Well the Official list of the Best selling albums in 2008 has been released. Enjoy & comment on it.
Best Worldwide Selling Albums of 2008 - IFPI Report
Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends was the best-selling album of 2008 globally according to new figures from IFPI, the body that represents the recording industry worldwide.
The band’s fourth studio album sold 6.8 million units worldwide, achieving greater sales than High School Musical 2 did to top the chart in 2007. It sold more downloads than any other album in digital history within a month of release. The band recently picked up three Grammy awards in the US, including Best Rock Album, and are nominated for four BRIT awards in the UK.
Veteran rockers AC/DC secured the number two global sales spot with their fifteenth studio album Black Ice, which was released in October 2008. The album contains the hit single Rock N’ Roll Train and is the band’s first album since Stiff Upper Lip in 2000.
The cast of Mamma Mia! The Movie took the number three spot for their soundtrack album, which was released in July 2008. It contains many of ABBA’s hits sung by actors including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters. A deluxe version of the album includes behind the scenes footage from the shooting of the film.
The biggest-selling new artist worldwide in 2008 was Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy, whose Rockferry album, released last March, was placed fourth. Rockferry was the best selling album of the year in the UK and contains the hit singles Mercy and Warwick Avenue. Duffy won a Grammy in the US for Best Pop Vocal Album and is nominated for four BRIT awards in the UK.
Metallica claimed fifth spot with Death Magnetic, their ninth studio album, released in September 2008. The band became the first ever to achieve five consecutive number one debuts in the Billboard 200 chart.
Coldplay’s success in topping the chart and Duffy with the highest placed debut album illustrated the global strength of UK repertoire in 2008. Four of the top 10 albums of 2008 were by British artists. Seven of the top 10 selling albums of 2008 were released within 2008 and two of the top titles, from Duffy and Leona Lewis, were debut albums featuring original material.
Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2008 (Physical and digital album formats included)
Artist Title Company 1 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends EMI Music 2 AC/DC Black Ice Sony Music 3 Various Artists Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack Universal Music 4 Duffy Rockferry Universal Music 5 Metallica Death Magnetic Universal Music/Warner Music 6 Leona Lewis Spirit Sony Music 7 Amy Winehouse Back To Black Universal Music 8 Various Artists High School Musical 3: Senior Year Walt Disney Records/Universal/EMI 9 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III Universal Music 10 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad Universal Music 11 Madonna Hard Candy Warner Music 12 Beyonce I Am... Sasha Fierce Sony Music 13 P!nk Funhouse Sony Music 14 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Universal Music 15 Britney Spears Circus Sony Music 16 Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static Universal Music 17 Il Divo The Promise Sony Music 18 Taylor Swift Fearless Big Machine/Universal Music 19 Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer Hollywood Records/Universal Music 20 Various Artists Camp Rock OST Walt Disney Records/Universal/EMI 21 Kings Of Leon Only By The Night Sony Music 22 Nickelback Dark Horse Warner Music/EMI Music 23 Miley Cyrus Breakout Walt Disney Records/Universal Music 24 Kid Rock Rock N Roll Jesus Warner Music 25 Enya And Winter Came Warner Music 26 Mariah Carey E=MC2 Universal Music 27 Take That The Circus Universal Music 28 The Killers Day & Age Universal Music 29 Usher Here I Stand Sony Music 30 T.I. Paper Trail Warner Music 31 Kanye West 808's & Heartbreak Universal Music 32 Michael Jackson Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition) Sony Music 33 Katy Perry One Of The Boys EMI Music 34 Exile Exile Ballad Best Avex Marketing Inc. 35 Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman Universal Music 36 Amy Macdonald This Is The Life Universal Music 37 Abba Gold Universal Music 38 Namie Amuro Best Fiction Avex Marketing Inc. 39 Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers Hollywood Records/Universal Music 40 Seal Soul Warner Music 41 Sugarland Love On The Inside Universal Music 42 Celine Dion My Love Essential Collection Sony Music 43 Exile Exile Catchy Best Avex Marketing Inc. 44 Dido Safe Trip Home Sony Music 45 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Music 46 Chris Brown Exclusive Sony Music 47 Twilight Twilight OST Warner Music 48 Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. Warner Music 49 One Republic Dreaming Out Loud Universal Music 50 Various Artists Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 71 EMI Music
Source: IFPI. Chart includes physical and digital albums. Avex Marketing Inc. titles represent physical sales only. EPs are excluded.
Top 10 Global Best Selling Digital Singles for 2008 (Digital only) Artist Title Company
1 Lil Wayne Lollipop Universal Music 2 Thelma Aoyama Sobaniirune Universal Music 3 Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Low Warner Music 4 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love Sony Music 5 Timbaland Apologize Universal Music 6 Greeeen Kiseki Universal Music 7 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl EMI Music 8 Alicia Keys No One Sony Music 9 Usher feat. Young Jeezy Love In This Club Sony Music 10 Chris Brown With You Sony Music
I'm impressed that Japanese artists such as Exile and Namie Amuro made it in the best selling albums; as well as GreeeeN for making it in the best selling digital singles.
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ROCKFERRY is still very hot in Europe and enterint to Latin America, I think if she would perform at the grammys or her win was on teh telecast sales would improve.
Madonna´s album sell as good as always worldwide , but down in America.
Beyonce is there because the US sales and Uk sales, r&b does not sell well in Latin America or some european countries.
Pink was better than Beyonce and Britney in Europe and Australia were Im not dead was in the 2006 and 2007 top ten list.
Circus was big in Latin America and US, but in Uk and Asia was not as expected, Blackout was bigger in many markets.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by iskolar: Look at Amy Winehouse and Rihanna. The albums were released in 2007 but still made the top 10 selling albums a year later. Impressive
