New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Nielsen SoundScan)
Nielsen SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks unit point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service- which power many of the Billboard charts- have announced the 2010 calendar year sales and airplay monitoring data for the 52-week period January 4, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
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OVERALL MUSIC SALES (1/04/10 - 1/02/11) |
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OVERALL ALBUM SALES (1/04/10 - 1/02/11) |
(ALBUMS, SINGLES, MUSIC VIDEO, DIGITAL TRACKS - IN MILLIONS) |
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(INCLUDES ALL ALBUMS & TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS - IN MILLIONS) |
UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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1,507 |
*1,545 |
- 2.4% |
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443.4 |
489.8 |
- 9.5% |
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TOTAL ALBUM SALES (1/04/10 - 1/02/11) |
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INTERNET ALBUM SALES (1/04/10 - 1/02/11) |
(INCLUDES CD, CS, LP, DIGITAL ALBUMS - IN MILLIONS) |
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(PHYSICAL ALBUM PURCHASES VIA E-COMMERCE SITES, IN MILLIONS) |
UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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326.2 |
373.9 |
- 12.7% |
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24.9 |
25.3 |
- 1.6% |
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DIGITAL TRACK SALES |
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DIGITAL ALBUM SALES |
(1/04/2010 - 1/02/2011 - IN MILLIONS) |
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(1/04/2010 - 1/02/2011 - IN MILLIONS) |
UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% CHG. |
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UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% CHG. |
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*1,172 |
1,159 |
1.0% |
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*86.3 |
76.4 |
13.0% |
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TOTAL LP ALBUM SALES (1/04/10 - 10/2/11) |
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HOLIDAY SEASON ALBUM SALES (11/08/10 - 12/26/10) |
(LP/VINYL ALBUMS - IN MILLIONS) |
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(Physical & Digital ALBUM SALES DURING HOLIDAY SEASON: IN MILLIONS) |
UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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UNITS SOLD |
2010 |
2009 |
% Chg. |
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*2.8 |
2.5 |
14.0% |
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71.6 |
80.2 |
-10.7% |
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*Denotes a Nielsen SoundScan sales record |
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2010 GENRE ALBUM SALES REPORT |
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CURRENT VS. CATALOG ALBUM SALES |
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(1/04/10-1/02/11 - IN THOUSANDS) |
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(1/04/10-1/02/11 - IN MILLIONS) |
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Genre |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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Overall Albums |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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Alternative |
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53,727 |
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68,195 |
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-21% |
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Current |
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187.3 |
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209.9 |
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- 11% |
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Christian/Gospel+ |
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24,226 |
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27,822 |
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-13% |
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Catalog |
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138.9 |
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163.9 |
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- 15% |
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Classical |
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8,957 |
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12,140 |
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-26% |
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Deep Catalog |
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106.1 |
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123.4 |
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- 14% |
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Country |
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43,718 |
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46,130 |
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-5% |
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Jazz |
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8,780 |
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11,779 |
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-25% |
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Physical Albums: |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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Latin |
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12,350 |
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16,496 |
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-25% |
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Current |
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143.0 |
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170.8 |
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- 16.2% |
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Metal |
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32,554 |
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38,734 |
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-16% |
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Catalog |
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97.0 |
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126.6 |
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- 23.4% |
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New Age |
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1,660 |
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2,354 |
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-29% |
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Deep Catalog |
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74.9 |
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95.9 |
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- 21.9% |
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R&B |
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57,871 |
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69,889 |
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-17% |
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Rap |
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27,328 |
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26,441 |
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3% |
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Digital Albums: |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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Rock |
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103,709 |
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124,164 |
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-16% |
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Current |
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44.3 |
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39.1 |
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13% |
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Soundtrack |
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16,412 |
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18,980 |
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-14% |
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Catalog |
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41.9 |
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37.3 |
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12% |
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Deep Catalog |
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31.2 |
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27.5 |
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13% |
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(Note: Titles may appear in more than one genre.) |
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+Sales figures tracked by Christian SoundScan |
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DIGITAL TRACK SALES BY DECADE* |
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CURRENT VS. CATALOG DIGITAL TRACK SALES |
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(1/04/10-1/02/11 - IN THOUSANDS) |
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(1/04/10-1/02/11 - IN MILLIONS) |
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Decade |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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% Tot Sales |
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Overall Track Sales |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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% Chg. |
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2010's |
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251,000 |
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na |
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21.0% |
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Current |
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523.0 |
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507.7 |
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6% |
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2000's |
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743,000 |
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979,328 |
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- 22% |
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64.0% |
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Catalog |
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648.5 |
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688.7 |
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- 2% |
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1990's |
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85,141 |
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105,470 |
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- 16% |
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7.0% |
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1980's |
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38,316 |
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49,883 |
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- 21% |
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3.0% |
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1970's |
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30,966 |
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36,988 |
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-14% |
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3.0% |
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1960's |
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16,933 |
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15,628 |
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12% |
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1.0% |
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1950's |
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2,977 |
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2,929 |
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4% |
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0.3% |
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1940's |
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652 |
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759 |
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- 12% |
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0.05% |
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*Digital Tracks sales of songs recorded during the specified decade. |
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2010 YEAR-TO-DATE RECORD COMPANY MARKET SHARE (1/04/10 - 1/02/11) |
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(Reflects the market share for the entire entity, including sub-distributed companies, for the 52-week year) |
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TOTAL ALBUMS (Catalog & Current Titles) |
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CURRENT ALBUMS |
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CATALOG ALBUMS |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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UMG |
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30.84% |
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30.20% |
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UMG |
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34.61% |
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33.95% |
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UMG |
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25.77% |
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25.41% |
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SME |
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27.95% |
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28.58% |
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SME |
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27.48% |
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27.40% |
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SME |
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28.59% |
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30.10% |
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WMG |
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20.01% |
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20.55% |
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WMG |
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18.44% |
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20.05% |
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WMG |
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22.12% |
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21.19% |
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EMI |
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10.18% |
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9.20% |
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EMI |
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9.62% |
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7.83% |
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EMI |
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10.93% |
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10.94% |
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OTHERS |
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11.02% |
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11.47% |
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OTHERS |
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9.85% |
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10.77% |
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OTHERS |
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12.60% |
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12.36% |
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PHYSICAL ALBUMS (Catalog & Current Titles) |
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DIGITAL ALBUMS (Catalog & Current Titles) |
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DIGITAL TRACKS |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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UMG |
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32.06% |
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31.05% |
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UMG |
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27.47% |
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26.92% |
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UMG |
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33.30% |
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32.99% |
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SME |
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29.31% |
