Best Selling Album Worldwide By Year

[th]Year[/th][th]Album[/th][th]Artist/s[/th][th]Nationality[/th][th]Sales(in millions)[/th][th]Source[/th]

2001	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	United States
2002	The Eminem Show	Eminem	United States	13.9
2003	Come Away with Me	Norah Jones	United States
2004	Confessions	Usher	United States	12.0
2005	X&Y	Coldplay	United Kingdom	8.3
2006	High School Musical	Soundtrack	—	7.0
2007	High School Musical 2	Soundtrack	—	6.0
2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Coldplay	United Kingdom	6.8
2009	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	United Kingdom	8.3
2010	Recovery	Eminem	United States	5.7
2011	21	Adele	United Kingdom	18.1
2012				8.3
2013	Midnight Memories	One Direction	United Kingdom / Ireland	4.0