Decline of music sales since 2004
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It should be noted that for various reasons - including music downloading and possibly a decline in quality of pop - few albums made after 2004 have sold in amounts top albums traditionally sell, which is why all the Top 10 of the 2000s are from the first half of the decade.
List of 10 most sold albums of the 2000s:
- The Beatles 1'' - 31 million - 2000
- Linkin Park Hybrid Theory - 29 million - 2000
- Britney Spears Oops I Did It Again - 23 million - 2000
- Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP - 22.8 million - 2000
- Norah Jones Come Away With Me - 22.5 million - 2002
- Eminem The Eminem Show - 20.5 million - 2002
- Linkin Park Meteora - 20 million - 2003
- Madonna Music - 16 million - 2000
- 'N Sync No Strings Attached - 16 million - 2000
- Avril Lavigne Let Go - 15.7 million - 2002
See also
- 1990s in music
- 2000s
- 2000s in music industry
- Pop music
- 2010s in music (coming soon)
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