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29.71% |
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SME |
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24.18% |
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24.21% |
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SME |
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25.28% |
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24.95% |
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WMG |
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19.07% |
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19.97% |
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WMG |
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22.60% |
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22.80% |
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WMG |
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19.58% |
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20.23% |
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EMI |
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9.99% |
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9.01% |
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EMI |
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10.71% |
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9.92% |
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EMI |
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8.36% |
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7.85% |
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OTHERS |
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9.57% |
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10.26% |
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OTHERS |
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15.03% |
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16.14% |
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OTHERS |
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12.51% |
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13.42% |
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BILLBOARD'S TOP SELLING ALBUMS & ARTISTS, BASED ON NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN DATA |
*for the 2010 Calendar Year |
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2010 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS |
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2010 TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS |
(1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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(Based on Album sales from 1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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Artist |
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Units Sold |
1 |
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Recovery/ Eminem |
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3,415,000 |
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1 |
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Taylor Swift |
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4,470,000 |
2 |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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3,089,000 |
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2 |
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Eminem |
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4,317,000 |
3 |
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Speak Now/ Taylor Swift |
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2,960,000 |
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3 |
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Lady Antebellum |
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3,848,000 |
4 |
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My World 2.0/ Justin Bieber |
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2,319,000 |
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4 |
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Justin Bieber |
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3,728,000 |
5 |
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The Gift/ Susan Boyle |
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1,852,000 |
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5 |
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Glee Cast |
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3,603,000 |
6 |
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Fame/ Lady Gaga |
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1,591,000 |
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6 |
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Susan Boyle |
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2,711,000 |
7 |
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Soldier Of Love/ Sade |
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1,300,000 |
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7 |
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Lady Gaga |
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2,591,000 |
8 |
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Thank Me Later/ Drake |
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1,269,000 |
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8 |
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Michael Jackson |
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2,118,000 |
9 |
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Raymond V Raymond/ Usher |
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1,183,000 |
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9 |
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Zac Brown Band |
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1,824,000 |
10. |
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Animal/ Ke$ha |
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1,143,000 |
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10. |
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Beatles |
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1,697,000 |
2010 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL SONGS |
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2010 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS |
(Combines all versions of same Song -1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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(Based on Digital Track sales from 1/4/2010 - 1/2/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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Artist |
Units Sold |
1 |
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California Gurls/ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg |
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4,398,000 |
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1 |
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Eminem |
15,673,000 |
2 |
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Hey, Soul Sister/ Train |
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4,314,000 |
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2 |
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Ke$ha |
13,497,000 |
3 |
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Love The Way You Lie/ Eminem feat. Rihanna |
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4,245,000 |
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3 |
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Lady Gaga |
11,891,000 |
4 |
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Dynamite/ Taio Cruz |
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4,083,000 |
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4 |
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Katy Perry |
11,837,000 |
5 |
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Airplanes/ B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams |
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4,004,000 |
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5 |
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Black Eyed Peas |
11,337,000 |
6 |
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OMG/ Usher feat. Will.i.am |
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3,763,000 |
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6 |
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Usher |
10,717,000 |
7 |
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Not Afraid/ Eminem |
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3,414,000 |
