According to the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry, Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida O Death And All His Friends' was 2008's best-selling album worldwide, selling 6.8 million copies. In second place were AC/DC with 'Black Ice' and in third place the soundtrack to 'Mamma Mia! The Movie'.
Three other albums appearing in the top ten were by British artists, all by the ladies of UK pop: Duffy's debut 'Rockferry' came in fourth whilst Leona Lewis and Amy Winehouse's most recent albums were sixth and seventh respectively, despite the fact that 'Spirit' was released in 2007 and 'Back To Black' came out in 2006.
Also making the top ten were Metallica's 'Death Magnetic' at five, the 'High School Musical 3' soundtrack at eight, Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III' at nine, and Rihanna's 'Good Girl Gone Bad' at ten.