Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2014
Rank Artist Album Total sales (m)
1. Various Artists - Frozen - 10.0
2. Taylor Swift - 1989 - 6.0
3. Ed Sheeran - X - 4.4
4. Coldplay - Ghost Stories - 3.7
5. Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour - 3.5
6. One Direction - FOUR - 3.2
7. AC/DC - Rock or Bust - 2.7
8. Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - 2.5
9. Pink Floyd - The Endless River - 2.5
10. Lorde - Pure Heroine - 2.0
11. Pharrell Williams - G I R L - 2.0
12. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions - 1.9
13. Ariana Grande - My Everything - 1.8
14. Barbra Streisand - Partners - 1.7
15. Michael Jackson - XSCAPE - 1.7
16. LINKIN PARK - The Hunting Party - 1.6
17. 5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer - 1.6
18. Pentatonix - That's Christmas to Me - 1.4
19. Garth Brooks - Man Against Machine - 1.4
20. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ - 1.4
21. Michael Bublé - Christmas - 1.4
22. Erich Church - The Outsiders - 1.3
23. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways - 1.3
24. Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence - 1.3
25. Maroon 5 - V - 1.2
26. Katy Perry - Prism - 1.2
27. Various Artists - Now, That's What I Call Music! 69 - 1.2
28. Helene Fischer - Farbenspiel - 1.1
29. AKB48 - Tsugi No Ashiato - 1.1
30. Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett - Cheek to Cheek - 1.1
31. OneRepublic - Native - 1.1
32. U2 - Songs of Innocence - 1.1
33. Stromae - Racine Carrée - 1.1
34. Jason Aldean - Old Boots, New Dirt - 1.1
35. George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage - 1.0
36. John Legend - Love In The Future - 1.0
37. The Black Keys - Turn Blue - 0.9
38. ARASHI - THE DIGITALIAN- 0.9
39. Bastille - Bad Blood - 0.9
40. Jason Derulo - Tatoos / Talk Dirty - 0.9
41. Shakira - Shakira - 0.9
42. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - 0.9
43. Avicii - True - 0.9
44. Indila - Mini World - 0.8
45. Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am - 0.8
46. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 0.8
47. Padre Alessandro Campos - O que é que eu sou sem Jesus? - 0.8
48. Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox - 0.8
49. Luke Bryan - Crash My Party - 0.8
50. David Guetta - Listen - 0.8
Source: IFPI