It's based on their most popular albums from the
Top 500 Artists on last.fm, but there would be a few omissions, so if you find any missing ones, leave a comment, please!
As of 8 April, 2012, there're 75 albums with over 1,000,000 listeners (certificated PLATINUM), 9 of them even surpassed the 40,000,000 plays mark.
Rank - Listeners - Plays - Ratio (Average plays per listener) - Artist – Album
1 - 2,200,500 - 41,634,000 - 19 - The Killers –
Hot Fuss2 - 1,979,100 - 37,625,000 - 19 - Coldplay –
X&Y3 - 1,932,500 - 38,927,000 - 20 - Coldplay –
A Rush of Blood to the Head4 - 1,864,700 - 28,961,000 - 16 - Nirvana –
Nevermind5 - 1,710,900 - 33,812,000 - 20 - The Kooks –
Inside in Inside Out6 - 1,707,000 - 32,473,000 - 19 - Coldplay –
Parachutes7 - 1,696,700 - 42,521,000 - 25 - MGMT –
Oracular Spectacular8 - 1,683,400 - 38,898,000 - 23 - System of a Down –
Toxicity9 - 1,682,400 - 44,756,000 - 27 - Radiohead –
OK Computer …