SoundScan Era - USA's Best Selling Artists and Albums

by **Wayne** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:15 pm

Meaning that Celine falls a further place!

by **thebigham** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:20 pm

oldbloke wrote:Looks like they've got around to consolidating the sales of the various versions of Bob Marley's "Legend"...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,260 -61 10,798 10,997,896

2 weeks ago...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3,880 -7 4,190 10,682,523

Good catch!

I posted at Pulse that it would go over 11 million scanned next week.

So Bob Marley is #10 now!

by **Dane** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:45 pm

thebigham wrote:
oldbloke wrote:Looks like they've got around to consolidating the sales of the various versions of Bob Marley's "Legend"...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,260 -61 10,798 10,997,896

2 weeks ago...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3,880 -7 4,190 10,682,523
Good catch!

I posted at Pulse that it would go over 11 million scanned next week.

So Bob Marley is #10 now!

N*SYNC look out!!

by **GUS** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:22 pm

Great! Bob Marley will scan 11 million next week!!!

Anyway, it doesn't dimish Celine Dion's extraordinary sales! #12 is still awesome!

by **aez** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:12 pm

thebigham wrote:
oldbloke wrote:Looks like they've got around to consolidating the sales of the various versions of Bob Marley's "Legend"...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,260 -61 10,798 10,997,896

2 weeks ago...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3,880 -7 4,190 10,682,523
Good catch!

I posted at Pulse that it would go over 11 million scanned next week.

So Bob Marley is #10 now!

Great! It's good to see an album like this in the Top 10. Too bad Norah had such a short life inside of it.

by **GUS** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:59 pm

This is nothing new but just info for the newbies.

BMG Music Club Top 100 Best Selling Albums Of All Time

1. SHANIA TWAIN - COME ON OVER (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (1.99 million units)
2. BACKSTREET BOYS - BACKSTREET BOYS (JIVE) (1.72 million units)
3. BRITNEY SPEARS - ...BABY ONE MORE TIME (JIVE) (1.60 million units)
4. BACKSTREET BOYS - MILLENNIUM (JIVE) (1.59 million units)
5. EMINEM - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP (INTERSCOPE) (1.54 million units)
6. 'N SYNC - NO STRINGS ATTACHED (JIVE) (1.52 million units)
7. EAGLES - THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 (ELEKTRA) (1.52 million units)
8. 'N SYNC - 'N SYNC (JIVE) (1.50 million units)
9. JANET JACKSON - DESIGN OF A DECADE - 1986/1996 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1986/1996 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (A&M) (1.48 million units)
10. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (WARNER BROS) (1.46 million units)

11. JEWEL - PIECES OF YOU (ATLANTIC) (1.40 million units)
12. AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK (ATCO) (1.33 million units)
13. NO DOUBT - TRAGIC KINGDOM (TRAUMA) (1.32 million units)
14. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS (WARNER BROS) (1.31 million units)
15. KID ROCK - DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE (LAVA) (1.31 millon units)
16. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK) (ARISTA) (1.31 million units)
17. HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - CRACKED REAR VIEW (ATLANTIC) (1.30 million units)
18. BOYZ II MEN - II (MOTOWN) (1.29 million units)
19. KENNY G - BREATHLESS (ARISTA) (1.29 million units)
20. WILL SMITH - BIG WILLIE STYLE (COLUMBIA) (1.29 million units)

21. DIXIE CHICKS - WIDE OPEN SPACES (MONUMENT) (1.28 million units)
22. TLC - CRAZYSEXYCOOL (LAFACE) (1.27 million units)
23. GREEN DAY - DOOKIE (REPRISE) (1.26 million units)
24. SANTANA - SUPERNATURAL (ARISTA) (1.26 million units)
25. SHANIA TWAIN - THE WOMAN IN ME (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (1.24 million units)
26. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (GEFFEN) (1.24 million units)
27. BRITNEY SPEARS - OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN (JIVE) (1.21 million units)
28. MATCHBOX TWENTY - YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATLANTIC) (1.18 million units)
29. EMINEM - THE SLIM SHADY LP (INTERSCOPE) (1.16 million units)
30. BEASTIE BOYS - LICENSED TO ILL (DEF JAM) (1.13 million units)

