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The following lists the top 25 albums of 2010 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart. [1]
# | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1. | Greatest Hits... So Far!!! | Pink | 1 | 11 [nb 1] |
2. | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | 1 | 11 [nb 2] |
3. | Recovery | Eminem | 1 | 9 [nb 3] |
4. | Greatest Hits | Bon Jovi | 1 | 1 [nb 4] |
5. | The Gift | Susan Boyle | 2 | |
6. | The Fame Monster | Lady Gaga | 1 | 3 [nb 5] |
7. | Down the Way | Angus & Julia Stone | 1 | 2 [nb 6] |
8. | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | 1 | 3 [nb 7] |
9. | Crazy Love | Michael Bublé | 1 | 3 [nb 8] |
10. | Teenage Dream | Katy Perry | 1 | 2 [nb 9] |
11. | Animal | Kesha | 4 | |
12. | My Worlds | Justin Bieber | 1 | 2 [nb 10] |
13. | Lungs | Florence and the Machine | 3 | |
14. | Recollection | k.d. lang | 1 | 3 [nb 11] |
15. | Speak Now | Taylor Swift | 1 | 1 [nb 12] |
16. | Come Around Sundown | Kings of Leon | 1 | 2 [nb 13] |
17 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | 2 | |
18 | Duet | Ronan Keating | 3 | |
19 | Altiyan Childs | Altiyan Childs | 3 | |
20 | April Uprising | John Butler Trio | 1 | 1 [nb 14] |
21 | Glee: The Music, Volume 4 | Glee cast | 3 | |
22 | Raymond v. Raymond | Usher | 2 | |
23 | Loud | Rihanna | 3 | |
24 | Birds of Tokyo | Birds of Tokyo | 2 | |
25 | Jason Derülo | Jason Derulo | 4 | |
Peak chart positions from 2010 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by the ARIA, based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 100 albums chart for each week during 2010. [1]
The discography of American singer Whitney Houston (1963–2012) consists of seven studio albums, six compilations, two soundtrack albums, five box sets, six extended plays, and 57 singles. In 1985, Houston released her self-titled debut album. It spent 14 weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified 13x platinum (Diamond) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with global sales of 30 million copies. The album produced four US top 5 singles, including three Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles. In 1987, Houston released her second album Whitney. The album debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody ", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional", and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go", which established an unprecedented seven consecutive No.1 hits by a performer. Whitney was certified Diamond by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries, having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide. Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles; "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need", selling 10 million units worldwide. In February 1991, Houston released "The Star Spangled Banner" performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single, becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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