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Albums in the Year 2005

This page lists the top albums of 2005 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 2005 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Coldplay	X & Y	2005	UK 1 - Jun 2005, Austria 1 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 1 - Jun 2005, Norway 1 - Jun 2005, Sweden 1 - Jun 2005, Italy 6 of 2005, UK Radio2 33, WXPN 295, WTMD 427, Acclaimed 2265
2	Madonna	Confessions On A Dance Floor	2005	UK 1 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 1 - Nov 2005, Norway 1 - Nov 2005, Sweden 1 - Nov 2005, Austria 2 - Dec 2005, Italy 4 of 2006, UK Radio2 37
3	Robbie Williams	Intensive Care	2005	UK 1 - Nov 2005, Austria 1 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 1 - Nov 2005, Sweden 1 - Nov 2005, Norway 2 - Nov 2005, Italy 8 of 2005
4	Bruce Springsteen	Devils & Dust	2005	UK 1 - May 2005, Switzerland 1 - May 2005, Sweden 1 - Apr 2005, Austria 2 - May 2005, Norway 2 - May 2005, Italy 27 of 2005, Acclaimed 1972
5	System of A Down	Mezmerize	2005	Switzerland 1 - May 2005, Sweden 1 - May 2005, UK 2 - May 2005, Norway 2 - May 2005, Austria 6 - Jun 2005, RYM 68 of 2005, Italy 74 of 2005, Acclaimed 1326
6	James Blunt	Back To Bedlam	2005	UK 1 - May 2005, Switzerland 1 - Jul 2005, Norway 1 - Aug 2005, Sweden 2 - Aug 2005, Austria 9 - Aug 2005, Italy 23 of 2005, UK Radio2 80
7	Depeche Mode	Playing The Angel	2005	Switzerland 1 - Oct 2005, Norway 1 - Oct 2005, Sweden 1 - Oct 2005, Austria 3 - Nov 2005, UK 6 - Oct 2005, Italy 22 of 2005, RYM 185 of 2005
8	Gorillaz	Demon Days	2005	UK 1 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 1 - Jun 2005, Austria 6 - Jun 2005, Norway 7 - Jun 2005, Sweden 25 - Jun 2005, Italy 42 of 2005, UK Radio2 95, RYM 139 of 2005, Acclaimed 638
9	50 Cent	The Massacre	2005	UK 1 - Mar 2005, US 1 of 2005, Switzerland 2 - Mar 2005, Austria 3 - Mar 2005, Norway 3 - Mar 2005, Sweden 10 - Mar 2005, Italy 89 of 2005
10	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang	2005	Switzerland 1 - Sep 2005, Sweden 1 - Sep 2005, UK 2 - Sep 2005, Norway 2 - Sep 2005, Austria 7 - Oct 2005, Italy 20 of 2005
11	Bon Jovi	Have A Nice Day	2005	Austria 1 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2005, UK 2 - Oct 2005, Sweden 3 - Sep 2005, Norway 11 - Oct 2005, Italy 84 of 2005
12	Il Divo	Il Divo	2005	UK 1 - Nov 2004, Sweden 1 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 2 - Mar 2005, Norway 2 - Jan 2004, Austria 4 - Jun 2005
13	Queens of The Stone Age	Lullabies To Paralyze	2005	Norway 1 - Apr 2005, Sweden 2 - Mar 2005, UK 4 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 4 - Apr 2005, Austria 16 - Apr 2005, RYM 193 of 2005, Acclaimed 2488
14	Katie Melua	Piece By Piece	2005	UK 1 - Oct 2005, Norway 1 - Oct 2005, Sweden 9 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 12 - Oct 2005, Austria 29 - Dec 2005, Italy 59 of 2006
15	Oasis	Don't Believe The Truth	2005	UK 1 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 3 - Jun 2005, Sweden 3 - Jun 2005, Norway 5 - Jun 2005, Austria 16 - Jun 2005, Italy 63 of 2005
