The following info. is from the 2008 Year-End SoundScan U.S. Sales Report that was posted on the Pulse message boards:

 

SoundScan Era Top 10 Albums

1 Come On Over / Shania Twain - 15,473,000

2 Metallica / Metallica - 15,319,000

3 Jagged Little Pill / Alanis Morissette - 14,607,000

4 Millennium / Backstreet Boys - 12,104,000

5 Soundtrack / Bodyguard - 11,805,000

6 Supernatural / Santana - 11,673,000

7 Human Clay / Creed - 11,525,000

8 Beatles 1 / Beatles - 11,345,000

9 No Strings Attached / N Sync - 11,109,000

10 Falling Into You / Celine Dion - 10,777,000

 

 

Soundscan Era Top 10 Artists

 

1 Garth Brooks - 68,143,000

2 Beatles - 57,088,000

3 Mariah Carey - 51,569,000

4 Metallica - 51,136,000

5 Celine Dion - 50,571,000

6 George Strait - 40,619,000

7 Tim McGraw - 37,591,000

8 Alan Jackson - 36,520,000

9 Pink Floyd - 35,213,000

10 Shania Twain - 33,707,000

 

Source

great :D

 

Alanis at #3

Metallica will overtake Shania soon though.

probably, but you never know

I'm sure the sales will rise when the comeback starts.