25. Drake Fans Start A Riot
24. Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire Top the Charts
23. Disney Divas Go Bad
22. John Mayer Offends All With Playboy Interview
21. Bono's Bad Back Pauses U2 Tour
20. 'Idol' Winner Has a Less Than Idyllic Year
19. Green Day Rocks Broadway
18. Star Hook-ups,Breakups and Knock-ups
17. 21 Perish in Love Parade Stampede
16. The Beatles Join iTunes
15. 'We Are the World' Turns 25
14. Bret Michaels Nearly Dies
13. 'Truffle-gate' Begins M.I.A.'s Decline
12. T.I. Goes to Jail, Again
11.Wyclef Weeps for Haiti
10. 'Glee' Beats the Beatles
9. Kanye West Joins Twitter
8. Michael Jackson's Complicated Legacy Lives On
7. Nashville Flood Hits Home for Country Stars
6. Lady Gaga's Monster Year
5. The Justin Bieber Takeover
4. Lil Wayne Stays Big Behind Bars
3. Taylor Swift Sells Over 1 Million in a Week
2. 'American Idol' Goes Through Changes
1. The Great Eminem 'Recovery'
Ten Grammy nominations and 3.1 million albums sold don't lie -- Eminem owned 2010. Does he have another career-defining album in him? That's what many asked when the Detroit rapper dropped "Relapse," his first album in 5 years, and underwhelmed both critically and commercially (on the relative scale of a megastar, anyway). But fans knew that Em had more to give, and he proved it with "Recovery," which spawned two No. 1 hits ("Not Afraid" and "Love the Way You Lie") and has sold more than any other album released in 2010 thus far. Fame and accolades may not matter to him personally -- "Honestly, as long as people enjoy the music, that means the most to me," Eminem told Billboard in June -- but in an industry where longevity is increasingly precious, he's proven himself more than worthy of them.
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