Best-selling albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began

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This is a Top ten best-selling albums of sound scan era in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991. The list of albums sales are between 1991 to 2008 (see below):

Contents

[edit] Best Sellers (Overall)

[edit] 1991-2008 list[1]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 15,473,000
  2. Metallica / Metallica ~ 15,319,000
  3. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,607,000
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,104,000
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,805,000
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,673,000
  7. Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,525,000
  8. Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 11,345,000
  9. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 11,109,000
  10. Falling into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,768,000

[edit] 1991-2007 list[2]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 15,449,000
  2. Metallica / Metallica ~ 15,077,000
  3. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,557,000
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,099,000
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,798,000
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,643,000
  7. Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,504,000
  8. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 11,104,000
  9. Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 11,097,000
  10. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,777,000

[edit] 1991-2006 list[3][4]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 15,408,533
  2. Metallica / Metallica ~ 14,819,905
  3. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,513,313
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,091,491
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,789,552
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,588,453
  7. Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,483,557
  8. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 11,099,051
  9. Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 10,821,222
  10. Falling Into You / Celine Dion - 10,768,000

[edit] 1991-2003 list[5]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,896,911
  2. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,200,822
  3. Metallica / Metallica ~ 13,803,308
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,056,675
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,741,779
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,333,627
  7. Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,291,067
  8. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 11,069,789
  9. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,614,005
  10. ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,472,878

[edit] 1991-2002 list[6]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,490,470
  2. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 14,084,425
  3. Metallica / Metallica ~ 13,332,320
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 12,030,804
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,714,440
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 11,165,842
  7. Human Clay / Creed ~ 11,078,203
  8. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 11,023,057
  9. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,525,873
  10. ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,416,070

[edit] 1991-2001 list[7]

  1. Come on Over / Shania Twain ~ 14,147,017
  2. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,890,054
  3. Metallica / Metallica ~ 12,981,888
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 11,971,132
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,689,093
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 10,961,112
  7. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 10,891,514
  8. Human Clay / Creed ~ 10,490,972
  9. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,438,190
  10. ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 10,269,049

[edit] 1991-2000 list[8]

  1. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,729,828
  2. Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 13,652,045
  3. Metallica / Metallica ~ 12,441,854
  4. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 11,705,375
  5. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,655,923
  6. Supernatural / Santana ~ 10,590,413
  7. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,357,969
  8. ...Baby One More Time / Britney Spears ~ 9,981,434
  9. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 9,936,104
  10. Titanic / Soundtrack ~ 9,897,900

[edit] 1991-1999 list[9]

  1. Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette ~ 13,542,393
  2. Come On Over / Shania Twain ~ 12,110,660
  3. Metallica / Metallica ~ 11,715,533
  4. The Bodyguard / Soundtrack ~ 11,605,690
  5. Falling Into You / Celine Dion ~ 10,224,282
  6. Cracked Rear View / Hootie & the Blowfish ~ 9,817,666
  7. Titanic / Soundtrack ~ 9,806,175
  8. Millennium / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,445,732
  9. Ropin' the Wind / Garth Brooks ~ 9,370,863
  10. Backstreet Boys / Backstreet Boys ~ 9,258,265

[edit] Annual Best Sellers

[edit] Best Selling Albums 1998[10]

  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

[edit] Best Selling Albums 1999[11]

  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

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2000[12]

  1. No Strings Attached / 'N Sync ~ 9,936,104
  2. The Marshall Mathers LP / Eminem ~ 7,921,107
  3. Oops!... I Did It Again / Britney Spears ~ 7,893,544
  4. Human Clay / Creed ~ 6,587,834
  5. Supernatural / Santana ~ 5,857,824
  6. Beatles 1 / The Beatles ~ 5,068,300
  7. Country Grammar / Nelly ~ 5,067,529
  8. Black & Blue / Backstreet Boys ~ 4,289,865
  9. 2001 / Dr Dre ~ 3,992,311
  10. The Writing's on the Wall / Destiny's Child ~ 3,802,165

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2001[13]

  1. Hybrid Theory / Linkin Park ~ 4,812,852
  2. Hot Shot / Shaggy ~ 4,507,568
  3. Celebrity / 'N Sync ~ 4,421,231
  4. A 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. O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Soundtrack ~ 3,460,852
  10. Now That's What I Call Music! 6 / Various ~ 3,133,462

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2002[14]

  1. The Eminem Show / Eminem ~ 7,807,925
  2. Nellyville / Nelly ~ 4,916,073
  3. Let Go / Avril Lavigne ~ 4,121,396
  4. Home / Dixie Chicks ~ 3,690,413
  5. 8 Mile / Eminem ~ 3,498,497
  6. Missundaztood / Pink ~ 3,144,947
  7. Ashanti / Ashanti ~ 3,099,216
  8. Drive / Alan Jackson ~ 3,054,736
  9. Up! / Shania Twain ~ 2,909,499
  10. O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Soundtrack ~ 2,736,049

