--- title: iTunes Store Best-Selling Songs/Albums: Adele, Drake, Weeknd description: "Uptown Funk" was the biggest-selling song and Adele's '25' was the biggest-selling album on the digital store canonical: https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-09T16:41:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:13:58.608Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: These Were the Best Sellers on iTunes This Year og:description: A good year for Adele, Drake, Mark Ronson and Ed Sheeran og:url: https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277c7f0f5ef8e647/6988749ea988cad3f76b5a71/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Were the Best Sellers on iTunes This Year twitter:description: A good year for Adele, Drake, Mark Ronson and Ed Sheeran twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277c7f0f5ef8e647/6988749ea988cad3f76b5a71/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Were the Best Selling Songs and Albums on iTunes This Year  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 9, 2015 4:41 PM UTC  Bruno Marks and Mark Ronson at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Bruno Marks and Mark Ronson at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 9, 2015 4:41 PM UTC iTunes unveiled its list of the top-selling songs and albums of 2015 Wednesday, with Adele’s _25_ leading the album ranking ([to the surprise of no one](http://time.com/money/4126104/adele-album-sales-record-25/)) and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars taking the top spot in the song standings with “Uptown Funk.” But while Adele may have been the one breaking all the records this fall, the iTunes list should remind the world that Drake had a big year too. The Toronto rapper couldn’t top the “Hello” singer’s massive comeback album, but he is the only artist to have not one but _two_ albums in iTunes list of the top-selling albums of 2015, unveiled Wednesday. **Read More:** [_This Chart Shows Just How Huge Adele’s New Album Is_](http://time.com/4125636/adele-25-album-sales/) Drake’s is-it-a-mixtape _If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late_, the first album to go platinum in 2015, landed the No. 2 spot on the list behind Adele. His collaborative album with Future, _What a Time to Be Alive_, is at No. 6, sandwiched between Justin Bieber and Kendrick Lamar. On the songs list, “Uptown Funk” dominated the year, but the other big winner might be the _Fifty Shades of Grey_ soundtrack, which appeared on the albums list and had two songs—Ellie Goulding’s “Love Me Like You Do” and the Weeknd’s “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”—crack the songs ranking. With Wiz Khalifa’s and Charlie Puth’s “See You Again” scoring the No. 3 spot, you could say it was a big year for movie soundtracks in general. You can check out the full list on iTunes. **Biggest Selling Albums:** _25_, Adele _If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late_, Drake _1989_, Taylor Swift _Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)_, Various Artists _Purpose_, Justin Bieber _What a Time to Be Alive_, Drake & Future _To Pimp a Butterfly_, Kendrick Lamar _Beauty Behind the Madness_, the Weeknd _Compton_, Dr. Dre _Montevallo_, Sam Hunt **Biggest-Selling Songs:** “Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran “See You Again,” Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth “Sugar,” Maroon 5 “Shut Up and Dance,” Walk the Moon “Hello,” Adele “Love Me Like You Do,” Ellie Goulding “Honey, I’m Good.,” Andy Grammar “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey),” the Weeknd ‘Trap Queen,” Fetty Wap ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/"},"headline":"These Were the Best Selling Songs and Albums on iTunes This Year","datePublished":"2015-12-09T16:41:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:13:58.608Z","description":"\"Uptown Funk\" was the biggest-selling song and Adele's 25 was the biggest-selling album","url":"https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/","keywords":["Music","Drake","Adele","the weeknd"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277c7f0f5ef8e647/6988749ea988cad3f76b5a71/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277c7f0f5ef8e647/6988749ea988cad3f76b5a71/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-itunes-bestseller","caption":"onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4142737/itunes-best-selling-albums-songs-adele-bruno-mars-uptown-funk/","name":"These Were the Best Selling Songs and Albums on iTunes This Year"}}]}] ```