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Take That crowned top albums act in year-end report.
TAKE THAT EARNED BRAGGING RIGHTS AS 2008'S biggest-selling albums act, despite The Circus just missing out to Duffy's Rockferry for top- selling album of the year.
As we outline in our market round-up of the year (see p13-18), The Circus shifted 1.45m copies in just four weeks to become the year's second-biggest artist album, behind Rockferry's 1.68m tally. However, the band's catalogue sold a further 600,000 units in 2008, earning them the title of the year's top act.
The vintage boy band were not the only veterans to report strong sales in 2008: Neil Diamond chalked up sales of 0.92m to finish as the year's 10th best-selling artist.
Meanwhile, Elvis Presley was the year's 19th most popular artist, with sales of 0.58m from 63 albums represented in the year's 10,000 biggest sellers. Similarly, Johnny Cash had 53 titles among the top 10,000, Bob Dylan had 45 and David Bowie and Frank Sinatra had 33 apiece.
Overall, album sales for 2008 totalled 133.6m, according to Official Charts Company ...
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