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Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« on: February 12, 2005, 09:46:16 PM »

According to SoundScan:

Artist, Album Title, SoundScan Total, Date of Total

1. Shania Twain - Come On Over: 14,983,317 (3/04)
2. Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill: 14,229,971 (3/04)
3. Metallica
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2005, 10:04:42 PM »
Wow, thats amazing seeing that it was realeashed a while after 1991.



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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2005, 12:33:21 PM »
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2005, 03:10:16 PM »
where are the Beatles Anthologies?
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2005, 09:23:53 PM »
surprised shania twain is first

those canadians:)
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2005, 03:52:17 AM »
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2005, 01:45:10 PM »
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where are the Beatles Anthologies?

They obviously didn
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2005, 01:50:25 PM »
This must be 'Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004' in America. Only they have so poor taste in music. Sorry..... :X
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2005, 10:48:38 PM »
I have to agree with you on that
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2005, 12:28:12 PM »
Let's all check through the list and see how many of these are in our collections! ;D
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2005, 05:59:59 PM »
i only have two..beatles, no doubt
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2005, 04:24:28 AM »
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This must be 'Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004' in America. Only they have so poor taste in music. Sorry..... :X

Gee that's funny since some of the highest selling acts in Europe over the years have been Robbie Williams, The Spice Girls and Westlife.  Both sides of the atlantic have their share of dung stinking up the charts.
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2005, 04:45:25 AM »
The Beatles Anthology 1 sold 8 million copies and it's not on that list
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2005, 04:59:21 AM »
Hey non-American dudes. You are dellusional. That list is probably world sales and Shania Twain is CERTAINLY not number one over here. When you look at the best sellilng albums of ALL time, you can see the musical taste a little better.
Check it out:

Best selling albums of all time in the United States:

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - 28 times platinum
Michael Jackson - Thriller - 26 times platinum
Pink Floyd - The Wall - 23 times platinum
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 22 times platinum
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & II - 21 times platinum
AC/DC - Back in Black - 20 times platinum
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 19 times platinum
The Beatles - The Beatles ("the White Album") - 19 times platinum
Shania Twain - Come on Over - 19 times platinum
Boston - Boston - 17 times platinum
Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (soundtrack) - 17 times platinum
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View - 16 times platinum
Elton John - Greatest Hits - 16 times platinum
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 16 times platinum
The Beatles - 1967 - 1970 - 16 times platinum
Garth Brooks - No Fences - 16 times platinum
Eagles - Hotel California - 16 times platinum
Garth Brooks - Double Live - 15 times platinum
The Beatles - 1962 - 1966 - 15 times platinum
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) - 15 times platinum
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 15 times platinum
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 15 times platinum
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 15 times platinum Santana - Supernatural - 15 times platinum
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. - 15 times platinum
Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - 14 times platinum
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 14 times platinum
Metallica - Metallica - 14 times platinum
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind - 14 times platinum
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys - 14 times platinum
Backstreet Boys - Millennium - 13 times platinum
Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 - 13 times platinum
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 13 times platinum
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (soundtrack) - 13 times platinum
Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band Live 1975 - '85 - 13 times platinum
Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 13 times platinum
Forrest Gump (soundtrack) - 12 times platinum
Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - 12 times platinum
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 - 12 times platinum
Shania Twain - The Woman in Me - 12 times platinum
Kenny G - Breathless - 12 times platinum
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - 12 times platinum
Pearl Jam - Ten - 12 times platinum
Matchbox Twenty - Yourself or Someone Like You - 12 times platinum
The Beatles - Abbey Road - 12 times platinum
Boyz II Men - II - 12 times platinum
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 12 times platinum
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces - 12 times platinum
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 12 times platinum
Def Leppard - Hysteria - 12 times platinum

