List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2010

These are the U.S. number-one albums of 2010 on the Billboard 200, as per Billboard.

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Recovery by rapper Eminem was the best selling album of 2010.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

The seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem, Recovery, was the best selling album of 2010 and spent the most time at number one in the year, a total seven weeks. Scottish singer Susan Boyle also spent 7 weeks topping the chart, but with two albums, 2009's I Dreamed A Dream and 2010's The Gift. American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's third studio album, Speak Now, opened with more than 1.08 million copies sold in its first week, becoming the first country album to do so.

Chart history

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I Dreamed a Dream (2009) by Susan Boyle was the best performing album of the year, while its follow-up, The Gift, spent four weeks atop the chart in 2010.

Speak Now by country singer Taylor Swift earned her second number-one. It sold over one million copies in its opening week, the first country record in history to achieve such feat.

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Pop singer Justin Bieber scored his first number-one with his debut album, My World 2.0, making him the youngest solo male artist to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

Country band Lady Antebellum scored their first number-one with Need You Now, which topped the charts for four weeks.

The cast of Glee topped the chart for four weeks in 2010, aided by Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers, and Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals.

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Soldier of Love by British soul band Sade (pictured; lead singer Sade Adu) marked their second number-one. It spent three consecutive weeks topping the chart.

Key

Indicates number-one album of the year

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Sales	Ref.
January 2	I Dreamed a Dream	Susan Boyle	661,000
January 9			510,000
January 16			120,000
January 23	Animal	Kesha	152,000
January 30	Contra	Vampire Weekend	124,000
February 6	Hope for Haiti Now	Various artists	171,000
February 13	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	481,000
February 20			209,000
February 27	Soldier of Love	Sade	502,000
March 6			190,000
March 13			127,000
March 20	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	126,000
March 27	Battle of the Sexes	Ludacris	137,000
April 3	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	93,000
April 10	My World 2.0	Justin Bieber	283,000
April 17	Raymond v. Raymond	Usher	329,000
April 24	My World 2.0	Justin Bieber	102,000
May 1			92,000
May 8	Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna	Glee cast	98,000
May 15	The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B	84,000
May 22	The Oracle	Godsmack	117,000
May 29	My World 2.0	Justin Bieber	60,000
June 5	Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers	Glee cast	136,000
June 12			63,000
June 19	To the Sea	Jack Johnson	243,000
June 26	Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals	Glee cast	154,000
July 3	Thank Me Later	Drake	447,000
July 10	Recovery	Eminem	741,000
July 17			313,000
July 24			229,000
July 31			195,000
August 7			187,000
August 14	Nightmare	Avenged Sevenfold	163,000
August 21	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire	156,000
August 28	Recovery	Eminem	133,000
September 4			116,000
September 11	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	192,000
September 18	Asylum	Disturbed	179,000
September 25	Kaleidoscope Heart	Sara Bareilles	90,000
October 2	A Thousand Suns	Linkin Park	241,000
October 9	You Get What You Give	Zac Brown Band	153,000
October 16	Hemingway's Whiskey	Kenny Chesney	183,000
October 23	Bullets in the Gun	Toby Keith	71,000
October 30	I Am Not a Human Being	Lil Wayne	125,000
November 6	The Incredible Machine	Sugarland	203,000
November 13	Speak Now	Taylor Swift	1,047,000
November 20			320,000
November 27	The Gift	Susan Boyle	318,000
December 4			335,000
December 11	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	496,000
December 18	The Gift	Susan Boyle	272,000
December 25			243,000