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 See 6 reactions to Trump's SOTU address. Bill Gates apologized to his staff, spoke of his affairs. Home Improvement actor is going to jail for more than a year. Driver who killed Dixie Chicks founder hears his fate. See 1 more photo Report an error