The Top 20 Album Sellers Of The 2000s

[Nando Férri]

Here are the 20 acts that have sold the most albums since the first week of January 2000. The number immediately after the artist's name is the total number of albums that the artist has sold in this decade. I also identify when the artist first cracked The Billboard 200, and the title of their best-selling album since January 2000.

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1. Eminem, 31,127,000. First charted: 1999. Eminem, 36, is the top male artist and the top rap artist so far in this decade. His 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP is his best-seller. It has sold 10,178,000 copies.

 

2. The Beatles, 27,591,000. First charted: 1964. The Beatles have sold more albums in the 2000s than any other group, rock act or foreign act. Their 2000 compilation 1 is their best-seller. It has sold 11,402,000 copies. The Beatles were the #5 album-selling act of the 1990s.

 

3. Tim McGraw, 24,295,000. First charted: 1994. McGraw, 42, is the #1 country artist so far in the 2000s, nosing out Toby Keith. McGraw was the #38 album-selling act of the ‘90s. His 2000 compilation Greatest Hits is his best-selling album of the decade. It has sold 5,995,000 copies.

 

4. Toby Keith, 24,189,000. First charted: 1993. Keith, 47, is the #2 country artist of this decade. His 2003 album Shock'n Y'All is his best-seller. It has sold 4,420,000 copies.

 

5. Britney Spears, 22,937,000. First charted: 1999. Spears, 27, is the youngest artist on this list, edging out Josh Groban by one year. She is also #1 female artist in this decade. Her 2000 album, Oops!...I Did It Again, is her best-seller of the decade. It has sold 9,183,000 copies. Spears was the #108 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

6. Kenny Chesney, 21,396,000. First charted: 1996. Chesney, 41, is the #3 country artist of this decade. His best-selling album is 2004's When The Sun Goes Down, which has sold 4,111,000 copies.

 

7. Nelly, 21,206,000. First charted: 2000. Nelly, 34, is the #1 new artist to emerge in this decade, edging out Linkin Park. He's also the #1 African American artist, edging out Jay-Z, and the #2 rap artist. Nelly's 2000 debut, Country Grammar, is his best-selling album. It has sold 8,454,000 copies.

 

8. Linkin Park, 21,125,000. First charted: 2000. Linkin Park is the #2 rock group of the decade, behind the Beatles. It's also the #2 new artist. The band's 2000 debut album, Hybrid Theory, is its best-seller. It has sold 9,600,000 copies.

 

9. Creed, 20,398,000. First charted: 1997. Creed is the #3 rock group of the decade. 1999's Human Clay is the band's best-selling album. It has sold 9,480,000 copies since January 2000. Creed was the #167 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

 

10. Jay-Z, 19,379,000. First charted: 1996. Jay-Z, 39, is the #3 rap artist of the decade. 2003's The Black Album is his best-selling album of this decade. It has sold 3,338,000 copies. Jay-Z was the #152 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

11. Nickelback, 19,158,000. First charted: 2000. The Canadian group is the #2 foreign act of this decade (after the Beatles). Nickelback is also the #3 new artist and the #4 rock group. 2005's All The Right Reasons is its best-seller, with sales of 7,159,000 copies.

 

12. Josh Groban, 19,115,000. First charted: 2001. Groban, 28, is the #1 pop male artist of this decade. He's the #4 new artist. The pop/classical star's 2003 album Closer is his best-seller, with sales of 5,746,000 copies

 

13. Rascal Flatts, 18,831,000. First charted: 2000. The trio is the #1 country group of this decade, nosing out Dixie Chicks. It's also the #5 new act. 2004's Feels Like Today is the act's best-selling album. It has sold 5,134,000 copies.

 

14. Metallica, 18,490,000. First charted: 1984. Metallica is the #1 hard rock act of the decade (unless you count the genre-bending Linkin Park). The band's 1991 blockbuster Metallica is the band's best-selling album of this decade. It has sold 3,691,000 copies since January 2000. Metallica was the #3 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

15. Alan Jackson, 18,479,000. First charted: 1990. Jackson, 50, is the oldest solo artist on this list, edging out Toby Keith. 2002's Drive is his best-selling album of this decade. It has sold 3,508,000 copies. Jackson was the #17 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

16. *NSYNC, 18,402,000. First charted: 1998. The boy band is the #1 pop group of this decade (assuming you classify the Beatles as rock). *NSYNC's 2000 album No Strings Attached is its best-seller, with sales of 11,111,000 copies. The quintet was the #80 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

 

17. Dixie Chicks, 18,293,000. First charted: 1998. The female trio is the #2 country group so far in this decade. 2002's Home is the act's best-selling album of this decade. It has sold 5,997,000 copies. Dixie Chicks was the #105 album-selling act of the ‘90s.

 

18. Johnny Cash, 17,860,000. First charted: 1958. The country legend, who died in 2003 at age 71, is the most surprising name on the list. He made it on the strength of an enormous catalog and a renewed focus on him after his death. His 1999 compliation 16 Greatest Hits is his best-seller of the decade. It has sold 2,846,000 copies since January 2000.

