Among the top tier of ’09, we’ve got all the usual suspects – Lady GaGa (selling 2.3 million), and Taylor Swift (5.3 mil, including record sales of 2008).
But for every big album released, there’s a bomb right below it!
Britney‘s greatest hits collection only managed to sell a measly 90,000 copies, but Mariah Carey‘s numbers are even more embarrassing!
Mimi only sold 375,000 copies of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel in ’09, even though her 2008 release, E=MC2, sold 463,000 copies in its first week.
Check out the entire list of 2009’s hits and misses below!
BLOCKBUSTER
Taylor Swift: 5.3 million (including ’08 sales)
Beyonce: 2.7 million (including ’08 sales)
Lady GaGa: 2.3 million + 500,000 more of the EP
BIG HITS
Jay-Z: 1.5 million
Alicia Keys: 700,000 (after TWO weeks)
Black Eyed Peas: 1.7 million
Miley Cyrus HANNAH Sdtrk: 1.8 million
Miley Cyrus TIME OF OUR LIVES: 1.2 million
P!nk: 1.5 million
Michael Jackson THIS IS IT: 1.3 million
Eminem: 1.7 million
DISAPPOINTING
Adam Lambert: 419,000
Rihanna: 457,000
Jonas Brothers: 600,000
Kelly Clarkson: 800,000
BOMBS
Mariah Carey: 375,000
Britney GREATEST Hits: 90,000
Janet Jackson # 1’s: 85,000
Leona Lewis: 150,000
One Republic: 90,000
Shakira: 200,000
Kris Allen: 219,000
Chris Brown: 219,000
