Top Catalog Albums of the Soundscan era

[Dane]

I've always been fascinated by longevity of albums. This thread covers the top selling catalog albums of the soundscan era.

You could call it a companion to the top selling soundscan era album list lead by Metallica's "Metallica". Only this list consist of albums which hasn't charted on the Billboard top 200 since May 1991 when the Catalog chart was introduced at the beginning of the soundscan era.

Take the lower rankings lightly as there might be other catalog albums with soundscan sales between 1 and 3 million.

Top Catalog Albums of the Soundscan era

(# -year of rel-artist-title-soundscan-date of scan)

01 1984 Bob Marley ”Legend” 11,035,000 may12
02 1973 Pink Floyd “Dark Side of the Moon” 9,439,000 may12
03 1988 Journey “Greatest Hits” 8,081,000 may12
04 1976 James Taylor “Greatest hits” 7,030,000 may12
05 1980 AC/DC “Back in black” 6,855,000 may12
06 1985 Jimmy Buffett “Songs you know by heart” 6,598,000 may12
07 1976 Creedence Clearwater Revival “Chronicle” 6,141,000 may12
08 1978 Soundtrack “Grease” 5,980,000 may12
09 1979 Pink Floyd "The Wall" 5,827,000 may12
10 1986 Beastie Boys “Licensed to Ill” 5,566,000 may12

11 1976 The Eagles “Their greatest hits 71-75” 5,498,000 sep11
12 1978 Steve Miller “Greatest hits 74-78” 5,468,000 jan12
13 1980 Aerosmith “Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits” 5,425,000 may12
14 1988 Metallica "And Justice For All" 5,423,000 apr11
15 1987 Guns N’ Roses “Appetite For Destruction” 5,157,000 may12
16 1982 Michael Jackson “Thriller” 4,993,000 may12 (NB! inaccurate!)
17 1969 The Beatles “Abbey road” 4,830,000 may12
18 1977 Meat Loaf "Bat out of hell" 4,745,000 may12
19 1986 Metallica “Master of Puppets” 4,695,000 apr11
20 1974 Elton John “Greatest hits” 4,623,000 may06


21 1988 Fleetwood Mac “Greatest hits” 4,547,000 may12
22 1982 Eric Clapton “Time pieces” 4,521,000 sep11
23 1967 The Beatles “Sgt. Pepper” 4,419,000 jan12
24 1985 Metallica "Ride the Lightning" 4,411,000 aug11
25 1973 Janis Joplin “Greatest hits” 4,351,000 apr12
26 1967 Patsy Cline “Greatest hits” 4,332,000 apr12
27 1971 Carole King “Tapestry” 3,893,000 may12
28 1988 Enya "Watermark" 3,800,000 feb06
29 1985 The Doors "Best of" 3,799,000 sep07
30 1968 The Beatles “The White album” 3,779,000 jan12

31 1971 Led Zeppelin “IV” 3,733,000 nov11
32 1988 Mannheim Steamroller "A fresh aire Christmas" 3,633,000 feb12
33 1984 Mannheim Steamroller "Christmas" 3,491,000 feb12
34 1985 Billy Joel "Greatest hits I+II" 3,474,000 jan06
35 1975 Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" 3,343,000 may12
36 1986 Bon Jovi “Slippery When Wet” 3,276,000 aug11
37 1982 The Eagles “Greatest hits Vol 2” 3,269,000 nov07
38 1959 Miles Davis “Kind of blue” 3,208,000 aug11
39 1972 Simon & Garfunkel “Greatest hits” 3,208,000 may12
40 1987 U2 “The Joshua tree” 3,191,000 apr08

41 1986 Soundtrack "Top Gun" 3,178,000 jul07
42 1965 Vince Guaraldi "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 3,175,000 apr12
43 1982 Hank Williams Jr. "Greatest hits" 3,056,000 may12
44 1977 Fleetwood Mac “Rumours” 2,956,000 may12
45 1986 The Police "Every breath you take - the singles/classics" 2,902,000 nov08
46 1973 The Beatles “67-70” 2,790,000 jan11
47 1965 The Beatles “Rubber soul” 2,761,000 jan12
48 1984 Prince “Purple rain” 2,700,000 may12
49 1987 Soundtrack “Dirty dancing” 2,690,000 may12
50 1983 Metallica "Kill em all” 2,575,000 may09


51 1989 Chicago "Greatest hits 1982-1989" 2,573,000 sep07
52 1983 Marvin Gaye "Every great Motown hit" 2,572,000 feb09
53 1987 Various Artists "A very special Christmas" 2,487,000 feb12
54 1974 Grateful Dead "The best of - skeletons" 2,475,000 jan06
55 1980 The Doors "Greatest hits" 2,404,000 dec05
56 1973 The Beatles “62-66” 2,387,000 jan11
57 1987 Def Leppard "Hysteria" 2,375,000 apr06
58 1976 The Eagles "Hotel California" 2,357,000 nov07
59 1963 Nat King Cole "The Christmas Song" 2,336,000 nov08
60 1966 The Beatles “Revolver” 2,316,000 may12

61 1988 Reo Speedwagon "The Hits" 2,300,000 jan06
62 1976 Boston “Boston” 2,287,000 apr12
63 1988 Tracy Chapman "Tracy Chapman" 2,276,000 mar06
64 1978 Van Halen "Van Halen" 2,271,000 may12
65 1970 Van Morrison "Moondance" 2,265,000 jul05
66 1972 Rolling Stones "Hot Rocks 1964-1971" 2,256,000 dec05
67 1984 Soundtrack "Footloose" 2,245,000 jul07
68 1987 Enya "Enya(The Celts)" 2,200,000 feb06
69 1969 Led Zeppelin “II” 2,193,000 dec06
70 1974 Santana “Greatest hits” 2,163,000 feb03

71 1981 Blondie "The best of Blondie" 2,116,000 dec05
72 1979 Michael Jackson “Off the wall” 2,110,000 sep11
73 1979 AC/DC “Highway to hell” 2,083,000 jun10
74 1989 Lynyrd Skynyrd "Skynyrds innyrds/ Greatest hits" 2,071,000 jan06
75 1981 Bob Seger "Nine tonight" 2,062,000 jan12
76 1975 Barry White "Greatest Hits, vol.1" 2,030,000 apr04
77 1972 Neil Young "Harvest" 2,019,000 dec05
78 1968 Frank Sinatra "Greatest hits" 1,946,000 sep07
79 1979 Bee Gees "Greatest" 1,938,000 may08
80 1976 Doobie Brothers "Best of the Doobies" 1,933,000 jan06

81 1986 Paul Simon "Graceland" 1,875,000 may06
82 1967 The Beatles “Magical mystery” 1,870,000 may12
83 1978 The Carpenters "Christmas portrait" 1,868,000 feb12
84 (1949) Bing Crosby "White Christmas" 1,858,000 apr12
85 1982 George Winston "December" 1,853,000 apr12
86 1986 AC/DC “Who made who” 1,814,000 nov08
87 1977 Soundtrack ”Saturday night fever” 1,800,000 may06
88 1981 AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" 1,799,000 apr09
89 1973 Led Zeppelin “Houses of the holy” 1,792,000 dec06
90 1983 Stevie Ray Vaughan "Texas flood" 1,782,000 dec05

91 1982 Foreigner "Records" 1,782,000 jan06
92 1985 Bad Company "10 from 6" n/a 1,765,000 jan06
93 1979 Rod Stewart “Greatest hits” 1,759,000 jan08
94 1977 Pink Floyd "Animals" 1,725,000 oct11
95 1976 AC/DC "High Voltage" 1,716,000 jun10
96 1974 Jim Croce "Photographs & Memories" 1,716,000 jan12
97 1987 Pink Floyd "A momentary lapse of reason" 1,710,000 feb07
98 1978 Earth, Wind & Fire "The best of, Vol.1" 1,700,000 jan06
99 1975 America “History: Greatest hits” 1,652,000 sep07
100 1987 Michael Jackson “Bad” 1,608,000 oct10

