| Lil Wayne's ( Tha Carter III) is The Top Selling Album Of 2008 |
| By Hip Hop News | |
| 01/02/09 | |
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January 2 2009 Nielsen Soundscan shared their annual report with select industry and media. This year's results of retail and digital music sales included many Hip Hop Music stars such as Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Flo Rida. For Wayne, the Cash Money Records veteran rapper had the top-selling album in any genre in his Tha Carter III. His sixth studio album, which included hits "A Milli", "Lollipop" and "Mrs. Officer," sold, according to the chart service, approximately 2,874,000 units this year. The effort, released June 10, edged out Coldplay's Viva La Vida, by over 700,000 units. T.I.'s Paper Trail came in at #8, selling 1,522,000 units, as Beyonce's I Am...Sasha Fierce, released late this year, drew 1,459,000 units. The trio were the only urban artists in the Top 10, a list consisting of Country sensation Taylor Swift, veteran rockers AC/DC and Metallica, and the onetime Jive Records Rap artist-turned-Rock sensation, Kid Rock. Despite Tha Carter III being the best-selling album, it was Taylor Swift, who had two Top 10-selling albums, that led all artist-sales, with over four million units from her entire catalog this year. Sampled by Boogie Down Productions in the '80s,
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