Loading

  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

List Of Billboard 200 Number-one Albums Of 2010
These are the U.S. number-one albums of 2010 on the Billboard 200, as per Billboard.

Recovery by rapper Eminem was the best selling album of 2010.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

The seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, Recovery, was the best selling album of 2010 and spent the most time at number one in the year, a total seven weeks. Scottish singer Susan Boyle also spent 7 weeks topping the chart, but with two albums, 2009's I Dreamed A Dream and 2010's The Gift. American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's third studio album, Speak Now, opened with more than 1.08 million copies sold in its first week, becoming the first country album to do so.

Chart history

I Dreamed a Dream (2009) by Susan Boyle was the best performing album of the year, while its follow-up, The Gift, spent four weeks atop the chart in 2010.
Speak Now by country singer Taylor Swift earned her second number-one. It sold over one million copies in its opening week, the first country record in history to achieve such feat.
Pop singer Justin Bieber scored his first number-one with his debut album, My World 2.0, making him the youngest solo male artist to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.
Country band Lady Antebellum scored their first number-one with Need You Now, which topped the charts for four weeks.
The cast of Glee topped the chart for four weeks in 2010, aided by Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers, and Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals.
Soldier of Love by British soul band Sade (pictured; lead singer Sade Adu) marked their second number-one. It spent three consecutive weeks topping the chart.
Key
† Indicates number-one album of the year
Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales Ref.
January 2 I Dreamed a Dream † Susan Boyle 661,000
January 9 510,000
January 16 120,000
January 23 Animal Kesha 152,000
January 30 Contra Vampire Weekend 124,000
February 6 Hope for Haiti Now Various artists 171,000
February 13 Need You Now Lady Antebellum 481,000
February 20 209,000
February 27 Soldier of Love Sade 502,000
March 6 190,000
March 13 127,000
March 20 Need You Now Lady Antebellum 126,000
March 27 Battle of the Sexes Ludacris 137,000
April 3 Need You Now Lady Antebellum 93,000
April 10 My World 2.0 Justin Bieber 283,000
April 17 Raymond v. Raymond Usher 329,000
April 24 My World 2.0 Justin Bieber 102,000
May 1 92,000
May 8 Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna Glee cast 98,000
May 15 The Adventures of Bobby Ray B.o.B 84,000
May 22 The Oracle Godsmack 117,000
May 29 My World 2.0 Justin Bieber 60,000
June 5 Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers Glee cast 136,000
June 12 63,000
June 19 To the Sea Jack Johnson 243,000
June 26 Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals Glee cast 154,000
July 3 Thank Me Later Drake 447,000
July 10 Recovery Eminem 741,000
July 17 313,000
July 24 229,000
July 31 195,000
August 7 187,000
August 14 Nightmare Avenged Sevenfold 163,000
August 21 The Suburbs Arcade Fire 156,000
August 28 Recovery Eminem 133,000
September 4 116,000
September 11 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 192,000
September 18 Asylum Disturbed 179,000
September 25 Kaleidoscope Heart Sara Bareilles 90,000
October 2 A Thousand Suns Linkin Park 241,000
October 9 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band 153,000
October 16 Hemingway's Whiskey Kenny Chesney 183,000
October 23 Bullets in the Gun Toby Keith 71,000
October 30 I Am Not a Human Being Lil Wayne 125,000
November 6 The Incredible Machine Sugarland 203,000
November 13 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1,047,000
November 20 320,000
November 27 The Gift Susan Boyle 318,000
December 4 335,000
December 11 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West 496,000
December 18 The Gift Susan Boyle 272,000
December 25 243,000