101 1989 Luther Vandross "Best of Luther: The best of love" 1,600,000 jan06
102 1984 Van Halen “1984” 1,570,000 feb12
103 1989 Beastie Boys "Paul's boutique" 1,566,000 may12
104 1967 The Doors "The Doors" 1,565,000 apr12
105 1984 Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA” 1,562,000 mar12
106 1973 Elton John “Goodbye Yellow brick road” 1,559,000 dec05
107 1965 The Beatles “Help” 1,545,000 apr12
108 1985 Org. Broadway Cast “Les Miserables” 1,537,000 may08
109 1983 Def Leppard "Pyromania" 1,523,000 feb12
110 1970 Black Sabbath “Paranoid” 1,513,000 may12

111 1977 Elton John "Greatest hits, vol.2" 1,512,000 dec05
112 1970 The Beatles “Let it be” 1,499,000 may12
113 1987 Reba McEntire "Greatest hits" 1,484,000 jan06
114 1975 Carly Simon "Best Of" 1,472,000 sep07
115 1964 The Beatles “Hard days night” 1,472,000 mar12
116 1967 Barbra Streisand "A Christmas album" 1,466,000 dec05
117 1981 Rush "Moving pictures" 1,465,000 may12
118 1985 The Cars "Greatest hits" 1,451,000 nov07
119 1969 Led Zeppelin “I“ 1,450,000 dec06
120 1986 Peter Gabriel "So" 1,414,000 dec05

121 1983 U2 "War" 1,413,000 jul06
122 1983 Violent Femmes "Violent Femmes" 1,400,000 dec99
123 1970 Santana "Abraxas" 1,400,000 jan07
124 1989 Pat Benatar "Best shots" 1,380,000 aug05
125 1982 John Mellencamp "American fool" 1,380,000 sep11
126 1977 Billy Joel “The Stranger” 1,366,000 feb05
127 1958 Elvis Presley "Elvis' golden records" 1,356,000 dec05
128 1989 Tom Petty "Full Moon Fever" 1,356,000 may12
129 1989 Stevie Ray Vaughan "In step" 1,308,000 dec05
130 1975 Chicago "Chicago IX: Greatest hits" 1,307,000 jan06

131 1989 Guns n Roses “Lies” 1,296,000 feb06
132 1989 N.W.A. "Straight outta Compton" 1,295,000 jun05
133 1985 John Mellencamp "Scarecrow" 1,277,000 dec05
134 1971 Rolling Stones "Sticky fingers" 1,260,000 may10
135 1978 Rolling Stones "Some girls" 1,250,000 may10
136 1984 Stevie Ray Vaughan "Couldn't stand the weather" 1,243,000 dec05
137 1976 Linda Ronstadt "Greatest hits" 1,230,000 jan06
138 1985 Whitney Houston “Whitney Houston” 1,228,000 may12
139 1980 Ozzy Osbourne “Blizzard of Ozz” 1,218,000 aug06
140 1989 Skid Row "Skid Row" 1,211,000 may12

141 1970 Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge over troubled water 1,210,000 jan06
142 1975 Led Zeppelin “Physical graffiti” 1,206,000 dec06
143 1964 Burl Ives "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1,202,000 apr12
144 1976 Bob Seger "Live Bullet" 1,200,000 jan06
145 1988 Kenny G "Silhouette" 1,200,000 ???
146 1988 U2 “Rattle & Hum” 1,196,000 jul06
147 1981 Phil Collins "Face Value" 1,187,000 oct10
148 1973 John Denver "Greatest Hits" 1,186,000 jul06
149 1968 Johnny Cash "At Folsom Prison" 1,179,000 jan12
150 1988 Eazy-E "Eazy Duz It" 1,174,000 jun05

151 1981 Pink Floyd "A collection of great dance songs" 1,170,000 jan07
152 1988 Sade "Stronger than pride" 1,167,000 dec05
153 1986 Van Halen "5150" 1,167,000 may06
154 1985 Sade "Diamond life" 1,164,000 dec05
155 1988 The Beatles “Past masters vol 2” 1,164,000 jan07
156 1978 Boston "Don't look back" 1,162,000 aug11
157 1975 Aerosmith “Toys in the attic” 1,150,000 feb05
158 1970 Led Zeppelin “III” 1,139,000 dec06
159 1976 Black Sabbath “We sold our soul to RnR” 1,135,000 jan07
160 1966 Dean Martin "The best of" 1,135,000 sep07

161 1975 Cat Stevens "Greatest hits" 1,134,000 jan12 (2000 remaster only)
162 1987 George Michael "Faith" 1,131,000 jan06
163 1989 Barbra Streisand "A collection - GH and more" 1,123,000 dec05
164 1959 Dave Brubeck Quartet "Time out" 1,117,000 may08
165 1985 Sade "Promise" 1,115,000 dec05
166 1963 Patsy Cline "The Patsy Cline Story" 1,100,000 dec05
167 1988 Melissa Etheridge "Melissa Etheridge" 1,100,000 jan06
168 1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Deja Vu" 1,100,000 jan06
169 1969 Rolling Stones "Let it bleed" 1,100,000 may10
170 1985 Dire Straits “Brothers in arms” 1,096,000 may05

171 1971 Marvin Gaye "What's going on" 1,093,000 dec05
172 1981 Barbra Streisand "Memories" 1,068,000 dec05
173 1989 Too Short "Life is...Too short" 1,060,000 jan06
174 1983 ZZ Top "Eliminator" 1,060,000 jan09
175 1982 Neil Diamond "12 Greatest Hits, vol.2" 1,052,000 may08
176 1987 Ozzy Osbourne "Tribute" 1,025,000 aug06
177 1957 Elvis Presley "Christmas album" 1,020,000 nov05
178 1977 Jackson Browne "Running on empty" 1,020,000 jan06
179 1987 Whitney Houston “Whitney” 1,020,000 mar12
180 1988 Pink Floyd "Delicate sound of thunder" 1,016,000 jan07

181 1980 The Eagles "Live" 1,012,000 nov07
182 1964 The Beatles "Please Please Me" 1,006,000 nov09
183 1975 Queen ”A night at the opera” 1,001,000 sep09
184 1977 Eric Clapton "Slowhand" 1,000,000 jan06

Close to 1m:


-- 1980 Temptations "Give love at Christmas" 994,000 dec05
-- 1976 Peter Frampton "Comes Alive" 986,000 may12
-- 1971 The Who "Who's Next" 975,000 jan09
-- 1989 Scorpions "Best Of Rockers N' Ballads" 975,000 mar10
-- 1976 Rush "2112" 969,000 oct10
-- 1986 Stevie Ray Vaughan "Live alive" 968,000 dec05
-- 1987 Paul McCartney "All the best" 946,000 dec05
-- 1989 Cher "Heart of stone" 936,000 jan06
-- 1987 Aerosmith "Permanent Vacation 920,000 jan06
-- 1980 Soundtrack "Blues Brothers" 911,000 jul07
-- 1981 Ozzy Osbourne "Diary of a madman" 909,000 aug06
-- 1987 R.E.M. "Document" 908,000 mar11
-- 1988 Bon Jovi "New Jersey" 901,000 feb06



These figures are most likely for remastered editions only:




-- 1983 Charlie Daniels band "A decade of hits" 710,000 may06??? (1999remaster??)69
-- 1969 Jimi Hendrix "Smash hits" 155,000 jul05? (2002remaster) 64

Missing country albums? (Country/Pop catalog weeks):

-- 1987 George Strait "Greatest Hits vol. 2" (460/34)
-- 1985 George Strait "Greatest Hits" (394/5)
-- 1986 George Strait "Merry Christmas Strait To You" (68/13)
-- 1987 George Strait "Ocean Front Property" (135/0)
-- 1988 George Strait "If You Aint Loving" (72/0)
-- 1986 Alabama "Greatest Hits" (255/0)
- 1984 Alabama "Roll On" (158/4)
- 1985 Alabama "Christmas" (74/12)
- 1988 Alabama "Live" (133/0)
- 1982 Alabama "Mountain music" (100/0)
- 1989 Reba McEntire "Sweet Sixteen" (204/1)
- 1988 Reba McEntire "Reba" (150/1)
- 1987 Reba McEntire "Merry Christmas To You" (70/16)
- 1985 Patsy Cline "Heartaches" (185/14)
- 1989? Patsy Cline "20 Golden Hits" (127/5)
-- 1979 Waylon Jennings "Greatest Hits" (170/6)
- 1981 Willie Nelson "Greatest Hits & some that will be" (63/8)
- 1978 Willie Nelson "Stardust" (25/0)
- 1983 Kenny Rogers "Twenty Greatet Hits" (202/2)
- 1984 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "Once upon A Christmas" (51/13)
- 1982 Dolly Parton "Greatest Hits" (170/0)
- 1970 Hank Williams Sr. "24 Of Hank Williams GH" (135/3)
- 19?? Hank Williams Sr. "20 Of Hank Williams GH" (107/1)


Let me know if any of you have additional information as I want this list to be as accurate and up-to-date as possible.
My aim is to include all millionselling catalog albums.

A few statistics:

1,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 184
2,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 77
3,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 43
4,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 26
5,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 15
6,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 7
7,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 4
8,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 3
9,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 2
10,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 1
11,000,000+ scanning catalog albums: 1

Not even half of the known million sellers has passed 2 million. Could be many between 1m and 2m still missing.

Artists with 3 or more known million scanning catalog albums

The Beatles - 13
Pink Floyd - 7
Led Zeppelin - 6
AC/DC - 5
Metallica - 4
The Eagles - 4
Rolling Stones - 4
Elton John - 3
U2 - 3
Michael Jackson - 3
Van Halen - 3
Barbra Streisand - 3
Sade - 3
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 3
The Doors - 3

Top catalog albums by decade:

1980's - 93 - (top seller: "Legend" 11.04m)
1970's - 64 - (top seller: "Dark side of the moon" 9.44m)
1960's - 22 - (top seller: "Abbey road" 4.83m)
1950's - 4 - (top seller: "Kind of blue" 3.21m)
1940's - 1 - ("White Christmas" 1.86m)

[Dane]

Most weeks on Top Pop Catalog Album Chart

Updated to issue 20-03-2010


(# -Title-Artist-Catalog weeks-Peak-Weeks at #1 (as of 17-01-2009))

01 Dark side of the moon, Pink floyd 949 1 20
02 Legend, Bob Marley 919 1 108
03 Back in black, AC/DC 765 1 7
04 Greatest hits, Journey 760 1 3
((05 Greatest hits, Bob Seger 668 1 5))
06 Greatest hits, James Taylor 662 1 5
07 Chronicle, CCR 642 7 -
((08 Metallica, Metallica 621 1 40))
((09 Greatest hits, Queen 563 2 -))
10 Songs you know by heart, Jimmy Buffett 529 1 5

11 …And justice for all, Metallica 508 3 -
((12 Greatest hits Tom Petty - 1993 version 487 1 1)) (plus 68 weeks for the 2008 version)
13 Master of puppets, Metallica 461 6 -
14 Greatest hits, Fleetwood Mac 457 1 3
15 The Wall, Pink Floyd 454 1 1
16 Licensed to ill, Beastie boys 437 1 26
((17 Vault Def Leppard 433 1 6))
((18 Gold Abba 421 1 9))
19 Greatest hits 1974-1978, Steve Miller 418 1 3
20 Appetite for destruction, Guns 'n Roses 417 1 1

21 Ride the lightning, Metallica 417 5 -
22 Greatest hits, Aerosmith 413 1 2
23 Greatest hits, Elton John 409 1 5
24 Their greatest hits 71-75 The Eagles 362 1 14
((25 1 The Beatles 356 1 9))
26 Time pieces Eric Clapton 314 1 37
((27 Sublime Sublime 309 5 -))
28 Best of The Doors 306 1 3
29 Watermark Enya 305 1 17
((30 The Best of Van Morrison 298 3 -))

31 Greatest hits Janis Joplin 291 2 -
32 12 Greatest hits Patsy Cline 290 6 -
((33 Greatest hits Tim McGraw 282 1 4))
((34 Immaculate collection Madonna 282 8 -))
35 Grease Soundtrack 278 1 52
((36 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 268 2 -))
((37 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix 268 8 -))
38 The Joshua tree U2 253 9 -
((39 Cross Road Bon Jovi 251 1 1))
40 Sgt. Pepper's The Beatles 237 1 1

41 IV Led Zeppelin 237 2 -
42 Bat out of hell Meat Loaf 233 1 22
43 Abbey road The Beatles 233 2 -
44 Greatest hits I+II Billy Joel 224 8 -
45 Tapestry Carole King 216 3 -
((46 Michael Buble Michael Buble 216 1 ?))
((47 Come on over Shania Twain 215 2 -))
((48 Wicked Soundtrack 214 ? -))
49 Greatest hits II The Eagles 213 2 -
((50 16 Biggest hits Johnny Cash 203 1 26))
51 Greatest hits 1982-1989 Chicago 203 20 -

((52 Hell freezes over The Eagles 201 6 -))
53 Skynnyrds innyrds/Greatest hits Lynnyrd Skynnyrd 198 11 -
((54 Devil without a cause Kid Rock 194 3 -))
((55 Greatest Hits Kenny Chesney 191 ? -))
((56 Greatest Hits Al Green 188 12 -))



Titles in ((brackets)) has charted on Billboard 200 since soundscan began, hence the omission in the soundscan list above.



watch: AC/DC Live 183, Celine Dion ATW 183, Evanescence 178, Thriller 176, Sade best 175, Lynyrd All Time 174, GnR best 169, It's Time 155

[nibblet]

Plenty of rockers!

[Dane]

My aim is to include all millionselling catalog albums.

Some of the catalog titles likely to have total sales above the 1 million mark is:

Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" 662,905 okt04 (2000remaster)
The Doors "Best of"

Any help on these or others would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Thomas

THESE TITLES ARE NOW ALSO SHOWN IN 1ST POST FOR CONVENIENCE.

[pepster]

Nice work there Dane. I'm also fascinated by The Pop Catalog Album Chart. But could you also post albums that were released after the soundscan era as well. That would be great

[Dane]

Nice work there Dane. I'm also fascinated by The Pop Catalog Album Chart. But could you also post albums that were released after the soundscan era as well. That would be great

Thanks.
For best selling albums of the soundscan era please go to:

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... c&start=25

Thomas

[RetroActive]

Dane, I have a bit more recent figure for Def Leppard's Hysteria. It had scanned 2,167,680 on July 11, 2003.

[Dane]

Dane, I have a bit more recent figure for Def Leppard's Hysteria. It had scanned 2,167,680 on July 11, 2003.

Thanks a lot. That's the kind of input I need to make this list more accurate!