16	Moby	Hotel	2005	Switzerland 1 - Mar 2005, Austria 2 - Mar 2005, UK 8 - Mar 2005, Sweden 11 - Mar 2005, Norway 18 - Mar 2005, Italy 37 of 2005
17	System of A Down	Hypnotize	2005	Austria 3 - Dec 2005, Sweden 3 - Dec 2005, Switzerland 4 - Dec 2005, Norway 4 - Dec 2005, UK 11 - Dec 2005, Italy 97 of 2005, RYM 151 of 2005
18	The Foo Fighters	In Your Honor	2005	Sweden 1 - Jun 2005, UK 2 - Jun 2005, Norway 2 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 7 - Jun 2005, Austria 9 - Jul 2005
19	Franz Ferdinand	You Could Have It So Much Better	2005	UK 1 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 4 - Oct 2005, Norway 4 - Oct 2005, Sweden 6 - Oct 2005, Austria 14 - Nov 2005, Acclaimed 575
20	Il Divo	Ancora	2005	UK 1 - Nov 2005, Norway 2 - Nov 2005, Sweden 3 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 5 - Nov 2005, Austria 12 - Dec 2005
21	The Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	2005	Switzerland 1 - Jun 2005, UK 4 - Jun 2005, Austria 10 - Jun 2005, Norway 15 - Jun 2005, Sweden 16 - Jun 2005, Italy 31 of 2006
22	Michael Buble	It's Time	2005	Italy 2 of 2005, Austria 3 - Apr 2005, UK 4 - Feb 2005, Norway 5 - Mar 2005, Switzerland 7 - Feb 2005, Sweden 34 - Mar 2005
23	Audioslave	Out Of Exile	2005	Norway 1 - Jun 2005, Sweden 2 - Jun 2005, UK 5 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 7 - Jun 2005, Austria 20 - Jun 2005
24	Kate Bush	Aerial	2005	UK 3 - Nov 2005, Norway 4 - Nov 2005, Sweden 7 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 12 - Nov 2005, Austria 38 - Dec 2005, RYM 51 of 2005, Acclaimed 1355
25	Jennifer Lopez	Rebirth	2005	Switzerland 1 - Mar 2005, UK 8 - Mar 2005, Austria 10 - Mar 2005, Sweden 14 - Mar 2005, Norway 25 - Mar 2005, Italy 61 of 2005
26	The Chemical Brothers	Push The Button	2005	UK 1 - Feb 2005, Switzerland 8 - Feb 2005, Norway 20 - Feb 2005, Austria 25 - Feb 2005, Sweden 26 - Feb 2005, Italy 48 of 2005
27	Jack Johnson	In Between Dreams	2005	UK 1 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 8 - Mar 2005, Austria 13 - Apr 2005, Norway 36 - Mar 2005, WTMD 232, WXPN 313
28	Crazy Frog	Crazy Hits	2005	Austria 2 - Aug 2005, Switzerland 4 - Aug 2005, UK 5 - Aug 2005, Sweden 6 - Jul 2005, Norway 16 - Aug 2005, Italy 98 of 2005
29	Enya	Amarantine	2005	Switzerland 3 - Dec 2005, Austria 4 - Dec 2005, Sweden 4 - Dec 2005, UK 8 - Dec 2005, Norway 13 - Dec 2005, Italy 47 of 2005
30	The White Stripes	Get Behind Me Satan	2005	UK 3 - Jun 2005, Norway 3 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 8 - Jun 2005, Sweden 8 - Jun 2005, Austria 12 - Jun 2005, Acclaimed 709
31	Kanye West	Late Registration	2005	UK 2 - Sep 2005, Norway 4 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 9 - Sep 2005, Sweden 11 - Sep 2005, RYM 93 of 2005, Acclaimed 339
32	Sigur Ros	Takk	2005	Norway 4 - Sep 2005, Sweden 12 - Sep 2005, UK 16 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 31 - Sep 2005, RYM 34 of 2005, WTMD 875, Acclaimed 1115
33	Rammstein	Rosenrot	2005	Switzerland 2 - Nov 2005, Sweden 2 - Nov 2005, Norway 4 - Nov 2005, Austria 8 - Dec 2005, UK 29 - Nov 2005
34	The Backstreet Boys	Never Gone	2005	Switzerland 3 - Jun 2005, Sweden 3 - Jun 2005, UK 11 - Jun 2005, Austria 15 - Jul 2005, Norway 20 - Jun 2005, Italy 52 of 2005
