The music business heavily relies on the Christmas season to boost their bottom line.

Let’s look at this week physical sales:

Taylor Swift – ‘Fearless’ – 246,841 – Total: 1,519,010
Britney Spears – ‘Circus’ – 200,096 – Total: 705,792
Nickelback – ‘Dark Horse’ – 156,076 – Total: 793,930
AC/DC – ‘Black Ice’ – 110,098 – Total: 1,675,568
Pink – ‘Funhouse’ – 61,381 – Total: 516,700
Miley Cyrus – ‘Breakout’ – 59,565 – Total: 1,192,675
Jonas Brothers – ‘Little Bit Longer’ – 58,608 – Total: 1,270,019
Killers – ‘Day & Age’ – 52,521 – Total: 307,865
Kid Rock – ‘Rock N Roll Jesus’ – 50,420 – total: 2,543,555
Guns N’ Roses – ‘Chinese Democracy’ – 47,193 – total: 364,960
Casting Crowns – ‘Peace On Earth’ – 41,188 – Total: 76,492
Metallica – ‘Death Magnetic’ – 36,136 – Total: 1,442,636
Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida’ – 35,391 – Total: 2,032, 974
Adele – ’19’ – 19,830 – Total: 278,491
Kings of Leon – ‘Only By The Night – 15,694 – Total: 15,694

Digital Songs (Totals):

Britney Spears ‘Circus’ – 365,050
Lady Gaga ‘Just Dance’ – 1,179,661
Kanye West ‘Heartless’ – 634,091
Britney Spears ‘Womanizer’ – 1,420,612
Katy Perry ‘Hot N Cold’ – 2,043,816
Pink ‘So What’ – 2,324,367

Surprisingly, Britney Spears has broken T.I.’s record for the “Biggest Jump in Billboard History”. Who would ever think Spears would be as meaningful as Madonna? But it looks like she did it. Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless’ is the biggest country digital album debut in the history of Nielsen’s Soundscan, and the 4th biggest digital album debut to date, behind only Coldplay, Jack Johnson, and Kanye West.