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Revision as of 20:51, 5 July 2008

List of years in music (table)
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The year 2008 in music is half full of events, albums released by major artists and bands, and hit singles.

Event

January

February

March

April

May

June

Expected events

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Bands formed


Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Bands on hiatus


Albums released

All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.
Mulitple albums in same day should be arranged alphabetically by album's name.
Other release dates in other countries may apply.

January

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Guilty Ayumi Hamasaki
In Rainbows Radiohead Physical release
Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) Praxis
2 American Gothic Smashing Pumpkins Extended play
8 Blood's Too Rich Luke Doucet
Broken Parachute Northstar Compilation
Good Thing Going Rhonda Vincent
It Really Shouldn't Be This Hard The Mystic Underground
iTunes Originals Patti Smith Compilation
Some People Have Real Problems Sia Furler
Warning Device Teenage Bottlerocket
11 Seasons of Tragedy Benedictum
14 The Singles Collection Shed Seven Compilation
15 Greatest Hits Spice Girls Compilation
B Sides and C Sides Rancid Compilation, physical release
Something Sacred Chino XL
In Field & Town Hayden
Liverpool 8 Ringo Starr
A Love Song Collection Kenny Rogers
Low on Cash, Rich in Love Eric Lindell
The North Pole Project Number One Gun
This Is Noise Rise Against Extended play
Winter Jon Foreman Extended play
21 Falling Off the Lavender Bridge Lightspeed Champion
22 666 Billy Talent Live CD/DVD
Champion The Audition
Fire the Cannons Jet Lag Gemini
Godmakers The Red Death
Horror With Blood Comes Cleansing
Illustrious Big Noyd
In the Future Black Mountain
Line in the Sand ZOX
Live the Storm Disfear
Live from Las Vegas at the Palms Yellowcard Live
Oracular Spectacular MGMT Physical Release
Oblivion Beckons Byzantine
Pocketful of Sunshine Natasha Bedingfield
Starting Now Chuck Wicks
Til the Wheels Fall Off Hot Water Music
Unfamiliar Faces Matt Costa
Venus on Earth Dengue Fever
23 01011001 Ayreon
Spirit Leona Lewis
25 Best of The Cardigans Compilation
Captain Morgan's Revenge Alestorm
Downburst Brainstorm
The Scarecrow Avantasia
28 19 Adele
Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) Heaven Shall Burn
Scream, Aim, Fire Bullet for My Valentine
This Gift Sons and Daughters
Turning Dragon Clark
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
29 Between the Beautifuls Hawksley Workman
Damaged Course of Nature
Field Manual Chris Walla
Fortress Protest the Hero
2008 Grammy Nominees Various Artists Compilation
I Stand Idina Menzel
Odelay: Deluxe Edition Beck Deluxe edition re-issue
Runnin' Wild Airbourne
Symphony Sarah Brightman
The Bedlam in Goliath The Mars Volta
The Wonder Years 9th Wonder
Women As Lovers Xiu Xiu
30 Detours Sheryl Crow
Kingdom Kumi Koda
Nightmare 2003-2005 Single Collection Nightmare Compilation

