Popular Music View :: By Artist :: By Year

By Year   1957 Presley, Elvis - 'Elvis' Christmas Album' - 9.0 million 9 million   1958 Presley, Elvis - 'Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 1' - 6.0 million 6 million   1964 Beatles, The - 'Meet The Beatles!' - 5.0 million 5 million   1965 Beatles, The - 'Rubber Soul' - 6.0 million 6 million   1966 Beatles, The - 'Revolver' - 5.0 million 5 million   1967 Beatles, The - 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - 11.0 million Cline, Patsy - 'Greatest Hits' - 9.0 million Beatles, The - 'Magical Mystery Tour' - 6.0 million 26 million   1968 Beatles, The - 'The Beatles' - 19.0 million Beatles, The - 'The Beatles [white Album]' - 9.0 million 28 million   1969 Miller, Steve Band - 'Greatest Hits 1974-1978' - 13.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin Ii' - 12.0 million Beatles, The - 'Abbey Road' - 12.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin' - 10.0 million 47 million   1970 Simon & Garfunkel - 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' - 8.0 million Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 'Deja Vu' - 7.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin Iii' - 6.0 million 21 million   1971 Led Zeppelin - 'Led Zeppelin Iv' - 22.0 million Rolling Stones, The - 'Hot Rocks' - 12.0 million King, Carole - 'Tapestry' - 10.0 million Fleetwood Mac - 'Greatest Hits' - 8.0 million 52 million   1972 Simon & Garfunkel - 'Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits' - 14.0 million 14 million   1973 Beatles, The - 'The Beatles 1967 - 1970' - 16.0 million Beatles, The - 'The Beatles 1962 - 1966' - 15.0 million Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side Of The Moon' - 15.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'Houses Of The Holy' - 11.0 million Denver, John - 'John Denver's Greatest Hits' - 9.0 million Doors, The - 'The Best Of The Doors' - 9.0 million Carpenters, The - 'The Singles 1969 - 1973' - 7.0 million John, Elton - 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' - 7.0 million Joplin, Janis - 'Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits' - 7.0 million Presley, Elvis - 'Aloha From Hawaii' - 5.0 million 101 million   1974 John, Elton - 'Greatest Hits' - 16.0 million Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 'So Far' - 6.0 million 22 million   1975 Led Zeppelin - 'Physical Graffiti' - 15.0 million Aerosmith - 'Toys In The Attic' - 8.0 million Fleetwood Mac - 'Fleetwood Mac' - 5.0 million 28 million   1976 Eagles - 'Eagles/their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975' - 28.0 million Boston - 'Boston' - 17.0 million Eagles - 'Hotel California' - 16.0 million Taylor, James - 'James Taylor's Greatest Hits' - 11.0 million Doobie Brothers - 'Best Of The Doobies' - 10.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'The Song Remains The Same' - 8.0 million 90 million   1977 Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours' - 19.0 million Bee Gees - 'Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)' - 15.0 million Meat Loaf - 'Bat Out Of Hell' - 14.0 million Joel, Billy - 'The Stranger' - 10.0 million Browne, Jackson - 'Running On Empty' - 7.0 million Foreigner - 'Foreigner' - 5.0 million 70 million   1978 Van Halen - 'Van Halen' - 10.0 million Boston - 'Don't Look Back' - 7.0 million Foreigner - 'Double Vision' - 7.0 million Joel, Billy - '52nd Street' - 7.0 million 31 million   1979 Pink Floyd - 'The Wall' - 23.0 million Eagles - 'The Long Run' - 7.0 million Jackson, Michael - 'Off The Wall' - 7.0 million Led Zeppelin - 'In Through The Out Door' - 6.0 million Foreigner - 'Head Games' - 5.0 million 48 million   1980 Ac/dc - 'Back In Black' - 19.0 million Rogers, Kenny - 'Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits' - 12.0 million Aerosmith - 'Aerosmith's Greatest Hits' - 10.0 million R.e.o. Speedwagon - 'Hi Infidelity' - 9.0 million Eagles - 'Live' - 7.0 million Joel, Billy - 'Glass Houses' - 7.0 million 64 million   1981 Journey - 'Escape' - 9.0 million Foreigner - '4' - 6.0 million 15 million   1982 Eagles - 'Eagles Greatest Hits Volume Ii' - 11.0 million Clapton, Eric - 'Time Pieces/best Of Eric Clapton' - 7.0 million Foreigner - 'Records' - 7.0 million 25 million   1983 Jackson, Michael - 'Thriller' - 26.0 million Richie, Lionel - 'Can't Slow Down' - 10.0 million Zz Top - 'Eliminator' - 10.0 million Def Leppard - 'Pyromania' - 9.0 million Police, The - 'Synchronicity' - 8.0 million Lewis, Huey & The News - 'Sports' - 7.0 million Joel, Billy - 'An Innocent Man' - 7.0 million Journey - 'Frontiers' - 6.0 million Madonna - 'Madonna' - 5.0 million 88 million   1984 Springsteen, Bruce - 'Born In The U.s.a.' - 15.0 million Prince & The Revolution - 'Purple Rain (soundtrack)' - 13.0 million Van Halen - '1984 (mcmlxxxiv)' - 10.0 million Marley, Bob & The Wailers - 'Legend' - 10.0 million Madonna - 'Like A Virgin' - 10.0 million Metallica - 'Ride The Lightning' - 5.0 million 63 million   1985 Joel, Billy - 'Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume Ii' - 21.0 million Houston, Whitney - 'Whitney Houston' - 13.0 million Collins, Phil - 'No Jacket Required' - 12.0 million Dire Straits - 'Brothers In Arms' - 9.0 million Zz Top - 'Afterburner' - 5.0 million 60 million   1986 Springsteen, Bruce - 'Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Live 1975 - '85' - 13.0 million Bon Jovi - 'Slippery When Wet' - 12.0 million Beastie Boys - 'Licensed To Ill' - 9.0 million Madonna - 'True Blue' - 7.0 million Metallica - 'Master Of Puppets' - 6.0 million Kenny G - 'Duotones' - 5.0 million John, Elton - 'Greatest Hits, Volume Ii' - 5.0 million Van Halen - '5150' - 5.0 million 62 million   1987 Guns 'n Roses - 'Appetite For Destruction' - 15.0 million Def Leppard - 'Hysteria' - 12.0 million U2 - 'The Joshua Tree' - 10.0 million Michael, George - 'Faith' - 10.0 million Houston, Whitney - 'Whitney' - 9.0 million Whitesnake - 'Whitesnake' - 8.0 million Jackson, Michael - 'Bad' - 8.0 million Aerosmith - 'Permanent Vacation' - 5.0 million 77 million   1988 Journey - 'Greatest Hits' - 10.0 million Metallica - 'And Justice For All' - 8.0 million New Kids On The Block - 'Hangin' Tough' - 8.0 million Brown, Bobby - 'Don't Be Cruel' - 7.0 million Bon Jovi - 'New Jersey' - 7.0 million Abdul, Paula - 'Forever Your Girl' - 7.0 million U2 - 'Rattle And Hum' - 5.0 million 52 million   1989 Brooks, Garth - 'Garth Brooks' - 9.0 million Aerosmith - 'Pump' - 7.0 million Bolton, Michael - 'Soul Provider' - 6.0 million Petty, Tom & The Heartbreakers - 'Full Moon Fever' - 5.0 million Guns 'n Roses - 'G 'n R Lies' - 5.0 million 32 million   1990 Brooks, Garth - 'No Fences' - 16.0 million Hammer - 'Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em' - 10.0 million Madonna - 'The Immaculate Collection' - 10.0 million Carey, Mariah - 'Mariah Carey' - 9.0 million 45 million   1991 Metallica - 'Metallica' - 14.