A 2-year old album by Nickelback was the biggest selling Hard Rock album of 2010.
Stats released by Neilson Soundscan, the music industry measurement system that tracks airplay and music sales, put the Canadian rockers at the top of the 2010 list. “Dark Horse” has produced 8 singles that have charted somewhere in the world and sold more than three million copies.
Linkin Park came in at #2, ahead of AC/DC, Godsmack…and…well, check out the list for yourself:
Best-selling Hard Rock Albums of 2010
According to Neilsen Soundscan
01. Dark Horse – NICKELBACK
02. A Thousand Suns – LINKIN PARK
03. Iron Man 2 (Soundtrack) – AC/DC
04. The Oracle – GODSMACK
05. Nightmare – AVENGED SEVENFOLD
06. Asylum – DISTURBED
07. Dear Agony – BREAKING BENJAMIN
08. The Sound Of Madness – SHINEDOWN
09. Them Crooked Vultures – THEM CROOKED VULTURES
10. Valleys Of Neptune – JIMI HENDRIX
11. Night Castle – TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
12. War Is The Answer – FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
13. Life Starts Now – THREE DAYS GRACE
14. Greatest Hits – FOO FIGHTERS
15. Scream – OZZY OSBOURNE
16. Memento Mori – FLYLEAF
17. Fever – BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
18. Black Gives Way To Blue – ALICE IN CHAINS
19. Backspacer – PEARL JAM
20. Cage The Elephant – CAGE THE ELEPHANT
21. Full Circle – CREED
22. Greatest Hits – MÖTLEY CRÜE
23. Slash – SLASH
24. Diamond Eyes – DEFTONES
25. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 – ROB ZOMBIE
26. Korn III: Remember Who You Are – KORN
27. Scars & Souvenirs – THEORY OF A DEADMAN
28. The Final Frontier – IRON MAIDEN
29. Stone Temple Pilots – STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
30. Mudvayne – MUDVAYNE
31. Tri-Polar – SICK PUPPIES
32. Audio Secrecy – STONE SOUR
33. Greatest Hits – THE WHO
34. Greatest Hits – BON JOVI
35. Powerless Rise – AS I LAY DYING
36. All Hope Is Gone – SLIPKNOT
37. Year Of The Black Rainbow – COHEED AND CAMBRIA
38. Stampede – HELLYEAH
39. Chickenfoot – CHICKENFOOT
40. Swan Songs – HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
41. Order Of The Black – BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
42. Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate – PUDDLE OF MUDD
43. All Night Long – BUCKCHERRY
44. For We Are Many – ALL THAT REMAINS
45. Desperate Measures – HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
46. Miss America – SAVING ABEL
47. Custom Built – BRET MICHAELS
48. Cold Day Memory – SEVENDUST
49. World Painted Blood – SLAYER
50. Sonic Boom – KISS
Linkin Park – The Catalyst (2010)