Times have changed . No more 9+ million selling CDs. And remember back in the day When Celine, Garth, Creed, Limp Bizcuit, Ashanti and TLC were all the rage.




ANNUAL BEST SELLERS

1998
01 9338061 TITANIC Soundtrack
02 5859421 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Celine Dion
03 5709369 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys
04 4872841 COME ON OVER Shania Twain
05 4385148 'N SYNC 'N Sync
06 4120508 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack
07 3892288 DOUBLE LIVE Garth Brooks
08 3687568 BIG WILLIE STYLE Will Smith
09 3247406 SAVAGE GARDEN Savage Garden
10 3222603 ARMAGEDDON Soundtrack

1999
01 9445732 MILLENNIUM Backstreet Boys
02 8358619 ...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears
03 5981155 RICKY MARTIN Ricky Martin
04 5618134 COME ON OVER Shania Twain
05 4952890 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Limp Bizkit
06 4732589 SUPERNATURAL Santana
07 4259736 DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE Kid Rock
08 4186685 FANMAIL TLC
09 3662905 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Christina Aguilera
10 3463642 WIDE OPEN SPACES Dixie Chicks

2000
01 9936104 NO STRINGS ATTACHED 'N Sync
02 7921107 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP Eminem
03 7893544 OOPS!...I DID IT AGAIN Britney Spears
04 6587834 HUMAN CLAY Creed
05 5857824 SUPERNATURAL Santana
06 5068300 1 Beatles
07 5067529 COUNTRY GRAMMAR Nelly
08 4289865 BLACK & BLUE Backstreet Boys
09 3992311 2001 Dr Dre
10 3802165 THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL Destiny's Child

2001
01 4812852 HYBRID THEORY Linkin Park
02 4507468 HOTSHOT Shaggy
03 4421231 CELEBRITY 'N Sync
04 4410053 A DAY WITHOUT RAIN Enya
05 4242507 BREAK THE CYCLE Staind
06 4102482 SONGS IN A MINOR Alicia Keys
07 3718446 SURVIVOR Destiny's Child
08 3581344 WEATHERED Creed
09 3460852 O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU Soundtrack
10 3133462 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 6 Various

2002
01 7607925 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem
02 4916073 NELLYVILLE Nelly
03 4121396 LET GO Avril Lavigne
04 3690413 HOME Dixie Chicks
05 3498497 8 MILE Soundtrack
06 3144947 M!SSUNDAZTOOD Pink
07 3099216 ASHANTI Ashanti
08 3054736 DRIVE Alan Jackson
09 2909499 UP! Shania Twain
10 2736049 O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU Soundtrack

2003
01 6535809 GET RICH OF DIE TRYIN' 50 Cent
02 5137468 COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones
03 3478361 METEORA Linkin Park
04 3364738 FALLEN Evanescence
05 3089849 SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW Outkast
06 2527485 DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE Beyonce
07 2439536 CHOCOLATE FACTORY R Kelly
08 2405544 METAMORPHOSIS Hilary Duff
09 2324437 SHOCK'N Y'ALL Toby Keith
10 2183997 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD Coldplay

2004
01 7978594 CONFESSIONS Usher
02 3842920 FEELS LIKE HOME Norah Jones
03 3517097 ENCORE Eminem
04 3072224 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Kenny Chesney
05 2931097 HERE FOR THE PARTY Gretchen Wilson
06 2786840 LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING Tim McGraw
07 2708415 SONGS ABOUT JANE Maroon 5
08 2614226 FALLEN Evanescence
09 2576945 AUTOBIOGRAPHY Ashlee Simpson
10 2560316 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 16 Various

2005
01 4968606 THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI Mariah Carey
02 4852744 THE MASSACRE 50 Cent
03 3496192 BREAKAWAY Kelly Clarkson
04 3360394 AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day
05 3037251 MONKEY BUSINESS Black Eyed Peas
06 2615280 X&Y Coldplay
07 2511209 FEELS LIKE TODAY Rascal Flatts
08 2505390 LOVE ANGEL MUSIC BABY Gwen Stefani
09 2413580 LATE REGISTRATION Kanye West
10 2275646 THE DOCUMENTARY The Game

2006
01 3719071 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Soundtrack
02 3479994 ME AND MY GANG Rascal Flatts
03 3016031 SOME HEARTS Carrie Underwood
04 2688138 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS Nickelback
05 2377127 FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS Justin Timberlake
06 2137196 BACK TO BEDLAM James Blunt
07 2010311 B'DAY Beyonce
08 1987681 HANNAH MONTANA Soundtrack
09 1856284 TAKING THE LONG WAY Dixie Chicks
10 1817350 EXTREME BEHAVIOR Hinder