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7 |
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Glee Cast |
10,654,000 |
8 |
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Just The Way You Are/ Bruno Mars |
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3,276,000 |
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8 |
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Rihanna |
10,099,000 |
9 |
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Break Your Heart/ Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris |
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3,245,000 |
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9 |
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Taylor Swift |
9,912,000 |
10. |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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3,182,000 |
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10. |
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B.o.B. |
9,118,000 |
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2010 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL TRACKS |
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2010 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS |
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(1/04/10 - 1/02/2011) |
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(1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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Artist |
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Units Sold |
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1 |
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Hey, Soul Sister/ Train |
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4,249,000 |
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1 |
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Recovery/ Eminem |
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852,000 |
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2 |
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Dynamite/ Taio Cruz |
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4,080,000 |
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2 |
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Speak Now/ Taylor Swift |
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488,000 |
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3 |
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California Gurls/ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg |
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4,027,000 |
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3 |
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Animal/ Ke$ha |
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395,000 |
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4 |
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OMG/ Usher feat. Will.i.am |
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3,674,000 |
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4 |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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382,000 |
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5 |
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Love The Way You Lie/ Eminem feat. Rihanna |
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3,553,000 |
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5 |
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Fame/ Lady Gaga |
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373,000 |
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6 |
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Airplanes/ B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams |
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3,365,000 |
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6 |
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Hope For Haiti/ Various |
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371,000 |
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7 |
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Just The Way You Are/ Bruno Mars |
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3,271,000 |
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7 |
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted../ Kanye West |
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367,000 |
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8 |
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Tik Tok/ Ke$ha |
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3,033,000 |
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8 |
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Sigh No More/ Mumford & Sons |
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343,000 |
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9 |
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I Like It/ Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull |
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2,951,000 |
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9 |
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Thank Me Later/ Drake |
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269,000 |
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10. |
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Like A G6/ Far East Movement feat. Catar |
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2,870,000 |
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10. |
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Suburbs/ Arcade Fire |
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241,000 |
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2010 TOP TEN SEASONAL ALBUMS |
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2010 TOP TEN INTERNET ALBUMS |
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(1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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(1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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1 |
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The Gift/ Susan Boyle |
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1,852,000 |
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1 |
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Speak Now/ Taylor Swift |
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185,400 |
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2 |
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O Holy Night/ Jackie Evancho |
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1,010,000 |
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2 |
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The Gift/ Susan Boyle |
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152,600 |
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3 |
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Music: Xmas/ Glee Cast |
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917,000 |
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3 |
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My World 2.0/ Justin Bieber |
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105,000 |
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4 |
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Merry Christmas II You/ Mariah Carey |
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432,000 |
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4 |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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103,200 |
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5 |
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My Christmas/ Andrea Bocelli |
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371,000 |
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5 |
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O Holy Night/ Jackie Evancho |
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102,500 |
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6 |
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Noel/ Josh Groban |
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261,000 |
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6 |
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Live At the... /James Taylor & Carol |
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88,600 |
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7 |
