Posted May 22, 200619 yr Well, i'm just curious. :unsure: I mean on average, do "Best of/Greatest Hits" album sell more than normal studio album? :unsure:
May 22, 200619 yr not really britney spears GH:MP sold 8 million but we all know that most of her studio albums sold more then 10 million worldwide.
May 23, 200619 yr I'd have thought they would as they usually have a wide span of songs from the act from different eras, and also their 'casual' fans are more likely to buy a greatest hits than a studio album.
May 23, 200619 yr Author Yeah, i agree. I mean die hard finds will buy it especially if they have some new material and then casual fans will buy a "Best of" also. <_<
May 23, 200619 yr the only reason i dont think so is because, many artists are more apt to promote a studio album as they know they will have to promote to get good sales, while when releasing a greatest hits MOST artists look at it as easy money and know that it will atleast get them ok sales just because they know all of their hit singles are on that cd.
May 23, 200619 yr Best Of's sell more to the casual fan... I own a lot of greatest hits albums and that is the only album I own by that act... But they sell worse with fans. I don't see the point in buying a Greatest Hits from an act you already have all or most of their albums.
May 23, 200619 yr the only reason i dont think so is because, many artists are more apt to promote a studio album as they know they will have to promote to get good sales, while when releasing a greatest hits MOST artists look at it as easy money and know that it will atleast get them ok sales just because they know all of their hit singles are on that cd. well i suppose if its part of a natural ongoing run of albums or whether the record is just a way for the record company to regroup an amount of costs theyve lost when an album campaign has gone belly up (so no it's not easy money). for example is no wonder that a daft punk collection came out after this seeing as it was slagged of my most of the press http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Humanafterall.jpg it hit the top ten but dropped out soon after so wont have sold as much as previous albums and to think busta's in the top ten this week :lol: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/Technologic-robot.jpg "Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, drag and drop it, zip- unzip it"
May 23, 200619 yr What a subjective question. It totally depends on the band I suppose. Those who wait a decent amount of time before releasing a greatest hits (not three albums as is now the norm) will have a good, long career of singles to select from. A good example of this is the Beautiful South whose albums sold well enough to hit the top 10, but had a MASSIVE seller in their greatest hits as people in unison said "Hmm, you know they have a few good singles. Never liked them enough to buy an album, but I like the look of this." Greatest Hits albums are usually used by record companies to claw back more cash from their bands - usually around christmas time too. Other times they'll be used as contract-shorteners / breakers. They love em - sell people something they already have a lot of...and the promotion looks after itself - everyone knows the tracks cos they've all been singles.
May 23, 200619 yr not really britney spears GH:MP sold 8 million but we all know that most of her studio albums sold more then 10 million worldwide. Britney´s Greatest Hits sold nowhere near 8 million... Back to topic, usually Greatest Hits album sell more because they keep selling forever on catalog. However it doesn´t happen with teenage pop since their songs are usually outfashioned a few months after the release.
May 23, 200619 yr Greatest Hits albums are usually used by record companies to claw back more cash from their bands - usually around christmas time too. . however loads get lost in the xmas rush though, which is good for people who like to pick them up for £3 the following summer :lol: :lol: but not so much for fans who wanna say well this album was top ten
May 23, 200619 yr Author But they sell worse with fans. I don't see the point in buying a Greatest Hits from an act you already have all or most of their albums. Well bands do usually put a few new songs on in order for the fans to buy it as well as casual fans <_<
May 24, 200619 yr Britney´s Greatest Hits sold nowhere near 8 million... Back to topic, usually Greatest Hits album sell more because they keep selling forever on catalog. However it doesn´t happen with teenage pop since their songs are usually outfashioned a few months after the release. Actually YEAH it did. It has sold 8.3 million worldwide which was confirmed by billboard so thanx for your unwanted and false input :)
May 24, 200619 yr Actually YEAH it did. It has sold 8.3 million worldwide which was confirmed by billboard so thanx for your unwanted and false input :) :rofl:
May 24, 200619 yr Possibly because it may include early singles that pretty much flopped before an act became successful.
May 24, 200619 yr Actually YEAH it did. It has sold 8.3 million worldwide which was confirmed by billboard so thanx for your unwanted and false input :) Link??? I´m so surprised it sold more then LAMB by Gwen Stefani when it sold much less in practically every country....
May 24, 200619 yr L.A.M.B sold around 6-7 million And to say that Britney´s GHMP sold more then LAMB is a total joke.
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