Artist and Group of the Year

The two acts that dominated the charts worldwide this year were no other than newcomer Lady Gaga and the unstoppable Black Eyed Peas. We will now look at each artist individually and see why both of these acts dominated the charts.

Lady Gaga



Jacadimus' world has decided to crown Lady Gaga as the artist of the year - though an obvious choice, she is the one artist that has captured the world by her infectious music, unique style and artistic videos. She has pushed the boundaries for artists in ways that it can be argued no artist has done before. Her debut album The Fame (Monster) has amassed sales of 5.9 million units worldwide in 2009 alone.

Even more impressive are the sales of her singles both in the UK and US, below is a breakdown of each of the official singles:

Just Dance: US = 4,880,456 UK = 758,915
Poker Face: US = 4,469,561 UK = 882,059
Paperazzi: US = 1,716,904 UK = 438,365
Love Game: US = 1,908,660 UK = 121,000
Bad Romance: US = 1,793,466 UK = 458,553
Telephone: US = 258,493

Total US = 15,027,540 Total UK = 2,220,965

With over 17 million singles sold in the US and UK alone as well as almost 6 million albums sold worldwide this year, it is no surprise to see that Lady Gaga is the artist of the year around the world. Here are her two most talked about video's of the year, which have made fellow artists realise that they need to step up their game in terms of video's if they wish to compete in the coming decade.

Paperazzi



Bad Romance



Black Eyed Peas



Black Eyed Pea's exploded back on to the scene this year with their new futuristic dance sound, that returned them back to the top of the charts. In the US they spent an unheard of 26 consecutive weeks at No.1 with both Boom Boom Pow (12 weeks) and I Gotta Feeling (14 weeks) whilst over on this side of the pond Black Eyed Peas secured 3 consecutive No.1's and managed to secure all 3 of their singles in the Top 10 end of year charts for 2009, a feat that only 2 other acts in history have done; Spice Girls in 1996 and Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967.

Below is a breakdown of each of their singles and their sales in both the UK and US

Boom Boom Pow: US = 4,663,373 UK = 606,455
I Gotta Feeling: US = 4,243,203 UK = 818,815
Meet Me Halfway: US = 1,460,634 UK = 517,178
Imma Be: US = 314,967

Total US = 10,682,177 Total UK = 1,942,448

Though the figures don't match up to Lady Gaga's figures, it is clear to see that B.E.P's have only released 3 singles (Imma Be is just being serviced to US radio now) and as such they have done impressively well. With 12.5 million singles sold in the UK alone and 4.6 million albums sold worldwide, it is clear that they were the band of 2009.

Here is the video for Black Eyed Pea's "I Gotta Feeling" which is undoubtedly the single of the year worldwide in terms of chart positions and sales.

Biggest selling artists worldwide in 2009

2009 is officially over and as always there is endless countdowns of the biggest singles/albums domestically and internationally, but the one chart I'm most interested in, is who dominated the charts Worldwide. It is no surprise to find that our very own Susan Boyle is the biggest artist of the year with 6 million units shifted in just over a month, narrowly beating Lady Gaga who sold 5.9 million units but had an extra 10 1/2 months to do so.



However the act that unsurprisingly dominates the worldwide album charts in 2009 is the late Michael Jackson, who has 6 albums in the Top 25 which combined total 21 million units ( a figure likely to be closer to 23 million units when factoring in his other albums). An astonishing feat by any artist, but sad under the circumstances in which they were sold.



Other winners were Black Eyed Peas who dominated the charts this year all around the world, selling 4.6 million albums who have had an amazing year worldwide with their latest album producing 3 massive singles.



Below is a countdown of the top 40 album sellers worldwide in 2009.


1 Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream 6,0 million copies
2 Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) - 5,9 million copies
3 Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. - 4,6 million copies
4 Taylor Swift - Fearless - 4,2 million copies
5 Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Reissue) - 4,0 million copies
6 Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 3,6 million copies
7 U2 - No Line On The Horizon - 3,5 million copies
8 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night - 3,5 million copies
9 Michael Bublé - Crazy Love - 3,3 million copies
10 Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce - 3,2 million copies
11 Michael Jackson - This Is It - 3,1 million copies
12 Michael Jackson - The Essential - 2,9 million copies
13 Hannah Montana: The Movie - 2,9 million copies
14 Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas - 2,9 million copies
15 Eminem - Relapse - 2,9 million copies
16 Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown - 2,6 million copies
17 Pink - Funhouse - 2,6 million copies
18 Twilight OST - 2,4 million copies
19 Michael Jackson - King Of Pop - 2,0 million copies
20 Michael Jackson - Bad - 2,0 million copies
21 Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 - 1,9 million copies
22 Nickelback - Dark Horse - 1,9 million copies
23 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You - 1,7 million copies
24 Michael Jackson - Dangerous - 1,7 million copies
25 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall - 1,7 million copies
26 Muse - The Resistance - 1,6 million copies
27 Whitney Houston - I Look To You - 1,6 million copies
28 Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream 1,6 million copies
29 Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. 1,6 million copies
30 Miley Cyrus - The Time Of Our Lives - 1,5 million copies
31 Coldplay - Viva La Vida - 1,5 million copies
32 Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star- 1,5 million copies
33 Arashi - All The Best! (1999-2009) - 1,5 million copies
34 New Moon OST - 1,5 million copies
35 Madonna - Celebration - 1,4 million copies
36 Britney Spears - Circus - 1,3 million copies
37 Soundtrack - Mamma Mia!- 1,3 million copies
38 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted - 1,3 million copies
39 Beatles - Abbey Road- 1,3 million copies
40 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys - 1,3 million copies