These are the US number one albums of 2009, per the Billboard 200. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance. Fearless, the second studio album by American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, was the best selling album of 2009, and ended atop the Billboard 200 year-end chart of the year.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best performing album of 2009
Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales Fearless 330,000 262,000 90,000 72,000 63,000 63,000 Working on a Dream224,000 The FrayThe Fray179,000 Fearless Taylor Swift92,000 62,000 73,000 No Line on the HorizonU2484,000 All I Ever Wanted255,000 90,000 Now 30Various Artists146,000 Defying Gravity171,000 UnstoppableRascal Flatts351,000 Hannah Montana: The MovieSoundtrack133,000 Deeper Than Rap158,000 Together Through Life125,000 Epiphany83,000 21st Century BreakdownGreen Day215,000 RelapseEminem608,000 211,000 Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King424,000 The E.N.D.The Black Eyed Peas304,000 Lines, Vines and Trying TimesJonas Brothers247,000 The E.N.D.The Black Eyed Peas88,000 Now 31Various Artists169,000 BLACKsummers'nightMaxwell316,000 Leave This TownDaughtry269,000 Here We Go Again108,000 Loso's WayFabolous99,000 Live on the InsideSugarland76,000 Twang155,000 Keep on Loving You96,000 Breakthrough106,000 I Look to You305,000 The Blueprint 3Jay-Z476,000 298,000 BackspacerPearl Jam189,000 Love Is the Answer180,000 Crazy Love132,000 213,000 New MoonSoundtrack153,000 This Is It373,000 Play On318,000 The CircleBon Jovi163,000 Battle Studies286,000 I Dreamed a Dream701,000 527,000 582,000
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