Eminem

'8 Mile'

The numbers are out, and two Detroit artists, Eminem and Jack White rank among the best in the world in the Nielsen Music year-end report.

The report:

Nielsen compiled data for its 2014 U.S. music year-end report showing numbers from December 30, 2013 through December 28, 2014. Those numbers include album sales, song downloads and social media views.

Album sales vs. streaming:

Streaming continued to show significant growth in 2014. There were more than 164 billion songs streamed on-demand through video and audio platforms. That's a 54% increase from the year before.

CD sales in the U.S. totaled 140 million, down 15 million from 2013, while vinyl sales increased significantly, from 6.1 million in 2013 to 9.2 million in 2014.

Digital sales:

Overall, digital sales, which includes albums, songs and streaming, were up three percent. Digital album sales were down 15 percent and digital track sales were down 10 percent.

"Music fans continue to consume music through on-demand streaming services at record levels, helping to offset some of the weakness that we see in sales," says David Bakula of Nielsen. The continued expansion of digital music consumption is encouraging, as is the continued record setting growth that we are seeing in LP vinyl sales."

Top overall sellers:

For overall sales, which includes full albums, individual songs and streams, the "Frozen" soundtrack finished number one, just ahead of "1989" by Taylor Swift. Sam Smith, Ariana Grande and Katy Perry round out the top five.

Top CD sales:

The "Frozen" soundtrack led in CD sales, followed by Taylor Swift, Pentatonix, Barbara Streisand and Sam Smith.

Top LP Vinyl albums:

Detroit's own Jack White ranked number one in 2014 with 86,700 vinyl sales for his album "Lazaretto." Arctic Monkeys finished second, followed by Lana Del Rey, The Beatles and Bob Marley.

Top global artists:

Eminem finished the number six top global artist. That's based on both social and web engagement which includes Facebook likes, Twitter followers, and Wikipedia page views. Shakira finished number one, followed by Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.

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Edward Pevos is the entertainment reporter for Mlive covering Detroit and Southeast Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter @PaparazzoPevos