283. highest selling of this pathetic decade

the only ones unadded in is most of 2009's sales, so data is slightly incomplete.

Highest Selling Artist: Eminem
Highest Selling Male Artist: Eminem
Highest Selling Female Artist: Britney Spears
Highest Selling Band: Coldplay

Highest Selling Album Artist: Eminem (68 million albums)
Highest Selling Male Album Artist: Eminem (68 million albums)
Highest Selling Female Album Artist: Britney Spears (46 million albums)
Highest Selling Band Album Artist: Linkin Park (45 million albums)
Highest Selling Album: “1” by The Beatles (27 million units)
Highest Selling Studio Album: “Hybrid Theory” by Linkin Park (22 million units)
Highest Selling Compilation Album: “1” by The Beatles (27 million units)
Highest Selling Male Album: “Confessions” by Usher (18 million units)
Highest Selling Female Album: “Come Away With Me” by Norah Jones (21 million units)
Highest Selling Band Album: “1” by The Beatles (27 million units)

Most Successful Singles Artist: Madonna
Most Successful Male Singles Artist: Robbie Williams
Most Successful Female Singles Artist: Madonna
Most Successful Band Singles Artist:
Most Successful Single: “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis
Most Successful Male Single: “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt
Most Successful Female Single: “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis
Most Successful Band Single: “Apologize” by OneRepublic ft. Timbaland

Highest Grossing Tour Artist: The Rolling Stones
Highest Grossing Male Tour Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Highest Grossing Female Tour Artist: Madonna
Highest Grossing Band Tour Artist: The Rolling Stones
Highest Grossing Tour: “A Bigger Bang Tour” by The Rolling Stones (US$558,255,524)
Highest Grossing Male Tour: “The Rising Tour” by Bruce Springsteen (US$221,500,000)
Highest Grossing Female Tour: “Sticky & Sweet Tour” by Madonna (US$407,713,266)
Highest Grossing Band Tour: “A Bigger Bang Tour” by The Rolling Stones (US$558,255,524)


Highest Selling Album Artists of Decade 2000 – 2009
1. Eminem – 68 million albums
2. Britney Spears – 46 million albums
3. Linkin Park – 45 million albums
4. Coldplay – 37.5 million albums
5. Madonna – 35.3 million albums (celebration unupdated)
6. Norah Jones – 35 million albums (new album unupdated)
7. Robbie Williams – 33 million albums (new album unupdated)
8. Nickelback – 29.5 million albums
9. Nelly – 29 million albums
10. Celine Dion – 28.4 million albums
11. The Beatles – 30 million albums
12. Usher – 27 million albums (new album unupdated)
13. Alicia Keys – 26.5 million albums (new album unupdated)
14. P!nk – 26 million albums
15. Backstreet Boys – 25.5 million albums (this is us unupdated)
16. N’Sync – 25 million albums
17. 50 Cent – 24 million albums
18. Avril Lavigne – 23.5 million albums
19. Shakira – 23.5 million albums (shewolf unupdated)
20. Shania Twain – 23 million albums
21. Mariah Carey – 20.6 million albums (memoirs unupdated)

