USA's All Time Best Selling Artists and Albums

[nelson]

So MJ is around 75 M now in the USA !

and he's around the 10th position !

why not updating the first page ?

Do you have the breakdown? I love him to be 10th but sounds impossible.

[blackcat]

The Forces' Sweetheart has trumped the Fab Four in the battle for the top of the charts, making Dame Vera Lynn the oldest living artist in the world to have a number one album.

Dame Vera's debut offering We'll Meet Again — The Very Best of Vera Lynn hit the top spot, meaning the 92-year-old has now usurped Bob Dylan as the oldest artist to grace the premium position. Her album outsold artists including Arctic Monkeys, Jamie T and The Kings of Leon, and even trumped The Beatles' much-hyped remastered editions.

The 60s legends occupied the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 21st, 24th, 29th, 31st, 33rd, 37th and 38th spots.

What's this got to do with US sales?!

As for the "forces sweetheart trumping the fab four", I personally never expected the Beatles to get a number one album out of this remastering. What I was looking for was plenty of chart entries, and that is what I got. Beatles have now established a new record of most albums in the top75 all at the same time, which is an incredible achievement for such an old act.

And since the Beatles sell in every country in the World, I am expecting similiar chart feats for other territories.

[blackcat]

Very strong sales for the remasters so far in the States, according to Billboard:

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles- ... -Billboard

Again, quite impressive for such an old set of recordings.

[nelson]

Very strong sales for the remasters so far in the States, according to Billboard:

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles- ... -Billboard

Again, quite impressive for such an old set of recordings.

I'm impressed with such figures, in 01 Madonna & MJ has remasters but didn't do very well, and now Beatles can do that.

[Pufnstuf]

I'm impressed with such figures, in 01 Madonna & MJ has remasters but didn't do very well, and now Beatles can do that.

Unlike the Beatles remasters, the Madonna and Michael Jackson remasters were not heavily promoted.

[gopolks]

I said it before there is not a doubt in my mind that MJ will join the 100 million club in terms of USA album sales, its quite exclusive with only The Beatles,Elvis and Garth Brooks.

[thebigham]

I said it before there is not a doubt in my mind that MJ will join the 100 million club in terms of USA album sales, its quite exclusive with only The Beatles,Elvis and Garth Brooks.

How? MJ is at 61.5xp. That's 38xp+ to go!

Maybe years and years from now...

[thebigham]

George Strait, Twang Gold

Artists With Most Gold Albums (500,000)

1 - Elvis Presley - 82
2 - Barbra Streisand - 50
3 - The Beatles - 45
4 - Rolling Stones - 42
5 - Neil Diamond - 40
6 - Elton John - 38
6 - George Strait - 38 *new total*
7 - Bob Dylan - 36
9 - Frank Sinatra - 34
10 - Kenny Rogers - 32

[madd77]

I said it before there is not a doubt in my mind that MJ will join the 100 million club in terms of USA album sales, its quite exclusive with only The Beatles,Elvis and Garth Brooks.

How? MJ is at 61.5xp. That's 38xp+ to go!

Maybe years and years from now...

he s virtualy around 75 m !

[pierpinto]

I said it before there is not a doubt in my mind that MJ will join the 100 million club in terms of USA album sales, its quite exclusive with only The Beatles,Elvis and Garth Brooks.

How? MJ is at 61.5xp. That's 38xp+ to go!

Maybe years and years from now...

he s virtualy around 75 m !

But still very far from that mark.

[madd77]

I said it before there is not a doubt in my mind that MJ will join the 100 million club in terms of USA album sales, its quite exclusive with only The Beatles,Elvis and Garth Brooks.

How? MJ is at 61.5xp. That's 38xp+ to go!

Maybe years and years from now...

he s virtualy around 75 m !

But still very far from that mark.

he needs one more album and 10 more years ! In 2020 ! Sooner if you count j5 albums

[AJS2050]

Eminem U.S. Album Sales: (upto Aug 2009)

1999: The Slim Shady LP - 5,100,000
2000: The Marshall Mathers LP - 11,600,000
2002: The Eminem Show - 10,200,000
2002: 8 Mile Soundtrack - 4,900,000
2004: Encore - 5,200,000
2005: Curtain Call - 3,000,000
2006: The Re-Up - 1,500,000
2009: Relapse - 1,500,000

Total U.S. Albums Sales - 43,000,000

[madd77]

Eminem U.S. Album Sales: (upto Aug 2009)

1999: The Slim Shady LP - 5,100,000
2000: The Marshall Mathers LP - 11,600,000
2002: The Eminem Show - 10,200,000
2002: 8 Mile Soundtrack - 4,900,000
2004: Encore - 5,200,000
2005: Curtain Call - 3,000,000
2006: The Re-Up - 1,500,000
2009: Relapse - 1,500,000

Total U.S. Albums Sales - 43,000,000

so did he sell more albums than mj in the 80's?

[gopolks]

surly not?

[madd77]

surly not?

let's go back in 89

we had :

thriller 22 M
Bad : 8 M
Off the wall : 7 m
Total : 37 M

farewell my summerlove (released in 86) : 100 000

various sales from back catalogue or Greatest Hits during the 80's : 1,5 m

Total : 38,5 M

The only way for MJ to reach 43 M is to count Triumph and Victory. By the way, if we count 8 Mile OST where there's only 4 tracks from Eminem out of 16, I think it's legit to count Triumph and Victory.

[AJS2050]

surly not?

let's go back in 89

we had :

thriller 22 M
Bad : 8 M
Off the wall : 7 m
Total : 37 M

farewell my summerlove (released in 86) : 100 000

various sales from back catalogue or Greatest Hits during the 80's : 1,5 m

Total : 38,5 M

The only way for MJ to reach 43 M is to count Triumph and Victory. By the way, if we count 8 Mile OST where there's only 4 tracks from Eminem out of 16, I think it's legit to count Triumph and Victory.

Yeah i believe you should count all albums, and the only reason why 8 Mile sold was because of Lose Yourself, so yeah all album should be included for MJ.

Relapse 2 will be out in December so it's likely that Eminem's sales may increase over another 1 Million.

[Wayne]

When listing his sales, I always provide his album sales + the 8 Mile OST - never together. And then leave it upto the individual to decide whether they want to class the OST as an Eminem album, or as a Various

[thebigham]

Artists With Most Gold Albums (500,000)

1 - Elvis Presley - 82
2 - Barbra Streisand - 51 "Love Is The Answer"
3 - The Beatles - 45
4 - Rolling Stones - 42
5 - Neil Diamond - 40
6 - Elton John - 38
6 - George Strait - 38 "Twang"
7 - Bob Dylan - 36
9 - Frank Sinatra - 34
10 - Kenny Rogers - 32

[illegalaccess]

Thriller is officially tied for #1!

http://riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=FD806C3 ... A13B538575

[thebigham]

New 5xp+ cert:

Taylor Swift, Fearless 6xp

[thebigham]

Basil, are you still around? This thread could use an update when you have time.

[blackcat]

Ah, this thread! What memories! Cham trying to persuade everyone that the Beatles only sold in Britain and America!

I think you have learned a thing or two since, then, have you not, Cham?! NEVER underestimate the World selling power of the Beatles!

I do like your MJ research though, Cham. Unfortunately, I was still calling Michael "Jacko" at the time of this thread. Apologies for that.

As for Basil, have not seen his name on any threads for ages.

[Dane]

Basil hasn't been around since Hanboo stopped posting his weekly analysis and SS data...

Basil had good posts/threads. I miss him.

[thebigham]

Bump so this is not forgotten.

[blackcat]

Lol! This thread looks slightly different from yesterday............