2010

1. Eminem - Recovery
2. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
3. Susan Boyle - The Gift
4. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
6. Michael Jackson - Michael
7. Rihanna - Loud
8. Justin Bieber - My Worlds
9. Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
10. Take That - Progress

2011

1. Adele - 21
2. Michael Buble - Christmas
3. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
4. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
5. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
6. Adele - 19
7. Justin Bieber - Under The Mistletoe
8. Rihanna - Loud
9. Rihanna - Talk The Talk
10. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV

2012

1. Adele - 21
2. Taylor Swift - Red
3. One Direction - Up All Night
4. One Direction - Take Me Home
5. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
6. P!nk - The Truth About Love
7. Rod Stewart - Rod Stewart
8. Rihanna - Unapologetic
9. Mumford & Sons - Babel
10. Maroon 5 - Overexposed

2013

1. One Direction - Midnight Memories
2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
3. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
4. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
5. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
6. Katy Perry - PRISM
7. Michael Bublé - To Be Loved
8. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
9. Lady Gaga - ARTPOP
10. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ

2014

1. Frozen Soundtrack
2. Taylor Swift - 1989
3. Ed Sheeran - X
4. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
5. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
6. One Direction - FOUR
7. AC/DC - Rock or Bust
8. Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack
9. Pink Floyd - The Endless River
10. Lorde - Pure Heroine

2015

1. Adele - 25
2. Ed Sheeran - x
3. Taylor Swift - 1989
4. Justin Bieber - Purpose
5. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
6. One Direction - Made In the A.M.
7. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack
8. Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
9. Meghan Trainor - Title
10. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness

2016

1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
2. Adele - 25
3. Drake - Views
4. Metallica - Hardwired...to self-destruct
5. David Bowie - Blackstar
6. The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
7. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
8. Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface
9. Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
10. Pentatonix - A Pentatonix Christmas

== 2016 was the last year of the 2010s ===

== 2016 was the last year of the 2010s ===

?

2017,2018,2019?

irrelevant years

bro letting his bias get in the way of a complete list

idk what happened but it seems that IFPI's methodology kinda stopped working after 2016

2017

1. Ed Sheeran - ÷
2. Taylor Swift - Reputation
3. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma
4. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human
5. Sam Smith - The Thrill Of It All
6. U2 - Songs Of Experience
7. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
8. Eminem - Revival
9. Harry Styles - Harry Styles
10. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

2018

1. The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
2. BTS - LOVE YOURSELF結 Answer
3. BTS - LOVE YOURSELF轉 'Tear
4. A Star Is Born Soundtrack
5. Johnny Hallyday – Mon Pays C’est L’amour
6. Ed Sheeran - ÷
7. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
8. P!nk – Beautiful Trauma
9. Eminem – Kamikaze
10. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Soundtrack

2019

1. Arashi - All The Best
2. Taylor Swift - Lover
3. BTS - Map of the Soul: Persona
4. A Star Is Born Soundtrack
5. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project
8. Ariana Grande - thank u, next
9. Rammstein - Rammstein
10. The Beatles - Abbey Road

Are you telling me Pink's Beautiful Trauma was the third biggest album in the world in 2017?

Only see 3 rappers on here

is this only pure sales?

Yup.

maybe she had some crazy bundles or something

eminem fans

Not a lot of pigment in that list

Plenty of pigment in the streaming numbers though.

shipments and streams

I wanna give 2004 Usher another shoutout for holdin it down

how much kamikaze do global in 2018 then?

List is inaccurate as f*** lmao.

Sales 🥱

talking about sales in music is like talking about the weather.

not a single good album anywhere on those lists

susan boyle

3. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
4. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox
5. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories