The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the SoundScan Era
Week Ending April 29, 2012
TW Pos (TW var)
RTD - Title - Act
(last update) - TW Sales (% Change) LW Sales
1 ( = ) 15,772,021 Metallica - Metallica (29/04/2012)
2,269 (+9%) 2,081
2 ( = ) 15,516,000 Come on over - Shania Twain
(11/03/2012)
3 ( = ) 14,734,671 Jagged little pill - Alanis Morissette
(22/04/2012)
4 ( = ) 12,168,000 Millennium - Backstreet Boys
(01/01/2012)
5 ( = ) 12,048,820 1 - The Beatles (29/04/2012)
1,902 (-3%) 1,963
6 ( = ) 12,013,606 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (29/04/2012)
3,687 (-7%) 3,944
7 ( = ) 11,772,000 Supernatural - Santana
(01/01/2012)
8 ( = ) 11,574,000 Human clay - Creed
(01/01/2012)
9 ( = ) 11,122,000 No string attached - 'N Sync
(01/01/2012)
10 ( = ) 11,027,444 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (29/04/2012)
8,610 (+179%) 3,091
11 ( = )
10,821,830 Come away with me - Norah Jones (29/04/2012) 1,819 (+3%) 1,761
12 ( = )
10,790,000 Falling into you - Céline Dion
(01/01/2012)
13 ( = )
10,592,938 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (29/04/2012) 3,017 (-12%) 3,440
14 ( = )
10,556,897 ...Baby one more time - Britney Spears
(22/05/2011)
15 ( = )
10,300,000 Cracked rear view - Hootie & The Blowfish
(01/01/2012)
16 ( = )
10,161,178 Titanic - Soundtrack (29/04/2012) 1,709 (-22%) 2,588
17 ( = )
10,116,000 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys
(02/10/2011)
18 ( = )
10,064,111 The Eminem show - Eminem (29/04/2012) 1,709 (-60%) 4,287
19 ( = )
9,982,591 Confessions - Usher (29/04/2012) 2,146 (-10%) 2,374
20 ( = )
9,944,129 Hybrid theory - Linkin Park (29/04/2012) 2,177 (-1%) 2,210
21 ( = )
9,941,985 Ten - Pearl Jam (29/04/2012) 1,361 (-13%) 1,559
22 ( = )
9,572,395 Let's talk about love - Céline Dion (29/04/2012) 1,266 (-3%) 1,306
23 ( = )
9,571,000 Ropin' the wind - Garth Brooks
(02/11/2008)
24 ( = )
9,315,430 The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (29/04/2012) 2,279 (-5%) 2,392
25 ( = )
9,202,039 Oops! ...I did again - Britney Spears
(22/05/2011)
26 ( = )
9,175,748 Greatest hits - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band (29/04/2012) 2,432 (+8%) 2,242
27 ( = )
9,072,939 Devil without a cause - Kid Rock
(12/04/2009)
28 ( = )
9,010,000 No fences - Garth Brooks
(02/11/2008)
29 ( = )
8,973,194 Nevermind - Nirvana (29/04/2012) 2,254 (+22%) 1,845
30 ( = )
8,908,991 21 - Adele (29/04/2012) 83,917 (-6%) 89,744
31 ( = )
8,766,000 'N Sync - 'N Sync
(05/10/2008)
32 ( = )
8,724,000 Hell freezes over - The Eagles
(22/05/2011)
33 ( = )
8,713,000 Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks
(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 ( = )
8,105,988 Get rich or die tryin' - 50 Cent (29/04/2012) 2,016 (-12%) 2,300
40 ( = )
8,100,000 Dookie - Green Day
(11/03/2012)
41 ( = )
8,090,000 Yourself or someone like you - matchbox 20
(05/10/2008)
42 ( = )
8,072,640 Journey's Greatest hits - Journey (29/04/2012) 3,609 (-2%) 3,699
43 ( = )
8,037,381 Breathless - Kenny G
(05/10/2008)
44 ( = )
7,968,000 All the way... A decade of song - Céline Dion
(11/09/2011)
45 ( = )
7,967,921 Greatest hits - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (29/04/2012) 2,195 (-3%) 2,257
46 ( = )
7,826,675 The Lion King - Soundtrack (29/04/2012) 446 (-0%) 448
47 ( = )
7,821,000 The hits - Garth Brooks
(11/09/2011)
48 ( = )
7,709,857 O brother, where art thou? - Soundtrack (29/04/2012) 2,639 (+31%) 2,007
49 ( = )
7,661,419 The woman in me - Shania Twain
(22/05/2011)
50 ( = )
7,632,850 Fallen - Evanescence (29/04/2012) 1,720 (-15%) 2,012
51 ( = )
7,620,462 Daydream - Mariah Carey
(26/02/2012)
52 ( = )
7,617,000 Unplugged - Eric Clapton
(15/04/2012)
53 ( = )
7,595,673 All the right reasons - Nickelback (29/04/2012) 1,927 (+7%) 1,803
54 ( = )
7,551,116 Dr. Dre: 2001 - Dr. Dre (29/04/2012) 2,546 (-14%) 2,949
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 ( = )
7,192,678 Some hearts - Carrie Underwood (29/04/2012) 2,603 (+25%) 2,087
63 ( = )
7,106,000 The miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
(08/04/2012)
64 (+1)
7,026,019 Greatest hits - James Taylor (29/04/2012) 1,599 (+5%) 1,528
65 ( -1)
7,025,727 janet. - Janet Jackson
(22/05/2011)
66 (+2)
6,962,191 Greatest hits - Queen (29/04/2012) 5,860 (+255%) 1,653
67 ( -1)
6,962,155 Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
(05/10/2008)
68 ( -1)
6,960,025 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
(24/04/2011)
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 ( = )
6,540,404 Fearless - Taylor Swift (29/04/2012) 3,186 (+4%) 3,050
75 ( = )
6,523,630 Breathe - Faith Hill
(22/05/2011)
76 ( = )
6,514,264 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett
(12/02/2012)
77 ( = )
6,502,000 The sign - Ace of Base
(01/11/2009)
78 ( = )
6,488,000 Nellyville - Nelly
(11/03/2012)
79 ( = )
6,390,000 Weathered - Creed
(14/11/2010)
80 ( = )
6,382,000 My own prison - Creed
(14/11/2010)
81 ( = )
6,286,061 Sublime - Sublime (29/04/2012) 1,417 (-78%) 6,450
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 ( = )
6,198,875 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw (29/04/2012) 1,301 (-2%) 1,326
87 ( = )
6,160,000 Unforgettable (With love) - Natalie Cole
(05/10/2008)
88 ( = )
6,132,749 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (29/04/2012) 3,725 (+9%) 3,402
89 ( = )
6,120,000 E.1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
(31/12/2006)
90 ( = )
6,089,202 Thriller - Michael Jackson (29/04/2012) 1,810 (+1%) 1,785
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 ( = )
5,982,000 August and everythig after - Counting Crows
(05/10/2008)
99 ( = )
5,978,586 Grease - Soundtrack (29/04/2012) 664 (+11%) 600
100 ( =
) 5,965,559 Vs. - Pearl Jam
(24/04/2011)