Coldplay Viva La Vida was the biggest selling album on the planet last year and AC/DC Black Ice came in second.
IFPI has compiled a global list of album activity during 2008 and the combined results will surprise you.For example, Duffy’s ‘Rockferry’ was the biggest selling album in the UK last year but didn’t have the same impact in the US. It still manager to be the 4th biggest of the year.
Madonna and Guns ‘n Roses were both perceived to have had duds last year, not ‘Hard Candy’ ranked 11 and ‘Chinese Democracy’ ranked 14, ahead of the more popular Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears and Nickelback.
Abba were at both 3 and 37. The Mamma Mia soundtrack was fuelled by one of the biggest movies of the year but it also dragged along the more than a decade Gold album into the Top 50.
Here is the full list of the Top 50 selling albums worldwide for 2008:
1. Coldplay: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
2. AC/DC: Black Ice
3. Various Artists: Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
4. Duffy: Rockferry
5. Metallica: Death Magnetic
6. Leona Lewis: Spirit
7. Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
8. Various Aritsts: High School Musical 3: Senior Year
9. Lil Wayne: Tha Carter II
10. Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad
11. Madonna: Hard Candy
12. Beyonce: I Am...Sasha Fierce
13. P!ink: Funhouse
14. Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
15: Britney Spears: Circus
16. Jack Johnson: Sleep Through The Static
17. Il Divo: The Promise
18. Taylor Swift: Fearless
19. Jonas Brothers: A Little Bit Longer
20. Various Artists: Camp Rock OST
21. Kings of Leon: Only By The Night
22. Nickelback: Dark Horse
23. Miley Cyrus: Breakout
24. Kid Rock: Rock N Roll Jesus
25. Enya: And Winter came
26. Mariah Carey: E=MC2
27. Take That: The Circus
28. The Killers: Day & Age
29. Usher: Here I Stand
30. T.I.: Paper Trail
31. Kanye West: 808's & Heartbreak
32. Michael Jackson: Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)
33. Katy Perry: One of The Boys
34. Exile: Exile Ballad Best
35. Ne-Yo: Year of The Gentleman
36. Amy Macdonald: This Is The Life
37. Abba: Gold
38. Namie Amuro: Best Fiction
39. Jonas Brothers: Jonas Brothers
40. Seal: Soul
41. Sugarland: Love On The Inside
42. Celine Dion: My Love Essential Collection
43. Exile: Exile Catchy Best
44. Dido: Safe Trip Home
45. Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift
46. Chris Brown: Exclusive
47. Twilight: Twilight OST
48. Jason Mraz: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things
49. OneRepublic: Dreaming Out Loud
50. Various Artists: Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 71