And here's the U.K list

"Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles (1967) (4.5 million copies)
"(What's The Story) Morning Glory" - Oasis (1995) (4.2 million)
"Brothers In Arms" - Dire Straits (1985) (3.9 million)
"Bad" - Michael Jackson (1987) (3.9 million)
"The Immaculate Collection" - Madonna (1990) (3.6 million)
"Abba Gold Greatest Hits" - Abba (1992) (3.6 million)
"Stars" - Simply Red (1991) (3.6 million)
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1982) (3.3 million)
"Greatest Hits (Volume One)" - Queen (1981) (3.3 million)
"Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morissette (2002) (3.0 million)
"Come On Over" - Shania Twain (2000) (3.0 million)
"Rumours" - Fleetwood Mac (1977) (3.0 million)
"Spice" - The Spice Girls (1996) (3.0 million)
"No Angel" - Dido (2002) (2.8 million)
"I've Been Expecting You" - Robbie Williams (2000) (2.7 million)
"Talk On Corners" - The Corrs (1999) (2.7 million)
"The Very Best Of Elton John" - Elton John (1995) (2.7 million)
"White Ladder" - David Gray (2002) (2.6 million)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel (1970) (2.5 million)
"Greatest Hits" - Simon & Garfunkel (1972) (2.5 million)
"Sing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.4m)
"Urban Hymns" - Verve (2.4m)
"Robson And Jerome" - Robson & Jerome (2.4m)
"Sound Of Music" - Soundtrack (2.4m)
"Greatest Hits Vol.II" - Queen (2.4m)
"The Man Who" - Travis (2.4m)
"Simply The Best" - Tina Turner (2.4m)
"But Seriously" - Phil Collins (2.4m)
"Life For Rent" - Dido (2.2m)
"Swing When You're Winning" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)
"The Marshall Mathers LP" - Eminem (2.1m)
"1" - Beatles (2.1m)
"Now That's What I Call Music 44" - Various (2.1m)
"Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of..." - George Michael (2.1m)
"Life Thru A Lens" - Robbie Williams (2.1m)
"Falling Into You" - Celine Dion (2.1m)
"A New Flame" - Simply Red (2.1m)
"Tubular Bells" - Mike Oldfield (2.1m)
"The Bodyguard" - Soundtrack (2.1m)
"Bat Out Of Hell" - Meat Loaf (2.1m)
"Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd (2.1m)
"Tango In The Night" - Fleetwood Mac (2.1m)
"True Blue" - Madonna (2.1m)

I'd say both countries have some crap they listen too, but The Beatles are on the USA list 4 times as opposed to 2 on the UK list. And Floyd and Zeppelin are at least in our top 5. AND Madonna's not even on our list. Which is a major plus. Anyway, get your facts straight before you insult. I think the list that was previously posted were WORLD sales. So I guess we're not the only country that listens to crap occasionaly.
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2005, 05:24:17 AM »
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The Beatles Anthology 1 sold 8 million copies and it's not on that list

Soundscan only counts American sales of albums.  For example, Moby's Play album sold 10 million copies worldwide but only 2.6 million in the States.  I really wish there was a chart that compiled total world sales of albums.
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« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2005, 05:25:53 AM »
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 I'd say both countries have some crap they listen too, but The Beatles are on the USA list 4 times as opposed to 2 on the UK list. And Floyd and Zeppelin are at least in our top 5. AND Madonna's not even on our list. Which is a major plus. Anyway, get your facts straight before you insult. I think the list that was previously posted were WORLD sales. So I guess we're not the only country that listens to crap occasionaly.

Thank you!!  You proved my point better than I ever could have done by providing the proof!

You get a gold star.

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« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2005, 05:30:39 AM »
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Re: All time best selling album worldwide

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ALL TIME BEST SELLING ALBUM WORLDWIDE CHART
(15 millions album sold and more)
Last update: January 20, 2005

(Title - Artist - Source)

59 millions
THRILLER - JACKSON, MICHAEL - MJJ source + IFPI

42 millions
EAGLES/THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 - EAGLES - CNN + IFPI
BACK IN BLACK - AC/DC - Official site + IFPI

40 millions
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (BEE GEES) (2LP) - SOUNDTRACK - Polydor site + IFPI

37 millions
BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF - Jim Steinman source + IFPI
THE BODYGUARD (HOUSTON, WHITNEY) - SOUNDTRACK - Official Site + IFPI

35 millions
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD - Official site + IFPI
COME ON OVER - TWAIN, SHANIA - Official Site + IFPI

