Lady Gaga's ''The Fame Monster'' has been named the biggest selling album of 2010. Eminem's ''Recovery'' came second while Canadian teen singing sensation Justin Bieber landed the third spot.
LADY GAGA'S ''The Fame Monster'' has been named the biggest selling album of 2010. According to the United World Chart, compiled by website mediatraffic dot de, the ''Telephone'' singer's record a repackaged version of her earlier disc, ''The Fame'', with an additional eight tracks, sold 5.8 million copies across the globe, reports Contactmusic.
When she heard the news, Gaga tweeted, writing: "The Fame Monster' was named the best-selling album of 2010! I'm so excited for the future, believe plus work hard, you will achieve your dreams (sic)."
Eminem, who's ''Recovery'' sold 5.7 million copies, came second while Canadian teen singing sensation Justin Bieber landed the third spot with 5.6 million sales of his ''My World'' albums. United World Chart top 20, as complied by mediatraffic.de:
1. Lady Gaga - The Fame (Monster) - 5.8 million copies 2. Eminem - Recovery - 5.7 million copies 3. Justin Bieber - My Worlds - 5.6 million copies 4. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now - 3.6 million copies 5. Taylor Swift - Speak Now - 3.5 million copies 6. Susan Boyle - The Gift - 3.0 million copies 7. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. - 3.0 million copies 8. Michael Buble - Crazy Love - 3.0 million copies 9. Sade - Soldier Of Love - 2.3 million copies 10. Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom - 2.3 million copies 11. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 2.2 million copies 12. Take That - Progress - 2.2 million copies 13. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream - 2.1 million copies 14. Ke$ha - Animal - 2.1 million copies 15. Rihanna - Loud - 2.0 million copies 16. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More - 1.8 million copies 17. Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown - 1.7 million copies 18. Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits - 1.7 million copies 19. Usher - Raymond V Raymond - 1.7 million copies 20. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns - 1.7 million copies