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The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception."
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.
Album of the Year (Art Blakey album), 1981; Album of the Year (Black Milk album), 2010; Album of the Year (Faith No More album), 1997; Album of the Year (The Good Life album) or the title song, 2004; The Album of the Year, a compilation album from Suave House Records, 1997
Babel (Mumford & Sons album) Back on the Block; The Barbra Streisand Album; Big Four (Grammy Awards) Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears album) The Bodyguard (soundtrack) Bridge over Troubled Water; The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart; By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell album)
Dixie Chicks are the only female group to win Album of the Year Five-time Album of the Year honoree George Strait 1984 winner Anne Murray is the inaugural solo female and only non—American recipient. 1976 and 1982 recipient Willie Nelson Eleven—time nominee and two—time winner Merle Haggard.
The BET Award for Album of the Year is given to the most popular album released the same or previous year of the year the awards are handed out. The award is only given to the headlining artist(s) or group of the album.
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [218] [219] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [220] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [221] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, Tom Elmhirst won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Adele's 25, Cage the Elephant's Tell Me I'm Pretty, and David Bowie's Blackstar respectively. [17]