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Merry Little Christmas/ Lady Antebellum |
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253,000 |
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7 |
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Illuminations/ Josh Groban |
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78,500 |
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8 |
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Now Christmas 4/ Various |
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240,000 |
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8 |
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My World/ Justin Bieber |
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74,200 |
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9 |
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The Holiday Collection/ Taylor Swift |
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209,000 |
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9 |
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Soldier Of Love/ Sade |
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72,000 |
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10. |
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Christmas Cornucopia/ Annie Lennox |
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178,000 |
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10. |
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I Dreamed A Dream/ Susan Boyle |
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71,800 |
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2010 TOP TEN VINYL ALBUMS |
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2010 TOP TEN VINYL ARTISTS |
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(1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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(Based on Vinyl Album sales from 1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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Artist |
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Units Sold |
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1 |
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Abbey Road/ Beatles |
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35,000 |
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1 |
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Beatles |
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36,700 |
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2 |
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Suburbs/ Arcade Fire |
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18,800 |
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2 |
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Black Keys |
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36,000 |
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3 |
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Brothers/ Black Keys |
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18,400 |
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3 |
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Radiohead |
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30,500 |
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4 |
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Contra/ Vampire Weekend |
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15,000 |
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4 |
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Arcade Fire |
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28,600 |
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5 |
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Thriller/ Michael Jackson |
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14,200 |
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5 |
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Jimi Hendrix |
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26,400 |
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6 |
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High Violet/ National |
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13,600 |
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6 |
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National |
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24,600 |
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7 |
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Teen Dream/ Beach House |
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13,000 |
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7 |
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Pavement |
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24,200 |
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8 |
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Valleys of Neptune/ Jimi Hendrix Experience |
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11,400 |
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8 |
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Vampire Weekend |
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21,900 |
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9 |
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Dark Side of the Moon/ Pink Floyd |
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10,600 |
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9 |
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Metallica |
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20,000 |
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10. |
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XX/ The XX |
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10,200 |
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10. |
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Bob Dylan |
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17,000 |
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2010 TOP TEN PHYSICAL ALBUMS |
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(Based on CD, Cassette and LP album sales from 1/04/2010-1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
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Units Sold |
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1 |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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2,707,000 |
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2 |
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Recovery/ Eminem |
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2,563,000 |
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3 |
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Speak Now/ Taylor Swift |
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2,473,000 |
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4 |
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My World 2.0/ Justin Bieber |
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2,121,000 |
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5 |
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The Gift/ Susan Boyle |
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1,820,000 |
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6 |
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Fame/ Lady Gaga |
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1,218,000 |
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7 |
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Soldier of Love/ Sade |
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1,107,000 |
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8 |
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Raymond V Raymond/ Usher |
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1,026,000 |
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9 |
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Thank Me Later/ Drake |
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1,000,000 |
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10. |
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O Holy Night/ Jackie Evancho |
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991,000 |
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BILLBOARD'S MOST PLAYED TITLES AND ARTISTS, BASED ON NIELSEN BDS DATA |
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*for the 2010 Calendar Year |
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Top 10 Most Played Songs |
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Top 10 Artist Airplay |
