2015: Adele — "25"
Copies sold: 7,441,000
Notable singles: "Hello," "When We Were Young"
2014: Taylor Swift — "1989"
Copies sold: 3,661,000
Notable singles: "Shake It Off," "Blank Space," "Bad Blood"
2013: Justin Timberlake — "The 20/20 Experience"
Copies sold: 2,430,000
Notable singles: "Suit & Tie," "Mirrors"
2012: Adele — "21"
Copies sold: 4,410,000
Notable singles: "Someone Like You," "Set Fire to the Rain," "Rumour Has It"
2011: Adele — "21"
Copies sold: 5,824,000
Notable singles: "Rolling In The Deep"
2010: Eminem — "Recovery"
Copies sold: 3,415,000
Notable singles: "Not Afraid," "Love The Way You Lie"
2009: Taylor Swift — "Fearless"
Copies sold: 3,217,000
Notable singles: "Love Story," "You Belong With Me"
2008: Lil Wayne — "Tha Carter III"
Copies sold: 2,874,000
Notable singles: "Lollipop," "A Milli"
2007: Josh Groban — "Noël"
Copies sold: 3,699,000
Notable single: "The First Noel (feat. Faith Hill)"
2006: "High School Musical" (Soundtrack)
Copies sold: 3,719,000
Notable single: "Breaking Free"
2005: Mariah Carey — "The Emancipation of Mimi"
Copies sold: 4,969,000
Notable singles: "We Belong Together," "Shake It Off"
2004: Usher — "Confessions"
Copies sold: 7,979,000
Notable singles: "Burn," "Confessions Pt. II," "Yeah!"
2003: 50 Cent — "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"
Copies sold: 6,536,000
Notable singles: "In da Club," "21 Questions"
2002: Eminem — "The Eminem Show"
Copies sold: 7,608,000
Notable singles: "Without Me," "Sing For The Moment"
2001: Linkin Park — "Hybrid Theory"
Copies sold: 4,813,000
Notable single: "In The End"
2000: NSYNC — "No Strings Attached"
Copies sold: 9,936,000
Notable singles: "Bye Bye Bye," "It's Gonna Be Me"
1999: Backstreet Boys — "Millennium"
Copies sold: 9,446,000
Notable singles: "I Want It That Way," "Larger Than Life"
1998: James Horner and Celine Dion — "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture"
Copies sold: 9,338,000
Notable single: "My Heart Will Go On"
1997: Spice Girls — "Spice"
Copies sold: 5,302,000
Notable singles: "Wannabe," "Say You'll Be There"
1996: Alanis Morissette — "Jagged Little Pill"
Copies sold: 7,380,000
Notable singles: "You Oughta Know," "Hand In My Pocket"
1995: Hootie and the Blowfish — "Cracked Rear View"
Copies sold: 7,020,000
Notable singles: "Hold My Hand," "Only Wanna Be With You"
1994: Elton John/Hans Zimmer — "The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Copies sold: 4,934,000
Notable singles: "Can You Feel The Love Tonight," "Circle of Life"
1993: Whitney Houston/Various Artists — "The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album"
Copies sold: 5,460,000
Notable single: "I Will Always Love You"
1992: Billy Ray Cyrus — "Some Gave All"
Copies sold: 4,832,000
Notable singles: "Achy Breaky Heart"
1991: Mariah Carey — "Mariah Carey"
Notable singles: "Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time"
1990: Janet Jackson — "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814"
Notable singles: "Miss You Much," "Rhythm Nation"
1989: Bobby Brown — "Don't Be Cruel"
Notable single: "My Prerogative"
1988: George Michael — "Faith"
Notable singles: "One More Try," "Father Figure"
1987: Bon Jovi — "Slippery When Wet"
Notable singles: "You Give Love A Bad Name," "Livin' On A Prayer"
1986: Whitney Houston — "Whitney Houston"
Notable singles: "How Will I Know," "Greatest Love Of All"
1985: Bruce Springsteen — "Born in the U.S.A."
Notable singles: "Dancing In The Dark," "Born In The U.S.A."
1984: Michael Jackson — "Thriller"
Notable singles: "Billie Jean," "Beat It"
1983: Michael Jackson — "Thriller"
Notable singles: "Thriller," "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
1982: Asia — "Asia"
Notable single: "Heat of the Moment"
1981: REO Speedwagon — "Hi Infidelity"
Notable singles: "Keep on Loving You," "Take It on the Run"
1980: Pink Floyd — "The Wall"
Notable singles: "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
1979: Billy Joel — "52nd Street"
Notable single: "My Life"
1978: "Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track"
Notable singles: "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive"
1977: Fleetwood Mac — "Rumours"
Notable singles: "Go Your Own Way," "Don't Stop"
1976: Peter Frampton — "Frampton Comes Alive!"
Notable single: "Show Me The Way"
1975: Elton John — "Elton John's Greatest Hits"
Notable singles: "Your Song," "Daniel"
1974: Elton John — "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Notable single: "Bennie and the Jets"
1973: War — "The World Is a Ghetto"
Notable single: "The Cisco Kid"
1972: Neil Young — "Harvest"
Notable single: "Heart of Gold"
1971: "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Notable single: "Superstar"
1970: Simon and Garfunkel — "Bridge over Troubled Water"
Notable singles: "Bridge over Troubled Water," "The Boxer"
1969: Iron Butterfly — "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Notable single: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
1968: The Jimmy Hendrix Experience — "Are You Experienced"
Notable singles: "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady"
1967: The Monkees — "More of The Monkees"
Notable single: "I'm A Believer"
1966: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass — "Whipped Cream & Other Delights"
Notable single: "A Taste of Honey"
1965: "Mary Poppins (Original Soundtrack)"
Notable singles: "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
1964: "Hello, Dolly! (Original Broadway Cast)"
Notable single: "Hello, Dolly!"
1963: "West Side Story (Soundtrack)"
Notable single: "I Feel Pretty"
1962: "West Side Story (Soundtrack)"
1961: "Camelot (Original Broadway Cast)"
Notable single: "If Ever I Would Leave You"
1960: "The Sound of Music (Original Broadway Cast)"
Notable single: "Do-Re-Mi," "The Sound of Music"
1959: Henry Mancini — "Music from Peter Gunn"
Notable single: "Peter Gunn"
1958: "My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast)"
Notable single: "With A Little Bit of Luck"
1957: "My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast)"
Notable single: "The Rain in Spain"
1956: Harry Belafonte — "Calypso"
Notable singles: "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)," "Jamaica Farewell"