35	Eminem	Curtain Call - The Hits	2005	UK 1 - Dec 2005, Switzerland 5 - Dec 2005, Norway 12 - Dec 2005, Sweden 18 - Dec 2005, Italy 48 of 2006
36	The Sugababes	Taller In More Ways	2005	UK 1 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 6 - Oct 2005, Austria 10 - Nov 2005, Sweden 23 - Nov 2005, Norway 30 - Oct 2005
37	Anastacia	Pieces Of A Dream	2005	Switzerland 3 - Nov 2005, UK 6 - Nov 2005, Italy 9 of 2006, Austria 11 - Dec 2005, Norway 11 - Nov 2005, Sweden 23 - Nov 2005
38	Bright Eyes	I'm Wide Awake It's Morning	2005	Norway 9 - Feb 2005, Sweden 12 - Jan 2005, UK 23 - Feb 2005, RYM 56 of 2005, WTMD 199, WXPN 351, Acclaimed 564
39	Paul McCartney	Chaos & Creation In The Backyard	2005	Sweden 3 - Sep 2005, Norway 8 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 9 - Sep 2005, UK 10 - Sep 2005, Austria 39 - Oct 2005, RYM 94 of 2005
40	Mars Volta	Frances The Mute	2005	Norway 1 - Mar 2005, Sweden 12 - Feb 2005, UK 23 - Mar 2005, RYM 92 of 2005, Acclaimed 1763
41	John Legend	Get Lifted	2005	Norway 1 - Jan 2005, Sweden 2 - Jan 2005, UK 12 - Jun 2005, Acclaimed 2786
42	Green Day	Bullet In A Bible	2005	UK 6 - Nov 2005, Austria 9 - Dec 2005, Sweden 10 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 11 - Nov 2005, Norway 30 - Nov 2005, Italy 36 of 2005
43	Kent	Du & jag doden	2005	Norway 1 - Mar 2005, Sweden 1 - Mar 2005, RYM 77 of 2005
44	David Gray	Life In Slow Motion	2005	UK 1 - Sep 2005, Norway 3 - Sep 2005, Sweden 14 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 19 - Sep 2005
45	Eros Ramazzotti	Calma apparente	2005	Switzerland 1 - Nov 2005, Italy 3 of 2006, Austria 14 - Dec 2005, Sweden 20 - Nov 2005
46	Santana	All That I Am	2005	Switzerland 5 - Nov 2005, Austria 15 - Dec 2005, Norway 18 - Nov 2005, Sweden 29 - Nov 2005, UK 36 - Nov 2005, Italy 50 of 2005
47	Iron Maiden	Death On The Road	2005	Sweden 7 - Sep 2005, Norway 12 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 17 - Sep 2005, UK 22 - Sep 2005, Austria 23 - Sep 2005, RYM 122 of 2005
48	Beck	Guero	2005	Norway 5 - Apr 2005, UK 15 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 20 - Apr 2005, Sweden 26 - Mar 2005, WXPN 499, Acclaimed 1906
49	Jamiroquai	Dynamite	2005	UK 3 - Jul 2005, Switzerland 3 - Jul 2005, Austria 13 - Jul 2005, Sweden 25 - Jun 2005, Italy 38 of 2005
50	Ryan Adams	Cold Roses	2005	Sweden 8 - May 2005, Norway 9 - May 2005, UK 20 - May 2005, RYM 105 of 2005, WTMD 368, WXPN 760
51	Nine Inch Nails	With Teeth	2005	UK 3 - May 2005, Sweden 6 - May 2005, Austria 7 - May 2005, Switzerland 13 - May 2005, Norway 14 - May 2005
52	Eric Clapton	Back Home	2005	Switzerland 4 - Sep 2005, Sweden 5 - Sep 2005, Norway 6 - Sep 2005, Austria 9 - Sep 2005, UK 19 - Sep 2005
53	Royksopp	The Understanding	2005	Norway 1 - Jul 2005, Sweden 7 - Jul 2005, UK 13 - Jul 2005, Switzerland 18 - Jul 2005
54	Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	2005	UK 3 - Jul 2005, US 5 of 2005, Sweden 11 - Oct 2005, Austria 12 - Aug 2005, Switzerland 22 - Aug 2005
55	Common	Be	2005	Norway 8 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 26 - Jun 2005, UK 38 - Jun 2005, Sweden 39 - Jun 2005, RYM 50 of 2005, Acclaimed 872