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Title/Artist |
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Detections |
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Artist |
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Detections |
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1 |
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Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
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600,000 |
|
1 |
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Taylor Swift |
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1,128,000 |
|
2 |
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Hey, Soul Sister/ Train |
|
540,000 |
|
2 |
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Lady Antebellum |
|
1,127,000 |
|
3 |
|
California Gurls/ Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg |
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503,000 |
|
3 |
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Lady Gaga |
|
1,076,000 |
|
4 |
|
Nothin' On You/ B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars |
|
485,000 |
|
4 |
|
Ke$ha |
|
1,056,000 |
|
5 |
|
OMG/ Usher feat. Will.i.am |
|
470,000 |
|
5 |
|
Black Eyed Peas |
|
1,048,000 |
|
6 |
|
Dynamite/ Taio Cruz |
|
461,000 |
|
6 |
|
Rihanna |
|
904,000 |
|
7 |
|
Tik Tok/ Ke$ha |
|
459,000 |
|
7 |
|
Train |
|
873,000 |
|
8 |
|
Bad Romance/ Lady Gaga |
|
449,000 |
|
8 |
|
Jason Derulo |
|
860,000 |
|
9 |
|
Break Your Heart/ Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris |
|
447,000 |
|
9 |
|
Kenny Chesney |
|
850,000 |
|
10. |
|
Airplanes/ B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams |
|
430,000 |
|
10. |
|
Nickelback |
|
847,000 |
|
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Top 10 Holiday Songs Airplay |
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Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Artists - Internet Streams |
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Title/Artist |
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Detections |
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Artist |
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Streams |
|
1 |
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Rockin' Around the Christmas.../Brenda Lee |
|
34,900 |
|
1 |
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Eminem |
|
94,000,000 |
|
2 |
|
A Holly Jolly Christmas/ Burl Ives |
|
34,400 |
|
2 |
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Taylor Swift |
|
77,000,000 |
|
3 |
|
The Christmas Song/ Nat King Cole |
|
33,300 |
|
3 |
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Lady Gaga |
|
58,000,000 |
|
4 |
|
Jingle Bell Rock/ Bobby Helms |
|
33,000 |
|
4 |
|
Rihanna |
|
57,000,000 |
|
5 |
|
Feliz Navidad/ Jose Feliciano |
|
32,900 |
|
5 |
|
Ke$ha |
|
53,000,000 |
|
6 |
|
All I Want for Christmas is../ Mariah Carey |
|
32,500 |
|
6 |
|
Nickelback |
|
52,000,000 |
|
7 |
|
It's the Most Wonderful.../Andy Williams |
|
29,200 |
|
7 |
|
Lady Antebellum |
|
52,000,000 |
|
8 |
|
Happy X-Mas (War is Over)/ John Lennon |
|
28,400 |
|
8 |
|
Black Eyed Peas |
|
49,000,000 |
|
9 |
|
Do They Know It's Christmas?/ Band Aid |
|
26,700 |
|
9 |
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Beyonce |
|
46,000,000 |
|
10. |
|
White Christmas/ Bing Crosby |
|
26,200 |
|
10. |
|
Mariah Carey |
|
45,000,000 |
|
Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Internet Streamed Songs |
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Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Music Video Internet Streams |
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Title/Artist |
|
Streams |
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|
Title/Artist |
|
Streams |
|
1 |
|
Love the Way You Lie/ Eminem feat. Rihanna |
|
22,366,000 |
|
1 |
|
Tik Tok/ Ke$ha |
|
6,174,000 |
|
2 |
|
Need You Now/ Lady Antebellum |
|
22,103,000 |
|
2 |
|
Love the Way You Lie/ Eminem feat. Rihanna |
|
3,948,000 |
|
3 |
|
Tik Tok/ Ke$ha |
|
20,218,000 |
|
3 |
|
Airplanes/ B.o.B feat Hayley Williams |
|
3,324,000 |
|
4 |
|
Just A Dream/ Nelly |
|
19,491,000 |
|
4 |
|
Bad Romance/ Lady Gaga |
|
2,699,000 |
|
5 |
|
Just the Way You Are/ Bruno Mars |
|
18,485,000 |
|
5 |
|
Give It Up To Me/ Shakira feat. Lil Wayne |
|
2,378,000 |
|
6 |
|
Airplanes/ B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams |
|
18,472,000 |
|
6 |
|
Can't Be Tamed/ Miley Cyrus |
|
2,236,000 |
|
7 |
|
Breakeven/ Script |
|
18,161,000 |
|
7 |
|
Baby/ Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris |
|
2,137,000 |
|
8 |
|
Break Your Heart/ Taio Cruz feat Ludacris |
|
17,471,000 |
|
8 |
|
In My Head/ Jason Derulo |
|
1,944,000 |
|
9 |
|
I Like It/ Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull |
|
16,887,000 |
|
9 |
|
Alejandro/ Lady Gaga |
|
1,883,000 |
|
10. |
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OMG/ Usher feat Will.i.am |
|
16,789,000 |
|
10. |
|
Sweet Dreams/ Beyonce |
|
1,875,000 |
|
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BILLBOARD'S TOP TITLES & ARTISTS OF THE NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN ERA |
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TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS |
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TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS |
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(based on album sales from 1991-1/02/2011) |
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(1991 - 1/02/2011) |
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Title/Artist |
|
Units Sold |
|
|
Artist |
|
Units Sold |
|
1 |
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Garth Brooks |
|
68,513,000 |
|
1 |
|
Metallica/ Metallica |
|
15,620,000 |
|
2 |
|
Beatles |
|
62,066,000 |
|
2 |
|
Come On Over/ Shania Twain |
|
15,499,000 |
|
3 |
|
Mariah Carey |
|
53,185,000 |
|
3 |
|
Jagged Little Pill/ Alanis Morissette |
|
14,673,000 |
|
4 |
|
Metallica |
|
52,672,000 |
|
4 |
|
Millennium/ Backstreet Boys |
|
12,115,000 |
|
5 |
|
Celine Dion |
|
51,162,000 |
|
5 |
|
Soundtrack/ Bodyguard |
|
11,823,000 |
|
6 |
|
George Strait |
|
42,396,000 |
|
6 |
|
Supernatural/ Santana |
|
11,709,000 |
|
7 |
|
Eminem |
|
39,643,000 |
|
7 |
|
Beatles 1/ Beatles |
|
11,703,000 |
|
8 |
|
Tim McGraw |
|
39,396,000 |
|
8 |
|
Human Clay/ Creed |
|
11,563,000 |
|
9 |
|
Alan Jackson |
|
38,275,000 |
|
9 |
|
No Strings Attached/ N Sync |
|
11,117,000 |
|
10. |
|
Pink Floyd |
|
36,429,000 |
|
10. |
|
Falling Into You/ Celine Dion |
|
10,785,000 |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL SONGS |
|
TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS |
|
(7/04/2004-1/02/2011) |
|
(7/04/2004 - 1/02/2011) |
|
|
Title/Artist |
|
Units Sold |
|
|
Artist |
|
Units Sold |
|
1 |
|
I Gotta Feeling/ Black Eyed Peas |
|
6,627,000 |
|
1 |
|
Fame/ Lady Gaga |
|
884,000 |
|
2 |
|
Just Dance/ Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis |
|
5,911,000 |
|
2 |
|
Recovery/ Eminem |
|
852,000 |
|
3 |
|
Poker Face/ Lady Gaga |
|
5,840,000 |
|
3 |
|
Viva La Vida/ Coldplay |
|
795,000 |
|
4 |
|
Low/ Flo Rida Feat. T-Pain |
|
5,781,000 |
|
4 |
|
Fearless/ Taylor Swift |
|
700,000 |
|
5 |
|
Boom Boom Pow/ Black Eyed Peas |
|
5,754,000 |
|
5 |
|
Only By the Night/ Kings Of Leon |
|
646,000 |
|
6 |
|
Tik Tok/ Ke$ha |
|
5,483,000 |
|
6 |
|
Soundtrack/ Twilight |
|
643,000 |
|
7 |
|
I'm Yours/ Jason Mraz |
|
5,470,000 |
|
7 |
|
E.N.D. (Energy Never../ Black Eyed Peas |
|
532,000 |
|
8 |
|
Hey, Soul Sister/ Train |
|
5,001,000 |
|
8 |
|
Speak Now/ Taylor Swift |
|
488,000 |
|
9 |
|
Apologize/ Timbaland feat. One Republic |
|
4,880,000 |
|
9 |
|
Continuum/ John Mayer |
|
487,000 |
|
10. |
|
Love Story/ Taylor Swift |
|
4,853,000 |
|
10. |
|
In Between Dreams/ Jack Johnson |
|
414,000 |
|
|
|
TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS |
|
(Based on Digital Track sales from 7/04/2004-1/02/2011) |
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|
|
|
Artist |
|
Units Sold |
|
1 |
|
Taylor Swift |
|
34,269,000 |
|
2 |
|
Black Eyed Peas |
|
33,831,000 |
|
3 |
|
Rihanna |
|
33,673,000 |
|
4 |
|
Eminem |
|
33,279,000 |
|
5 |
|
Lady Gaga |
|
29,311,000 |
|
6 |
|
Kanye West |
|
25,343,000 |
|
7 |
|
Beyonce |
|
25,136,000 |
|
8 |
|
Nickelback |
|
23,919,000 |
|
9 |
|
Michael Jackson |
|
23,218,000 |
|
10. |
|
Katy Perry |
|
22,574,000 |
|
See also: The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2010 Music Industry Report (2010 Year-end Factoids)
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