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Albums in the Year 2004

This page lists the top albums of 2004 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the here. A list of biggest hit songs of 2004 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Green Day	American Idiot	2004	UK 1 - Oct 2004, Austria 1 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 1 - Jan 2004, Sweden 1 - Oct 2004, US 3 of 2005, Italy 9 of 2005, UK Radio2 41, NARM 61, Defin200 61, RYM 111 of 2004, WXPN 192, WTMD 289, Acclaimed 997
2	U2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb	2004	UK 1 - Dec 2004, Austria 1 - Dec 2004, Switzerland 1 - Dec 2004, Norway 1 - Jan 2004, Sweden 1 - Dec 2004, Grammy in 2005, Italy 7 of 2005, UK Radio2 63, WTMD 608, WXPN 787, Acclaimed 1398
3	Norah Jones	Feels Like Home	2004	UK 1 - Feb 2004, Austria 1 - Feb 2004, Switzerland 1 - Feb 2004, Norway 1 - Feb 2004, Sweden 1 - Feb 2004, US 5 of 2004, Italy 12 of 2004, WXPN 791
4	Anastacia	Anastacia	2004	UK 1 - Apr 2004, Austria 1 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 1 - Apr 2004, Norway 1 - Apr 2004, Sweden 1 - Apr 2004, Italy 8 of 2004
5	Eminem	Encore	2004	UK 1 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 1 - Nov 2004, US 2 of 2005, Norway 2 - Jan 2004, Sweden 2 - Nov 2004, Austria 4 - Dec 2004, Italy 43 of 2004, Global 103 - 10 M claimed
6	REM	Around The Sun	2004	UK 1 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 1 - Jan 2004, Sweden 1 - Oct 2004, Austria 2 - Nov 2004, Italy 23 of 2004
7	Usher	Confessions	2004	UK 1 - Apr 2004, US 1 of 2004, Norway 2 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 3 - Apr 2004, Sweden 11 - Apr 2004, Austria 34 - Apr 2004, NARM 67, Defin200 67, RIAA 100 - 9 M claimed
8	Robbie Williams	Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits	2004	UK 1 - Oct 2004, Austria 1 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 2 - Jan 2004, Sweden 2 - Oct 2004, Italy 6 of 2004
9	Guns & Roses	Guns & Roses' Greatest Hits	2004	UK 1 - Mar 2004, Austria 1 - Mar 2004, Norway 1 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 2 - Mar 2004, Sweden 2 - Mar 2004, Italy 40 of 2004
10	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Live In Hyde Park	2004	UK 1 - Aug 2004, Austria 1 - Aug 2004, Switzerland 1 - Aug 2004, Norway 19 - Aug 2004, Sweden 22 - Aug 2004, Italy 52 of 2004, RYM 130 of 2004
11	George Michael	Patience	2004	UK 1 - Mar 2004, Sweden 1 - Mar 2004, Switzerland 2 - Mar 2004, Austria 3 - Mar 2004, Norway 11 - Apr 2004, Italy 30 of 2004
12	Keane	Hopes & Fears	2004	UK 1 - May 2004, Norway 2 - May 2004, Sweden 10 - Aug 2004, Switzerland 22 - May 2004, Austria 23 - May 2004, UK Radio2 57, Italy 58 of 2004, WXPN 411
13	Ray Charles	Genius Loves Company	2004	Grammy in 2004, Austria 2 - Sep 2004, Switzerland 4 - Sep 2004, Norway 6 - Oct 2004, Sweden 9 - Sep 2004, Italy 15 of 2004, UK 29 - Feb 2005
14	The Streets	A Grand Don't Come For Free	2004	UK 1 - May 2004, Norway 5 - May 2004, Sweden 9 - May 2004, Austria 34 - May 2004, Switzerland 34 - May 2004, Channel4 97, RYM 110 of 2004, Acclaimed 411
