Billboard Year-End Top 5 Selling Albums of the 90s
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1 Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
2 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
3 Michael Bolton - Soul Provider
4 Aerosmith - Pump
5 M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
1991
1 Mariah Carey
2 Garth Brooks - No Fences
3 The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
4 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
5 Wilson Phillips
1992
1 Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind
2 Michael Jackson - Dangerous
3 Nirvana - Nevermind
4 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
5 U2 - Achtung Baby
1993
1 Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard
2 KEnny G - Breathless
3 Eric Clapton - Unplugged
4 Janet Jackson - Janet
5 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
1994
1 Ace Of Bass - The Sign
2 Mariah Carey - Music Box
3 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Style
4 The Lion King
5 Counting Crows - August & Everything After
1995
1 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
2 Garth Brooks - The Hits
3 Boyz II Men - II
4 Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
5 TLC - Crazysexycool
1996
1 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
2 Mariah Carey - Daydream
3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You
4 Waiting To Exhale
5 Fugees - The Score
1997
1 Spice Girls - Spice
2 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You
4 Space Jam
5 Jewel - Pieces Of You
1998
1 Titanic
2 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love
3 Garth Brooks - Sevens
4 Backstreet Boys
5 Shania Twain - Come On Over
1999
1 Backstreet Boys - Millenium
2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
3 Shania Twain - Come On Over
4 N' Synch
5 Ricky Martin
Top 100 Selling Albums of the 90s
1. Shania Twain - Come on Over (22 Million)
2. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (19.1 Million)
3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (19 Million)
4. Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View (16.1 Million)
5. Garth Brooks - No Fences (16 Million)
6. Garth Brooks - Double Live (15 Million)
7. Santana - Supernatural (14.6 Million)
8. Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (14.1 Million)
9. Garth Brooks - Ropin the Wind (14 Million)
10. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (13.9 Million)
11. Backstreet Boys - Millennium (13.3 Million)
12. Metallica - Metallica (13.3 Million)
13. Celine Dion - Falling Into You (13.1 Million)
14. Shania Twain - Woman in Me (12.3 Million)
15. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (12.1 Million)
16. Forest Gump Soundtrack - Forrest Gump (12.1 Million)
17. Kenny G - Breathless (12.1 Million)
18. Pearl Jam - Ten (12.1 Million)
19. Matchbox 20 - Yourself Or Someone Like You (12 Million)
20. Boyz II Men - II (12 Million)
21. Titanic Soundtrack - Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (11.9 Million)
22. Celine Dion (lol again!) - Let's Talk About Love (11.8 Million)
23. Mariah Carey - Music Box (11.5 Million)
24. TLC - Crazysexycool (11.3 Million)
25. Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (11 Million)
26. Jewel - Pieces of You (11 Million)
27. Eric Clapton - Unplugged (10.9 Million)
28. Mariah Carey - Daydream (10.6 Million)
29. Nirvana - Nevermind (10.6 Million)
30. MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em (10.6 Million)
31. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (10.3 Million)
32. Lion King Soundtrack - The Lion King: Special Edition (10.3 Million)
33. Green Day - Dookie (10.3 Million)
34. Dixie Chicks - Fly (10 Million)
35. Creed - Human Clay (10 Million)
36. Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (10 Million)
37. Spice Girls - Spice (10 Million)
38. Will Smith - Big Willie Style (9.6 Million)
39. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness (9.3 Million)
40. Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (9.3 Million)
41. U2 - Achtung Baby (9.2 Million)
42. Michael Bolton - Time Love & Tenderness (9.2 Million)
43. Ace of Base - Sign (9.1 Million)
44. Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All (9.1 Million)
45. Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (9.1 Million)
46. Destiny's Child - Writing's on the Wall (8.9 Million)
47. Michael Jackson - Dangerous (8.8 Million)
48. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (8.6 Million)
49. Toni Braxton - Secrets (8.6 Million)
50. R. Kelly - R (8.3 Million)
51. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (8.1 Million)
52. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me (8.1 Million)
53. Live - Throwing Copper (Bonus CD) (8.1 Million)
54. Garth Brooks - In Pieces (8.1 Million)
55. Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton (8.1 Million)
56. Stone Temple Pilots - Core (8.1 Million)
57. Faith Hill - Breathe (8 Million)
58. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (8 Million)
59. Kenny G - Miracles: Holiday Album (8 Million)
60. Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (8 Million)
61. Garth Brooks - Chase (8 Million)
62. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (7.9 Million)
63. Cranberries - No Need to Argue (7.9 Million)
64. Savage Garden - Savage Garden (7.6 Million)
65. Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (7.6 Million)
66. Celine Dion - Colour of My Love (7.5 Million)
67. Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (7.3 Million)
68. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (7.3 Million)
69. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion (7.3 Million)
70. Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme (7.3 Million)
71. Fugees - Score (7.2 Million)
72. Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (7.1 Million)
73. Garth Brooks - Sevens (7.1 Million)
74. P. Diddy - No Way Out (7.1 Million)
75. Eagles - Hell Freezes Over (7.1 Million)
76. Pearl Jam - Vs. (7.1 Million)
77. Counting Crows - August & Everything After (7.1 Million)
78. *N Sync - N Sync (7 Million)
79. Dave Matthews Band - Crash (7 Million)
80. Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack - Waiting To Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (7 Million)
81. Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (7 Million)
82. Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (Deluxe Edition) (6.8 Million)
83. Janet Jackson - Janet (6.6 Million)
84. TLC - Fanmail (6.3 Million)
85. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001 (6.1 Million)
86. Usher - My Way (6.1 Million)
87. Space Jam Soundtrack - Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (6.1 Million)
88. Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses (6.1 Million)
89. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (6.1 Million)
90. R. Kelly - 12 (6.1 Million)
91. Creed - My Own Prison (6 Million)
92. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (6 Million)
93. Leann Rimes - Blue (6 Million)
94. Bush - Sixteen Stone (6 Million)
95. Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table & Dreaming (6 Million)
96. Blues Traveler - Four (6 Million)
97. Offspring - Smash (6 Million)
98. Mana - Donde Jugaran Los Ninos (New Edition) (6 Million)
99. Melissa Etheridge - Yes I Am (6 Million)
100. George Strait - Pure Country [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (6 Million)
1990s ILX Poll
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=35714100: TLC - CrazySexyCool (213 points, 16 votes)
99: OASIS - Definitely Maybe (218 points, 16 votes)
98: U2 - Achtung Baby (221 points, 16 votes)
97: OMNI TRIO The Deepest Cut Vol. 1 (223 points, 14 votes)
96: BARK PSYCHOSIS - Hex (224 points, 11 votes)
94: UNDERWORLD - Beaucoup Fish (231 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
94: WEEZER - Weezer (231 points, 17 votes)
93: LAURYN HILL - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (234 points, 18 votes)
92: THE WEDDING PRESENT - Seamonsters (236 points, 12 votes)
91: NINE INCH NAILS - The Downward Spiral (237 points, 15 votes)
90: SPIRITUALIZED - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (241 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
89: THE PRODIGY - Music For the Jilted Generation (244 points, 16 votes)
88: SMASHING PUMPKINS - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (249 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
87: EMINEM - The Slim Shady LP (253 points, 18 votes)
86: THE FLAMING LIPS - The Soft Bulletin (255 points, 18 votes)
85: SLEATER-KINNEY - Call the Doctor (256 points, 13 votes)
84: JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace (258 points, 15 votes)
83: GUIDED BY VOICES - Bee Thousand (260 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
82: MORRISSEY - Vauxhall and I (265 points, 18 votes)
81: SLEATER-KINNEY - Dig Me Out (271 points, 12 votes, 3 first place votes)
80: THE KLF - Chill Out (273 points, 15 votes)
79: OUTKAST - Aquemini (277 points, 20 votes)
78: HAPPY MONDAYS - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (278 points, 21 votes)
77: GREEN DAY - Dookie (279 points, 18 votes)
76: AUTECHRE - Tri Repetae (280 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)
75: PJ HARVEY - Dry (281 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
74: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Dig Your Own Hole (283 points, 18 votes)
73: ORBITAL - In Sides (284 points, 16 votes)
72: BLUR - Modern Life Is Rubbish (285 points, 14 votes, 3 first place votes)
71: MISSY ELLIOTT - Supa Dupa Fly (288 points, 20 votes)
70: BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY - I See A Darkness (301 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
69: DESTINY'S CHILD - The Writing's On the Wall (305 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
68: KELIS - Kaleidoscope (310 points, 18 votes)
67: GRAVEDIGGAZ - 6 Feet Deep (311 points, 18 votes)
66: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Tigermilk (313 points, 16 votes, 1 first place vote)
65: PJ HARVEY - To Bring You My Love (320 points, 17 votes)
