Grand Theft Auto IV sold 6 million copies in its first week at $60 a pop in the USA. Globally it brought in $500 million. That outstrips all of the first weeks music CD sales from top artists since 1991. Here’s the top 5 list of those week one sales in units not dollars:

1. ‘N Sync - No Strings Attached - 2.4 million
2. ‘N Sync - Celebrity - 1.9 million
3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 1.8 million
4. Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue - 1.6 million
5. Britney Spears - Oops….I Did It Again - 1.3 million

On April 29th one day sales for Grand Theft Auto IV were 3.6 million copies. Now, let’s hear it from all those folks who say that internet file sharing is killing music sales….