Con il giro di boa del 2025, quarto di secolo, anche per la rivista statunitense Billboard, istituzione delle classifiche, è tempo di consuntivi. Ecco allora la lista dei 200 album più venduti del Ventunesimo secolo. Una classifica in cui stavolta
Taylor Swift si deve accontentare del gradino più basso del podio, preceduta da Morgan Wallen e da
Adele.
Nella top 200 di Billboard non figurano molti dischi rock, tra quelli che si sono piazzati meglio, possiamo menzionare i seguenti, già riportati da Ultimate Classic Rock:
9. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
21. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
23. Daughtry - Daughtry
48. Creed - Human Clay
49. Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
55. Green Day - American Idiot
60. The Beatles - 1
97. Nickelback - Silver Side Up
99. Santana - Supernatural
103. Creed - Weathered
104. Nickelback - Dark Horse
106 Elton John - Diamonds
111. Staind - Break the Cycle
128. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
134. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
172. Linkin Park - Meteora
177. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
187. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
190. Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
Ecco invece la "Top albums 21st century" completa di Billboard
- Dangerous: The Double Album - Morgan Wallen
- 21 - Adele
- Fearless - Taylor Swift
- 1989 - Taylor Swift
- Hamilton: An American Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording
- One Thing At A Time - Morgan Wallen
- Hollywood's Bleeding - Post Malone
- My Turn - Lil Baby
- All The Right Reasons - Nickelback
- The Fame - Lady Gaga
- ÷ (Divide) - Ed Sheeran
- beerbongs & bentleys - Post Malone
- Christmas - Michael Buble
- Lover - Taylor Swift
- Confessions - Usher
- Frozen - Soundtrack
- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish
- Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
- Some Hearts - Carrie Underwood
- Sour - Olivia Rodrigo
- [Hybrid Theory] - Linkin Park
- Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
- Daughtry - Daughtry
- Stoney - Post Malone
- DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
- SOS - SZA
- Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
- Views - Drake
- Midnights - Taylor Swift
- Traveller - Chris Stapleton
- Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon - Pop Smoke
- Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
- Fallen - Evanescence
- x - Ed Sheeran
- This One's For You - Luke Combs
- Scorpion - Drake
- Folklore - Taylor Swift
- Goodbye & Good Riddance - Juice WRLD
- The Eminem Show - Eminem
- Blurryface - Twenty One Pilots
- ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
- In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
- High School Musical - Soundtrack
- What You See Is What You Get - Luke Combs
- The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah Carey
- Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
- Let Go - Avril Lavigne
- Human Clay - Creed
- Rock N Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
- 25 - Adele
- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- The Highlights - The Weeknd
- Curtain Call: The Hits - Eminem
- Here's To The Good Times - Florida Georgia Line
- American Idiot - Green Day
- 24K Magic - Bruno Mars
- Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus
- Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
- My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
- 1 - The Beatles
- Hotshot - Shaggy
- Country Grammar - Nelly
- The Greatest Showman - Soundtrack
- Starboy - The Weeknd
- Certified Lover Boy - Drake
- Recovery - Eminem
- The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas
- FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
- Take Care - Drake
- ANTI - Rihanna
- Crash My Party - Luke Bryan
- The Dutchess - Fergie
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack
- Me And My Gang - Rascal Flatts
- Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
- Songs In A Minor - Alicia Keys
- No Strings Attached - *NSYNC
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
- After Hours - The Weeknd
- Babel - Mumford & Sons
- good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
- As I Am - Alicia Keys
- Legends Never Die - Juice WRLD
- Monkey Business - The Black Eyed Peas
- Red - Taylor Swift
- Planet Her - Doja Cat
- Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
- My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
- Home - Dixie Chicks
- Konvicted - Akon
- Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
- Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
- A Day Without Rain - Enya
- M!ssundaztood - P!nk
- Stick Season - Noah Kahan
- Fine Line - Harry Styles
- Silver Side Up - Nickelback
- Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
- Supernatural - Santana
- Beauty Behind The Madness - The Weeknd
- Nellyville - Nelly
- American Teen - Khalid
- Weathered - Creed
- Dark Horse - Nickelback
- The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift
- Diamonds - Elton John
- Up All Night - One Direction
- Pure Heroine - Lorde
- reputation - Taylor Swift
- The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake
- Break The Cycle - Staind
- A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
- American Heartbreak - Zach Bryan
- Moana - Soundtrack
- Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna
- Noel - Josh Groban
- The Truth About Love - P!nk
- Twilight - Soundtrack
- Speak Now - Taylor Swift
- The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
- Evolve - Imagine Dragons
- Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
- ? - XXXTENTACION
- High School Musical 2 - Soundtrack
- Harry's House - Harry Styles
- Oops!...I Did It Again - Britney Spears
- Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water - Limp Bizkit
- Montevallo - Sam Hunt
- Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan
- Hannah Montana - Soundtrack
- I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
- More Life - Drake
- Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park
- Invasion Of Privacy - Cardi B
- Here For The Party - Gretchen Wilson
- The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
- Based On A True Story ... - Blake Shelton
- Purpose - Justin Bieber
- Closer - Josh Groban
- Ctrl - SZA
- Carnival Ride - Carrie Underwood
- The Lumineers - The Lumineers
- Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande
- Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay
- Ashanti - Ashanti
- Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial - Roddy Ricch
- Luv Is Rage 2 - Lil Uzi Vert
- PRISM - Katy Perry
- V - Maroon 5
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
- F*ck Love - The Kid LAROI
- The Massacre - 50 Cent
- Encore - Eminem
- The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
- No Angel - Dido
- 19 - Adele
- If I Know Me - Morgan Wallen
- Feels Like Today - Rascal Flatts
- Death Race For Love - Juice WRLD
- Survivor - Destiny's Child
- 8701 - Usher
- Spirit - Leona Lewis
- Hoodie SZN - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie
- Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani
- Dr. Dre -- 2001 - Dr. Dre
- Free Spirit - Khalid
- Mamma Mia! - Soundtrack
- Feels Like Home - Norah Jones
- Word Of Mouf - Ludacris
- Meteora - Linkin Park
- Some Nights - fun.
- Pain Is Love - Ja Rule
- Back To Bedlam - James Blunt
- Cuz I Love You - Lizzo
- Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
- Sleep Through The Static - Jack Johnson
- Drive - Alan Jackson
- YHLQMDLG - Bad Bunny
- B'Day - Beyonce
- Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
- The Breakthrough - Mary J. Blige
- Evermore - Taylor Swift
- Dangerously In Love - Beyonce
- Encanto - Soundtrack
- Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers - Bob Marley And The Wailers
- Exclusive - Chris Brown
- Overexposed - Maroon 5
- Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses
- Beyonce - Beyonce
- The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - Eminem
- Title - Meghan Trainor
- Coco - Colbie Caillat
- 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
- The Diary Of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
- Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
- Juno - Soundtrack
- 8 Mile - Soundtrack
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late - Drake