15	Maroon 5	Songs About Jane	2004	UK 1 - Apr 2004, Norway 3 - May 2004, Sweden 4 - Jun 2004, Austria 10 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 12 - Jun 2004, Italy 22 of 2004, UK Radio2 86
16	Rammstein	Reise, Reise	2004	Austria 1 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2004, Sweden 2 - Oct 2004, Norway 4 - Oct 2004, RYM 134 of 2004
17	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Abattoir Blues & The Lyre Of Orpheus	2004	Norway 1 - Oct 2004, Sweden 3 - Oct 2004, Austria 8 - Oct 2004, UK 11 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 12 - Oct 2004, RYM 21 of 2004, Acclaimed 366
18	Mark Knopfler	Shangri-la	2004	Norway 1 - Jan 2004, Sweden 3 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 7 - Oct 2004, UK 11 - Oct 2004, Austria 14 - Oct 2004, Italy 75 of 2004, WXPN 680
19	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	2004	UK 3 - Feb 2004, Norway 11 - Mar 2004, Sweden 16 - Feb 2004, Austria 33 - Feb 2004, Switzerland 35 - Mar 2004, Acclaimed 112, RYM 143 of 2004, WXPN 328, WTMD 869
20	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	2004	UK 1 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 2 - Jun 2004, Austria 3 - Jun 2004, Norway 11 - Jun 2004, Sweden 14 - Jun 2004, Italy 25 of 2004
21	Prince	Musicology	2004	Switzerland 2 - May 2004, Norway 2 - May 2004, UK 3 - May 2004, Sweden 6 - Apr 2004, Austria 10 - May 2004, Italy 92 of 2004
22	Bjork	Medulla	2004	Switzerland 3 - Sep 2004, Norway 3 - Sep 2004, Austria 6 - Sep 2004, Sweden 7 - Sep 2004, UK 9 - Sep 2004, Italy 88 of 2004, Acclaimed 883
23	Alanis Morissette	So-Called Chaos	2004	Switzerland 2 - May 2004, Norway 2 - Jun 2004, Austria 6 - Jun 2004, UK 8 - May 2004, Sweden 10 - May 2004, Italy 62 of 2004
24	Diana Krall	The Girl In The Other Room	2004	Norway 2 - Apr 2004, UK 4 - Apr 2004, Austria 4 - Apr 2004, Sweden 4 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 7 - Apr 2004, Italy 97 of 2004
25	Nightwish	Once	2004	Norway 1 - Jun 2004, Sweden 3 - Jun 2004, Austria 4 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 4 - Jun 2004, RYM 112 of 2004
26	D12	D12 World	2004	UK 1 - May 2004, Switzerland 3 - May 2004, Norway 5 - May 2004, Sweden 6 - May 2004, Austria 8 - May 2004
27	Jay-Z & Linkin Park	Collision Course	2004	Norway 1 - Jan 2004, Switzerland 2 - Dec 2004, Austria 7 - Dec 2004, Sweden 9 - Dec 2004, UK 15 - Jan 2005
28	The Hives	Tyrannosaurus Hives	2004	Sweden 1 - Jul 2004, UK 7 - Jul 2004, Norway 11 - Aug 2004, Austria 26 - Aug 2004, Switzerland 32 - Aug 2004, Acclaimed 2876
29	Ronan Keating	10 Years Of Hits	2004	UK 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 3 - Oct 2004, Sweden 4 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 8 - Oct 2004, Austria 24 - Nov 2004
30	Morrissey	You Are The Quarry	2004	Sweden 1 - May 2004, UK 2 - May 2004, Norway 5 - Jun 2004, RYM 163 of 2004, Acclaimed 699
31	Britney Spears	Greatest Hits - My Prerogative	2004	UK 2 - Nov 2004, Norway 4 - Jan 2004, Switzerland 6 - Nov 2004, Austria 8 - Dec 2004, Sweden 14 - Nov 2004, Italy 38 of 2004
32	The Libertines	The Libertines	2004	UK 1 - Sep 2004, Sweden 18 - Sep 2004, Austria 31 - Sep 2004, Norway 34 - Sep 2004, Channel4 50, Acclaimed 676
