Amazon just announced their list of the Bestselling Albums of 2008 on their MP3 digital service. At first glance you might not think much of the list: Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, 3 Doors Down, Beck, and Radiohead are all near the top of the list.
What is remarkable and noteworthy is the #1 spot, Nine Inch Nails album Ghosts I-IV. Ghost I-IV is a 36 song instrumental album with no radio airplay, no MTV love and only minor press coverage, that however is not what is noteworthy about the #1