February

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Tobsucht - Reitermania Over Wacken & Party.San Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
4 Dive Deep Morcheeba
Live After Death Iron Maiden DVD re-release
Made in the Dark Hot Chip
Pray Crematory
5 Back To Basics: Live And Down Under Christina Aguilera DVD
The Best of SHeDAISY SHeDAISY
District Line Bob Mould
Here's to Being Here Jason Collett
It Is Time for a Love Revolution Lenny Kravitz
Lucky Nada Surf
Satisfied Taylor Dayne
Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson
The Life I Know Gwen Stacy
Voice Message Dear Jayne
6 Qualia Jinn
Simple Plan Simple Plan
8 Horror Vacui Linea 77
Thriller - 25th Anniversary Edition Michael Jackson Re-issue
9 Do You Like Rock Music? British Sea Power
11 Greatest Hits Morrissey Compilation
HLLLYH The Mae Shi
12 Advent Parallax Averse Sefira
Bring Me Your Love City and Colour
Great White Whale Secret and Whisper
Invisible Baby Marco Benevento
We Need Each Other Sanctus Real
13 N Norther
15 Slania Eluveitie
18 Delusions To-Mera
Shallow Believer The Used Extended play
Little Death Pete & The Pirates
19 A Twist In My Story Secondhand Serenade
Board Up the House Genghis Tron
Brimborium KMFDM
Carved in Stone Rage
day&nightdriving Seven Mary Three
Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God Sculptured
Fury and Flames Hate Eternal
Harlem's American Gangster Jim Jones Mixtape
Heretic Pride The Mountain Goats
Kingdom of Sorrow Kingdom of Sorrow
Life Underwater Across Five Aprils
Misfortunes This Is Hell
My Life's Been a Country Song Chris Cagle
No Time for Later The Trews
Numinosum Ascension of the Watchers
Susquehanna Cherry Poppin' Daddies
What A Terrible Thing To Say Four Letter Lie
22 Carpe DiEnd Steel Attack
Ever Changing Times Steve Lukather
Galgenfrist Nortt
Puppenspiel Unheilig
The Legacy of Medusa Stormlord Compilation and live album
Thrash Speed Burn Exciter
25 Architects & Dead Swans Architects & Dead Swans Extended play
Burn the Witch Stone Gods Extended play
Eidolon Dark Fortress
Hold on Now, Youngster... Los Campesinos!
Seventh Tree Goldfrapp
Sexuality Sébastien Tellier
26 Backwoods Barbie Dolly Parton
Broken In Trent Willmon
Discipline Janet Jackson
For the Love of the Game Pillar
In and Out of Love Cheri Dennis Physical release
Killing Season Death Angel
New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War) Erykah Badu
NY's Finest Pete Rock
Parc Avenue Plants and Animals
Punch Punch Brothers ft. Chris Thile
Savage Life 2 Webbie
Units in the City Shawty Lo
Nos lendemains Isabelle Boulay
27 極東シンフォニー〜the Five Stars Night〜@BUDOKAN Nightmare Live album
29 The White Agalloch
Turning Season Within Draconian

