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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 5:04p.m.

Eminem has been crowned champion of the charts - the rapper has beaten the Beatles to be named America's best-selling artist of the decade.

Figures released by Nielsen SoundScan, the company which compiles the Billboard charts, have revealed the top 10 best-selling albums since 2000.

And even though the Beatles landed the number one spot by shifting more than 11 million copies of their hit record 1, Eminem scored two albums in the top 10 - handing him the title of best-selling artist.

The decade's second biggest seller was No Strings Attached by defunct boyband 'N Sync, which was just 387,000 copies short of matching the Beatles.

Norah Jones' Come Away With Me was in third, followed by Eminem's two albums The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show, claiming fourth and fifth place respectively.

The list of best-selling digital singles of the last decade is headed up by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain with 'Low', followed by Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance'.

The top five is rounded out by Jason Mraz with 'I'm Yours', Timbaland featuring OneRepublic with 'Apologize', and The Black Eyed Peas' 'Boom Boom Pow'.

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Comments [3]

juan
11 Dec 2009 1:03p.m.

hurray for the Beatles!!!

juan aulet
11 Dec 2009 12:47p.m.

The Beatles having the #1 album of the decade and been the #2 selling artist of the decade and just missing the top spot to eminnen just shows the staying power of the Beatles.

Bazza
10 Dec 2009 5:56p.m.

The Beatles were second after splitting up over 30 years ago??? Will M&M be the 2nd biggest selling artist 30 years after he stops recording??? I think not.

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