33	Air	Talkie Walkie	2004	UK 2 - Feb 2004, Norway 3 - Feb 2004, Switzerland 4 - Feb 2004, Austria 31 - Feb 2004, Italy 91 of 2004, Acclaimed 2583
34	The Prodigy	Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned	2004	UK 1 - Sep 2004, Switzerland 3 - Sep 2004, Norway 5 - Sep 2004, Austria 19 - Sep 2004, Sweden 34 - Sep 2004
35	Joss Stone	Mind Body & Soul	2004	UK 1 - Oct 2004, Austria 5 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 6 - Oct 2004, Norway 10 - Oct 2004, Sweden 21 - Oct 2004
36	Phil Collins	Love Songs Old & New	2004	Switzerland 2 - Oct 2004, Sweden 7 - Oct 2004, UK 9 - Feb 2005, Austria 10 - Oct 2004, Norway 13 - Nov 2004, Italy 46 of 2004
37	Bryan Adams	Room Service	2004	Switzerland 1 - Oct 2004, UK 4 - Oct 2004, Austria 13 - Oct 2004, Norway 18 - Oct 2004, Sweden 19 - Oct 2004
38	Tina Turner	All The Best	2004	Switzerland 3 - Nov 2004, UK 6 - Nov 2004, Austria 6 - Dec 2004, Norway 8 - Nov 2004, Sweden 14 - Nov 2004, Italy 41 of 2004
39	Brian Wilson	Smile	2004	UK 7 - Oct 2004, RYM 9 of 2004, Norway 15 - Jan 2004, Sweden 23 - Oct 2004, Acclaimed 197, WXPN 325, WTMD 613
40	Joss Stone	The Soul Sessions	2004	UK 4 - Jan 2004, Norway 4 - Feb 2004, Austria 8 - Feb 2004, Sweden 12 - Feb 2004, Switzerland 14 - Feb 2004, Italy 51 of 2004
41	Tom Waits	Real Gone	2004	Norway 2 - Oct 2004, Sweden 9 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 16 - Oct 2004, Austria 33 - Nov 2004, RYM 100 of 2004, Acclaimed 717
42	NERD	Fly Or Die	2004	UK 4 - Apr 2004, Norway 4 - Apr 2004, Sweden 9 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 27 - Apr 2004, Austria 36 - Apr 2004, Italy 84 of 2004
43	Gwen Stefani	Love Angel Music Baby	2004	UK 4 - Dec 2004, Norway 6 - Jan 2004, Sweden 8 - Dec 2004, Austria 14 - Dec 2004, Switzerland 17 - Dec 2004, Italy 82 of 2005
44	Jamie Cullum	Twentysomething	2004	UK 3 - Nov 2003, Norway 5 - Apr 2004, Sweden 17 - May 2004, Switzerland 29 - Apr 2004, Austria 30 - May 2004, WXPN 556
45	The Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters	2004	UK 1 - Apr 2004, Sweden 13 - Mar 2004, UK Radio2 32, Norway 33 - Jul 2004, Acclaimed 864
46	The Corrs	Borrowed Heaven	2004	UK 2 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 3 - Jun 2004, Austria 10 - Jun 2004, Norway 12 - Jun 2004, Sweden 12 - Jun 2004
47	The Cure	The Cure	2004	Switzerland 5 - Jul 2004, UK 8 - Jul 2004, Norway 10 - Jul 2004, Sweden 10 - Jul 2004, Austria 19 - Jul 2004, Italy 89 of 2004
48	Katie Melua	Call Off The Search	2004	UK 1 - Jan 2004, Norway 2 - Jan 2004, Sweden 22 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 29 - Jun 2004
49	Arcade Fire	Funeral	2004	RYM 1 of 2004, UK 33 - Jan 2006, Acclaimed 101, WTMD 174, WXPN 421
50	The Killers	Hot Fuss	2004	UK 1 - Jun 2004, UK Radio2 62, WTMD 352, WXPN 632, Acclaimed 1898
51	Slipknot	Volume 3 (The Subliminal Verses)	2004	Sweden 2 - Jun 2004, UK 5 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 8 - Jun 2004, Austria 9 - Jun 2004, Norway 15 - Jun 2004
52	Marilyn Manson	Lest We Forget - The Best Of Marilyn Manson	2004	Austria 3 - Oct 2004, UK 4 - Oct 2004, Switzerland 5 - Oct 2004, Sweden 10 - Oct 2004, Norway 16 - Oct 2004
