Posted December 20, 201014 yr I just saw in music report that Take Thats ultimate collection has sold over 2 million copies which means they have now 3 consecutive 2 million + selling albums and im positive progress will make it 4 in a row, who was the last band/act to manage the same thing, as i dont think the likes of oasis and coldplay managed 4 in a row?
December 20, 201014 yr I think Robbie Williams had at least 4 2-mill sellers in a row To be honest though I wouldn't count NF-TUC as one of their consecutive 2-mill sellers as it's a greatest hits, not a studio album
December 20, 201014 yr Coldplay? first 4 albums all over 2 million. Their first 3 yep but i think Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends hasn't sold more than 1.5m!
December 20, 201014 yr Didos first two albums sold over 2 million. No Angel has sold around 3,030,000 and Life For Rent has sold about 2,850,000.
December 20, 201014 yr Their first 3 yep but i think Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends hasn't sold more than 1.5m! sorry!!!...yes..you are right...i did mean their first 3...i just lost count!! lol doh! If peopel are going to just list 2 consecutive albums...then you will need to include Beatles, and Abba , of course (3 for Abba, if you include their Greatest Hits, next to Arrival and The Album (i think Voulez Vouz was short of 2 million.)
December 21, 201014 yr I think Robbie Williams had at least 4 2-mill sellers in a row is it right? I think no because: 1997 - Life Thru a Lens - about 2,400,000 1998 - I've Been Expecting You - about 3,000,000 2000 - Sinq When You're Winning - more than 2,188,385 2001 - Swing - more than 2,251,645 2002 - Escapology - more than 2,049,281 2004 - Greatest Hits 04 - more than 2,199,949 six albums 2-mil in a row Edited December 21, 201014 yr by Better Man
December 21, 201014 yr sorry!!!...yes..you are right...i did mean their first 3...i just lost count!! lol doh! If peopel are going to just list 2 consecutive albums...then you will need to include Beatles, and Abba , of course (3 for Abba, if you include their Greatest Hits, next to Arrival and The Album (i think Voulez Vouz was short of 2 million.) Beatles only had one I think, or were only certified with one.
December 21, 201014 yr But you can't really compare album selling today (or over the least two, three years) with albums of 10 - 12 years ago. Album sales in general back then were bigger. Or rather ... quite a lot of acts could sell over a million albums. I think in today's climate its bloody marvellous that acts like Lady GaGa, Take That, Susan Boyle, even JLS can sell over one million copies of an album let alone two. Kath Edited December 21, 201014 yr by Kathyp
December 21, 201014 yr Kathyp, yeah, you're right about comparison of course but still intersting to know about artists which have 2 million+ selling consecutive albums Edited December 21, 201014 yr by Better Man
December 21, 201014 yr Kathyp, yeah, you're right about comparison of course but still intersting to know about artists which have 2 million+ selling consecutive albums It is. I know Take That have done brilliantly with Progress and I actually think it could very possibly get to 3 million before the end of 2011 (two more singles, promotion, touring). I'm amazed at Lady GaGa though (well not amazed ... the album is brilliant) ... her album is (is it almost two years old now or more?) and yet it consistently sells. Kath
December 21, 201014 yr Whilst only '1' by The Beatles is certified for 2 Million+ UK Sales, they have sold over 5 Million UK copies of 'Sgt Pepper', & about 2 Million copies of 'Abbey Road'. Take That are huge in the UK, (& Ireland), but there is no-where near as much fuss over them elsewhere. 'Progress' has just been their 3rd German No.1 Album, but that is not that impressive, when The Beatles had about 11 there. There are certainly no gigantic Weekly Sales for 'Progress' outside the UK. I'm an ABBA Fan, but they 'only' had 2 UK Albums that sold over 2 Million, & neither were Studio Albums - 'Greatest Hits', (1976 - about 2,700,000), & 'Gold', (1992 - about 4,850,000, to date). 'Arrival' sold less than 1,700,000 in the UK, & 'The Album' sold about 1,100,000.
