Biggest-selling albums worldwide each year

[Wayne]

BIG thanks to MJDangerous for this list. It is not the best selling albums from each year, its the sales that the biggest-seller register during each year:

1964 Beatles - A Hard Day's Night : 5 million
1965 Beatles - Rubber Soul : 2,5 million
1966 Herb Alpert - Going Places : 2,5 million
1967 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : 4,5 million
1968 Beatles - White Album : 4 million
1969 Beatles - Abbey Road : 6 million
1970 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Trouble Water : 5,5 million
1971 Carole King - Tapestry : 5 million
1972 ? - ? : ? million
1973 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon : 5,5 million
1974 John Denver - Greatest Hits : 5 million
1975 ? - ? : ? million
1976 Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! : 9,5 million
1977 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours : 9,5 million
1978 Soundtrack - Saturday Night Fever : 24,5 million
1979 Supertramp - Breakfast in America : 9,5 million
1980 Barbra Streisand - Guilty : 6 million
1981 REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity : 6 million
1982 ? - ? : ? million
1983 Michael Jackson - Thriller : 20 million
1984 Michael Jackson - Thriller : 19 million
1985 Bruce Springsteen - Born in The USA : 12 million
1986 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston : 9,5 million
1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree : 12 million
1988 George Michael - Faith : 13 million
1989 New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough : 9,5 million
1990 MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em : 12 million
1991 Michael Jackson - Dangerous : 10,5 million
1992 ? - ? : ? million
1993 Whitney Houston - Bodyguard : 16 million
1994 Ace Of Base - The Sign : 15 million
1995 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View : 12,5 million
1996 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill : 17 million
1997 Spice Girls - Spice : 15 million
1998 Soundtrack - Titanic : 26 million
1999 Backstreet Boys - Millenium : 19 million
2000 Beatles - One : 20 million
2001 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory : 10 million
2002 Eminem - The Eminem Show : 14 million
2003 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me : 11 million
2004 Usher - Confessions : 12 million
2005 Coldplay - X&Y : 8,3 million
2006 Soundtrack - High School Musical : 6 million
2007 Soundtrack - High School Musical 2 : 6,3 million
2008 Coldplay - Viva La Vida : 6,8 million

[Wayne]

At the moment, the most sold album worldwide is U2's No Line On The Horizon with nearly 3.2m WW, at the half way point

[Aaliyahfan]

Is it possible that a Michael Jackson album will be the best selling album of the year?

[Wayne]

Yeah completely agree. Could be his "new" album or one of his compilations

[Nichu94]

I hate that Madonna was never the best sellers of the year :x

[Gillyberto]

I hate that Mariah was never the best sellers of the year :x

[Wayne]

Neither was Celine, which is quite remarkable for someone who has 3 albums with total sales of over 20m!

[Wayne]

Well

2009: Susan Boyle (7.5m copies)
2010: ??

At the moment, its scheduled to be either Lady Gaga or Eminem.

[Sergeant Pepper]

I reckon Eminem will catch up to her and beat her.

[HeatSeeker]

As much as I like Em, I hope Gaga takes it. She deserves it!! The Fame + Monster was a much better album than Recovery.