31. BOYZ II MEN - COOLEYHIGHHARMONY (MOTOWN) (1.13 million units)
32. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - LIFE AFTER DEATH (BAD BOY) (1.12 million units)
33. CELINE DION - LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE (550 MUSIC) (1.11 million units)
34. CELINE DION - ALL THE WAY... A DECADE OF SONG (550 MUSIC) (1.10 million units)
35. JANET JACKSON - JANET JACKSON'S RHYTHM NATION 1814 (A&M) (1.10 million units)
36. ACE OF BASE - THE SIGN (ARISTA) (1.08 million units)
37. BILLY RAY CYRUS - SOME GAVE ALL (MERCURY) (1.08 million units)
38. NATALIE COLE - UNFORGETTABLE (ELEKTRA) (1.03 million units)
39. MARIAH CAREY - #1's (SONY) (1.00 million units)
40. ALICIA KEYS - SONGS IN A MINOR (J) (995,000 units)

41. BACKSTREET BOYS - BLACK & BLUE (JIVE) (992,000 units)
42. RICKY MARTIN - RICKY MARTIN (SONY) (987,000 units)
43. CELINE DION - FALLING INTO YOU (550 MUSIC) (987,000 units)
44. SARAH MCLACHLAN - SURFACING (ARISTA) (985,000 units)
45. PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY - NO WAY OUT (BAD BOY) (978,000 units)
46. TONI BRAXTON - TONI BRAXTON (LAFACE) (972,000 units)
47. SOUNDTRACK - TITANIC (SONY) (971,000 units)
48. CHRISTINA AGUILERA - CHRISTINA AGUILERA (RCA) (935,000 units)
49. TONI BRAXTON - SECRETS (LAFACE) (927,000 units)
50. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER (EPIC) (923,000 units)

51. EN VOGUE - FUNKY DIVAS (EASTWEST) (916,000 units)
52. MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL II - BACK INTO HELL (MCA) (909,000 units)
53. SOUNDTRACK - DIRTY DANCING (RCA) (904,000 units)
54. SOUNDTRACK - GREASE (POLYDOR) (899,000 units)
55. GUNS & ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION (GEFFEN) (890,000 units)
56. SOUNDTRACK - WAITING TO EXHALE (ARISTA) (886,000 units)
57. ABBA - GOLD GREATEST HITS (POLYDOR) (884,000 units)
58. JANET JACKSON - CONTROL (A&M) (883,000 units)
59. MADONNA - LIKE A VIRGIN (WARNER BROS) (882,000 units)
60. LAURYN HILL - THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL (SONY) (880,000 units)

61. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD (SONY) (879,000 units)
62. TLC - FANMAIL (LAFACE) (877,000 units)
63. JANET JACKSON - JANET. (VIRGIN) (860,000 units) *
64. DMX - IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT (DEF JAM) (857,000 units)
65. MARIAH CAREY - DAYDREAM (SONY) (848,000 units)
66. THIRD EYE BLIND - THIRD EYE BLIND (ELEKTRA) (842,000 units)
67. SHERYL CROW - TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB (A&M) (833,000 units)
68. 'N SYNC - CELEBRITY (JIVE) (826,000 units)
69. LINKIN' PARK - HYBRID THEORY (WARNER BROS) (826,000 units)
70. FUGEES - THE SCORE (SONY) (822,000 units)

71. WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHITNEY (ARISTA) (806,000 units)
72. USHER - MY WAY (LAFACE) (796,000 units)
73. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE (ISLAND) (779,000 units)
74. AALIYAH - ONE IN A MILLION (ATLANTIC) (756,000 units) *
75. SELENA - DREAMING OF YOU (EMI) (745,000 units)
76. MARIAH CAREY - MUSIC BOX (SONY) (735,000 units)
77. BLACKSTREET - ANOTHER LEVEL (INTERSCOPE) (733,000 units)
78. MICHAEL JACKSON - HISTORY (EPIC) (730,000 units)
79. DESTINY'S CHILD - THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL (COLUMBIA) (703,000 units)
80. NICKELBACK - SILVER SIDE UP (ROADRUNNER) (692,000 units)

