The Year's Top Albums in Sales

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FYI:

(This is for US sales, not world wide)

The Year's Top Albums in Sales

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.