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Rank Weeks Title
1 7 Taylor Swift - Fearless
2 6 Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
3 4 Britney Spears - Circus
4 6 Nickelback - Dark Horse
5 5 Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
6 8 Soundtrack - Twilight
7 2 Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
8 7 Various Artists - Now 29
9 2 Jamie Foxx - Intuition
10 6 David Cook - David Cook

Rank Weeks Title
1 11 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
2 21 Lady GaGa Featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
3 14 T.I. Featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life
4 8 Kanye West - Heartless
5 16 Taylor Swift - Love Story
6 22 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
7 13 Britney Spears - Womanizer
8 15 Kanye West - Love Lockdown
9 21 T.I. - Whatever You Like
10 12 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy

Rank Weeks Title
1 8 Twilight
2 10 High School Musical 3: Senior Year
3 25 Mamma Mia!
4 36 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
5 28 Camp Rock
6 4 Cadillac Records
7 5 Twilight: The Score (Carter Burwell)
8 19 One World (The Cheetah Girls)
9 57 Alvin And The Chipmunks
10 79 Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

1Soundtrack - Twilight
2Taylor Swift - Fearless
3Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
4Britney Spears - Circus
5Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
6Fall Out Boy - Folie A Deux
7Straight No Chaser - Holiday Spirits
8Nickelback - Dark Horse
9The All-American Rejects - When The World Comes Down
10Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
1AC/DC - Black Ice
2Enya - And Winter Came...
3Il Divo - The Promise
4Seal - Soul
5Pink - Funhouse
6Take That - The Circus
7The Priests - The Priests
8Leona Lewis - Spirit
9The Killers - Day & Age
10Herbert Gronemeyer - Was Muss Muss - Best Of
12Pac - Changes
2Ace Hood Featuring Rock Ross & T-Pain - Cash Flow
3Conjunto Primavera - No Se Vivir Sin Ti
4Lil Wayne - I'm Me
5Baby Bash Featuring T-Pain - Cyclone
6Grupo Montez De Durango - Adios Amor Te Vas
7Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
8Banda El Recodo - Y Llegaste Tu
9Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major - Lollipop
10Koji Kondo - Super Mario Brothers Theme
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