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Posted: 4:27 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood music's top power couple 

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By Nancy Wilson

When it comes to selling albums, country couples are king.  Billboard just released a list of the top 10 most powerful musical couples and three country powerhouse unions make the cut, including number one.    Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood top the list based on Nielsen SoundScan's report of the pair's combined U-S album sales from 1991 to now.    Read more here.   Here's the list:

  1. Garth & Trisha - 78.9 million  
  2. JayZ & Beyonce -- 62.3 million 
  3. Tim McGraw & Faith Hill -- 60.9 million
  4. Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon -- 54 million 
  5. Nickelback's Chad Kroeger & Avril Lavigne -- 34.3 million 
  6. Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale -- 32.7 million
  7. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz --  17.3 million
  8. Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez -- 11.2 million
  9. Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert -- 9.6 million  
  10. Skrillex & Ellie Goulding -- 1.1 million 

How about some Tim and Faith?

Here's Blake and Miranda!

 

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