Posted January 8, 201015 yr [press release] SoundScan Sales (USA) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nielsen SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product, Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service, and Nielsen RingScan, which tracks mobile ringtone purchases, have announced their 2009 U.S. year-end sales and performance monitoring data for the 52-week period January 5, 2009 through January 3, 2010. 2009 : 2009 TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS 8 Britney Spears 7,424,000 2009 Top 10 Artists Internet Streams 6 Britney Spears 32,381,000 2009 Top 10 Music Video Internet Streams 3 Circus Britney Spears - 1,771,000 10 Womanizer Britney Spears - 1,350,000 Other figures: TOP TEN SELLING DIGITAL ARTISTS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (based on digital track sales from 7/4/2004-1/3/2010) 8 Britney Spears 18,961,000 DECADE TOP TEN SELLING ALBUMS 9 Oops!...I Did It Again Britney Spears - 9,185,000 DECADE TOP TEN SELLING ARTISTS 5 Britney Spears 22,969,000 [britney is the only female artist inside the Top 10 selling albums and Top 10 artists of the decade !!!] source
