The Year's Top Albums in Sales

[Big Lob]

FYI:

(This is for US sales, not world wide)

The Year's Top Albums in Sales (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/arts/music/06bnich.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1136802104-/Kl38/Bi5hWM/3CeuLOfbg)

Here are the top-selling albums of 2005 as tabulated by Nielsen SoundScan:

1. MARIAH CAREY "The Emancipation of Mimi" (Island), 4.97 million copies.

2. 50 CENT "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), 4.85 million copies.

3. KELLY CLARKSON "Breakaway" (RCA), 3.5 million copies.

4. GREEN DAY "American Idiot" (Reprise), 3.4 million copies.

5. BLACK EYED PEAS "Monkey Business" (A&M), 3 million copies.

6. COLDPLAY "X&Y" (Capitol), 2.6 million copies.

7. RASCAL FLATTS "Feels Like Today" (Lyric Street/Hollywood), 2.5 million copies.

8. GWEN STEFANI "Love.Angel.Music.Baby." (Interscope), 2.5 million copies.

9. KANYE WEST "Late Registration" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam), 2.4 million copies.

10. THE GAME "The Documentary" (Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope), 2.3 million copies.

The albums by Kelly Clarkson, Green Day, Rascal Flatts and Gwen Stefani were released in 2004.

[BartAllen]

wow. i didnt buy any of those. i think my younger sister bought the mariah carey cd though.

[Jed]

I only bought American Idiot, I wouldn't give the rest of them the time of day.

[iris]

Thanks for posting this Big Lob.

I thought about buying American Idiot, but then radio killed it for me. :/

Had to look up Rascal Flatts... country, is it?

I like Coldplay. Some people think they're overrated and overplayed, but if you ignore the cynical critics, you might find their sound is groovy. I dig it. But I didn't buy the album. ;)

[ThirdMarioBro]

Bunch of sh*tty mucis, but odd that the numbers are so low. Ah well, they bring it on themselves.

[iris]

Overall album sales were low. There weren't many "big stars" putting out albums last year.

Plus download sales have really bitten into album sales. But Green Day was actually a leading download act in number of sales, so... OK I have no clue what that might mean.

They bring what on themselves? We as the audience have a right to choose what we buy, so it's on all of us. There's great music all over the place if you're willing to take the time to sift through and find it. Most people don't.

If you want to blame someone for the state of commercial music, blame the people who cut music out of public education in the US. You can even find them by name. You can call them on the phone and chew them out if you want. They're your elected representatives.

Hello, Mariah, is there a reason you decided to start in 4/4 Time, switch to 3/4 for a phrase, and end in 4/4? Oh, you don't know what that means? What a shock.

[verminator_x]

i remember a time when michael jackson, u2, rolling stones, madonna, and other big stars sold alone over 10 million albums.
those days are gone.