53	PJ Harvey	Uh Huh Her	2004	Norway 6 - Jun 2004, UK 12 - Jun 2004, Sweden 14 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 17 - Jun 2004, Austria 38 - Jun 2004, Acclaimed 1383
54	The Beastie Boys	To The 5 Boroughs	2004	UK 2 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 5 - Jun 2004, Norway 18 - Jul 2004, Sweden 20 - Jun 2004, Austria 24 - Jul 2004
55	Andrea Bocelli	Andrea	2004	Sweden 8 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 12 - Nov 2004, Norway 17 - Jan 2004, Austria 19 - Dec 2004, Italy 69 of 2004, Defin200 194
56	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	2004	Switzerland 3 - Nov 2004, UK 5 - Nov 2004, Norway 12 - Dec 2004, Sweden 20 - Nov 2004, Austria 21 - Dec 2004
57	Shania Twain	Shania Twain's Greatest Hits	2004	Switzerland 4 - Nov 2004, UK 6 - Nov 2004, Austria 7 - Dec 2004, Norway 14 - Jan 2004, Sweden 14 - Nov 2004
58	Zucchero Fornaciari	Zu & Co.	2004	Switzerland 1 - May 2004, Austria 2 - Jun 2004, Italy 5 of 2004
59	Faithless	No Roots	2004	UK 1 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 10 - Jun 2004, Norway 17 - Jun 2004, Austria 26 - Jun 2004
60	Agnetha Faltskog	My Colouring Book	2004	Sweden 1 - Apr 2004, UK 12 - May 2004, Switzerland 17 - May 2004, Norway 25 - May 2004
61	Kanye West	The College Dropout	2004	UK 12 - Apr 2004, Norway 27 - Mar 2004, Sweden 39 - May 2004, RYM 54 of 2004, Acclaimed 241, WTMD 778
62	Velvet Revolver	Contraband	2004	Norway 4 - Jun 2004, Sweden 5 - Jun 2004, UK 11 - Jun 2004, Austria 15 - Jun 2004, Switzerland 22 - Jun 2004
63	Natasha Bedingfield	Unwritten	2004	UK 1 - Sep 2004, Sweden 14 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 23 - Oct 2004, Austria 34 - Nov 2004
64	Wilco	A Ghost Is Born	2004	Norway 24 - Jul 2004, Sweden 29 - Jul 2004, RYM 70 of 2004, WTMD 279, WXPN 384, Acclaimed 536
65	Lenny Kravitz	Baptism	2004	Switzerland 3 - May 2004, Austria 11 - Jun 2004, Sweden 13 - May 2004, Norway 17 - Jun 2004, Italy 61 of 2004
66	LeAnn Rimes	The Best Of	2004	UK 2 - Feb 2004, Sweden 3 - Mar 2004, Switzerland 8 - Feb 2004, Austria 11 - Feb 2004
67	Placebo	Once More With Feeling - The Singles	2004	Switzerland 4 - Nov 2004, UK 8 - Nov 2004, Austria 8 - Nov 2004, Norway 30 - Nov 2004, Italy 71 of 2004
68	Eric Clapton	Me & Mr Johnson	2004	Switzerland 7 - Apr 2004, Sweden 7 - Apr 2004, UK 10 - Apr 2004, Norway 14 - Apr 2004, Austria 22 - Apr 2004
69	Kylie Minogue	Ultimate Kylie	2004	UK 4 - Dec 2004, Austria 15 - Dec 2004, Norway 18 - Jan 2004, Switzerland 19 - Dec 2004, Sweden 23 - Dec 2004
70	Seal	Best 1991-2004	2004	Switzerland 3 - Nov 2004, Norway 3 - Jan 2005, Austria 5 - Dec 2004, Sweden 10 - Nov 2004
71	Eamon	I Don't Want You Back	2004	UK 6 - Apr 2004, Switzerland 17 - May 2004, Austria 25 - May 2004, Sweden 30 - Apr 2004, Italy 81 of 2004
72	Leonard Cohen	Dear Heather	2004	Norway 2 - Jan 2004, Sweden 8 - Nov 2004, Austria 13 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 13 - Nov 2004
73	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes	2004	UK 2 - Jul 2003, Norway 12 - Jan 2004, Switzerland 14 - Feb 2004, Austria 27 - Feb 2004
