Best-selling Albums Globally & United States
The best-selling records in 2008 according to IFPI:
Position | Album Title | Artist |
---|---|---|
1 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
2 | Black Ice | AC/DC |
3 | Thriller 25 | Michael Jackson |
4 | Rockferry | Duffy |
5 | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
6 | Spirit | Leona Lewis |
7 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse |
8 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Various Artists |
9 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne |
10 | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna |
The best-selling album in United States:
Position | Album Title | Artist |
---|---|---|
1 | Tha Carter III | Lil' Wayne |
2 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay |
3 | Thriller 25 | Michael Jackson |
4 | Rock N Roll Jesus | Kid Rock |
5 | Black Ice | AC/DC |
6 | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swift |
7 | Death Magnetic | Metallica |
8 | Paper Trail | T.I. |
9 | Sleep Through the Static | Jack Johnson |
10 | I Am ... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé |
Read more about this topic: 2008 In Music
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“Because of these convictions, I made a personal decision in the 1964 Presidential campaign to make education a fundamental issue and to put it high on the nations agenda. I proposed to act on my belief that regardless of a familys financial condition, education should be available to every child in the United Statesas much education as he could absorb.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (19081973)
“Steal away and stay away.
Dont join too many gangs. Join few if any.
Join the United States and join the family
But not much in between unless a college.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“[Urging the national government] to eradicate local prejudices and mistaken rivalships to consolidate the affairs of the states into one harmonious interest.”
—James Madison (17511836)