2020 Year End Album Sales: USA

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This is depressing and interesting in equal measure! I’ll post more stats in this thread. Source is UKMix

ALBUM SALES WEEK 51
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 2 / last year - 2
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 14 / last year - 16
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 71 / last year - 71
Titles shown in blue are 2020 releases, titles shown in red are catalog
Rank Estimated 2020 Sales TITLE Artist Estimated Total Sales
1 1,259,000 FOLKLORE Taylor Swift 1,259,000
2 669,000 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 BTS 669,000
3 476,000 AFTER HOURS The Weeknd 476,000
4 383,000 FINE LINE Harry Styles 840,000
5 334,000 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO Billie Eilish 1,010,000
6 329,000 CHROMATICA Lady Gaga 329,000
7 299,000 MANIC Halsey 299,000
8 296,000 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Juice WRLD 296,000
9 284,000 MUSIC TO BE MURDERED BY Eminem 284,000
10 273,000 NEO ZONE: THE 2ND ALBUM NCT 127 273,000
11 269,000 HERE AND NOW Kenny Chesney 269,000
12 264,000 BE BTS 264,000
13 263,000 MY GIFT Carrie Underwood 263,000
14 257,000 EVERMORE Taylor Swift 257,000
15 227,000 GREATEST HITS Queen 8,118,000
16 219,000 POWER UP AC/DC 219,000
17 214,000 LEGEND Bob Marley & the Wailers 12,790,000
18 213,000 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 Soundtrack 2,727,000
19 211,000 A HOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS Dolly Parton 211,000
20 207,000 HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Original Cast 2,113,000
21 204,000 CHANGES Justin Bieber 204,000
22 202,000 NO PRESSURE Logic 202,000
23 201,000 ABBEY ROAD Beatles 6,077,000
24 187,000 LETTER TO YOU Bruce Springsteen 187,000
25 186,000 AMERICAN STANDARD James Taylor 186,000
26 185,000 FROZEN 2 Soundtrack 372,000
27 184,000 RUMOURS Fleetwood Mac 4,201,000
28 182,000 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Luke Combs 379,000
29 180,000 DONT SMILE AT ME Billie Eilish 411,000
30 178,000 THE ALBUM Blackpink 178,000
31 171,000 SUPER ONE: THE 1ST ALBUM SuperM 171,000
32 170,000 LOVER Taylor Swift 1,255,000
33 170,000 C A L M 5 Seconds Of Summer 170,000
34 168,000 CIRCLES Mac Miller 168,000
35 167,000 STARTING OVER Chris Stapleton 167,000
36 164,000 CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival 7,359,000
37 151,000 THE SLOW RUSH Tame Impala 151,000
38 150,000 ORDINARY MAN Ozzy Osbourne 150,000
39 149,000 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd 10,609,000
40 143,000 THRILLER Michael Jackson 7,228,000
41 136,000 GREATEST HITS Fleetwood Mac 5,611,000
42 133,000 GASLIGHTER Chicks 133,000
43 126,000 DIAMONDS Elton John 507,000
44 125,000 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse 3,523,000
45 124,000 LIFE ON THE FLIP SIDE Jimmy Buffett 124,000
46 124,000 ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Bob Dylan 124,000
47 123,000 TRAVELLER Chris Stapleton 2,702,000
48 122,000 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 7,888,000
49 122,000 FULLY LOADED: GOD'S COUNTRY Blake Shelton 235,000
50 121,000 MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK Nirvana 5,500,000
51 120,000 NEVERMIND Nirvana 9,829,000
52 119,000 RESONANCE PT.1 NCT 119,000
53 119,000 METALLICA Metallica 17,134,000
54 118,000 GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY Kendrick Lamar 1,962,000
55 113,000 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING Post Malone 469,000
56 113,000 F8 Five Finger Death Punch 113,000
57 112,000 RARE Selena Gomez 112,000
58 111,000 MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA BTS 565,000
59 110,000 PURPLE RAIN Prince & the Revolution 4,040,000
60 110,000 THE VERY BEST OF:SOUNDS OF SUMMER Beach Boys 3,600,000
61 110,000 ULTIMATE SINATRA Frank Sinatra 605,000
62 108,000 S&M2 Metallica & San Francisco Symphony 108,000
63 108,000 WILDFLOWERS Tom Petty 3,585,000
64 107,000 IGOR Tyler The Creator 237,000
65 106,000 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey 1,704,000
