Eminem Tops iTunes Yearly Sales

It’s so lonely at the top. Just ask Eminem. iTunes and Amazon recently released their top-selling albums of the year and Eminem’s Recovery takes the number one spot on iTunes and comes in at five on Amazon. Em also makes numerous appearances in the top 20 list of singles. Rolling Stone has the full list after the jump.

iTunes’ Top-Selling Albums Of 2010
1. Eminem, Recovery
2. Ke$ha, Animal
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame
4. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
5. Taylor Swift, Speak Now
6. Drake, Thank Me Later
7. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
8. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
9. Jack Johnson, To The Sea
10. Sade, Soldier of Love
11. Zac Brown Band, The Foundation
12. Lil Wayne, I Am Not A Human Being
13. Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals
14. Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
15. Vampire Weekend, Contra
16. B.o.B, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
17. Glee: The Music, Volume 3
18. The Black Keys, Brothers
19. Usher, Raymond vs. Raymond
20. Kings of Leon, Come Around Sundown

Amazon’s Best-Selling Albums of 2010
1. Taylor Swift, Speak Now
2. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
3. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
4. Susan Boyle, The Gift
5. Eminem, Recovery
6. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
7. Sade, Solder Of Love
8. James Taylor, Live at the Troubadour
9. Vampire Weekend, Contra
10. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
11. Jackie Evancho, O Holy Night
12. Various Artists, Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
13. Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
14. The Black Keys, Brothers
15. Glee: The Music, Volume 3
16. The National, High Violet
17. Broken Bells
18. Bruce Springsteen, The Promise
19. Kid Rock, Born Free
20. Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart

iTunes’ Top-Selling Singles of 2010
1. Train, “Hey Soul Sister”
2. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”
3. Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”
4. B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams, “Airplanes”
5. Taio Cruz, “Dynamite”
6. Usher feat. will.i.am, “OMG”
7. Taio Cruz and Ludacris, “Break Your Heart”
8. Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”
9. Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now”
10. Eminem, “Not Afraid”
11. The Black Eyed Peas, “Imma Be”
12. Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull, “I Like It”
13. B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars, “Nothin’ On You”
14. Ke$ha, “Your Love Is My Drug”
15. Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars, “Billionaire”
16. Justin Bieber and Ludacris, “Baby”
17. Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream”
18. Bruno Mars, “Just the Way You Are”
19. Jason Derülo, “In My Head”
20. Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé, “Telephone”

Amazon’s Top-Selling Singles of 2010
1. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”
2. Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love The Way You Lie”
3. Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are”
4. Nelly, “Just A Dream”
5. Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull, “I Like It”
6. Cee Lo Green, “Fuck You”
7. Rihanna, “Only Girl (In The World)”
8. Flo Rida feat. David Guetta, “Club Can’t Handle Me”
9. Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream”
10. Far East Movement, “Like A G6”
11. Jason Derülo, “Ridin’ Solo”
12. Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars, “Billionaire (single version)”
13. Justin Bieber and Ludacris, “Baby”
14. Taio Cruz and Ludacris, “Break Your Heart”
15. Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj, “Bottoms Up”
16. 3Oh!3 feat. Ke$ha, “My First Kiss”
17. Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars, “Billionaire (album version)”
18. Diddy – Dirty Money, “Hello Good Morning”
19. Cali Swag District, “Teach Me How To Dougie”
20. The Band Perry, “If I Die Young”

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  1. Number 1 always reigns supreme

  2. dope says:

    YEAH! THAT’S OUR G.O.A.T.

  3. VIBRANT THANG says:

    Kudos for Em. He reigns supreme and white people reign supreme.

  4. Donn says:

    I said this on the TIME magazine post. Geez. Now you Kanye haters can stop complaining. Dude is had alot of achievements this year and yall get mad when anyone else gets a little shine over him

  5. MinajBangher! says:

    Eminem=G.O.A.T!!!!NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. CapricornReligion says:

    Congrats to Em… He deserves it but…… Im sorry I have to say this. This has nothing to do with Rap at all but…. WHO…. THE FUCK…. SIGNED KE$HA TO A RECORD DEAL?…. Number 2 on top Selling Albums? REALLY?….WHY? Lol my bad Im just……. Idk…. Shit aint right…. Anyway Congrats again to Em… See you on SNL next week..

