List of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era

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Metallica's self-titled album is the highest selling record under Nielsen SoundScan, selling over 17 million copies Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield live in London 24 October 2017.jpg
Metallica's self-titled album is the highest selling record under Nielsen SoundScan, selling over 17 million copies

This is a list of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era. SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991. SoundScan data is unrelated to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifications, and is based on actual sales while the RIAA's certification process is based on shipments.

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Best-sellers (overall)

Shania Twain's Come On Over (released in 1997) has sold over 15.7 million copies. ShaniaTwainJune2011.jpg
Shania Twain's Come On Over (released in 1997) has sold over 15.7 million copies.
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (released in 1995) has sold over 15.3 million copies. Alanis Morissette 5-19-2014.jpg
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (released in 1995) has sold over 15.3 million copies.
The Beatles' 1 (released in 2000) has sold over 13 million copies. The Beatles members at New York City in 1964.jpg
The Beatles' 1 (released in 2000) has sold over 13 million copies.
List of the best-selling albums in the United States since 1991, showing title, release year, artist, and sales figure
AlbumRelease yearArtist(s)NationalityPure sales figuresRef.
Metallica 1991 Metallica United States17,300,000 [1]
Come On Over 1997 Shania Twain Canada15,730,000 [2]
Jagged Little Pill 1995 Alanis Morissette Canada / United States15,200,000 [3]
1 2000 The Beatles United Kingdom13,000,000 [4]
Legend 1984 Bob Marley and the Wailers Jamaica12,300,000 [5]
Millennium 1999 Backstreet Boys United States12,300,000 [lower-alpha 1] [7]
The Bodyguard 1992 Whitney Houston United States12,140,000 [8]
21 2011 Adele United Kingdom12,100,000 [9]
Supernatural 1999 Santana Mexico / United States11,850,000 [8]
Human Clay 1999 Creed United States11,690,000 [8]
No Strings Attached 2000 NSYNC United States11,160,000 [lower-alpha 2] [8]
Come Away with Me 2002 Norah Jones United States11,100,000 [12]
The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 Eminem United States11,000,000 [7]
Falling into You 1996 Celine Dion Canada10,900,000 [13]
...Baby One More Time 1999 Britney Spears United States10,700,000 [lower-alpha 3] [17]
The Eminem Show 2002 Eminem United States10,600,000 [12]
Hybrid Theory 2000 Linkin Park United States10,500,000 [18]
Confessions 2004 Usher United States10,300,000 [12]
Cracked Rear View 1994 Hootie & the Blowfish United States10,270,000 [lower-alpha 4] [20]
Titanic 1997 James Horner United States10,170,000 [20]
Backstreet Boys 1997 Backstreet Boys United States10,120,000 [lower-alpha 5] [20]
Ten 1991 Pearl Jam United States10,000,000 [22]

Best-selling albums by decade

1991–1999

Best-selling albums in the United States in the 1990s [23] [ better source needed ]
AlbumRelease yearArtist(s)Sales
Jagged Little Pill 1995 Alanis Morissette 13,542,393
Come On Over 1997Shania Twain12,110,660
Metallica 1991 Metallica 11,715,533
The Bodyguard 1992 Whitney Houston 11,605,690
Falling into You 1996 Celine Dion 10,224,282
Cracked Rear View 1994 Hootie & the Blowfish 9,817,666
Titanic 1997 James Horner 9,806,175
Millennium 1999 Backstreet Boys 9,445,732
Ropin' the Wind 1991 Garth Brooks 9,370,863
Backstreet Boys 1997 Backstreet Boys 9,258,265

2000–2009

Best-selling albums in the United States in the 2000s [24]
AlbumRelease yearArtist(s)Sales
1 2000 The Beatles 11,564,000
No Strings Attached 2000 NSYNC 11,113,000
The Marshall Mathers LP 2000 Eminem 11,100,000
The Eminem Show 2002Eminem10,900,000
Come Away With Me 2002 Norah Jones 10,579,000
Confessions 2004 Usher 9,730,000
Hybrid Theory 2000 Linkin Park 9,697,000
Human Clay 1999 Creed 9,495,000
Oops!... I Did It Again 2000 Britney Spears 9,184,000
Country Grammar 2000 Nelly 8,464,000

2010–2019

Best-selling albums in the United States in the 2010s [25]
AlbumRelease yearArtist(s)Sales
21 2011 Adele 12,009,000
25 2015Adele9,517,000
1989 2014 Taylor Swift 6,215,000
Recovery 2010 Eminem 4,867,000
Speak Now 2010Taylor Swift4,694,000
Red 2012Taylor Swift4,465,000
Christmas 2011 Michael Bublé 4,379,000
Frozen 2014Various artists4,314,000
Need You Now 2010 Lady Antebellum 4,221,000
The 20/20 Experience 2013 Justin Timberlake 3,743,000

