I highlighted the albums which I think are the best.

Billboard year-end chart

Top Pop Catalog Albums
Issue Date: 2008

# Title Artist Label
1 THRILLER 25 Michael Jackson Epic/Legacy/Sony BMG
2 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE: PLATINUM EDITION Various Artists INO/Time Life
3 GREATEST HITS Guns N' Roses Geffen/IGA
4 JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS Journey Columbia/Legacy/Sony BMG
5 LEGEND: THE BEST OF BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Bob Marley And The Wailers Tuff Gong/Island/UMe
6 IT'S TIME Michael Buble 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
7 THE LOST CHRISTMAS EVE Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lava/AG
8 JERSEY BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording Rhino
9 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC Epic/Legacy/Sony BMG
10 NUMBER ONES Michael Jackson MJJ/Epic/Sony Music
11 LET IT SNOW! (EP) Michael Buble 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
12 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Pink Floyd Capitol
13 WICKED Original Broadway Cast Recording Decca Broadway/Decca
14 GREATEST HITS Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Capitol
15 ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS Elvis Presley RCA/Sony BMG
16 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS! 3 Various Artists EMI/Universal/Zomba/Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group/Sony BMG
17 GREATEST HITS Queen Hollywood
18 CHRONICLE THE 20 GREATEST HITS Creedence Clearwater Revival Fantasy/Concord
19 1 The Beatles Apple/Capitol
20 CHRISTMAS EVE AND OTHER STORIES Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lava/AG
21 CROSS ROAD Bon Jovi Mercury/UMe
22 ALL THE WAY...A DECADE OF SONG Celine Dion 550 Music/Epic/Sony BMG
23 GOLD -- GREATEST HITS ABBA Polar/Polydor/UMe
24 A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Celtic Woman Manhattan/BLG
25 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (SOUNDTRACK) Vince Guaraldi Trio Fantasy/Concord
26 MICHAEL BUBLE Michael Buble 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
27 METALLICA Metallica Elektra/AG
28 CLOSER Josh Groban 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
29 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX: THE BEST OF JIMI HENDRIX Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix/UMe
30 GREATEST HITS Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers MCA/UMe
31 ME AND MY GANG Rascal Flatts Lyric Street/Hollywood
32 VAULT -- GREATEST HITS 1980-1995 Def Leppard Mercury/UMe
33 THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES Eagles Warner Strategic Marketing
34 IN BETWEEN DREAMS Jack Johnson Jack Johnson/Brushfire/Universal Republic/UMRG
35 GREATEST HITS Creed Wind-up
36 FALLEN Evanescence Wind-up
37 THE CHRISTMAS ATTIC Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lava/AG
38 THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Il Divo SYCO/Columbia/Sony Music
39 GREATEST HITS Tim McGraw Curb
40 [HYBRID THEORY] Linkin Park Warner Bros.
41 THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES Celine Dion 550 Music/Epic/Sony Music
42 JAMES TAYLOR AT CHRISTMAS James Taylor Columbia/Sony Music
43 THA CARTER II Lil Wayne Cash Money/Universal Motown/UMRG
44 CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr Capitol
45 CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS The Chipmunks Capitol
46 WINTER WONDERLAND Point Of Grace Word-Curb/Warner Bros.
47 NOEL Josh Groban 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
48 WHITE CHRISTMAS Martina McBride RCA Nashville/SBN
49 ELVIS CHRISTMAS Elvis Presley RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group/Sony BMG
50 ALL TIME GREATEST HITS Lynyrd Skynyrd MCA/UMe

amit1234 said:

Top what? Selling? Thriller 25 sold more than any other album this year?

DiamondGlove said:

The pop catalog is for albums over two years old. Although that Thriller is a rerelease, I guess they are counting it as the original (and adding the rerelease to the original's staggering total albums sold, too).

No wonder a woman would never be considered for a Sirius XM single channel.....the entire thing looks like a boys club!
[Edited 12/12/08 21:36pm]

dayum, still milking Thriller and no new music (unless you count the laughable remixes).

His fans must be pissed

Pissed?

Not quite.

No shit, lol.

Would you still have posted this if Thriller and Number Ones hadn't been in the list?

jthad1129 said:

Thriller25 sucked.