ALBUMS WEEK 14
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 3
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 11
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 42 / last year - 49
total albums sales - this year - 65.56m (-1.5%)/ last year - 66.58m
Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )
01 - 988,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,649,000 )
02 - 810,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 810,000 )
03 - 593,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,799,000 )
04 - 564,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 564,000 )
05 - 552,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,362,000 )
06 - 539,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 539,000 )
07 - 484,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 484,000 )
08 - 377,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 377,000 )
09 - 358,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 358,000 )
10 - 315,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 315,000 )
11 - 305,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,203,000 )
12 - 283,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 860,000 )
13 - 282,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 586,000 )
14 - 278,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 278,000 )
15 - 266,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 266,000 )
16 - 259,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 259,000 )
17 - 258,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 560,000 )
18 - 252,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 852,000 )
19 - 237,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 237,000 )
20 - 224,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 224,000 )
21 - 215,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 427,000 )
22 - 161,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 161,000 )
23 - 154,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 154,000 )
24 - 145,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 4,009,000 )
25 - 144,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 436,000 )
26 - 144,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 897,000 )
27 - 142,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 230,000 )
28 - 141,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 141,000 )
29 - 141,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 954,000 )
30 - 129,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 129,000 )
31 - 122,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 558,000 )
32 - 121,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 121,000 )
33 - 119,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 320,000 )
34 - 117,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 187,000 )
35 - 115,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 514,000 )
36 - 111,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 614,000 )
37 - 111,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 279,000 )
38 - 110,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 110,000 )
39 - 104,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 104,000 )
40 - 102,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 102,000 )
41 - 102,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 102,000 )
42 - 102,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 251,000 )
43 - 100,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 609,000 )
44 - 99,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 99,000 )
45 - 98,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 616,000 )
46 - 98,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse ( 98,000 )
47 - 93,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 93,000 )
48 - 92,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,413,000 )
49 - 88,000 - THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - Wale ( 88,000 )
50 - 88,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 88,000 )
51 - 88,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 88,000 )
52 - 80,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 891,000 )
53 - 80,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 80,000 )
54 - 80,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 80,000 )
55 - 79,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,493,000 )
56 - 79,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1,604,000 )
57 - 79,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 1,003,000 )
58 - 77,000 - KIDZ BOP 28 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 77,000 )
59 - 76,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 311,000 )
60 - 73,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 73,000 )
61 - 73,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 73,000 )
