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.

1956- Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley – 7,646,000
1957- Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Christmas Album – 35,532,000
1958- Elvis Presley – King Creole – 3,718,000
1959- Elvis Presley – A Date with Elvis – 2,053,000
1960- Elvis Presley – G.I. Blues – 4,321,000
1961- Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii – 29,422,000
1962- Elvis Presley – Girls! Girls! Girls! – 3,470,000
1963- The Beatles – Please Please Me – 30,050,000
1964- The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night – 25,886,000
1965- The Beatles – Help! – 33,194,000
1966- Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence – 26,037,000
1967- The Doors – The Doors – 38,936,000
1968- The Beatles – The Beatles (White Album) – 28,116,000
1969- The Beatles – Abbey Road – 43,171,000
1970- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water – 45,148,000
1971- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV – 57,016,000
1972- Eagles – Eagles – 26,209,000
1973- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon – 55,796,000
1974- Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were – 14,774,000
1975- Queen – A Night at the Opera – 40,551,000
1976- Eagles – Hotel California – 70,575,000
1977- Bee Gees & Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever – 67,150,000
1978- Various Artists – Grease – 52,216,000
1979- Pink Floyd – The Wall – 50,309,000
1980- AC/DC – Back in Black – 58,224,000
1981- Journey – Escape – 33,133,000
1982- Michael Jackson – Thriller – 116,732,000
1983- The Police – Synchronicity – 36,597,000
1984- Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. – 47,373,000
1985- Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms – 45,751,000
1986- Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet – 50,117,000
1987- Michael Jackson – Bad – 62,899,000
1988- Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman – 27,234,000
1989- Phil Collins – …But Seriously – 29,736,000
1990- Garth Brooks – No Fences – 34,014,000
1991- Nirvana – Nevermind – 52,930,000
1992- Whitney Houston – The Bodyguard – 53,744,000
1993- Mariah Carey – Music Box – 34,135,000
1994- Green Day – Dookie – 25,759,000
1995- Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 41,484,000
1996- Céline Dion – Falling Into You – 41,895,000
1997- Céline Dion – Let’s Talk About Love – 46,084,000
1998- Madonna – Ray Of Light – 21,197,000
1999- Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time – 31,192,000
2000- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 31,001,000
2001- Shakira – Laundry Service – 16,736,000
2002- Eminem – The Eminem Show – 31,802,000
2003- Evanescence – Fallen – 22,768,000
2004- Green Day – American Idiot – 21,366,000
2005- Nickelback – All the Right Reasons – 17,495,000
2006- Amy Winehouse – Back To Black – 22,571,000
2007- Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad – 18,602,000
2008- Lady Gaga – The Fame / The Fame Monster – 35,597,000
2009- Justin Bieber – My World / My World 2.0 – 20,841,000
2010- Katy Perry – Teenage Dream – 19,723,000
2011- Adele – 21 – 45,255,000
2012- Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox – 14,778,000
2013- Various Artists – Frozen – 17,731,000
2014- Ed Sheeran – x (Multiply) – 20,870,000
2015- Adele – 25 – 26,580,000
2016- Drake – Views – 9,239,000
2017- Ed Sheeran – ÷ (Divide) – 22,217,000
2018- Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys – 10,351,000
2019- Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 9,044,000
2020- BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 – 6,870,000