Fue divulgada una lista con los 40 CDs más vendidos del año, y When The Sun Goes Down, está en el puesto #31, y hay una tendencia a subir en la lista, debido a que el album tendrá un tercer single. Mira la lista completa:
1. Adele – 21 – 10.140.000+
2.Lady GaGa – Born This Way – 4.521.000+
3.Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans – 3.020.000+
4.Rihanna – Loud – 2.878.000+
5.Adele – 19 – 1.960.000+
6. Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More – 1.855.000+
7. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light – 1.726.000+
8. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream – 1.707.000+
9.Beyoncé – 4 – 1.611.000+
10. Black Eyed Peas – The Beginning – 1.484.000+
11. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV – 1.426.000+
12. Pink – Greatest Hits So Far – 1.415.000+
13. Justin Bieber – My Worlds (My World+My World 2.0)-1.406.000+
14.Lady GaGa – The Fame (Monster) – 1.197.000+
15. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne – 1.181.000+
16. Britney Spears – Femme Fatale – 1.133.000+
17.Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party – 1.081.000+
18. Avril Lavigne – Goodbye Lullaby – 992.000+
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You – 959.000+
20. Justin Bieber – Never Say Never (The Remixes) – 930.000+
21. Chris Brown – F.A.M.E. – 922.000+
22. Jennifer Lopez – Love? – 880.000+
23. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black – 860.000+
24. Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel – 859.000+
25. Jessie J – Who You Are – 825.000+
26. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday – 751.000+
27. Arashi – Beautiful World – 726.000+
28. AKB 48 – Koko Ni Itakoto – 716.000+
29. Pitbull – Planet Pit – 686.000+
30. Eminem – Recovery – 648.000+
31. Selena Gomez & The Scene – When The Sun Goes Down – 641.000+
32. Exile – Negai No To – 619.000+
33. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 602.000+
34. David Guetta – Nothing But The Beat – 555.000+
35. Michael Jackson – Michael – 545.000+
36. Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits – 542.000+
37. Radiohead – King Of Limbs – 521.000+
38. Jackie Evancho – Dream With Me – 520.000+
39. Shôjo Jidai – Girls’ Generation – 508.000+
40. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking – 479.000+