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'Ropin' The Wind' - 14.0 million Nirvana - 'Nevermind' - 10.0 million U2 - 'Achtung Baby' - 8.0 million Bolton, Michael - 'Time, Love & Tenderness' - 8.0 million Cole, Natalie - 'Unforgettable With Love Natalie Cole' - 7.0 million Martin, Ricky - 'Ricky Martin' - 7.0 million Guns 'n Roses - 'Use Your Illusion I' - 7.0 million Guns 'n Roses - 'Use Your Illusion Ii' - 7.0 million 82 million   1992 Houston, Whitney - 'The Bodyguard (soundtrack)' - 17.0 million Kenny G - 'Breathless' - 12.0 million Pearl Jam - 'Ten' - 12.0 million Clapton, Eric - 'Unplugged' - 10.0 million Cyrus, Billy Ray - 'Some Gave All' - 9.0 million Stone Temple Pilots - 'Core' - 8.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'The Chase' - 8.0 million Jackson, Michael - 'Dangerous' - 7.0 million Strait, George - 'Pure Country (soundtrack)' - 6.0 million 89 million   1993 Petty, Tom & The Heartbreakers - 'Greatest Hits' - 10.0 million Carey, Mariah - 'Music Box' - 10.0 million Boyz Ii Men - 'Cooleyhighharmony' - 9.0 million Ace Of Base - 'The Sign' - 9.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'In Pieces' - 8.0 million Braxton, Toni - 'Toni Braxton' - 8.0 million Crow, Sheryl - 'Tuesday Night Music Club' - 7.0 million Counting Crows - 'August & Everything After' - 7.0 million Aerosmith - 'Get A Grip' - 7.0 million Pearl Jam - 'Vs.' - 7.0 million Kelly, R. - '12 Play' - 6.0 million Dion, Celine - 'The Colour Of My Love' - 6.0 million Cranberries, The - 'Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We' - 5.0 million Nirvana - 'In Utero' - 5.0 million Joel, Billy - 'River Of Dreams' - 5.0 million 109 million   1994 Soundtrack - 'Forrest Gump' - 12.0 million Boyz Ii Men - 'Ii' - 12.0 million Tlc - 'Crazysexycool' - 11.0 million Green Day - 'Dookie' - 10.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'The Hits' - 10.0 million Kenny G - 'Miracles: The Holiday Album' - 8.0 million Live - 'Throwing Copper' - 8.0 million Cranberries, The - 'No Need To Argue' - 7.0 million Eagles - 'Hell Freezes Over' - 7.0 million Stone Temple Pilots - 'Purple' - 6.0 million Matthews, Dave Band - 'Under The Table And Dreaming' - 6.0 million Carey, Mariah - 'Merry Christmas' - 5.0 million Nirvana - 'Mtv Unplugged In New York' - 5.0 million Pearl Jam - 'Vitalogy' - 5.0 million 112 million   1995 Hootie & The Blowfish - 'Cracked Rear View' - 16.0 million Morissette, Alanis - 'Jagged Little Pill' - 16.0 million Twain, Shania - 'The Woman In Me' - 12.0 million Jewel - 'Pieces Of You' - 11.0 million No Doubt - 'Tragic Kingdom' - 10.0 million Carey, Mariah - 'Daydream' - 10.0 million Smashing Pumpkins - 'Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness' - 9.0 million Strait, George - 'Strait Out Of The Box' - 8.0 million Beatles, The - 'The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1' - 8.0 million Jackson, Michael - 'History: Past, Present & Future Book I' - 7.