62 - 72,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 928,000 )
63 - 71,000 - DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY - Vance Joy ( 178,000 )
64 - 71,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa ( 586,000 )
65 - 71,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 689,000 )
66 - 70,000 - I WILL FOLLOW - Jeremy Camp ( 70,000 )
67 - 69,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 195,000 )
68 - 69,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 670,000 )
69 - 68,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 4,908,000 )
70 - 68,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART? - K Michelle ( 208,000 )
71 - 68,000 - THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER - Brandi Carlile ( 68,000 )
72 - 67,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 1,018,000 )
73 - 66,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,622,000 )
74 - 66,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 162,000 )
75 - 65,000 - BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton ( 348,000 )
76 - 65,000 - IGNITE THE NIGHT - Chase Rice ( 210,000 )
77 - 65,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 172,000 )
78 - 63,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 130,000 )
79 - 62,000 - LUDAVERSAL - Ludacris ( 62,000 )
80 - 62,000 - WOW HITS 2015 - Various ( 217,000 )
81 - 62,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,241,000 )
82 - 62,000 - FROZEN: THE SONGS - Soundtrack ( 339,000 )
83 - 60,000 - TALKING IS HARD - Walk The Moon ( 105,000 )
84 - 60,000 - LOS DUO - Juan Gabriel ( 60,000 )
85 - 58,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,241,000 )
86 - 58,000 - SONIC HIGHWAYS - Foo Fighters ( 452,000 )
87 - 58,000 - NO CITIES TO LOVE - Sleater-Kinney ( 58,000 )
88 - 58,000 - FULL SPEED - Kid Ink ( 58,000 )
89 - 57,000 - OF BEAUTY AND RAGE - Red ( 57,000 )
90 - 56,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11,770,000 )
91 - 55,000 - LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP - Third Day ( 55,000 )
92 - 54,000 - VULNICURA - Bjork ( 54,000 )
93 - 54,000 - CHAPTER ONE - Ella Henderson ( 54,000 )
94 - 54,000 - SHADYXV - Various ( 274,000 )
95 - 54,000 - WANTED ON VOYAGE - George Ezra ( 54,000 )
96 - 53,000 - IT'S THE GIRLS - Bette Midler ( 253,000 )
97 - 53,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 8,710,000 )
98 - 52,000 - LOVE RAN RED - Chris Tomlin ( 166,000 )
99 - 52,000 - I LOVE YOU HONEYBEAR - Father John Misty ( 52,000 )
100 - 52,000 - BECAUSE THE INTERNET - Childish Gambino ( 443,000 )
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 6 / last year - 3
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 11
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 42 / last year - 49
total albums sales - this year - 65.56m (-1.5%)/ last year - 66.58m
Rank - Estimated 2015 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total Sales )
01 - 988,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 4,649,000 )
02 - 810,000 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake ( 810,000 )
03 - 593,000 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith ( 1,799,000 )
04 - 564,000 - 50 SHADES OF GREY - Soundtrack ( 564,000 )
05 - 552,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 1,362,000 )
06 - 539,000 - TITLE - Meghan Trainor ( 539,000 )
07 - 484,000 - TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - Kendrick Lamar ( 484,000 )
08 - 377,000 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO - Fall Out Boy ( 377,000 )
09 - 358,000 - NOW 53 - Various ( 358,000 )
10 - 315,000 - SMOKE + MIRRORS - Imagine Dragons ( 315,000 )
11 - 305,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 1,203,000 )
12 - 283,000 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J Cole ( 860,000 )
13 - 282,000 - THE PINKPRINT - Nicki Minaj ( 586,000 )
14 - 278,000 - EMPIRE: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FROM SEASON 1 - Soundtrack ( 278,000 )
15 - 266,000 - KIDZ BOP 27 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 266,000 )
16 - 259,000 - 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various ( 259,000 )
17 - 258,000 - HOZIER - Hozier ( 560,000 )
18 - 252,000 - V - Maroon 5 ( 852,000 )
19 - 237,000 - DARK SKY PARADISE - Big Sean ( 237,000 )
20 - 224,000 - FIRST KISS - Kid Rock ( 224,000 )
21 - 215,000 - MONTEVALLO - Sam Hunt ( 427,000 )
22 - 161,000 - REBEL HEART - Madonna ( 161,000 )
23 - 154,000 - SPRING BREAK…CHECKIN' OUT - Luke Bryan ( 154,000 )
24 - 145,000 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( 4,009,000 )
25 - 144,000 - MORNING PHASE - Beck ( 436,000 )
26 - 144,000 - OLD BOOTS NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean ( 897,000 )
27 - 142,000 - INTO THE WOODS - Soundtrack ( 230,000 )
