Based on total of album sales within each year in the Unites States.
#1 albums of the decade:
2000: NSYNC: No Strings Attached
2001: Linkin Park - Hybird Theory
2002: Eminem - The Eminem Show
2003: 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2004: Usher - Confessions
2005: Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
2006: High School Musical Soundtrack
2007: Josh Groban - Noel
How did this happen?
2008: Lil Wayne - The Carter III
2009 -- SO FAR:
1 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT 1,077,364
2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON U2 882,296
3 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK 826,012
4 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 816,726
5 DARK HORSE NICKELBACK 745,044
6 I AM…SASHA FIERCE BEYONCE 696,829
7 THE FAME LADY GAGA 665,736
8 UNSTOPPABLE RASCAL FLATTS 636,887
9 ALL I EVER WANTED KELLY CLARKSON 550,236
10 INTUITION JAMIE FOXX 535,454
11 THE FRAY THE FRAY 530,675
12 WORKING ON A DREAM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 529,277
13 808S & HEARTBREAK KANYE WEST 493,179
14 NOW 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS 475,937
15 CIRCUS BRITNEY SPEARS 429,523
16 A DIFFERENT ME KEYSHIA COLE 414,990
17 PAPER TRAIL T.I. 401,196
18 FUNHOUSE PINK 369,317
19 ONLY BY THE NIGHT KINGS OF LEON 361,869
20 LOVE VS MONEY THE-DREAM 358,988
21 WE SING. WE DANCE. WE STEAL THINGS. JASON MRAZ 356,245
22 NOW 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS 344,271
23 DEFYING GRAVITY KEITH URBAN 334,653
24 LOTUSFLOW3R/MPLSOUND/ELIXIR PRINCE/BRIAN VALENTE 316,144
What is
this???
25 FREEDOM AKON 314,701
26 DAVID COOK DAVID COOK 312,370
27 VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS COLDPLAY 310,006
28 19 ADELE 299,230
29 THE FOUNDATION ZAC BROWN BAND 298,446
30 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE SOUNDTRACK 294,211
31 LOVE ON THE INSIDE SUGARLAND 278,255
32 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 278,004
33 LEARN TO LIVE DARIUS RUCKER 272,474
34 THA CARTER III LIL' WAYNE 269,219
35 YEAR OF THE GENTLEMEN NE-YO 268,395
36 MAMMA MIA! SOUNDTRACK 265,594
37 ROCK N ROLL JESUS KID ROCK 262,546
38 IN A PERFECT WORLD… KERI HILSON 258,728
39 CARNIVAL RIDE CARRIE UNDERWOOD 255,312
40 ONE OF THE BOYS KATY PERRY 249,900
41 THE LAST KISS JADAKISS 246,127
42 DEEPER THAN RAP RICK ROSS 243,980
43 QUIET NIGHTS DIANA KRALL 242,389
44 WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS 233,056
45 TESTIMONY VOL. 2: LOVE & POLIITICS INDIA.AIRE 226,479
46 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD RIHANNA 223,981
47 RAISING SAND ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUSS 222,248
48 WIDE OPEN JASON ALDEAN 220,735
49 SCARS & SOUVENIRS THEOIRY OF A DEADMAN 212,039
50 SWAN SONGS HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD 208,034
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Source: Soundscan