Thomas

[Dane]

I researched the source of Retros information and actually found it in a long list at melodicrock.com, that among others also included a more recent number for Van Halen's "5150"(sales 1991 to 11th july 2003):

Artist / Title / US Sales To Date
Journey - Trial By Fire - 1,195,095
Journey - Arrival - 177,350
Journey - Essential Journey (2CD Set) - 250,515
Journey - Greatest Hits Live - 534,405
Journey - Red 13 - 14,916 (Does not include website, gig or European sales)
Rick Springfield - The Greatest Hits...Alive - 23,175 (Does not include limited website edition of 5,500 units)
Rick Springfield - Karma - 46,769
John Waite - Temple Bar - 19,222 (Label went bankrupt during album's initial release period)
John Waite - When You Were Mine - 5,833
John Waite - Figure In A Landscape - 8,465
John Waite - Live And Rare Tracks - 1,735
Styx - Brave New World - 72,779
Styx - Styxworld - 22,400
Styx - Cyclorama - 39,657 (Sales still going strong)
Def Leppard - X - 231,195
Def Leppard - Hysteria - 2,167,680 (Only since 1991, add +/- 13 million prior to that date)
Bon Jovi - Crush - 1,944,337
Bon Jovi - Bounce - 674,525
Van Halen - 3 - 512,390
Van Halen - 5150 - 1,082,469 (Sales since 1991, +/- 7 million is the official total figure)
Van Halen - Van Halen - 1,669,687 (Sales since 1991, +/- 10-11 million is the official total figure)
Van Halen - Best Of Vol. 1 - 2,783,035
Sammy Hagar - Marching To Mars - 356,234
Sammy Hagar - Red Voodoo - 364,549
Sammy Hagar - Ten 13 - 128,686
Sammy Hagar - Not For Sale - 47,572 (Moved to a minor label)
Sammy Hagar - Hallelujah (Live) - 19,557 (Only just released - sales to date)
Dokken - Long Way Home - 19,447
Lynch/Pilson - Wicked Underground - 8,350 (Only just released - sales to date)
Poison - Hollyweird - 50,190
Poison - Power To The People - 75,350
SR-71 - Now You See Inside - 370,824
SR-71 - Tomorrow - 66,283
Butch Walker - Left Of Self Centered - 16,276
Streets - 1st - 852 (2003 re-issue, not including mail order store sales, where titles would have been popular)
Streets - Crimes In Mind - 787 (2003 re-issue)
Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are - 1,283,694 (still going strong)
Whitesnake - 1987 - 679,229 (Only since 1991, add +/- 10 million prior to that date)
Hall & Oates - Do It For Love - 111,671 (Still going strong)
UFO - Sharks - 12,042
MSG - Arachnophobiac - 1,093 (Only just released - sales to date)
Toto - Through The Looking Glass - 6,100
Toto - IV - 288,653 on Columbia, 1449 of the Gold Disc, plus 5,564 of a 3 album box that include IV (Sales only since 1991)

http://www.melodicrock.com/news2003.html

Thomas

[MJDangerous]

33 1982 Michael Jackson “Thriller” 2,285,000 mar05

2.390.000 to date soundscan sales.

[Dane]

33 1982 Michael Jackson “Thriller” 2,285,000 mar05

2.390.000 to date soundscan sales.

Thanks a lot!
Thomas

[evaorig]

Hi Dane more scans for you

Michael Jackson-"Bad" 1,010,435 May '05
Janet Jackson-"Rhythm Nation" 1,314,000 Aug '04

[Dane]

Hi Dane more scans for you

Michael Jackson-"Bad" 1,010,435 May '05
Janet Jackson-"Rhythm Nation" 1,314,000 Aug '04

Great! Keep them coming guys!

I was wondering if "Bad" had passed the 1 millon mark. Thanks

However, I have to exclude "Rhythm nation" as it charted on Billboard 200 after the catalog chart was introduced.

I've made this decision, because otherwise the list would be dominated by big selling albums of 1989 and 1990 like Garth Brooks' "Garth Brooks", "No fences", Michael Bolton "Soul provider", AC/DC "Razors edge", Org. Cast. "Phantom of the opera - highlights" etc
- those weren't considered catalog at the beginning of soundscan.

Thomas

[Dane]

On the following pages I will post Billboard's year-end-chart for Top Pop Catalog Album.
These are compiled of charting weeks only in a Billboard year (which doesn't follow the calendar year).

Although the Catalog chart was introduced back in 1991, the year-end-chart was first published in 1994:

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1994 (12.04.1993 - 11.26.1994)

# Titel - Artist

1 Their greatest hits 1971-1975 - Eagles
2 Legend - Bob Marley
3 Bat out of hell - Meat Loaf
4 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
5 The Wall - Pink Floyd
6 A fresh aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
7 Watermark - Enya
8 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
9 Greatest hits - Journey
10 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
11 Greatest hits vol. 2 - Eagles
12 Greatest hits - James Taylor
13 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
14 Time pieces - Eric Clapton
15 …And justice for all - Metallica
16 Greatest hits vol. 1 & 2 - Billy Joel
17 Greatest hits - Aerosmith
18 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
19 Greatest hits - Janis Joplin
20 A very special Christmas 2 - Various Artists
21 Chronicle - CCR
22 Ride the lightning - Metallica
23 Phantom of the opera - Original London cast
24 Best of - Doors
25 Greatest hits - Elton John
26 The Christmas album - Neil Diamond
27 Home for Christmas - Amy Grant
28 Hotel California - Eagles
29 Bleach - Nirvana
30 Master of puppets - Metallica
31 A very special Christmas - Various Artists
32 1967-1970 - Beatles
33 Beyond the season - Garth Brooks
34 Pretty hate machine - Nine inch nails
35 12 Greatest hits - Patsy Cline
36 Joshua tree - U2
37 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
38 1962-1966 - The Beatles
39 Greatest hits 1982-1989 - Chicago
40 Reflections of passion - Yanni
41 A Romantic Christmas John Tesh
42 The Christmas song - Nat King Cole
43 Luck of the draw - Bonnie Raitt
44 Facelift - Alice in chains
45 The Best of - Grateful Dead
46 Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
47 Gish - Smahing Pumpkins
48 Dare to dream - Yanni
49 Appetite for destruction - Guns ‘N Roses
50 Permanent vacation - Aerosmith

Unfortunately I don't have sounscan figures.

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1995 (12.03.1994 - 11.25.1995)


# Titel Artist

1 Legend - Bob Marley
2 Pretty hate machine - Nine inch nails
3 Colleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
4 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
5 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
6 A fresh aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
7 The Wall - Pink Floyd
8 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
9 When my heart finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
10 Greatest hits - Journey
11 Greatest hits - Elton John
12 Their greatest hits 1971-1975 - Eagles
13 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
14 Greatest hits - James Taylor
15 Watermark - Enya
16 Christmas interpretations - Boyz II Men
17 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
18 Best of - Doors
19 Time pieces - Eric Clapton
20 Greatest hits - Janis Joplin
21 Chronicle - CCR
22 Grease - Soundtrack
23 Kerplunk - Green Day
24 …And justice for all - Metallica
25 Bleach - Nirvana
26 Hotel California - Eagles
27 Home for Christmas - Amy Grant
28 Greatest hits - Aerosmith
29 Let there be peace on earth - Vince Gill
30 A very special Christmas 2 - Various Artists
31 12 Greatest hits - Patsy Cline
32 The Best of - Grateful Dead
33 A very special Christmas - Various Artists
34 Ride the lightning - Metallica
35 IV - Led Zeppelin
36 Master of puppets - Metallica
37 Ultimate experience - Jimi Hendrix
38 Joshua tree - U2
39 Best of - Van Morrison
40 The Christmas song - Nat King Cole
41 39/Smooth - Green Day
42 Immaculate collection - Madonna
43 Christmas album - Barbra Streisand
44 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
45 Back in black - AC/DC
46 Mental jewelry - Live
47 Reflections of passion - Yanni
48 Ignition - Offspring
49 Beyond the season - Garth Brooks
50 Soulful Christmas - Aaron Neville

[aez]

Great info Dane!

