These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1995, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1995 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 7 | The Hits | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 907,000 | [1][2] |
January 14 | 516,000 | [3][4] | |||
January 21 | 352,000 | [5][6] | |||
January 28 | 240,000 | [7][8] | |||
February 4 | 238,000 | [9][10] | |||
February 11 | Balance | Van Halen | Warner Bros. | 295,000 | [11][12] |
February 18 | The Hits | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 153,000 | [13][14] |
February 25 | 150,000 | [15][16] | |||
March 4 | 146,000 | [17][18] | |||
March 11 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 113,000 | [19][20] |
March 18 | Greatest Hits | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | 251,000 | [21][22] |
March 25 | 168,000 | [23][24] | |||
April 1 | Me Against the World | 2Pac | Interscope | 240,000 | [25][26] |
April 8 | 197,000 | [27][28] | |||
April 15 | 119,000 | [29][30] | |||
April 22 | 113,000 | [31][32] | |||
April 29 | The Lion King | Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 133,500 | [33][34] |
May 6 | Throwing Copper | Live | Radioactive | 117,500 | [35][36] |
May 13 | Friday | Soundtrack | Priority | 121,000 | [37][38] |
May 20 | 123,000 | [39][40] | |||
May 27 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 125,000 | [41][42] |
June 3 | 113,000 | [43][44] | |||
June 10 | 120,000 | [45][46] | |||
June 17 | 128,000 | [47][48] | |||
June 24 | P•U•L•S•E | Pink Floyd | Columbia | 198,000 | [49][50] |
July 1 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 170,000 | [51][52] |
July 8 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Epic | 391,000 | [53][54] |
July 15 | 263,000 | [55][56] | |||
July 22 | Pocahontas | Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 192,000 | [57][58] |
July 29 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 144,000 | [59][60] |
August 5 | Dreaming of You | Selena | EMI Latin | 331,000 | [61][62][63] |
August 12 | E. 1999 Eternal | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | Ruthless | 307,000 | [64][65] |
August 19 | 222,000 | [66][67] | |||
August 26 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 184,000 | [68][69] |
September 2 | Dangerous Minds | Soundtrack | MCA | 210,000 | [70][71] |
September 9 | 256,000 | [72][73] | |||
September 16 | 208,000 | [74][75] | |||
September 23 | 182,500 | [76][77] | |||
September 30 | Cracked Rear View | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 167,000 | [78][79] |
October 7 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 148,000 | [80][81] |
October 14 | 142,000 | [82][83] | |||
October 21 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 224,000 | [84][85] |
October 28 | 216,000 | [86][87] | |||
November 4 | 170,000 | [88][89] | |||
November 11 | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | The Smashing Pumpkins | Virgin | 246,500 | [90][91] |
November 18 | Dogg Food | Tha Dogg Pound | Death Row | 277,500 | [92][93] |
November 25 | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | Columbia | 189,000 | [94][95] |
December 2 | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | Jive | 248,500 | [96][97] |
December 9 | Anthology 1 | The Beatles | Apple | 855,473 | [98][99] |
December 16 | 453,000 | [100][101] | |||
December 23 | 435,000 | [102][103] | |||
December 30 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 486,000 | [104][105] |