The best-selling physical album of 2016 in United States is 25 by ADELE which sold 1,731,000 copies.
Rank Artist Album Sales Released
1
ADELE
25
1,731,000
2015
2
DRAKE
VIEWS
1,608,000
2016
3
BEYONCE
LEMONADE
1,554,000
2016
4
CHRIS STAPLETON
TRAVELLER
1,085,000
2015
5
PENTATONIX
A PENTATONIX CHRISTMAS
904,000
2016
6
SOUNDTRACK
HAMILTON (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)
820,000
2015
7
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
BLURRYFACE
738,000
2015
8
PRINCE
THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE
668,000
2001
9
RIHANNA
ANTI
603,000
2016
10
JUSTIN BIEBER
PURPOSE
554,000
2015
Source: Nielsen SoundScan