SoundScan Era - USA's Best Selling Artists and Albums

by **Wayne** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:49 pm

mtp03ypl wrote:Why does Garth brooks only have 4 albums in Top 100?
Shouldn't be more?

Nope.

by **Wayne** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:51 pm

madd77 wrote:But Dangerous should be in that List...

As has been explained previously, there are more than one version of Dangerous - when all added up, they make the album qualify for the list. But the last figure that anyone saw for the main edition of Dangerous was in the 5.785m range, its obvious that since he died, they've shipped copies of the other edition, and not so much of the old edition.

For whatever reason, Soundscan haven't combined the sales of the two albums.

by **Timmy94** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:10 pm

04wayne wrote:
mtp03ypl wrote:Why does Garth brooks only have 4 albums in Top 100?
Shouldn't be more?
Nope.

It seems like he had huuuuuge club sales for each of his albums...

by **Wayne** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:18 pm

Timmy94 wrote:It seems like he had huuuuuge club sales for each of his albums...

No, its not that - he doesn't have a single album above 300k at BMG, and he never had any of his albums available through Columbia [Fresh Horses aside] - at least whilst the club was big.

by **fearlesswift13** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:24 pm

04wayne wrote:
Timmy94 wrote:It seems like he had huuuuuge club sales for each of his albums...
No, its not that - he doesn't have a single album above 300k at BMG, and he never had any of his albums available through Columbia [Fresh Horses aside] - at least whilst the club was big.

Is it cause of his deal with Wal-Mart for his boxset? Soundscan I don't believe kept track of those exclusive deals until the controversial week in which the Eagles debuted at #1 and ticked off a bunch of Britney Spears fans because of the rule change. I believe Garth sold several million box-sets and they all went to the totals of each album respectively.

by **thebigham** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:19 pm

^Yes. Those albums were not counted by Soundscan, but it sold over 2 million units so 2xp was added to all the individual album sales with the RIAA.

This info is old, but it's all we have:

Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks 4,100,000 (10/2007)
Garth Brooks - No Fences 9,008,000 (10/2007)
Garth Brooks - Beyond The Season (1992) 2,600,000 (01/2004)
Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind 9,600,000 (28/05/2008)
Garth Brooks - The Chase 5,110,000 (02/2005)
Garth Brooks - In Pieces 4,300,000 (02/2005)
Garth Brooks - Fresh Horses 3,800,000 (12/2005)
Garth Brooks - Sevens 5,725,000 (01/01/2007)
Garth Brooks - The Magic Of Christmas (1999) 1,000,000 (10/2000)
Garth Brooks - Scarecrow 2,900,000 (12/2005)
Garth Brooks - Hits 7,820,000 (01/01/2007)
Garth Brooks - Double Live 6,015,000 (01/01/2007) 1,090,000 DEBUT
Garth Brooks - In The Life Of Chris Gaines (1999) 1,118,000 (06/02/2009)

by **mtp03ypl** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:11 am

Thanks a lot! everyone.

by **FliplovesMC** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:17 pm

How convenient that they decided to add the 2 versions together the week before it passes 11mil

10 ( = ) 11,001,537 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (18/03/2012)

by **thebigham** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:10 pm

Paul Grein:

4/7/12 chart:

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band this week tops the 20 million mark in U.S. sales since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991.

Impressive as this figure is, it doesn't count Seger's first 22 years of sales, dating back to the 1969 entry of Bob Seger System's first charted album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man.

by **thebigham** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:15 pm

^So Bob Seger is not in the Top 40:

Best Selling SoundScan artists from Nov. 2011:

1) Garth Brooks (68,554,000)
2) The Beatles (63,100,000)
3) Mariah Carey (53,474,000)
4) Metallica (53,059,000)
5) Celine Dion (51,415,000)
6) George Strait (43,138,000)
7) Eminem (41,028,000)
8) Tim McGraw (40,075,000)
9) Alan Jackson (38,771,000)
10) Pink Floyd (37,069,000)

11) U2 (34,715,000)
12) Kenny G (34,248,000)
13) Shania Twain (34,118,000)
14) Elvis Presley (33,656,000)
15) Michael Jackson (32,722,000)
16) Britney Spears (32,432,000)
17) AC/DC (31,489,000)
18) Pearl Jam (31,082,000)
19) Backstreet Boys (30,958,000)
20) Dave Matthews Band (30,725,000)

