Adele's new album 25 may have just come out two-and-a-half weeks ago, but her massive sales are enough to top iTunes top-selling albums of 2015 list. On Wednesday (Dec. 9), Apple revealed the top 20 biggest records of the year, which includes, of course, 25 alongside some of the year's other massive releases from major acts.
25 leads the pack, but Adele isn't the only late-debuting album to bring in massive sales. As The Toronto Star reports, other November releases such as Justin Bieber's Purpose and One Direction's Made in the A.M. also made the list, at Nos. 3 and 17, respectively.
But other albums on the list had more time to sit, such as Drake's January mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late as well as 2014 favorites such as Taylor Swift's 1989, Ed Sheeran's x and Hozier's self-titled debut, all of which landed in the top 10.
Furthermore, while Mark Ronson's Bruno Mars collaboration "Uptown Funk" ruled the singles chart alongside tracks from Wiz Khalifa, OMI and Andy Grammer, those albums are nowhere to be found on this list. Instead, cuts from favorite album-centric artists and critically-acclaimed lists appear here, such as Mumford & Sons' Wilder Mind, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly and soundtracks from Fifty Shades of Grey and Guardians of the Galaxy.
iTunes Top-Selling Albums of 2015:
01. 25, Adele
02. If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Drake
03. Purpose, Justin Bieber
04. Fifty Shades of Grey, Soundtrack
05. 1989, Taylor Swift
06. X, Ed Sheeran
07. Beauty Behind the Madness, The Weeknd
08. Hozier, Hozier
09. Compton, Dr. Dre
10. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
11. Wilder Mind, Mumford & Sons
12. In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
13. What a Time to Be Alive, Drake and Future
14. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, Soundtrack
15. Montevallo, Sam Hunt
16. Kill the Lights, Luke Bryan
17. Made in the A.M., One Direction
18. Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons
19. A Paradis City, Jean Leloup
20. American Beauty/American Psycho, Fall Out Boy
