These artists had the top selling CDs on Amazon in 2013. They continue to sell physical product in an era dominated by the Spotifys and Rdios of the world.
1. Daft Punk
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Michael Bublé
4. Josh Groban
5. David Bowie
6. Andrea Bocelli
7. Emmylou Harris
8. Blake Shelton
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Vampire Weekend
11. John Fogerty
12. Black Sabbath
13. Lady Antebellum
14. Eric Clapton
15. Jimmy Buffett
16. Boz Scaggs
17. Steve Martin
18. The Civil Wars
19. Darius Rucker
20. Pearl Jam
21. The Band Perry
22. Depeche Mode
23. The National
24. Kacey Musgraves
25. Queens Of The Stone Age
26. John Mayer
27. The Tenors
28. Tedeschi Trucks Band
29. Rod Stewart
30. Kenny Chesney
31. Paul McCartney
32. Robin Thicke
33. Bob Dylan
34. Alan Jackson
35. Katy Perry
36. Aaron Neville
37. Lady Gaga
38. Alice In Chains
39. Luke Bryan
40. The Mavericks
41. Claude-Michel Schönberg
42. Jack Johnson
43. Willie Nelson
44. Nine Inch Nails
45. Pistol Annies
You forgot anyone who has a decent fan base in Japan….
How much less is a ton this year, compared to last year?
I don’t live in a singles world, although there are artists I only purchase tracks from. I talk a great deal about misperceptions and untruths, used to justify a change or behavior.
One those, I find most offensive, is how the stauch supporters of digital only music talk about how it has liberated the music buying or music taking public. by emphatically stating that albums only have 1 good track anyway, implying that complete works by all artists are a rip off.
No wonder so many say there is no good music being made today. It’s there, unfortunately nobody hears it and making it available for free only makes matters worse.
So what?
basically it’s a list of artist that did relatively good on every outlet (like daftpunk, vampire weekend, lady gaga), plus artists that did very well for over-30 demographics.
And you can immagine a lot of those amazon transaction being like second hand 2-pounds eric clapton greatest hits. not the best business to forecast for the industry.
How the fact that Andrea Bocelli has a lot of plastic discs for sale in highway gas station minimarkets really is a news about digital music?
Metadata, you are supporting a future you see for your generation and it wii be fascinating to see what you create. In the meantime, hopefully our generations will rise to the occasion and keep some in the creative community working for our lifetimes.
#11 is suspect. Should be CCR. Chronicles 1 has been high on the both the Top 200 and Catalog album charts for years.
This is a nice list but where are the numbers? Emmylou Harris is #7 on the list. Does that mean she sold more product than Pearl Jam and John Mayer who are lower on the list? Even back in the 90’s she was not a big seller – she racked up Grammys but not Diamond Album sales. So how did she do – 10,000 CDs? 1 million CDs?
Yeah, what about Led Zeppelin and the Foo Fighters? Another “Rolling Stone” type of top list?
The album pictured is a must have on cd and lp, their earlier work was ok but this them on a whole new level. Happy to see people are still buying the 16 bit format, on a decent cd player it is way ahead of mp3. On more niche formats like SACD and Blu Ray audio the same title can be even more engrossing depending on equipment used of course.
Techn9ne….hello
This is great. Instead of music crtic’s meaningless opininions, we get everybody’s
meanininless opinion..
You forgot Vladimir Horowitz
I agree with questioning the relevance of this list. Most of these artists were established when cds ruled the roost, thus their fans are older. If anything, this just proves how imploded the market is for younger listeners and fans, minus about 5 artists for 25 and unders and another 5 for 35s and under. The rest are classic rock and pop and folk.
How did BOB MARLEY not make that list..