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By The Numbers

Rank Weeks Title
1 1 Madonna - Hard Candy
2 3 Mariah Carey - E=MC2
3 4 Leona Lewis - Spirit
4 1 Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change
5 1 Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
6 1 The Roots - Rising Down
7 1 Portishead - Third
8 1 Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
9 8 Various Artists - NOW 27
10 1 Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits: Limited Edition

Rank Weeks Title
1 5 Rihanna - Take A Bow
2 13 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
3 9 Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major - Lollipop
4 19 Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown - No Air
5 13 Usher Featuring Young Jeezy - Love In This Club
6 15 Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
7 8 Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
8 13 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
9 13 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine
10 9 Danity Kane - Damaged

Rank Weeks Title
1 18 Juno
2 23 Alvin And The Chipmunks
3 2 Flight Of The Conchords
4 45 Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
5 3 I Don't Want To Go To School (The Naked Brothers Band)
6 34 Across The Universe: Deluxe Edition
7 48 Once
8 24 August Rush
9 5 Martin Scorsese: Shine A Light (The Rolling Stones)
10 33 Into The Wild (Eddie Vedder)

1Madonna - Hard Candy
2The Roots - Rising Down
3Portishead - Third
4Augustana - Can't Love Can't Hurt
5Leona Lewis - Spirit
6Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords (Soundtrack)
7Soundtrack - Juno
8Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
9Mariah Carey - E=MC2
10Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
1Madonna - Hard Candy
2Duffy - Rockferry
3Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
4Portishead - Third
5Scooter - Jumping All Over The World
6Leona Lewis - Spirit
7R.E.M. - Accelerate
8Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
9Ich + Ich - Vom Selben Stern
10The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
1Grupo Montez De Durango - Adios Amor Te Vas
2Koji Kondo - Super Mario Brothers Theme
3Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - Low
450 Cent Featuring Olivia - Candy Shop
5Black Sabbath - Iron Man
6Afroman - Because I Got High
7Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
8Nickelback - Rockstar
950 Cent & Olivia - Best Friend
102Pac - I Ain't Mad At Cha

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