Saturday 9 January 2010

Top Selling

Key numbers released
by Nielsen SoundScan:



Top-selling albums of 2009

1 "Fearless,"

Taylor Swift
3,217,000
2 "I Dreamed a Dream,"

Susan Boyle
3,104,000
3 "Number Ones,"

Michael Jackson
2,355,000
4 "Fame,"

Lady Gaga
2,238,000
5 "My Christmas,"

Andrea Bocelli
2,207,000
6 "Hannah" movie soundtrack, Hannah Montana 1,823,000
7 "E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)," Black Eyed Peas 1,787,000
8 "Relapse,"

Eminem
1,735,000
9 "Blueprint 3,"

Jay-Z
1,515,000
10 "Only by the Night,"

Kings of Leon
1,398,000


Top-selling albums of decade
1 "Beatles 1,"

Beatles
11,564,000
2 "No Strings Attached,"

'N Sync
11,113,000
3 "Come Away With Me,"

Norah Jones
10,579,000
4 "Marshall Mathers LP,"

Eminem
10,216,000
5 "Eminem Show,"

Eminem
9,818,000
6 "Confessions,"

Usher
9,730,000
7 "Hybrid Theory,"

Linkin Park
9,697,000
8 "Human Clay,"

Creed
9,495,000
9 "Oops! ... I Did It Again,"

Britney Spears
9,185,000
10 "Country Grammar,"

Nelly
8,464,000


Top-selling artists of the decade
1Eminem 32,241,000
2Beatles 30,182,000
3 Tim McGraw 24,769,000
4 Toby Keith 24,469,000
5Britney Spears 22,969,000
6 Kenny Chesney 22,034,000
7Linkin Park 21,421,000
8Nelly 21,232,000
9Creed 20,594,000
10Jay-Z 20,424,000

Who's Tim McGraw?
Who's Toby Keith?
Who's buying all the Creed?

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