 

19. Kid Rock, 17,606,000. First charted: 1999. Kid Rock, 38, is the #1 male rock artist of this decade. Kid's 2001 album Cocky is his best-seller of the decade. It has sold 5,045,000 copies.

 

20. Celine Dion, 17,579,000. First charted: 1991. The Canadian diva, 41, is the #2 pop female artist of this decade, behind Britney Spears. Dion's 1999 greatest hits album, All The Way...A Decade Of Song, is her best-seller in the decade. It has sold 4,971,000 copies since January 2000. Dion was the #4 album-selling act of the ‘90s

 

FONTE: YAHOO MUSIC http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_wat...s-of-the-2000s/

[Black Kitten]

that's amazing!

 

see it only takes a Canadian diva to topple a Mariah (ignore Britney this time) in the US. she's Canadian but still managed to outsell a lot of American female artists. it got me thinking, what more if Celine is American?

[Scramasboy]

YOU BEAT ME TO POSTING THIS!

 

And I agree! Awesome-o! Brit was at her peak in the 2000's anyway. Early 2000's.

[Claudette]

Glad to see Madonna is not on that list! As for Britney, at least we know Celine can sing...

[Black Kitten]

the mysterious absence of Mariah Carey in that list is kind of mind-boggling.

[dj4celine]

The decade isn't over yet

[Bellamy]

Funny her old album sold more than any of her new album.

[Alex_Incognito]

Same with Britney SPEARS> Just shows that music doesn't sell like it did in 2000.

[Prince Whiskers]

the mysterious absence of Mariah Carey in that list is kind of mind-boggling.

She didn't sell anything except TEOM.

 

 

I hope Celine can maintain a top 20 ranking with her new holiday album.

[cmcdaori]

Behind the Britney....hahahha.....this is really cruel...no further comments on..

[Selina286]

???!!!! Celine should be #1

[Nando Férri]

Come on! She is the #2 female artist. It's great!

[fabtasticfoo]

Cool! Does this list also exist for the 1990s? I imagine the numbers would be much higher.

 

Interesting that Celine's best selling album of the decade was released in the previous decade, but such is life.

[max24]

the link is broken, here is the good one: http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_wat...s-of-the-2000s/

[Celinedusolei]

she deserves to be in nº 1 :DD:

[DoumDi]

This is only in the US right?

[max24]

This is only in the US right?

yes

[Timster]

This is only in the US right?

yes

 

Do you think she's higher up worldwide?

[Moleque20]

Great news!! Where is Madonna+ Mariah?

[ce-line]

Great!

[Black Kitten]

This is only in the US right?

yes

 

Do you think she's higher up worldwide?

that's for sure. i think the sales of her ATW & ANDHC albums alone are already equivalent of what Mariah has sold in this decade in the US, though expect Madonna to be there as well as her albums are more successful outside the US.

[Scramasboy]

This is only in the US right?

yes

 

Do you think she's higher up worldwide?

Most definantly. ANDHC and ATW have sold a really nice amount of copies, I believe ATW was around 25 million [if I remember right] and AND was like, almost 20 million, or more, if I remember correctly, for total worldwide sales. Taking Chances was up to 3 million just a month or so after it's release too. [These numbers are from memory, so I may be off, but I don't think I am.]

 

 

Mariah is most famous in Usa, as is Brit, I'm sure. I figured Madonna would be biggest in the USA. Anyway, she's put out 2 albums since 2000? They couldn't have sold more than 8 million combined?

[beautyroses]

nice I love all the way

I hoped other albums of the decade was in the list

[pat200]

in terms of females, britney is number 1 worldwide this decade. number 2 is both celine and madonna

[luciusbright]

only in US, that is already quite great!!!!!!!!!1

[Scramasboy]

in terms of females, britney is number 1 worldwide this decade. number 2 is both celine and madonna

How do you figure? I believe the Dixie Chicks have sold more than Madonna this decade, they've had a couple rather successful albums, I think. hmmm

[CelineHayatiAna]

GREAT!!!!

[jacobmarley]

in terms of females, britney is number 1 worldwide this decade. number 2 is both celine and madonna

How do you figure? I believe the Dixie Chicks have sold more than Madonna this decade, they've had a couple rather successful albums, I think. hmmm

Only in the states then, in the rest of the world they are complete unknowns!

[William2005]

Very impressive. Loves it!

[popstar60]

This is only in the US right?

yes

 

Do you think she's higher up worldwide?

Most definantly. ANDHC and ATW have sold a really nice amount of copies, I believe ATW was around 25 million [if I remember right] and AND was like, almost 20 million, or more, if I remember correctly, for total worldwide sales. Taking Chances was up to 3 million just a month or so after it's release too. [These numbers are from memory, so I may be off, but I don't think I am.]

 

 

Mariah is most famous in Usa, as is Brit, I'm sure. I figured Madonna would be biggest in the USA. Anyway, she's put out 2 albums since 2000? They couldn't have sold more than 8 million combined?

 

Are you crazy?

 

real numbers are 22 million for ATW and 10 million for ANDHC, not more! But in this decade, ATW may have sold around 12 million copies, so if you had 5 million for OH, 2,5 million for Miracle, 3,5 million for TC and 3 million for her french albums, she has sold around 35 million albums worldwide in this decade without catalog sales!