These are the U.S. number-one albums of 2010 on the Billboard 200, as per Billboard.
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
+KeyIndicates number-one album of the year Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales I Dreamed a Dream 661,000 510,000 120,000 AnimalKesha152,000 ContraVampire Weekend124,000 Hope for Haiti NowVarious artists171,000 Need You NowLady Antebellum481,000 209,000 Soldier of LoveSade502,000 190,000 127,000 Need You NowLady Antebellum126,000 Battle of the SexesLudacris137,000 Need You NowLady Antebellum93,000 My World 2.0283,000 Raymond v. RaymondUsher329,000 My World 2.0Justin Bieber102,000 92,000 Glee: The Music, The Power of MadonnaGlee cast98,000 The Adventures of Bobby RayB.o.B84,000 The OracleGodsmack117,000 My World 2.0Justin Bieber60,000 Glee: The Music, Volume 3 ShowstoppersGlee cast136,000 63,000 To the Sea243,000 Glee: The Music, Journey to RegionalsGlee cast154,000 Thank Me LaterDrake447,000 RecoveryEminem741,000 313,000 229,000 195,000 187,000 NightmareAvenged Sevenfold163,000 The SuburbsArcade Fire156,000 RecoveryEminem133,000 116,000 Teenage Dream192,000 AsylumDisturbed179,000 Kaleidoscope Heart90,000 A Thousand SunsLinkin Park241,000 You Get What You Give153,000 Hemingway's Whiskey183,000 Bullets in the Gun71,000 I Am Not a Human BeingLil Wayne125,000 The Incredible MachineSugarland203,000 Speak Now1,047,000 320,000 The GiftSusan Boyle318,000 335,000 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy496,000 The GiftSusan Boyle272,000 243,000
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