Albums Ranking – CSPC – #1 per year
This list is about the most successful albums per release year (understand “which have generated the most sales”). The figures are given in EAS (equivalent album sales).
Please keep in mind that some artists are missing, because their analysis has not been done yet. The complete list is available here. All figures reflect the value as collected at the time of the artist’s respective articles.
Year | Cover | Artist | Album | Album Streams EAS | 1956 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley | 7,789,000 | 1957 | Elvis Presley | Elvis' Christmas Album | 36,001,000 | 1958 | Elvis Presley | King Creole | 3,756,000 | 1959 | Elvis Presley | A Date with Elvis | 2,079,000 | 1960 | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues | 4,364,000 | 1961 | Elvis Presley | Blue Hawaii | 30,053,000 | 1962 | Elvis Presley | Girls! Girls! Girls! | 3,529,000 | 1963 | The Beatles | Please Please Me | 30,853,000 | 1964 | The Beatles | A Hard Day's Night | 28,575,000 | 1965 | The Beatles | Help! | 34,215,000 | 1966 | Simon & Garfunkel | Sounds of Silence | 26,424,000 | 1967 | The Doors | The Doors | 39,585,000 | 1968 | The Beatles | The Beatles (White Album) | 29,612,000 | 1969 | The Beatles | Abbey Road | 45,268,000 | 1970 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge over Troubled Water | 45,910,000 | 1971 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 58,399,000 | 1972 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 35,378,000 | 1973 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 57,532,000 | 1974 | Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were | 14,852,000 | 1975 | Queen | A Night at the Opera | 42,033,000 | 1976 | Eagles | Hotel California | 72,094,000 | 1977 | Bee Gees & Various Artists | Saturday Night Fever | 69,269,000 | 1978 | Various Artists | Grease | 53,274,000 | 1979 | Pink Floyd | The Wall | 52,695,000 | 1980 | AC/DC | Back in Black | 60,824,000 | 1981 | Journey | Escape | 33,978,000 | 1982 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | 119,872,000 | 1983 | The Police | Synchronicity | 37,341,000 | 1984 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | 48,672,000 | 1985 | Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | 46,779,000 | 1986 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 51,963,000 | 1987 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 64,856,000 | 1988 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman | 27,845,000 | 1989 | Phil Collins | ?But Seriously | 30,311,000 | 1990 | Garth Brooks | No Fences | 34,014,000 | 1991 | Nirvana | Nevermind | 56,957,000 | 1992 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | 54,906,000 | 1993 | Mariah Carey | Music Box | 34,568,000 | 1994 | Green Day | Dookie | 27,244,000 | 1995 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 42,222,000 | 1996 | Céline Dion | Falling Into You | 42,572,000 | 1997 | Céline Dion | Let's Talk About Love | 46,772,000 | 1998 | Madonna | Ray Of Light | 21,402,000 | 1999 | Britney Spears | ?Baby One More Time | 32,361,000 | 2000 | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | 34,480,000 | 2001 | Shakira | Laundry Service | 17,458,000 | 2002 | Eminem | The Eminem Show | 35,162,000 | 2003 | Evanescence | Fallen | 23,807,000 | 2004 | Green Day | American Idiot | 22,865,000 | 2005 | Nickelback | All the Right Reasons | 18,718,000 | 2006 | Amy Winehouse | Back To Black | 24,245,000 | 2007 | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad | 21,948,000 | 2008 | Lady Gaga | The Fame / The Fame Monster | 37,213,000 | 2009 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 19,479,000 | 2010 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 23,853,000 | 2011 | Adele | 21 | 49,011,000 | 2012 | Taylor Swift | Red | 17,227,000 | 2013 | Various Artists | Frozen | 20,789,000 | 2014 | Ed Sheeran | x (Multiply) | 24,828,000 | 2015 | Adele | 25 | 30,266,000 | 2016 | Drake | Views | 13,033,000 | 2017 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ (Divide) | 27,749,000 | 2018 | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 13,321,000 | 2019 | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding | 12,908,000 | 2020 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | 11,899,000 | 2021 | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour | 8,257,000 | 2022 | Bad Bunny | Un Verano Sin Ti | 4,458,000 |
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where is cry baby on 2015’s top albums? he sold over 500k in pure sales only in usa
Where is BTS ?
Their biggest song, Dynamite is only at 6.87 million eas.
please update melanie martinez and little mix sales