List of best-selling albums of the 21st century

This is a list of the best-selling albums of the 21st century to date based on IFPI certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have shipped at least 10 million units starting from January 1, 2001. Units sold include physical copies and digital downloads.

From 2022, IFPI reported three formats of sales chart, newly created Global vinyl album chart, combination of physical copies and digital downloads as Global album sales chart and Global all format chart for totaling of all sales.

Legend

30 million copies or more

20–29 million copies

13–19 million copies

10–12 million copies

Best-selling album by year

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling albums by country
• List of best-selling music artists
• List of best-selling singles
• List of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era
• List of best-selling albums by year in the United States
• List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States
• IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year

References

1. List of best-selling albums
2. List of best-selling albums in the United States
3. List of best-selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom
4. List of best-selling albums by women
5. List of best-selling Latin albums
6. List of best-selling albums of 2013
7. List of best-selling albums of 2014
8. 21st Century Breakdown
9. List of best-selling albums by country
10. List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom
11. List of best-selling singles
12. List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
13. List of best-selling albums in Taiwan
14. Mariah Carey albums discography
15. List of best-selling albums in South Korea
16. Madonna albums discography
17. List of best-selling girl groups
18. Apple Music 100 Best Albums
19. List of best-selling albums in Turkey
20. A Rush of Blood to the Head