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America’s Best-Selling Album Each Year (2000–2025)

2025: No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000) is listed first in the source. 26 entries.

No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000)2,000
The Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2001)2,001
The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002)2,002
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ — 50 Cent (2003)2,003
Confessions — Usher (2004)2,004
The Emancipation of Mimi — Mariah Carey (2005)2,005
High School Musical — Various Artists (2006)2,006
Noël — Josh Groban (2007)2,007
Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne (2008)2,008
Fearless — Taylor Swift (2009)2,009
Recovery — Eminem (2010)2,010
21 — Adele (2011)2,011

Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.

America’s Best-Selling Album Each Year (2000–2025) — 2025. Values in year.
Rank	Entry	Value (year)
1	No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000)9,936,000 reported units	2,000
2	The Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2001)4,813,000 reported units	2,001
3	The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002)7,608,000 reported units	2,002
4	Get Rich or Die Tryin’ — 50 Cent (2003)6,536,000 reported units	2,003
5	Confessions — Usher (2004)7,979,000 reported units	2,004
6	The Emancipation of Mimi — Mariah Carey (2005)4,969,000 reported units	2,005
7	High School Musical — Various Artists (2006)3,719,000 reported units	2,006
8	Noël — Josh Groban (2007)3,699,000 reported units	2,007
9	Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne (2008)2,874,000 reported units	2,008
10	Fearless — Taylor Swift (2009)3,217,000 reported units	2,009
11	Recovery — Eminem (2010)3,415,000 reported units	2,010
12	21 — Adele (2011)5,824,000 reported units	2,011
13	21 — Adele (2012)4,410,000 reported units	2,012
14	The 20/20 Experience — Justin Timberlake (2013)2,430,000 reported units	2,013
15	1989 — Taylor Swift (2014)3,661,000 reported units	2,014
16	25 — Adele (2015)8,008,000 reported units	2,015
17	Views — Drake (2016)4,140,000 reported units	2,016
18	Divide — Ed Sheeran (2017)2,764,000 reported units	2,017
19	Scorpion — Drake (2018)3,905,000 reported units	2,018
20	Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone (2019)3,001,000 reported units	2,019
21	My Turn — Lil Baby (2020)2,632,000 reported units	2,020
22	Dangerous: The Double Album — Morgan Wallen (2021)3,226,000 reported units	2,021
23	Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny (2022)3,400,000 reported units	2,022
24	One Thing at a Time — Morgan Wallen (2023)5,362,000 reported units	2,023
25	The Tortured Poets Department — Taylor Swift (2024)6,955,000 reported units	2,024
26	The Life of a Showgirl — Taylor Swift (2025)5,607,000 reported units	2,025

Highlights

In the 2025 source list, No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000) is listed first, followed by The Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2001) and The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002).

The order follows the cited source; category-specific picks may not be direct head-to-head comparisons.

Source: Visual Capitalist — The Best-Selling Album in America Every Year Since 2000 (Luminate via Business Insider).

Source: Visual Capitalist — The Best-Selling Album in America Every Year Since 2000 (Luminate via Business Insider) · manually compiled Oct 21, 2026

About this ranking

Historical data · 2025

Source: Visual Capitalist — The Best-Selling Album in America Every Year Since 2000 (Luminate via Business Insider) ↗
Reference period: 2025Dataset updated Oct 21, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: The annual best-selling album in the United States for each year from 2000 to 2025. Entries are shown by year; sales figures are included as details. Earlier figures count copies sold, while later figures include album-equivalent units, so totals across years are not directly comparable.
Unit: year
Coverage & value range: Product brands · 26 listed brandsValues: 2,000 to 2,025
Ranking direction: Lowest value first (ascending)#1 is the lowest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: All 26 annual artists, album titles, years, and sales figures were checked against the full article text indexed from the linked Visual Capitalist source by AllRanks on 2026-10-21. The page returned 403 to direct fetch; its indexed full text and tables were accessible and agree on the yearly list. Sales methodology changes over time: later figures include album-equivalent units and are not directly comparable to early copy-sale totals.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

Ranking

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No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000)9,936,000 reported units

2,000

The Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2001)4,813,000 reported units

2,001

The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002)7,608,000 reported units

2,002

Get Rich or Die Tryin’ — 50 Cent (2003)6,536,000 reported units

2,003

Confessions — Usher (2004)7,979,000 reported units

2,004

The Emancipation of Mimi — Mariah Carey (2005)4,969,000 reported units

2,005

High School Musical — Various Artists (2006)3,719,000 reported units

2,006

Noël — Josh Groban (2007)3,699,000 reported units

2,007

Tha Carter III — Lil Wayne (2008)2,874,000 reported units

2,008

Fearless — Taylor Swift (2009)3,217,000 reported units

2,009

Recovery — Eminem (2010)3,415,000 reported units

2,010

21 — Adele (2011)5,824,000 reported units

2,011

21 — Adele (2012)4,410,000 reported units

2,012

The 20/20 Experience — Justin Timberlake (2013)2,430,000 reported units

2,013

1989 — Taylor Swift (2014)3,661,000 reported units

2,014

25 — Adele (2015)8,008,000 reported units

2,015

Views — Drake (2016)4,140,000 reported units

2,016

Divide — Ed Sheeran (2017)2,764,000 reported units

2,017

Scorpion — Drake (2018)3,905,000 reported units

2,018

Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone (2019)3,001,000 reported units

2,019

My Turn — Lil Baby (2020)2,632,000 reported units

2,020

Dangerous: The Double Album — Morgan Wallen (2021)3,226,000 reported units

2,021

Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny (2022)3,400,000 reported units

2,022

One Thing at a Time — Morgan Wallen (2023)5,362,000 reported units

2,023

The Tortured Poets Department — Taylor Swift (2024)6,955,000 reported units

2,024

The Life of a Showgirl — Taylor Swift (2025)5,607,000 reported units

2,025

Highlights

In the 2025 source list, No Strings Attached — NSYNC (2000) is listed first, followed by The Hybrid Theory — Linkin Park (2001) and The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002).

The order follows the cited source; category-specific picks may not be direct head-to-head comparisons.

Source: Visual Capitalist — The Best-Selling Album in America Every Year Since 2000 (Luminate via Business Insider).