Taylor Swift's 1989 now the 3rd best-selling US album of the decade so far

[Mills 446]

In its 19th week since its release, Taylor Swift’s “1989” has now surpassed the last Nielsen Music-reported sales of her 2010 album, "Speak Now” to become the 3rd best-selling Nielsen Music-reported album of the decade so far (i.e. 2010-present), just behind Adele's 21 and Eminem's Recovery - both of which also scored at least 2 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, like 1989 did. Nielsen Music is the official source of record sales used by Billboard for their weekly charts.

Here are the top 20 best-selling Nielsen Music-reported albums of the 2010s so far:

Rank / Title (Year released) / Last Nielsen Music-reported album sales / Source
1. 21 (2011) - Adele - 11.1 million (as of Jan. 13, 2015 via Billboard)
2. Recovery (2010) - Eminem - 4.622 million (as of Oct. 30, 2014 via @chartnews)
3. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 4.505 million (as of Mar. 13, 2015 via Billboard)
4. Speak Now (2010) - Taylor Swift - 4.480 million (as of Mar. 13, 2015 via Billboard)
5. Red (2012) - Taylor Swift - 4.160 million (as of Mar. 13, 2015 via Billboard)
6. Need You Now (2010) - Lady Antebellum - 4 million (as of Apr. 2013 via @chartnews)
7. Disney's Frozen Soundtrack (2013) - 3.927 million (as of Jan. 9, 2015 via Billboard)
8. Christmas (2011) - Michael Buble - 3.573 million (as of Dec. 10, 2014 via @chartnews)
9. My World 2.0 (2010) - Justin Bieber - 3.299 million (as of Nov. 4, 2013 via @chartnews)
10. My Kinda Party (2010) - Jason Aldean - 3.130 million (as of Jan. 8, 2015 via RoughStock)

11. Sigh No More (2009) - Mumford & Sons - 3.101 million (as of Apr. 8, 2014 via @chartnews)
12. Teenage Dream (2010) - Katy Perry - 2.97 million (as of Mar. 6, 2015 via Billboard)
13. The 20/20 Experience (2013) - Justin Timberlake - 2.651 million (as of July 2, 2014 via Billboard)
14. Babel (2012) - Mumford & Sons - 2.629 million (as of May 8, 2014 via Chart Watch)
15. Night Visions (2012) - Imagine Dragons - 2.5 million (as of Feb. 25, 2015 via Billboard)
16. Crash My Party (2013) - Luke Bryan - 2.395 million (as of Mar. 11, 2015 via RoughStock)
17. Born This Way (2011) - Lady Gaga - 2.326 million (as of Mar. 30, 2014 via Billboard)
18. Unorthodox Jukebox (2012) - Bruno Mars - 2.314 million (as of Sept. 26, 2014 via @chartnews)
19. Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) - Bruno Mars - 2.310 million (as of Aug. 15, 2014 via Billboard)
20. Tailgates & Tanlines (2011) - Luke Bryan - 2.3 million (as of July 9, 2014 via Billboard)

Bubbling Under:
21. Tha Carter IV (2011) - Lil Wayne - 2.279 million (as of Apr. 11, 2013 via @chartnews)
22. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) - Eminem - 2.264 million (as of Jan. 9, 2015 via Billboard)
23. Beyonce (2013) - Beyonce - 2.227 million (as of Mar. 4, 2015 via @chartnews)
24. The Gift (2010) - Susan Boyle - 2.18 million (as of Dec. 1, 2014 via Billboard)
25. Here To The Good Times (2012) - Florida Georgia Line - 2.142 million (as of Jan. 8, 2015 via RoughStock)

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6502076/taylor-swift-1989-outsold-her-last-two-albums

[SharGaga 2,689]

Can't wait for her to snatch 5 million US sales.

[Yves 1,891]

 BTW who?

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

She will be second in a while

[Phoenix 17,395]

My world 2.0. at #9  

[GypsyPrince 237]

Dominating 3 out of the top 5 spots.

[Paper Planes 340]

Coming for Eminem's non-existent weave momentarily.

[Tove Lo 2,481]

How sad and embarrassing. 

[Pain of fame1 226]

WHERE IS THE FAME THO? It has sold 16-20M WW. It is almost impossible for all those sales to be ONLY outside the US..

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

Not taylor passing herself  

WHERE IS THE FAME THO? It has sold 16-20M WW. It is almost impossible for all those sales to be ONLY outside the US..

Wasnt this decade

[Spock 20,290]

Soon to snatch #2 with 5M sales


Three albums in the Top 5 bestselling of the decade


So proud

[Spock 20,290]

How sad and embarrassing. 

​For Iggs's tour you mean? Yeah it's totally sad and embarrassing.

Stay salty

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

I thought Katy's album sales were pathetic  

[Tove Lo 2,481]

​For Iggs's tour you mean? Yeah it's totally sad and embarrassing.
Stay salty

How did I know someone would bring up something totally unrelated about Iggy. Classic.

[Sexxx 5,474]

boring album but slay