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ARTS / MUSIC
List: Top Ten iTunes Albums in 2008 by number of downloads
Date: December 2008
Source: iTunes
Base: All albums sold on the iTunes platform. Sorry, iTunes did not divulge actual numbers.
Notes: The English band Coldplay topped the iTunes albums sales chart with 'Viva La Vida'. Jack Johnson's 'Sleep Through the Static' and the Juno soundtrack rounded out the top three. Coldplay's CD sold more than 2 million copies between June and December 2008, and had sold more than 500,000 copies digitally - most of which was through iTunes, according to a representative from the band. Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love' captured the bestseller prize on the singles chart, coming in ahead of Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida' and Flo.Rida's 'Low'.
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Rank
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Album
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Artist
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1
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Viva La Vida
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Coldplay
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2
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Sleep Through the Static
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Jack Johnson
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3
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Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)
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Various Artists
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4
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Tha Carter III
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Lil Wayne
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5
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Little Voice
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Sara Bareilles
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6
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Once (Music from the Motion Picture)
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Various Artists
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7
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We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
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Jason Mraz
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8
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Dreaming Out Loud
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OneRepublic
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9
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Across the Universe (Music from the Motion
Picture)
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Various Artists
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10
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Spirit
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Leona Lewis
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