In a low-sales era, what's a hit in music?
TOP-SELLING ALBUMS OF ENTIRE SOUNDSCAN ERA
(since 1991, when the industry began verifiable counting of album sales)
- 15.5 million "Come on Over" Shania Twain (1997)
- 15M "Metallica"Metallica (1991)
- 14.5M "Jagged Little Pill" Alanis Morissette (1995)
- 12M "Millennium" The Backstreet Boys (1999)
- 11.7M "The Bodyguard" soundtrack (1992)
- 11.6M "Supernatural" Santana (1999)
- 11.5M "Human Clay" Creed (1999)
- 11.1M "No Strings Attached" 'N Sync (2000)
- 11M "The Beatles 1" The Beatles (2000)
- 10.7M "Falling Into You" Celine Dion (1996)
TOP 5 SELLERS IN EVERY YEAR OF THIS DECADE
2001: 22.3M
1. 4.8M "Hybrid Theory" Linkin Park
2. 4.5M "Hot Shot" Shaggy
3. 4.4M"Celebrity" 'N Sync
4. 4.4M"A Day Without Rain" Enya
5. 4.2M"Break the Cycle" Staind
2002: 18.8M
1. 6M "The Eminem Show" Eminem
2. 4.2M "Nellyville" Nelly
3. 3M "Let Go"Avril Lavigne
4. 2.9M "Ashanti" Ashanti
5. 2.7M "Drive" Alan Jackson
2003: 19.8M
1. 6.4M "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" 50 Cent
2. 4.9 M"Come Away With Me" Norah Jones
3. 3.2M "Meteora" Linkin Park
4. 3M "Fallen" Evanescence
5. 2.3M "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" OutKast
2004: 21.2M
1. 8M "Confessions" Usher
2. 3.8M "Feels Like Home" Norah Jones
3. 3.5M "Encore" Eminem
4. 3.0M "When the Sun Goes Down" Kenny Chesney
5. 2.9M "Here for the Party" Gretchen Wilson
2005: 18.7M
1.5M "The Emancipation of Mimi" Mariah Carey
2. 4.8M "The Massacre" 50 Cent
3. 3.1M "Breakaway" Kelly Clarkson
4. 3.1M "American Idiot" Green Day
5. 2.7M "Monkey Business" Black Eyed Peas
2006: 15M
1. 3.7M "High School Musical"
2. 3.4M "Me and My Gang" Rascal Flatts
3. 3M "Some Hearts" Carrie Underwood
4. 2.6M "All the Right Reasons" Nickelback
5. 2.3M"FutureSex/LoveSounds" Justin Timberlake
2007: 14M
1. 3.6M "Noel"Josh Groban
2. 2.9M "High School Musical 2"
3. 2.6M "Long Road Out of Eden"The Eagles
4. 2.5M "As I Am" Alicia Keys
5. 2.4M "Daughtry" Daughtry
2008: 8.1M
1. 2.5M "Tha Carter III" Lil Wayne
2. 1.7M "Viva la Vida" Coldplay
3. 1.42M "Rock n Roll Jesus" Kid Rock
4. 1.4M "Sleep Through the Static"Jack Johnson
5. 1.1M "Taylor Swift" Taylor Swift