Music industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz pulls out some of the year’s top selling albums to date and gives his comments. Here are the albums he showcases:
1. Lil Wayne “Tha Carter III” 2,671,816
2. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” 1,905,679
3. Kid Rock “Rock N Roll Jesus” 1,712,661
4. Jack Johnson “Sleep Through The Static” 1,437,691
5. AC/DC “Black Ice” 1,319,914
6. Taylor Swift 1,316,801
8. Leona Lewis “Spirit” 1,249,522
9. Mariah Carey “E=MC2” 1,193,599
12. Jonas Brothers “A Little Bit Longer” 1,096,771
14. “Camp Rock” 1,083,351
15. Usher “Here I Stand” 1,070,771
18. Miley Cyrus “Breakout” 1,015,480
23. Disturbed “Indestructible” 796,223
28. Colbie Caillat “Coco” 713,786
29. Rick Ross “Trilla” 700,213
33. Madonna “Hard Candy” 673,475
37. Radiohead “In Rainbows” 633,638
42. 3 Doors Down 610,717
46. Alan Jackson “Good Time” 592,066
48. Duffy “Rockferry” 579,191
53. Slipknot “All Hope Is Gone” 541,044
54. Katy Perry “One Of The Boys” 537,160
66. Maroon 5 “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” 457,126
86. Weezer (Red Album) 375,952
87. Sheryl Crow “Detours” 375,781
94. Panic At The Disco “Pretty Odd” 354,394
It’s not an exhaustive list, since Lefsetz probably doesn’t want to get in trouble with SoundScan. Then again, SoundScan requires subscribers to round to the nearest thousand when publishing its data, so maybe Bob doesn’t really care. Regardless, let’s fill in the blanks. Can anybody guess what #7 and #10 are?