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1996 (12.02.1995 - 11.30.1996)

# Titel Artist

1 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
2 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
3 Legend - Bob Marley
4 Grease - Soundtrack
5 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
6 Abbey road - Beatles
7 Sgt. Pepper’s lonely hearts club band - Beatles
8 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
9 The Wall - Pink Floyd
10 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
11 A fresh aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
12 1967-1970 - Beatles
13 Watermark - Enya
14 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
15 Siamese dream - Smashing Pumpkins
16 When my heart finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
17 Greatest hits - Journey
18 Pretty hate machine - Nine inch nails
19 Ultimate experience - Jimi Hendrix
20 …And justice for all - Metallica
21 The Beatles - Beatles
22 Greatest hits - James Taylor
23 Rage against the machine - Rage against the machine
24 Best of - Van Morrison
25 1962-1966 - Beatles
26 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
27 Christmas interpretations - Boyz II Men
28 Tapestry - Carole King
29 Greatest hits - Janis Joplin
30 Ride the lightning - Metallica
31 12 Greatest hits - Patsy Cline
32 Chronicle - CCR
33 Best of - Doors
34 Let there be peace on earth - Vince Gill
35 Home for Christmas - Amy Grant
36 Master of puppets - Metallica
37 A very special Christmas - Various Artists
38 Time pieces - Eric Clapton
39 Greatest hits - Elton John
40 Rubber soul - Beatles
41 Back in black - AC/DC
42 The Christmas song - Nat King Cole
43 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
44 Their greatest hits 1971-1975 - Eagles
45 Immaculate collection - Madonna
46 Top Gun - Soundtrack
47 A very special Christmas 2 - Various Artists
48 Colleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
49 Christmas album - Barbra Streisand
50 It’s Christmas time - Crosby/Sinatra/Cole

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1997 (12.07.1996 - 11.29.1997)


# Titel Artist

1 Grease - Soundtrack
2 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
3 Christmas in the aire - Mannheim Steamroller
4 Legend - Bob Marley
5 Metallica - Metallica
6 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
7 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
8 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
9 40 Oz. To freedom - Sublime
10 Greatest hits - Bob Seger
11 Greatest hits - James Taylor
12 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
13 Greatest hits - Journey
14 Fumbling towards ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan
15 …And justice for all - Metallica
16 Hell freezes over - Eagles
17 The Wall - Pink Floyd
18 Ultimate experience - Jimi Hendrix
19 Sixteen stone - Bush
20 MCMXC A.D. - Enigma
21 The colour of my life - Celine Dion
22 Greatest hits - Tom Petty
23 Best of - Van Morrison
24 The Hits - Garth Brooks
25 Ride the lightning - Metallica
26 Master of puppets - Metallica
27 Under the table and dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
28 Greatest hits - Elton John
29 The woman in me - Shania Twain
30 Gold - ABBA
31 A fresh aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
32 Greatest hits - Queen
33 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
34 Watermark - Enya
35 When my heart finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
36 Top Gun - Soundtrack
37 Me against the world - 2Pac
38 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
39 Rage against the machine - Rage against the machine
40 Best of - Sade
41 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
42 It’s Christmas time - Crosby/Sinatra/Cole
43 The Christmas song - Nat King Cole
44 Greatest hits - Janis Joplin
45 ESPN presents: Jock jams vol. 1 - Various Artists
46 Phantom of the opera highlights - Original London cast
47 This is Christmas - Luther Vandross
48 A very special Christmas - Various Artists
49 Greatest hits - Bee Gees
50 Home for Christmas - Amy Grant

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1998 (12.06.1997 - 11.28.1998)


# Titel Artist

1 Grease - Soundtrack
2 Metallica - Metallica
3 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
4 Legend - Bob Marley
5 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
6 Greatest hits - Bob Seger
7 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
8 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
9 The woman in me - Shania Twain
10 Greatest hits - James Taylor
11 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
12 …And justice for all - Metallica
13 The Wall - Pink Floyd
14 Jagged little pill - Alanis Morissette
15 ESPN presents: Jock jams vol. 1 - Various Artists
16 The Greatest hits collection - Alan Jackson
17 Fumbling towards ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan
18 Appetite for destruction - Guns ‘N Roses
19 Skynyrd’s innyrds - Lynyrd Skynyrd
20 Greatest hits - Elton John
21 Christmas in the aire - Mannheim Steamroller
22 Greatest hits - Tom Petty
23 Vault - Def Leppard
24 Ultimate experience - Jimi Hendrix
25 40 Oz. To freedom - Sublime
26 Hell freezes over - Eagles
27 Best of - Van Morrison
28 Master of puppets - Metallica
29 All eyes on me - 2Pac
30 Big ones - Aerosmith
31 Crash - Dave Matthews Band
32 Ride the lightning - Metallica
33 Back in black - AC/DC
34 The very good years – Sinatra reprise - Frank Sinatra
35 Falling into you - Celine Dion
36 Chronicle - CCR
37 Pieces of you - Jewel
38 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
39 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
40 The Hits - Garth Books
41 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
42 Christmas eve and other stories - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
43 Tragic kingdom - No Doubt
44 A fresh aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
45 Greatest hits - Aerosmith
46 Greatest hits - Queen
47 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller
48 When my heart finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.
49 Disney’s Christmas collection - Various Artists
50 Greatest hits - Journey

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 1999 (12.05.1998 - 11.27.1999)

# Titel Artist

1 Metallica - Metallica
2 Legend - Bob Marley
3 Greatest hits - Bob Seger
4 The woman in me - Shania Twain
5 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
6 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
7 Appetite for destruction - Guns ‘N Roses
8 Crash - Dave Matthews Band
9 Licensed to ill - Beastie Boys
10 Sublime - Sublime
11 Vault - Def Leppard
12 Greatest hits - James Taylor
13 The Hits - Garth Books
14 The Wall - Pink Floyd
15 …And justice for all - Metallica
16 Greatest hits - Tom Petty
17 Falling into you - Celine Dion
18 Greatest hits - Queen
19 Korn - Korn
20 Chronicle - CCR
21 Jagged little pill - Alanis Morissette
22 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
23 Pieces of you - Jewel
24 Life is preachy - Korn
25 Grease - Soundtrack
26 All time greatest hits - Barry White
27 Back in black - AC/DC
28 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
29 Aenima - Tool
30 Best of - Van Morrison
31 Yourself or someone like you - Matchbox 20
32 Smash - Offspring
33 Greatest hits 1974-78 - Steve Miller Band
34 The Greatest hits collection - Alan Jackson
35 Greatest hits vol. 1 - Barry White
36 Greatest hits 1986-1996 - Poison
37 Immaculate collection - Madonna
38 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
39 Greatest hits - Al Green
40 Everywhere - Tim McGraw
41 Master of puppets - Metallica
42 Christmas in the aire - Mannheim Steamroller
43 Live - AC/DC
44 Disney’s Christmas collection - Various Artists
45 Big ones - Aerosmith
46 A very special Christmas 3 - Various Artists
47 Under the table and dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
48 Rock spectacle - Barenaked Ladies
49 Kind of blue - Miles Davis
50 Rage against the machine - Rage against the machine

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 2000 (12.04.1999 - 11.25.2000)

