Posted November 11, 200816 yr At the 20th annual World Music Awards held in Monaco, Monte Carlo last night, Madonna won an award for the best selling American artist worldwide this year. Madonna was not there to accept her award because she was busy performing her Sticky & Sweet Tour in Las Vegas this weekend. This World Music award is in recognition for Madonna's album Hard Candy having the highest global sales for an artist from the United States this year. Hard Candy is so far 2008's 3rd best-selling album with sales of 3.1 million to date. This also makes Madonna the highest-selling US worldwide artist too! I like the sound of that! :dance: Congratulations to Madonna and all her fans! :)
November 12, 200816 yr 3.1m for Hard Candy? Hmmm, not that i'm particularly "in the know" with Madonna sales but that seems just a TAD excessive. About 665k in the US and about 300k in the UK. Where did he other 2.1 and a bit come from? :unsure:
November 12, 200816 yr The World music awards are a farce anyway, that's why Madonna probably didnt go. Example of it being $h!t. At the turn of the millenium they offered Madonna an award for biggest selling female, she turned it down and then they gave it to Mariah (who was all t happy to accept).
November 12, 200816 yr Author ^ So Mariah takes M's reject awards then? :lol: Bless. Well i have to agree, i've always thought the world music awards were a bit pathetic, Celine Dion and Mariah winning the same awards like every year, i'm sure the artists are concerned sometimes! lol So obviously, it aint Madonna's style to participate in trashy stuff like this but i guess its just another award for our madgesty :) Kelly, we must remember that Madonna is a bigger seller than Mariah in Europe so the extra 2.1 is valid. By the way, Hard Candy has sold 3, 094 but i just rounded it off. :) And before u kill me for it, MC's record company have been rounding off her album sales by additional millions for years so y'know :P So Hard Candy's sales are pretty much real. Even though 3, 094 is hardly amazing, its still good that Madonna has the 3rd biggest selling album worldwide and its been officially stated! :smoke:
November 12, 200816 yr Yes, across Europe she is really successful, also in Canada, Asia and Australia.
November 14, 200816 yr ^ So Mariah takes M's reject awards then? :lol: Bless. Well i have to agree, i've always thought the world music awards were a bit pathetic, Celine Dion and Mariah winning the same awards like every year, i'm sure the artists are concerned sometimes! lol So obviously, it aint Madonna's style to participate in trashy stuff like this but i guess its just another award for our madgesty :) Kelly, we must remember that Madonna is a bigger seller than Mariah in Europe so the extra 2.1 is valid. By the way, Hard Candy has sold 3, 094 but i just rounded it off. :) And before u kill me for it, MC's record company have been rounding off her album sales by additional millions for years so y'know :P So Hard Candy's sales are pretty much real. Even though 3, 094 is hardly amazing, its still good that Madonna has the 3rd biggest selling album worldwide and its been officially stated! :smoke: Firstly, i'm entirely sure that's how awards work, give it to one person (Who doesn't want it? Yet they accept a similar award a few years later?) but then decide to give it to another. I believe that to be some ridiculous fandom right thurrr. Oh yeah I know Madge outsells Mariah in Europe by a country mile, but she would have had to sell quite a bit in Europe, 2.1m worth for that figure to be real. I know we'll never see exact sales etc, etc but I really do doubt this whole 3.1m thing. The album hasn't really been THAT successful anywhere and to sell 2.1m outside of her biggest selling territories seems a bit off to me. Not that i'm "hating" or whatever the kids call it these days, Mariah's album has done poorly too. ^_^
November 14, 200816 yr UK - 312,000 US - 670,000 Japan - 252,000 Germany - 205,000 France - 207,000 Canada - 160,000 Italy - 173,000 Thats nearly 2 millin already. Plus its gone Platinum/Gold in another 17 countries. It could esily be just over 3 million in total.
November 14, 200816 yr Author UK - 312,000 US - 670,000 Japan - 252,000 Germany - 205,000 France - 207,000 Canada - 160,000 Italy - 173,000 Thats nearly 2 millin already. Plus its gone Platinum/Gold in another 17 countries. It could esily be just over 3 million in total. Thank you Danny! And there you have it Kelly :)
