The highest-selling artists, albums and songs of the noughties have been announced by stats top dogs, Nielsen SoundScan.
And Eminem has come out on top.
Yup, even though he retired – although only for a couple of years – the witty wordsmith outsold The Beatles.
The man they call Mr Mathers notched up more than 32.2 million albums and has two discs in the Top 10.
The Beatles ended up with the decade's best-selling album, meanwhile, selling nearly 11.5 million copies of 2000's greatest hits compilation, ’1’.
Surprisingly Justin Timberlake’s former band *NSYNC bagged the second best-selling alb of the noughties, while JT doesn’t even feature in the list.
Flo Rida and Lady Gaga dominated the top-selling digital singles chart, meanwhile.
Here are the lists in full – it makes for interesting reading...
Top-Selling Albums Of Decade
1. The Beatles, ‘1’,11,499,000 units sold
2. 'NSYNC, ‘No Strings Attached’, 11,112,000 units sold
3. Norah Jones, ‘Come Away With Me’, 10, 546,000 units sold
4. Eminem, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’, 10,204,000 units sold
5. Eminem, ‘The Eminem Show’, 9,799,000 units sold
6. Usher, ‘Confessions’, 9,712,000 units sold
7. Linkin Park, ‘Hybrid Theory’, 9,663,000 units sold
8. Creed, ‘Human Clay’, 9,491,000 units sold
9. Britney Spears, ‘Oops! ... I Did It Again’, 9,185,000 units sold
10. Nelly, ‘Country Grammar’, 8,461,000 units sold
Top-Selling Digital Singles Of Decade
1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, ‘Low’ 5,214,000 units sold
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis, ‘Just Dance,’ 4,690,000 units sold
3. Jason Mraz, ‘I'm Yours,’ 4,619,000 units sold
4. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, ‘Apologize,’ 4,439,000 units sold
5. The Black Eyed Peas, ‘Boom Boom Pow,’ 4,349,000 units sold
6. Soulja Boy Tell'em, ‘Crank That,’ 4,315,000 units sold
7. Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face,’ 4,200,000 units sold
8. Coldplay, ‘Viva la Vida,’ 4,140,000 units sold
9. Taylor Swift, ‘Love Story,’ 4,005,000 units sold
10. Katy Perry, ‘Hot N Cold,’ 3,945,000 units sold
Check out Mr Mathers doing what he does best, here...
And Eminem has come out on top.
Yup, even though he retired – although only for a couple of years – the witty wordsmith outsold The Beatles.
The man they call Mr Mathers notched up more than 32.2 million albums and has two discs in the Top 10.
The Beatles ended up with the decade's best-selling album, meanwhile, selling nearly 11.5 million copies of 2000's greatest hits compilation, ’1’.
Surprisingly Justin Timberlake’s former band *NSYNC bagged the second best-selling alb of the noughties, while JT doesn’t even feature in the list.
Flo Rida and Lady Gaga dominated the top-selling digital singles chart, meanwhile.
Here are the lists in full – it makes for interesting reading...
Top-Selling Albums Of Decade
1. The Beatles, ‘1’,11,499,000 units sold
2. 'NSYNC, ‘No Strings Attached’, 11,112,000 units sold
3. Norah Jones, ‘Come Away With Me’, 10, 546,000 units sold
4. Eminem, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’, 10,204,000 units sold
5. Eminem, ‘The Eminem Show’, 9,799,000 units sold
6. Usher, ‘Confessions’, 9,712,000 units sold
7. Linkin Park, ‘Hybrid Theory’, 9,663,000 units sold
8. Creed, ‘Human Clay’, 9,491,000 units sold
9. Britney Spears, ‘Oops! ... I Did It Again’, 9,185,000 units sold
10. Nelly, ‘Country Grammar’, 8,461,000 units sold
Top-Selling Digital Singles Of Decade
1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, ‘Low’ 5,214,000 units sold
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O'Donis, ‘Just Dance,’ 4,690,000 units sold
3. Jason Mraz, ‘I'm Yours,’ 4,619,000 units sold
4. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, ‘Apologize,’ 4,439,000 units sold
5. The Black Eyed Peas, ‘Boom Boom Pow,’ 4,349,000 units sold
6. Soulja Boy Tell'em, ‘Crank That,’ 4,315,000 units sold
7. Lady Gaga, ‘Poker Face,’ 4,200,000 units sold
8. Coldplay, ‘Viva la Vida,’ 4,140,000 units sold
9. Taylor Swift, ‘Love Story,’ 4,005,000 units sold
10. Katy Perry, ‘Hot N Cold,’ 3,945,000 units sold
Check out Mr Mathers doing what he does best, here...
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