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[I_Will]

The race to dominate the decade in music has come down to Eminem and The Beatles in the stretch. The winner?
Both. The rapper emerges as the top-selling artist of the past 10 years, and the Fab Four have bragging rights to the best-selling album.

With 32.2 million copies sold, Eminem leads the pack in overall album sales, followed by The Beatles with 30 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which releases its decade tabulations today. Data were tallied through Nov. 1, and though figures could rise through Dec. 31, they won't alter the rankings.


DECADE'S DIGITAL REVOLUTION: Tracks, radio acts and more

The Beatles' hits compilation 1 sold 11.5 million, edging 'N Sync's No Strings Attached, with 11.1 million. Eminem has two titles among the top 10 albums, 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP at No. 4 with 10.2 million and 2002's The Eminem Show at No. 5 with 9.8 million.

An early and roaring start paid off for The Beatles and 'N Sync. Released Nov. 13, 2000, 1 sold 595,000 its first week, 662,000 the next and 1.3 million during Christmas week. It spent eight weeks atop the chart. No Strings, issued March 21, 2000, sold 2.4 million its first seven days, the biggest week in SoundScan history.

"When you get toward 11 million units, it has to be more than early momentum," says Eric Weinberg, president of Nielsen Entertainment. "It needs to be good. What's amazing about this industry is that we really never know what the numbers are going to be."

Case in point: the unexpected mainstream success of St. Louis rapper Nelly, whose hit-laden 2000 debut Country Grammar is the 10th best-selling album, with 8.5 million copies. Norah Jones' 2002 debut, Come Away With Me, was another surprise hit, boosted by five Grammys. It lands at No. 3 with 10.5 million.

Link to article:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-12-08-musicdecade08_ST_N.htm

[Revolver42]

Amazing!

Long live the Beatles!

[HarriGirl_44]

THE BEATLES RULES 4-EVER!!!

[tkitna]

Eminem?

N'Sync?

How could the Beatles not top those two idiotic acts?

[Whoeveriam]

I think a promational tour has been a bit outa the question in the past 29 years.

[alexis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah!! 

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Biggest Selling Albums and Singles of the Decade Revealed
December 9, 2009 9:06 a.m. by Nick Neyland

Record sales may have declined dramatically during this decade, but it’s still interesting to look over a list of the best-selling artists from the last 10 years. Whether we will be looking over similar lists 10 years from now remains open to speculation, especially as it’s looking likely that some kind of streaming equivalent would make for a more accurate representation of people’s tastes.

But in 2020 we might be listening to music through implants in our brains while zooming around on jet packs (surely someone must invent the jet pack soon?). So, in the jet pack-less present, we have to turn to Nielsen Soundscan, who have compiled the 10 best selling artists in the U.S. during the last decade.

Clearly, we just can’t get The Beatles out of our systems, as the Fab Four have come out on top with 11,499,000 units sold of the 1 album. But The Beatles look like a relatively sane choice compared to the rest of the list. Did that many people really buy Creed and Linkin Park records? Apparently so.

Top 10 selling albums:

 

01. The Beatles: 1 -11,499,000 units sold

02. 'NSYNC: No Strings Attached - 11,112,000 units sold

03. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me - 10, 546,000 units sold

04. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP - 10,204,000 units sold

05. Eminem: The Eminem Show - 9,799,000 units sold

06. Usher: Confessions - 9,712,000 units sold

07. Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory - 9,663,000 units sold

08. Creed: Human Clay - 9,491,000 units sold

09. Britney Spears: Oops! ... I Did It Again - 9,185,000 units sold

10. Nelly: Country Grammar - 8,461,000 units sold

 

Top 10 selling Singles:

 

01. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain: "Low" - 5,214,000 units sold

02. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis: "Just Dance" - 4,690,000 units sold

03. Jason Mraz: "I'm Yours" - 4,619,000 units sold

04. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic: "Apologize" - 4,439,000 units sold

05. The Black Eyed Peas: "Boom Boom Pow" - 4,349,000 units sold

06. Soulja Boy Tell'em: "Crank That" - 4,315,000 units sold

07. Lady Gaga: "Poker Face" - 4,200,000 units sold

08. Coldplay: "Viva la Vida" - 4,140,000 units sold

09. Taylor Swift: "Love Story" - 4,005,000 units sold

10. Katy Perry: "Hot N Cold" - 3,945,000 units sold
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[emmi_luvs_beatles]

YES!!! We win!!!!

[I_Will]

It's so ridiculous how 'NSYNC of all bands is right after them... but I've already got a thread on this here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=9932.0

[alexis]

It's so ridiculous how 'NSYNC of all bands is right after them... but I've already got a thread on this here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=9932.0

Ooops, sorry, Emily! Here comes the merge!!  

[Mairi]

To be quite honest I'm disappointed. I mean, I love the Beatles, I just think there are more important albums that were released this decade. It's a compilation album from a band that broke up 40 years ago. Not N'Sync obviously, but I think American Idiot by Green Day certainly qualifies.