These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1995, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1995 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
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January 7 | The Hits | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 907,000 | [1][2] |
January 14 | 516,000 | [3][4] | |||
January 21 | 352,000 | [5][6] | |||
January 28 | 240,000 | [7][8] | |||
February 4 | 238,000 | [9][10] | |||
February 11 | Balance | Van Halen | Warner Bros. | 295,000 | [11][12] |
February 18 | The Hits | Garth Brooks | Liberty | 153,000 | [13][14] |
February 25 | 150,000 | [15][16] | |||
March 4 | 146,000 | [17][18] | |||
March 11 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 113,000 | [19][20] |
March 18 | Greatest Hits | Bruce Springsteen | Columbia | 251,000 | [21][22] |
March 25 | 168,000 | [23][24] | |||
April 1 | Me Against the World | 2Pac | Interscope | 240,000 | [25][26] |
April 8 | 197,000 | [27][28] | |||
April 15 | 119,000 | [29][30] | |||
April 22 | 113,000 | [31][32] | |||
April 29 | The Lion King | Elton John / Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 133,500 | [33][34] |
May 6 | Throwing Copper | Live | Radioactive | 117,500 | [35][36] |
May 13 | Friday | Soundtrack | Priority | 121,000 | [37][38] |
May 20 | 123,000 | [39][40] | |||
May 27 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 125,000 | [41][42] |
June 3 | 113,000 | [43][44] | |||
June 10 | 120,000 | [45][46] | |||
June 17 | 128,000 | [47][48] | |||
June 24 | P•U•L•S•E | Pink Floyd | Columbia | 198,000 | [49][50] |
July 1 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 170,000 | [51][52] |
July 8 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Epic | 391,000 | [53][54] |
July 15 | 263,000 | [55][56] | |||
July 22 | Pocahontas | Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 192,000 | [57][58] |
July 29 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 144,000 | [59][60] |
August 5 | Dreaming of You | Selena | EMI Latin | 331,000 | [61][62][63] |
August 12 | E. 1999 Eternal | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | Ruthless | 307,000 | [64][65] |
August 19 | 222,000 | [66][67] | |||
August 26 | Cracked Rear View † | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 184,000 | [68][69] |
September 2 | Dangerous Minds | Soundtrack | MCA | 210,000 | [70][71] |
September 9 | 256,000 | [72][73] | |||
September 16 | 208,000 | [74][75] | |||
September 23 | 182,500 | [76][77] | |||
September 30 | Cracked Rear View | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 167,000 | [78][79] |
October 7 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 148,000 | [80][81] |
October 14 | 142,000 | [82][83] | |||
October 21 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 224,000 | [84][85] |
October 28 | 216,000 | [86][87] | |||
November 4 | 170,000 | [88][89] | |||
November 11 | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | The Smashing Pumpkins | Virgin | 246,500 | [90][91] |
November 18 | Dogg Food | Tha Dogg Pound | Death Row | 277,500 | [92][93] |
November 25 | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | Columbia | 189,000 | [94][95] |
December 2 | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | Jive | 248,500 | [96][97] |
December 9 | Anthology 1 | The Beatles | Apple | 855,473 | [98][99] |
December 16 | 453,000 | [100][101] | |||
December 23 | 435,000 | [102][103] | |||
December 30 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 486,000 | [104][105] |
With first-week sales of "Dreaming of You" at about 400,000-plus, Selena has become the fastest-selling female artist in music history. Final full-week sales figures will not be available until later this week, but on Monday EMI Latin officials estimated Selena's sales at more than 400,000, which puts the late singer ahead of other previous top sellers including: Janet Jackson, "Janet," 350,000; Mariah Carey ...