Eminem leads Grammy nominationsPosted by Golden on January 6th, 2011 Eminem had two of the top 10 most downloaded songs of the year in the US Eminem's Recovery was the top-selling album of 2010 in the US, shifting 3.42m copies, according to music sales tracker Nielsen SoundScan. He is the first artist to top the annual chart twice since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. In 2002, The Eminem Show sold 7.61m copies. Lady Antebellum's Need You Now was at number two, with 3.09m, followed by Taylor Swift's Speak Now, with 2.96m. California Gurls, by Katy Perry, was the most downloaded song, selling 4.4m. It narrowly beat Hey Soul Sister, by rock band Train, which sold 4.31m. As well as his album success, Eminem had the third and seventh best-selling singles of the year - Rihanna collaboration Love The Way You Lie was third with 4.35m copies while Not Afraid was seventh. British singer-songwriter Taio Cruz also appeared in the year's top 10 twice. Dynamite sold 4.08m making it number four on the list, while Break Your Heart was ninth with 3.25m. The top five was rounded out by Airplanes, by B.O.B featuring Hayley Williams, which sold 4m copies. Meanwhile, the fourth best-selling album of the year was My World 2.0, by 16-year-old Justin Bieber - with 2.32m - while Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle was next with sales of 1.85m for second album The Gift.Like it? Share it! More by this author |