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12.24.2008 11:38 am
Taylor Swift CD is music’s top stocking stuffer
Kevin C. Johnson

Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” CD has turned into the season’s biggest stocking stuffer.

She’s at the top of the Billboard 200 once again after selling 330,000 copies of her disc, besting new records from Keyshia Cole, Jamie Foxx, Fall Out Boy, Anthony Hamilton, All-American Rejects, and Plies.

Only Cole was a near match for Swift. Cole came in at a very close number two position behind Swift.

Here’s the top ten, according to Nielsen/SoundScan:

1. Taylor Swift, “Fearless,” 330,000

2. Keyshia Cole, “A Different Me,” 322,000

3. Jamie Foxx.”Intuition,” 265,000

4. Britney Spears, “Circus,” 196,000

5. Beyonce, “I Am…Sasha Fierce,” 195,000

6. Nickelback, “Dark Horse,” 194,000

7. Various artists, “Twilight,” 156,000

8. Fall Out Boy, “Folie A Deux,” 150,000

9. AC/DC, “Black Ice,” 143,000

10. Various artists, “Now 29,” 139,000


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