66 105,000 SHOOT FOR THE STARS AIM FOR THE MOON Pop Smoke 105,000
67 104,000 MCCARTNEY III Paul McCartney 104,000
68 102,000 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Vince Guaraldi 4,043,000
69 102,000 ALL ABOUT LUV Monsta X 102,000
70 101,000 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND Beatles 5,403,000
71 101,000 TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL Machine Gun Kelly 101,000
72 100,000 LOOK UP CHILD Lauren Daigle 747,000
73 99,000 GIGATON Pearl Jam 99,000
74 99,000 BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE Luke Bryan 99,000
75 97,000 GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 10,130,000
76 96,000 GOLD-GREATEST HITS Abba 6,065,000
77 95,000 POSITIONS Ariana Grande 95,000
78 93,000 GREATEST HITS Journey 9,448,000
79 92,000 GREATEST HITS Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 9,071,000
80 91,000 1 Beatles 13,114,000
81 91,000 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Soundtrack 1,931,000
82 90,000 LOVE YOURSELF: ANSWER BTS 462,000
83 89,000 GREATEST HITS Guns N'Roses 6,274,000
84 87,000 FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS Fiona Apple 87,000
85 86,000 HEARTBREAK WEATHER Niall Horan 86,000
86 86,000 RTJ4 Run The Jewels 86,000
87 86,000 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo 294,000
88 85,000 WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS Pentatonix 85,000
89 85,000 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Guns N'Roses 5,938,000
90 84,000 FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa 84,000
91 84,000 FATHER OF ALL… Green Day 84,000
92 84,000 CHILOMBO Jhene Aiko 84,000
93 83,000 GOOD INTENTIONS NAV 83,000
94 81,000 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: AWESOME MIX VOL. 2 Soundtrack 960,000
95 80,000 HYBRID THEORY Linkin Park 10,828,000
96 77,000 PRECIOUS MEMORIES COLLECTION Alan Jackson 483,000
97 77,000 WONDER Shawn Mendes 77,000
98 77,000 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (OST) Queen 632,000
99 76,000 TEN Pearl Jam 10,527,000
100 76,000 KIND OF BLUE Miles Davis 3,800,000
101 75,000 TROLLS: WORLD TOUR Soundtrack 75,000
102 75,000 9 Jason Aldean 186,000
103 74,000 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Luke Combs 637,000
104 74,000 THE WALL Pink Floyd 6,302,000
105 74,000 OHMS Deftones 74,000
106 74,000 NOW 73 Various 74,000
107 73,000 LED ZEPPELIN IV Led Zeppelin 4,412,000
108 72,000 AMERICAN TEEN Khalid 403,000
109 69,000 THE NEW ABNORMAL Strokes 69,000
110 69,000 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS Neil Diamond 689,000
111 69,000 THANK U NEXT Ariana Grande 348,000
112 68,000 ALICIA Alicia Keys 68,000
113 67,000 GREATEST HITS 2Pac 5,506,000
114 66,000 THE 1ST MINI ALBUM (EP) SuperM 344,000
115 66,000 LOVE YOURSELF: TEAR BTS 430,000
116 66,000 GREATEST HITS 1974-78 Steve Miller Band 6,021,000
117 65,000 GREATEST HITS Notorious BIG 1,157,000
118 65,000 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny 65,000
119 65,000 THE BEST OF PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS Pentatonix 204,000
120 64,000 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 - THE JOURNEY BTS 64,000
121 64,000 HARMONY Josh Groban 64,000
122 64,000 DREAMLAND Glass Animals 64,000
123 64,000 KID KROW Conan Gray 64,000
124 64,000 BELIEVE Andrea Bocelli 64,000
125 63,000 NIGHTFALL Little Big Town 63,000
126 63,000 LICENSED TO ILL Beastie Boys 6,427,000
127 63,000 GOLDEN HOUR Kacey Musgraves 360,000
128 62,000 LIVE FROM THE FORUM MMXVIII Eagles 62,000
129 62,000 REUNIONS Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit 62,000
130 62,000 GREATEST HITS Simon & Garfunkel 3,927,000
131 62,000 ICON: LYNYRD SKYNYRD Lynyrd Skynyrd 983,000
132 61,000 SMILE Katy Perry 61,000
133 60,000 SKOOL LUV AFFAIR BTS 126,000
134 60,000 CHRISTMAS Michael Buble 4,439,000
135 60,000 HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 505,000
136 60,000 NOW 74 Various 60,000
137 60,000 FEAR INOCULUM Tool 447,000
138 59,000 LOVE YOURSELF: HER BTS 336,000
139 58,000 THE ESSENTIAL Johnny Cash 1,851,000
140 58,000 GREATEST HITS I II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION Queen 1,585,000