74	Loretta Lynn	Van Lear Rose	2004	Sweden 23 - May 2004, Norway 32 - May 2004, RYM 59 of 2004, Acclaimed 500, WXPN 824
75	Interpol	Antics	2004	Norway 28 - Oct 2004, Sweden 35 - Oct 2004, RYM 139 of 2004, WXPN 701, Acclaimed 753
76	Elliott Smith	From a Basement on the Hill	2004	RYM 26 of 2004, Norway 37 - Nov 2004, WTMD 380, WXPN 736, Acclaimed 793
77	O-Zone	Disco-Zone	2004	Norway 3 - Sep 2004, Switzerland 7 - Jun 2004, Austria 15 - Jun 2004, Sweden 39 - Sep 2004
78	Blue	Best Of Blue	2004	UK 6 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 8 - Nov 2004, Norway 11 - Jan 2005, Austria 21 - Dec 2004
79	Peter Joback & Goteborgs Symfoniker	Storybook	2004	Sweden 1 - Nov 2004, Norway 3 - Apr 2005
80	Good Charlotte	The Chronicles Of Life & Death	2004	UK 8 - Oct 2004, Sweden 13 - Oct 2004, Austria 17 - Jan 2005, Switzerland 20 - Oct 2004
81	Laura Pausini	Resta in ascolto	2004	Switzerland 2 - Nov 2004, Italy 4 of 2005, Sweden 22 - Dec 2004
82	Snoop Doggy Dogg	R & G - Rhythm & Gangster: The Masterpiece	2004	UK 12 - Apr 2005, Norway 12 - Dec 2004, Switzerland 13 - Nov 2004, Austria 26 - Jan 2005
83	Nelly	Suit	2004	UK 8 - Sep 2004, Switzerland 11 - Sep 2004, Norway 29 - Sep 2004, Sweden 34 - Sep 2004
84	John Fogerty	Deja Vu - All Over Again	2004	Sweden 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 4 - Oct 2004
85	Vikingarna	Basta kramgoa lotarna	2004	Sweden 1 - Jun 2004, Norway 4 - May 2004
86	Him	And Love Said No (The Greatest Hits 1997-2004)	2004	Austria 9 - Mar 2004, Switzerland 18 - Mar 2004, Sweden 20 - Mar 2004, Norway 32 - Apr 2004
87	Kelis	Tasty	2004	UK 11 - Jan 2004, Switzerland 14 - Jul 2004, Norway 19 - Jan 2004, Austria 40 - Aug 2004
88	Rod Stewart	Stardust - The Great American Songbook Volume 3	2004	UK 3 - Oct 2004, Sweden 3 - Oct 2004, Norway 17 - Jan 2005
89	R Kelly	Happy People / U Saved Me	2004	UK 11 - Sep 2004, Switzerland 21 - Sep 2004, Sweden 26 - Sep 2004, Norway 39 - Sep 2004
90	The Soundtrack of Our Lives	Origin	2004	Sweden 1 - Oct 2004, Norway 5 - Oct 2004
91	Hoobastank	The Reason	2004	Switzerland 13 - Jul 2004, Austria 19 - Aug 2004, Sweden 33 - Sep 2004, Italy 98 of 2004
92	Gyllene Tider	GT25 - Samtliga hits	2004	Sweden 1 - Apr 2004, Norway 6 - Apr 2004
93	Vasco Rossi	Buoni o cattivi	2004	Italy 1 of 2004, Switzerland 6 - Apr 2004
94	The Rolling Stones	Live Licks	2004	Sweden 16 - Nov 2004, Switzerland 21 - Nov 2004, Norway 38 - Nov 2004, Austria 39 - Dec 2004
95	Within Temptation	The Silent Force	2004	Switzerland 22 - Nov 2004, Austria 24 - Dec 2004, Sweden 28 - Nov 2004, Norway 30 - Mar 2005
96	Ana Johnsson	The Way I Am	2004	Switzerland 19 - Aug 2004, Norway 27 - Sep 2004, Sweden 27 - Sep 2004, Austria 34 - Sep 2004
97	Ashlee Simpson	Autobiography	2004	Norway 29 - Nov 2004, UK 33 - Jan 2005, Switzerland 36 - Oct 2004, Austria 37 - Nov 2004
98	Lisa Ekdahl	Olyckssyster	2004	Sweden 1 - Sep 2004, Norway 16 - Oct 2004
99	Kings of Convenience	Riot on an Empty Street	2004	Norway 2 - Jul 2004, Italy 19 of 2004, RYM 169 of 2004
100	Gyllene Tider	Finn 5 fel!	2004	Sweden 1 - Jun 2004, Norway 26 - Jun 2004