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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. The albums released prior ...
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 [214] [215] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [216] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [217] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
In the same year, the Grammys failed to nominate two of history's defining albums: the aforementioned "Blue," as well as "What's Going On," which has been crowned Rolling Stone's No. 1 best album ...
The song was later ranked as the No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Hit of All Time by Billboard. [17] After Hours peaked atop the albums charts of multiple countries including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and the US, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 11 ] and also spawned the US number-one and Canada top-ten singles " Heartless " and " Save Your Tears ".
Below are The Independent critics’ top 20 picks for the year’s best releases. A selection of records often bearing a common thread of uplift and endurance featuring songs to help you roll into ...
BI's music reporter ranked the 20 best albums of 2024. Beyoncé's country-inspired triumph "Cowboy Carter" took the top spot. Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, The Marías, and Taylor Swift rounded out ...
This is a list of 1990s music albums that multiple music journalists, magazines, and professional music review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1990s and of all time, separated into the years of each album's release. The albums listed here are included on at least four separate "best/greatest of the 1990s/all time" lists ...