Highest Selling Albums of Decade 2000 – 2009:
1. The Beatles – 1 (2000) – 27,000,000
2. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000) – 22,000,000
3. Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (2001) – 21,000,000
4. Usher – Confessions (2004) – 18,000,000
5. Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) – 18,000,000
6. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) – 17,500,000
7. Eminem – The Eminem Show (2002) – 16,500,000
8. Shania Twain – Up! (2002) – 16,500,000
9. N’Sync – No Strings Attached (2000) – 15,000,000
10. Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue (2000) – 13,000,000
11. Evanescence – Fallen (2003) – 13,000,000
12. Green Day – American Idiot (2004) – 12,500,000
13. Avril Lavigne – Let Go (2002) – 12,000,000
14. Coldplay – Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002) – 12,000,000
15. Nelly – Nellyville (2002) – 12,000,000
16. Linkin Park – Meteora (2003) – 11,500,000
17. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2003) – 11,000,000
18. Alicia Keys – Songs In A Minor (2001) – 11,000,000
19. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2006) – 11,000,000
20. Dixie Chicks – Home (2002) – 11,000,000
21. Eminem – Encore (2004) – 11,000,000
22. Enya – A Day Without Rain (2001) – 11,000,000
23. Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway (2004) – 11,000,000
24. Madonna – Music (2000) – 11,000,000
25. Nelly – Country Grammar (2000) – 11,000,000
26. Nickelback – All The Right Reasons (2005) – 11,000,000
27. Coldplay – X&Y (2005) – 10,500,000
28. James Blunt – Back To Bedlam (2004) – 10,500,000
29. Norah Jones – Feels Like Home (2004) – 10,500,000
30. P!nk – Missundaztood (2001) – 10,500,000
31. Creed – Weathered (2001) – 10,000,000
32. Mariah Carey – The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005) – 10,000,000
33. Shakira – Laundry Service (2001) – 10,000,000

Most Successful Singles Artist of Decade 2000 – 2009
1. Madonna – 64.2 million pts (not including celebration)
2. Britney Spears – 52.2 million pts (not including circus and thereafter)
3. Rihanna – 47.8 million pts
4. Christina Aguilera – 42.2 million pts
5. Shakira – 38.2 million pts (not including shewolf)
6. Robbie Williams – 36.5 million pts (not including bodies)
7. Eminem – 34.1 million pts (not including crack a bottle and thereafter)

Most Successful Singles of Decade 2000 – 2009
1. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love (2007)
2. OneRepublic ft. Timbaland – Apologize (2007)
3. Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie (2006) 9769000
4. James Blunt – You’re Beautiful (2005)
5. Coldplay – Viva La Vida (2008)
6. Madonna – Hung Up (2005) 8698000
7. Alicia Keys – No One (2007)
8. Kylie Minouge – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2001)
9. Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl (2008)
10. Rihanna – Umbrella (2007) 8614000
11. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours (2008) 8350000 as of wk 40
12. Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry (2007) 8201000
13. Shakira – Whenever, Wherever (2001) 8160000
14. Maroon 5 – This Love (2004)
15. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy (2006)
16. Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – 4 Minutes (2008) 7623000
17. Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music (2007)
18. Madonna – Music (2000) 7414000
19. Nelly Furtado – Say It Right (2006)
20. Rihanna – Disturbia (2008)
21. P!nk – So What (2008)
22. Dido – White Flag (2003)

Highest Grossing Tour Artists of Decade 2000 – 2009
1. The Rolling Stones – US$870,255,524 in 264 shows
2. Madonna – US$804,050,745 in 248 shows
3. U2 – US$772,812,960 in 276 shows

Highest grossing tours from 2000 – 2010
1. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang Tour (2005 – 2007) - US$558,255,524 – 147 shows
2. Madonna – Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008 – 2009) – US$407,713,266 – 85 shows
3. U2 – Vertigo Tour (2005 – 2006) – US$389,047,636 – 131 shows
4. The Police – The Police Reunion Tour (2007 – 2008) - US$350,000,000 – 152 shows
5. The Rolling Stones – Licks Tour (2002 – 2003) - US$312,000,000 – 117 shows
6. Celine Dion – Taking Chances Tour (2008 – 2009) - US$270,000,000 – 132 shows
7. Bon Jovi – Lost Highway Tour (2007 – 2008) - US$227,000,000 – 99 shows
8. Bruce Springsteen – Magic Tour (2007 – 2008) - $235,000,000 – 100 shows
9. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising Tour (2002 – 2003) – US$221,500,000 – 120 shows
10. Madonna – Confessions Tour – US$194,754,447 – 60 shows

posted by datf @ 10/10/2009 10:20:00 pm