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MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS
   SOURCE: IFPI / MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Beatles
Apple / Parlophone / Capitol
2 Michael Jackson
Motown / Epic
3 Elvis Presley
RCA
4 Queen
Elektra / EMI
5 Pink Floyd
Harvest / Columbia
6 Madonna
Sire / Maverick / Warner Bros.
7 Rolling Stones
Decca / London / Rolling Stones / Virgin
8 Led Zeppelin
Atlantic / Swan Song
9 AC/DC
Atlantic
10 U2
Island
 

ALBUMS WITH MOST WEEKS AT NO.1 (SINCE 2004)  SOURCE: MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Adele - 21
XL Recordings - 2011 - 42 weeks
2 Adele - 25
XL Recordings - 2015 - 13 weeks
3 Soundtrack - Frozen
Walt Disney - 2013 - 11 weeks
3 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Republic - 2024 - 11 weeks
5 Dido - Life For Rent
Arista -
2003 - 10 weeks
5 Evanescence - Fallen
Wind-Up - 2003 -
10 weeks
7 Michael Bublé - Christmas
Reprise - 2011 - 7 weeks
7 Taylor Swift - 1989
Big Machine - 2014 - 7 weeks
7 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream
Syco Music / Columbia - 2009 - 7 weeks
7 Usher - Confessions
Arista - 2004 - 7 weeks
 

ALBUMS WITH BIGGEST SALES IN A WEEK  SOURCES: ORICON / MEDIA TRAFFIC



1 Adele - 25
XL Recordings - 5,7 million - week 49 / 2015
2 BTS (Bangtan Boys) - Map Of The Soul: 7
Big Hit - 3,7 million - week 10 / 2020
3 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Republic - 3,4 million - week 18 / 2024
4 Hikaru Utada - Distance
Toshiba EMI - 3,0 million copies - week 14 / 2001
5 Ayumi Hamasaki - A Best
Avex Trax - 2,9 million copies - week 14 / 2001
6 'N Sync - No Strings Attached
Jive - 2,8
million copies - week 14 / 2000
7 B'z - The Best Pleasure
Rooms Records - 2,7 million copies - week 22 / 1998
8 BTS (Bangtan Boys) - Map Of The Soul: Persona
Big Hit - 2,5 million copies - week 17 / 2019
9 Beatles - 1
Apple - 2,5 million copies - week 1 / 2001
10 B'z - The Best Treasure
Rooms Records - 2,5 million copies - week 39 / 1998
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN THE USA  SOURCES: RIAA / NIELSEN (2024)



1 Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Asylum - 1976 - 38 million
2 Michael Jackson - Thriller
Epic - 1983 - 34 million
3 AC/DC - Back In Black
Atlantic - 1980 - 27 million
4 Eagles - Hotel California
Asylum - 1976 - 26 million
5 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Atlantic - 1971 - 24 million
6 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Warner Bros. - 1977 - 21 million
7 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 20 million
8 Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Geffen - 1988 - 18 million
9 Journey - Greatest Hits
Columbia - 1997 - 18 million
10 Shania Twain - Come On Over
Mercury - 1997 - 18 million
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN JAPAN  SOURCE: ORICON (2024)



1 Hikaru Utada - First Love
Toshiba EMI - 1999 - 7,7 million
2 B'z - The Best Pleasure
Rooms Records - 1998 - 5,1 million
3 Glay - Review
Universal Music - 1997 - 4,9 million
4 Hikaru Utada - Distance
Toshiba EMI - 2001 - 4,5 million
5 B'z - The Best Treasure
Rooms Records - 1998 - 4,4 million
6 Ayumi Hamasaki - A Best
Avex Trax - 2001 - 4,3 million
7 Globe - Globe
Avex Trax - 1996 - 4,1 million
8 Hikaru Utada - Deep River
Toshiba EMI - 2002 - 3,6 million
9 Mariah Carey - Number Ones
Columbia - 1998 - 3,6 million
10 Southern All Stars - Umi No Yeah!!
Victor Entertainment - 1998 - 3,6 million
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN UNITED KINGDOM  SOURCE: OCC (2024)



1 Queen - Greatest Hits
EMI - 1981 - 7,0 million
2 Abba - Gold Greatest Hits
Polydor - 1992 - 6,3 million
3 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Parlophone - 1967 - 5,4 million
4 Adele - 21
XL Recordings - 2011 - 5,4 million
5 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Epic - 1995 - 5,1 million
6 Michael Jackson - Thriller (incl. Thriller 25)
Epic - 1983 - 4,5 million
7 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 4,5 million
8 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Warner Bros. - 1985 - 4,4 million
9 Michael Jackson - Bad
Epic - 1987 - 4,2 million
10 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Warner Bros. - 1977 - 4,1 million
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN GERMANY  SOURCES: BVMI / IFPI GERMANY (2024)



1 Herbert Grönemeyer - Mensch
EMI - 2002 - 3,15 million
2 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
Atlantic - 1989 - 3 million
3 Herbert Grönemeyer - Bochum
EMI - 1984 - 2,75 million
4 Abba - Gold Greatest Hits
Polydor - 1992 - 2,5 million
5 Genesis - We Can't Dance
Virgin - 1991 - 2,5 million
6 Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel
Polydor / Universal - 2013 - 2,4 million
7 Kelly Family - Over The Hump
Edel - 1994 - 2,25 million
8 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Elektra - 1988 - 2,25 million
9 Queen - Greatest Hits II
Capitol / Parlophone - 1991 - 2,25 million
10 Andrea Berg - Best Of
Jupiter Records / Sony - 2001 - 2,25 million
 

MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS IN FRANCE  SOURCES: SNEP / INFODISC FRANCE (2024)



1 Celine Dion - D'eux
Epic - 1995 - 4,5 million
2 Francis Cabrel - Samedi Soir Sur La Terre
Sony France - 1994 - 4,0 million
3 Michael Jackson - Thriller
Epic - 1983 - 3,5 million
4 Supertramp - Breakfast In America
A&M - 1979 - 3,2 million
5 Patrick Bruel - Alors Regarde
BMG - 1990 - 3,0 million
6 Louise Attaque - Louise Attaque
Barclay - 1998 - 2,7 million
7 Beatles - 1967-1970
Apple - 1973 - 2,6 million
8 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Harvest - 1973 - 2,5 million
9 Soundtrack - Notre-Dame De Paris
Onze-Pomme Music - 1998 - 2,5 million
10 Jean Jacques Goldman - Entre Gris Clair Et Gris
Epic - 1987 - 2,3 million
 

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