Taylor Swift continues to rack up accomplishments. Billboard.com says fans picked up three-million-217-thousand copies of the singer's sophomore effort, "Fearless," to make it the best selling album of 2009. Her CD just edged out the number two disc, Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream," which moved three-million-104-thousand copies last year. However, "Fearless" was released in November 2008, and logged sales throughout the entire 12 months of the year. Boyle's CD arrived in stores in late November, and racked up her three-million-plus sales in only six weeks. Swift and Boyle are the only artists to have hit the three-million mark in sales for an individual album in 2009.Taking third on the sales list is the late Michael Jackson's "Number Ones," which sold two-point-36-million copies last year. Lady GaGa's "The Fame" and Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" round out the top five.
SoundScan's Top Ten Best-Selling Albums Of 2009
1. Taylor Swift, "Fearless,"
2. Susan Boyle, "I Dreamed a Dream,"
3. Michael Jackson, "Number Ones," two-point-36-million copies sold
4. Lady GaGa, "The Fame," two-point-24-million copies sold
5. Andrea Bocelli, "My Christmas," two-point-21-million copies sold
6. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack, one-point-82-million copies sold
7. Black Eyed Peas, "The E.N.D.," one-point-79-million copies sold
8. Eminem, "Relapse," one-point-74-million copies sold
9. Jay-Z, "The Blueprint 3," one-point-52-million copies sold
10. Kings Of Leon, "Only By The Night," one-point-four-million copies sold