81. BRANDY - NEVER SAY NEVER (ATLANTIC) (665,000 units)
82. SOUNDTRACK - NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS (DEF JAM) (642,000 units)
83. CELINE DION - CELINE DION (550 MUSIC) (624,000 units)
84. BRITNEY SPEARS - BRITNEY (JIVE) (588,000 units)
85. MARY J. BLIGE - SHARE MY WORLD (MCA) (559,000 units)
86. JEWEL - SPIRIT (ATLANTIC) (521,000 units)
87. KENNY G - FAITH/A HOLIDAY ALBUM (ARISTA) (503,000 units)
88. PRINCE - THE HITS 1 (WARNER BROS) (501,000 units)
89. SHERYL CROW - SHERYL CROW (A&M) (500,000 units)
90. SHANIA TWAIN - UP! (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (477,000 units) *

91. MADONNA - RAY OF LIGHT (WARNER BROS.) (459,000 units)
92. LFO - LFO (ARISTA) (456,000 units)
93. MARIAH CAREY - RAINBOW (SONY) (443,000 units)
94. DESTINY'S CHILD - SURVIVOR (SONY) (439,000 units)
95. JANET JACKSON - THE VELVET ROPE (VIRGIN) (420,000 units) *
96. SHANIA TWAIN - SHANIA TWAIN (MERCURY NASHVILLE) (390,000 units)
97. AALIYAH - AALIYAH (VIRGIN) (350,000 units) *
98. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL (MAVERICK) (350,000 units) *
99. MADONNA - TRUE CLUE (WARNER BROS). (301,000 units)
100. MICHAEL JACKSON - DANGEROUS (SONY) (298,000 units)

I wish Columbia House publishes its numbers too!

by **brunosilva** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:24 pm

^ Sales till the end of 2002.

by **stevyy** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:45 pm

I'm still impressed that an album like Rainbow was able to shift 450,000 copies through this club.

by **imbuemyblue** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:15 pm

Thanks, argentino78. I know that record clubs were starting to decline by 2002, but there are still several albums on the list from 2001/2002 which proves that the clubs were still contributing significantly to an album's total sales. It makes me curious what hit albums from a couple years later like 'Mimi', 'Breakaway' and 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby' managed to sell.

Damn you Columbia House for never releasing numbers!

by **imbuemyblue** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:48 pm

Yahoo's Chart Watch Extra contains updated totals for many albums as it counts down the best-sellers of the past decade: http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watc ... 52729.html

In order of their decade ranking, but with their All-Time SS placing listed:

11. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me 10,807,000
18. Eminem, The Eminem Show, 10,049,000
19. Usher, Confessions, 9,968,000
39. Adele, 21, 8,090,000
41. 50 Cent, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 8,086,000
51. Evanescence, Fallen, 7,619,000 #51.
53. Nickelback, All The Right Reasons, 7,582,000 #53.
62. Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts, 7,177,000 #62.
71. Avril Lavigne, Let Go, 6,782,000 #71.
76. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 6,514,000 #76.
78. Nelly, Nellyville, 6,488,000 #78.
85. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway, 6,219,000 #85.
93. Green Day, American Idiot, 6,056,000 #93.
94. Dixie Chicks, Home, 6,041,000 #94.

Just below the top 100...

101. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi, 5,964,000
102. Josh Groban, Closer, 5,960,000
103. Linkin Park, Meteora, 5,913,000
110. OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, 5,702,000
127. Josh Groban, Noel, 5,446,000
129. Shania Twain, Up!, 5,409,000
136. 50 Cent, The Massacre, 5,286,000
137. Eminem, Encore, 5,282,000
140. Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today, 5,230,000
143. Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, 5,175,000
144. Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits, 5,161,000

And I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post, but they have updates for many other albums, so I'll put this here, until someone tells me to move it.
In order of their placement for the past decade's best sellers:

Rascal Flatt's Me And My Gang 4,918,000
Daughtry's Daughtry 4,873,000
High School Musical 4,867,000
8 Mile 4,854,000
Beyonce's Dangerously In Love 4,825,000
Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head 4,822,000
Maroon 5's Songs About Jane 4,808,000
Elvis Presley's Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits 4,805,000
Michael Jackson's Number Ones 4,753,000
Alicia Keys' Diary Of Alicia Keys 4,650,000
Norah Jones' Feels Like Home 4,629,000
Gretchen Wilson's Here For The Party 4,594,000

Best Catalog sellers of the past decade:

Michael Jackson's Thriller 4,546,000
Bob Marley & the Wailers' Legend 4,194,000
the Beatles' 1 3,924,000
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon 3,743,000
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band's Greatest Hits 3,623,000
Journey's Greatest Hits 3,309,000
Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits) 2,868,000
Queen's Greatest Hits 2,624,000
Abba's Gold—Greatest Hits 2,497,000
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits 2,455,000

by **thebigham** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:27 am

^Thanks. I saw this earlier.

by **FliplovesMC** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:55 am

thebigham wrote:
oldbloke wrote:Looks like they've got around to consolidating the sales of the various versions of Bob Marley's "Legend"...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,260 -61 10,798 10,997,896

2 weeks ago...

MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3,880 -7 4,190 10,682,523
Good catch!

I posted at Pulse that it would go over 11 million scanned next week.

So Bob Marley is #10 now!

My Norah spent 3 weeks in the top 10, it was good while it lasted, oh well, that is life.

By the way, I didn't notice before but Celine is over 3mil sold in that list, dang!

by **Dane** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:11 am

imbuemyblue wrote:Best Catalog sellers of the past decade:

Michael Jackson's Thriller 4,546,000
Bob Marley & the Wailers' Legend 4,194,000
the Beatles' 1 3,924,000
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon 3,743,000
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band's Greatest Hits 3,623,000
Journey's Greatest Hits 3,309,000
Creedence Clearwater Revival's Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits) 2,868,000
Queen's Greatest Hits 2,624,000
Abba's Gold—Greatest Hits 2,497,000
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits 2,455,000

The Thriller figure is wrong. It has scanned about 5M since 1991! Soundscan made a mess of this when different versions was combined - one version was added twice.

And Paul forgot AC/DC's Back in Black:

w/e 12-02-2012

8 140 198 * AC/DC BACK IN BLACK 1,354 13 1,199 2,818,646

That is the 2003 remaster only. Must have scanned around 3M since Mar 2002.

(And released Nov 2000, Beatles 1 wasn't a catalog album yet in Mar 2002)

by **brunosilva** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:16 pm

imbuemyblue wrote:Thanks, argentino78. I know that record clubs were starting to decline by 2002, but there are still several albums on the list from 2001/2002 which proves that the clubs were still contributing significantly to an album's total sales.

Shania Twain's UP sold 477k copies in the last 6 weeks of 2002.

by **blackandblue** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:46 pm

The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the SoundScan Era
Week Ending March 11, 2012

TW Pos (TW var) RTD - Title - Act (last update) - TW Sales (% Change) LW Sales

1 ( = ) 15,756,933 Metallica - Metallica (11/03/2012)

2,074 (-8%) 2,250

2 ( = ) 15,516,000 Come on over - Shania Twain (11/03/2012)

3 ( = ) 14,726,639 Jagged little pill - Alanis Morissette (11/03/2012)

2,471 (+86%) 1,330

4 ( = ) 12,168,000 Millennium - Backstreet Boys (01/01/2012)

5 ( = ) 12,034,219 1 - The Beatles (11/03/2012)

2,886(-50%) 5,794

6 ( = ) 11,965,318 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (11/03/2012)

21,111 (-51%) 42,677

7 ( = ) 11,772,000 Supernatural - Santana (01/01/2012)

8 ( = ) 11,574,000 Human clay - Creed (01/01/2012)

9 ( = ) 11,122,000 No string attached - 'N Sync (01/01/2012)

10 (+2) 10,997,896 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (11/03/2012)

