The best selling album in 2015 in Worldwide was 25 by ADELE which sold 17,400,000 copies.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Sales | Released |
| 1 |
ADELE |
25 |
17,400,000 |
2015 |
| 2 |
ED SHEERAN |
X |
3,500,000 |
2014 |
| 3 |
TAYLOR SWIFT |
1989 |
3,500,000 |
2014 |
| 4 |
JUSTIN BIEBER |
PURPOSE |
3,100,000 |
2015 |
| 5 |
SAM SMITH |
IN THE LONELY HOUR |
2,600,000 |
2014 |
| 6 |
ONE DIRECTION |
MADE IN THE A.M. |
2,400,000 |
2015 |
| 7 |
SOUNDTRACK |
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY |
2,200,000 |
2015 |
| 8 |
COLDPLAY |
A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS |
1,900,000 |
2015 |
| 9 |
MEGHAN TRAINOR |
TITLE |
1,800,000 |
2015 |
| 10 |
THE WEEKND |
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS |
1,500,000 |
2015 |
| 11 |
DRAKE |
IF YOU'RE READING THIS ITS TOO LATE |
1,500,000 |
2015 |
| 12 |
MUMFORD & SONS |
WILDER MIND |
1,300,000 |
2015 |
| 13 |
SOUNDTRACK |
FROZEN |
1,300,000 |
2013 |
| 14 |
HOZIER |
HOZIER |
1,300,000 |
2014 |
| 15 |
ARASHI (嵐) |
JAPONISM |
1,200,000 |
2015 |
| 16 |
HELENE FISCHER |
WEIHNACHTEN |
1,200,000 |
2015 |
| 17 |
ELVIS PRESLEY |
IF I CAN DREAM: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA |
1,200,000 |
2015 |
| 18 |
KENDRICK LAMAR |
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY |
1,200,000 |
2015 |
| 19 |
MUSE |
DRONES |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 20 |
LUKE BRYAN |
KILL THE LIGHTS |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 21 |
SOUNDTRACK |
FURIOUS 7 |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 22 |
DREAMS COME TRUE |
DREAMS COME TRUE THE BEST! 私のドリカム |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 23 |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
SMOKE + MIRRORS |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 24 |
SANDAIME J SOUL BROTHERS FROM EXILE TRIBE |
PLANET SEVEN |
1,100,000 |
2015 |
| 25 |
LOUANE |
CHAMBRE 12 |
1,100,000 |
2012 |
| 26 |
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE |
HOW BIG, HOW BLUE, HOW BEAUTIFUL |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 27 |
FALL OUT BOY |
AMERICAN BEAUTY / AMERICAN PSYCHO |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 28 |
JAMES BAY |
CHAOS AND THE CALM |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 29 |
DR. DRE |
COMPTON |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 30 |
THE BEATLES |
1+ |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 31 |
JOSH GROBAN |
STAGES |
1,000,000 |
2015 |
| 32 |
SOUNDTRACK |
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX VOL. 1 |
900,000 |
2014 |
| 33 |
ADELE |
21 |
900,000 |
2011 |
| 34 |
IRON MAIDEN |
THE BOOK OF SOULS |
900,000 |
2015 |
| 35 |
MAROON 5 |
V |
900,000 |
2014 |
| 36 |
CHRIS STAPLETON |
TRAVELLER |
900,000 |
2015 |
| 37 |
SIA |
1000 FORMS OF FEAR |
900,000 |
2014 |
| 38 |
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER |
SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD |
900,000 |
2015 |
| 39 |
MADONNA |
REBEL HEART |
900,000 |
2015 |
| 40 |
ENYA |
DARK SKY ISLAND |
900,000 |
2015 |
| 41 |
SAM HUNT |
MONTEVALLO |
800,000 |
2014 |
| 42 |
AKB48 |
ここがロドスだ、ここで跳べ! |
800,000 |
2015 |
| 43 |
DAVID GILMOUR |
RATTLE THAT LOCK |
800,000 |
2015 |
| 44 |
GEORGE EZRA |
WANTED ON VOYAGE |
800,000 |
2014 |
| 45 |
MICHAEL BUBLÉ |
CHRISTMAS |
800,000 |
2011 |
| 46 |
AKB48 |
0と1の間 |
800,000 |
2015 |
| 47 |
ZAC BROWN BAND |
JEKYLL + HYDE |
700,000 |
2015 |
| 48 |
SOUTHERN ALL STARS (サザンオールスターズ) |
葡萄 |
700,000 |
2015 |
| 49 |
CARRIE UNDERWOOD |
STORYTELLER |
700,000 |
2015 |
| 50 |
ANDREA BOCELLI |
CINEMA |
700,000 |
2015 |
Source: IFPI Global Music Report
