The other two platinum-selling projects were Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour with 1.21 million and Pentatonix’s That’s Christmas To Me with 1.14 million. Beyoncé’s self-titled album has totaled 2.2 million units sold dating back to its December 13, 2013 release.

The top-selling rap albums for 2014 include J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive (577,000), Iggy Azalea’sThe New Classic (485,000) and Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint (300,000). Rap’s best sellers of 2013 were Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (1.73 million, 2nd for the year), Drake’s Nothing Was The Same (1.34 million, 7th), and Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail (1.1 million, 10th).

The Top Selling Albums Of 2014:

1. Taylor Swift – 1989 (3.66 million)
2. Soundtrack – Frozen (3.53 million)
3. Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour (1.21 million)
4. Pentatonix – That’s Christmas To Me (1.14 million)
5. Soundtrack – Guardians of the Galaxy (898,000)
6. Beyoncé – Beyoncé (878,000)
7. Barbra Streisand – Partners (856,000)
8. Lorde – Pure Heroine (841,000)
9. One Direction – Four (814,000)
10. Eric Church – The Outsiders (811,000)