Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood had two of the best-selling records of 2018. According to Nielsen Music’s end of the year numbers, Jason had the fifth best-selling record of the year with “Rearview Town,” which moved 463,000 albums, while Carrie’s “Cry Pretty” was the seventh best-selling record, moving 401,000 albums.
As for the overall best- selling album of 2018, that would be the soundtrack to “The Greatest Showman,” which had sales of 1,491,000 albums.