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US Catalog Chart 10 Parachutes 6,734 (2,853,460) 24 A Rush Of Blood To The Head 5,485 (4,610,757) 37 X&Y 4,111 (3,274,558) :D

US Sales Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends 62,106 (2,298,566*) *Digital: 14,717 (665,109)

Swift Back To No. 1 As Plant/Krauss, Coldplay Soar In a chart week encompassing Grammy boosts and Valentine's Day sales, Taylor Swift's Big Machine effort "Fearless" returns to the top of The Billboard 200. The set moved 92,000 copies on a 44% sales jump, resulting in its nine non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. The last album spend more time at the top was Santana's "Supernatural," which enjoyed 12 weeks at No. 1 in 1999 and 2000. Selling 77,000 on a whopping 715% increase, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" (Rounder) zooms 69-2 following its album of the year win at the Grammys. The set debuted at No. 2 in late 2007 with 112,000 and has now sold 1.26 million to date. Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Capitol rebounds 31-8 with 62,000 (+271%); the album generated four Grammys, including song of the year for "Viva La Vida". Best new artist winner Adele's Columbia debut "19" climbs from 27-10 with 57,000 on 218% bump, and the "Grammy Nominees 2009" compilation posts a 114% increase to 61,000, resulting in a 12-9 jump. Elsewhere on The Bilboard 2000, India.Arie's "Testimony: Vol. 2 -- Love & Politics" (Universal Republic) arrives at No. 3 with 76,000. The singer/songwriter's last release, 2006's "Testimony: Vol. 1 -- Life & Relationship," started at No. 1 with 161,000. After topping the chart last week, the Fray's self-titled Epic album slips to No. 4 with 75,000 (-58%). Directly behind is Lily Allen's sophomore album, "It's Not Me, It's You" (Capitol), which starts with 70,000 at No. 5. The British singer's debut release, 2007's "Alright, Still...," bowed at No. 20 with 34,000. Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (Columbia) falls 2-6 with 65,000 (-36%), and R&B crooner Bobby Valentino's "The Rebirth" (Blu Kolla Dreams/Capitol) enters at No. 7 with 64,000 copies. The artist's new single, "Beep," is No. 14 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week. "Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg's comedy troupe the Lonely Island earns a No. 13 entry for its Universal Republic debut, "Incredibad," which sold 48,000 copies. Other debuts this week include Red's "Innocence & Instinct" (Essential) at No. 15 with 39,000 and Ryan Leslie's self-titled NextSelection/Casablanca debut at No. 35 with 24,000. At 8.56 million units, sales are up 16.8% compared to last week, but are off by 12.6% compared to the same week in 2008. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/swift-back-to-no-1-as-plant-krauss-coldplay-1003942353.story

UK Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends 1,128,174 copies

US digital sales this week: 9. Viva La Vida 115,738 (3,341,153) 25. Lost! 60,743 (312,156) 63. Clocks 29,121 (1,481,712) 93. Yellow 20,307 (777,733) 196. Speed Of Sound 9,673 (1,101,563) :o :D

US 31. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 14,635 (2,182,843)

US Digital Sales 32. Viva La Vida 45,346 (3,048,082)

Canada Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends sold 334,000 copies in 2008, including 46,700 downloads. 2008 TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS 01 Black Ice/ AC/DC - 341,000 02 Viva La Vida/ Coldplay - 334,000 03 Death Magnetic/ Metallica - 265,000 04 Dark Horse/ Nickelback - 216,000 05 Sleep Through the Static/Jack Johnson - 193,000 06 Soundtrack/ Mamma Mia - 169,000 07 Hard Candy/ Madonna - 169,000 08 Promise/ Il Divo - 162,000 09 Circus/ Britney Spears - 143,000 10 Rock N Roll Jesus/ Kid Rock - 143,000

US Digital Sales 21. Viva La Vida 88,732 (3,002,736) 3x Platinum!:shocked2:

;) 2008 Year End Global Chart - Top 10 01. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (2008) - 6.552.000 02. AC/DC, Black Ice (2008) - 4.985.000 03. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (2006) - 4.789.000 04. Duffy, Rockferry (2008) - 4.462.000 05. Leona Lewis, Spirit (2007) - 4.251.000 06. Soundtrack, Mamma Mia! (2008) - 3.911.000 07. Metallica, Death Magnetic (2008) - 3.611.000 08. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) - 3.560.000 09. Madonna, Hard Candy (2008) - 3.250.000 10. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (2008) - 3.184.000 http://worldwidealbums.blogspot.com/2009/01/worldwide-estimations-2008-year-end.html

