Международная федерация фонографической индустрии (IFPI) обнародовала в понедельник, 16 февраля, суммарные данные о продажах музыкальных альбомов в мире за 2008 год.
Самым продаваемым диском года стал "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" британской группы Coldplay, общий тираж которого составил 6,8 миллиона экземпляров. Как отмечается, по продажам Coldplay опередили самый кассовый диск 2007 года, саундтрек "High School Musical 2". www.lenta.ru
На втором месте оказались AC/DC со своим 15-м студийным альбомом "Black Ice". В тройке лидеров также саундтрек к фильму-мюзиклу "Mama Mia!" по песням группы ABBA.



Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2008
(Physical and digital album formats included)


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)

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