS The Diary Of Alicia Keys
3-11-2012 4,650,000
4.66m (2003)
71. NORAH JONES Feels Like Home
5-13-2012 4,632,000
4.63m (2004)
72. GRETCHEN WILSON Here For The Party
3-11-2012 4,594,000
4.60m (2004)
73. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera
5-22-2011 8,214,000 {3,663,000}
4.56m (1999)
74. TOBY KEITH Shock'N Y'All
5-24-2009 4,420,000
4.48m (2003)
75. LADY GAGA The Fame
8-5-2012 4,458,000
4.46m (2009)
76. U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind
7-23-2006 4,283,000
4.44m (2000)
77. JOHN MAYER Room For Squares
8-22-2010 4,358,000
4.41m (2001)
78. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Futuresex/Love Sounds
6-24-2012 4,374,000
4.38m (2006)
79. DESTINY'S CHILD Survivor
12-30-2007 4,300,000
4.36m (2001)
80. BRITNEY SPEARS Britney
5-13-2012 4,346,000
4.35m (2001)
81. CHRISTINA AGUILERA Stripped
5-22-2011 4,284,000
4.32m (2002)
82. EMINEM Recovery
8-5-2012 4,302,000
4.30m (2010)
83. BLACK EYED PEAS Monkey Business
3-6-2011 4,272,000
4.30m (2005)
84. DISTURBED The Sickness
4-24-2011 4,230,000
4.29m (2000)
85. SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity
8-5-2012 4,267,000
4.27m (2001)
86. DIDO No Angel
11-9-2008 4,200,000
4.25m (2000)
87. TOBY KEITH Unleashed
7-18-2004 4,076,000
4.20m (2002)
88. SHERYL CROW The Very Best Of
9-7-2008 4,102,000
4.17m (2003)
89. JOURNEY Greatest Hits
8-5-2012 8,149,000 {3,978,000}
4.17m (1988)
90. SOUNDTRACK Coyote Ugly
8-5-2012 4,168,000
4.17m (2000)
91. SHANIA TWAIN Greatest Hits
7-15-2012 4,169,000
4.17m (2004)
92. KENNY CHESNEY When The Sun Goes Down
5-24-2009 4,111,000
4.16m (2004)
93. KENNY CHESNEY Greatest Hits
6/5/2011 4,113,000
4.15m (2000)
94. TAYLOR SWIFT Speak Now
8-5-2012 4,143,000
4.14m (2010)
95. OUTKAST Stankonia
9-18-2005 4,025,000
4.11m (2000)
96. METALLICA Metallica
7-29-2012 15,806,000 {11,716,000}
4.09m (1991)
97. SUSAN BOYLE I Dreamed A Dream
12/11/2011 4,040,000
4.06m (2009)
98. TIM McGRAW Live Like You Were Dying
6-5-2011 3,980,000
4.02m (2004)
99. KENNY CHESNEY No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
5-28-2006 3,816,000
4.00m (2002)
100. GWEN STEFANI Love Angel Music Baby
5-22-2011 3,987,000
4.00m (2004)
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eminem slaying with four albums  , and can adele pass the beatles eventually  and become the best selling album of the 21th century.
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Eminem  
Usher, Kelly, Taylor, Xtina, Beyoncé, Carrie, P!nk and BEP
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not you only highlighting your faves. 
Britney cracking the top 10.
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Posts: 36,557
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Evanescence and Avril Lavigne in the top 20
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Taylor with 3 albums
Let Go 
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16. CARRIE UNDERWOOD Some Hearts
8-5-2012 7,224,000
7.22m (2005)
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2. 'NSYNC No Strings Attached
5-13-2012 11,125,000
11.13m (2000)
and to think almost a fifth of those sales came in the first week alone
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My Two Kings in the top 10
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75. LADY GAGA The Fame
8-5-2012 4,458,000
4.46m ( 2009)
No other album but 21 sold more after 2009
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10. BRITNEY SPEARS Oops!...I Did It Again
5-13-2012 9,194,000
9.20m (2000)
80. BRITNEY SPEARS Britney
5-13-2012 4,346,000
4.35m (2001)
Queen Britney!!
Eminem is really the KING he is so Massive 
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Posts: 10,659
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Bey
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Beyonce making it in 3 times.
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My fave with 2 albums on the list 
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Carrie in the top 20
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39. P!NK M!ssundazstood
5-22-2011 5,531,000
5.58m (2001)
And Queen Taylor slaying as usual 
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Originally posted by electroheart
not you only highlighting your faves.
Britney cracking the top 10. |
I love britney , it's just eminem having 4 albums on the list at different time zones is pretty massive and adele might even end up as the biggest album of the 21 century in the US.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers.
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22. TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless
8-5-2012 6,581,000
6.58m (2008)
47. TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift
8-5-2012 5,225,000
5.22m (2006)
94. TAYLOR SWIFT Speak Now
8-5-2012 4,143,000
4.14m (2010)
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33. OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3-11-2012 5,702,000
5.71m (2003)
95. OUTKAST Stankonia
9-18-2005 4,025,000
4.11m (2000)
Kings
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Taylor 3 times
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