2015 was by far the year of Adele but it was also a great year for Australian acts Cold Chisel, Parkway Drive, Tame Impala, 5 Seconds of Summer and Hermitude.
As the year unfolded we had varying degrees of first week successes and while no-one came near Adele’s ‘25’ momentum, 2015 shaped up as a mixed bag of genres from pop, rock, folk and hip-hop all leading various weeks along the way.
Six of the 20 fastest sellers were from Australian acts with one-time teen Wolverine star Troye Sivan transforming to a pop star in 2015.
On iHeartRadio powered by Noise11.com, we see out the year with the Fastest Selling Albums of 2015 end of year special.
20 Fastest Selling Albums of 2015
NB: Figures in brackets are first week sales only.
1. Adele – 25 (126,063)
2. Justin Bieber – Purpose (40,935)
3. One Direction – Made In The AM (34,866)
4. Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams (20,124)
5. Dr Dre – Compton (19,185)
6. 5 Seconds of Summer – Sounds Good Feels Good (16,157)
7. Florence + The Machine – How Big How Blue How Beautiful (15,706)
8. Bring Me The Horizon – That’s The Spirit (14,692)
9. Parkway Drive – IRE (14,500)
10. Muse – Drones (12,047)
11. Tame Impala – Currents (11,415)
12. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness (11,375)
13. Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind (11,038)
14. Various – Triple J Like A Version 11 (10,994)
15. Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light (10,352)
16. Cold Chisel – The Perfect Crime (10,139)
17. Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (10,069)
18. Meghan Trainor – Title (9,631)
19. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (8,958)
20. Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon (8,660)
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Noise11 iHeartRadio 20 Fastest Albums of 2015 Show Playlist
Lana Del Rey – High On The Beach
Kendrick Lamar – i
Meghan Trainor – Like I’m Gonna Lose You
Troye Sivan – Wild
Cold Chisel – All Hell Broke Lucy
Hermitude – The Buzz
Vance Joy – Fake Plastic Trees
Mumford & Sons – Believe
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
Tame Impala – Cause I’m A Man
Muse – Dead Inside
Parkway Drive – Vicegrip
Bring Me The Horizon – Drown
Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
5 Seconds of Summer – She’s Kinda Hot
Dr Dre – Talking To My Diary
Coldplay – Adventure of a Lifetime
One Direction – Drag Me Down
Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
Adele – When We Were Young
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