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'Fresh Horses' - 6.0 million Police, The - 'Every Breath You Take: The Classics' - 5.0 million Kelly, R. - 'R. Kelly' - 5.0 million 123 million   1996 Matchbox Twenty - 'Yourself Or Someone Like You' - 12.0 million 2 Pac - 'All Eyez On Me' - 9.0 million Braxton, Toni - 'Secrets' - 8.0 million Matthews, Dave Band - 'Crash' - 7.0 million Metallica - 'Load' - 5.0 million 41 million   1997 Twain, Shania - 'Come On Over' - 19.0 million Backstreet Boys - 'Backstreet Boys' - 14.0 million John, Elton - 'Candle In The Wind 1997/something.you Look Tonight' - 11.0 million Notorious B.i.g. - 'Life After Death' - 10.0 million Dion, Celine - 'Let's Talk About Love' - 10.0 million Smith, Will - 'Big Willie Style' - 9.0 million Mc Lachlan, Sarah - 'Surfacing' - 8.0 million Brooks, Garth - 'Sevens' - 7.0 million Carey, Mariah - 'Butterfly' - 5.0 million Fleetwood Mac - 'The Dance' - 5.0 million Madonna - 'Evita (soundtrack)' - 5.0 million 103 million   1998 Brooks, Garth - 'Double Live' - 15.0 million Dixie Chicks - 'Wide Open Spaces' - 12.0 million Dion, Celine - 'Falling Into You' - 11.0 million 'n Sync - ''n Sync' - 10.0 million 2 Pac - 'Greatest Hits' - 9.0 million Hill, Lauryn - 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' - 8.0 million Kelly, R. - 'R.' - 8.0 million Hill, Faith - 'Faith' - 6.0 million Carey, Mariah - '#1's' - 5.0 million Metallica - 'Garage Inc.' - 5.0 million 89 million   1999 Santana - 'Supernatural' - 15.0 million Backstreet Boys - 'Millennium' - 13.0 million Spears, Britney - '...baby One More Time' - 13.0 million Creed - 'Human Clay' - 11.0 million Dixie Chicks - 'Fly' - 10.0 million Hill, Faith - 'Breathe' - 8.0 million Aguilera, Christina - 'Christina Aguilera' - 8.0 million Destiny's Child - 'The Writing's On The Wall' - 8.0 million Limp Bizkit - 'Significant Other' - 7.0 million Tlc - 'Fanmail' - 6.0 million Dion, Celine - 'All The Way...a Decade Of Song' - 6.0 million Metallica - 'S&m' - 5.0 million 110 million   2000 'n Sync - 'No Strings Attached' - 11.0 million Eminem - 'The Marshall Mathers Lp' - 9.0 million Spears, Britney - 'Oops!...i Did It Again' - 9.0 million Linkin Park - 'Hybrid Theory' - 8.0 million Nelly - 'Country Grammar' - 8.0 million Backstreet Boys - 'Black & Blue' - 8.0 million Limp Bizkit - 'Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water' - 6.0 million 59 million   2001 'n Sync - 'Celebrity' - 5.0 million 5 million   2002 Twain, Shania - 'Up!' - 10.0 million Jones, Norah - 'Come Away With Me' - 8.0 million Eminem - 'The Eminem Show' - 8.0 million Nelly - 'Nellyville' - 6.0 million 32 million   2003 Outkast - 'Speakerboxxx / The Love Below' - 9.0 million 9 million   unknown Kid Rock - 'Devil Without A Cause' - 11.0 million Soundtrack - 'Dirty Dancing' - 11.0 million Soundtrack - 'Titanic' - 11.0 million Soundtrack - 'The Lion King' - 10.0 million Various - 'Great Band Era' - 9.0 million Soundtrack - 'Top Gun' - 9.0 million Soundtrack - 'Footloose' - 9.0 million Soundtrack - 'Grease' - 8.0 million Vanilla Ice - 'To The Extreme' - 7.0 million Soundtrack - 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' - 7.0 million Soundtrack - 'Waiting To Exhale' - 7.0 million Spice Girls - 'Spice' - 7.0 million Raitt, Bonnie - 'Luck Of The Draw' - 7.0 million Puff Daddy & The Family - 'No Way Out' - 7.0 million Queen - 'Greatest Hits' - 7.0 million Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' - 7.0 million Santana - 