Posted January 7, 200718 yr From EMI Music (www.emigroup.com) 2006 Annual Report. EMI Music is the recorded music division of EMI, and has a diverse roster of artists from across the world as well as an outstanding catalogue of recordings covering all music genres. Below are EMI Music’s top-selling artists and albums of the year.* Gorillaz Demon Days 5.9m Coldplay X&Y 9.9m Korn SeeYou On The Other Side 1.8m KT Tunstall Eye To The Telescope 2.6m Robbie Williams Intensive Care 6.2m Trace Adkins Songs About Me 1.5m Kate Bush Aerial 1.1m Raphael Caravane 1.1m RBD Rebelde 1.5m Paul McCartney Chaos And Creation In The Backyard 1.3m Dierks Bentley Modern Day Drifter 1.3m Radja Langkah Baru 1.2m The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang 2.4m Keith Urban Be Here 2.5m Depeche Mode Playing The Angel 1.6m * All sales figures shown are for the 12 months ended 31 March 2006. Three EMI Music artists each had two albums selling more than one million copies. In addition to their records shown above, Coldplay had A Rush Of Blood To The Head (1.2m), RBD had Nuestro Amor (1.1m) and Robbie Williams had Greatest Hits (1.1m). We also focus on exploiting our existing recorded music catalogue. This catalogue is a dynamic asset that continues to generate a significant volume of re-releases with strong consumer appeal. For example, The Beatles album, 1, has sold over 27m units worldwide. We have a solid platform of sales from existing, so-called ‘evergreen’ albums (that is, albums which sell consistently well over many years) which do not require significant incremental marketing expenditure. ‘Evergreen’ and other catalogue albums generate approximately 30% to 35% of EMI Music unit sales. EMI Music also compiles successful recordings from our catalogue and current roster into new compilation releases. Compilations provide opportunities for new creative products, which can become brands themselves. Compilations range from ‘greatest hits’ albums of major artists to concept collections, such as Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever!, and the Capital Gold series, to compilations of current hits, such as the Now That’s What I Call Music! series. EMI Best Selling Albums Worldwide March 2000 - March 2001 21.6 m _ "1" (the Beatles) 6.7 m _ Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz) 4.3 m _ Sing when You're Winning (Robbie Williams) 3.6 m _ Distance (Utada Hikaru) 3.2 m _ Parachutes (Coldplay) 2.6 m _ Kid A (Radiohead) 2.2 m _ Forever (Spice Girls) 2.1 m _ The Last meal (Snoop Dogg) 2.0 m _ Shoso Strip (Ringo Sheena) 1.5 m _ Mer de Noms (A Perfect Circle) 1.4 m _ Northern Star (Melanie C) _ La Luna (Sarah Brightman) 1.2 m _ Discovery (Daft Punk) _ Songs From An American Movie Vol.1 (Everclear) _ Best Of (UB-40) 1.1 m _ Tourist (St. Germain) _ Memories, Chronicles and Declarations (Marisa Monte) March 2001 - March 2002 5.4 m _ Swing When You're Winning (Robbie Williams) 5.1 m _ Echoes (Pink Floyd) _ All For You (Janet Jackson) 4.0 m _ "1" (The Beatles) 3.9 m _ Gorillaz (Gorillaz) 3.6 m _ fever (Kylie Minogue) _ Scarecrow (Garth Brooks) 3.2 m _ Aalyah (Aalyah) 2.3 m _ Lenny (Lenny Kravitz) 2.2 m _ Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (Manu Chao) 2.1 m _ Amnesiac (Radiohead) _ Glitter (mariah Carey) 1.7 m _ Wingspan (Paul McCartney) 1.6 m _ Distance (Utada Hikaru) 1.5 m _ All Rise (Blue) March 2002 - March 2003 11.8 m _ Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) 5.8 m _ Escapology (Robbie Williams) 5.6 m _ A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay) 5.5 m _ Forty Licks (The Rolling Stones) 4.2 m _ Deep river (Utada Hikaru) 3.0 m _ Mensch (Herbert Gronemeyer) 2.5 m _ One Love (Blue) 1.8 m _ Boucan d'Enfer (Renaud) 1.7 m _ The Platinum Collection (Queen) 1.6 m _ Fever (Kylie Minogue) _ Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten) 1.4 m _ Back In The U.S.A. - Live 2002 (Paul McCartney) 1.3 m _ Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ (Snoop Dogg) _ Best Of Bowie (David Bowie) 1.2 m _ "1" (The Beatles) 1.0 m _ 100th