56	Akon	Trouble	2005	UK 1 - Feb 2005, Norway 6 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 31 - May 2005, Austria 32 - Jun 2005
57	Westlife	Face To Face	2005	UK 1 - Nov 2005, Sweden 9 - Nov 2005, Norway 13 - Dec 2005, Switzerland 37 - Nov 2005
58	Simply Red	Simplified	2005	Austria 2 - Nov 2005, UK 3 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 3 - Oct 2005, Italy 60 of 2005
59	The Eels	Blinking Lights & Other Revelations	2005	UK 16 - May 2005, Switzerland 18 - May 2005, Norway 26 - May 2005, RYM 55 of 2005, WTMD 857, Acclaimed 1992
60	Him	Dark Light	2005	Austria 4 - Oct 2005, Sweden 7 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 8 - Oct 2005, Norway 13 - Oct 2005, UK 18 - Oct 2005
61	Natalie Imbruglia	Counting Down The Days	2005	UK 1 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 9 - May 2005, Austria 36 - May 2005, Italy 99 of 2005
62	Judas Priest	Angel Of Retribution	2005	Sweden 3 - Mar 2005, Norway 6 - Mar 2005, Switzerland 19 - Mar 2005, Austria 31 - Mar 2005, UK 39 - Mar 2005
63	The Prodigy	Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005	2005	UK 1 - Oct 2005, Norway 26 - Oct 2005, Austria 34 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 40 - Oct 2005
64	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation Of Mimi	2005	US 4 of 2005, UK 7 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 9 - Apr 2005, Austria 24 - Apr 2005, Sweden 32 - Apr 2005
65	Garbage	Bleed Like Me	2005	UK 4 - Apr 2005, Sweden 7 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 15 - Apr 2005, Austria 17 - Apr 2005, Norway 26 - Apr 2005
66	Dire Straits	Private investigations-The Best of	2005	Norway 5 - Nov 2005, Sweden 6 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 15 - Nov 2005, UK 20 - Nov 2005, Italy 95 of 2005
67	Bloc Party	Silent Alarm	2005	UK 3 - Feb 2005, Sweden 11 - Feb 2005, Norway 20 - Feb 2005, RYM 149 of 2005, Acclaimed 360
68	Jamie Cullum	Catching Tales	2005	UK 4 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 14 - Oct 2005, Sweden 21 - Oct 2005, Austria 22 - Oct 2005, Norway 26 - Oct 2005
69	Dream Theater	Octavarium	2005	Sweden 4 - Jun 2005, Norway 9 - Jun 2005, Switzerland 25 - Jun 2005, Austria 35 - Jun 2005, RYM 182 of 2005
70	Shakira	Fijacion oral - Vol. 1	2005	Switzerland 2 - Jun 2005, Austria 3 - Jun 2005, Sweden 14 - Jun 2005, Italy 85 of 2005
71	Shakira	Oral Fixation - Volume 2	2005	Switzerland 5 - Dec 2005, UK 12 - Mar 2006, Italy 19 of 2006, Norway 23 - Dec 2005, Sweden 29 - Dec 2005
72	Ray Charles	Ray	2005	Switzerland 2 - Feb 2005, Austria 3 - Jan 2005, UK 36 - Feb 2005, Norway 39 - Feb 2005
73	Destiny's Child	Number Ones	2005	UK 6 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 8 - Nov 2005, Austria 33 - Nov 2005, Sweden 35 - Nov 2005, Norway 39 - Nov 2005
74	Daft Punk	Human After All	2005	Switzerland 8 - Mar 2005, UK 10 - Mar 2005, Austria 23 - Mar 2005, Sweden 30 - Mar 2005, Norway 36 - Mar 2005
75	Rob Thomas	...Something To Be	2005	UK 11 - Jun 2005, Norway 13 - May 2005, Switzerland 19 - Jun 2005, Sweden 19 - May 2005, Austria 36 - Jun 2005
