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By The Numbers

Rank Weeks Title
1 3 The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
2 2 Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines And Trying Times
3 1 Regina Spektor - Far
4 4 Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
5 6 Eminem - Relapse
6 1 Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
7 1 Soundtrack - Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: The Album
8 35 Lady Gaga - The Fame
9 1 Ginuwine - A Man's Thoughts
10 14 Soundtrack - Hannah Montana: The Movie

Rank Weeks Title
1 3 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2 16 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
3 8 Drake - Best I Ever Had
4 14 Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - Knock You Down
5 11 Lady Gaga - LoveGame
6 18 Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
7 8 Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
8 12 Jeremih - Birthday Sex
9 6 Linkin Park - New Divide
10 9 Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas

Rank Weeks Title
1 1 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: The Album
2 14 Hannah Montana: The Movie
3 34 Twilight
4 1 Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: The Score
5 4 Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More
6 4 The Hangover
7 51 Mamma Mia!
8 6 True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series
9 3 Flight 666 (Iron Maiden)
10 27 Slumdog Millionaire

1Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson
2Michael Jackson - Thriller
3Michael Jackson - Number Ones
4Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
5Regina Spektor - Far
6The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
7Soundtrack - Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: The Album
8Michael Jackson - Bad
9Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
10Michael Jackson - Dangerous
1Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
2The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D (The Energy Never Dies)
3Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - Greatest Hits
4Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
5Lady Gaga - The Fame
6Placebo - Battle For The Sun
7Eros Ramazzotti - Ali E Radici
8Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up
9Daniel Schuhmacher - The Album
10Michael Jackson - Number Ones
1Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
22Pac - Changes
3Unknown - NYSE Bell
4Lalo Schifrin - Mission-Impossible
5Koji Kondo - Super Mario Brothers Theme
6Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
7T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone
8Conjunto Primavera - No Se Vivir Sin Ti
9Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
10Michael Jackson - Beat It

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