Rock Oldies Prevail On Year-End Billboard Chart
Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 album, “Rumours.” is the best-selling Rock album on Billboard’s 2024 year-end chart, landing at #34… one spot ahead of Elton John’s 2017 “Diamonds” collection.
Only 23 albums on the 200 were by Rock artists and only one, Linkin Park’s “Papercuts,” was released this year.
Only 6 albums were not a compilation – Fleetwood Mac, “Rumours, “Nirvana, “Nevermind,” Linkin Park, “Papercuts,” AC/DC, “Back In Black,” Linkin Park, “Hybrid Theory” and Sublime, “Sublime.”
Other Rock Albums on this year’s chart (with year of release and year-end chart position) include…
40. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: Their 20 Greatest Hits (1976)
47. Queen, Greatest Hits (1981)
93. Nirvana, Nevermind (1991)
94. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Greatest Hits (1993)
99. Journey, Journey’s Greatest Hits (1988)
104. Guns N’ Roses, Greatest Hits (2004)
129. Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (1980)
141. Linkin Park, Papercuts (2024)
142. Foo Fighters, Greatest Hits (2009)
143. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Greatest Hits (1994)
146. Lynyrd Skynyrd, All Time Greatest Hits (2000)
155. Bon Jovi, Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2010)
158. Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits (1988)
162. AC/DC, Back In Black (1980)
166. Elvis Presley, Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (2002)
169. Blink-182, Greatest Hits (2005)
180. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000)
182. The Beatles, The Beatles 1967-1970 (1973)
187. Eagles, Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975 (1976)
189. Billy Joel, The Essential Billy Joel (2001)
193. The Beatles, The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973)
197. Sublime, Sublime (1996)
199. Creed, Greatest Hits (2004)
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