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The recording industry is hurting. Last year's music sales dropped 5 percent from 2000, according to Soundscan, the first decline in 10 years. While rockers Linkin Park had the top-selling album of 2001 (see list below), sales were well below pest breakout hits, such as The Backstreet Boys' 1999 release Millennium, which, sold 11.9 million.

1. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory: 4.8 million

2. Shaggy, Hotshot: 4.5 million

3. *Nsync, Celebrity: 4.42 million

4. Enya, Day Without Rain: 4.41 million

5. Staind, Break the Cycle: 4.2 million

6. Alicia Keys, Songs in A Minor: 4.1 million

7. Destiny's Child, Survivor: 3.7 million

8. Creed, Weathered: 3.6 million

9. Soundtrack, O Brother Where Art...