'Santana's Greatest Hits' - 7.0 million Savage Garden - 'Savage Garden' - 7.0 million Ronstadt, Linda - 'Greatest Hits' - 7.0 million Seger, Bob/silver Bullet Band - 'Greatest Hits' - 6.0 million Shaggy - 'Hotshot' - 6.0 million Seger, Bob/silver Bullet Band - 'Night Moves' - 6.0 million Rimes, Leann - 'Blue' - 6.0 million Rolling Stones, The - 'Some Girls' - 6.0 million Quiet Riot - 'Metal Health' - 6.0 million Springsteen, Bruce - 'Born To Run' - 6.0 million Soundtrack - 'Space Jam' - 6.0 million Soundtrack - 'Flashdance' - 6.0 million Soundtrack - 'The Big Chill' - 6.0 million Usher - 'My Way' - 6.0 million Third Eye Blind - 'Third Eye Blind' - 6.0 million Wham! - 'Make It Big' - 6.0 million Jackson, Janet - 'Janet' - 6.0 million Jackson, Janet - 'Rhythm Nation 1814' - 6.0 million Inxs - 'Kick' - 6.0 million Jackson, Alan - 'A Lot About Livin' (and A Little 'bout Love)' - 6.0 million Genesis - 'Invisible Touch' - 6.0 million Harrison, George - 'All Things Must Pass' - 6.0 million Henley, Don - 'The End Of The Innocence' - 6.0 million Keys, Alicia - 'Songs In A Minor' - 6.0 million Lauper, Cyndi - 'She's So Unusual' - 6.0 million Lavigne, Avril - 'Let Go' - 6.0 million Men At Work - 'Business As Usual' - 6.0 million Pink Floyd - 'Wish You Were Here' - 6.0 million Motley Crue - 'Dr. Feelgood' - 6.0 million Milli Vanilli - 'Girl You Know It's True' - 6.0 million Offspring - 'Smash' - 6.0 million Ac/dc - 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' - 6.0 million Ac/dc - 'Highway To Hell' - 6.0 million 3 Doors Down - 'The Better Life' - 6.0 million 50 Cent - 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin'' - 6.0 million Abba - 'Gold - Greatest Hits' - 6.0 million Blues Traveler - 'Four' - 6.0 million Buffett, Jimmy - 'Songs You Know By Heart' - 6.0 million Bush - 'Sixteen Stone' - 6.0 million Brooks & Dunn - 'Brand New Man' - 6.0 million Dr. Dre - 'Dr. Dre 2001' - 6.0 million Dixie Chicks - 'Home' - 6.0 million Enya - 'A Day Without Rain' - 6.0 million Etheridge, Melissa - 'Yes I Am' - 6.0 million Frampton, Peter - 'Frampton Comes Alive!' - 6.0 million Fugees - 'The Score' - 6.0 million Cars, The - 'The Cars' - 6.0 million Cars, The - 'The Cars Greatest Hits' - 6.0 million Chapman, Tracy - 'Tracy Chapman' - 6.0 million Chicago - 'Chicago 17' - 6.0 million Creed - 'My Own Prison' - 6.0 million Creed - 'Weathered' - 6.0 million Cross, Christopher - 'Christopher Cross' - 5.0 million Diamond, Neil - 'The Jazz Singer (soundtrack)' - 5.0 million Chicago - 'Chicago Ix - Chicago's Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Chicago - 'Greatest Hits 1982-1989' - 5.0 million Chapman, Tracy - 'New Beginning' - 5.0 million Collins, Phil - 'Face Value' - 5.0 million Carter, Deana - 'Did I Shave My Legs For This?' - 5.0 million Gabriel, Peter - 'So' - 5.0 million Evanescence - 'Fallen' - 5.0 million Enya - 'Shepherd Moons' - 5.0 million Dmx - '...and Then There Was X' - 5.0 million Dylan, Bob - 'Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Dylan, Bob - 'Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume Ii' - 5.0 million Earth, Wind & Fire - 'The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire - Vol. 1' - 5.0 million Brooks & Dunn - 'Hard Workin' Man' - 5.0 million Bread - 'The Best Of Bread' - 5.0 million C&c Music Factory - 'Gonna Make You Sweat' - 5.0 