US bestselling artists of 2005
Posted by:
georgelicks
()
Date: January 24, 2006 07:19
I just recieved the US sales year end of 2005 and the Stones are back on the Top 30 again.
Period: 2/1/2005 - 1/1/2006
Source: Nielsen Soundscan
(Rank, name, total of albums sold in 2005 [in 1000s], change compared with 2004-if available)
01 MARIAH CAREY 5519 +5099
02 50 CENT 5250 +4666
03 GREEN DAY 5014 +2662
04 KENNY CHESNEY 4372 +145
05 KELLY CLARKSON 3806
06 BLACK EYED PEAS 3579
07 COLDPLAY 3478 +2343
08 EMINEM 3284 -1018
09 TOBY KEITH 3133 -1598
10 SYSTEM OF A DOWN 3011 +2636
11 RASCAL FLATTS 2996
12 JOHNNY CASH 2829 +1072
13 KANYE WEST 2821
14 RAY CHARLES 2519 -531
15 GWEN STEFANI 2505
16 NICKELBACK 2437 +742
17 KEITH URBAN 2398
18 GAME 2276
19 GRETCHEN WILSON 2162
20 ROD STEWART 2128 -1139
21 JACK JOHNSON 2075
22 KILLERS 2041
23 DESTINY'S CHILD 1990 -248
24 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 1949 +1009
25 GEORGE STRAIT 1918 -962
26 FALL OUT BOY 1873
27 TIM MCGRAW 1759 -2440
28 FAITH HILL 1755 +1467
29 U2 1750 -1164
30 ROLLING STONES 1715 +539
Stones catalog sales in 2004: 1.176,000
Stones catalog sales in 2005: 1.715,000
Stones' total US sales (albums/singles) May 1991/December 2005: 22,025,000