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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.
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album Midnights marked the year's biggest opening week with 1.578 million first-week units, the largest in the last seven years. It instantly became the fastest and best-selling album of 2022, and the biggest selling since Swift's own Reputation (2017); Swift also became the first artist in history to ...
Best-selling album of 2024, accomplished in under 48 hours Biggest U.S. sales week of Swift’s career, surpassing 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Largest first-week vinyl sales (859,000) in the Nielsen era
There were 669,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Sept. 1 (up 5% week-over-week) and 702,000 vinyl albums sold (up 0.3%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 22.870 million (down 8.5% compared ...
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 14, 2023 After Connections beta launched in June, fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts about the fun new activity. “I really like this game,” one ...
Adele's 21 is the best selling album of the 21st century to date, with sales of over 31 million copies worldwide. Her third album 25 is also on the list with sales of over 23 million copies. This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are ...