Posted March 20, 200619 yr 1 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me Blue Note - 18.734.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 2 Eminem - The Eminem Show Aftermath / Interscope - 14.967.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 3 Usher - Confessions Arista - 13.573.000 copies 4 Avril Lavigne - Let Go Arista - 13.197.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 5 Evanescence - Fallen Wind-Up - 13.105.000 copies 6 Green Day - American Idiot Reprise - 12.171.000 copies 7 Shakira - Laundry Service Epic - 9.556.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2001) 8 Pink - Missundaztood Arista - 9.135.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2001) 9 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home Blue Note - 9.020.000 copies 10 Coldplay - X&Y Parlophone - 8.742.000 copies 11 Dido - Life For Rent Arista - 8.640.000 copies 12 Eminem - Encore Shady / Interscope - 8.472.000 copies 13 Shania Twain - Up Mercury - 8.467.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 14 U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb Island - 8.188.000 copies 15 Linkin Park - Meteora Warner Bros. - 8.102.000 copies 16 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane Octone / J Records - 8.081.000 copies 17 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head Parlophone - 8.031.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 18 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Shady / Interscope - 7.893.000 copies 19 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway RCA - 7.764.000 copies 20 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi Island - 7.735.000 copies 21 Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business A&M / Interscope - 7.447.000 copies 22 Elvis Presley - 30 Number 1 Hits RCA - 7.445.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 23 Nelly - Nellyville Fo'Reel / Universal - 7.129.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 24 50 Cent - The Massacre Shady / Interscope - 7.120.000 copies 25 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam Atlantic - 7.079.000 copies 26 Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk A&M / Interscope - 6.707.000 copies 27 Dixie Chicks - Home Monument / Columbia - 6.654.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 28 Outkast - Speakkerboxxx / The Love Below Arista - 6.594.000 copies 29 Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin Arista - 6.565.000 copies 30 Christina Aguilera - Stripped RCA - 6.312.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 31 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way Warner Bros. - 6.245.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 32 Soundtrack - 8 Mile Shady / Interscope - 6.173.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 33 Robbie Williams - Escapology Chrysalis / Capitol - 6.162.000 copies (cumulative sales since 2002) 34 Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby Interscope - 6.063.000 points 35 Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love Columbia - 6.036.000 copies 36 Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor Warner Bros. - 5.995.000 copies 37 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits Chrysalis / Capitol - 5.593.000 copies 38 Britney Spears - In The Zone Jive - 5.350.000 copies 39 Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys J Records / RCA - 5.343.000 copies 40 Eminem - Curtain Call (The Hits) Shady / Interscope - 5.108.000 copies According to Mediatraffic. These sales figures doesn`t include album sales of some Asian and African countries (for example Russia, Thailand and South Africa). Copies sold are how much people have actually bought the album so far, not shipped.
March 20, 200619 yr where are westlife? World of our own sold 5 mil. The album at #40 exceeds that! Even at 5 million it would not make the list would it ;)
March 20, 200619 yr Author This chart has been surveyed since january 2003 not 2001 like I misinformed on the title. Sorry :) This United World Chart contains album sales of USA Canada Japan UK France Germany Austria Switzerland Australia Spain Italy Brazil Mexico Netherlands Sweden Norway Denmark Belgium Finland Portugal Poland New Zealand Malaysia and Argentina
March 20, 200619 yr Author where are westlife? World of our own sold 5 mil. This was released 2001, right? Thanks for your message, otherwise I wouldn`t have noticed the mistake on the title.
March 20, 200619 yr I'm sure Laundry Service has sold 13million copies. I think it's because there are only two latin american countries in that list.
March 20, 200619 yr Author I'm sure Laundry Service has sold 13million copies. I think it's because there are only two latin american countries in that list. Or maybe it has been SHIPPED 13 M copies. Record companies tend to count sales on shipments.
