Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2013

IFPI GLOBAL TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2013

Artist Album Title Total (m units) Company

1 One Direction Midnight Memories 4.0 Sony
2 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 3.8 Universal
3 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 3.6 Sony
4 Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox 3.2 Warner
5 Daft Punk Random Access Memories 3.2 Sony
6 Katy Perry PRISM 2.8 Universal
7 Michael Bublé To Be Loved 2.4 Warner
8 Imagine Dragons Night Visions 2.4 Universal
9 Lady Gaga ARTPOP 2.3 Universal
10 Beyoncé Beyoncé 2.3 Sony
11 P!nk The Truth About Love 2.2 Sony
12 Drake Nothing Was The Same 2.0 Universal
13 Mumford & Sons Babel 1.8 Universal/Glassnote/Sony
14 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 1.8 Universal
15 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist 1.8 Warner
16 Stromae Racine Carrée 1.8 Universal
17 Adele 21 1.7 * XL Recordings
18 Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways 1.6 Universal
19 Justin Bieber Believe 1.6 Universal
20 Miley Cyrus Bangerz 1.6 Sony
21 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience - 2 of 2 1.6 Sony
22 Jay-Z Magna Carta... Holy Grail 1.5 Roc Nation/Universal
23 The Robertsons Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas 1.5 Universal
24 Kanye West Yeezus 1.5 Universal
25 Céline Dion Loved Me Back to Life 1.5 Sony
26 Various Artists Les Miserables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack 1.4 Universal
27 Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music! 86 1.4 Universal/Sony
28 Lorde Pure Heroine 1.4 Universal
29 Florida Georgia Line Here's To The Good Times 1.4 Universal
30 One Direction Take Me Home 1.4 Sony
31 Kelly Clarkson Wrapped In Red 1.3 Sony
32 Blake Shelton Based on a True Story... 1.3 Warner
33 Emeli Sandé Our Version of Events 1.2 Universal
34 Robin Thicke Blurred Lines 1.2 Universal
35 David Bowie The Next Day 1.2 Sony
36 Black Sabbath 13 1.1 Universal
37 Depeche Mode Delta Machine 1.1 Sony
38 Various Artists Pitch Perfect Soundtrack 1.0 Universal
39 Various Artists Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby 1.0 Universal
40 One Direction Up All Night 1.0 Sony
41 Bastille Bad Blood 1.0 Universal
42 Rod Stewart Time 1.0 Universal
43 Helene Fischer Farbenspiel 1.0 Universal
44 Ellie Goulding Halcyon 1.0 Universal
45 Andrea Bocelli Passione 1.0 Universal
46 Avicii True 0.9 Universal
47 Rihanna Unapologetic 0.9 Universal
48 Arcade Fire Reflektor 0.9 Universal
49 Olly Murs Right Place Right Time 0.9 Sony
50 Kings Of Leon Mechanical Bull 0.9 Sony