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==Best-selling top independent albums by year==
==Best-selling top independent albums by year==
Since 2002, Billboard.biz has annually published an end-of-year list of the top fifty best selling independent albums. ''Billboard'' also independently announced the highest selling album for 2001. [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] have topped this chart three times since its inception, twice with their 2002 album ''[[Kings of Crunk]]''.
Since 2002, Billboard.biz has annually published an end-of-year list of the top fifty best selling independent albums. ''Billboard'' also independently announced the highest selling album for 2001. [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] have topped this chart three times since its inception, twice with their 2002 album ''[[Kings of Crunk]]''.
*[[2001 in music|2001]]: [[Baha Men]] - ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (album)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]''<ref name="baha billboard"/>
*2001 (see [[2001 in music]]): [[Baha Men]] - ''[[Who Let the Dogs Out (album)|Who Let the Dogs Out]]''<ref name="baha billboard"/>
*[[2002 in music|2002]]: [[Mannheim Steamroller]] - ''[[Christmas Extraordinaire]]''<ref name="year end 2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2002/indtitl.jsp|title=2002 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2002-12-28|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2002 (see [[2002 in music]]): [[Mannheim Steamroller]] - ''[[Christmas Extraordinaire]]''<ref name="year end 2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2002/independent-albums|title=2002 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2002-12-28|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2003 in music|2003]]: [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] - ''[[Kings of Crunk]]''<ref name="year end 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2003/indtitl.jsp|title=2003 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2002-12-27|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2003 (see [[2003 in music]]): [[Lil Jon|Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]] - ''[[Kings of Crunk]]''<ref name="year end 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2003/independent-albums|title=2003 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2002-12-27|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2004 in music|2004]]: Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - ''Kings of Crunk''<ref name="year end 2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2004/indtitl.jsp|title=2004 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2002-12-25|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2004 (see [[2004 in music]]): Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - ''Kings of Crunk''<ref name="year end 2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2004/independent-albums|title=2004 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2002-12-25|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2005 in music|2005]]: Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - ''[[Crunk Juice]]''<ref name="year end 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2005/indtitl.jsp|title=2005 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2002-11-26|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2005 (see [[2005 in music]]): Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - ''[[Crunk Juice]]''<ref name="year end 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2005/independent-albums|title=2005 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2002-11-26|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2006 in music|2006]]: [[Little Big Town]] - ''[[The Road to Here]]''<ref name="year end 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/chart_display.jsp?f=Top+Independent+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums|title=2006 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2006|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2006 (see [[2006 in music]]): [[Little Big Town]] - ''[[The Road to Here]]''<ref name="year end 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/independent-albums|title=2006 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2006|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2007 in music|2007]]: Various Artists - ''[[Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)|Hairspray]]''<ref name="year end 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/chart_display.jsp?f=Top+Independent+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums|title=2007 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2007|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2007 (see [[2007 in music]]): Various Artists - ''[[Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)|Hairspray]]''<ref name="year end 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/independent-albums|title=2007 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2007|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2008 in music|2008]]: [[The Eagles]] - ''[[Long Road out of Eden]]''<ref name="year end 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/chart_display.jsp?f=Top+Independent+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums|title=2008 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2008|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2008 (see [[2008 in music]]): [[The Eagles]] - ''[[Long Road out of Eden]]''<ref name="year end 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/independent-albums|title=2008 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2008|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*[[2009 in music|2009]]: [[Jason Aldean]] - ''[[Wide Open (Jason Aldean album)|Wide Open]]''<ref name="year end 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/chart_display.jsp?f=Top+Independent+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums|title=2009 Year End Charts - Top Independent Albums Titles|date=2009|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2009 (see [[2009 in music]]): [[Jason Aldean]] - ''[[Wide Open (Jason Aldean album)|Wide Open]]''<ref name="year end 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2009/independent-albums|title=2009 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2009|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>
*2010 (see [[2010 in American music]]): Jason Aldean - ''Wide Open''<ref name="year end 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2010/independent-albums|title=2010 Year End Charts - Independent Albums|date=2010|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:04, 31 January 2011

This article is about the Billboard record chart. For information on albums which have been released independently, see independent music.

The Billboard Independent Albums (also titled Billboard Top Independent Albums) is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine.[1] It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels. Rankings are compiled by point-of-purchase sales obtained by Nielsen, and from legal music downloads from a variety of online music stores. The chart began in the week of December 2, 2000.[2]

The top 25 positions are currently published through the Billboard website, with further chart positions available through a paid subscription to Billboard.biz.[1] As with all Billboard charts, albums appearing on the Independent chart may also concurrently appear on the Billboard 200, the main chart published based solely on sales, as well as any of the other Billboard chart. In addition, exclusive album titles which are only sold through individual retail sites may also be included in the chart, following a revised chart policy announced on November 7, 2007.[3]

The chart's first number one was Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men,[2] which went on to top the year-end chart for 2001.[4]

Best-selling top independent albums by year

Since 2002, Billboard.biz has annually published an end-of-year list of the top fifty best selling independent albums. Billboard also independently announced the highest selling album for 2001. Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz have topped this chart three times since its inception, twice with their 2002 album Kings of Crunk.

References

  1. ^ a b "Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-02-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Week of December 02, 2000 - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2000-12-02. Retrieved 2010-02-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Revised Chart Policy Lands Eagles At No. 1". Billboard. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2010-02-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Baha Men 'Move' To Follow 'Dogs'". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-01-26. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "2002 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "2003 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2002-12-27. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "2004 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2002-12-25. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "2005 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2002-11-26. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "2006 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "2007 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "2008 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "2009 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "2010 Year End Charts - Independent Albums". Billboard. 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-31. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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