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2003[15]

  1. Get Rich or Die Tryin' / 50 Cent ~ 6,535,809
  2. Come Away with Me / Norah Jones ~ 5,137,468
  3. Meteora / Linkin Park ~ 3,478,361
  4. Fallen / Evanescence ~ 3,364,738
  5. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below / Outkast ~ 3,089,849
  6. Dangerously in Love / Beyoncé ~ 2,527,485
  7. Chocolate Factory / R. Kelly ~ 2,439,536
  8. Metamorphosis / Hilary Duff ~ 2,405,544
  9. Shock'n Y'all / Toby Keith ~ 2,324,437
  10. A Rush of Blood to the Head / Coldplay ~ 2,183,997

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2004[16]

  1. Confessions / Usher ~ 7,978,594
  2. Encore / Eminem ~ 3,917,097
  3. Feels like Home / Norah Jones ~ 3,842,920
  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 / Evanescence ~ 2,614,226
  9. Autobiography / Ashlee Simpson ~ 2,576,945
  10. Now That's What I Call Music! 16 / Various ~ 2,560,316

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2005[17]

  1. The Emancipation of Mimi / Mariah Carey ~ 4,968,606
  2. The Massacre / 50 Cent ~ 4,852,744
  3. Breakaway / Kelly Clarkson ~ 3,496,192
  4. American Idiot / Green Day ~ 3,360,394
  5. Monkey Business / Black Eyed Peas ~ 3,037,251
  6. X&Y / Coldplay ~ 2,615,280
  7. Feels Like Today / Rascal Flatts ~ 2,511,209
  8. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. / Gwen Stefani ~ 2,505,390
  9. Late Registration / Kanye West ~ 2,413,580
  10. The Documentary / The Game ~ 2,275,646

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2006[18]

  1. High School Musical / Soundtrack ~ 3,719,071
  2. Me and My Gang / Rascal Flatts ~ 3,479,994
  3. Some Hearts / Carrie Underwood ~ 3,015,950
  4. All the Right Reasons / Nickelback ~ 2,688,166
  5. FutureSex/LoveSounds / Justin Timberlake ~ 2,377,127
  6. Back to Bedlam / James Blunt ~ 2,137,142
  7. B'Day / Beyonce ~ 2,010,311
  8. Hannah Montana / Soundtrack ~ 1,987,681
  9. Taking the Long Way / Dixie Chicks ~ 1,856,284
  10. Extreme Behavior / Hinder ~ 1,817,350

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2007[2]

  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/Meet Miley Cyrus / Soundtrack/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 ~ 1,891,918
  10. Graduation / Kanye West ~ 1,817,000

[edit] Best Selling Albums 2008[2]

  1. Tha Carter III / Lil Wayne ~ 2,874,420
  2. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends / Coldplay ~ 2,143,928
  3. Fearless / Taylor Swift ~ 2,112,179
  4. Rock N Roll Jesus / Kid Rock ~ 2,017,905
  5. Black Ice / AC/DC ~ 1,915,172
  6. Taylor Swift / Taylor Swift ~ 1,597,316
  7. Death Magnetic / Metallica ~ 1,565,078
  8. Paper Trail / T.I. ~ 1,522,103
  9. Sleep Through The Static / Jack Johnson ~ 1,492,466
  10. I Am... Sasha Fierce / Beyoncé ~ 1,458,853

[edit] References

Nielsen SoundScan

  1. ^ Soundscan End of Year Report: For all 2008
  2. ^ a b c Reuters Press Release: 2007 U.S. Music Purchases Exceed 1.4 Billion
  3. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/30/2006)
  4. ^ Press Release Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry Report
  5. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/30/2003)
  6. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/22/2002)
  7. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/30/2001)
  8. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/30/2000)
  9. ^ Top Selling Albums of SoundScan Era (1991 – 12/30/1999)
  10. ^ 1998 Year-End Music Industry Report
  11. ^ SoundScan 1999 Year-End Music Industry Report
  12. ^ Audio/Video Revolution: Record Sales Up 4% in 2000 � Despite Napster & MP3.com
  13. ^ Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Best Selling Album In 2001
  14. ^ MTV News:Eminem Sold Most Albums, Nickelback Ruled Radio In '02
  15. ^ Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS 2003 Year End Music Industry Report
  16. ^ CBC News:More music purchases in 2004: Nielsen SoundScan
  17. ^ a Phil Brodie Band Muso Information Page
  18. ^ Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry Report
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