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Taylor Swift�s �Fearless� held on to the No. 1 slot for a fourth nonconsecutive week, selling 262,000 copies in the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan data.

Albums by Beyonce and Britney Spears were clearly popular stocking stuffers this year. Beyonce�s �I Am ... Sasha Fierce� sold 211,000 copies to leap to No. 2 from No. 5; Spears� �Circus� rose a slot to No. 3 on 203,000 sold.

Kanye West�s �808s and Heartbreak� sold 165,000 copies to rise six slots to No. 5.

In this last chart week of 2008, sales totaled 17.02 million, a spike of 17% from the final week of 2007. That final week of �07 included only one day of last-minute holiday shopping as opposed to three days in �08.