Since 2002, Billboard.biz has annually published an end-of-year list of the top 50 best selling independent albums.
Billboard also independently announced the highest selling album for 2001.
Jason Aldean has topped this chart five times since its inception, twice with his 2009 album
Wide Open. • 2001 (see
2001 in music):
Baha Men -
Who Let the Dogs Out • 2003 (see
2003 in music):
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz -
Kings of Crunk • 2004 (see
2004 in music): Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz -
Kings of Crunk • 2005 (see
2005 in music): Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz -
Crunk Juice • 2006 (see
2006 in music):
Little Big Town -
The Road to Here • 2007 (see
2007 in music): Various Artists -
Hairspray • 2008 (see
2008 in music):
The Eagles -
Long Road out of Eden • 2009 (see
2009 in music):
Jason Aldean -
Wide Open • 2010 (see
2010 in music): Jason Aldean -
Wide Open • 2011 (see
2011 in music): Jason Aldean -
My Kinda Party • 2012 (see
2012 in music):
Mumford & Sons -
Babel • 2013 (see
2013 in music): Mumford & Sons -
Babel • 2014 (see
2014 in music):
Garth Brooks -
Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences • 2015 (see
2015 in music): Jason Aldean -
Old Boots, New Dirt • 2016 (see
2016 in music):
Radiohead -
A Moon Shaped Pool • 2017 (see
2017 in music):
Metallica -
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct • 2018 (see
2018 in music): Jason Aldean -
Rearview Town • 2019 (see
2019 in music):
BTS -
Map of the Soul: Persona • 2020 (see
2020 in music):
Bad Bunny –
YHLQMDLG • 2021 (see
2021 in music): Bad Bunny –
El Último Tour Del Mundo • 2022 (see
2022 in music): Bad Bunny –
Un Verano Sin Ti • 2023 (see
2023 in music): Bad Bunny –
Un Verano Sin Ti ==References==