1991
1. Garth Brooks, “Ropin’ the Wind”: 4 million
2. Mariah Carey, “Mariah Carey”: 3.38 million
3. Garth Brooks, “No Fences”: 3.37 million
4. Natalie Cole, “Unforgettable”: 3.26 million
5. Metallica, “Metallica”: 3.2 million
6. Michael Bolton, “Time, Love and Tenderness”: 3.17 million
7. C+C Music Factory, “Gonna Make You Sweat”: 3.15 million
8. Guns N’ Roses, “Use Your Illusion II”: 2.81 million
9. R.E.M., “Out of Time”: 2.78 million
10. Vanilla Ice, “To the Extreme”: 2.45 million

1992
1. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Some Gave All” 4.7 million
2. Garth Brooks, “Ropin’ the Wind,” 4 million
3. Pearl Jam, “Ten,” 3.4 million
4. “The Bodyguard” soundtrack, 3.3 million
5. Kris Kross, “Totally Krossed Out,” 3.2 million
6. Garth Brooks, “No Fences,” 3.1 million
7. Garth Brooks, “The Chase,” 3.1 million
8. Nirvana, “Nevermind,” 2.7 million
9. Def Leppard, “Adrenalized,” 2.7 million
10. Metallica, “Metallica,” 2.6 million

1993
1. Soundtrack — The Bodyguard: 5,500,000
2. Janet Jackson — Janet: 4,300,000
3. Pearl Jam — Vs.: 3,800,000
4. Kenny G — Breathless: 3,800,000
5. Mariah Carey — Music Box: 3,300,000
6. Dr. Dre — The Chronic: 2,900,000
7. Eric Clapton — Unplugged: 2,900,000
8. Garth Brooks — In Pieces: 2,800,000
9. Stone Temple Pilots — Core: 2,700,000
10. Meat Loaf — Bat Out of Hell II: 2,600,000

1996
1. Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill: 7,400,000
2. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 6,000,000
3. Fugees — The Score: 4,500,000
4. No Doubt — Tragic Kingdom: 4,400,000
5. Mariah Carey — Daydream: 3,000,000
6. 2Pac — All Eyez On Me: 3,000,000
7. Metallica — Load: 3,000,000
8. Toni Braxton — Secrets: 2,900,000
9. Shania Twain — The Woman In Me: 2,800,000
10. Oasis — (What's the Story) Morning Glory: 2,600,000

1997
1. Spice Girls — Spice: 5,300,000
2. Jewel — Pieces of You: 4,300,000
3. Puff Daddy & the Family — No Way Out: 3,400,000
4. Garth Brooks — Sevens: 3,300,000
5. Hanson — Middle of Nowhere: 3,200,000
6. The Notorious B.I.G. — Life After Death: 3,100,000
7. The Wallflowers — Bringing Down the Horse: 3,100,000
8. Celine Dion — Falling Into You: 3,000,000
9. Soundtrack — Space Jam: 2,900,000
10. LeAnn Rimes — You Light Up My Life: 2,900,000

1998
1. Soundtrack — Titanic: 9,300,000
2. Celine Dion — Let's Talk About Love: 5,900,000
3. Backstreet Boys — Backstreet Boys: 5,700,000
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 4,900,000
5. 'N Sync — 'N Sync: 4,400,000
6. Soundtrack — City of Angels: 4,100,000
7. Garth Brooks — Double Live: 3,900,000
8. Will Smith — Big Willie Style: 3,700,000
9. Savage Garden — Savage Garden: 3,200,000
10. Soundtrack — Armageddon: 3,200,00

1999
1. Backstreet Boys — Millennium: 9,400,000
2. Britney Spears — ...Baby One More Time: 8,400,000
3. Ricky Martin — Ricky Martin: 6,000,000
4. Shania Twain — Come On Over: 5,600,000
5. Limp Bizkit — Significant Other: 5,000,000
6. Santana — Supernatural: 4,700,000
7. Kid Rock — Devil Without A Cause: 4,300,000
8. TLC — Fanmail: 4,200,000
9. Christina Aguilera — Christina Aguilera: 3,700,000
10. Dixie Chicks — Wide Open Spaces: 3,500,000