Window (Massive Attack) _ 18 (Moby) _ Brainwashed (George Harrison) _ Parachutes (Coldplay) March 2003 - March 2004 7.6 m _ Feels Like Home (Norah Jones) 5.7 m _ Come Away with Me (Norah Jones) 3.5 m _ A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay) 3.2 m _ Jackpot (Chingy) 3.1 m _ Let It Be... Naked (The Beatles) 2.6 m _ Singles Collection Vol. 1 (Utada Hikaru) 2.4 m _ Damita Jo (Janet Jackson) 2.3 m _ Hail To The Thief (Radiohead) 1.8 m _ Stacie Orrico (Stacie Orrico) 1.6 m _ Body Language (Kylie Minogue) 1.5 m _ The Soul Sessions (Joss Stone) 1.4 m _ Guilty (Blue) 1.2 m _ "1" (The Beatles) _ Jewels (Queen) _ Thirteenth Step (A Perfect Circle) 1.1 m _ Harem (Sarah Brightman) _ The Sounds Of Summer (The Beach Boys) March 2004 - march 2005 6.0 m _ Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams) 2.7 m _ Mind, Body & Soul (Joss Stone) 2.2 m _ All The Best (Tina Turner) 2.1 m _ Feels Like Home (Norah Jones) 1.9 m _ To The 5 Boroughs (Beastie Boys) 1.8 m _ Best Of (Blue) _ Come Away With me (Norah Jones) 1.4 m _ Ultimate Kylie (Kylie Minogue) 1.3 m _ Genius Love Company (Ray Charles) _ Baptism (Lenny Kravitz) _ Be Here (Keith Urban) _ The Soul Sessions (Joss Stone) 1.2 m _ Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard) 1.1 m _ "1" (The Beatles) _ Powerballin' (Chingy) 1.0 m _ Dino: The Essential (Dean Martin) 0.9 m _ Sounds Of Summer (The Beach Boys) _ Hotel (Moby) _ Encore (S.H.E) A big thanks to Edu at www.ukmix.org
January 7, 200718 yr Author Thought this was quite interesting :P I never realised the Greatest Hits album has sold over 7.1 million :blink: It sold 6 million as of March 2005 and another 1.1 million as of March 2006 :o So nearly another year has passed so it's definatly Rob's best selling album and not IC like we thought. :o
January 7, 200718 yr Author Not long to wait until the 2006 report :D Hopefully Rudebox does better than expected and we will have more info on IC B)
January 7, 200718 yr Author Are these shipment figures or actual sales figures? :unsure: Shipments. Record company's only know the shipments I think. Anyway pretty much every album in history's total sales are always shipments. ^_^ 7.1 million of the Greatest Hits 10 months ago. Wonder if it's shipped even more. :o If he cracked the US all his albums would have sold over 10 million, well since Escapology :lol: :( Amazing though is'nt it? ^_^ Also according to EMI Canada in their review of Rudebox last October IC has sold 6.7 million, so, by March it should've definatly passed 7 million. Who needs the US :lol:
January 7, 200718 yr Author Norah Jones. :blink: Why? :wacko: It's sold over 20 million copies now apperently :blink: It's one of the best selling albums this century. The Beatles '1' is first with nearly 30 million sold :wub:
January 7, 200718 yr It's sold over 20 million copies now apperently :blink: It's one of the best selling albums this century. The Beatles '1' is first with nearly 30 million sold :wub: but she's a bit well boring really :blink:
January 7, 200718 yr Author but she's a bit well boring really :blink: 'a bit' ...? :o :lol: More like extremly :P But that sort of 'nice' music sells ALOT. It is still shocking though. -_-
January 7, 200718 yr Yeah - You wont find the word SEX beeped out of her concerts too much - it just dont happen Edited January 7, 200718 yr by TessaT
January 7, 200718 yr Ah - In fairness she is actually ok - lot worse than her out there - She is so lovely & polite. But do we like ' POLITE ' people - I dont think so- that is why we are in the RW thread - ' SMUT ' more likely = at least - ' A Bit More Exciting '
January 8, 200718 yr Author wow 6.2 million is great and go coldplay 9.9 is awesome IC should be passed 7 million by now. ^_^ Coldplay are over 10 million now, but they have done something like 3.5 in the US. ^_^
January 9, 200718 yr IC should be passed 7 million by now. ^_^ Coldplay are over 10 million now, but they have done something like 3.5 in the US. ^_^ yeah i know but then again X&Y was released earlier so its had more time