  7. Donn says:

    Ke$ha’s a songwriter. Dont let the image fool you. She’s a great writer. And her album is dope. So is alot of ppl’s on those list like Mumford and Son, Taylor, Gorillaz, you guys should check out some of those artist their really dope.

  8. meTHATSwho says:

    Damn outside of Kanye… these list have no black artist… (Drake kinda counts)… smh… are white folk bootlegging our music too?? They go out and purchase and EMinEM but download a Rick Ross or a T.I. … wtf..

    EM is a talented rapper no doubt but his cd definitely was some white boy shit…. and Im from the D! No hate all luv, but damn!

  9. certifiedone says:

    @meTHATSwho

    No one really bought Ross’s album. People (White, black, whatever) they buy quality albums, Rick Ross’s album is far from being a good quality. And some chick from Fuse said no one these days are buying albums. That’s true, Eminem would have sold much much more than what he did. Ross just fails miserably, look at his past albums, crap.

  10. meTHATSwho says:

    @ceertifiedone I am not saying EM doesnt deserve to be #1.. I was just pointing out the fact that no blacks are on the list really…

    As for Ross in my opinion he had the best album of the year… How can you say it wasnt quality? He had more singles than EM… which song did you not like? Did you even give it a chance?

    a lot of people criticize him for lying on records (which we all know he does) but so does Em.. when he talks about killing people and beating bitches and hoes… and all that crazy shit… I saw the interviews… in real life EM is kinda square… no hate just real talk…

    Ross’s singles:
    B.M.F. (CLASSIC)
    MC HAMMER
    ASTON MARTIN MUSIC
    SUPER HIGH

    other hard tracks on Teflon Don:
    MAYBACH MUSIC 3
    Free Mason
    Live fast die young
    Tears of Joy

    ALBUM of the YEAR!

  11. dashing says:

    Em is always top selling. Relapse sold 4.5 million copies and won two Grammys and Encore(Eminem’s worst album) sold 5.4 million copies and got nominated for 3 Grammys. At this point, he could literally take a dump on a CD and sell it and it would go triple platinum. I think his brand/name does more for him than the actual music.

    Thankfully Recovery is his best album since Eminem Show but the sales and Grammys don’t necessarily correlate to quality in his case.

  12. Bangers N Mash says:

    No doubt .

  13. album of the yr says:

    by far album of the year. constant replay on this cd no tracks u need to skip cept maybe wtp. Ppl hate on em but without him hiphop dont sell shit an no one talks about it.
    JUST LOOK AT HOW ARTIST HAVE TO STEP THERE GAME UP SINCE EM CAME BACK. that right there proves hes the best

  14. cli-city.. says:

    Eminem is a marketing tool…..His music no matter how good or bad is gonna sell and thats a shame for real hip hop artist like J.Cole , Kanye, Black Thought and those real artist………

  15. Black Shady says:

    Team Shady we stay winning!!!!! Never caught a L
    only W’s

  16. you stay underground you stay broke as fuck says:

    at the top

    @cli-city the shame it´s that people like you keep complaining ! support your favourite artist J.Cole , Kanye whoever and shut the fuck up

  17. mac DIESEL says:

    NOT SURPRISED!!!! MOST OF THAT LIST IS POP-DRIVEN!!!! JIMMY IS ONE HAPPY JEW!!!! HA!!!!

    EMINEM = $$$$

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  18. hatin is for sucka's says:

    @meTHATSwho i agree, ross album is way better then recovery

    @cli-city yah eminem will sell records just cause of his name, kanye and j cole wont even sell that much smh

    congrats i guess

  19. MELODY says:

    The street don’t fuck with itunes. All you stans don’t get so excited yet.