141 57,000 FUNERAL Lil Wayne 57,000
142 57,000 NOTES ON A CONDITIONAL FORM 1975 57,000
143 57,000 THE SPEED OF NOW PART 1 Keith Urban 57,000
144 56,000 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE J Cole 1,458,000
145 56,000 ONES Selena 1,051,000
146 55,000 ASTROWORLD Travis Scott 574,000
147 55,000 WALLS Louis Tomlinson 55,000
148 54,000 THE BLACK PARADE My Chemical Romance 2,139,000
149 54,000 SOUTHSIDE Sam Hunt 54,000
150 54,000 IMPLODING THE MIRAGE Killers 54,000
151 53,000 WILDCARD Miranda Lambert 148,000
152 53,000 NOW COUNTRY 13 Various 53,000
153 53,000 NORMAN ******* ROCKWELL Lana Del Rey 186,000
154 52,000 HOMEGROWN Neil Young 52,000
155 52,000 A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS For King & Country 52,000
156 52,000 CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS Eminem 4,374,000
157 52,000 SHAKE THE SNOW GLOBE Russ 52,000
158 51,000 SONG MACHINE SEASON ONE: STRANGE TIMEZ Gorillaz 51,000
159 51,000 GRAMMY 2020 NOMINEES Various 51,000
160 51,000 WE ARE CHAOS Marilyn Manson 51,000
161 51,000 SWIMMING Mac Miller 215,000
162 51,000 HIGH ROAD Kesha 51,000
163 51,000 IF I KNOW ME Morgan Wallen 96,000
164 50,000 21 Adele 12,059,000
165 50,000 MERRY CHRISTMAS Mariah Carey 5,777,000
166 50,000 SIGN O' THE TIMES Prince 458,000
167 50,000 THEIR GREATEST HITS: VOLUMES 1 & 2 Eagles 146,000
168 49,000 FLOWER BOY Tyler The Creator 252,000
169 49,000 CUTTIN' GRASS VOL.1: THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS Sturgill Simpson 49,000
170 49,000 MAMA'S BOY Lany 49,000
171 49,000 MY LIFE 4HUNNID YG 49,000
172 48,000 LED ZEPPELIN II Led Zeppelin 2,925,000
173 48,000 THE BEATLES Beatles 4,442,000
174 48,000 THE ESSENTIAL Michael Jackson 2,830,000
175 48,000 NECTAR Joji 48,000
176 47,000 RIDE THE LIGHTNING Metallica 5,134,000
177 47,000 2020 Bon Jovi 47,000
178 47,000 FUN Garth Brooks 47,000
179 47,000 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT Lewis Capaldi 86,000
180 46,000 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL Metallica 6,269,000
181 46,000 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 Eagles 6,419,000
182 46,000 LAMB OF GOD Lamb Of God 46,000
183 45,000 AFTERBURNER Dance Gavin Dance 45,000
184 45,000 MASTER OF PUPPETS Metallica 5,585,000
185 45,000 BLACK PUMAS Black Pumas 63,000
186 44,000 BTS WORLD (OST) BTS 127,000
187 44,000 AURORA Breaking Benjamin 44,000
188 44,000 PUNISHER Phoebe Bridgers 44,000
189 44,000 LOVE GOES Sam Smith 44,000
190 43,000 MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DAYS Kid Cudi 1,208,000
191 43,000 MINISODE1: BLUE HOUR (EP) Tomorrow X Together 43,000
192 43,000 KELSEA Kelsea Ballerini 43,000
193 43,000 ICON: ERIC CLAPTON Eric Clapton 663,000
194 42,000 FALLEN Evanescence 8,123,000
195 42,000 III Lumineers 173,000
196 42,000 ALFREDO Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist 42,000
197 42,000 ZOMBIES 2 Soundtrack 42,000
198 41,000 GREATEST HITS Aerosmith 5,893,000
199 41,000 DETROIT 2 Big Sean 41,000
200 41,000 NIGHT SONGS II
 
That is interesting

queen, ac/dc, bob marley in the top 20!

I like more of the top 10 than I would have thought

Sales are abysmal!
 
I’d be interested in how much vinyl was of these sale totals... considering it was like a record breaking year for that format or something of this era.
 
Harry didn't sell as many pure copies as I would've imagined given his absolute domination on multi format radio this year.
 
He’s number 4 of the year! I think he did really well sales are just terrible
 
oh I was looking at the figure for his debut :D wow he slayed!

I can see Miley's album selling a good number of physicals next year, if she keeps scoring hits. rock/rock-adjacent pop seems to be the genre for it.
 
Taylor is such a BEAST.

Meanwhile, these numbers are depressing. /Old
 
Taylor probably sold very close to 2m overall, which is pretty phenomenal 15 years into her career when no one buys albums. I’ll be interested to see how a Rihanna album does in 2021 (assuming one’s released). Anti probably did around 700k ish.
 

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