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 13th July 2016, 10:16 AM
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From OCC Comments... http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...evealed__15397/ Bengy • 30 minutes ago Thanks OCC for this list - and with sales figures to 2 decimal places! But what did Abba's Greatest Hits at number 7 sell please? Official Charts Mod > Bengy • 25 minutes ago Hi Bengy, g'wan then! It's sold 2.606m |
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13th July 2016, 10:24 AM
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You got there before me. What does g'wan mean?
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13th July 2016, 11:43 AM
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You missed out number 3 ben! There's only 12 albums on that list, not 13
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13th July 2016, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE(ben08 @ Jul 13 2016, 05:24 AM)  You got there before me. What does g'wan mean? G'WAN = Go on = Irish expression for "good on you" |
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13th July 2016, 01:00 PM
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Apologies for my poor maths - now edited.
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19th July 2016, 12:19 PM
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19 by Adele must have literally only just missed the cut-off point. If the deadline had been just one week later, the Glastonbury sales spike would've give it enough sales to get in there. Robbie's greatest hits must've been real close too
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19th July 2016, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(JCM20 @ Jul 19 2016, 01:19 PM) 19 by Adele must have literally only just missed the cut-off point. If the deadline had been just one week later, the Glastonbury sales spike would've give it enough sales to get in there. Robbie's greatest hits must've been real close too Not quite, it's approaching 2.34m at the moment. Michael Jackson's #1's has sold 2.35m and didn't make the top 60. But I agree it did only miss out by a very fine margin. It should outsell 56-60 in the next year or so, but so will Bublé's Christmas and Jackson's #1s, so if nobody releases a new album selling more than 2.4m in the near future, it should *just* scrape into the next update of the top 60. |
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20th July 2016, 09:46 AM
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QUOTE(rundmck @ Jul 19 2016, 04:33 PM) Not quite, it's approaching 2.34m at the moment. Michael Jackson's #1's has sold 2.35m and didn't make the top 60. But I agree it did only miss out by a very fine margin. It should outsell 56-60 in the next year or so, but so will Bublé's Christmas and Jackson's #1s, so if nobody releases a new album selling more than 2.4m in the near future, it should *just* scrape into the next update of the top 60. So how many copies do the MB and MJ albums normally sell in a year then? Jackson's Number Ones is probably a consistent seller across much of the year but would be much higher if Sony hadn't released so many MJ hits albums in the years before and after his death (diluting sales of Number Ones). Without the other hits albums I estimate it would have sold nearly 1 million more copies than it did during 2009. Buble's Christmas album will be a good seller in the run up to Xmas but probably non-existent the rest of the year. |
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21st July 2016, 12:13 AM
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Well last year Bublé Christmas sold 143k (mostly at Christmas) Jackson #1s sold 92k Adele's 19 sold significantly less than both of those, so they will be ahead of her 19 album for the foreseeable future as they both will sell steadily this year again. |
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21st July 2016, 07:25 AM
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I own:
1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 1981 1 ~6.1 million 2 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1992 1 ~5.2 million 4 21 ADELE 2011 1 5 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1995 1 ~4.7 million 6 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 1982 13 2 9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 1987 1 10 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 1991 1 ~4 million 12 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 1990 1 13 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE 2006 1 15 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1997 1 27 25 ADELE 2015 1 28 TALK ON CORNERS CORRS 1997 1 29 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996 1 30 THE FAME LADY GAGA 2008 1 31 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 1 35 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2004 1 38 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2004 1 40 X&Y COLDPLAY 2005 1 43 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 1999 1 45 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 2000 1 49 X ED SHEERAN 2014 1 55 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 2000 1 57 PROGRESS TAKE THAT 2010 1 Have streamed: 3 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 1 ~5.1 million 11 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 1 16 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 1984 1 20 1 BEATLES 2000 1 39 BUT SERIOUSLY PHIL COLLINS 1989 1 41 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995 1 58 EYES OPEN SNOW PATROL 2006 1 59 NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION TAKE THAT 2005 2 60 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 1992 1 Streaming is an easy way to get to know the classics (in my case, especially The Beatles) |