2000
1. 'N Sync — No Strings Attached: 9,900,000
2. Eminem — The Marshall Mathers LP: 7,900,000
3. Britney Spears — Oops!...I Did It Again: 7,900,000
4. Creed — Human Clay: 6,600,000
5. Santana — Supernatural: 5,900,000
6. The Beatles — 1: 5,100,000
7. Nelly — Country Grammar: 5,100,000
8. Backstreet Boys — Black & Blue: 4,300,000
9. Dr. Dre — 2001: 4,000,000
10. Destiny's Child — The Writing's On the Wall: 3,800,000

2001
1. Linkin Park — Hybrid Theory: 4,810,000
2. Shaggy — Hotshot: 4,520,000
3. 'N Sync — Celebrity: 4,420,000
4. Enya — A Day Without Rain: 4,410,000
5. Staind — Break the Cycle: 4,240,000
6. Alicia Keys — Songs In a Minor: 4,100,000
7. Destiny's Child — Survivor: 3,720,000
8. Creed — Weathered: 3,580,000
9. Soundtrack — O Brother, Where Art Thou?: 3,460,000
10. Various Artists — NOW 6: 3,130,000

2002
1. Eminem — The Eminem Show: 7,608,000
2. Nelly — Nellyville: 4,916,000
3. Avril Lavigne — Let Go: 4,121,000
4. Dixie Chicks — Home: 3,690,000
5. Soundtrack — 8 Mile: 3,498,000
6. P!nk — M!ssundaztood: 3,145,000
7. Ashanti — Ashanti: 3,099,000
8. Alan Jackson — Drive: 3,055,000
9. Shania Twain — Up: 2,090,000
10. Soundtrack — O Brother Where Art Thou: 2,736,000

2003
1. 50 Cent — Get Rich or Die Tryin': 6,536,000
2. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me: 5,137,000
3. Linkin Park — Meteora: 3,478,000
4. Evanescence — Fallen: 3,365,000
5. OutKast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below: 3,090,000
6. Beyonce — Dangerously in Love: 2,527,000
7. R. Kelly — Chocolate Factory: 2,440,000
8. Hilary Duff — Metamorphosis: 2,406,000
9. Toby Keith — Shock N Y'all: 2,324,000
10. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head: 2,184,000

2004
1. Usher — Confessions: 7,979,000
2. Norah Jones — Feels Like Home: 3,843,000
3. Eminem — Encore: 3,517,000
4. Kenny Chesney — When the Sun Goes Down: 3,072,000
5. Gretchen Wilson — Here for the Party: 2,931,000
6. Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying: 2,787,000
7. Maroon 5 — Songs About Jane: 2,708,000
8. Evanescene — Fallen: 2,614,000
9. Ashlee Simpson — Autobiography: 2,577,000
10. Various Artists — NOW 16: 2,560,000

2006
1. Soundtrack — High School Musical: 3,719,000
2. Rascal Flatts — Me and My Gang: 3,480,000
3. Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 3,016,000
4. Nickelback — All the Right Reasons: 2,688,000
5. Justin Timberlake — FutureSex/LoveSounds: 2,377,000
6. James Blunt — Back to Bedlam: 2,137,000
7. Beyonce — B'Day: 2,010,000
8. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana: 1,988,000
9. Dixie Chicks — Taking the Long Way: 1,856,000
10. Hinder — Extreme Behavior: 1,817,000

2007
1. Josh Groban — Noel: 3,699,000
2. Soundtrack — High School Musical 2: 2,957,000
3. Eagles — Long Road Out of Eden: 2,608,000
4. Alicia Keys — As I Am: 2,543,000
5. Daughtry — Daughtry: 2,497,000
6. Soundtrack — Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus: 2,487,000
7. Linkin Park — Minutes to Midnight: 2,099,000
8. Fergie — The Dutchess: 2,064,000
9. Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift: 1,951,000
10. Kanye West — Graduation: 1,892,000