March 20, 200619 yr There's no way Shania Twain's Up! has only sold over 8 million. I know for a fact that it had sold 11,183,000 when Mag Weekly were compiling the top 100 albums (of the year i assume) in their November 18th 2003 issue!! And I'm sure it's sold a good bit more than that now in 2006!! And why isn't Shania Twain's Greatest Hits on the list either??? It's sold over 5 million worldwide at the end of 2005 when it had only been out a few months!!! :huh: It's sold over 6 million now approximately
March 20, 200619 yr There's no way Shania Twain's Up! has only sold over 8 million. I know for a fact that it had sold 11,183,000 when Mag Weekly were compiling the top 100 albums (of the year i assume) in their November 18th 2003 issue!! And I'm sure it's sold a good bit more than that now in 2006!! And why isn't Shania Twain's Greatest Hits on the list either??? It's sold over 5 million worldwide at the end of 2005 when it had only been out a few months!!! :huh: It's sold over 6 million now approximately To quote the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles & Albums when discussing the world's best selling albums in their 2004 edition: "Accepting that it is notoriously difficult to pin down accurate sales worldwide, we still think it is worth printing here the results of our research from figures we have collected over the years . The results may be hotly disputed but are nonetheless fascinating, dominated as they are by the largest record-buying market on earth, the USA 1. Thriller -Michael Jackson 47million* (*47m to 51.2 million depending on the sources of information used. 2. Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 - the Eagles 31million 3= Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack 30million 3= Come On Over - Shania Twain 30million 5. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 29million 6= Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 26million 6= Four Symbols (IV) - Led Zeppelin 26million 8. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf 24million 9= Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 23million 9= 1 - The Beatles 23million 9= Hotel California - The Eagles 23million 9= Back In Black - AC\DC 23million " Every time there is a survey with the world's best selling artists or albums, there has always been disagreements regarding its factual accuracy, because even today in many countries we don't actual know how many records are sold on a weekly basis & we knew a lot less in the past. :o
March 20, 200619 yr To quote the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles & Albums when discussing the world's best seeling albums in their 2004 edition: "Accepting that it is notoriously difficult to pin down accurate sales worldwide, we still think it is worth printing here the results of our research from figures we have collected over the years . The results may be hotly disputed but are nonetheless fascinating, dominated as they are by the largest record-buying marketon earth, the USA 3= Come On Over - Shania Twain 30million Everytime there is a survey with the world's best selling artists or albums, there has always been disagreements regarding its factual accuracy, because even today in many countries we don't actual know how many records are sold on a weekly basis & we knew a lot less in the past. :o Believe me....I'm well aware how difficult it is to calculate the total sales for albums but those figures are just waaaaay off :huh: , and I'm not even saying this as a deluded fan (like the COUNTLESS Britney fans who grossly inflate her album sales :rolleyes: ) Before Up!'s release Come On Over had sold 34-35 million copies worldwide, and that was from the record company itself!! It hasn't been re-certified globally in years and I guarantee it would have sold a good few more in the last couple of years. I'm surprised the Guineess Book of Hit Singles and Albums put it at such a lower number... And as far as Up goes....It has sold: Over 5.5 million soundscan sales (certified 11 times platinum cos there's 2 cd's, the only place that certifies it as a double album). It is double diamond in Canada which is another 2 million sales. It also sold 900,000+ copies in Germany (can't remember exact number, it might have crossed a million), plus another 750,000+ in the UK. From just those 4 countries alone there are over the counter sales of at least 9 million. It was also very successful in a lot of other countries such as France, Austria, Switzerland, South Africa and Japan which I don't have the exact sales figures for. This is why I'm pretty sure the 8.4 million quoted in this list is incorrect...
March 21, 200619 yr Author You might be right about Shania, but then again, if it`s certified, it`s SHIPPED and it doesn`t necessarily mean that that many people actually OWNS the album. These figures show how much people actually have BOUGHT the album on the countries above.
March 21, 200619 yr You might be right about Shania, but then again, if it`s certified, it`s SHIPPED and it doesn`t necessarily mean that that many people actually OWNS the album. These figures show how much people actually have BOUGHT the album on the countries above. My last post stated the actual SALES of Up! in 4 countries, not the shipments. The number would be even higher if it was just the shipments!! I'm positive the 8.4 million is wrong.... makes me wonder whether there's any other mistakes on the list.. :rolleyes:
March 22, 200619 yr Author My last post stated the actual SALES of Up! in 4 countries, not the shipments. The number would be even higher if it was just the shipments!! I'm positive the 8.4 million is wrong.... makes me wonder whether there's any other mistakes on the list... if you had read the message i sent earlier, you would have notices that these album sales are not from 2001 like i misinformed on the title, but starting form january 2003. isn`t shania`s up released earlier than that? so there`s only part of the sales included. same goes to every artist that has released album earlier than 2003 january. :)
March 22, 200619 yr Author might be. these sales figures are combined only official sales charts around the world. i`m a madonna fan myself, and i know that it has been stated that confessions on a dance floor has sold 7.4 M so far - here the number is slightly under 6 M.
March 22, 200619 yr if you had read the message i sent earlier, you would have notices that these album sales are not from 2001 like i misinformed on the title, but starting form january 2003. isn`t shania`s up released earlier than that? so there`s only part of the sales included. same goes to every artist that has released album earlier than 2003 january. :) Ahhhhhhhhhh, I must have missed that!! That makes sense now!! :lol: I don't suppose you know how much Up! sold worldwide in 2002 when it was released in November :wub: I've been trying to get the "official" total numbers or close to it for months!! I can't find it anywhere :angry:
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