Friday 30 December 2011

End Of Year World Charts: Best Selling Albums of 2011.

adele biggest selling album 2011


Wonder how your favourite artist's album sold this year? Well wonder no more as we present the 2011 Global Album Chart!

Its sure been a good year for our Divas- scoring over half the places in the top 10- but its been a special year for one in particular: Adele!


The British singer manages to take not only the number one spot with second album 21- with sales that equal the next three albums combined-but also manages to occupy another slot, at number 7, with her debute album 19. With 21 having sold close to another half a million in the States alone last week it looks like the album will reach double diamond- sales of 20 million- by the middle of next year. Something unheard of in this day and age.

Interestingly, this chart confirms the suspicion I had in the year that team Gaga were putting about inflated sales figures- often quoting sales of over 8 million- to make her new album appear like it was selling better than it was. However, Born this Way still managed to come in second place with a respectable 5 million sales by the closing of the year. A feat that would have looked more impressive had they not over hyped its figures in the first place.

The real surprise for me on the chart- non Diva related- is how many albums Michel Bublé has managed to shift with his newly released Christmas album, Christmas. I never realised he was so popular! Also who is buying Bruno Mars?!!? Honestly!

2011 END OF YEAR ALBUM CHART RUN DOWN:
NOTE: Albums numbers only include those sold in 2011


01 Adele - 21
15,3 million copies
02 Lady GaGa - Born This Way
5,4 million copies
03 Michael Bublé - Christmas
5,2 million copies
04 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
4,0 million copies
05 Rihanna - Loud
3,4 million copies
06 Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
3,3 million copies
07 Adele - 19
2,8 million copies
08 Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
2,2 million copies
09 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
2,1 million copies
10 Beyoncé - 4
2,1 million copies
11 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
2,1 million copies
12 Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
2,0 million copies
13 Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
2,0 million copies
14 Justin Bieber - My Worlds
1,8 million copies
15 Pink - Greatest Hits So Far
1,8 million copies
16 Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
1,7 million copies
17 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning
1,7 million copies
18 Rihanna - Talk That Talk
1,7 million copies
19 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
1,7 million copieS
20 Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
1,6 million copies
21 David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
1,6 million copies
22 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
1,5 million copies
23 Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster)
1,5 million copies
24 Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures
1,5 million copies
25 Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
1,5 million copies
26 Lady Antebellum - Own The Night
1,4 million copies
27 Drake - Take Care
1,4 million copies
28 Tony Bennett - Duets II
1,4 million copies
29 LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
1,3 million copies
30 Jessie J - Who You Are
1,3 million copies
31 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
1,3 million copies
32 Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
1,3 million copies
33 Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
Jive - 1,2 million copies
34 Taylor Swift - Speak Now
1,2 million copies
35 Eminem - Recovery
1,2 million copies
36 Justin Bieber - Never Say Never (The Remixes)
1,2 million copies
37 Nickelback - Here And Now
1,1 million copies
38 Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
1,1 million copies
39 Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
1,1 million copies
40 Susan Boyle - Someone To Watch Over Me
1,1 million copies


Source: http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm

6 comments:

  1. i think it was gaga's management that put that number in her head 
    adele did amazing but i feel like im the only one who thinks 21 is overrated 
    the only songs i truly love are rolling in the deep and set fire to the rain 

    i hope adele rests and preserves her voice considering she just had surgery 

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  2. wait a second though... 
    mediatrack gave these numbers 
    however billoard and time magazine say she sold 8 million copies... 

    either way gaga adele, and buble have sold so much in a world where piracy is the route people choose to go 

    congratz to all on the list

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  3. No 8 really surprised me. Oh, and I've never heard of number 19...oops! 

    24 is surprising given how it's not been out that long.

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  4. How about your favorite albums of 2011?? 

    Also, haha, you don't like Bruno Mars?

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  5. Gaga's team claimed 8m WW and they are not lying, they're just including shipments + sales.

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