The best selling album in 2010 in Worldwide was RECOVERY by EMINEM which sold 6,000,000 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
EMINEM |
RECOVERY |
6,000,000 |
2010 |
| 2 |
LADY GAGA |
THE FAME
[Standard edition] |
4,800,000 |
2008 |
| 3 |
SUSAN BOYLE |
THE GIFT |
4,400,000 |
2010 |
| 4 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
SPEAK NOW |
4,300,000 |
2010 |
| 5 |
LADY ANTEBELLUM |
NEED YOU NOW |
3,700,000 |
2010 |
| 6 |
MICHAEL JACKSON |
MICHAEL |
3,000,000 |
2010 |
| 7 |
RIHANNA |
LOUD |
3,000,000 |
2010 |
| 8 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
MY WORLD 2.0 / MY WORLDS
[My Worlds edition] |
3,000,000 |
2010 |
| 9 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
MY WORLD 2.0 / MY WORLDS
[My World 2.0 edition] |
2,900,000 |
2010 |
| 10 |
TAKE THAT |
PROGRESS |
2,800,000 |
2010 |
| 11 |
KATY PERRY |
TEENAGE DREAM |
|
2010 |
| 12 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
CRAZY LOVE |
|
2009 |
| 13 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
THE E.N.D. |
|
2009 |
| 14 |
SADE |
SOLDIER OF LOVE |
|
2010 |
| 15 |
BON JOVI |
GREATEST HITS: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION |
|
2010 |
| 16 |
KINGS OF LEON |
COME AROUND SUNDOWN |
|
2010 |
| 17 |
KESHA |
ANIMAL / ANIMAL + CANNIBAL |
|
2010 |
| 18 |
THE BLACK EYED PEAS |
THE BEGINNING |
|
2010 |
| 19 |
LINKIN PARK |
A THOUSAND SUNS |
|
2010 |
| 20 |
AC/DC |
IRON MAN 2 (OST) |
|
2010 |
| 21 |
GLEE CAST |
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 1 |
|
2009 |
| 22 |
USHER |
RAYMOND V RAYMOND |
|
2010 |
| 23 |
KANYE WEST |
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY |
|
2010 |
| 24 |
P!NK |
GREATEST HITS... SO FAR!!! |
|
2010 |
| 25 |
LADY GAGA |
THE FAME
[The Fame + The Fame Monster 2 CD edition] |
|
2008 |
| 26 |
ALICIA KEYS |
THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM |
|
2009 |
| 27 |
DRAKE |
THANK ME LATER |
|
2010 |
| 28 |
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE |
LUNGS |
|
2009 |
| 29 |
GLEE CAST |
GLEE: THE MUSIC, THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM |
|
2010 |
| 30 |
MUMFORD & SONS |
SIGH NO MORE |
|
2009 |
| 31 |
IKIMONO-GAKARI (いきものがかり) |
IKIMONOBAKARI: MEMBERS BEST SELECTION (いきものばかり～メンバーズBESTセレクション～) |
|
2010 |
| 32 |
JOSH GROBAN |
ILLUMINATIONS |
|
2010 |
| 33 |
NOW SERIES (UK) |
NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 77 |
|
2010 |
| 34 |
SHAKIRA |
SALE EL SOL / THE SUN COMES OUT |
|
2010 |
| 35 |
NICKI MINAJ |
PINK FRIDAY |
|
2010 |
| 36 |
JACK JOHNSON |
TO THE SEA |
|
2010 |
| 37 |
UNHEILIG |
GROßE FREIHEIT |
|
2010 |
| 38 |
DAVID GUETTA |
ONE LOVE |
|
2009 |
| 39 |
MUSE |
THE RESISTANCE |
|
2009 |
| 40 |
GORILLAZ |
PLASTIC BEACH |
|
2010 |
| 41 |
ROBBIE WILLIAMS |
IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - GREATEST HITS 1990-2010 |
|
2010 |
| 42 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
BOKU NO MITEIRU FUKEI (僕の見ている風景) |
|
2010 |
| 43 |
SOUNDTRACK |
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE |
|
2010 |
| 44 |
PHIL COLLINS |
GOING BACK |
|
2010 |
| 45 |
SUGARLAND |
THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE |
|
2010 |
| 46 |
GLEE CAST |
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 3 - SHOWSTOPPERS |
|
2010 |
| 47 |
LADY GAGA |
THE REMIX |
|
2010 |
| 48 |
MARIAH CAREY |
MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU |
|
2010 |
| 49 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
MY WORLD |
|
2009 |
| 50 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
FEARLESS |
|
2008 |
Source: IFPI Global Music Report
