The Highest Selling albums of 2008 in Australia are as follows:
1. Kings Of Leon - Only by The Night
2. Pink - Funhouse
3. AC/DC - Black Ice
4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
5. The Presets - Apocalypto
6. Soundtrack - Mamma Mia!
7. Chris Brown - Exclusive
8. Metallica - Death Magnetic
9. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
11. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
12. Lady GaGa - The Fame
13. Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned
14. Leona Lewis - Spirit
15. Nickelback - Dark Horse
16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
17. The Veronicas - Hook Me Up
18. Soundtrack - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
19. Miley Cyrus - Breakout
20. Andre Rieu & Mirusia - Waltzing Matilda
21. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul
22. Hamish And Andy - Unessential Listening
23. Il Divo - The Promise
24. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
25. Britney Spears - Circus
26. Pete Murry - Summer At Eureka
27. Matchbox Twenty - Exile On Mainstream
28. Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
29. Enya - And Winter Came...
30. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
31. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
32. Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
33. The Killers - Day & Age
34. Timbaland - Shock Value
35. Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
36. Pink - I'm Not Dead
37. Michael Jackson - Thriller
38. Duffy - Rockferry
39. ABBA - ABBA Gold
40. Disturbed - Indestructible
41. Damien Leith - Catch The Wind
42. Human Nature - A Symphony Of Hits
43. Alicia Keys - As I Am
44. k.d. Lang - Watershed
45. The Living End - White Noise
46. Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
47. Madonna - Hard Candy
48. Soundtrack - Step Up 2: The Streets
49. Soundtrack - Packed To The Rafters
50. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
51. David Campbell - Good Lovin'
52. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
53. The Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
54. Soundtrack - Twilight
55. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
56. Kid Rock - Rock N' Roll Jesus
57. Andre Rieu - The 100 Most Beautiful Melodies
58. The Preists - The Priests
59. Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks
60. Angus & Julia Stone - A Book Like This
61. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
62. Usher - Here I Stand
63. Dido - Safe Trip Home
64. Fergie - The Dutchess
65. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
66. Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday
67. Santana - Ultimate Santana
68. Soundtrack - Juno
69. Vanessa Amorosi - Somewhere In The Real World
70. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
71. Maroon5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
72. Delta Goodrem - Delta
73. The John Butler Trio - Grand National
74. Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
75. OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
76. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
77. Colbie Caillat - Coco
78. Michael Buble - It's Time
79. Tina Arena - Songs Of Love & Loss 2
80. The Offspring - Rise & Fall...Rage & Grace
81. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
82. Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
83. Britney Spears - Blackout
84. The Whitlams - Truth, Beauty & A Picture Of You: Best Of The Whitlams
85. Radiohead - In Rainbows
86. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
87. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montanna 2/Meet Miley Cyrus
88. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
89. Sneaky Sound System - 2
90. Gyroscope - Breed Obsession
91. T.I. - Paper Trail
92. Hillsong - This Is Our God
93. Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden
94. Elvis Presley - Christmas Duets
95. Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade Of Hits
96. Jessica Mauboy - Been Waiting
97. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montanna/Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds Concert
98. Seal - Soul
99. Andre Rieu - Live In Australia
100. Paul Kelly - Songs From The South Volumes 1 & 2
Phew! So many stories come from this list. Like Christina's best of at #95. Britney's "Circus" at #25 after just under a month and Hamish & Andy's comedy album at #22 after being released on the same day as Britney.
But perhaps the biggest story was just how close the race for highest selling album was. Kings Of Leon had 6 weeks on Pink and yet she still finishes just a fingernail behind them.
Pink now has the equal longest running #1 album this decade as she is on 9 weeks straight. Go Pink!
2. Pink - Funhouse
4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
12. Lady GaGa - The Fame
13. Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned
14. Leona Lewis - Spirit
17. The Veronicas - Hook Me Up
Pink, Lady GaGa and Brit-Brit .
2. Pink - Funhouse
36. Pink - I'm Not Dead
Now that's what I call impressive.
"I'm Not Dead" was 2006 and 2007's 2nd Highest Selling album. And in 2008 it comes in at #36. "Funhouse" at #2 continues her trend, meaning for the last 3 years she's had an album sitting at #2 on the End Of Year Chart. Very impressive! We Aussies love her!
"I'm Not Dead" was 2006 and 2007's 2nd Highest Selling album. And in 2008 it comes in at #36. "Funhouse" at #2 continues her trend, meaning for the last 3 years she's had an album sitting at #2 on the End Of Year Chart. Very impressive! We Aussies love her!
I know, I'm Not Dead was massive over there.
It seems as Funhouse might stay @ the second position in 2009.
One thing is for sure, it won't fade away any time soon.
Didn't expect Circus to be outselling Hard Candy at all. And only after 4 weeks. Impressive.
Rihanna 
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