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Think it's always worth a look at the other side of the pond (whither the 2008 version of Casey Kasem and Jonathan King on UK TV?):
As of last week, 40 albums have sold >500k and 35 singles >1m.
Albums
1 THA CARTER III - LIL' WAYNE 2,315,610
2 VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS - COLDPLAY 1,663,476
3 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 1,365,835
4 E=MC2 - MARIAH CAREY 1,157,572
5 ROCK N ROLL JESUS - KID ROCK 1,147,194
6 TAYLOR SWIFT - TAYLOR SWIFT 1,121,135
7 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 1,042,713
8 AS I AM - ALICIA KEYS 1,041,380
9 HERE I STAND - USHER 999,418
10 CAMP ROCK - SOUNDTRACK 936,906
11 MAMMA MIA! - SOUNDTRACK 851,131
12 JUNO - SOUNDTRACK 845,222
13 NOW 27 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 823,555
14 BREAKOUT - MILEY CYRUS 821,427
15 NOW 28 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 786,567
16 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 759,830
17 A LITTLE BIT LONGER - JONAS BROTHERS 752,084
18 LOVE ON THE INSIDE: DELUXE FAN EDITION - SUGARLAND 746,286
19 JONAS BROTHERS - JONAS BROTHERS 727,777
20 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS - SOUNDTRACK 724,148
21 EXCLUSIVE - CHRIS BROWN 717,714
22 GROWING PAINS - MARY J. BLIGE 713,060
23 INDESTRUCTIBLE - DISTURBED 686,970
24 TRILLA - RICK ROSS 670,210
25 COCO - COLBIE CAILLAT 652,690
26 HANNAH MONTANA 2 (SOUNDTRACK)/MEET MILEY CYRUS - MILEY CYRUS 650,653
27 LITTLE VOICE - SARA BAREILLES 642,703
28 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 636,236
29 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 632,707
30 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 617,670
31 CARNIVAL RIDE - CARRIE UNDERWOOD 615,139
32 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD 602,676
33 DAUGHTRY - DAUGHTRY 581,474
34 JUST LIKE YOU - KEYSHIA COLE 576,010
35 THE ULTIMATE HITS - GARTH BROOKS 575,976
36 ENJOY THE RIDE - SUGARLAND 534,305
37 GOOD TIME - ALAN JACKSON 530,596
38 TROUBADOR - GEORGE STRAIT 527,150
39 3 DOORS DOWN - 3 DOORS DOWN 522,138
40 WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE - DANITY KANE 517,167
Singles
1 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 3,085,607
2 LOLLIPOP - LIL WAYNE 2,795,675
3 LOW - FLO RIDA FEATURING T-PAIN 2,676,539
4 NO AIR - JORDIN SPARKS 2,426,754
5 I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY 2,354,252
6 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 2,181,293
7 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY 2,106,434
8 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER FEATURING YOUNG JEEZY 2,041,789
9 LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES 2,015,521
10 POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD 2,001,147
11 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 1,955,307
12 SEXY CAN I - RAY J & YUNG BERG 1,814,350
13 SEE YOU AGAIN - MILEY CYRUS 1,674,880
14 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA 1,669,785
15 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 1,579,702
16 FOREVER - CHRIS BROWN 1,578,126
17 APOLOGIZE - TIMBALAND 1,461,686
18 STOP AND STARE - ONEREPUBLIC 1,432,885
19 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION 1,410,105
20 DISTURBIA - RIHANNA 1,322,927
21 SAY - JOHN MAYER 1,272,324
22 LEAVIN' - JESSE MCCARTNEY 1,250,462
23 DAMAGED - DANITY KANE 1,203,347
24 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 1,169,639
25 WHEN I GROW UP - PUSSYCAT DOLLS 1,158,989
26 SORRY - BUCKCHERRY 1,142,177
27 PAPER PLANES - M.I.A. 1,126,518
28 REALIZE - COLBIE CAILLAT 1,092,723
29 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 1,073,106
30 OUR SONG - TAYLOR SWIFT 1,059,155
31 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM 1,041,545
32 TAKE YOU THERE - SEAN KINGSTON 1,034,482
33 I'M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 1,030,586
34 BURNIN' UP - JONAS BROTHERS 1,019,589
35 7 THINGS - MILEY CYRUS 1,005,422
All figures compiled from the weekly Neilsen/Soundscan numbers by "2m" and posted regularly on a couple of US music forums. I'll try and dig out some more UK numbers later.
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