Global Year End Album Chart

Album Countdown 2013 encircled the weekly charts from January 12, 2013 till January 4, 2014 the figures are cumulative sales of an album included sales outside the weekly top 40

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox JukeboxAtlantic - 4,0 million copies Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 ExperienceRCA - 3,8 million copies Daft Punk - Random Access MemoriesDaft Life / Columbia - 3,1 million copies Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2Aftermath / Interscope - 2,9 million copies Pink - The Truth About LoveRCA - 2,9 million copies One Direction - Midnight MemoriesSyco Music - 2,5 million copies Mumford & Sons - BabelGlass Note / Island - 2,4 million copies One Direction - Take Me HomeSyco Music - 2,4 million copies Imagine Dragons - Night VisionsInterscope - 2,3 million copies Michael Bublé - To Be LovedReprise - 2,3 million copies Taylor Swift - RedBig Machine - 1,9 million copies Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The HeistMacklemore - 1,9 million copies Rihanna - UnapologeticIsland / Def Jam - 1,9 million copies Katy Perry - PrismCapitol - 1,8 million copies Soundtrack - Les Misérables Republic - 1,7 million copies Lumineers - Lumineers Dualtone - 1,7 million copies Drake - Nothing Was The SameCash Money / Republic - 1,7 million copies Adele - 21 XL Recordings - 1,6 million copies Luke Bryan - Crash My PartyCapitol Nashville - 1,6 million copies Jay-Z - Magna Carta... Holy GrailRoc Nation - 1,5 million copies Emeli Sande - Our Version Of EventsVirgin - 1,5 million copies Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good NewsBig Machine / Universal Republic Nashville - 1,4 million copies Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Paradise-Edition)Stranger / Interscope - 1,4 million copies Beyoncé - BeyoncéColumbia - 1,4 million copies Lady GaGa - ArtpopInterscope - 1,3 million copies Passenger - All The Little LightsEmbassy Of Music - 1,3 million copies Stromae - Racine CarréeVertigo / Mercury - 1,3 million copies David Bowie - The Next DayRCA / Columbia - 1,2 million copies Miley Cyrus - BangerzRCA - 1,2 million copies Blake Shelton - Based On A True StoryWarner Bros. Nashville - 1,2 million copies Depeche Mode - Delta MachineColumbia - 1,1 million copies Fun. - Some NightsFueled By Ramen - 1,1 million copies Soundtrack - Pitch PerfectUniversal - 1,1 million copies Michael Bublé - Christmas Reprise - 1,1 million copies Robbie Williams - Swings Both WaysIsland - 1,1 million copies Robin Thicke - Blurred LinesInterscope - 1,1 million copies One Direction - Up All NightSyco Music - 1,1 million copies Celine Dion - Loved Me Back To LifeColumbia - 1,1 million copies Lorde - Pure HeroineRepublic / Universal - 1,1 million copies Ed Sheeran - Plus Asylum - 1,0 million copies

The global album sales are on the way down for another year. Only one album reached the 4 million border during the 52 weeks of 2013. Nine years ago there were 11 albums with bigger sales on the year-end chart, the no.1 in that year, Usher's 'Confessions' sold massive 11,9 million copies. Much more modest the sales on the current YEAR-END CHART: Bruno Mars' 'Unorthodox Jukebox' reigns the list with exactly 4.033.000 sales in

2013. Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' follows close behind with 3.775.000 copies sold. And rounds out the top three is Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' with 3.089.000 copies. Adele's '21' enters a year-end chart for the third time! After a two year reign with stellar sales (15,3 million in 2011 and 9,2 million in 2012) it reached no.18 this year with another 1.643.000 copies sold, a total of 26.156.000 sales! The album holds no.34 on the ALL TIME CHART and it's the most successful studio album of the 21st century so far. Also Michael Bublé's 'Christmas' album is a third time on the year-end tally, after no.3 in 2011 (5,2 million) and no.11 in 2012 (2,0 million) is climbs to no.34 this year with 1.097.000 sales. Unusual is the enormous success of the Belgian musician Stromae. His 'Racine Carrée' is the first french-speaking album since years on the year-end list and placed at no.27 with 1.258.000 sales