Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Pink Floyd each have three.
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.
Here are all the album of the year Grammy Award winners since 1959: " The Music from Peter Gunn " – Henry Mancini ( 1st Grammy Awards in 1959) " Come Dance with Me!
Album of the year, song of the year, record of the year and best new artist all celebrate the best of the best in music, with winners representing a wide range of genres.
The waiting was the hardest part for Beyoncé fans, but patience finally paid off as she scored a win for album of the year at Sunday night’s Grammys, with “Cowboy Carter” scoring the top ...
Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010). Drake has the year's top-consumed album (based on album-equivalent units) twice (2016 and 2018). The following list includes the annual best-selling albums since 1991, as reported by MRC Data (formerly Nielsen SoundScan).
In 2010, the year Swift won album of the year with “Fearless,” Beyoncé won song of the year for “Single Ladies” over Swift’s “You Belong with Me” and won best female pop vocal ...