The highest-selling albums and
EPs in the United States are ranked in the
''Billboard'' 200, published by ''
Billboard'' magazine. The data are compiled by
Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and
digital sales. In 2005, 34 albums advanced to the peak position in 53 issues of the magazine.
Mariah Carey's comeback album, ''
The Emancipation of Mimi
''The Emancipation of Mimi'' is the tenth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released through Island Records on April 12, 2005. The album was considered Carey's "comeback album" by critics and became her highest-selling release in t ...
'', sold the most copies in the United States, accumulating 4.866 million units in sale by the end of 2005. She became the first female recording artist to have topped the year-end chart since Alanis Morissette's ''
Jagged Little Pill
''Jagged Little Pill'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, released on June 13, 1995, through Maverick. It was her first album to be released worldwide. It marked a stylistic departure from the dance-pop sound of he ...
'' in 1996.
''The Emancipation of Mimi'' is Carey's first chart topper since she reached the summit of the ''Billboard'' 200 in 1997 with ''
Butterfly
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''.
's ''
The Massacre
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'' sold a total of 4.834 million units, only 32,000 copies behind ''The Emancipation of Mimi'', becoming the second best-selling album of the year.
''The Massacre'' spent six consecutive weeks atop the ''Billboard'' 200, making it the longest-running number-one album of 2005. The album sold 1.14 million copies in its debut week, the biggest first-week figure in 2005.
Coldplay
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's ''
X&Y'' stayed at the top for three straight weeks; it gave the band their first number-one album.
Coldplay is the only non-American act to have topped the ''Billboard'' 200 for an extended chart run since
Shania Twain
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...
had a five-week reign with ''
Up!'', and the only British act with the longest stay at number one since
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
in 2000–2001.
2Pac
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's ''
Loyal to the Game
''Loyal to the Game'' is the ninth studio album and fifth posthumous studio album by American rapper Tupac. The album was produced by Eminem and consists of remixes of previously unreleased music recorded by Tupac before his death in 1996. Release ...
'' reached the top spot in the first issue of the chart, making it his third posthumous number-one album and his fifth chart topper.
Another posthumous chart topper was
Ray Charles
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' ''
Genius Loves Company
''Genius Loves Company'' is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004, on Concord Records. Billboard.com: Discography - Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company Nielsen Business Medi ...
'', which was released three months after his death. The album won
Album of the Year at the
2005 Grammy Awards
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, spurring massive increase of sales. This gave Charles his first number-one album in more than four decades of his career.
Chart history
See also
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2005 in music
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List of number-one albums (United States)
This is a list of number-one albums in the United States by year from the main '' Billboard'' albums chart, currently called the ''Billboard'' 200.
''Billboard'' first began publishing an album chart on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 20 ...
References
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