The best selling album in 2006 in Worldwide was HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (SOUNDTRACK) by HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CAST which sold 6,000,000 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CAST |
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (SOUNDTRACK) |
6,000,000 |
2006 |
| 2 |
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS |
STADIUM ARCADIUM |
6,000,000 |
2006 |
| 3 |
THE BEATLES |
LOVE |
4,950,000 |
2006 |
| 4 |
JAMES BLUNT |
BACK TO BEDLAM |
4,800,000 |
2004 |
| 5 |
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS |
4,500,000 |
2006 |
| 6 |
BEYONCÉ |
B'DAY |
4,000,000 |
2006 |
| 7 |
U2 |
U218 SINGLES |
3,850,000 |
2006 |
| 8 |
RASCAL FLATTS |
ME AND MY GANG |
3,700,000 |
2006 |
| 9 |
IL DIVO |
SIEMPRE |
3,550,000 |
2006 |
| 10 |
ANDREA BOCELLI |
AMORE |
3,450,000 |
2006 |
| 11 |
SNOW PATROL |
EYES OPEN |
3,400,000 |
2006 |
| 12 |
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS |
PCD |
3,300,000 |
2005 |
| 13 |
NELLY FURTADO |
LOOSE |
3,300,000 |
2006 |
| 14 |
EVANESCENCE |
THE OPEN DOOR |
3,250,000 |
2006 |
| 15 |
CHRISTINA AGUILERA |
BACK TO BASICS |
3,200,000 |
2006 |
| 16 |
CARRIE UNDERWOOD |
SOME HEARTS |
3,100,000 |
2005 |
| 17 |
P!NK |
I'M NOT DEAD |
3,100,000 |
2006 |
| 18 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
RUDEBOX |
2,900,000 |
2006 |
| 19 |
THE KILLERS |
SAM'S TOWN |
2,800,000 |
2006 |
| 20 |
RIHANNA |
A GIRL LIKE ME |
2,800,000 |
2006 |
| 21 |
DIXIE CHICKS |
TAKING THE LONG WAY |
2,700,000 |
2006 |
| 22 |
CORINNE BAILEY RAE |
CORINNE BAILEY RAE |
2,600,000 |
2006 |
| 23 |
JOSH GROBAN |
AWAKE |
2,500,000 |
2006 |
| 24 |
GNARLS BARKLEY |
ST. ELSEWHERE |
2,500,000 |
2006 |
| 25 |
NICKELBACK |
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS |
2,500,000 |
2005 |
| 26 |
FERGIE |
THE DUTCHESS |
2,450,000 |
2006 |
| 27 |
JAY-Z |
KINGDOM COME |
2,400,000 |
2006 |
| 28 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
MONKEY BUSINESS |
2,400,000 |
2005 |
| 29 |
SCISSOR SISTERS |
TA DAH! |
2,350,000 |
2006 |
| 30 |
TONY BENNETT |
DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC |
2,300,000 |
2006 |
| 31 |
KOBUKURO (コブクロ) |
ALL SINGLES BEST |
2,300,000 |
2006 |
| 32 |
HINDER |
EXTREME BEHAVIOR |
2,300,000 |
2005 |
| 33 |
JACK JOHNSON |
SING-A-LONGS AND LULLABIES: SONGS FOR THE FILM CURIOUS GEORGE |
2,250,000 |
2006 |
| 34 |
NE-YO |
IN MY OWN WORDS |
2,250,000 |
2006 |
| 35 |
TOOL |
10,000 DAYS |
2,250,000 |
2006 |
| 36 |
ARCTIC MONKEYS |
WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT |
2,250,000 |
2006 |
| 37 |
GWEN STEFANI |
THE SWEET ESCAPE |
2,100,000 |
2006 |
| 38 |
AKON |
KONVICTED |
2,050,000 |
2006 |
| 39 |
MARY J. BLIGE |
THE BREAKTHROUGH |
2,000,000 |
2005 |
| 40 |
SHAKIRA |
ORAL FIXATION VOL. 2 |
2,000,000 |
2005 |
| 41 |
KODA KUMI (倖田 來未) |
BEST～SECOND SESSION～ |
1,950,000 |
2006 |
| 42 |
KT TUNSTALL |
EYE TO THE TELESCOPE |
1,950,000 |
2004 |
| 43 |
BOB DYLAN |
MODERN TIMES |
1,900,000 |
2006 |
| 44 |
KEITH URBAN |
LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING |
1,900,000 |
2006 |
| 45 |
KELLY CLARKSON |
BREAKAWAY |
1,850,000 |
2004 |
| 46 |
ROD STEWART |
STILL THE SAME...GREAT ROCK CLASSICS OF OUR TIME |
1,850,000 |
2006 |
| 47 |
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE |
THE BLACK PARADE |
1,850,000 |
2006 |
| 48 |
T.I. |
KING |
1,800,000 |
2006 |
| 49 |
MILEY CYRUS |
HANNAH MONTANA (SOUNDTRACK) |
1,800,000 |
2006 |
| 50 |
TIM MCGRAW |
GREATEST HITS VOL 2 |
1,750,000 |
2006 |
Source: IFPI Global Music Report