76	Neil Young	Prairie Wind	2005	Norway 3 - Oct 2005, Sweden 3 - Oct 2005, UK 22 - Oct 2005, Austria 35 - Oct 2005
77	Michael Jackson	The Essential	2005	Sweden 3 - Sep 2005, Norway 5 - Aug 2005, Switzerland 6 - Jul 2005, Austria 38 - Sep 2005
78	Faithless	Forever Faithless - The Greatest Hits	2005	UK 1 - May 2005, Switzerland 5 - May 2005, Austria 40 - Jun 2005
79	Antony & The Johnsons	I Am A Bird Now	2005	UK 16 - Sep 2005, Sweden 32 - Sep 2005, Norway 37 - Apr 2005, RYM 61 of 2005, Acclaimed 170
80	Craig David	The Story Goes	2005	Switzerland 3 - Sep 2005, UK 5 - Sep 2005, Sweden 11 - Sep 2005, Italy 68 of 2005
81	Schnappi	Schnappi und seine Freunde	2005	Austria 1 - Mar 2005, Switzerland 19 - Mar 2005, Sweden 24 - May 2005
82	Goldfrapp	Supernature	2005	UK 2 - Sep 2005, Switzerland 29 - Sep 2005, Austria 34 - Sep 2005, Norway 36 - Sep 2005
83	A-Ha	Analogue	2005	Norway 1 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 21 - Nov 2005, UK 24 - Feb 2006
84	Sean Paul	The Trinity	2005	Switzerland 4 - Oct 2005, Austria 6 - Oct 2005, UK 10 - Oct 2005, Italy 96 of 2005
85	Nena	Willst du mit mir gehn	2005	Switzerland 1 - Apr 2005, Austria 2 - Apr 2005
86	Offspring	Offspring's Greatest Hits	2005	Switzerland 5 - Jul 2005, Austria 7 - Jul 2005, UK 14 - Jul 2005, Sweden 24 - Jul 2005
87	Nightwish	Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish	2005	Norway 5 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 10 - Oct 2005, Austria 13 - Oct 2005, Sweden 14 - Oct 2005
88	Nickelback	All The Right Reasons	2005	Switzerland 4 - Oct 2005, UK 13 - Oct 2005, Austria 15 - Nov 2005, Sweden 22 - Oct 2005
89	Supertramp	Retrospectacle : The Supertramp Anthology	2005	Norway 6 - Oct 2005, UK 9 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 11 - Nov 2005, Austria 33 - Dec 2005
90	Weezer	Make Believe	2005	Norway 7 - May 2005, UK 11 - May 2005, Sweden 15 - May 2005, Austria 17 - May 2005
91	The Eurythmics	The Ultimate Collection	2005	UK 5 - Nov 2005, Sweden 14 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 24 - Nov 2005, Italy 44 of 2005
92	Tori Amos	The Beekeeper	2005	Norway 6 - Mar 2005, Switzerland 13 - Mar 2005, UK 24 - Mar 2005, Sweden 26 - Mar 2005
93	Stevie Wonder	A Time 2 Love	2005	Norway 9 - Oct 2005, Sweden 9 - Oct 2005, UK 24 - Oct 2005, Switzerland 24 - Oct 2005
94	Melanie C	Beautiful Intentions	2005	Austria 12 - Nov 2005, Switzerland 14 - May 2005, UK 24 - Apr 2005, Sweden 31 - Apr 2005
95	Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott	The Cookbook	2005	Switzerland 8 - Jul 2005, Norway 23 - Jul 2005, UK 33 - Jul 2005, Austria 38 - Jul 2005
96	Wir sind Helden	Von hier an blind	2005	Austria 1 - Apr 2005, Switzerland 5 - Apr 2005
97	Mary J Blige	The Breakthrough	2005	Switzerland 10 - Dec 2005, Sweden 25 - Dec 2005, UK 40 - Feb 2006, Italy 51 of 2006
98	John Williams	Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith	2005	Austria 14 - May 2005, UK 16 - May 2005, Switzerland 29 - May 2005, RYM 75 of 2005
99	Van Morrison	Magic Time	2005	UK 3 - May 2005, Norway 6 - May 2005, Sweden 6 - May 2005
100	Ry Cooder	Chavez Ravine	2005	Norway 12 - Jun 2005, Sweden 22 - Jun 2005, UK 35 - Jun 2005, Acclaimed 1913