November 16, 200618 yr Lol, you should try listening to a sample before buyng something just because your friends are listening. It works. However, thanks for being one of those who helped this wonderfull album become the 15th biggest selling of all time in UK. You haven´t liked it, but 90% of the people who bought it thought it was good enough to buy the follow up. Well I can listen to samples now. But not then. I only got a PC about 2 years ago and my local Asda doesn't have a CD listening facility I'm afraid. And that's the only place I can buy CDs without travelling about 20 miles. So for about 33 years I'd say about 50% of my purchases were based on recommendations. So I bought a fair number of CDs I didn't particularly like. But I don't make as many mistakes now. Except for James Blunt. I bought that because I heard and loved 'Wisemen' before She's Beautiful was unleashed. But it turned out Wisemen was the only song on the album I liked. <_<
November 17, 200618 yr In other words, you stopped liking him because he got famous. Wisemen is no different from the rest of his material.
November 17, 200618 yr In other words, you stopped liking him because he got famous. Wisemen is no different from the rest of his material. I actually like Wiseman as well and I know alot of people who only like that song. I bought the album when 'Your Beautiful' was released cause I liked it at the begining but it got so overplayed and turned me off. Anyway, the album all sounds the same to me. And his voice is extremly irritating imo, so personally I dont listen to his album for these reasons, not because he got 'Big' clearly. I mean most of the Bands/singers I like are 'huge sellers'. -_-
November 17, 200618 yr Yes. I stopped likely Robbie Williams when he got 'big'. Oh and U2. Oh and REM. Oh and Eminem. Oh and the Chili Peppers. I don't like any act who becomes successful. Oh no. Not me. -_-
January 4, 200718 yr Author Updated: (01/01/2007) 1 Robbie 8.6m 3 Coldplay 8.2m 3 Westlife 6.5m 4 Dido 5.7m 5 Eminen 5.7m So Robbie is the 1st highest seller of the 21st Century and Westlife are the 3rd highest sellers in 21st Century inlucding sales of only studio albums..
January 4, 200718 yr Updated: (01/01/2007) 1 Robbie 8.6m 3 Coldplay 8.2m 3 Westlife 6.5m 4 Dido 5.7m 5 Eminen 5.7m So Robbie is the 1st highest seller of the 21st Century and Westlife are the 3rd highest sellers in 21st Century inlucding sales of only studio albums.. This is wrong Charis, Coldplay’s 6.3 million sales figure from the 2005 program included nearly all of X&Y’s sales for 2005. So you should’nt add X&Y’s sales to the 6.2 million figure. Also, the 21st Century best sellers list is based on BIP certificates, not actual sales. For example, Robbie’s Escapology was certified 6x platinum (1.8 million) in March 2003, it has since sold well over 2 million but his record company has to apply for the BIP to update the certificate to 7x platinum. Same goes for Intensive Care. Almost 1.6 million sold but only certified 5x platinum (1.5 million) So it only goes according to the BIP’s official certs. Coldplay’s X&Y has sold over 2.3 million as far, and is certified 8x platinum (2.4 million). Coldplay’s total certificates is 6.6 million since 2000 for their 3 studio albums. Westlife’s total is now 5.1 million according to the BIP site but if you include the Love album which has yet to be certified it would bring it to 6 million (20x platinum since 2000) Robbie’s total based on certificates is 8.4 million. If you include all his albums since 2000 then it would beover 11 million (including the 2 million for his Greatest Hits) The new list is. 1. Robbie Williams: 8.4m 2. Coldplay: 6.6m 3. Westlife: 6m 4. Dido: 5.7m
January 4, 200718 yr hey are we talking about sales or certificstions? Certificates. The original list was based on BIP certificates. This is the all time best selling album acts in the UK up to end of 2005. Based on real sales & estimates with thanks to Rollingbob at ukmix.com : 1. The Beatles - 27.765m 2. Queen - 20.025m 3. Elvis Presley - 17.927m 4. Madonna - 17.618m 5. Michael Jackson - 16.211m 6. U2 - 15.433m 7. ABBA - 15.080m 8. Elton John - 15.044m 9. Robbie Williams - 14.870m 10. Rod Stewart - 13.952m 11. Simply Red - 12.316m 12. Pink Floyd - 12.015m 13. Oasis - 11.893m 14. Dire Straits - 11.730m 15. Phil Collins - 11.650m 16. The Rolling Stones - 11.317m 17. David Bowie - 11.030m 18. Cliff Richard - 10.996m 19. REM - 9.639m 20. Genesis - 9.503m 21. Celine Dion - 9.497m 22. Frank Sinatra - 9.280m 23. The Shadows - 9.018m 24. Diana Ross - 8.868m 25. Bob Dylan - 8.770m 26. Fleetwood Mac - 8.647m 27. Meat Loaf - 8.630m 28. George Michael - 8.518m 29. Led Zeppelin - 8.510m 30. Simon & Garfunkel - 8.080m
January 4, 200718 yr Westlife would be top 30 now, possible top 25. Robbie has sold almost 16 million, now, which makes him the biggest selling British solo artist of all time :D
January 4, 200718 yr CLASSIC thread! :rofl: Westlive vs. Robbie --> Dido vs. Anastacia :lol: :lol: Not as good as the 20 page Robbie v Westlife thread though :lol:
January 4, 200718 yr Hey whats the top-selling albums of 2006? Sorry if its already on this thread its just its miles long!!! :lol:
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