March

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Ghosts I-IV Nine Inch Nails Independent release
3 Go Away White Bauhaus
Warpaint The Black Crowes
4 Afterparty Babies Cadence Weapon
All Eyez on Us Lil Flip & Young Noble Compilation
Doombringer Nasum Live album
Float Flogging Molly
Good Time Alan Jackson
Live from SoHo Linkin Park Live album, iTunes Store exclusive
Passed Away, Vol. 1 Dr. Dog Compilation
Real Emotional Trash Stephen Malkmus
Ruthless Bizzy Bone Independent release
Searching for the Hows and Whys Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Songs for Waiting The OaKs
Sounds So Good Ashton Shepherd
Still The BoDeans
The Archive: Live, Lost & Found Rakim Live album
The Ghosts Among Us Our Last Night
Thugz Nation Layzie Bone
Unicorn Steak Die Mannequin
What We Almost Made Example:
7 obZen Meshuggah
Smile Boris
8 Mutilate Angerfist
9 From the Coop Buckethead
10 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Midnight Boom The Kills
11 Alopecia Why?
Ego Trippin' Snoop Dogg
Elements of Life: Remixed Tiesto
Eleventh Hour Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Enigma Ill Niño
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 Various artists
Saving Abel Saving Abel
The Elephant in the Room Fat Joe
The Ultimate Collection The O.C. Supertones Compilation
These Are the Good Times People The Presidents of the United States of America
Trilla Rick Ross
Unblessing the Purity Bloodbath
12 The New Dark Age Kiuas
14 Come to My Kingdom House of Lords
Gokutama Rock Cafe An Cafe
H.A.A.R.P. Muse Live album, DVD
Return of the Pride White Lion
17 11 Bryan Adams
Brain Thrust Mastery We Are Scientists
Good Nature Youthmovies
Keep It Simple Van Morrison
18 A Band in Hope The Matches
Bury Your Dead Bury Your Dead
Electrocution Unearthly Trance
Goodbye Blues The Hush Sound
Never Too Loud Danko Jones
Still Creepin on Ah Come Up Bone Brothers
Illuminate Lydia
L'autrichienne Jucifer
Light from Above Black Tide
Mail on Sunday Flo Rida
Sahg II Sahg
Self-Made Rocko
Silverback Gorilla Sheek Louch
Texas PlayRadioPlay!
The Odd Couple Gnarls Barkley
Trouble in Dreams Destroyer
Volume One She and Him
The Mooney Suzuki CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live June 29, 2001 The Bowery Collection The Mooney Suzuki
Welcome To The Dollhouse Danity Kane
19 The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight The Black Mages
HEART STATION Utada Hikaru
21 At the Pulse of Kapitulation 1990/1991 Kreator DVD
Global Warning Jon Oliva's Pain
Korven Kuningas Korpiklaani
Pretty. Odd. Panic at the Disco
22 Machine 15 Millencolin
24 Antidotes Foals
Diamond Hoo Ha Supergrass
Dismember Dismember
Greed.Filth.Abuse.Corruption Burning Skies
Inflikted Cavalera Conspiracy
Reason to Believe Pennywise
Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings Counting Crows
The Premonition Firewind
The Thread Star of Ash
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into Does It Offend You, Yeah?
25 Consolers of the Lonely The Raconteurs
Day26 Day26
Funplex The B-52's
Give Me the Clap Crash Romeo
Ode to the Ghetto Guilty Simpson
Spring Jon Foreman Extended play
The Butcher Shop Esham
The Show eMC
26 Revolution Roulette Poets of the Fall
27 The Dutchess : Deluxe Fergie Re-issue
28 Accelerate R.E.M.
Nordlys Midnattsol
Ghost Opera – The Second Coming Kamelot Re-issue
The Prestige Illdisposed
29 Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) Dream Theater Compilation
31 1994-2006 Chaos Years Strapping Young Lad Compilation
Last Night Moby
Invain C:Real