28 - 141,000 - PIECE BY PIECE - Kelly Clarkson ( 141,000 )
29 - 141,000 - FOUR - One Direction ( 954,000 )
30 - 129,000 - NON FICTION - Ne-Yo ( 129,000 )
31 - 122,000 - NOW 52 - Various ( 558,000 )
32 - 121,000 - SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT - Bob Dylan ( 121,000 )
33 - 119,000 - GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 - Carrie Underwood ( 320,000 )
34 - 117,000 - ANNIE - Soundtrack ( 187,000 )
35 - 115,000 - ROCK OR BUST - AC/DC ( 514,000 )
36 - 111,000 - ANYTHING GOES - Florida Georgia Line ( 614,000 )
37 - 111,000 - 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia ( 279,000 )
38 - 110,000 - WALLFLOWER - Diana Krall ( 110,000 )
39 - 104,000 - SREMMLIFE - Rae Sremmurd ( 104,000 )
40 - 102,000 - WHAT A TERRIBLE WORLD WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Decemberists ( 102,000 )
41 - 102,000 - THE PALE EMPEROR - Marilyn Manson ( 102,000 )
42 - 102,000 - BLACK MESSIAH - D'Angelo & the Vanguard ( 251,000 )
43 - 100,000 - MY EVERYTHING - Ariana Grande ( 609,000 )
44 - 99,000 - REFLECTION - Fifth Harmony ( 99,000 )
45 - 98,000 - MAN AGAINST MACHINE - Garth Brooks ( 616,000 )
46 - 98,000 - STRANGERS TO OURSELVES - Modest Mouse ( 98,000 )
47 - 93,000 - B4.DA.$$ - Joey Bada$$ ( 93,000 )
48 - 92,000 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan ( 2,413,000 )
49 - 88,000 - THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - Wale ( 88,000 )
50 - 88,000 - UPTOWN SPECIAL - Mark Ronson ( 88,000 )
51 - 88,000 - FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM - Chris Brown & Tyga ( 88,000 )
52 - 80,000 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church ( 891,000 )
53 - 80,000 - FOREVER CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson ( 80,000 )
54 - 80,000 - REALITY SHOW - Jazmine Sullivan ( 80,000 )
55 - 79,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,493,000 )
56 - 79,000 - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI - Led Zeppelin ( 1,604,000 )
57 - 79,000 - + - Ed Sheeran ( 1,003,000 )
58 - 77,000 - KIDZ BOP 28 - Kidz Bop Kids ( 77,000 )
59 - 76,000 - NO FIXED ADDRESS - Nickelback ( 311,000 )
60 - 73,000 - TETSUO & YOUTH - Lupe Fiasco ( 73,000 )
61 - 73,000 - WE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN - Bethel Music ( 73,000 )
62 - 72,000 - PARTNERS - Barbra Streisand ( 928,000 )
63 - 71,000 - DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY - Vance Joy ( 178,000 )
64 - 71,000 - CHEEK TO CHEEK - Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa ( 586,000 )
65 - 71,000 - AM - Arctic Monkeys ( 689,000 )
66 - 70,000 - I WILL FOLLOW - Jeremy Camp ( 70,000 )
67 - 69,000 - THE LONDON SESSIONS - Mary J Blige ( 195,000 )
68 - 69,000 - PLATINUM - Miranda Lambert ( 670,000 )
69 - 68,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 4,908,000 )
70 - 68,000 - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART? - K Michelle ( 208,000 )
71 - 68,000 - THE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER - Brandi Carlile ( 68,000 )
72 - 67,000 - NATIVE - OneRepublic ( 1,018,000 )
73 - 66,000 - PRISM - Katy Perry ( 1,622,000 )
74 - 66,000 - LOST ON THE RIVER - New Basement Tapes ( 162,000 )
75 - 65,000 - BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE - Blake Shelton ( 348,000 )
76 - 65,000 - IGNITE THE NIGHT - Chase Rice ( 210,000 )
77 - 65,000 - NICK JONAS - Nick Jonas ( 172,000 )
78 - 63,000 - THE YOUNG OG PROJECT - Fabolous ( 130,000 )
79 - 62,000 - LUDAVERSAL - Ludacris ( 62,000 )
80 - 62,000 - WOW HITS 2015 - Various ( 217,000 )
81 - 62,000 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé ( 2,241,000 )
82 - 62,000 - FROZEN: THE SONGS - Soundtrack ( 339,000 )
83 - 60,000 - TALKING IS HARD - Walk The Moon ( 105,000 )
84 - 60,000 - LOS DUO - Juan Gabriel ( 60,000 )
85 - 58,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,241,000 )
86 - 58,000 - SONIC HIGHWAYS - Foo Fighters ( 452,000 )
87 - 58,000 - NO CITIES TO LOVE - Sleater-Kinney ( 58,000 )
88 - 58,000 - FULL SPEED - Kid Ink ( 58,000 )
89 - 57,000 - OF BEAUTY AND RAGE - Red ( 57,000 )
90 - 56,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 11,770,000 )
91 - 55,000 - LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP - Third Day ( 55,000 )
92 - 54,000 - VULNICURA - Bjork ( 54,000 )
93 - 54,000 - CHAPTER ONE - Ella Henderson ( 54,000 )
94 - 54,000 - SHADYXV - Various ( 274,000 )
95 - 54,000 - WANTED ON VOYAGE - George Ezra ( 54,000 )
96 - 53,000 - IT'S THE GIRLS - Bette Midler ( 253,000 )
97 - 53,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 8,710,000 )
98 - 52,000 - LOVE RAN RED - Chris Tomlin ( 166,000 )
99 - 52,000 - I LOVE YOU HONEYBEAR - Father John Misty ( 52,000 )
100 - 52,000 - BECAUSE THE INTERNET - Childish Gambino ( 443,000 )
