From UKMIX:
I'll update this if and when actual sales numbers leak, but for now here's the rounded/estimated sales version…
WEEK 45
albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 15 / last year - 17
albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 44 / last year - 58
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 111 / last year - 131
Taylor Swift's Fearless returns to the top of the YTD chart. It was the YTD top seller for the first 33 weeks of the year, until overtaken by Michael Jackson's Number Ones back in August.
In the top half of this week's list… Jay-Z's The Blueprint moves up another place to #7, Miley Cyrus' EP Time Of Our Lives moves up 2 to #26, and Michael Buble's Crazy Love moves up 4 to #36. Jumping 30 places to #34, who else but Michael Jackson with This Is It.
New at #1 on the BB200 this week is Carrie Underwood with Play On, which sold 317,695, enough to be the one and only debut on this list at #79. The second highest debut on the BB200 this week is Andrea Bocelli's holiday album My Christmas which will join this list next week, and is currently forecast to climb to the #1 place on the BB200.
Knocking on the door… former BB200 chart topper Reba's Keep On Loving You is the unlucky #101 on this week's list, just a couple of hundred sales behind Charlie Wilson. If she sells above 7,000 next week, she'll get a week inside the YTD top 100. Albums from Breaking Benjamin [(Dear Agony)] #106 on sales of 258,000 and Owl City [(Ocean Eyes)] #114 on sales of 240,000 should also make the list in the next couple of weeks or so.
Key: Albums in blue are 2009 releases, albums in green are catalog. (RED is MJ!)
Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 2,099,000 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
02 - 2,065,000 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
03 - 1,630,000 - HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Soundtrack
04 - 1,506,000 - RELAPSE - Eminem
05 - 1,454,000 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
06 - 1,328,000 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
07 - 1,238,000 - THE BLUEPRINT 3 - Jay-Z
08 - 1,216,000 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback
09 - 1,205,000 - ONLY BY THE NIGHT - Kings Of Leon
10 - 1,164,000 - TWILIGHT - Soundtrack
11 - 1,158,000 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson
12 - 1,035,000 - NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2
13 - 1,026,000 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
14 - 1,023,000 - UNSTOPPABLE - Rascal Flatts
15 - 1,017,000 - I AM…SASHA FIERCE - Beyonce
16 - 963,000 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
17 - 923,000 - BIG WHISKEY AND THE GROOGRUX KING - Dave Matthews Band
18 - 856,000 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell
19 - 844,000 - 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - Green Day
20 - 778,000 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
21 - 754,000 - NOW 31 - Various
22 - 745,000 - ALL I EVER WANTED - Kelly Clarkson
23 - 728,000 - THE FRAY - The Fray
24 - 724,000 - LEAVE THIS TOWN - Daughtry
25 - 723,000 - WIDE OPEN - Jason Aldean
26 - 717,000 - TIME OF OUR LIVES EP - Miley Cyrus
27 - 717,000 - NOW 30 - Various
28 - 689,000 - FUNHOUSE - P!nk
29 - 687,000 - INTUITION - Jamie Foxx
30 - 653,000 - LEARN TO LIVE - Darius Rucker
31 - 619,000 - DEFYING GRAVITY - Keith Urban
32 - 603,000 - WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - Jason Mraz
33 - 586,000 - 808S AND HEARTBREAK - Kanye West
34 - 569,000 - THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson
35 - 568,000 - LOVE ON THE INSIDE - Sugarland
36 - 568,000 - CRAZY LOVE - Michael Buble
37 - 568,000 - WORKING ON A DREAM - Bruce Springsteen
38 - 561,000 - LADY ANTEBELLUM - Lady Antebellum
39 - 560,000 - LINES VINES AND TRYING TIMES - Jonas Brothers
40 - 553,000 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
41 - 517,000 - CIRCUS - Britney Spears
42 - 515,000 - THE SOUND OF MADNESS - Shinedown
43 - 509,000 - PAPER TRAIL - T.I.
44 - 507,000 - A DIFFERENT ME - Keyshia Cole
45 - 483,000 - HANNAH MONTANA 3 - Soundtrack
46 - 475,000 - IN A PERFECT WORLD - Keri Hilson
47 - 467,000 - LOVE VS MONEY - The-Dream
48 - 465,000 - SCARS AND SOUVENIRS - Theory Of A Deadman
49 - 464,000 - GREATEST HITS II - Kenny Chesney
50 - 451,000 - VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS - Coldplay
51 - 439,000 - DAVID COOK - David Cook
52 - 437,000 - OFF THE WALL - Michael Jackson
53 - 435,000 - 19 - Adele
54 - 413,000 - THA CARTER III - Lil' Wayne
55 - 410,000 - ONE OF THE BOYS - Katy Perry
56 - 406,000 - BAD - Michael Jackson
57 - 404,000 - CARNIVAL RIDE - Carrie Underwood
58 - 401,000 - SWAN SONGS - Hollywood Undead
59 - 399,000 - TWANG - George Strait
60 - 397,000 - DEEPER THAN RAP - Rick Ross
61 - 394,000 - FREEDOM - Akon
62 - 390,000 - NOW 29 - Various
63 - 389,000 - THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - Soundtrack
64 - 386,000 - ROCK N ROLL JESUS - Kid Rock
65 - 384,000 - LOTUS FLOW3R - Prince
66 - 376,000 - THAT LONESOME SONG - Jamey Johnson
67 - 369,000 - AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT - Brad Paisley
68 - 369,000 - MAMMA MIA - Soundtrack
69 - 365,000 - LOVE IS THE ANSWER - Barbra Streisand
70 - 359,000 - QUIET NIGHTS - Diana Krall
71 - 351,000 - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Soundtrack
72 - 347,000 - CHICKENFOOT - Chickenfoot
73 - 339,000 - BACKSPACER - Pearl Jam
74 - 338,000 - DANGEROUS - Michael Jackson
75 - 337,000 - THE LAST KISS - Jadakiss
76 - 331,000 - YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN - Ne-Yo
77 - 329,000 - EPIPHANY - Chrisette Michele
78 - 320,000 - TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE - Bob Dylan
79 - 318,000 - PLAY ON - Carrie Underwood
80 - 315,000 - WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN - All-American Rejects
81 - 306,000 - READY - Trey Songz
82 - 306,000 - ABBEY ROAD - Beatles
83 - 304,000 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
84 - 304,000 - MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - Mariah Carey
85 - 302,000 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 - Rascal Flatts
86 - 302,000 - CRADLESONG - Rob Thomas
87 - 296,000 - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - Rihanna
88 - 295,000 - HERE WE GO AGAIN - Demi Lovato
89 - 294,000 - BREAKTHROUGH - Colbie Caillat
90 - 294,000 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers
91 - 293,000 - WANT - 3OH!3
92 - 292,000 - GOLD-GREATEST HITS - Abba
93 - 288,000 - SOUL - Seal
94 - 288,000 - RAISING SAND - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
95 - 286,000 - THE POINT OF IT ALL - Anthony Hamilton
96 - 283,000 - GOOD TIME - Alan Jackson
97 - 281,000 - BRAND NEW EYES - Paramore
98 - 277,000 - TESTIMONY:VOL 2-LOVE AND POLITICS - India.Arie
99 - 274,000 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
100 - 271,000 - UNCLE CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson
