The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2013, a total of 44 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album Red started its peak in late 2012.
Justin Timberlake's album The 20/20 Experience was the longest-running album of the year, staying atop the chart for three consecutive weeks. Other albums with extended chart runs include Red by Taylor Swift, Babel by Mumford & Sons, Random Access Memories by Daft Punk, Magna Carta Holy Grail by Jay-Z, Crash My Party by Luke Bryan and The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem; each spent two weeks on the top position. Throughout 2013, only two acts achieved multiple number-one albums on the chart: Justin Timberlake with The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2, and Luke Bryan with Spring Break...Here to Party and Crash My Party.
The 20/20 Experience sold 968,000 copies in its first week following its release, becoming the highest-selling album during the debut week. Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 792,000 copies in its first week, making it the second album with the highest sales during the opening week. Meanwhile, Beyoncé notched her fifth number-one album with her eponymous album; it was also the largest debut sales week for a female artist in 2013, and outselling Knowles' previous albums' debut figures. Knowles is the only female artist in Billboard 200 history to have her first five albums reach number one.
The 20/20 Experience was the biggest-selling album of 2013, with 2,373,000 copies sold in the US.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best performing album of 2013 Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales Red276,000 241,000 Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack92,000 Burning Lights73,000 Long. Live. ASAPASAP Rocky139,000 Set You Free106,000 Believe Acoustic211,000 All That Echoes145,000 BabelMumford & Sons185,000 63,000 Unorthodox Jukebox95,000 Spring Break...Here to Party150,000 What About NowBon Jovi101,000 The 20/20 Experience 968,000 318,000 139,000 ParamoreParamore106,000 Save Rock and RollFall Out Boy154,000 To Be Loved195,000 Life on a Rock153,000 GoldenLady Antebellum167,000 Modern Vampires of the CityVampire Weekend134,000 Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk339,000 93,000 ...Like ClockworkQueens of the Stone Age91,000 13Black Sabbath155,000 Yeezus327,000 The GiftedWale158,000 Born Sinner58,000 Magna Carta Holy GrailJay-Z528,000 129,000 Stars Dance97,000 Blurred Lines177,000 The Civil WarsThe Civil Wars116,000 Crash My PartyLuke Bryan528,000 159,000 Hail to the KingAvenged Sevenfold159,000 Yours Truly138,000 Fuse98,000 From Here to Now to You117,000 Nothing Was the SameDrake658,000 The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2Justin Timberlake350,000 Bangerz270,000 Lightning BoltPearl Jam166,000 Prism286,000 ReflektorArcade Fire140,000 The Marshall Mathers LP 2Eminem792,000 ArtpopLady Gaga258,000 The Marshall Mathers LP 2Eminem120,000 Midnight MemoriesOne Direction546,000 Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences146,000 BeyoncéBeyoncé617,000
See also 2013 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2013 List of Billboard number-one country albums of 2013
References
External links Current Billboard 200 chart Billboard Chart Archives – Billboard 200 (2013)