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This page indexes the individual year in music pages.

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2020s

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2010s

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2000s

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= List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s =

  1. The Beatles – 1 – 31 million{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-beatles8-2009apr08,0,242705.story|title=Beatles' catalog will be reissued September 9 in remastered versions|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=April 8, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2009-05-02}} – 2000
  2. Norah Jones – Come Away with Me – 26 million{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/9229594/Norah-Jones-Little-Broken-Hearts-CD-review.html |title=Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts CD review|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=April 23, 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2012-04-27}} – 2002
  3. Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue – 24 million{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/10/143_17992.html |title=The boys are back |date=August 7, 2008|newspaper=Windsor Star|access-date=2008-08-21}}{{cite news|url=http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420025430/http://hwww.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2007/10/26/taking-it-back-86908-20012113/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |title=Taking It Back |date=October 26, 2007 |newspaper=Daily Record |access-date=November 21, 2008 }} – 2000
  4. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory – 24 million{{cite web|url=http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |title=Linkin Park headlines Live Earth Tokyo |date=May 25, 2007 |publisher=Live Earth, LLC |access-date=2008-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306081521/http://liveearth.org/sv/press/pressrelease/linkin-park-headlines-live-earth-tokyo |archive-date=March 6, 2012}} – 2000
  5. Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again – 20 million{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |title=The Evolution of Britney Spears: 2000 – Oops... she did it again |publisher=MSN |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925003058/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=28788021&page=5 |archive-date=September 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }} – 2000
  6. Usher – Confessions – 20 million{{cite news|url=http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707205543/http://www.bet.com/video/music/u/usher/confessions-part-ii.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2011|title=Usher Confessions part II Video|publisher=Black Entertainment Television|access-date=June 23, 2012}} – 2004
  7. Eminem – The Eminem Show – 19 million{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|archive-date=May 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514042111/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-real-slim-shady-stands-up-the-fans-on-his-european-tour-503319.html|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|title=The real Slim Shady stands up the fans on his European tour|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=August 18, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=May 10, 2012}} – 2002
  8. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 19 million{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Eminem – the Fast Rising Rapper |first=Stephanie |last=Raide |date=June 8, 2011 |access-date=2012-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081505/http://voices.yahoo.com/eminem-fast-rising-rapper-8607941.html?cat=9 |archive-date=October 22, 2012}} – 2000
  9. Avril Lavigne – Let Go – 17 million{{cite web|url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|title=Avril Lavigne Ends North American Run of Shows with Two Dates in Washington Beginning May 9|date=May 4, 2008|publisher=transworldnews.com|access-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205061155/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=45518&cat=16|archive-date=December 5, 2008|df=mdy-all}} – 2002
  10. Evanescence – Fallen – 17 million{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|title=Evanescence Biography|publisher=Artistdirect|access-date=2012-09-23|archive-date=February 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205094357/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/evanescence/2515781|url-status=dead}} – 2003

