The top-selling music album in the United States in 2021 based on digital unit sales was '30' by Adele, with 245 thousand copies sold, followed by Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous: The Double Album' with 164 thousand units sold. Placing three albums in the digital music album charts once again shows Swift's musical dominance, as her albums 'Red (Taylor's Version)', 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' and 'evermore' finished third, fourth and seventh in the Top10.
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Billboard. (January 7, 2022). Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Billboard. "Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Billboard. (2022). Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Billboard. "Top-selling Digital Music Albums in The United States in 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Billboard, Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Top-selling digital music albums in the United States in 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Billboard, January 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/189352/top-selling-digital-albums-in-the-united-states-in-2010/