Taylor Swift’s Reputation Is The US’s Biggest Album Of 2017

Taylor Swift’s Reputation tops Nielsen Music’s year-end best-selling albums list, with 1.9 million sold. This is the third time Swift has claimed the year’s top-selling album. She did it previously with her last studio effort, 1989 (2014’s best seller, with 3.66 million sold that calendar year), and Fearless (2009’s leader, with 3.22 million sold that year). 1989 and Fearless have sold a total of 6.11 million and 7.13 million copies, respectively, since their release.

Notably, in the last nine years (2009 through 2017), seven of the year-end best-sellers have been an album by either Swift or Adele.

TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS OF 2017 IN U.S.
Rank Artist, Title Sales
1 Taylor Swift, Reputation 1,903,000
2 Ed Sheeran, ÷ (Divide) 1,102,000
3 Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. 910,000
4 Bruno Mars, 24K Magic 710,000
5 Soundtrack, Moana 709,000
6 Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1 658,000
7 P!nk, Beautiful Trauma 628,000
8 Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 600,000
9 Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct 585,000
10 Soundtrack, Trolls 522,000
Source: Nielsen Music, for the tracking period Dec. 30, 2016 through Dec. 28, 2017.

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