4,260 (-61%) 10,798

11 ( -1) 10,807,362 Come away with me - Norah Jones (11/03/2012) 2,432 (+55%) 1,569
12 ( -1) 10,790,000 Falling into you - Céline Dion (01/01/2012)
13 ( = ) 10,570,130 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (11/03/2012) 3,319 (-11%) 3,745
14 ( = ) 10,556,897 ...Baby one more time - Britney Spears (22/05/2011)
15 ( = ) 10,300,000 Cracked rear view - Hootie & The Blowfish (01/01/2012)
16 ( = ) 10,143,000 Titanic - Soundtrack (25/09/2011)
17 ( = ) 10,116,000 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (02/10/2011)
18 ( = ) 10,048,746 The Eminem show - Eminem (11/03/2012) 2,864 (+30%) 2,199
19 ( = ) _9,967,810 Confessions - Usher (11/03/2012) 2,274 (-26%) 3,079
20 ( = ) _9,931,975 Hybrid theory - Linkin Park (11/03/2012) 1,635 (-8%) 1,771

21 ( = ) 9,930,421 Ten - Pearl Jam (11/03/2012) 1,924 (-6%) 2,040
22 ( = ) 9,571,000 Ropin' the wind - Garth Brooks (02/11/2008)
23 ( = ) 9,561,635 Let's talk about love - Céline Dion (11/03/2012) 1,775 (-11%) 2,000
24 ( = ) 9,297,257 The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (11/03/2012) 3,966 (-67%) 12,105
25 ( = ) 9,202,039 Oops! ...I did again - Britney Spears (22/05/2011)
26 ( = ) 9,158,906 Greatest hits - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band (11/03/2012) 3,248 (-9%) 3,575
27 ( = ) 9,072,939 Devil without a cause - Kid Rock (12/04/2009)
28 ( = ) 9,010,000 No fences - Garth Brooks (02/11/2008)
29 ( = ) 8,956,253 Nevermind - Nirvana (11/03/2012) 6,757 (+234%) 2,026
30 ( = ) 8,766,000 'N Sync - 'N Sync (05/10/2008)
31 ( = ) 8,724,000 Hell freezes over - The Eagles (22/05/2011)
32 ( = ) 8,713,000 Wide open spaces - Dixie Chicks (22/05/2011)
33 ( = ) 8,573,000 II - Boyz II Men (05/10/2008)
34 ( = ) 8,489,000 Country grammar - Nelly (30/01/2011)
35 ( = ) 8,289,000 Fly - Dixie Chicks (02/11/2008)
36 ( = ) 8,214,171 Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (22/05/2011)
37 ( = ) 8,142,423 Tragic kingdom - No Doubt (22/05/2011)
38 (+2) 8,100,000 Dookie - Green Day (11/03/2012)

39 (+6) 8,090,330 21 - Adele (11/03/2012) 194,643 (-21%) 246,529

40 ( -2) 8,090,000 Yourself or someone like you - matchbox 20 (05/10/2008)
41 ( -2) 8,086,480 Get rich or die tryin' - 50 Cent (11/03/2012) 3,837 (+65%) 2,324
42 ( -1) 8,044,528 Journey's Greatest hits - Journey (11/03/2012) 4,007 (-4%) 4,193
43 ( -1) 8,037,381 Breathless - Kenny G (05/10/2008)
44 ( -1) 7,968,000 All the way... A decade of song - Céline Dion (11/09/2011)
45 ( -1) 7,953,189 Greatest hits - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (11/03/2012) 2,184 (+1%) 2,168
46 ( = ) 7,823,075 The lion king - Soundtrack (11/03/2012) 841 (-3%) 866
47 ( = ) 7,821,000 The hits - Garth Brooks (11/09/2011)
48 ( = ) 7,694,338 O brother, where art thou? - Soundtrack (11/03/2012) 1,870 (-6%) 1,983
49 ( = ) 7,661,419 The woman in me - Shania Twain (22/05/2011)
50 ( = ) 7,620,462 Daydream - Mariah Carey (26/02/2012)
51 ( = ) 7,618,532 Fallen - Evanescence (11/03/2012) 2,079 (-9%) 2,288
52 (+1) 7,600,000 Unplugged - Eric Clapton (11/03/2012)

53 ( -1) 7,582,052 All the right reasons - Nickelback (11/03/2012) 2,659 (+19%) 2,243
54 ( = ) 7,534,000 Significant other - Limp Bizkit (05/10/2008)
55 ( = ) 7,532,450 Dr. Dre: 2001 - Dr. Dre (11/03/2012) 2,837 (-34%) 4,326
56 ( = ) 7,480,000 Some gave all - Billy Ray Cyrus (15/08/2010)
57 ( = ) 7,412,000 Spice - Spice Girls (05/10/2008)
58 ( = ) 7,387,000 Pieces of you - Jewel (27/02/2011)
59 ( = ) 7,281,000 Crazysexycool - TLC (05/10/2008)
60 ( = ) 7,250,208 Miracles: The holiday album - Kenny G (01/01/2012)
61 ( = ) 7,243,336 Music box - Mariah Carey (19/02/2012)
62 ( = ) 7,176,980 Some hearts - Carrie Underwood (11/03/2012) 1,944 (-2%) 1,988
63 ( = ) 7,101,757 The miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (11/03/2012) 1,638 (-1%) 1,659
64 ( = ) 7,025,727 janet. - Janet Jackson (22/05/2011)
65 ( = ) 7,015,024 Greatest hits - James Taylor (11/03/2012) 1,782 (-9%) 1,960
66 ( = ) 6,962,155 Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men (05/10/2008)
67 ( = ) 6,960,025 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (24/04/2011)
68 ( = ) 6,944,549 Greatest hits - Queen (11/03/2012) 4,486 (-17%) 5,392
69 ( = ) 6,926,000 A day without rain - Enya (29/11/2009)
70 ( = ) 6,800,000 Hotshot - Shaggy (29/11/2009)
71 ( = ) 6,782,000 Let go - Avril Lavigne (11/03/2012)
72 ( = ) 6,728,000 Time, love and tenderness - Michael Bolton (05/10/2008)
73 ( = ) 6,703,000 Chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water - Limp Bizkit (29/11/2009)
74 ( = ) 6,523,630 Breathe - Faith Hill (22/05/2011)
75 ( = ) 6,514,264 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett (12/02/2012)
76 ( = ) 6,514,117 Fearless - Taylor Swift (11/03/2012) 3,318 (-6%) 3,533
77 ( = ) 6,502,000 The sign - Ace of Base (01/11/2009)
78 ( = ) 6,488,000 Nellyville - Nelly (11/03/2012)
79 ( = ) 6,390,000 Weathered - Creed (14/11/2010)
80 ( = ) 6,382,000 My own prison - Creed (14/11/2010)
81 (+2) 6,267,304 Sublime - Sublime (11/03/2012) 1,673 (+4%) 1,607

82 ( -1) 6,264,661 Songs in A minor - Alicia Keys (14/08/2011)
83 ( -1) 6,258,000 The writing's on the wall - Destiny's Child (05/10/2008)
84 (+1) 6,220,000 Smash - The Offspring (11/03/2012)

85 ( -1) 6,218,749 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson (11/03/2012) 1,769 (-13%) 2,030
86 ( = ) 6,188,676 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw (11/03/2012) 1,818 (-13%) 2,087
87 ( = ) 6,160,000 Unforgettable (With love) - Natalie Cole (05/10/2008)
88 ( = ) 6,120,000 E.1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (31/12/2006)
89 ( = ) 6,106,001 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (11/03/2012) 4,079 (+7%) 3,829
90 ( = ) 6,077,622 Thriller - Michael Jackson (11/03/2012) 2,295 (+1%) 2,276
91 (+1) 6,056,000 American idiot - Green Day (11/03/2012)

92 ( -1) 6,041,000 Home - Dixie Chicks (11/03/2012)
93 ( = ) 6,036,000 Big Willie style - Will Smith (05/10/2008)
94 ( = ) 6,016,000 Double live - Garth Brooks (15/05/2011)
95 ( = ) 6,000,000 Sixteen stone - Bush (26/09/2010)
96 ( = ) 5,998,000 Not a moment too soon - Tim McGraw (02/11/2008)
97 ( = ) 5,993,000 Blue - LeAnn Rimes (02/11/2008)
98 ( = ) 5,982,000 August and everythig after - Counting Crows (05/10/2008)
99 ( = ) 5,974,217 Grease - Soundtrack (11/03/2012) 816 (-32%) 1,203
100 ( = ) 5,965,559 Vs. - Pearl Jam (24/04/2011)

by **thebigham** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:31 pm

^Thanks!