1990s

{{Main|1990s in music}}

= List of 10 best-selling albums of the 1990s =

  1. Whitney Houston / Various artists – The Bodyguard – 45 million{{cite news|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/02/the_films_of_whitney_houston.php?page=2|title=Whitney Houston: An Overview of Her Films|last=Hlavaty|first=Craig|newspaper=Houston Press|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103073841/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/02/the_films_of_whitney_houston.php?page=2|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bet.com/article/hi8ep2/adele-s-21-closing-in-on-billboard-charts-record|title=Adele's 21 Closing in on Billboard Charts Record|publisher=Black Entertainment Television|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012}} – 1992
  2. Shania Twain – Come on Over – 40 million{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kiriblakeley/2011/05/10/why-shania-twain-cant-sing/|title=Why Shania Twain Can't Sing|last=Blakeley|first=Kiri|magazine=Forbes|date=May 10, 2011|access-date=2012-08-23}} – 1997
  3. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill – 33 million{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630912/20100201/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529182229/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630912/20100201/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2012|title='You Oughta Know': The Story Behind Beyonce's Grammy Cover|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=February 1, 2010|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Network|access-date=2008-05-03}} – 1995
  4. Mariah Carey – Music Box – 32 million{{cite web|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=4687|title=Mariah Carey Has the Right Energy in E=MC2|last=Cashmere|first=Paul|date=April 24, 2008|publisher=Undercover Pty., Ltd.|access-date=2008-05-08}} – 1993
  5. Celine Dion – Falling into You – 32 million{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/film/812414-metro-film-fight-club-avatar-v-the-hurt-locker-v-inglourious-basterds-v-up-in-the-air|title=Oscars 2010 special: Avatar v The Hurt Locker v Inglourious Basterds v Up In The Air|author=|date=March 8, 2010|work=Metro.co.uk|publisher=Associated Newspapers|access-date=2010-03-23|archive-date=February 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214124921/http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/film/812414-metro-film-fight-club-avatar-v-the-hurt-locker-v-inglourious-basterds-v-up-in-the-air|url-status=dead}} – 1996
  6. Michael Jackson – Dangerous – 32 million{{cite news |first=Claudia |last=Bidasio |title=Gli imperdibili di Michel Jackson |url=http://www.menstyle.it/cont/musica/musica-r/0805/1900/dangerous-8.asp# |work=MenStyle.it |date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627140245/http://www.menstyle.it/cont/musica/musica-r/0805/1900/dangerous-8.asp |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Michael Jackson sulla sedia a rotelle |url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/micheal-jackson110708.html |work=Affari Italiani |date=July 11, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822095924/http://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/micheal-jackson110708.html |archive-date=August 22, 2008 }} – 1991
  7. Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love – 31 million{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/learning-to-love-cline-dion/article16178/|title=Learning to Love Celine Dion|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=June 15, 2009|last=Anderson|first=Jason|access-date=2009-12-27|location=Toronto}} – 1997
  8. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection – 30 million{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0323/1224313742569.html|title=Girl gone wild: is it time for Madonna to grow up?|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=March 23, 2012|access-date=2012-09-21|archive-date=March 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323121356/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0323/1224313742569.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20071113jk.html|title=Words to Live by: Goh Hotoda|last=Kawaguchi|first=Judith|date=October 23, 2007|work=The Japan Times|publisher=Toshiaki Ogasawara |access-date=2009-12-02}} – 1990
  9. Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time – 30 million{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4723158/With-dreams-in-her-heart.html|title=With dreams in her heart|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=April 28, 2001|access-date=2012-09-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/b07kr5/the-top-10-worst-albums-that-went-platinum|title=The Top 10 Worst Albums that Went Platinum|author=dsussman|publisher=Spike|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405050851/http://www.spike.com/articles/b07kr5/the-top-10-worst-albums-that-went-platinum|archive-date=April 5, 2014|url-status=dead}} – 1999
  10. Backstreet Boys – Millennium – 30 million{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/backstreet_boys_unite/55725|title=Backstreet Boys Unite!|first=Josh|last=Grossberg|publisher=E! Entertainment Television|date=July 25, 2007|access-date=2012-01-07}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/643602.stm|title=Liz the 'Fame' Dame|work=BBC News|access-date=2012-01-07|date=February 15, 2000}} – 1999

1980s

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1970s

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1960s

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1950s

{{Main|1950s in music}}

1959 in music, 1959 in British music, 1959 in Norwegian music


1958 in music, 1958 in British music, 1958 in Norwegian music

1957 in music, 1957 in British music, 1957 in Norwegian music


1956 in music, 1956 in British music, 1956 in Norwegian music


1955 in music, 1955 in British music, 1955 in Norwegian music


1954 in music, 1954 in British music, 1954 in Norwegian music –


1953 in music, 1953 in British music, 1953 in Norwegian music


1952 in music, 1952 in British music, 1952 in Norwegian music


1951 in music, 1951 in British music, 1951 in Norwegian music

1950 in music, 1950 in British music, 1950 in Norwegian music

1940s

{{Main|1940s in music}}

1930s

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1490s and 1500s

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See also

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References

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External links

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