Money | music industry Coldplay Tops World Chart for '08 Viva la Vida the year's bestselling album By Kevin Spak Posted Feb 16, 2009 3:28 PM CST Copied Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, and Christine Baranski are shown in a scene from, "Mama Mia!" The movie's soundtrack was the world's third-best selling album in 2008. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Peter Mountain) See 1 more photo Coldplay’s Viva La Vida was the best-selling album in the world last year, the BBC reports, selling 6.8 million copies. Coldplay was one of four British acts to crack the top 10. Here’s the rest of the list: AC/DC: Black Ice The Mama Mia! soundtrack Duffy: Rockferry Metallica: Death Magnetic Leona Lewis: Spirit Amy Winehouse: Back to Black High School Musical 3 soundtrack Lil Wayne: The Carter III Rihanna: Good Girl Gone Bad Read These Next Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. Trump is demanding a 'new' census. See 1 more photo Report an error