December 21, 201014 yr is it right? I think no because: 1997 - Life Thru a Lens - about 2,400,000 1998 - I've Been Expecting You - about 3,000,000 2000 - Sinq When You're Winning - more than 2,188,385 2001 - Swing - more than 2,251,645 2002 - Escapology - more than 2,049,281 2004 - Greatest Hits 04 - more than 2,199,949 six albums 2-mil in a row Ah, but if you count his Greatest Hits then surely you have to count Live At Knebworth - it charted on the albums chart either way! So Robbie would stop at 5 in that case - which is still more than anyone else I can think of. Take That would also have had their streak broken in that case with a live album (their The Circus live album). Although I would agree with ★ Xmas Bray ★ that it would probably be a good idea to exclude Greatest Hits, live albums etc. in this case, since many artists just release random collections to tide fans over with until their next album, and release them with no promotion so naturally they don't sell. If you count just studio albums, then MJ has 3 (Thriller, Bad and Dangerous). And that was in a 9 year period - if he released albums as often as Robbie did he could probably have racked up a tally to compete with him, I think.
December 21, 201014 yr Yeah Robbie holds the record with six albums to pass 2M - in the official list of best selling albums ever - he was the only act to have more than three - The Beatles and MJ were tied with three a piece but obviously Rob had double that amount. Six albums over the 2M mark (IC may get there someday - it's on over 1.7Mish) - live albums should''t be counted as there is not a hope in hell of a live album shifting 2M copies. But if live albums and GH are excluded Robbie still has five consecutive 2M+ selling studio albums. TT have two (soon to be three) - MJ has three consecutive studio 2M sellers - I'm not sure who would be next seeing as none of The Beatles were consecutive. It's amazing really that in a matter of months, possibly weeks (Progress is on course for another 300K this week) TT will overtake The Beatles and MJ in terms of the most amount of 2M sellers - and the all time #1 and #2 will be Robbie and TT. Who would have thought it back in those 'Do What You Like' days? :lol:
December 21, 201014 yr It's amazing really that in a matter of months, possibly weeks (Progress is on course for another 300K this week) TT will overtake The Beatles and MJ in terms of the most amount of 2M sellers - and the all time #1 and #2 will be Robbie and TT. Who would have thought it back in those 'Do What You Like' days? :lol: Strange indeed. But I doubt Take That or Robbie will be revered in the same way as The Beatles five decades later. Still ... the sales are not to be sniffed at. Kath
December 21, 201014 yr My point about not counting live albums and Greatest Hits is not really to do with Robbie's case in particular. I'm a fan of his myself, so I know perfectly well that his Greatest Hits collection was treated as a "proper" release, while Live In Knebworth wasn't given as great a promo push. It was more related to MJ. He had several random "collections" released in the 1980s which would have broken his streak of 2m+ selling albums. Apart from Farewell My Summer Love (which had singles released from it and all) these weren't really given a very big push, so obviously didn't sell well. Now if you were going to exclude these, then it's only fair to exclude every other compilation, live albums etc. and just stick to studio sets. I guess one way to decide is to make the distinction between whether the release has been treated like a proper album but then you're perhaps entering more subjective territory. Perhaps a way around that is to see if it had a single released from it it can be counted (thus Robbie's Greatest Hits would qualify, but Take That's wouldn't)... although that would cut MJ's streak as, like I said, Farewell My Summer Love had a top 10 hit released from it! Pretty immaterial either way, as it doesn't change the fact Robbie comes up trumps, but still! :lol: Edited December 21, 201014 yr by superbossanova
December 21, 201014 yr Is this thread just referring to 2 million+ in the UK? Because if it's worldwide I'm sure there's a fair few bands who have managed that! :blink:
December 21, 201014 yr Is this thread just referring to 2 million+ in the UK? Because if it's worldwide I'm sure there's a fair few bands who have managed that! :blink: Of course, in the UK, it's the UK chart forum after all... ) And besides, we can't know the exact figures for the worldwide sales, they are practically always only approximates.
December 21, 201014 yr Madonna? True Blue and Immaculate Collection (though not consecutively, I know) Simply Red?...did these sell over 2million? A New Flame? Stars Life? Blue?
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