Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010

Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 12/28/10 03:36 AM

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Top Selling Albums Worldwide (2010)

1. "The Fame," Lady Gaga - 5,800,000
2. "Recovery," Eminem - 5,700,000
3. "My Worlds (My World + My World 2.0)", Justin Bieber - 5,600,000
4. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum - 3,600,000
5. "Speak Now," Taylor Swift - 3,500,000

6. "The Gift," Susan Boyle - 3,000,000
7. "The E.N.D.," Black Eyed Peas - 3,000,000
8. "Crazy Love," Michael Buble - 3,000,000
9. "Soldier of Love," Sade - 2,300,000
10. "The Element of Freedom," Alicia Keys - 2,300,000

11. "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry - 2,200,000
12. "Progress," Take That - 2,200,000
13. "I Dreamed a Dream," Susan Boyle - 2,100,000
14. "Animal," Ke$ha - 2,100,000
15. "Loud," Rihanna - 2,000,000

16. "Sigh No More," Mumford & Sons - 1,800,000
17. "Come Around Sundown," Kings of Leon - 1,700,000
18. "Greatest Hits," Bon Jovi - 1,700,000
19. "Raymond v. Raymond," Usher - 1,700,000
20. "A Thousand Suns," Linkin Park - 1,700,000

21. "Rated R," Rihanna - 1,600,000
22. "Iron Man 2" (Soundtrack), AC/DC - 1,600,000
23. "The Resistance," Muse - 1,500,000
24. "Lungs," Florence & the Machine - 1,400,000
25. "One Love," David Guetta - 1,400,000

26. "Thank Me Later," Drake - 1,400,000
27. "Fearless," Taylor Swift - 1,300,000
28. "To the Sea," Jack Johnson - 1,300,000
29. "This Is It," Michael Jackson - 1,200,000
30. "Greatest Hits So Far," Pink - 1,200,000

31. "The Beginning," Black Eyed Peas - 1,200,000
32. "Plastic Beach," Gorillaz - 1,200,000
33. "Glee: The Music - Vol. 1," Glee Cast - 1,200,000
34. "Christmas Album," Glee Cast - 1,100,000
35. "Michael," Michael Jackson - 1,100,000

36. "Boku No Miteiru Fukei," Arashi - 1,100,000
37. "O Holy Night," Jackie Evancho - 1,100,000
38. "In & Out of COnsciousness (1990-2010)," Robbie Williams - 1,100,000
39. "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West - 1,100,000
40. "The Foundation," Zac Brown Band - 1,100,000

Source: http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2010.htm

Posted By: Lilo

Re: Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 12/28/10 01:01 PM

I don't know if that is just because (IMHO) so much new music is crap or if it is because of internet downloads or media oversaturation but it seems like just a few years ago top worldwide sellers would have been in the 8-12 million range. I seem to remember really popular bands-even ones I didn't like or think were that good being able to get 4-5 million units sold in the US alone.

Is that accurate?

Posted By: Ice

Re: Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 12/28/10 03:58 PM

It has indeed been a bad year for the Music Industry. Albums sales are down 13% this year.

The Music Industry's Bad Year

Quote:

Published: Thursday, 23 Dec 2010 | 3:34 PM ET

Many parts of the entertainment business have fared surprisingly well this year—advertising has rebounded, higher ticket prices have driven the box office higher.

But not music—it's hit quite a flat note. From CD and digital download sales to concert tickets, 2010 was a bad year. And the outlook for 2011 is only somewhat better.

Album sales are down 13 percent compared to last year. It's no secret that the CD market continues to plummet, but what's surprising is that digital downloads have not maintained their growth trajectory. Just one percent more digital tracks have sold this year than last year at this time, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The fact that 1.1 billion digital songs were purchased this year so far is impressive. But here's what's not: This year is only up one percent while last year digital downloads grew 12 percent.

Why the decline? Piracy is rampant and it's simply hard to compete with free. That's not to say that some retailers didn't try—Amazon priced its "daily deal" new albums at $3.99. No surprise those albums shot to the top of the charts.

So who's really suffering? The music labels. The one stand alone private music label—Warner Music has seen its stock bounce around, now down five percent over the past 12 months while the Dow gained 10 percent. At Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment rumors of management shakeups and layoffs run rampant.

Perhaps the biggest disappointment—the concert business. For the past decade concerts have proven artists bread and butter, the one part of the business immune to piracy and the economic downturn.

Well, recession resistant it is not, and the fact that some big acts like U2 delayed their tours until 2011 delayed a hefty amount of revenue. Billboard reports a 26 percent decline in North American concert grosses and a 12 percent decrease in attendance for the year.

Live Nation Entertainment, the world's largest concert promoter and ticketing company took a dramatic hit in July when it revealed a downturn in attendance, dragging the stock off its 52-week highs by as much as 80 percent.

Now the stock's up 36 percent over the past 12 months. Why the uptick? Optimism that next year consumers will be ready to spend on tickets again and it helps that there are some big names like Christina Aguilera preparing to tour, who reliably pack amphitheaters.

There's no question Americans are invested in music—Fox's "Glee" (News Corp) has achieved cult status both on TV and on the album charts.

Now it's just a question of how to turn that obvious excitement about music into profits for the industry.

Posted By: Blake

Re: Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 12/28/10 07:30 PM

The only one of those albums I picked up was Gorillaz - Plastic Beach. The rest is mostly crappy club music.

Posted By: Lovecraft

Re: Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 12/31/10 09:08 PM

The only album I bought on the list was the mumford and sons album, which was phenomenal!

Wasn't lady gaga's 'the fame' released in 2008?

Posted By: Danito

Re: Top 40 Best-Selling Albums of 2010 - 01/01/11 02:51 PM

I bought Eminem's album which I liked better than his last two albums.