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Year-End top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music.

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YEAR-END CHARTS
ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS
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1
Pure Heroine
Lorde
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3
Ghost Stories
Coldplay
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6
Bad Blood
Bastille
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7
Lazaretto
Jack White
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8
Morning Phase
Beck
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10
The Hunting Party
Linkin Park
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11
The Fault In Our Stars
Soundtrack
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13
Sonic Highways
Foo Fighters
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14
Save Rock And Roll
Fall Out Boy
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15
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Soundtrack
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16
Hozier
Hozier
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17
1000hp
Godsmack
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19
Paramore
Paramore
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20
The 1975
The 1975
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21
This Is All Yours
alt-J
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23
The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1
Nickelback
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25
Lightning Bolt
Pearl Jam
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27
The Black Market
Rise Against
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28
Rivers In The Wasteland
NEEDTOBREATHE
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29
Days Are Gone
HAIM
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30
La Gargola
Chevelle
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31
Isolate And Medicate
Seether
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34
After The Disco
Broken Bells
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35
Modern Vampires Of The City
Vampire Weekend
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36
They Want My Soul
Spoon
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38
Lunatic
KONGOS
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40
Fading West (Soundtrack)
Switchfoot
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42
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
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43
From Here To Now To You
Jack Johnson
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44
Everything Will Be Alright In The End
Weezer
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45
Dream Your Life Away
Vance Joy
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47
Songs Of Innocence
U2
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48
Once More 'round The Sun
Mastodon
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50
Voices
Phantogram
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