Adele and Susan Boyle top Amazon’s best-selling CDs of all time list

Considering its ubiquity, it should come as no surprise that Adele’s 21 is the best-selling album of all time through popular online retailer Amazon.com.

The UK singer’s 2011 record held off Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream and the Broadway cast version of Wicked to top the list. Elsewhere in the top ten were efforts from Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Amy Winehouse, Dixie Chicks and Coldplay . Lady Gaga’s Born This Way topped the Best-Selling MP3 Albums list, yet failed to make the top ten for CD albums. Adele’s 21 was the fourth highest-selling album in the MP3 format, behind Gaga, Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More and The Lumineers’ self-titled debut.

Interestingly, different Taylor Swift albums made each list: Fearless, her 2008 effort, was sixth on the CDs list, while 2010’s Speak Now is the ninth highest-selling MP3 album. Despite having sold well over five million copies worldwide, last year’s Red failed to make either list.

Top 10 Best-Selling CDs of All Time

1.       21 – Adele
2.       I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle
3.       Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) – Stephen Schwartz
4.       Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
5.       Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
6.       Fearless  – Taylor Swift
7.       Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
8.       19 – Adele
9.       Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks
10.    Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends – Coldplay

Top 10 Best-Selling MP3 Albums of All Time:

1.       Born This Way – Lady Gaga
2.       Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
3.       The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4.       21 – Adele
5.       Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
6.       Some Nights (Explicit) – Fun
7.       My Head Is An Animal – Of Monsters And Men
8.       El Camino – The Black Keys
9.       Speak Now – Taylor Swift
10.    The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Top 10 Best-Selling MP3 Songs of All Time:

1.       “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
2.       “Somebody That I Used To Know [feat. Kimbra]” – Gotye
3.       “We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)” – Fun.
4.       “I Gotta Feeling” – The Black Eyed Peas
5.       “Rolling In The Deep” – Adele
6.       “Gangam Style” – Psy
7.       “Dynamite” –  Taio Cruz
8.       “Where We Came From” – Phillip Phillips
9.       “Hey Ho” – The Lumineers
10.    “Some Nights” – Fun.

Top 10 Best-Selling CDs of 2013

1.       Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
2.       The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
3.       To Be Loved  – Michael Bublé
4.       All That Echoes – Josh Groban
5.       The Next Day [Deluxe Edition] – David Bowie
6.       Passione [Deluxe Edition] – Andrea Bocelli
7.       Old Yellow Moon  – Emmylou Harris
8.       Based On A True Story… – Blake Shelton
9.       People, Hell & Angels – Jimi Hendrix
10.    Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend

Top 10 Best-Selling MP3 Albums of 2013

1.       Heartthrob – Tegan and Sara
2.       Modern Vampires of the City – Vampire Weekend
3.       Big Mozart Box – Various
4.       The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
5.       100 Must-Have Movie Classics, Vol. 2 – Various artists
6.       The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe) – Eminem
7.       Trouble Will Find Me – The National
8.       Based on a True Story… – Blake Shelton
9.       Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
10.    Native – OneRepublic

Top 10 Best-Selling MP3 Songs of 2013

1.       “Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell]” – Robin Thicke
2.       “Roar” – Katy Perry
3.       “Royals” – Lorde
4.       “Get Lucky” – Daft Punk
5.       “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)” – Fall Out Boy
6.       “Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker
7.       “Wake Me Up” – Avicii
8.       “Mirrors” – Justin Timberlake
9.       “Cruise (Remix)” – Florida Georgia Line
10.    “Come & Get It” – Selena Gomez