Album Sales
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Monday, January 11th, 2010Michael Jackson’s This Is It sountrack sold another 100,000 copies around the world this week pushing it’s sales tally to just over 3.2 million copies.
With the Grammy Awards and subsequent release of the DVD and Bluray of the This Is It movie, album sales are sure to remain steady through the early months of 2010.
Eminem Week One Sales Exceed One Million!
Friday, May 29th, 2009Eminem’s new album “Relapse” is officially a major hit.
The album has sold more than one million copies around the globe in it’s opening week!
Congrats to Eminem!
Also, Greenday have had another impressive week selling 464,000 copies of their “21st Century Breakdown”.
Biggest Sellers Of 2009 (Updated)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009The following is a chart displaying the albums have that have sold the most copies within 2009 only (overall sales are listed but the albums are numbered 1-10 based on 2009 sales only)
Best Selling Albums Of 2009
Pos.
Artist/Group
Album
Sales in 2009
Overall Sales
#1
U2
No Line On The Horizon
2,770,000
2,770,000
#2
Beyonce
I Am.. Sasha Fierce
2,376,000
3,874,000
#3
Taylor Swift
Fearless
2,176,000
3,199,000
#4
Kings Of Leon
Only By The Night
2,091,000
4,191,000
#5
Twilight
Soundtrack
1,988,000
2,909,000
#6
Lady Gaga
The Fame
1,945,000
2,000,000+
#7
Pink
Funhouse
1,927,000
3,761,000
#8
Nickleback
Darkhorse
1,775,000
3,088,000
#9
Britney [...]
Global Weekly Charts
Sunday, May 10th, 2009Biggest selling album and song of the week according to global single sales, legal downloads and airplay:
#1 Album - Bob Dylan - Together Through Life - 238,000 copies sold
#1 Song - Poker Face - Lady GaGa - 333,000 points
This is the 7th straight week for Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” coming in at number one!!
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life USA Debut
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Bob Dylan’s new release “Together Through Life” has topped American charts this week.
The release sold 121,000 copies in the USA according to the Hitsdailydouble saleschart.
Global Weekly Charts
Monday, April 27th, 2009This week’s global chart toppers are as follows:
#1. Album - Kanjani 8 - Puzzle - 212,000 copies sold
#1. Song - Lady Gaga - Poker Face - 372,000 points
Five consecutive weeks on top for Lady Gaga’s Poker Face now!
Global Weekly Charts
Friday, April 17th, 2009This week’s global chart toppers are as follows:
#1. Album - Rascal Flatts - Unstoppable - 357,000 copies sold
#1. Song - Lady Gaga - Poker Face - 410,000 points
Rascal Flatts are on debut and Lady Gaga is seeing her 4th straigh week at No. 1.
Rascal Flatts Really Are Unstoppable
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Rascal Flatts new album “Unstoppable” is proving just that, after selling a tad over 355,000 copies in it’s opening week in the USA!
Also selling well this week is the Hannah Montana movie soundtrack, with 194,000 copies being purchased in America in the last 7 days.
Weekly Global Albums - Keith Urban
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Keith Urban’s new album “Defying Gravity” is this week’s biggest album worldwide.
The new record sold 188,000 copies around the globe, beating out Diana Krall (171,000) and Prince (168,000) for the top spot.
Billboard 200 - Prince Takes The Crown
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Prince has exceeded expectations this week in the USA after selling 186,000 copies of his newest album “Lotus Flow3r”. Those figures will easily place Prince at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Keith Urban’s “Defying Gravity” also had a great result, selling 177,000 copies and placing at number two. Diana Krall’s new “Quiet Nights” [...]