Best of 2008: iTunes

The iTunes store has released their lists of the best of 2008 along with the top selling music of the year.

There is not a lot of surprise here. Metallica shows up on a number of lists as do Robert Plant, Madonna and Janet Jackson. Queen + Paul Rodgers, despite low sales on their new album, also makes two appearances.

The following are the veteran artists that placed on iTunes top selling or best lists. Where the music was in order, the top three are listed no matter the vintage.

iTunes Top 100 Selling Albums (unordered)

• Death Magnetic - Metallica
• Mamma Mia! - Soundtrack
• Hard Candy - Madonna
• Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• Mothership - Led Zeppelin
• Thriller - Michael Jackson
• Greatest Hits - Journey
• Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Accelerate - R.E.M.
• Greatest Hits - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA

iTunes Top 100 Selling Tracks

• 1. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
• 2. Viva la Vida - Coldplay
• 3. Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
• 11. 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
• 67. Into the Night - Santana
• 74. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
• 90. Feedback - Janet (Jackson)

iTunes 10 Best Albums (unordered)

• Death Magnetic - Metallica
  

iTunes 25 Best Singles

• 1. Hot N' Cold - Katy Perry
• 2. Mercy - Duffy
• 3. Electric Feel - MGMT
• 7. Saints of Los Angeles - Motley Crue
• 13. 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake

iTunes 10 Best Alternative Albums (unordered)

• Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

iTunes 10 Best Blues Albums (unordered)

• One Kind Favor - B.B. King
• Maestro - Taj Mahal
• Skin Deep - Buddy Guy
  

iTunes 10 Best Country Albums (unordered)

• Troubadour - George Strait
• Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• Backwoods Barbie - Dolly Parton

iTunes 23 Best Country Tracks

• 1. In Color - Jamey Johnson
• 2. I Saw God Today - George Strait
• 3. Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn
• 7. All That You Have is Your Soul - Emmylou Harris
• 13. Dig Two Graves - Randy Travis
• 18. Jesus & Gravity - Dolly Parton

iTunes 10 Best Americana/Bluegrass Albums (unordered)

• Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• All I Intended to Be - Emmylou Harris

iTunes 10 Best Jazz Vocal Albums (unordered)

• Speak Low - Boz Scaggs

iTunes 24 Best Pop Songs

• 1. T-Shirt - Shontelle
• 2. Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson
• 3. What You Got - Colby O'Donis featuring Akon
• 14. LUV - Janet (Jackson)

iTunes 10 Best Rock Albums (unordered)

• Death Magnetic - Metallica
• The Cosmos Rocks - Queen + Paul Rodgers

iTunes 24 Best Rock Tracks

• 1. Saints of Los Angeles - Motley Crue
• 2. Too Drunk... - Buckcherry
• 3. The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
• 4. Tiger in the Sun - Cult
• 5. Say It's Not True - Queen + Paul Rodgers
• 10. Life is Beautiful - Sixx: AM
• 21. The Judas Kiss - Metallica

iTunes 10 Best Rock Reissues (unordered)

• Live in Santa Monica '72 - David Bowie
• Fire & Water - Free
• Boy - U2
• Live at Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
• The Bootleg Series, Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs - Bob Dylan
• Teaser & the Firecat - Cat Stevens
• The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium - Clash
• The Stranger - Billy Joel
• This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• Back Street Crawler - Paul Kossoff

iTunes 10 Best Vocal Albums (unordered)

• Speak Low - Boz Scaggs
• Still Unforgetable - Natalie Cole