64: UNDERWORLD - Second Toughest In the Infants (321 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
63: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - The Boy With the Arab Strap (328 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
62: TEENAGE FANCLUB - Bandwagonesque (330 points, 21 votes)
61: WEEZER - Pinkerton (332 points, 17 votes)
60: SAINT ETIENNE - Foxbase Alpha (336 points, 18 votes)
59: ELASTICA - Elastica (339 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)
58: STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (341 points, 24 votes)
57: DE LA SOUL - De La Soul Is Dead (342 points, 18 votes)
56: ORBITAL - Orbital 2 (The Brown Album) (344 points, 20 votes)
55: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - The Low End Theory (345 points, 27 votes)
54: UNDERWORLD - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (347 points, 22 votes)
53: PET SHOP BOYS - Behavior (348 points, 20 votes)
50: DEPECHE MODE - Violator (351 points, 18 votes)
50: BECK - Odelay (351 votes, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)
50: PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica (351 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)
49: SNOOP DOGGY DOGG - Doggystyle (354 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
48: NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (355 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
47: DR. DRE - The Chronic (360 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote)
46: R.E.M. - Automatic For the People (367 points, 26 votes)
45: THE ORB - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (371 points, 20 votes, 1 first place vote)
44: BJORK - Post (373 points, 28 votes)
43: APHEX TWIN - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (374 points, 25 votes)
42: THE SUNDAYS - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (381 points, 18 votes)
41: SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream (383 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)
40: LIZ PHAIR - Exile In Guyville (384 points, 21 votes)
39: THE PRODIGY - (388 points, 19 votes, 3 first place votes)
38: SAINT ETIENNE - Tiger Bay (389 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
37: RADIOHEAD - The Bends (391 points, 26 votes)
36: SCOTT WALKER - Tilt (393 points, 19 votes, 4 first place votes)
35: PIXIES - Trompe Le Monde (397 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
34: SAINT ETIENNE - So Tough (403 points, 22 votes, 3 first place votes)
33: DISCO INFERNO - D.I. Go Pop (417 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)
32: COCTEAU TWINS - Heaven or Las Vegas (428 points, 23 votes)
31: BOREDOMS - Super AE (429 points, 20 votes)
30: MASSIVE ATTACK - Mezzanine (434 points, 29 votes)
29: YO LA TENGO - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (438 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)
28: BLUR - Parklife (447 points, 29 votes)
27: PET SHOP BOYS - Very (452 points, 21 votes)
26: PULP - His 'n' Hers (522 points, 26 votes)
25: DAFT PUNK - Homework (526 points, 37 votes)
23: AIR - Moon Safari (541 points, 33 votes)
23: GZA/GENIUS - Liquid Swords (541 points, 33 votes)
22: TALK TALK - Laughing Stock (550 points, 24 votes, 2 first place votes)
21: NIRVANA - In Utero (552 points, 29 votes, 1 first place vote)
20: MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines (555 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote)
19: PAVEMENT - Slanted and Enchanted (591 points, 33 votes, 1 first place vote)
18: NIRVANA - Nevermind (621 points, 33 votes)
17: BJORK - Homogenic (628 points, 31 votes)
16: PAVEMENT - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (636 points, 34 votes, 1 first place vote)
15: APHEX TWIN - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 (650 points, 32 votes, 1 first place vote)
14: NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Ready To Die (693 points, 30 votes, 3 first place votes)
13: BASEMENT JAXX - Remedy (695 points, 37 votes)
12: PORTISHEAD - Dummy (699 points, 41 votes, 2 first place votes)
11: PUBLIC ENEMY - Fear Of A Black Planet (774 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes)
10: BOARDS OF CANADA - Music Has the Right To Children (780 points, 42 votes, 1 first place vote)
9: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - If You're Feeling Sinister (810 points, 33 votes, 2 first place votes)
8: NAS - Illmatic (877 points, 38 votes, 3 first place votes)
7: TRICKY - Maxinquaye (896 points, 48 votes, 3 first place votes)
6: DJ SHADOW - Entroducing (943 points, 47 votes, 3 first place votes)
5: RADIOHEAD - OK Computer (947 points, 47 votes, 5 first place votes)
4: PULP - Different Class (1047 points, 54 votes, 5 first place votes)
3: MAGNETIC FIELDS - 69 Love Songs (1095 points, 49 votes, 3 first place votes)
2: WU-TANG CLAN - Enter the 36 Chambers (1132 points, 55 votes, 2 first place votes)
1: MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless (1563 points, 71 votes, 6 first place votes)
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