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21st July 2016, 08:47 AM
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QUOTE(SKOB @ Jul 21 2016, 08:25 AM) Streaming is an easy way to get to know the classics (in my case, especially The Beatles) That's what I do. I have a list of classic albums that I am planning to stream. |
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21st July 2016, 11:04 AM
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From www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/looking-back-at-amy-winehouses-back-to-black-ten-10-years-on__15545/
it says : Latest stats show Back To Black has now shifted 3.58 million in the UK, with 3.3 million of those being physical sales. we have her on as at 3,729,500 Why the disparity? I guess this would show why they put Madonna's TIC above |
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21st July 2016, 11:05 AM
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QUOTE(SKOB @ Jul 21 2016, 08:25 AM) I own: 1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 1981 1 ~6.1 million 2 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1992 1 ~5.2 million 4 21 ADELE 2011 1 5 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1995 1 ~4.7 million 6 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 1982 13 2 9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 1987 1 10 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 1991 1 ~4 million 12 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 1990 1 13 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE 2006 1 15 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1997 1 27 25 ADELE 2015 1 28 TALK ON CORNERS CORRS 1997 1 29 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996 1 30 THE FAME LADY GAGA 2008 1 31 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 1 35 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2004 1 38 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2004 1 40 X&Y COLDPLAY 2005 1 43 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 1999 1 45 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 2000 1 49 X ED SHEERAN 2014 1 55 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 2000 1 57 PROGRESS TAKE THAT 2010 1 Have streamed: 3 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 1 ~5.1 million 11 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 1 16 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 1984 1 20 1 BEATLES 2000 1 39 BUT SERIOUSLY PHIL COLLINS 1989 1 41 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995 1 58 EYES OPEN SNOW PATROL 2006 1 59 NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION TAKE THAT 2005 2 60 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 1992 1 Streaming is an easy way to get to know the classics (in my case, especially The Beatles) Is Legend by Bob a greatest hits album? |
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21st July 2016, 11:15 AM
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21st July 2016, 06:40 PM
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QUOTE(garyfeld @ Jul 21 2016, 12:04 PM) From www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/looking-back-at-amy-winehouses-back-to-black-ten-10-years-on__15545/ it says : Latest stats show Back To Black has now shifted 3.58 million in the UK, with 3.3 million of those being physical sales. we have her on as at 3,729,500 Why the disparity? I guess this would show why they put Madonna's TIC above From Music Week 30/6/16 QUOTE With a to-date tally of 3,019,219, 25 thus becomes the sixth album by a female solo artist to sell more than 3m copies, trailing 21 (4,944,516), Amy Winehouse's Back To Black (3,756,543), Shania Twain's Come On Over (3,401,958), Leona Lewis' Spirit (3,138,711) and Dido's No Angel (3,088,730). Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill has been certified 10x Platinum, which would indicate a sale of 3m, though its running tally is 2,742,868. I suppose it might be to addition of the deluxe version, whether it added on 50% of the Frank/Back To Black double CD (to ensure consistency with the treatment of Queen's Greatest Hits) and of course streaming sales are not included in all-time lists. BTW there appear to be 280,000 downloads sales. The inconsistency with Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is the exclusion of Music Club sales from the 1990s. |
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21st July 2016, 09:24 PM
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QUOTE(ben08 @ Jul 21 2016, 07:40 PM) From Music Week 30/6/16 The inconsistency with Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is the exclusion of Music Club sales from the 1990s. I figured it was just shipment certifications from the time |