# Tittel Artist

1 My own prison - Creed
2 Metallica - Metallica
3 These are special times - Celine Dion
4 Legend - Bob Marley
5 Romanza - Andrea Bocelli
6 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
7 Greatest hits - Bob Seger
8 Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
9 Home for Christmas - ‘N Sync
10 Yourself or someone like you - Matchbox 20
11 Vault - Def Leppard
12 Greatest hits - Tom Petty
13 Greatest hits - James Taylor
14 Everywhere - Tim McGraw
15 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
16 Three dollar bill, Y’all - Limp Bizkit
17 Crash - Dave Matthews Band
18 Greatest hits - Queen
19 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
20 ‘N Sync - ‘N Sync
21 Back in black - AC/DC
22 …And justice for all - Metallica
23 All time greatest hits - Barry White
24 Greatest hits - Al Green
25 Greatest hits collection - Brooks & Dunn
26 Savage Garden - Savage Garden
27 Sublime - Sublime
28 Chronicle - CCR
29 Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan
30 Live - AC/DC
31 I’m alright - Jo Dee Messing
32 Greatest hits - Fleetwood Mac
33 Gold - ABBA
34 White Christmas - Martina McBride
35 Ultimate Christmas - Various Artists
36 Master of puppets - Metallica
37 Greatest hits - Styx
38 Kind of blue - Miles Davis
39 Immaculate collection - Madonna
40 The Wall - Pink Floyd
41 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
42 Christmas live - Mannheim Steamroller
43 Best of - Van Morrison
44 5 - Lenny Kravitz
45 Appetite for destuction - Guns ‘N Roses
46 Merry Christmas - Mariah Carey
47 Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks
48 Faith - Faith Hill
49 Cross Road - Bon Jovi
50 Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 2001 (12.02.2000 - 11.24.2001)

# Titel Artist

1 My own prison - Creed
2 Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks
3 Metallica - Metallica
4 Come on over - Shania Twain
5 Devil without a cause - Kid Rock
6 Faith: A holiday album - Kenny G
7 Legend - Bob Marley
8 Paint the sky with stars - Enya
9 Godsmack - Godsmack
10 Greatest hits - Bob Seger
11 Dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd
12 Greatest hits - James Taylor
13 Home for Christmas - ‘N Sync
14 Vault - Def Leppard
15 The best of 1980-1990 - U2
16 Song bird - Eva Cassidy
17 Kind of blue - Miles Davis
18 American patriot - Lee Greenwood
19 Cross Road - Bon Jovi
20 Greatest hits - Journey
21 Back in black - AC/DC
22 Gold - ABBA
23 Greatest hits - Tom Petty
24 These are special times - Celine Dion
25 Greatest hits - Aerosmith
26 Sublime - Sublime
27 Romanza - Andrea Bocelli
28 Greatest hits - Queen
29 ‘N Sync - ‘N Sync
30 Dysfunction - Staind
31 Yourself or someone like you - Matchbox 20
32 Crash - Dave Matthews Band
33 Greatest hits - 2Pac
34 Miracles – The holiday album - Kenny G
35 Joy: A holiday album - Jewel
36 Play - Moby
37 Weezer - Weezer
38 The magic of Christmas - Garth Brooks
39 Best of - Sade
40 Christmas eve and other stories - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
41 Chronicle - CCR
42 This Christmas - 98 Degrees
43 Ultimate Christmas - Various artists
44 Christmas favorites - Nat King Cole
45 Nevermind - Nirvana
46 Live - AC/DC
47 A Rosie Christmas - Rosie O’Donnell
48 Big ones - Aerosmith
49 Greatest hits collection - Brooks & Dunn
50 One night only - Bee Gees

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 2002 (12.01.2001 - 11.30.2002)

# Titel Artist

1 Human clay, Creed
2 Paint the sky with stars, Enya
3 Greatest hits, Bob Seger
4 Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd
5 My own prison, Creed
6 Wide open spaces, Dixie Chicks
7 Greatest hits, James Taylor
8 Devil without a cause, Kid Rock
9 Metallica, Metallica
10 All the way…a decade of song, Celine Dion
11 Vault, Def Leppard
12 Legend, Bob Marley
13 The Sickness, Disturbed
14 Come on over, Shania Twain
15 Back in black, AC/DC
16 Gold, ABBA
17 Fly, Dixie Chicks
18 Dream a dream, Charlotte Church
19 Make yourself, Incubus
20 The Marshall mathers LP, Eminem
21 Faith: A holiday album, Kenny G
22 Greatest hits, Tom Petty
23 Immaculate collection, Madonna
24 System of a down, System of a down
25 Sublime, Sublime
26 Tapestry, Carole King
27 Christmas eve and other stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
28 Rascal Flatts, Rascal Flatts
29 The best of 1980-1990, U2
30 Greatest hits, Aerosmith
31 Nickel Creek, Nickel Creek
32 These are special times, Celine Dion
33 …Hits, Phil Collins
34 American patriot, Lee Greenwood
35 Greatest hits, 2Pac
36 Abbey road, Beatles
37 Greatest hits, Queen
38 Breathe, Faith Hill
39 20 good vibrations, Beach Boys
40 Greatest hits, Elton John
41 Kind of blue, Miles Davis
42 The Slim shady LP, Eminem
43 A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi
44 Romanza, Andrea Bocelli
45 All things must pass, George Harrison
46 Home for Christmas, ‘N Sync
47 Miracles – The holiday album, Kenny G
48 Greatest hits 1986-1996, Poison
49 Chronicle, CCR
50 Greatest hits, Willie Nelson

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 2003 (12.07.2002 - 11.29.2003)

# Titel Artist

1 Now thats what I call Christmas, Various artists
2 1, Beatles
3 Greatest hits, Tim McGraw
4 Christmas extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller
5 [Hybrid theory], Linkin Park
6 Parachutes, Coldplay
7 Legend, Bob Marley
8 Greatest hits, Bob Seger
9 The Marshall mathers LP, Eminem
10 Wide open spaces, Dixie Chicks
11 Greatest hits, Kenny Chesney
12 O brother, where art thou?, Soundtrack
13 Rascal Flatts, Rascal Flatts
14 Metallica, Metallica
15 Come on over, Shania Twain
16 All the way…a decade of song, Celine Dion
17 The Sickness, Disturbed
18 Fly, Dixie Chicks
19 Christmas eve and other stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
20 Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd ***
21 Greatest hits, Queen
22 Greatest hits, James Taylor
23 …Hits, Phil Collins
24 Good Charlotte, Good Charlotte
25 16 Biggest hits, Johnny Cash
26 Gold, ABBA
27 The Slim shady LP, Eminem
28 Devil without a cause, Kid Rock
29 One night only, Bee Gees
30 Mamma Mia!, Original Broadway cast
31 Brushfire fairytales, Jack Johnson
32 Vault, Def Leppard
33 Christmas memories, Barbra Streisand
34 Back in black, AC/DC ***
35 Human clay, Creed
36 These are special times, Celine Dion
37 All time greatest hits, Barry White
38 When my heart finds Christmas, Harry Connick Jr.
39 Classic Sinatra: 1953-1960, Frank Sinatra
40 Paint the sky with stars, Enya
41 The Christmas attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
42 It’s Christmas time, Elvis Presley
43 Songs 4 worship – shout to the lord, Various artists
44 Master of puppets, Metallica
45 A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi
46 Greatest hits, Tom Petty
47 Coyote ugly, Soundtrack
48 A day without rain, Enya
49 Immaculate collection, Madonna
50 Appetite for destruction, Guns ‘N Roses

*** These two titles both charted in different formats this year. Sales of those are NOT combined, otherwise they would have charted higher.