million Black Crowes, The - 'Shake Your Money Maker' - 5.0 million Blink-182 - 'Enema Of The State' - 5.0 million Brandy - 'Never Say Never' - 5.0 million Air Supply - 'Air Supply Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Alabama - 'Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Alabama - 'Mountain Music' - 5.0 million Alabama - 'For The Record - 41 Number One Hits' - 5.0 million Bad Company - 'Bad Company' - 5.0 million Baker, Anita - 'Rapture' - 5.0 million Ac/dc - 'Who Made Who' - 5.0 million Adams, Bryan - 'Reckless' - 5.0 million Adams, Bryan - 'So Far So Good' - 5.0 million Nickelback - 'Silver Side Up' - 5.0 million Monkees, The - 'More Of The Monkees' - 5.0 million Monkees, The - 'The Monkees' - 5.0 million Poison - 'Open Up And Say ... Ahh' - 5.0 million Nelson, Willie - 'Stardust' - 5.0 million Pink - 'M!ssundaztood' - 5.0 million Lynyrd Skynyrd - 'Skynyrd's Innyrds' - 5.0 million Mathis, Johnny - 'Merry Christmas' - 5.0 million Mannheim Steamroller - 'A Fresh Aire Christmas' - 5.0 million Mannheim Steamroller - 'Mannheim Steamroller Christmas' - 5.0 million Merchant, Natalie - 'Tigerlily' - 5.0 million Mc Entire, Reba - 'Greatest Hits, Volume Ii' - 5.0 million Mc Graw, Tim - 'Not A Moment Too Soon' - 5.0 million Meat Loaf - 'Bat Out Of Hell Ii: Back Into Hell' - 5.0 million Mellencamp, John - 'American Fool' - 5.0 million Mellencamp, John - 'Scarecrow' - 5.0 million Korn - 'Follow The Leader' - 5.0 million Judd, Wynonna - 'Wynonna' - 5.0 million Heart - 'Heart' - 5.0 million Gill, Vince - 'I Still Believe In You' - 5.0 million Grant, Amy - 'Heart In Motion' - 5.0 million Jackson, Alan - 'Greatest Hits Collection' - 5.0 million Jackson, Janet - 'Control' - 5.0 million Jay-z - 'Hard Knock Life, Volume 2' - 5.0 million Jennings, Waylon - 'Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Various - 'Now That's What I Call Christmas!' - 5.0 million Williams, Hank, Jr. - 'Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Wilson Phillips - 'Wilson Phillips' - 5.0 million Travis, Randy - 'Always & Forever' - 5.0 million Turner, Tina - 'Private Dancer' - 5.0 million Soundgarden - 'Superunknown' - 5.0 million Soundtrack - 'City Of Angels' - 5.0 million Tears For Fears - 'Songs From The Big Chair' - 5.0 million Streisand, Barbra - 'A Christmas Album' - 5.0 million Streisand, Barbra - 'Greatest Hits Volume Ii' - 5.0 million Streisand, Barbra - 'Guilty' - 5.0 million Streisand, Barbra - 'Memories' - 5.0 million Sublime - 'Sublime' - 5.0 million Springsteen, Bruce - 'The River' - 5.0 million Staind - 'Break The Cycle' - 5.0 million Spin Doctors - 'Pocket Full Of Kryptonite' - 5.0 million Raitt, Bonnie - 'Nick Of Time' - 5.0 million Rogers, Kenny - 'The Gambler' - 5.0 million Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Californication' - 5.0 million Seger, Bob/silver Bullet Band - 'Stranger In Town' - 5.0 million Simon, Paul - 'Graceland' - 5.0 million Sisqo - 'Unleash The Dragon' - 5.0 million Skid Row - 'Skid Row' - 5.0 million Sly & The Family Stone - 'Sly & The Family Stone's Greatest Hits' - 5.0 million Seger, Bob/silver Bullet Band - 'Live Bullet' - 5.0 million Salt 'n Pepa - 'Very Necessary' - 5.0 million Santana - 'Abraxas' - 5.0 million Scaggs, Boz - 'Silk Degrees' - 5.0 million Seger, Bob/silver Bullet Band - 'Against The Wind' - 5.0 million 864 million