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 Opposing takes on Trump's 'combative' speech. Cartoonist Scott Adams paralyzed amid a battle with cancer. Photographer denies close-up shots were attacks on Trump figures. 2 of Rob and Michele Reiner's kids speak out. See 1 more photo Report an error