[Dane]

Top Pop Catalog Albums 2004 (12.06.2003 - 11.27.2004)

# Titel Artist

1 1, Beatles
2 Legend, Bob Marley
3 Josh Groban, Josh Groban
4 Greatest hits, Bob Seger
5 Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd
6 [Hybrid theory], Linkin Park
7 Greatest hits, Tim McGraw
8 Room for squares, John Mayer
9 Classic Sinatra: 1953-1960, Frank Sinatra
10 Cocky, Kid Rock
11 Back in black, AC/DC
12 Greatest hits, Martina McBride
13 Come on over, Shania Twain
14 Greatest hits, Kenny Chesney
15 Lord, I apologize, Larry the cable guy
16 The very best of, Rod Stewart
17 Metallica, Metallica
18 Almost there, Mercyme
19 Greatest hits, Queen
20 16 Biggest hits, Johnny Cash
21 Now thats what I call Christmas, Various artists
22 Gold, ABBA
23 Christmas eve and other stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
24 The very best of, Prince
25 Christmas extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller
26 O brother, where art thou?, Soundtrack
27 Ready to die, The Notorious B.I.G.
28 Parachutes, Coldplay
29 Devil without a cause, Kid Rock
30 All the way…a decade of song, Celine Dion
31 No shoes, no shirts, no problems, Kenny Chesney
32 Let it be Christmas, Alan Jackson
33 Experience Hendrix: the best of, Jimi Hendrix
34 Greatest hits, Lenny Kravitz
35 Santa Claus Lane, Hilary Duff
36 Greatest hits, Tom Petty
37 The Christmas attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
38 The very best of, Ray Charles
39 Ultimate Manilow, Barry Manilow
40 Greatest hits, Journey
41 No pads, no helmets…just balls, Simple plan
42 Let go, Avril Lavigne
43 Vault, Def Leppard
44 White Christmas, Bing Crosby
45 These are special times, Celine Dion
46 Lisenced to ill, Beastie Boys
47 Greatest hits, Al Green
48 Kidz Bop Christmas, Kidz Bop Christmas
49 LIVE, AC/DC
50 The Eminem show, Eminem

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Top Pop Catalog Albums 2005 (12.04.2004 - 11.26.2005)

# Titel Artist

1 Golden road, Keith Urban
2 1, Beatles
3 Back in black, AC/DC
4 Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd
5 The very best of, Ray Charles
6 Greatest hits, Bob Seger
7 Greatest hits, Queen
8 Come away with me, Norah Jones
9 A rush of blood to the head, Coldplay
10 Legend, Bob Marley
11 The Definitive collection, Stevie Wonder
12 International superhits!, Green Day
13 Greatest hits, Tim McGraw
14 Early & latter days, Led Zeppelin
15 Greatest hits, Journey
16 Metallica, Metallica
17 Now thats what I call Christmas 2, V.A.
18 Melt, Rascal Flatts
19 Get rich or die tryin', 50 Cent
20 Audioslave, Audioslave
21 Elv1s: 30 #1 hits, Elvis Presley
22 Dookie, Green Day
23 Christmas eve and other stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
24 The best of 1980-1990, U2
25 Josh Groban, Josh Groban
26 Experience Hendrix: Best of, Jimi Hendrix
27 Sounds of summer: The very best of, Beach Boys
28 It had to be you...US songbook, Rod Stewart
29 Away from the sun, 3 Doors Down
30 Now thats what I call Christmas, V.A.
31 Greatest hits 1970-2002, Elton John
32 [Hybrid theory], Lonkin Park
33 Toxicity, System Of A Down
34 Gold, ABBA
35 Greatest hits, Kenny Chesney
36 Harry for the holidays, Harry Connick Jr.
37 Classic Sinatra: 1953-1960, Frank Sinatra
38 Michael Buble, Michael Buble
39 Brushfire fairytales, Jack Johnson
40 All time greatest hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd
41 Greatest hits, Tom Petty
42 Fallen, Evanescence
43 On and on, Jack Johnson
44 Chronicle, CCR
45 Christmas with the Rat Pack, Sinatra, Martin & Davis Jr.
46 Elephunk, Black Eyed Peas
47 Thankful, Kelly Clarkson
48 Ultimate Manilow, Barry Manilow
49 My Christmas prayer, BeBe Winans
50 The Christmas attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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Top Pop Catalog Albums 2006 (12.03.2005 - 11.25.2006)

# Title Artist

1 16 BIGGEST HITS, Johnny Cash
2 GREATEST HITS, Tim McGraw
3 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, Pink Floyd
4 MICHAEL BUBLE, Michael Buble
5 BACK IN BLACK, AC/DC
6 HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, Dane Cook
7 1, The Beatles
8 GREATEST HITS, Bob Seger
9 GOLDEN ROAD, Keith Urban
10 SOUNDS OF SUMMER: THE VERY BEST OF, The Beach Boys
11 WICKED, Original Broadway Cast Recording
12 COME AWAY WITH ME, Norah Jones
13 GREATEST HITS, Queen
14 THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
15 CROSS ROAD, Bon Jovi
16 CHRONICLE, Creedence Clearwater Revival
17 JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, Johnny Cash
18 THE ESSENTIAL, Johnny Cash
19 GREATEST HITS, Tom Petty
20 THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION, Stevie Wonder
21 GREATEST HITS, Journey
22 ALL TIME GREATEST HITS, Lynyrd Skynyrd
23 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, Coldplay
24 A VERY LARRY CHRISTMAS, Larry The Cable Guy
25 INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS!, Green Day
26 THE VERY BEST OF, Sheryl Crow
27 CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES, Trans-Siberian
28 THE VERY BEST OF, Eagles
29 EARLY DAYS & LATTER DAYS, Led Zeppelin
30 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, Mannheim Steamroller
31 METALLICA, Metallica
32 ON AND ON, Jack Johnson
33 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX: THE BEST OF, Jimi Hendrix Experience
34 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, Vince Guaraldi Trio
35 THE LONG ROAD, Nickelback
36 MELT, Rascal Flatts
37 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS, V.A.
38 CLOSER, Josh Groban
39 BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES, Jack Johnson
40 BABY EINSTEIN: LULLABY CLASSICS, The Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra
41 LEGEND, Bob Marley
42 THE BEST OF 1980-1990, U2
43 THANKFUL, Kelly Clarkson
44 PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE, Rob Zombie
45 FALLEN, Evanescence
46 MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH LOVE, Clay Aiken
47 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS 2, V.A.
48 THE CHRISTMAS ATTIC, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
49 CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr
50 MERRY CHRISTMAS, Mariah Carey


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Top Pop Catalog Albums 2007 (12.02.2006 - 11.24.2007)

Rank, (rank 2006), Title, Artist, Rel.

