The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the SoundScan Era
Week Ending May 27, 2012
TW Pos (TW var)
RTD - Title - Act
(last update) - TW Sales (% Change) LW Sales
1 ( = ) 15,780,506 Metallica - Metallica (27/05/2012)
2,150 (+0%) 2,143
2 ( = ) 15,517,000 Come on over - Shania Twain
(13/05/2012)
3 ( = ) 14,741,217 Jagged little pill - Alanis Morissette (27/05/2012)
1,866 (+64%) 1,139
4 ( = ) 12,186,000 Millennium - Backstreet Boys
(13/05/2012)
5 ( = ) 12,057,036 1 - The Beatles (27/05/2012)
2,193 (+17%) 1,872
6 ( = ) 12,023,636 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (27/05/2012)
1,996 (-5%) 2,092
7 ( = ) 11,776,000 Supernatural - Santana
(13/05/2012)
8 ( = ) 11,582,589 Human clay - Creed (27/05/2012)
1,745 (+13%) 1,543
9 ( = ) 11,125,000 No string attached - 'N Sync
(13/05/2012)
10 ( = ) 11,044,125 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (27/05/2012)
5,925 (+111%) 2,807
11 ( = )
10,835,730 Come away with me - Norah Jones (27/05/2012) 2,935 (-6%) 3,116
12 ( = )
10,791,000 Falling into you - Céline Dion
(13/05/2012)
13 ( = )
10,602,617 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (27/05/2012) 2,164 (-2%) 2,199
14 ( = )
10,544,000 ...Baby one more time - Britney Spears
(13/05/2012)
15 ( = )
10,265,000 Cracked rear view - Hootie & The Blowfish
(13/05/2012)
16 ( = )
10,165,129 Titanic - Soundtrack (27/05/2012) 601 (-25%) 797
17 ( = )
10,122,000 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
(13/05/2012)
18 ( = )
10,070,795 The Eminem show - Eminem (27/05/2012) 1,624 (-4%) 1,700
19 ( = )
9,990,613 Confessions - Usher (27/05/2012) 1,792 (-4%) 1,866
20 ( = )
9,953,302 Hybrid theory - Linkin Park (27/05/2012) 2,320 (+2%) 2,276
21 ( = )
9,947,920 Ten - Pearl Jam (27/05/2012) 1,683 (+36%) 1,237
22 ( = )
9,575,869 Let's talk about love - Céline Dion
(20/05/2012)
23 ( = )
9,571,000 Ropin' the wind - Garth Brooks
(13/05/2012)
24 ( = )
9,325,721 The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (27/05/2012) 3,170 (+23%) 2,577
25 ( = )
9,217,000 Devil without a cause - Kid Rock
(13/05/2012)
26 (+2)
9,206,602 21 - Adele (27/05/2012)
55,823 (-11%) 63,058
27 ( -1)
9,194,000 Oops! ...I did again - Britney Spears
(13/05/2012)
28 ( -1)
9,183,795 Greatest hits - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band (27/05/2012) 1,854 (-7%) 1,983
29 ( = )
9,011,000 No fences - Garth Brooks
(13/05/2012)
30 ( = )
8,980,905 Nevermind - Nirvana (27/05/2012) 1,706 (-11%) 1,923
31 ( = )
8,766,000 'N Sync - 'N Sync
(05/10/2008)
32 ( = )
8,735,407 Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks (27/05/2012)1,372 (+17%) 1,168
33 ( = )
8,724,000 Hell freezes over - The Eagles
(22/05/2011)
34 ( = )
8,573,000 II - Boyz II Men
(05/10/2008)
35 ( = )
8,489,000 Country grammar - Nelly
(30/01/2011)
36 ( = )
8,289,000 Fly - Dixie Chicks
(02/11/2008)
37 ( = )
8,214,171 Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
(22/05/2011)
38 ( = )
8,142,423 Tragic kingdom - No Doubt
(22/05/2011)
39 ( = )
8,112,702 Get rich or die tryin' - 50 Cent (27/05/2012) 1,508 (-6%) 1,597
40 ( = )
8,100,000 Dookie - Green Day
(11/03/2012)
41 (+1)
8,091,732 Journey's Greatest hits - Journey (27/05/2012)
4,159 (-37%) 6,606
42 ( -1)
8,090,000 Yourself or someone like you - matchbox 20
(05/10/2008)
43 ( = )
8,037,381 Breathless - Kenny G
(05/10/2008)
44 ( = )
7,975,453 Greatest hits - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (27/05/2012) 1,709 (-4%) 1,779
45 ( = )
7,968,000 All the way... A decade of song - Céline Dion
(11/09/2011)
46 ( = )
7,828,427 The Lion King - Soundtrack (27/05/2012) 462 (+14%) 407
47 ( = )
7,821,000 The hits - Garth Brooks
(11/09/2011)
48 ( = )
7,716,508 O brother, where art thou? - Soundtrack (27/05/2012) 1,575 (-16%) 1,878
49 ( = )
7,661,419 The woman in me - Shania Twain
(22/05/2011)
50 ( = )
7,640,215 Fallen - Evanescence (27/05/2012) 1,804 (+19%) 1,514
51 ( = )
7,620,462 Daydream - Mariah Carey
(26/02/2012)
52 ( = )
7,617,000 Unplugged - Eric Clapton
(15/04/2012)
53 ( = )
7,603,374 All the right reasons - Nickelback (27/05/2012) 1,991 (+7%) 1,860
54 ( = )
7,561,093 Dr. Dre: 2001 - Dr. Dre (27/05/2012) 3,061 (+47%) 2,085
55 ( = )
7,534,000 Significant other - Limp Bizkit
(05/10/2008)
56 ( = )
7,480,000 Some gave all - Billy Ray Cyrus
(15/08/2010)
57 ( = )
7,412,000 Spice - Spice Girls
(05/10/2008)
58 ( = )
7,387,000 Pieces of you - Jewel
(27/02/2011)
59 ( = )
7,281,000 Crazysexycool - TLC
(05/10/2008)
60 ( = )
7,250,208 Miracles: The holiday album - Kenny G
(01/01/2012)
61 ( = )
7,243,336 Music box - Mariah Carey
(19/02/2012)
62 ( = )
7,203,618 Some hearts - Carrie Underwood (27/05/2012) 2,272 (+2%) 2,234
63 ( = )
7,114,129 The miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill(27/05/2012) 1,740 (+77%) 983
64 ( = )
7,032,696 Greatest hits - James Taylor (27/05/2012) 1,436 (-4%) 1,502
65 ( = )
7,025,727 janet. - Janet Jackson
(22/05/2011)
66 ( = )
7,000,000 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
(06/05/2012)
67 ( = )
6,970,399 Greatest hits - Queen (27/05/2012) 1,779 (-9%) 1,963
68 ( = )
6,962,155 Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
(05/10/2008)
69 ( = )
6,926,000 A day without rain - Enya
(29/11/2009)
70 ( = )
6,800,000 Hotshot - Shaggy
(29/11/2009)
71 ( = )
6,782,000 Let go - Avril Lavigne
(11/03/2012)
72 ( = )
6,728,000 Time, love and tenderness - Michael Bolton
(05/10/2008)
73 ( = )
6,703,000 Chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water - Limp Bizkit
(29/11/2009)
74 ( = )
6,553,009 Fearless - Taylor Swift (27/05/2012) 2,740 (+1%) 2,720
75 ( = )
6,534,376 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett (27/05/2012) 2,288 (+68%) 1,363
76 ( = )
6,523,630 Breathe - Faith Hill
(22/05/2011)
77 ( = )
6,502,000 The sign - Ace of Base
(01/11/2009)
78 ( = )
6,488,000 Nellyville - Nelly
(11/03/2012)
79 ( = )
6,400,000 Weathered - Creed
(13/05/2012)
80 ( = )
6,382,000 My own prison - Creed
(14/11/2010)
81 ( = )
6,292,802 Sublime - Sublime (27/05/2012) 2,688 (+99%) 1,351
82 ( = )
6,264,661 Songs in A minor - Alicia Keys
(14/08/2011)
83 ( = )
6,258,000 The writing's on the wall - Destiny's Child
(05/10/2008)
84 ( = )
6,225,289 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
(08/04/2012)
85 ( = )
6,220,000 Smash - The Offspring
(11/03/2012)
86 ( = )
6,200,232 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw
(06/05/2012)
87 ( = )
6,160,000 Unforgettable (With love) - Natalie Cole
(05/10/2008)
88 ( = )
6,149,455 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (27/05/2012) 4,945 (+41%) 3,505
89 ( = )
6,120,000 E.1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
(31/12/2006)
90 ( = )
6,095,954 Thriller - Michael Jackson (27/05/2012) 1,546 (-5%) 1,619
91 ( = )
6,060,751 American idiot - Green Day
(15/04/2012)
92 ( = )
6,041,000 Home - Dixie Chicks
(11/03/2012)
93 ( = )
6,036,000 Big Willie style - Will Smith
(05/10/2008)
94 ( = )
6,016,000 Double live - Garth Brooks
(15/05/2011)
95 ( = )
6,000,000 Sixteen stone - Bush
(26/09/2010)
96 ( = )
5,998,000 Not a moment too soon - Tim McGraw
(02/11/2008)
97 ( = )
5,993,000 Blue - LeAnn Rimes
(02/11/2008)
98 ( = )
5,991,000 Vs. - Pearl Jam
(13/05/2012)
99 ( = )
5,982,000 August and everythig after - Counting Crows
(05/10/2008)
100 (
= )
5,981,219 Grease - Soundtrack (27/05/2012) 669 (+5%) 640