The best selling album in 2005 in Worldwide was X&Y by COLDPLAY which sold 8,300,000 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
COLDPLAY |
X&Y |
8,300,000 |
2005 |
| 2 |
MARIAH CAREY |
THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI |
7,700,000 |
2005 |
| 3 |
50 CENT |
THE MASSACRE |
7,500,000 |
2005 |
| 4 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
MONKEY BUSINESS |
6,800,000 |
2005 |
| 5 |
GREEN DAY |
AMERICAN IDIOT |
6,400,000 |
2004 |
| 6 |
MADONNA |
CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR |
6,300,000 |
2005 |
| 7 |
KELLY CLARKSON |
BREAKAWAY |
6,100,000 |
2004 |
| 8 |
EMINEM |
CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS |
5,500,000 |
2005 |
| 9 |
JAMES BLUNT |
BACK TO BEDLAM |
5,500,000 |
2004 |
| 10 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
INTENSIVE CARE |
5,400,000 |
2005 |
| 11 |
GORILLAZ |
DEMON DAYS |
|
2005 |
| 12 |
GWEN STEFANI |
LOVE. ANGEL. MUSIC. BABY. |
|
2004 |
| 13 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
IT'S TIME |
|
2005 |
| 14 |
KANYE WEST |
LATE REGISTRATION |
|
2005 |
| 15 |
ENYA |
AMARANTINE |
|
2005 |
| 16 |
IL DIVO |
IL DIVO |
|
2004 |
| 17 |
JACK JOHNSON |
IN BETWEEN DREAMS |
|
2005 |
| 18 |
THE GAME |
THE DOCUMENTARY |
|
2005 |
| 19 |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |
MEZMERIZE |
|
2005 |
| 20 |
DESTINY'S CHILD |
#1'S |
|
2005 |
| 21 |
IL DIVO |
ANCORA |
|
2005 |
| 22 |
KENNY CHESNEY |
THE ROAD AND THE RADIO |
|
2005 |
| 23 |
FOO FIGHTERS |
IN YOUR HONOR |
|
2005 |
| 24 |
NICKELBACK |
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS |
|
2005 |
| 25 |
BACKSTREET BOYS |
NEVER GONE |
|
2005 |
| 26 |
NOW SERIES (US) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! VOL. 20 |
|
2005 |
| 27 |
SHAKIRA |
FIJACION ORAL VOL. 1 |
|
2005 |
| 28 |
THE KILLERS |
HOT FUSS |
|
2004 |
| 29 |
RASCAL FLATTS |
FEELS LIKE TODAY |
|
2004 |
| 30 |
BON JOVI |
HAVE A NICE DAY |
|
2005 |
| 31 |
SOUNDTRACK |
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' |
|
2005 |
| 32 |
THE ROLLING STONES |
A BIGGER BANG |
|
2005 |
| 33 |
NOW SERIES (US) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! VOL. 19 |
|
2005 |
| 34 |
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS |
PCD |
|
2005 |
| 35 |
KEN HIRAI (平井 堅) |
KEN HIRAI 10TH ANNIVERSARY COMPLETE SINGLE COLLECTION '95-'05 歌バカ |
|
2005 |
| 36 |
FAITH HILL |
FIREFLIES |
|
2005 |
| 37 |
CARRIE UNDERWOOD |
SOME HEARTS |
|
2005 |
| 38 |
ROD STEWART |
THANKS FOR THE MEMORY - THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK VOL. IV |
|
2005 |
| 39 |
KETSUMEISHI (ケツメイシ) |
KETSUNOPOLICE 4 (ケツノポリス4) |
|
2005 |
| 40 |
JENNIFER LOPEZ |
REBIRTH |
|
2005 |
| 41 |
MAROON 5 |
SONGS ABOUT JANE |
|
2002 |
| 42 |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |
HYPNOTIZE |
|
2005 |
| 43 |
FALL OUT BOY |
FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE |
|
2005 |
| 44 |
AKON |
TROUBLE |
|
2004 |
| 45 |
OASIS |
DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH |
|
2005 |
| 46 |
GREEN DAY |
BULLET IN A BIBLE |
|
2005 |
| 47 |
ROB THOMAS |
SOMETHING TO BE |
|
2005 |
| 48 |
JOHN LEGEND |
GET LIFTED |
|
2004 |
| 49 |
SANTANA |
ALL THAT I AM |
|
2005 |
| 50 |
HILARY DUFF |
MOST WANTED |
|
2005 |
Source: IFPI Global Music Report
