List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2004

The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical sales.

R&B singer Usher's Confessions is the best-selling album of 2004, accumulating under eight million copies by the end of the year.

Confessions gave Usher his first chart topper since he began releasing albums in the 1990s.

[3] Singer Norah Jones' Feels Like Home sold 3.8 million units, ranking as the second best-selling album of 2004.

[2] Feels Like Home is noted for its debut sales figure of 1.02 million, the second highest in a week by a female artist, behind singer Britney Spears' Oops!...