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This change retroactively classified many albums that had hit #1 on the Billboard 200 as "independent". For the sake of consistency, those albums, such as Taylor Swift's 1989 (Big Machine Records), Adele's 21 (XL Recordings), and the soundtrack to Frozen (Walt Disney Records), are not included in the list below.
Since 2002, Billboard.biz has annually published an end-of-year list of the top 50 best selling independent albums. Billboard also independently announced the highest selling album for 2001. Jason Aldean has topped this chart five times since its inception, twice with his 2009 album Wide Open. 2001 (see 2001 in music): Baha Men - Who Let the ...
Swift had three albums in the top 10 best-selling of 2023: two re-recorded versions (Speak Now and 1989), ... Blur and Del Rey all made The Independent’s albums of the year 2023 list, ...
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 Tortured Poets Department, the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, is the longest-running number-one album of the year with 17 cumulative weeks atop the chart. It broke several all-time Billboard 200 records, including becoming the first album by a female artist to spend its first 12 weeks at the chart's number ...
The figures of total certified units within the tables below are based on certified units of albums, singles (including digital downloads) and videos. Markets' order within the tables is based on Retail Value: each market generates respectively, the largest market at the top and smallest at the bottom. [9] [10]
Each unit equals one album sold or 10 individual digital tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. One Thing at a Time by American country singer Morgan Wallen is the longest-running number-one album of the decade with 19 weeks.
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 ...