YTD TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART

Presenting the Top 50 albums of 2015, the gifts that keep on giving to their respective labels. As for us? Here's hoping we're the only lump of coal in your stockings.

RANK	ARTIST	TITLE	LABEL	YEAR TO DATE
1	ADELE	25	XL/COLUMBIA	5,190,000
2	TAYLOR SWIFT	1989	BIG MACHINE	1,870,000
3	DRAKE	IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE	YMCMB/REPUBLIC	1,120,000
4	ED SHEERAN	X	ASYLUM UK	1,110,000
5	SAM SMITH	IN THE LONELY HOUR	CAPITOL	990,000
6	MEGHAN TRAINOR	TITLE	EPIC	950,000
7	JUSTIN BIEBER	PURPOSE	DEF JAM	920,000
8	FIFTY SHADES OF GREY	SOUNDTRACK	REPUBLIC	850,000
9	THE WEEKND	BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS	XO/REPUBLIC	770,000
10	LUKE BRYAN	KILL THE LIGHTS	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	770,000
11	KENDRICK LAMAR	TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY	TDE/INTERSCOPE	750,000
12	SAM HUNT	MONTEVALLO	MCA NASHVILLE	690,000
13	FALL OUT BOY	AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO	DCD2/ISLAND	610,000
14	ZAC BROWN BAND	JEKYLL + HYDE	SOUTHERN GROUND/ VARVATOS/BMLG/REPUBLIC	590,000
15	ONE DIRECTION	MADE IN THE A.M.	SYCO/COLUMBIA	590,000
16	JOSH GROBAN	STAGES	REPRISE	570,000
17	SOUNDTRACK	GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1	HOLLYWOOD	560,000
18	CHRIS STAPLETON	TRAVELLER	MERCURY NASHVILLE	520,000
19	MUMFORD & SONS	WILDER MIND	GLASSNOTE	510,000
20	VARIOUS	NOW 53	NOW	500,000
21	IMAGINE DRAGONS	SMOKE + MIRRORS	KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE	500,000
22	J. COLE	2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE	ROC NATION/COLUMBIA	490,000
23	DRAKE AND FUTURE	WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE	YMCMB/REPUBLIC/EPIC	490,000
24	DR. DRE	COMPTON	AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE	490,000
25	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	BLURRYFACE	FUELED BY RAMEN	480,000
26	HOZIER	HOZIER	COLUMBIA	480,000
27	MAROON 5	V	222/INTERSCOPE	470,000
28	EMPIRE CAST	EMPIRE SOUNDTRACK: SEASON 1	TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA	470,000
29	NICKI MINAJ	PINKPRINT	YMCMB/REPUBLIC	380,000
30	CARRIE UNDERWOOD	STORYTELLER	ARISTA NASHVILLE	380,000
31	PENTATONIX	THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME	RCA	360,000
32	KID ROCK	FIRST KISS	WARNER BROS.	350,000
33	MEEK MILL	DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY	WMG	350,000
34	PITCH PERFECT 2	SOUNDTRACK	UME/REPUBLIC	350,000
35	BIG SEAN	DARK SKY PARADISE	DEF JAM	350,000
36	KIDZ BOP KIDS	KIDZ BOP 27	RAZOR & TIE	330,000
37	JASON ALDEAN	OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT	BROKEN BOW	330,000
38	ERIC CHURCH	OUTSIDERS	EMI NASHVILLE	330,000
39	ALABAMA SHAKES	SOUND & COLOR	ATO	320,000
40	VARIOUS ARTISTS	2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES	RCA	310,000
41	FUTURE	DS2	EPIC	310,000
42	VARIOUS ARTISTS	NOW 55	NOW	310,000
43	FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE	ANYTHING GOES	REPUBLIC NASHVILLE	300,000
44	VARIOUS	NOW 54	NOW	300,000
45	SHAWN MENDES	HANDWRITTEN	ISLAND	300,000
46	BREAKING BENJAMIN	DARK BEFORE DAWN	HOLLYWOOD	300,000
47	LITTLE BIG TOWN	PAIN KILLER	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	290,000
48	FLORENCE + THE MACHINE	HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL	REPUBLIC	290,000
49	JAMES TAYLOR	BEFORE THIS WORLD	CONCORD	280,000
50	LUKE BRYAN	SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	280,000