  20. hatin is for sucka's says:

    pop music sells

  21. BLACK PEOPLE PLEASE LEARN says:

    When the day comes when black and colored folks have more purchasing power than whites is when the numbers will count more in the favor and the awards and other recognitions will follow. Get more purchasing power and buy more black (in every facet of life). Its about power, plain and simple.

  22. BLACK PEOPLE PLEASE LEARN says:

    in *their* favor

  23. Toya says:

    I’m happy for Em. Recovery’s a great album.

  24. Fuck Ya Life says:

    Now all the crazy Em stans on this site who was bitching over the TIME magazine shit can rejoice cause he got number 1 in something.

  25. Jake says:

    one of the G.O.A.T.S.

  26. hatin is for sucka's says:

    I love gargling white boy meat balls

    yum 😉

  27. D-manded says:

    The Broke white Nigga from D that came into the game n pissed all over it congrats shady

  28. roger says:

    i think the eminem show and mmlp should have won best album back than, i still hope recovery wins though i dont think it will..

  29. killyou says:

    Em stays winning. Yall stay hatin.

  30. ZoomZoom says:

    HES WHITE WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

    SMH CORNY RAPPERS LIKE HIM ALWAYS WINNING SELLING WACK SHIT……….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. fuk waka says:

    dis is wat happens wen da boy is bak… dis is fukin hip hop bitches

  32. mikey says:

    em savin hip hop

  33. 10 nominations? best ever says:

    I love all the hate directed towards his race. I still dont get it….just because you dont like his music doesnt mean its crap because hes white. Eminem can not please everyone. No matter what he does he will have haters just because hes white. If eminem was black, yes his record sales would drop, but if he was black, his credibility as a rapper would go up according to everyone posting here. Hes one of the guys who doesnt try to show off his success and fame but i guess everyone likes when rappers flaunt money and bitches, cuz thats whats cool in “the streets” haha stupid mother fuckers think hip hop is only in the streets. Sorry i dont live in the street and i have a home but that doesnt change what the music sounds like. You cant deny talent. So go ahead, be salty that “the white boy” is dominating the black mans game

  34. Damn Homie says:

    Shit is funny to me how niggas say.. “Em selling records when REAL hip hop artists like j. cole ain’t”.. smfh Seriously? Sorry but Em would eat your favorite rapper in a second. See you so called wannabe street niggas that bring the white shit into it.. don’t seem to want to look at it like this.. if he ain’t shit then why doesn’t your favorite rapper diss him?? Ain’t a nigga that made it to the top levels that ain’ t had a beef with someone that was atleast somewhere near his level.

    But funny enough you don’t see your favorite rapper calling Em out.. wonder why that is?

    First off.. throw the Amazon list out the window no matter WHO is on the list.. WHO THE FUCK.. buys music on AMAZON???? wtf…. its gotta be people either TO OLD.. or TO DUMB.. to know how to use fuckin ITUNES nigga… thats like most niggas having an ipod and you using the LOGITECH mp3 player that you bought from Wal-mart.. shit is wack nigga.

    Ye’s album was ok.. not a classic like you bitches seem to think.. I keep hearing J.cole this.. and J. cole that.. but where the hits nigga?? Don’t hate the game if you can’t play.. part of doin it is making hits.. it ain’t just about spitting.. if that was the case.. cannabis would be a star and not a joke for the most part.

    Go listen to what Ice T said about souljah boy and people like that.. how they hurting the music.. thats real talk niggas.

  35. Damn Homie says:

    CHECK THIS OUT.. real talk.

  36. C. Baines says:

    Train?! Ugh, that song is so hokey.

  37. TEFLON DON ! says:

    the only reason why kanye west made that list for amazon was because his album was sold for $3.99 on amazon.com

  38. Belize says:

    Congratulations Em!!!
    Glad to see Not Afraid is there too, not just LTWYL.

