Amazon’s Best Albums And Songs Of 2014
As the year comes to a close, Amazon joins the host of platforms taking a look back on 2014, reporting their top trends of the year. Amazon's team of music experts curated a list of Best 50 Albums and Best 50 Songs of the year – The War On Drugs' Lost In The Dream came in as the top album of 2014 and Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" landed the top song of the year slot. Pentatonix claimed top best-selling album of 2014 on Amazon with That's Christmas To Me and Meghan Trainor took home the gold with "All About That Bass" coming in as Amazon's best selling song of 2014. The top five winners for each category are listed below.
Amazon’s Top-Five Selected Albums of 2014 (as chosen by Amazon Music Experts)
1. The War On Drugs—Lost In The Dream
2. Angel Olsen—Burn Your Fire For No Witness
3. Bleachers—Strange Desire
4. Lana Del Ray—Ultraviolence
5. YG—My Krazy Life
Amazon’s Top-Five Selected Songs of 2014 (as chosen by Amazon Music Experts)
1. Sam Smith—“Stay With Me”
2. The War On Drugs—“Eyes To The Wind”
3. Sharon Van Etten—“Your Love is Killing Me”
4. Angel Olsen—“Hi-Five”
5. Bleachers—“I Wanna Get Better”
Amazon’s Top-Five Best-selling Albums of 2014 (based on customer purchases in MP3 format)
1. Pentatonix—That’s Christmas To Me
2. Taylor Swift—1989
3. Various Artists—Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4. Ed Sheeran—x (Deluxe Edition)
5. Lindsey Stirling—Shatter Me
Amazon’s Top-Five Best-selling Songs of 2014 (based on customer purchases in MP3 format)
1. Meghan Trainor—“All About That Bass”
2. Taylor Swift—“Shake It Off”
3. Fall Out Boy—“Centuries”
4. Ariana Grande—“Bang Bang”
5. Maroon 5—“Animals”