US Best-Selling Albums - 2008 01. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III - 2.88 million 02. Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - 2.15 million 03. Taylor Swift, Fearless - 2.11 million 04. Kid Rock, Rock N Roll Jesus - 2 million 05. AC/DC, Black Ice - 1.92 million 06. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift - 1.6 million 07. Metallica, Death Magnetic - 1.57 million 08. T.I., Paper Trail - 1.52 million 09. Jack Johnson, Sleep Through the Static - 1.5 million 10. Beyonce, I Am ... Sasha Fierce - 1.46 million http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08-1003926030.story

France Year End Albums Chart 01 Francis Cabrel - "Des roses et des orties" (700,000) 02 Christophe Maé - "Mon Paradis" (500,000) 03 Seal - "Soul" (480,000) 04 Les Enfoirés - "Les Secrets Des Enfoirés" (460,000 ) 05 Coldplay - "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" (450,000) http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/bilan-2008.php

Australia Year to date sales: 1. Kings of Leon : Only By The Night (422,108) 2. Pink : Funhouse (418,826) 3. AC/DC : Black Ice (306,177) 4. Andre Rieu : Live In Australia (242,675) 5. Coldplay : Viva La Vida (236,135) http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=7263

World Chart Year End Chart Albums: 1. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 6.4 million 2. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black - 5.0 million 3. AC/DC, Black Ice - 4.8 million 4. Duffy, Rockferry - 4.4 million 5. Leona Lewis, Spirit - 4.2 million http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2008.htm Year End Chart Singles: 1. Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis 2. 4 Minutes, Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake 3. Viva La Vida, Coldplay 4. I Kissed A Girl, Katy Perry 5. Apologize, Timbaland feat. OneRepublic 37. Violet Hill, Coldplay http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2008.htm

Japan (Oricon International) Year End Chart - Albums 01. 284,977 Coldplay 02. 252,520 Madonna 03. 206,242 Ne-Yo 04. 182,999 Offspring 05. 157,910 Leona Lewis

2 million copies sold in the USA: Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All Its Friends also reaches a milestone this week: The album finally tops the 2 million mark. It only took six months, a superb #1 single, a successful tour, and a publicity-garnering EP to push the album over the top. If music sales were healthier (and the economy itself was stronger) this album would be at 3 or 4 million by now. (One encouraging note: The sales total for the album includes 603,000 paid downloads, more than any other album in digital history).

Worldwide sales: 26. Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends - 117,000 (6,214,000) http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm

US Digital Sales 33. Viva La Vida - 29,555 (2,769,947)

UK 44. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 22,149 (1,040,598) Australia 16. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 8,457 (211,898) Italy 14. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 12,200 (208,239)

Finally, 3x Platinum (210,000) in Australia. :D

Worldwide ESTIMATIONS - During 2008 - 12/12/08 Update - TOP 10 01. Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 6.097.000 02. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black - 4.702.500 03. Duffy, Rockferry - 4.029.000 04. AC/DC, Black Ice - 3.922.000 05. Leona Lewis, Spirit - 3.634.000 06. Soundtrack, Mamma Mia! - 3.328.000 07. Metallica, Death Magnetic - 3.278.000 08. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone - Bad 3.198.000 09. Madonna, Hard Candy - 3.182.000 10. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III - 3.032.500 http://worldwidealbums.blogspot.com/2008/12/worldwide-estimations-during-2008_12.html

UK Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends 19,000 (1,011,000) Viva La Vida 280,025 US Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends 30,652 (1,997,583) Prospekt's March (EP) 16,664 (94,785) Viva La Vida 31,222 (2,740,392)

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends certified 2x Platinum (400,000) in Germany. :D

Worldwide ESTIMATIONS - During 2008 - 05/12/08 Update 1 Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - 5.994.000 2 Amy Winehouse, Back To Black - 4.685.500 3 Duffy, Rockferry - 3.944.000 4 AC/DC, Black Ice - 3.665.000 5 Leona, Lewis Spirit - 3.502.000 http://worldwidealbums.blogspot.com/2008/12/worldwide-estimations-during-2008.html

Some months ago it was really possible (big releases this time). ;)