2007
01 3698934 NOEL Josh Groban
02 2956799 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 Soundtrack
03 2608338 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN Eagles
04 2543224 AS I AM Alicia Keys
05 2497457 DAUGHTRY Daughtry
06 2487346 HANNAH MONTANA 2/MEET MILEY CYRUS Soundtrack/Miley Cyrus
07 2098941 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT Linkin Park
08 2063572 THE DUTCHESS Fergie
09 1950641 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift
10 1891918 GRADUATION Kanye West
[Edited 6/25/08 12:17pm]

newpower99 said:

My mom bought that. She was mad at us for a week, because we wouldn't stop laughing about it.

newpower99 said:

i crossed off all the ones i don't own.

Wow.....I only spent $ on 10 of those releases.

Shouldn't that be "Annual Albums Bought by Labels in the last Ten Years"

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[Edited 6/25/08 12:56pm]

I never realised quite how much record sales have declined.

I remember the days when big acts used to sell 10-20 million of an album...

...BABY ONE MORE TIME Britney Spears
FANMAIL TLC
1 Beatles2001 Dr Dre
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU Soundtrack
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW Outkast
FEELS LIKE HOME Norah Jones
THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI Mariah Carey
BREAKAWAY Kelly Clarkson
FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS Justin Timberlake

Uhmmmm

I must be gay or sumthing.

HamsterHuey said:

u bought britney????

Where's N.E.W.S.?

Lol... I don't own any of the mentioned albums.

Good.

newpower99 said:

I already expect all the stupid folks on Prince.org coming over here to say that album sales have declined because the quality of music sucks...

Yep, right and album sales were higher in 1998, because music was so much better...

krayzie said:

Nobody's said it...yet. There are albums in there I have and like.

I forgot how much that Titanic film score sold.

Look at all that slow shit. Is that the classical music chart?

vainandy said:

You are a crabby old man, but it makes me laugh.

Old? Hey, I'm not the one buying all that slow shit.

I think I own two of those

To be fair, I could also include the Beatles 1, since I own all of the songs.

I think Vainandy is rather annoying in the first place.

Some [Flame Snipped - June7] who believes popular music peaked around the 1980's with (cocaine-nobody) Rick James and some useless number of bland disco-funk artists.

Some [Flame Snipped - June7] who keeps longing back to those days, when he could easily [Flame Snipped - June7].

How old are you know: Vainandy? And how much have you developed as a person since those campy, superficial Neon-days?

Better annoying than boring.



Yep, that's right. What's the matter? Too fast for you? Can't keep up to the pace on your walker?



I never slept with a man until 1990 and AIDS was already out by then. And since you think I like ugly guys, what are you doing now? Are you offering yourself to me? If so, I'm not interested.



I'm 40. How old are you, 86?



Oh, I've changed a lot. I'm much nicer now.

NDRU said:

there are only two on that are in my collection on that list, and one of them was given to me.

Riverpoet31, your coment was deeply homophobic. I have reported you.

vainandy said:

Considering i worked in and around the music for most of these years in this thread 98-05, and got alot of free shit too, i owe very little on this.

1998-0
1999-5
2000-4
2001-2
2002-2
2003-4
2004-1
2005-4
2006-2
2007-3

Back in the 80's i could scan the top200 and between me and my older brother we owned close to 80-100 of the 200 albums. Just this past week i looked at the 200 and i own about 12, and when i say own i mean bought, given, etc..

Also WTF happend to ROCK i see one ROCK album on here and thats the Eagles, the only other rock on here is Daughtry,Nickelback and HINDER which is all the same BAD band with slowed down shit, does anyone remember when Rock was fast and fun? And dont say Linkin Park is rock because they are Hip Hop with a rock title.

>>04 6587834 HUMAN CLAY Creed <<<<

I mean really what are people thinking?

I only bought these...

newpower99 said:

analisys please?

Matronik said:

Who said anything about buying?

Matronik said:

you are gheyer than Huey

newpower99 said:

That just made you three times as gay as Mike and me together, NP99...


I mean, who else but sissies use 'ghey'?

Fag.

newpower99 said:

God, I forgot how dire the industry was in 1999. These little nuggets brought the disgust all back. It's even worse than today's big sellers!

looking at those sale, how da hell can these press releases claim that an artist like beyonce has sold close to 100 million records?