April

Day Album Artist Notes
1 ****: Live in Phoenix Fall Out Boy Live album, DVD
A Sense of Purpose In Flames
Alive from the Apocalypse Unearth DVD
Antithesis Origin
April Sun Kil Moon
Attack & Release The Black Keys
Cataract Cataract
Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow Sevendust
Cover Up Ministry
Do You Like Smack Rock Pig
Doin' It Big 8Ball from 8Ball & MJG,E.D.I.
Hawk Nelson Is My Friend Hawk Nelson
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Tally Hall
Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock Joe Satriani
Scars & Souvenirs Theory of a Deadman
Still da Baddest Trina
The Best Of A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest
The Bright Lights of America Anti-Flag Compilation
The Works Faith No More Compilation
Troubadour George Strait
TwentyFive George Michael Compilation
Undeniable AZ
We Weren't Crazy Josh Gracin
X Kylie Minogue U.S. edition
4 Lotuk Arsenal
Tales for Bad Girls Forever Slave
The Black Path Emil Bulls
5 Continue to Kill Debauchery
7 "Couples" The Long Blondes
Voices from Within Distorted
8 All I Feel Ray J
The Gathering Living Legends Extended play
Enter The Chicken Buckethead Re-issue
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes) Cloud Cult
Keep Telling Myself It's Alright Ashes Divide
Mountain Battles The Breeders
Pershing Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Snakes & Arrows Live Rush Live album
Man Descending Justin Rutledge
Sunset Man James Otto
The Fool Esoterica
Walk It Off Tapes 'n Tapes
When Angels & Serpents Dance P.O.D.
9 Blooddrunk Children of Bodom
11 Bondage Goat Zombie Belphegor
Konk The Kooks
Le dimensioni del mio caos Caparezza
12 Apocalypso The Presets
14 Gangrene Mirrorthrone
Saturdays = Youth M83
Vantage Point dEUS
15 E=MC² Mariah Carey
Directions To See A Ghost The Black Angels
I, Lucifer Destroy the Runner
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction Soilent Green
Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum
Raise the Dead Phantom Planet
Rise Anew Revolution
Other People American Princes
The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV Thrice
The Opaque Brotherhood Dark Lotus
The Vegas Years Everclear
We Are the Nightmare Arsis
18 VI Die Happy
21 Beautiful Machine Shihad
Dominion VIII Grave
Good to Be Bad Whitesnake
Head On to Heartache DevilDriver Extended play
Warring Factions Ansur
Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets
22 A Song for You Bizzy Bone
Agony and Irony Alkaline Trio Extended play
Bittersweet World Ashlee Simpson
Des roses et des orties Francis Cabrel
Elephant Shell Tokyo Police Club
Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords
For My Friends Blind Melon
Hail Destroyer Cancer Bats
H.N.I.C. Part 2 Prodigy (rapper)
Hello Destiny Goldfinger
Intellectual Violence Keith Murray
Ma peau Éric Lapointe
O3: A Trilogy, Part Three Dominici
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul [Collector's Edition] Otis Redding Re-issue
Prayer of a Common Man Phil Vassar
Stop Drop and Roll!!! Foxboro Hottubs Foxboro Hottubs aka Green Day
SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes Sonic Youth
The Black Swan Story of the Year
The Doors: Vinyl Box Set The Doors Compilation
The End Begins Tantric
Tiffany Evans Tiffany Evans
Tous les sens Ariane Moffatt
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold Atmosphere
23 For the Revolution Kalmah
25 13 Years of Celtic Wartunes Suidakra Compilation, DVD
Anima Noir Theatres des Vampires
Best Kept Secret Jennifer Paige
Delusions of Grandeur Circle II Circle
Elected Ayreon vs. Avantasia Extended play
Eternal Empire Human Fortress
Hellbound Torture Squad
Lightning Strikes Again Dokken
Master of Illusion Power Quest
MyEarthDream Edenbridge
Poisoned Apple Venomous Concept
Praises to the War Machine Warrel Dane
Redemption Walls of Jericho Extended play
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Def Leppard
The Formation of Damnation Testament
Thronräuber Totenmond
28 Third Portishead
Imperial Wax Solvent The Fall
An Ode to Woe My Dying Bride Compilation
Till Death Do Us Part Deicide
29 A-Town Secret Weapon Baby D
Bloodwork Wednesday 13 Extended play
Can't Love, Can't Hurt Augustana
Dead Alive Soul Embraced
Digital Versatile Doom HIM Live album, DVD
Hard Candy Madonna
If Mindless Self Indulgence
Lyfe Change Lyfe Jennings
Minuit Andrée Watters
Mudcrutch Mudcrutch
Love At the Core Run Kid Run
Nine Lives Steve Winwood
Phil Stacey Phil Stacey
Raven-Symoné Raven-Symoné
Rising Down The Roots
Santogold Santogold
Skeletons Wednesday 13
The Formula 9th Wonder & Buckshot
Underdog Alma Mater Forever the Sickest Kids
Vultures Fate
VYP (Voice of the Young People) Lil Mama
"V" Is for Viagra. The Remixes Puscifer Remix album
Whisper War The Cab
30 Grimm Tales Nox Arcana
Tulimyrsky Moonsorrow Extended play

May

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Amanethes Tiamat
Beloved Enemy Jesus on Extasy
Hollow of Morning Gemma Hayes
5 Frostland Tapes Darkthrone Compilation
Silhouettes Textures
The Relapse Collection Morgion Compilation
The Slip Nine Inch Nails Free download
We Are The Physics Are OK At Music We Are The Physics
6 35 Biggest Hits Toby Keith Compilation
Blue Lambency Downward Kayo Dot
From First to Last From First to Last
Gavin DeGraw Gavin DeGraw
Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008 Dierks Bentley Compilation
Momofuku Elvis Costello
On My Way Here Clay Aiken
Station Russian Circles
Wonder in the World Kelli O'Hara
8 Nouns No Age
9 Catch 22 Hypocrisy Re-issue
In Luft geritzt Dornenreich
Sängerkrieg In Extremo
Songs for the Last View Lacrimas Profundere
Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980-1989 Iron Maiden Compilation
12 Clever Clogs 10cc Live DVD
13 A Disease for the Ages Mourning Beloveth
Anthems for the Damned Filter
Brooklyn's Don Diva Foxy Brown
Division 10 Years
ExitingARM Subtle
Good To Be Bad Whitesnake
Krimson Creek Boondox
Narrow Stairs Death Cab for Cutie
Programmed to Consume Abysmal Dawn
Rotting Paradise Coldworker
The Respect Issue Emmure
The Truth Cherish
Twelve Angry Months Local H
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things Jason Mraz
16 Night Eternal Moonspell
XV King's X
19 Tribute to Bobby Mick Hucknall
Watershed Opeth
XXV Vader
20 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down
Another Black Day Another Black Day
Anywhere I Lay My Head Scarlett Johansson
Behind the Stained Glass Killah Priest
Arm's Way Islands
Crayons Donna Summer
Departure Jesse McCartney
DisneyMania 6 Various artists Compilation
II Trill Bun B
Love at the End of the World Sam Roberts
No, Virginia The Dresden Dolls Compilation
Realm of Terror Merciless Death
Send Flowers The Black Lungs
21 KILLER SHOW Nightmare
23 Attera Orbis Terrarum Part 2 Dark Funeral DVD
Mare Nostrum Stormlord
Prevail Kataklysm
The Unspoken King Cryptopsy
24 Somewhere in the Real World Vanessa Amorosi
26 angL Ihsahn
Misanthropy Pure Shai Hulud
The Anatomy of Melancholy Paradise Lost Live album, DVD
The Damned, the Shamed Terror
27 Here I Stand Usher
Into the Pit Fight Box set
Mobstability II: Nation Business Twista & Speedknot Mobstaz
Survive, Kaleidoscope Underoath Live album, DVD
Nothing to Prove H2O
Lay It Down Al Green
Sex and the City: Music from the Motion Picture Various artists Soundtrack
Same Old Man John Hiatt
Alive and Transported tobyMac Live album
Most High Definition Infinito 2017 Studio album
30 Immortal Pyramaze
Land Týr
MTV Storytellers: Bluvertigo Bluvertigo Live album
Opus Magnum Hollenthon
Payment of Existence Communic
The Art of War Sabaton
Veterans of Volume Jucifer Live album

June

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Indestructible Disturbed
Waited Up Til It Was Light Johnny Foreigner
3 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
Extra, Vol. 1 KMFDM Rarities album
Weezer Weezer
WANDERlust Gavin Rossdale
Exclusive: The Forever Edition Chris Brown Re-release
The Declaration Ashanti
Revelation Journey Live album, DVD
My Skin is Cold Satyricon Extended play
Perfectly Clear Jewel
Smilers Aimee Mann
Dolla$, TX Lil Wil
Sleep Well Electric President
Where Myth Fades To Legend Alesana
Now That's What I Call Music! 28 Various artists Compilation
Now That's What I Call Classic Rock Various artists Compilation
7 Collidescope Stealing O'Neal Extended Play
10 Seeing Sounds N.E.R.D
Light It Up Rev Theory
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward Omar Rodríguez-López
Tha Carter III Lil Wayne
Here We Stand The Fratellis
Back When I Knew It All Montgomery Gentry
Definition of Real Plies
Flavors of Entanglement Alanis Morissette
Evil Urges My Morning Jacket
No Introduction Tyga
Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights The Awkward Stage
Parallel Play Sloan
Seeing Things Jakob Dylan
Frailty The Banner
Total Club Hits Various artists Compilation
And Justus For All Little Brother
14 Fortune Teller Ira Losco
16 Silent Cry Feeder
17 One of the Boys Katy Perry
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace The Offspring
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay
Nostradamus Judas Priest
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded Rihanna Re-release
At Mount Zoomer Wolf Parade
Death Before Dishonor 2 Pistols
Last Stop: Crappy Town Reggie and the Full Effect
The Devil, You + Me The Notwist
Camp Rock: Music from the Motion Picture Various artists Soundtrack
Prima J Prima J
My Life: The True Testimony Blood Raw
18 Over the Rainbow Connie Talbot
19 Feed the Animals Girl Talk Download
23 Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Sigur Rós
True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen Gorgoroth Live album
24 Saints of Los Angeles Mötley Crüe
The Sound of Madness Shinedown
Last 2 Walk Three 6 Mafia
Lunada Thalía
Rotation Cute Is What We Aim For
Mountain Meadows Elliott Brood
GNV FLA Less Than Jake
Big Blue Ball Various artists
Sketches of a Man Dwele
Last Days at the Lodge Amos Lee
Digi Snacks RZA as Bobby Digital
30 NOW Jade Warrior

