Worlds Best Selling Album Announced-2005

[misskitty]

Coldplay tops worldwide sales for 2005

Coldplay's X&Y was the world’s bestselling album in 2005 in an industry that saw overall sales drop by three per cent.

A report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents hundreds of music companies around the world, said X&Y sold 8.3 million copies globally. That topped Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi, which sold 7.7 million and 50 Cent’s The Massacre with 7.5 million.

Top Albums of 2005 Worldwide:

. Coldplay, X&Y (8.3 million)
. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (7.7 million)
. 50 Cent, The Massacre (7.5 million)
. Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business (6.8 million)
. Green Day, American Idiot (6.4 million)
. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (6.3 million)
. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (6.1 million)
. Eminem, Curtain Call (5.5 million)
. James Blunt, Back to Bedlam (5.5 million)
. Robbie Williams, Intensive Care (5.4 million)

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/nationa...-coldplay.html

[SentFromHeaven]

Yay for Greenday and Robbie Williams.