Vivendi, known for publishing sales figures from the Universal Music Group annually, have published the 2013 numbers of the top 10 best selling albums, which can be found below. Numbers are in millions
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Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 3,8
Katy Perry - Prism 2,9
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions 2,4
Lady GaGa - Artpop 2,3
Drake - Nothing Was The Same 2,1
Luke Bryan - Crash My Party 1,8
Stromae - Racine Carrée 1,8
Robbie Williams - Swing Both Ways 1,6
Justin Bieber - Believe 1,6
Lorde - Pure Heroine 1,5
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Source:
http://www.vivendi.com/wp-content/up...rcice_2013.pdf page 22
Yes, it's SALES, not shipments: "ventes d'albums et de DVD" (p22)
ARTPOP has sold 2.3 million between 11 November 2013 and 31 December 2013, which is on par with Rihanna's Unapologetic if you look at the list of 2012 which is also on page 22