At work, on the radio, they have begun to wind down the decade with countdowns, songs, news… it’s not a bad thing, regarding the fact that the ‘90s have been truly memorable. According to Nielsen SoundScan, this decade is no less impressive then the last decade and according to them, Eminem is THE winner.

Therefore, it seems that the 36-year-old blond protégé of Dr. Dre, Eminem, is the top male artist and the top rap artist so far in this decade. Moreover, the artist who was born 2 years after the Beatles broke up is the only artist who has sold more albums in this decade than the famous band. “Em sold more than 32.2 million albums in the 2000s, edging out the Beatles to claim the title of top-selling artist. The Beatles ended up with the decade’s best-selling album (they sold nearly 11.5 million copies of 2000’s greatest-hits comp 1,) besting the likes of ‘NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (11.1 million copies sold) and Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me, (10.5 million). Eminem was the only artist to place two albums on the list; his The Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show records landed at #4 and 5, selling 10.2 million and 9.8 million copies, respectively” reports MTV.com.

“When you get toward 11 million units, it has to be more than early momentum,” says Eric Weinberg, president of Nielsen Entertainment. “It needs to be good. What’s amazing about this industry is that we really never know what the numbers are going to be.” That’s all so very true and these artists deserve our applauds. But let’s not forget that there’s a lot of very good music out there not getting the ‘push’ it deserves, because the last ten years has produced a lot of great music that doesn’t always equal great sales.

The top-selling albums of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan are:

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
The top-selling digital songs of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan are:
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

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 12:54 pm and is filed under News.