Taylor Swift's 1989 gave her the fourth Billboard 200 number-one debut of her career. It earned the largest sales week of 2014, with over 1.28 million copies sold in its opening week.

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 2014, a total of 33 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, American R&B singer Beyoncé's self-titled visual album started its peak in late 2013.[1]

The soundtrack to the 2013 Disney film, Frozen was the longest-running number-one album of the year, staying atop the chart for thirteen non-consecutive weeks.[2] Other albums with extended chart runs include Beyoncé's self-titled visual album, Ghost Stories by Coldplay, the Marvel soundtrack Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and 1989 by Taylor Swift; only three albums spent two weeks on the top position.

The Frozen soundtrack sold 165,000 additional copies in its sixth week upon its week, bringing its sales up to nearly 2.7 million units, becoming the highest-selling album during the debut week.[2] Taylor Swift's 1989 sold 1.28 million copies in its first week, making it the second album with the highest sales during the opening week, since 2002 when Eminem's third album, The Eminem Show opened up with 1.3 million.[3]

Between the weeks of December 6 and 13, the Billboard 200 switched from tracking pure album sales to album-equivalent units.

Chart history

The soundtrack of Frozen was the longest running number-one album of 2014, spending a total of 13 weeks atop the chart. It was written by Robert and Kristen Anderson Lopez (pictured).
Beyoncé's self-titled 2013 studio album earned its second and third chart-topping weeks in January 2014.
Alternative rock band Coldplay's sixth album, Ghost Stories, gave the band their fourth number-one album to date. It spent two weeks atop the chart.
Rapper Rick Ross gained his fifth number-one album of 2014 with his sixth studio album, Mastermind.
Rock singer Jack White's sophomore album, Lazaretto, gave the artist his second number-one album in the country to date.
Rock band The Black Keys earned a number-one album in the country with their eighth studio album, Turn Blue.
Key
† Indicates best performing album of 2014[4]
Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales/Album-
equivalent units 		Ref.
January 4 Beyoncé Beyoncé 374,000 [5][6]
January 11 310,000 [7][8]
January 18 Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) † Various artists 165,000 [9][10]
January 25 86,000 [11][12]
February 1 High Hopes Bruce Springsteen 99,000 [13][14]
February 8 Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) † Various artists 93,000 [15][16]
February 15 94,000 [17][18]
February 22 Now 49 Various Artists 98,000 [19][20]
March 1 The Outsiders Eric Church 288,000 [21][22]
March 8 Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) † Various artists 89,000 [23][24]
March 15 Oxymoron Schoolboy Q 139,000 [25][26]
March 22 Mastermind Rick Ross 179,000 [27][28]
March 29 Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) † Various artists 99,000 [29][30]
April 5 202,000 [31][32]
April 12 161,000 [33][34]
April 19 149,000 [35][36]
April 26 133,000 [37][38]
May 3 259,000 [39][40]
May 10 115,000 [41][42]
May 17 106,000 [43][44]
May 24 Now 50 Various Artists 153,000 [45][46]
May 31 Turn Blue The Black Keys 164,000 [47][48]
June 7 Ghost Stories Coldplay 383,000 [49][50]
June 14 83,000 [51][52]
June 21 Platinum Miranda Lambert 180,000 [53][54]
June 28 Lazaretto Jack White 138,000 [55][56]
July 5 Ultraviolence Lana Del Rey 182,000 [57][58]
July 12 x Ed Sheeran 210,000 [59][60]
July 19 Trigga Trey Songz 105,000 [61][62]
July 26 1000 Forms of Fear Sia 52,000 [63][64]
August 2 Mandatory Fun "Weird Al" Yankovic 104,000 [65][66]
August 9 5 Seconds of Summer 5 Seconds of Summer 259,000 [67][68]
August 16 Hypnotic Eye Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 131,000 [69][70]
August 23 Guardians of the Galaxy:
Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 		Various artists 109,000 [71][72]
August 30 93,000 [73][74]
September 6 Blacc Hollywood Wiz Khalifa 90,000 [75][76]
September 13 My Everything Ariana Grande 169,000 [77][78]
September 20 V Maroon 5 164,000 [79][80]
September 27 Anomaly Lecrae 88,000 [81][82]
October 4 Partners Barbra Streisand 196,000 [83][84]
October 11 Cheek to Cheek Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 131,000 [85][86]
October 18 Bringing Back the Sunshine Blake Shelton 101,000 [87][88]
October 25 Old Boots, New Dirt Jason Aldean 278,000 [89][90]
November 1 Anything Goes Florida Georgia Line 197,000 [91][92]
November 8 .5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot 132,000 [93][94]
November 15 1989 Taylor Swift 1,287,000 [95][96]
November 22 402,000 [97][98]
November 29 312,000 [99][100]
December 6 Four One Direction 387,000 [101][102]
December 13 1989 Taylor Swift 339,000 [103][104]
December 20 274,000 [105][106]
December 27 2014 Forest Hills Drive J. Cole 375,000 [107][108]

See also

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