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22nd July 2016, 06:15 PM
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An update from Music Week,
Number one for 12 straight weeks when first released in 1984, Bob Marley & The Wailers' Legend is the fifth biggest selling compilation, and the 16th biggest selling album overall. It is also back in the Top 10, charging 39-8 (8,518 sales) after the digital version was reduced £4.99 on iTunes. Although on its 487th week in the Top 75, Legend has spent only 22 weeks in the Top 10, but has accumulated sales of 3,442,880. It is not always clear what these figures represent - shipments, physical (vinyl LPs, CDs, cassettes), digital downloads, audio streams, Music Club sales. Wish OCC/Music Week would make it clear. |
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22nd July 2016, 09:31 PM
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Well, if we're all doing it:
POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR HIGH POSN 1 GREATEST HITS QUEEN 1981 1 * 3 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 1 ~5.1 million 4 21 ADELE 2011 1 5 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1995 1 ~4.7 million 10 GREATEST HITS II QUEEN 1991 1 * 11 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 1 16 LEGEND BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS 1984 1 18 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 1997 1 20 1 BEATLES 2000 1 * 21 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SIMON & GARFUNKEL 1970 1 26 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 1998 1 31 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 1 33 ONLY BY THE NIGHT KINGS OF LEON 2008 1** 36 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 1987 1* 40 X&Y COLDPLAY 2005 1 45 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 2000 1 50 COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES 2002 1* 51 GRACELAND PAUL SIMON 1986 1* 54 TANGO IN THE NIGHT FLEETWOOD MAC 1987 1* 58 EYES OPEN SNOW PATROL 2006 1 60 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 1992 1 *bought secondhand **I got this free in a Google special offer and have never actually listened to it |
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22nd July 2016, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE(ben08 @ Jul 22 2016, 07:15 PM) An update from Music Week, Number one for 12 straight weeks when first released in 1984, Bob Marley & The Wailers' Legend is the fifth biggest selling compilation, and the 16th biggest selling album overall. It is also back in the Top 10, charging 39-8 (8,518 sales) after the digital version was reduced £4.99 on iTunes. Although on its 487th week in the Top 75, Legend has spent only 22 weeks in the Top 10, but has accumulated sales of 3,442,880. It is not always clear what these figures represent - shipments, physical (vinyl LPs, CDs, cassettes), digital downloads, audio streams, Music Club sales. Wish OCC/Music Week would make it clear. I think I remember seeing in a Gezza thread that it did a million in the 80s, a million in the 90s and another million in the 00s. |
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23rd July 2016, 08:18 AM
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Oh why not... I have the following (italics if it is one I even vaguely still listen to):
3 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES 1967 1 ~5.1 million 4 21 ADELE 2011 1 5 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1995 1 ~4.7 million 6 THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON 1982 1 7 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD 1973 2 9 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 1987 1 12 THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION MADONNA 1990 1 13 BACK TO BLACK AMY WINEHOUSE 2006 1 14 STARS SIMPLY RED 1991 1 18 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 1997 1 25 NO ANGEL DIDO 2000 1 26 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 1998 1 27 25 ADELE 2015 1 30 THE FAME LADY GAGA 2008 1 31 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD COLDPLAY 2002 1 32 LIFE FOR RENT DIDO 2003 1 36 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 1987 1 38 SCISSOR SISTERS SCISSOR SISTERS 2004 1 41 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995 1 44 TRACY CHAPMAN TRACY CHAPMAN 1988 1 45 PARACHUTES COLDPLAY 2000 1 50 COME AWAY WITH ME NORAH JONES 2002 1 51 GRACELAND PAUL SIMON 1986 1 53 LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL 1998 1 55 THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP EMINEM 2000 1 57 PROGRESS TAKE THAT 2010 1 58 EYES OPEN SNOW PATROL 2006 1 60 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 1992 1 ...and Mr D* owns these ones so they're in the house somewhere too: 2 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1992 1 ~5.2 million 23 SPIRIT LEONA LEWIS 2007 1 29 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996 1 34 BEAUTIFUL WORLD TAKE THAT 2006 1 35 HOPES AND FEARS KEANE 2004 1 43 THE MAN WHO TRAVIS 1999 1 48 I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ROBBIE WILLIAMS 1998 1 |
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