1 (new) Greatest Hits, Guns N’ Roses 03/04
2 (8) Greatest hits, Bob Seger 11/94
3 (new) Feels Like Today, Rascal Flatts 09/04
4 (3) Dark side of the moon, Pink Floyd 03/73
5 (2) Greatest hits, Tim McGraw 11/00
6 (new) The Christmas Collection, Il Divo 10/05
7 (14) The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/04
8 (11) Wicked, Org. Cast 12/03
9 (new) It’s Time, Michael Buble 02/05
10 (7) 1, Beatles 11/00
11 (4) Michael Buble, Michael Buble 02/03
12 (38) Closer, Josh Groban 11/03
13 (12) Come away with me, Norah Jones 02/02
14 (34) A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi /65
15 (5) Back in black, AC/DC 07/80
16 (6) Harmful If Swallowed, Dane Cook 07/03
17 (24) A Very Larry Christmas, Larry The Cable Guy 11/04
18 (new) Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson 11/04
19 (27) Christmas eve and other stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/96
20 (21) Greatest hits, Journey 11/88
21 (new) Greatest Hits, Creed 11/04
22 (45) Fallen, Evanescence 03/03
23 (re) Best Of, Doors /85
24 (new) Greatest Hits 2, Toby Keith 11/04
25 (16) Chronicle, CCR /76
26 (41) Legend, Bob Marley 05/84
27 (new) Twice The Speed Of Life, Sugarland 10/04
28 (1) 16 Biggest Hits, Johnny Cash 02/99
29 (13) Greatest hits, Queen 09/92
30 (10) Sounds of summer, Beach Boys 06/03
31 (31) Metallica, Metallica 08/91
32 (re) [Hybrid Theory], Linkin Park 10/00
33 (new) Be Here, Keith Urban 09/04
34 (40) Lullaby Classics, Baby Einstein Music Box 03/04
35 (15) Crossroad, Bon Jovi 10/94
36 (48) The Christmas attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 09/98
37 (19) Greatest hits, Tom Petty 11/93
38 (re) Vault, Def Leppard 10/95
39 (22) All time greatest hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd 03/00
40 (49) Christmas with the Rat Pack, Sinatra, Martin, Davis 10/02
41 (28) The Very Best Of, Eagles 10/03
42 (20) The Definitive collection, Stevie Wonder 10/02
43 (33) Experience Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix 11/98
44 (29) Early days & latter days, Led Zeppelin 11/02
45 (new) All I really Want For Christmas, Steven Curtis Chapman 09/05
46 (new) Cheetah-Licious Christmas, The Cheetah Girls 10/05
47 (re) Grease, Soundtrack /78
48 (30) Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller 10/04
49 (new) 50 Number Ones, George Strait 10/04
50 (new) In Between Dreams, Jack Johnson 03/05


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Top Pop Catalog Albums 2008 (12.01.2007 - 11.29.2008)

Rank, (rank 2007), Title, Artist, Rel.

1 (new) THRILLER 25 Michael Jackson 11/82 (02/08)
2 (new) I CAN ONLY IMAGINE: PLATINUM EDITION Various Artists 10/04 (03/08)
3 (1) GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses 03/04
4 (20) JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS Journey 11/88
5 (26) LEGEND: THE BEST OF Bob Marley And The Wailers 05/84
6 (9) IT'S TIME Michael Buble 02/05
7 (7) THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/04
8 (new) JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording 11/05
9 (15) BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 07/80
10 (new) NUMBER ONES Michael Jackson 11/03
11 (new) LET IT SNOW! (EP) Michael Buble 11/03
12 (4) DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd 03/73
13 (8) WICKED Original Broadway Cast Recording 12/03
14 (2) GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 11/94
15 (re) ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS Elvis Presley 09/02
16 (new) NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS! 3 Various Artists 10/06
17 (29) GREATEST HITS Queen 09/92
18 (25) CHRONICLE THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival /76
19 (10) 1 The Beatles 11/00
20 (19) CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/96
21 (35) CROSS ROAD Bon Jovi 10/94
22 (re) ALL THE WAY...A DECADE OF SONG Celine Dion 11/99
23 (re) GOLD -- GREATEST HITS ABBA 08/93
24 (new) A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Celtic Woman 10/06
25 (14) A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (SOUNDTRACK) Vince Guaraldi Trio /65
26 (11) MICHAEL BUBLE Michael Buble 02/03
27 (31) METALLICA Metallica 08/91
28 (12) CLOSER Josh Groban 11/03
29 (43) EXPERIENCE HENDRIX: THE BEST OF Jimi Hendrix Experience 11/98
30 (37) GREATEST HITS Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 11/93
31 (new) ME AND MY GANG Rascal Flatts 04/06
32 (38) VAULT -- GREATEST HITS 1980-1995 Def Leppard 10/95
33 (41) THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES Eagles 10/03
34 (50) IN BETWEEN DREAMS Jack Johnson 03/05
35 (21) GREATEST HITS Creed 11/04
36 (22) FALLEN Evanescence 03/03
37 (36) THE CHRISTMAS ATTIC Trans-Siberian Orchestra 09/98
38 (6) THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Il Divo 10/05
39 (5) GREATEST HITS Tim McGraw 11/00
40 (32) [HYBRID THEORY] Linkin Park 10/00
41 (re) THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES Celine Dion 11/98
42 (new) JAMES TAYLOR AT CHRISTMAS James Taylor 10/06
43 (new) THA CARTER II Lil Wayne 12/05
44 (40) CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK Sinatra, Martin & Sammy Davis Jr 10/02
45 (new) CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS The Chipmunks /62
46 (new) WINTER WONDERLAND Point Of Grace 10/05
47 (new) NOEL Josh Groban 10/07
48 (re) WHITE CHRISTMAS Martina McBride 10/98
49 (new) ELVIS CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley 10/06
50 (39) ALL TIME GREATEST HITS Lynyrd Skynyrd 03/00


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Top Pop Catalog Albums 2009 (12.06.2008 - 11.28.2009)

Rank, (rank 2008), Title, Artist, Rel.



# Title Artist Label
1 (10) NUMBER ONES Michael Jackson 11/03
2 (1) THRILLER Michael Jackson 11/82
3 (new) THE ESSENTIAL Michael Jackson 07/05
4 (47) NOEL Josh Groban 10/07
5 (new) OFF THE WALL Michael Jackson 08/79
6 (new) BAD Michael Jackson 08/87
7 (4) JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS Journey 11/88
8 (23) GOLD -- GREATEST HITS ABBA 08/93
9 (3) GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses 03/04
10 (5) LEGEND: THE BEST OF Bob Marley And The Wailers 05/84
11 (new) DANGEROUS Michael Jackson 11/91
12 (new) ALL THE RIGHT REASONS Nickelback 10/05
13 (18) CHRONICLE THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival /76
14 (new) SOME HEARTS Carrie Underwood 11/05
15 (9) BACK IN BLACK AC/DC 07/80
16 (re) ABBEY ROAD The Beatles 09/69
17 (new) RIOT! Paramore 06/07
18 (new) THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION Jackson 5 08/95
19 (new) ENJOY THE RIDE Sugarland 11/06
20 (13) WICKED Original Broadway Cast Recording 12/03
21 (7) THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/04
22 (6) IT'S TIME Michael Buble 02/05
23 (re) SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND The Beatles 06/67
24 (8) JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording 11/05
25 (30) GREATEST HITS Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 11/93
26 (12) DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd 03/73
27 (25) A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (SOUNDTRACK) Vince Guaraldi Trio /65
28 (re) THE BEATLES The Beatles 11/68
29 (14) GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 11/94
30 (new) CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE Michael Buble 05/07
31 (20) CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES Trans-Siberian Orchestra 10/96
32 (new) CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS Third Day 10/06
33 (new) MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Linkin Park 05/07
34 (2) I CAN ONLY IMAGINE: PLATINUM EDITION Various Artists 10/04
35 (new) THE BEST OF JACKSON 5: 20TH CEN MASTERS THE MIL COL Jackson 5 10/99
36 (11) LET IT SNOW! (EP) Michael Buble 11/03
37 (re) RUBBER SOUL The Beatles 12/65
38 (35) GREATEST HITS Creed 11/04
39 (new) GREATEST HITS: HISTORY -- VOLUME 1 Michael Jackson 11/01
40 (new) TEN Pearl Jam 08/91
41 (38) THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Il Divo 10/05
42 (16) NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS! 3 Various Artists 10/06
43 (29) EXPERIENCE HENDRIX: THE BEST OF Jimi Hendrix Experience 11/98
44 (27) METALLICA Metallica 08/91
45 (19) 1 The Beatles 11/00
46 (new) BECAUSE OF THE TIMES Kings Of Leon 04/07
47 (24) A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Celtic Woman 10/06
48 (new) REVOLVER The Beatles 08/66
49 (45) CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS The Chipmunks With David Seville /62
50 (26) MICHAEL BUBLE Michael Buble 02/03