These are the U.S. number-one albums of 2010 on the Billboard 200, as per Billboard .
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
The seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, Recovery, was the best selling album of 2010 and spent the most time at number one in the year, a total seven weeks. Scottish singer Susan Boyle also spent 7 weeks topping the chart, but with two albums, 2009's I Dreamed A Dream and 2010's The Gift . American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's third studio album, Speak Now , opened with more than 1.08 million copies sold in its first week, becoming the first country album to do so.
Indicates number-one album of the year [2] |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Sales | Ref. |
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January 2 | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | 661,000 | [3] [4] |
January 9 | 510,000 | [5] [6] | ||
January 16 | 120,000 | [7] [8] | ||
January 23 | Animal | Kesha | 152,000 | [9] [10] |
January 30 | Contra | Vampire Weekend | 124,000 | [11] [12] |
February 6 | Hope for Haiti Now | Various artists | 171,000 | [13] [14] |
February 13 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 481,000 | [15] [16] |
February 20 | 209,000 | [17] [18] | ||
February 27 | Soldier of Love | Sade | 502,000 | [19] [20] |
March 6 | 190,000 | [21] [22] | ||
March 13 | 127,000 | [23] [24] | ||
March 20 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 126,000 | [25] [26] |
March 27 | Battle of the Sexes | Ludacris | 137,000 | [27] [28] [29] |
April 3 | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | 93,000 | [30] [31] |
April 10 | My World 2.0 | Justin Bieber | 283,000 | [32] [33] [34] |
April 17 | Raymond v. Raymond | Usher | 329,000 | [35] [36] |
April 24 | My World 2.0 | Justin Bieber | 102,000 | [37] [38] |
May 1 | 92,000 | [39] [40] | ||
May 8 | Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna | Glee cast | 98,000 | [41] [42] |
May 15 | The Adventures of Bobby Ray | B.o.B | 84,000 | [43] [44] |
May 22 | The Oracle | Godsmack | 117,000 | [45] [46] |
May 29 | My World 2.0 | Justin Bieber | 60,000 | [47] [48] |
June 5 | Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers | Glee cast | 136,000 | [49] [50] |
June 12 | 63,000 | [51] [52] | ||
June 19 | To the Sea | Jack Johnson | 243,000 | [53] [54] |
June 26 | Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals | Glee cast | 154,000 | [55] [56] |
July 3 | Thank Me Later | Drake | 447,000 | [57] [58] |
July 10 | Recovery | Eminem | 741,000 | [59] [60] [61] |
July 17 | 313,000 | [62] [63] | ||
July 24 | 229,000 | [64] [65] | ||
July 31 | 195,000 | [66] [67] | ||
August 7 | 187,000 | [68] [69] | ||
August 14 | Nightmare | Avenged Sevenfold | 163,000 | [70] [71] |
August 21 | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | 156,000 | [72] [73] |
August 28 | Recovery | Eminem | 133,000 | [74] [75] |
September 4 | 116,000 | [76] [77] | ||
September 11 | Teenage Dream | Katy Perry | 192,000 | [78] [79] |
September 18 | Asylum | Disturbed | 179,000 | [80] [81] |
September 25 | Kaleidoscope Heart | Sara Bareilles | 90,000 | [82] [83] |
October 2 | A Thousand Suns | Linkin Park | 241,000 | [84] [85] |
October 9 | You Get What You Give | Zac Brown Band | 153,000 | [86] [87] |
October 16 | Hemingway's Whiskey | Kenny Chesney | 183,000 | [88] [89] |
October 23 | Bullets in the Gun | Toby Keith | 71,000 | [90] [91] |
October 30 | I Am Not a Human Being | Lil Wayne | 125,000 | [92] [93] |
November 6 | The Incredible Machine | Sugarland | 203,000 | [94] [95] |
November 13 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift | 1,047,000 | [96] [97] [98] |
November 20 | 320,000 | [99] [100] | ||
November 27 | The Gift | Susan Boyle | 318,000 | [101] [102] |
December 4 | 335,000 | [103] [104] | ||
December 11 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 496,000 | [105] [106] |
December 18 | The Gift | Susan Boyle | 272,000 | [107] [108] |
December 25 | 243,000 | [109] [110] | ||
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