Best-selling albums by year

Taylor Swift is the first artist to have the annual best seller seven times (2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023). Taylor Swift Sydney.jpg
Taylor Swift is the first artist to have the annual best seller seven times (2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023).
Adele has the annual best seller five times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021). ADELE LIVE 2016 - HELLO - ST.PAUL - night 1 - Copy.jpg
Adele has the annual best seller five times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021).
Eminem has the best-selling album of a calendar year twice (2002 and 2010). Eminem - Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014 (2) (Cropped).jpg
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). Drake July 2016.jpg
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). For albums released after 2015, the best-performing album of the year is determined by album-equivalent units consisted of album sales, digital songs sales, and on-demand streaming, while the best-selling album is determined by album sales only. [27]

Key
†Indicates album-equivalent units
Best-selling albums by year in the United States since 1991
YearAlbumArtist(s)FiguresRef.
1991 MariahCarey Mariah Carey 4,885,000 [28]
1992 Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 4,700,000 [29]
1993 The Bodyguard Whitney Houston 5,460,000 [30] [31]
1994 The Lion King Various Artists4,900,000 [32]
1995 Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish 7,000,000 [33]
1996 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 7,400,000 [34]
1997 Spice Spice Girls 5,300,000 [35]
1998 Titanic James Horner 9,338,061 [36]
1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 9,445,732 [36] [37]
2000 No Strings Attached NSYNC 9,936,104 [36] [38]
2001 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 4,812,852 [36]
2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 7,607,925 [39]
2003 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 6,535,809 [40]
2004 Confessions Usher 7,978,594 [41]
2005 The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey 4,968,606 [42] [43]
2006 High School Musical Various Artists3,719,071 [44]
2007 Noël Josh Groban 3,698,934 [45]
2008 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 2,874,420 [46]
2009 Fearless Taylor Swift 3,216,988 [47]
2010 Recovery Eminem3,414,927 [48]
2011 21 Adele 5,823,628 [49]
201221Adele4,414,000 [50]
2013 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake 2,427,000 [51]
2014 1989 Taylor Swift3,661,000 [52]
2015 25 Adele8,008,000† [53]
7,441,000
2016 Views Drake 4,140,000† [54]
25Adele1,731,000
2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 2,764,000† [55]
Reputation Taylor Swift 1,903,000
2018 Scorpion Drake3,905,000† [56]
The Greatest Showman Various Artists1,491,000
2019 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 3,001,000† [57]
Lover Taylor Swift1,085,000
2020 My Turn Lil Baby 2,632,000† [27]
Folklore Taylor Swift1,276,000
2021 Dangerous: The Double Album Morgan Wallen 3,226,000† [58]
30 Adele1,464,000
2022 Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny 3,400,000† [26]
Midnights Taylor Swift1,818,000
2023 One Thing at a Time Morgan Wallen 5,362,000 † [59]
1989 (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift1,975,000

Single week best-sellers

The first album in the SoundScan era to sell a million copies or more in a week is the soundtrack of The Bodyguard by Whitney Houston in 1992; the most recent album to do so is 1989 (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift in 2023. The following is a list of all of the albums that sold at least one million copies in a single week: [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]

Key
†Indicates album-equivalent units
Week endingTitleArtistTotal unitsPure salesWeek #Reference
November 26, 2015 25 Adele 3,474,000†3,378,0001st [65]
March 26, 2000 No Strings Attached *NSYNC 2,416,0001st [65]
July 29, 2001 Celebrity 1,880,0001st [65]
May 28, 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,0001st [65]
November 9, 2023 1989 (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 1,653,000†1,359,0001st [66]
November 26, 2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,0001st [65]
October 27, 2022 Midnights Taylor Swift 1,578,000†1,140,0001st [67]
June 2, 2002 The Eminem Show Eminem1,322,0002nd [lower-alpha 6] [65]
May 21, 2000 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,0001st [65]
November 2, 2014 1989 Taylor Swift1,287,0001st [65]
December 24, 2000 1 The Beatles 1,259,0006th [68]
November 16, 2017 Reputation Taylor Swift1,238,000†1,216,0001st [69]
October 28, 2012 Red Taylor Swift1,208,0001st [65]
December 24, 201525Adele1,190,000†1,160,0005th [70]
December 3, 20151,160,000†1,110,0002nd [70]
March 6, 2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,141,0001st [lower-alpha 7] [65]
May 23, 1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys1,134,0001st [65]
May 29, 2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1,108,0001st [65]
March 28, 2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,0001st [65]
November 22, 1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,095,0001st [65]
December 28, 1992 The Bodyguard Soundtrack/Whitney Houston 1,061,0006th [71]
October 22, 2000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1,055,0001st [65]
October 31, 2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift1,047,0001st [65]
May 22, 2016 Views Drake 1,040,000†852,0001st [72]
February 17, 2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,0001st [65]
June 21, 2008 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 1,006,0001st [73]

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  2. ↑ As of October 2014, No Strings Attached sold 11.16 million copies per SoundScan. [10] An additional 1.52 million copies sold through the BMG Music Club are not included in SoundScan's total. [11]
  3. ↑ As of May 2020, ...Baby One More Time has sold 10,700,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, [14] with an additional 1,600,000 copies sold through BMG Music Clubs. [15] Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s. [16]
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  5. ↑ Not including an additional 1.72 million copies sold through BMG Music Clubs. Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s. [21]
  6. ↑ Following an abbreviated single-day first week.
  7. ↑ Abbreviated sales week of four days.
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