Yes people still buy music. (I know shocking, right?)

Best Selling Albums of 2011 (Worldwide)

Source: Mediatraffic

01. Adele - 21
XL Recordings - 14.3 million copies

02. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Interscope - 5.3 million copies

03. Michael Bublé - Christmas
Reprise - 4.0 million copies

04. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Elektra / Warner Bros. - 3.8 million copies

05. Rihanna - Loud
Def Jam - 3.3 million copies

06. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Parlophone / Capitol - 2.9 million copies

07. Adele - 19
XL Recordings - 2.7 million copies

08. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Island - 2.2 million copies

09. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
Capitol - 2.1 million copies

10. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
Cash Money - 2.0 million copies

11. Beyoncé - 4
Columbia - 2.0 million copies

12. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
RCA - 1.9 million copies

13. Justin Bieber - My Worlds (My World+My World 2.0)
Island - 1.8 million copies

14. Pink - Greatest Hits So Far
LaFace / Zomba - 1.8 million copies

15. Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning
Interscope - 1.7 million copies

16. Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
Warner Bros. - 1.6 million copies

17. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam - 1.6 million copies

18. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
Def Jam / Island - 1.6 million copies

19. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
Broken Bow - 1.6 million copies

20. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Island - 1.5 million copies

21. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Jive - 1.4 million copies

22. Lady Gaga - The Fame (Monster)
Interscope - 1.4 million copies

23. David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
EMI Music - 1.4 million copies

24. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night
Capitol Nashville - 1.3 million copies

25. Rihanna - Talk That Talk
Def Jam - 1.3 million copies

26. Drake - Take Care
Cash Money - 1.3 million copies

27. Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
RCA - 1.3 million copies

28. Tony Bennett - Duets II
Columbia - 1.2 million copies

29. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Cash Money / Universal Motown - 1.2 million copies

30. Jessie J - Who You Are
Island / Lava - 1.2 million copies

31. Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
Jive - 1.2 million copies

32. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Big Machine - 1.2 million copies

33. LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
Interscope - 1.2 million copies

34. Eminem - Recovery
Aftermath / Interscope - 1.2 million copies

35. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never (The Remixes)
Island - 1.2 million copies

36. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel
Shady / Interscope - 1.1 million copies

37. Jennifer Lopez - Love?
Def Jam / Island - 1.0 million copies

38. Shakira - Sale El Sol
Epic - 1.0 million copies

39. Pitbull - Planet Pit
J Records - 1.0 million copies

40. Arashi - Beautiful World
J-Storm Records Japan - 0.9 million copies

(Notice the massive gap between #1 and #2. Or the fact that, unless I'm mistaken, 21 might be the first album be the year's #1 best-selling album two years in a row.)

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2011.htm

Last edited by ronnierocketAGO; 12/27/11 03:37 AM.