July

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Agony and Irony Alkaline Trio
The Bird and The Bee Sides Relient K 2CD pack featuring B sides plus The Nashville Tennis EP
T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight) G-Unit
Killer Tech N9ne
Identified Vanessa Hudgens
M.O.B.: The Album Byrd Gang
The Black Parade Is Dead! My Chemical Romance Live album, DVD
Goddamned Jay Brannan
Join the Band Little Feat

Albums to be released

All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.

July 7

July 8

July 11

July 15

July 19

July 21

July 22

July 28

July 29

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[57]

Unspecified Date

August

August 4

August 5

August 12

August 18

August 19

August 26

August 27

Unspecified Date

September

September 2

September 9

September 13

September 15

September 16

September 22

September 23

September 30

Unspecified Date

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October

October 6

October 7

October 14

October 24

Unspecified Date

November

Unspecific Date

Third quarter 2008

Fourth quarter 2008

TBA

Top hits on record in the world

The top singles of 2008 as of the week of July 5-12, 2008 (Week 28), according to the United World Chart. All single sales/popularity points information are from the United World Chart.[213]

Position Single Title Artist Points Highest Position in 2008
1 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 7,673,000 1
2 "Apologize" Timbaland presents OneRepublic 6,723,000 1
3 "Don't Stop the Music" Rihanna 5,853,000 1
4 "4 Minutes" Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland 5,716,000 1
5 "Low" Flo Rida feat. T-Pain 5,498,000 3
6 "No One" Alicia Keys 5,109,000 2
7 "Love Song" Sara Bareilles 4,177,000 7
8 "Love In This Club" Usher f. Young Jeezy 4,126,000 3
9 "With You" Chris Brown 4,049,000 6
10 "Mercy" Duffy 4,004,000 3

Best sold records in the world

The best sold records in 2008 according to UWC as of the week of July 5-12, 2008 (Week 28). Some records were released in 2006 and 2007, their total sales are behind their sales in 2008 (plus the estimated +7.5% that UWC doesn't cover). All album sales information is from the United World Chart.[214]

Position Album Title Artist Sales Total Sales Highest Position in 2008 Position Change from Last Week
1 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 4,312,000 10,268,000 1
2 As I Am Alicia Keys 2,750,000 5,970,000 1
3 Spirit Leona Lewis 2,745,000 3,923,000 1
4 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay 2,657,000 2,657,000 1 Increase4
5 Rockferry Duffy 2,249,000 2,249,000 2
6 Sleep Through the Static Jack Johnson 2,248,000 2,248,000 1 Decrease2
7 Hard Candy Madonna 2,184,000 2,184,000 1 Decrease1
8 Thriller 25 Michael Jackson 1,952,000 1,952,000 1 Decrease1
9 Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna 1,785,000 4,949,000 1
10 E=MC² Mariah Carey 1,643,000 1,643,000 1

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

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