  39. che-el-pibe says:

    ma nigga em doing his shit dawg mad happy for this nigga

  40. What’s interesting about this is that (last I saw), physical copies of Recovery were actually outselling digital copies by about 2 to 1. So about a million seems like what it takes to top out iTunes album sales. I wonder how that measures up against past years?

  41. Word says:

    This is not a best albums list! Its a top selling list! Thats why Ross aint on here…dude aint even go gold yet i dont think.

    And dont put it on race, Kanye selling so stfu. Wayne selling so stfu. Ross going gold so stfu. All black people. So if Em selling, it aint just race. Dude put out a quality album it might not be best of the year in terms of hip hop but its in that top 5 top 3

  42. any song on recovery lyrically destroys any rick ross song any everyone should know this

  43. diva says:

    no weezy, drake nd nicki? WTF?!

  44. good ish says:

    eminem been stay the goat

  45. savior says:

    ems like wut the jews been waiting for a savior for hip hop its rediculous to hate on this man hes the GOAT and really the only good thing left in this game for an eception of a hanful of artists be happy about wuts hes doing and watch history while hes still in the game

  46. Mitch 3K says:

    Eminem keeps winning, Haters keep crying, same story from 1999-2010

    lol

  47. QOL says:

    the niggers mad that a white boy is the king of a black mans game, simple as that !
    GOAT

  48. DrDreThatDude says:

    Hypothetical. If some dude in Europe or Asia challenged America to a rap battle for “best rapper on the globe”, who you think gon get the phone call to go whip that boys ass in a battle?

    One of the reasons no one want to fuck with em is how he came up. He was not just rapping or be-boppin and got some skills. This dude was a battle rapper. He went to battle every day and was fighting wars and shit ‘slayin MC’s’. He molded it to a craft and now he runnin this shit cuz he can do whatever he want now. Whatever it was, Em has conquered it. And this dude don’t even really tour. he just stay in Detroit!

  49. Breezy says:

    eminem is a goat? thought he was human

  50. Microhaters gettin mad says:

    Something bigger than G.O.A.T

  51. ^^Sit down stans! Em dont care about white people he just love that surburan money. Cant knock him for dat. Came in da game with a huge gimmick wearin du-ragg and shit! Come on! white people cant get no wave/floaters ha! Blacks win again!! .

  52. Killmatic says:

    To those who says Eminem sold this much because it’s a pop album; you’re wrong. Pop music doesn’t sell, it gets downloaded. Look at B.o.B and Nellys sales… byt yeah, Eminem slles a lot just because of the name.

  53. AFRICA says:

    Congrats to Em but Kanye’s album is waaay better than recovery. He need to take notes from yeezy

  54. besteminemalways says:

    yeahh emnem is always best best best

  55. PITRI says:

    @Africa…Production wise Yes MBDTF>Recovery…But when it comes to spittin..Recovery’s The best album of 2010 hands down!!

  56. D-manded says:

    i dont get why people say ohh hes white yeah he sells records why dont people say that about black rappers and no im not racist im a caramel nigga myself 😉

  57. The Editor says:

    That Bruno mars kid will be cashing a few publishing checks for the next five years or so

    http://www.bit.ly/sundayhh

  58. J.Coal says:

    @methatswho

    Apparently Usher, Cee-lo, B.O.B, Diddy, Jason DeRulo, Rihanna, Diddy and Taio Cruz are white.

  59. Best says:

    no ones better then slim shady never will ther be a better EMcee

  60. martin says:

    Good for him. Now if he’d only start making some dope hip hop shit again, I’ll start buying his shit again.

  61. wtf says:

    wtf buys albums on the itunes ?

  62. em hater says:

    iTunes & Amazon list fail!
    Em is overrated – Jay Z is the GOAT! FACTT

  63. Devante says:

    Rap superstar Eminem has had a phenomenal year in 2010 with the success of his smash hit rap album Recovery and his hot rap singles “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna. Eminem`s music videos have been incredible too. Some of the coolest rap & hip hop music videos of 2010 and so I can see why Eminem has topped the Itunes yearly sales table once again. Hes simply had a phenomenal year.

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