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

Hits Daily Double Project Sales for Billboard 200

Susan Boyle has for the 4th consecutive week in a row secured the No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 Album charts, with projected figures of over 650,000 copies sold in the past week, bringing her 4 week US total to nearly 2.5 million copies and nearly 5 million copies worldwide in the last month. An astonishing feat by any means. Also making debuts on the chart are Alicia Key's with her 4th studio album "Elements of Freedom" bring in sales of over 400,000 and Robin Thicke at No.9 with his album Sex Therapy.

Michael Buble's crosses the 1 million sales mark in the US this week, with nearly 150,000 copies sold, and the album looks a dead cert to claim the No.1 album in the UK this weekend by also reaching 1 million copies, and dethrowning Susan Boyle and marking his status in the UK as the biggest selling male of 2009.


1 1 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 659,382 +13% I DREAMED A DREAM
-- 2 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS 405,762 --ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
2 3 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 384,928 -2% MY CHRISTMAS
4 4 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 230,045 +39% FEARLESS
5 5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA 159,423 +44% PLAY ON
-- 6 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 149,437 -- CRAZY LOVE
7 7 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 135,045 +32% FAME
8 8 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND 130,012 +28% MY WORLD
-- 9 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK 120,018 --SEX THERAPY
12 10 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 115,086 +41% THIS IS IT

The race is now well and truly on to see if the Boyle can become the biggest selling album of the year, which is currently being held by Taylor Swift and with her sales increasing this week it looks like it will be a fight all the way to the end. Current figures are:

Susan Boyle 2,465,000
Taylor Swift 2,933,000

Who will win? Taylor swifts margin seems to big to catch but if Susan posts another 2 weeks above 500,000 and Taylor around 250,000 then Susan may just sneak it but a whisker....

Susan Boyle - Breaking Records

The scottish lass is a force to be reckoned with as her album in its second week on the UK charts once again hits the top spot selling a whopping 303,708 copies this week, bringing its 2 week total to 715,528!!!!

She is on course to get the record for the fastest selling debut record to sell a million copies. That title is currently held by another reality artist, Leona Lewis who managed the feat in just under 4 weeks, though Susan looks likely to achieve this in around 21 days.

A true hollywood story if ever there was one, Susan Boyle should be an inspiration to everyone and definitely has proved to a lot of people that you should never judge a book by its cover!