32 millions
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - BEATLES, THE - MSAW + IFPI
LED ZEPPELIN IV - LED ZEPPELIN Official Site + IFPI
DIRTY DANCING - SOUNDTRACK Official Site + IFPI

30 millions
RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC - Official Site + IFPI
LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE - DION, CELINE - Sony + IFPI
MILLENNIUM - BACKSTREET BOYS - Official Site + IFPI

29 millions
ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES - MSAW + IFPI
BAD - JACKSON, MICHAEL - MJJ Source + IFPI
JAGGED LITTLE PILL - MORISSETTE, ALANIS - MSAW + IFPI
FALLING INTO YOU - DION, CELINE - Sony + IFPI
TITANIC - SOUNDTRACK - Official Site + IFPI

28 millions
GREASE (2LP) - SOUNDTRACK - Polygram + IFPI
BORN IN THE U.S.A. - SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE - Official Site + IFPI
DANGEROUS - JACKSON, MICHAEL - MJJ Source + IFPI
1 (ONE) - BEATLES, THE - EMI site + IFPI

27 millions
HOTEL CALIFORNIA - EAGLES Official Site + IFPI
MUSIC BOX - CAREY, MARIAH - Official site + IFPI
THE JOSHUA TREE - U2 - Official Site

26 millions
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL Official Site + IFPI
BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS Official Site + IFPI
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - GUNS 'N ROSES Official Site + IFPI
SUPERNATURAL - SANTANA - Official Site + IFPI

25 millions
SLIPPERY WHEN WET - BON JOVI - Official Site + IFPI
ABBA GOLD - ABBA - Official Site + IFPI
BACKSTREET BOYS (aka BACKSTREET 's BACK) - BACKSTREET BOYS - Official Site + IFPI
...BABY ONE MORE TIME - SPEARS, BRITNEY - Official Site + IFPI

24 millions
THE WALL (2CD) - PINK FLOYD - Official site + IFPI
SPICE - SPICE GIRLS - Official Site + IFPI
WHITNEY HOUSTON - HOUSTON, WHITNEY - Official Site + IFPI
THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA - W.B. + IFPI

23 millions
TAPESTRY - KING, CAROLE Official Site + IFPI
CAN'T SLOW DOWN - RICHIE, LIONEL Official Site + IFPI
TRUE BLUE - MADONNA Official Site + IFPI
METALLICA - METALLICA Official Site + IFPI

22 millions
SOUND OF MUSIC - SOUNDTRACK Official Site + IFPI
GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL Official Site + IFPI
DAYDREAM - CAREY, MARIAH Official Site + IFPI

21 millions
THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970 (2CD) - BEATLES, THE - MSAW + IFPI
BOSTON - BOSTON - Official Site +IFPI
GREATEST HITS - JOHN, ELTON - Official Site +IFPI
SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN - BEE GEES - Polydor + IFPI
LIKE A VIRGIN - MADONNA - W.B. + IFPI
THE SIGN/HAPPY NATION - ACE OF BASE - Official Site + IFPI

20 millions
THE BEATLES 1962 - 1966 (2CD) - BEATLES, THE - MSAW + IFPI
PURPLE RAIN (SOUNDTRACK) - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTIONS - Official Site + IFPI
PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM - HAMMER - Official Site +IFPI
RICKY MARTIN - MARTIN, RICKY - Official Site +IFPI
COME AWAY WITH ME - JONES, NORAH - Official Site

19 millions
THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) (2CD) - BEATLES, THE - MSAW + IFPI
OFF THE WALL - JACKSON, MICHAEL - MJJ Source + IFPI
WHITNEY - HOUSTON, WHITNEY - Official Site - IFPI
OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN - SPEARS, BRITNEY - Official Site + IFPI

18 millions
BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - SUPERTRAMPS - Official Site + IFPI
HYSTERIA - DEF LEPPARD - Official Site + IFPI
THE WOMAN IN ME - TWAIN, SHANIA - Mercury - IFPI
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY - OASIS - Official Site + IFPI
THE SCORE - FUGEES - IFPI
ALL THE WAY... - DION, CELINE - Sony + IFPI
HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE BOOK I (2CD) - JACKSON, MICHAEL - MJJ Source + IFPI
NEW NEVERMIND - NIRVANA - Amazon.com + NEW

17 millions
GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II (2CD) - JOEL, BILLY - Official Site + IFPI
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI (2LP) - LED ZEPPELIN - Official Site + IFPI
FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE (2LP) - FRAMPTON, PETER - Pop Matters + IFPI
NO FENCES - BROOKS, GARTH - IFPI
ACHTUNG BABY - U2 - Official Site
MARIAH CAREY - CAREY, MARIAH - Official Site + IFPI
CRACKED REAR VIEW - HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Official Site + IFPI
UNPLUGGED - CLAPTON, ERIC - Official Site +IFPI
SPICE WORLD - SPICE GIRLS - Official Site + IFPI
ROMANZA - BOCELLI, ANDREA - Official Site +IFPI
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - EMINEM - Official Site +IFPI
FALLEN - EVANESCENCE - Official Site

16 millions
TUBULAR BELLS - OLDFIELD, MIKE - Official Site +IFPI
LEGEND - MARLEY, BOB & THE WAILERS - Official Site +IFPI
FAITH - MICHAEL, GEORGE - Official Site +IFPI
USE YOUR ILLUSION I - GUNS'N'ROSES - Official Site +IFPI
JANET. - JACKSON, JANET - Official Site +IFPI
MERRY CHRISTMAS - CAREY, MARIAH - Official Site +IFPI
ROPIN' THE WIND - BROOKS, GARTH - Official Site
BUTTERFLY - CAREY, MARIAH - Official Site +IFPI
BEST OF 1980-1990 - U2 - Official Site
NO STRINGS ATTACHED - 'N SYNC - Official Site +IFPI

15 millions
II - LED ZEPPELIN - Official Site +IFPI
GREATEST HITS - ROGERS, KENNY - Official Site +IFPI
GREATEST HITS VOL.2 - THE EAGLES - Official Site +IFPI
GUILTY - STREISAND, BARBRA - Polydor
GREATEST HITS - QUEEN - Official Site + IFPI
NO JACKET REQUIRED - COLLINS, PHIL Official Site + IFPI
NEW JERSEY - BON JOVI - Official Site
LIKE A PRAYER - MADONNA - W.B.
TO THE EXTREME - VANILLA ICE - Official Site + IFPI
CROSS ROADS - BON JOVI - Official Site
COLOUR OF MY LOVE - DION, CELINE - Official Site - Official Site + IFPI
USE YOUR ILLUSION II - GUNS'N'ROSES - Official Site + IFPI
THE LION KING - SOUNDTRACK - Official Site + IFPI
TRAGIC KINGDOM - NO DOUBT - Official Site + IFPI
BAT OUT OF HELL 2: BACK INTO HELL - MEAT LOAF - Official Site + IFPI
YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - MATCHBOX 20 - Official Site + IFPI
BLACK & BLUE - BACKSTREET BOYS - Official Site
RAY OF LIGHT - MADONNA - W.B. - Official Site + IFPI
DOUBLE LIVE (2CD) - BROOKS, GARTH - Official Site
THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL - HILL, LAURYN - Official Site + IFPI
MUSIC - MADONNA - W.B.
THE EMINEM SHOW - EMINEM - Official Site + IFPI
NEW BUSINESS AS USUAL - MEN AT WORK - Official Site + NEW

10 millions
WAKING UP THE NEIGHBOURS - ADAMS, BRYAN - 10 millions - Official site
KICK - INXS - 10 millions - Official site
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Re: Best Selling Albums from 1991 to 2004
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2005, 05:41:48 AM »
Yes, exactly!  Thanks for posting that!  Two gold stars in one day Sandra, that's gotta be a record!
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« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2005, 03:59:49 PM »
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"Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morissette (2002) (3.0 million)

OK... that album came out in 1995 NOT 2002!
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« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2005, 05:56:32 PM »
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Soundscan only counts American sales of albums.  For example, Moby's Play album sold 10 million copies worldwide but only 2.6 million in the States.  I really wish there was a chart that compiled total world sales of albums.

The numbers I posted are from the RIAA website, so that means Anthology 1 sold 8 millions only in the States

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