List of best-selling albums by year in the United States

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Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to garner the best-selling album of the year eight times. Swift is also the only artist to have the annual top-selling album in three separate decades (2000s, 2010s and 2020s in her case). Taylor Swift Red Tour 5, 2013.jpg
Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to garner the best-selling album of the year eight times. Swift is also the only artist to have the annual top-selling album in three separate decades (2000s, 2010s and 2020s in her case).

This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album sales. Until 1991, the Billboard album chart was based on a survey of representative retail outlets that determined a ranking, not a tally of actual sales. Weekly surveys and year-end charts by Billboard and other publications such as now defunct Cash Box magazine sometimes differed. For instance, during the 1960s and 1970s, the number-one album as determined by these two publications differed in 10 out of 20 years. From 1992 onwards, the Billboard year-end and weekly charts were calculated by Nielsen SoundScan. Note that this slightly differs from prior Billboard year-end album charts, which were a measure of chart performances over twelve months from around December to November (cutoff determined by Billboard's publication schedule) rather than actual total sales. In addition, certain additions post-2015 may differ from best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era, which includes album-equivalent units by means of streaming. [2]

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Harry Belafonte's Calypso (1956) was the first record to be recognized as a year's top-selling album by Billboard, when it started tracking sales figures. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the first and only artist to have eight of their albums become best-selling records of their respective years. She accomplished it with Fearless (2009), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Midnights (2022), 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023) and The Tortured Poets Department (2024). American acts Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Eminem, and British acts Elton John and Adele, have had two of their albums be the top-sellers in two separate years. American singer Michael Jackson's 1982 Thriller became the best-selling record in the country for two consecutive years in the 1980s. Other albums to achieve the same accomplishment included the My Fair Lady Original Cast Recording from the hit 1956 Broadway production between 1957 and 1958, the original soundtrack of West Side Story between 1962 and 1963, and Adele's 21 between 2011 and 2012. The Spice Girls are the only female group to appear on the list. Their debut album "Spice" was the best-selling album of 1997.

1950s

Harry Belafonte's Calypso was labeled the US's top-selling record of 1956. Harry Belafonte singing 1954.jpg
Harry Belafonte's Calypso was labeled the US's top-selling record of 1956.
Year [I] Artist(s)NationalityAlbumRef.
1951 Yma Sumac Flag of Peru.svg Peru Voice of the Xtabay [3]
1956 Harry Belafonte Flag of the United States.svg United States Calypso [4]
1957Original Broadway Cast My Fair Lady [5]
1958 [6]
1959 Henry Mancini Music from Peter Gunn [7]

1960s

West Side Story's soundtrack was the best-selling album for two consecutive years. George Chakiris in West Side Story.jpg
West Side Story's soundtrack was the best-selling album for two consecutive years.
YearArtist(s)NationalityAlbumRef.
1960Original Broadway Cast– The Sound of Music [8]
1961 Camelot [9]
1962Soundtrack West Side Story [10]
1963 [11]
1964Original Broadway Cast Hello, Dolly! [12]
1965Soundtrack Mary Poppins [13]
1966 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Flag of the United States.svg United States Whipped Cream & Other Delights [14]
1967 The Monkees More of The Monkees [15]
1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? [16]
1969 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [17]

1970s

Two of Elton John's albums each became the best-selling record in the 1970s. Elton John in Norway 4.jpg
Two of Elton John's albums each became the best-selling record in the 1970s.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumRef.
1970 Simon and Garfunkel Flag of the United States.svg United States Bridge over Troubled Water [18]
1971Various Artists– Jesus Christ Superstar [19]
1972 Neil Young Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Harvest [20]
1973 War Flag of the United States.svg United States The World Is a Ghetto [21]
1974 Elton John Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [22]
1975 Elton John's Greatest Hits [23]
1976 Peter Frampton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom / Flag of the United States.svg United States Frampton Comes Alive [24]
1977 Fleetwood Mac Rumours [25]
1978Soundtrack / Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever [26]
1979 Billy Joel Flag of the United States.svg United States 52nd Street [27]

1980s

Michael Jackson's Thriller was the best-selling album for two years in a row. Michael Jackson 1984.jpg
Michael Jackson's Thriller was the best-selling album for two years in a row.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumRef.
1980 Pink Floyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The Wall [28]
1981 REO Speedwagon Flag of the United States.svg United States Hi Infidelity [29]
1982 Asia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Asia [30]
1983 Michael Jackson Flag of the United States.svg United States Thriller [31]
1984 [32]
1985 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. [33]
1986 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston [34]
1987 Michael Jackson Bad [35]
1988 George Michael Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Faith [36]
1989 Bobby Brown Flag of the United States.svg United States Don't Be Cruel [37]

1990s

Whitney Houston had the best-selling albums of 1986 and 1993, with her self-titled debut studio album and the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, respectively. Flickr Whitney Houston performing on GMA 2009 2.jpg
Whitney Houston had the best-selling albums of 1986 and 1993, with her self-titled debut studio album and the soundtrack of The Bodyguard, respectively.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumSalesRef.
1990
 Janet Jackson Flag of the United States.svg United States Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 [38]
1991
 Garth Brooks Ropin' the Wind [note 2] 4,000,000 [39]
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey [note 3] 3,380,000 [40]
1992 Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All 4,832,000 [41]
1993 Whitney Houston (Soundtrack)– The Bodyguard 5,460,000 [42]
1994 Elton John (Soundtrack)– The Lion King 4,934,000 [43]
1995 Hootie & the Blowfish Flag of the United States.svg United States Cracked Rear View 7,020,000 [44] [45]
1996 Alanis Morissette Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Jagged Little Pill 7,380,000 [46]
1997 Spice Girls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Spice 5,302,000 [47]
1998 James Horner / Soundtrack– Titanic 9,338,000 [46]
1999 Backstreet Boys Flag of the United States.svg United States Millennium 9,445,732 [48]

2000s

Eminem is the only rapper to have achieved the best-seller of the year twice; The Eminem Show and Recovery were the best-selling albums of 2002 and 2010, respectively. EMINEM rapping Anger management tour 2003 (cropped).jpg
Eminem is the only rapper to have achieved the best-seller of the year twice; The Eminem Show and Recovery were the best-selling albums of 2002 and 2010, respectively.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumSalesRef.
2000 NSYNC Flag of the United States.svg United States No Strings Attached 9,936,000 [46]
2001 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 4,813,000 [46]
2002 Eminem The Eminem Show 7,608,000 [49]
2003 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' 6,536,000 [50]
2004 Usher Confessions 7,979,000 [51]
2005 Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi 4,969,000 [52]
2006Various artists– High School Musical 3,719,000 [53]
2007 Josh Groban Flag of the United States.svg United States Noël 3,699,000 [54]
2008 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 2,874,000 [55]
2009 Taylor Swift Fearless 3,217,000 [56]

2010s

Adele's 21, 25, and 30 were the best-selling albums of 2011-2012, 2015, and 2021, respectively. Adele 'Adele Live 2016' - Nashville DSC04835 (29779566433).jpg
Adele's 21 , 25, and 30 were the best-selling albums of 2011-2012, 2015, and 2021, respectively.
Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumSalesRef.
2010 Eminem Flag of the United States.svg United States Recovery 3,415,000 [57]
2011 Adele Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 21 5,824,000 [58]
20124,410,000 [59]
2013 Justin Timberlake Flag of the United States.svg United States The 20/20 Experience 2,430,000 [60]
2014 Taylor Swift 1989 3,661,000 [61]
2015 Adele Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 25 7,441,000 [62]
2016 Drake Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Views 4,140,000 [63]
2017 Taylor Swift Flag of the United States.svg United States Reputation 1,903,000 [64]
2018 Various artists N/A The Greatest Showman 1,491,000 [65]
2019 Taylor Swift Flag of the United States.svg United States Lover 1,085,000 [66]

2020s

Year [I] Performing artist(s)NationalityAlbumSalesRef.
2020 Taylor Swift Flag of the United States.svg United States Folklore 1,276,000 [67]
2021 Adele Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 30 1,464,000 [68]
2022 Taylor Swift Flag of the United States.svg United States Midnights 1,818,000
[1]
2023 1989 (Taylor's Version) 1,975,000

Notes

  1. ↑ Annual album sales data have been revealed by Billboard since after 1992.
  2. ↑ Ropin' the Wind was the best-selling album of 1991 according to a 1992 article by the Los Angeles Times .
  3. ↑ Mariah Carey was the best-selling album of 1991 according to a 2019 article by The Independent .

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about music that year.

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