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This chart has been surveyed since january 2003 not 2001 like I misinformed on the title. Sorry :) This United World Chart contains album sales of USA Canada Japan UK France Germany Austria Switzerland Australia Spain Italy Brazil Mexico Netherlands Sweden Norway Denmark Belgium Finland Portugal Poland New Zealand Malaysia and Argentina

1 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me Blue Note - 18.734.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 2 Eminem - The Eminem Show Aftermath / Interscope - 14.967.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 3 Usher - Confessions Arista - 13.573.000 copies 4 Avril Lavigne - Let Go Arista - 13.197.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 5 Evanescence - Fallen Wind-Up - 13.105.000 copies 6 Green Day - American Idiot Reprise - 12.171.000 copies 7 Shakira - Laundry Service Epic - 9.556.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2001) 8 Pink - Missundaztood Arista - 9.135.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2001) 9 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home Blue Note - 9.020.000 copies 10 Coldplay - X&Y Parlophone - 8.742.000 copies 11 Dido - Life For Rent Arista - 8.640.000 copies 12 Eminem - Encore Shady / Interscope - 8.472.000 copies 13 Shania Twain - Up Mercury - 8.467.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 14 U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Island - 8.188.000 copies 15 Linkin Park - Meteora Warner Bros. - 8.102.000 copies 16 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane Octone / J Records - 8.081.000 copies 17 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head Parlophone - 8.031.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 18 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Shady / Interscope - 7.893.000 copies 19 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway RCA - 7.764.000 copies 20 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi Island - 7.735.000 copies 21 Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business A&M / Interscope - 7.447.000 copies 22 Elvis Presley - 30 Number 1 Hits RCA - 7.445.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 23 Nelly - Nellyville Fo'Reel / Universal - 7.129.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 24 50 Cent - The Massacre Shady / Interscope - 7.120.000 copies 25 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam Atlantic - 7.079.000 copies 26 Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk A&M / Interscope - 6.707.000 copies 27 Dixie Chicks - Home Monument / Columbia - 6.654.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 28 Outkast - Speakkerboxxx / The Love Below Arista - 6.594.000 copies 29 Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin Arista - 6.565.000 copies 30 Christina Aguilera - Stripped RCA - 6.312.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 31 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way Warner Bros. - 6.245.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 32 Soundtrack - 8 Mile Shady / Interscope - 6.173.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 33 Robbie Williams - Escapology Chrysalis / Capitol - 6.162.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 34 Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby Interscope - 6.063.000 points 35 Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love Columbia - 6.036.000 copies 36 Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor Warner Bros. - 5.995.000 copies 37 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits Chrysalis / Capitol - 5.593.000 copies 38 Britney Spears - In The Zone Jive - 5.350.000 copies 39 Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys J Records / RCA - 5.343.000 copies 40 Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits) Shady / Interscope - 5.108.000 copies According to Mediatraffic. These sales figures doesn`t include album sales of some Asian and African countries (for example Russia, Thailand and South Africa). Copies sold are how much people have actually bought the album so far, not shipped.

May go all the way, especially when it is music behind a new Nike campaign :)

this news has been circulating on madonna fan sites for some days, but today warner belgium said that jump will be released after get together, so i guess we`ll just have to wait and see. although, for american market area this could be true.

Here`s the top 40 of 2005. 01.Green Day - American Idiot Reprise - 7.986.000 copies 02.Coldplay - X&Y Parlophone - 7.766.000 copies 03.50 Cent - The Massacre Shady / Interscope - 7.120.000 copies 04.Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi Island - 6.972.000 copies 05.Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business A&M / Interscope - 6.090.000 copies 06.Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway RCA - 5.493.000 copies 07.Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby Interscope - 4.685.000 copies 08.James Blunt - Back To Bedlam Atlantic - 4.462.000 copies 09.Gorillaz - Demon Days Parlophone - 4.079.000 copies 10.Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor Warner Bros. - 4.031.000 copies 11.The Killers - Hot Fuss Lizard King / Island - 3.487.000 copies 12.Robbie Williams - Intensive Care Chrysalis - 3.386.000 copies 13.Michael Bublé - It's Time Warner Bros. - 3.050.000 copies 14.Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits) Shady / Interscope - 2.967.000 copies 15.Kanye West - Late Registration Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam - 2.933.000 copies 16.U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Island - 2.899.000 copies 17.ack Johnson - In Between Dreams Jack Johnson / Brushfire - 2.821.000 copies 18.The Game - The Documentary Aftermath / Interscope - 2.725.000 copies 19.System Of A Down - Mezmerize Columbia - 2.618.000 copies 20.Il Divo - Il Divo Syco Music - 2.515.000 copies 21.Nickelback - All The Right Reasons Roadrunner - 2.479.000 copies 22.Eminem - Encore Shady / Interscope - 2.459.000 copies 23.Shakira - Fijación Oral Volume 1 Epic - 2.293.000 copies 24.Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane Octone / J Records - 2.274.000 copies 25.Backstreet Boys - Never Gone Jive - 2.198.000 copies 26.Foo Fighters - In Your Honor RCA - 2.187.000 copies 27.Enya - Amarantine Reprise - 2.123.000 copies 28.Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company Hear / Liberty / Capitol - 1.922.000 copies 29.Kenny Chesney - The Road And The Radio BNA - 1.779.000 copies 30.Il Divo - Ancora Syco Music / Columbia - 1.775.000 copies 31.Ketsumeishi - Ketsunopolice 4 Toy's Factory Japan - 1.728.000 copies 32.Usher - Confessions Arista - 1.705.000 copies 33.Jennifer Lopez - Rebirth Epic - 1.639.000 copies 34.Pussycat Dolls - PCD A&M - 1.632.000 35.Destiny's Child - Number Ones Columbia - 1.615.000 copies 36.Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day Island - 1.600.000 copies 37.Keane - Hopes And Fears Island - 1.597.000 copies 38.Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts Arista Nashville - 1.538.000 39.Ken Hirai - Utabaka (10th Anniversary Single Collection '95-'05) Def Star Records Japan - 1.509.000 copies 40.Katie Melua - Piece By Piece Dramatico - 1.488.000

here you go: COADF week by week sales in UK #01 - 217.610 #01 - 110.527 #03 - 099.982 #05 - 102.947 #07 - 112.099 #10 - 156.000 Christmas week #09 - 034.047 #11 - 018.000 #13 - 014.222 #13 - 012.793 #19 - 011.661 #15 - 014.785 #13 - 019.214 #11 - 028.341 #11 - 023.193 #12 - 020.987 _________________ 996.408 until last sunday