2018 year-end chart (catalog albums sales)
CATALOG ALBUM SALES WEEK 53 Rank - Estimated 2018 Sales - TITLE - Artist ( Estimated Total SoundScan Era Sales )
01 - 238,000 - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 - Soundtrack ( 2,290,000 )
02 - 183,000 - METALLICA - Metallica ( 16,884,000 )
03 - 181,000 - GREATEST HITS - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band ( 9,872,000 )
04 - 177,000 - THE BEATLES - Beatles ( 4,312,000 )
05 - 167,000 - GREATEST HITS - Queen ( 7,592,000 )
06 - 157,000 - GREATEST HITS I II & III: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION - Queen ( 1,321,000 )
07 - 151,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers ( 12,424,000 )
08 - 149,000 - GREATEST HITS - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers ( 8,895,000 )
09 - 146,000 - RUMOURS - Fleetwood Mac ( 3,881,000 )
10 - 144,000 - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - Guns N'Roses ( 5,788,000 )
11 - 133,000 - GOLD: GREATEST HITS - Abba ( 5,872,000 )
12 - 129,000 - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Pink Floyd ( 10,319,000 )
13 - 126,000 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival ( 7,051,000 )
14 - 123,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson ( 6,975,000 )15 - 123,000 - NIGHT VISIONS - Imagine Dragons ( 2,911,000 )
16 - 120,000 - A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS - Pentatonix ( 1,374,000 )
17 - 116,000 - ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS - Neil Diamond ( 543,000 )
18 - 111,000 - ICON: LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Lynyrd Skynyrd ( 816,000 )
19 - 110,000 - ABBEY ROAD - Beatles ( 5,543,000 )
20 - 110,000 - MASTER OF PUPPETS - Metallica ( 5,480,000 )
21 - 107,000 - CRYSTAL VISIONS: THE BEST OF - Stevie Nicks ( 772,000 )
22 - 107,000 - SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - Beatles ( 5,204,000 )
23 - 107,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey ( 9,271,000 )
24 - 106,000 - HYBRID THEORY - Linkin Park ( 10,677,000 )
25 - 106,000 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé ( 4,303,000 )
26 - 105,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Abba ( 1,757,000 )
27 - 103,000 - GREATEST HITS - Simon & Garfunkel ( 3,785,000 )
28 - 101,000 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse ( 3,302,000 )
29 - 101,000 - LEMONADE - Beyoncé ( 1,932,000 )
30 - 100,000 - AND JUSTICE FOR ALL - Metallica ( 6,159,000 )
31 - 98,000 - PURPLE RAIN - Prince & the Revolution ( 3,838,000 )
32 - 96,000 - DEATH OF A BACHELOR - Panic At The Disco ( 802,000 )
33 - 96,000 - ICON: ERIC CLAPTON - Eric Clapton ( 542,000 )
34 - 95,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses ( 6,097,000 )
35 - 90,000 - HOW CAN IT BE - Lauren Daigle ( 743,000 )
36 - 88,000 - THE VERY BEST OF:SOUNDS OF SUMMER - Beach Boys ( 3,369,000 )
37 - 88,000 - GREATEST HITS - Fleetwood Mac ( 5,403,000 )
38 - 87,000 - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-1975 - Eagles ( 6,315,000 )
39 - 86,000 - A DECADE OF HITS 1969-1979 - Allman Brothers Band ( 2,467,000 )
40 - 84,000 - X - Ed Sheeran ( 2,353,000 )
41 - 84,000 - ULTIMATE SINATRA - Frank Sinatra ( 390,000 )
42 - 84,000 - BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC ( 3,648,000 )
43 - 82,000 - PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF - Creedence Clearwater Revisited ( 156,000 )
44 - 80,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson ( 2,729,000 )45 - 79,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar ( 1,777,000 )
46 - 78,000 - PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF - Santana ( 203,000 )