by **ThunderRoad** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:12 am

Chart Watch Extra; Top Albums Of Last 10 Years:

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watc ... 52729.html

:wink:

by **FliplovesMC** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:49 pm

Hey according to that list Mariah's TEOM is at 5,964,000`, hopefully a new album this year can boost that back pass Pearl Jam, it's gotta be 101 right now though, right?

by **NothingFails** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:06 pm

FliplovesMC wrote:Hey according to that list Mariah's TEOM is at 5,964,000`, hopefully a new album this year can boost that back pass Pearl Jam, it's gotta be 101 right now though, right?

the Pearl Jam figure is almost a year old, and "Vs." was remastered last year, sales might be closer to 6 million at this point

by **imbuemyblue** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:12 pm

TEOM is indeed #101. Unfortunately, catalogue sales aren't very strong and even with the new album being released, I don't know that it can pass Pearl Jam. Passing 6 million is a different story, though. Maybe if they do some solid discounts coinciding with the new album release, it would finally hit that mark.

by **FliplovesMC** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:19 am

imbuemyblue wrote:Maybe if they do some solid discounts coinciding with the new album release, it would finally hit that mark.

Imma email Island Def Jam

Hey I just noticed
76 ( = ) 6,514,117 Fearless - Taylor Swift (11/03/2012) 3,318 (-6%) 3,533

She'll move up 2 spots soon but she'll be stuck there for at least several months, unless of course she solves world hunger or something

I wonder if the Metallica fans are worried that Adele is already halfway there. :roll:

by **aez** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:26 am

FliplovesMC wrote:I wonder if the Metallica fans are worried that Adele is already halfway there.

Don't think so! :lol:

I don't even think she will be able to hit the Top 5 ...but we never know! 8-)

by **ThunderRoad** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:19 pm

From Billboard.com:

Here is a recap of Morissette's total U.S. album sales, according to SoundScan.

14,727,000, "Jagged Little Pill," 1995
2,604,000, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie," 1998
1,020,000, "Under Rug Swept," 2002
673,000, "MTV Unplugged," 1999
474,000, "So-Called Chaos," 2004
401,000, "The Collection," 2005
376,000, "Jagged Little Pill: Acoustic," 2005
233,000, "Flavors of Entanglement," 2008
76,000, "Feast on Scraps" (CD/DVD), 2002

Total U.S. album sales: 20,658,000

"Pill" ranks as the third-best-selling album in the U.S. since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991. Only Metallica's "Metallica" (15,757,000) and Shania Twain's "Come on Over" (15,516,000) place higher.

As for the disparity between "Pill" and Morissette's subsequent releases, her star shone so brightly in the 1995-96, and she and "Pill" became such pop culture staples, that it would've been difficult for her to maintain such a profile. Plus, the material on "Junkie" was a bit of a left turn for those expecting more guy-bashing anthems. As Morissette found peace in such songs as "Thank U," fans may have wanted to continue to vent their personal frustrations through the jaded side of her music, perhaps resulting in some easing their loyalty to the evolving singer/songwriter.

As for new music? Late last year, Morissette indicated that it's on the way. As she posted on Facebook in October, "back in the studio saddle … the songs have come in droves!"

http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chart ... ory?page=2

by **stevyy** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:59 pm

i cannot believe that people practically abandoned Alanis. Flavors of Entanglement is such a great album. Its total is a complete shame. (same for So-Called Chaos) and MTV Unplugged which I think is the best Unplugged set of all that have been released by any artist.

SFIJ should have gone at least 5x platinum instead of 3x platinum. The album is much better than JLP.

by **NothingFails** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:15 am

stevyy wrote:i cannot believe that people practically abandoned Alanis. Flavors of Entanglement is such a great album. Its total is a complete shame. (same for So-Called Chaos) and MTV Unplugged which I think is the best Unplugged set of all that have been released by any artist.

SFIJ should have gone at least 5x platinum instead of 3x platinum. The album is much better than JLP.

Agree totally. A shame she's regarded as someone with one huge album and then fell far. SFIJ deserved to do at least 4-5 million.