Lil Wayne Has 2008s Top Selling Album, Beyonce Makes The Cut !

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

By Njai Joszor | Posted on 12/31/08 | Filed Under: Hip Hop News, Lil Wayne

We knew it but its always good to see the numbers roll in.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" is 2008s top-selling album !

"Tha Carter III" moved 2.88 million copies to grab the title but according to Billboard this is the first time that the year's top selling album has sold less than 3 million copies !

Regardless, Lil Wayne's blazing effort, featuring the singles "Lollipop," "A Milli" and "Got Money," ranks #1 beating out Coldplay, Taylor Swift, AC/DC and Kid Rock.

The top 5 including Lil Wayne, features (in order) Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (2.15 million); Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (2.11 million) (correction: this is Taylor Swift's sophomore album); Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" (2 million); and AC/DC's "Black Ice" (1.92).

Surprisingly, Taylor Swift and her fellow late fall release partner Beyonce (I Am...Sasha Fierce) moved enough albums to top artists like Usher, Mariah Carey and Ne-Yo who released albums earlier this year.

Before we get down to Beyonce's numbers, T.I.'s "Paper Trail," featuring "Whatever U Like" and "Live Your Life," made #8 on the list with 1.52 million copies sold !

Now to Beyonce's "I Am...Sasha Fierce": according to Nielsen Soundscan, the "Halo" singer's album moved 1.46 million copies since its debut in November making the former 'Goldmember' star's debut a hot shot in comparison to albums released earlier in the year. The same can be said for Taylor Swift who also released an album during the same time frame, however, Swift moved 2.11 million copies.

Nielsen Soundscan reports that 428.4 million albums were sold in 2008, down from 2007 where 500.5 million albums were sold.

Digital downloads of albums accounted for 65.79 million copies versus 50.01 million in 2007.

Digital Singles however, outnumbered album sales as they totaled in at 1.07 billion according to Nielsen SoundScan. Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" is responsible for 3.37 million of those 1.07 billion downloads.

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Correction. Beyonce did sell 1.46 mil. Even though her album has to CDs, it only counts as one because the songs aren't long enough to be counted as a double disc. Congrats to Beyonce and Taylor. They both are selling amazingly.

honeyluv on 12/31/2008 11:16:25 PM

Y u all single out beYAWNCe ? Remeber she put out a dbl cd. So she really didnt sell 1.46mill copies, but really sold 523,000 copies. Each sales counts as 2._ _ _ I hope the crappy TEOM sales teaches MC to release better songs next time._ _ _ NeYo is so talented, I wish he sold better._ _ _ Lastly, congrats 2 Taylor Swift. IMO she cant sing (she sounds soooo flat) but she got all the country girls across the US buying her cd. She was #1 on country & general charts for what, 5 wks? Congrats 2 her.

LILKUNTA on 12/31/2008 4:01:29 PM

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