47 - 78,000 - PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF LIVE - Journey ( 280,000 )
48 - 76,000 - ICON: CAT STEVENS - Cat Stevens ( 265,000 )
49 - 76,000 - 1 - Beatles ( 12,943,000 )
50 - 75,000 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( 3,817,000 )
51 - 75,000 - BEST OF THE DOOBIES - Doobie Brothers ( 2,538,000 )
52 - 75,000 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING - Metallica ( 5,026,000 )
53 - 74,000 - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - Nickelback ( 8,090,000 )
54 - 73,000 - PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORIES/HIS GREATEST HITS - Jim Croce ( 2,088,000 )
55 - 73,000 - NEVERMIND - Nirvana ( 9,626,000 )
56 - 73,000 - THE DOORS - Doors ( 1,888,000 )
57 - 71,000 - VAULT:GREATEST HITS 1980-1995 - Def Leppard ( 5,330,000 )
58 - 71,000 - NOEL - Josh Groban ( 6,174,000 )
59 - 70,000 - O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU - Soundtrack ( 8,123,000 )
60 - 69,000 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem ( 4,277,000 )
61 - 69,000 - MTV UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK - Nirvana ( 5,283,000 )
62 - 68,000 - LICENSED TO ILL - Beastie Boys ( 6,307,000 )
63 - 68,000 - THE VERY BEST OF - Fleetwood Mac ( 2,041,000 )
64 - 68,000 - MAMMA MIA - Soundtrack ( 2,131,000 )
65 - 67,000 - ICON: CHER - Cher ( 221,000 )
66 - 65,000 - GREATEST HITS - Bon Jovi ( 1,270,000 )
67 - 64,000 - SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART:GREATEST HITS - Jimmy Buffett ( 6,911,000 )
68 - 63,000 - HOTEL CALIFORNIA - Eagles ( 2,889,000 )
69 - 63,000 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Aerosmith ( 1,003,000 )
70 - 63,000 - THE CHRONIC - Dr Dre ( 1,415,000 )
71 - 62,000 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 3,767,000 )
72 - 62,000 - PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF - Alan Jackson ( 230,000 )
73 - 62,000 - MOTHERSHIP - Led Zeppelin ( 2,289,000 )
74 - 61,000 - THE WALL - Pink Floyd ( 2,258,000 )
75 - 61,000 - THE BEST OF: 60S-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Temptations ( 1,702,000 )
76 - 60,000 - THE BLACK PARADE - My Chemical Romance ( 2,042,000 )
77 - 59,000 - THE EMINEM SHOW - Eminem ( 10,922,000 )
78 - 59,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( 6,168,000 )
79 - 59,000 - AMERICAN IDIOT - Green Day ( 6,669,000 )
80 - 59,000 - GREATEST HITS…SO FAR - Pink ( 1,568,000 )
81 - 58,000 - IMMORTALIZED - Disturbed ( 669,000 )
82 - 58,000 - KIND OF BLUE - Miles Davis ( 3,672,000 )
83 - 57,000 - WILDFLOWERS - Tom Petty ( 3,454,000 )
84 - 56,000 - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION - Lionel Richie ( 2,231,000 )
85 - 56,000 - LED ZEPPELIN IV - Led Zeppelin ( 4,285,000 )
86 - 56,000 - SUPER HITS - Willie Nelson ( 3,025,000 )
87 - 56,000 - 21 - Adele ( 11,947,000 )
88 - 55,000 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars ( 2,717,000 )
89 - 55,000 - GREATEST HITS - Foo Fighters ( 1,216,000 )
90 - 54,000 - THE SLIM SHADY LP - Eminem ( 5,808,000 )
91 - 53,000 - 25 - Adele ( 9,477,000 )
92 - 53,000 - THE ULTIMATE HITS - Garth Brooks ( 3,210,000 )
93 - 52,000 - GREATEST HITS - 2Pac ( 5,372,000 )
94 - 52,000 - 30 GREATEST HITS - Aretha Franklin ( 700,000 )
95 - 52,000 - THE AMERICAN FAREWELL TOUR - Alabama ( 602,000 )
96 - 51,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson ( 2,282,000 )97 - 51,000 - GREATEST HITS - Notorious BIG ( 1,046,000 )
98 - 50,000 - GREATEST HITS - Shania Twain ( 4,503,000 )
99 - 50,000 - ULTIMATE - Waylon Jennings ( 726,000 )
100 - 49,000 - 20 GREATEST HITS - Merle Haggard ( 297,000 )
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