21) Aerosmith (30,637,000)
22) Eagles (30,611,000)
23) Eric Clapton (30,432,000)
24) Reba McEntire (29,896,000)
25) Rod Stewart (28,811,000)
26) Toby Keith (28,761,000)
27) Tupac (28,559,000)
28) Jay Z (28,470,000)
29) Frank Sinatra (28,216,000)
30) NSYNC (28,096,000)

31) Elton John (27,256,000)
32) Creed (27,079,000)
33) Dixie Chicks (26,941,000)
34) Madonna (26,935,000)
35) Enya (26,623,000)
36) Kenny Chesney (26,344,000)
37) Santana (26,331,000)
38) Jimmy Buffett (26,141,000)
39) Nirvana (25,698,000)
40) Guns N' Roses (25,453,000)

by **Freedom** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:22 pm

What is R. Kelly's SoundScan number?

by **thebigham** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:58 pm

From the SoundScan Database thread at the top of the page:

R. Kelly - 12 Play (1993) 3,851,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - R. Kelly (1995) 3,100,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - R. (1998) 1,600,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - TP-2.com (2000) 3,564,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory (2003) 2,720,000 (12/2007)
R. Kelly - The R In R&B: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2003) 2,400,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - Happy People/U Saved Me (2004) 992,000 (12/2005)
R. Kelly - TP3 Reloaded (2005) 1,019,000 (05/2006)
R. Kelly - Double Up (2007) 935,000 (17/04/2008)
R. Kelly - Untitled (2009) 114,000 DEBUT

R. Kelly - Number One (Downloads) 91,000 (21/10/2009)

R. Kelly & Jay-Z - The Best Of Both Worlds (2002) 871,000 (12/2005)

by **herb** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:27 pm

There are 4 male country singers in Top 10. Wow!

Whitney might be in No.40 in the latest update, right?

by **thebigham** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:44 pm

^No. The Bodyguard is listed as Soundtrack with SoundScan and not a Whitney Houston album.

by **johnnyboy** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:45 pm

thebighham - you meant best-selling album artists. What about singles/downloads?

by **thebigham** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:58 pm

Adele now #35:

ADELE 21 8,369,145

by **blackandblue** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:28 pm

The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the SoundScan Era
Week Ending March 25, 2012

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

1 ( = ) 15,761,168 Metallica - Metallica (25/03/2012)

2,188 (+7%) 2,047

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

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

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

5 ( = ) 12,038,533 1 - The Beatles (25/03/2012)

2,194 (+3%) 2,120

6 ( = ) 11,988,734 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (25/03/2012)

9,087 (-37%) 14,329

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 ( = ) 11,005,118 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (25/03/2012)

3,581 (-2%) 3,641

11 ( = ) 10,810,355 Come away with me - Norah Jones (25/03/2012) 1,431 (-8%) 1,562
12 ( = ) 10,790,000 Falling into you - Céline Dion (01/01/2012)
13 ( = ) 10,576,474 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (25/03/2012) 3,181 (+1%) 3,163
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 ( = ) 10,052,549 The Eminem show - Eminem (25/03/2012) 1,806 (-10%) 1,997
19 ( = ) _9,971,809 Confessions - Usher (25/03/2012) 1,885 (-11%) 2,114
20 ( = ) _9,935,151 Hybrid theory - Linkin Park (25/03/2012) 1,572 (-2%) 1,604

21 ( = ) 9,933,894 Ten - Pearl Jam (25/03/2012) 1,776 (+5%) 1,697
22 ( = ) 9,571,000 Ropin' the wind - Garth Brooks (02/11/2008)
23 ( = ) 9,565,027 Let's talk about love - Céline Dion (25/03/2012) 1,657 (-4%) 1,735
24 ( = ) 9,302,635 The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (25/03/2012) 2,603 (-6%) 2,775
25 ( = ) 9,202,039 Oops! ...I did again - Britney Spears (22/05/2011)
26 ( = ) 9,164,123 Greatest hits - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band (25/03/2012) 2,437 (-12%) 2,780
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 ( = ) 8,960,929 Nevermind - Nirvana (25/03/2012) 1,782 (-38%) 2,894
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 (+1) 8,369,145 21 - Adele (25/03/2012) 130,421 (-12%) 148,394

36 ( -1) 8,289,000 Fly - Dixie Chicks (02/11/2008)
37 ( = ) 8,214,171 Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera (22/05/2011)
38 ( = ) 8,142,423 Tragic kingdom - No Doubt (22/05/2011)
39 ( = ) 8,100,000 Dookie - Green Day (11/03/2012)
40 (+1) 8,091,444 Get rich or die tryin' - 50 Cent (25/03/2012) 2,186 (-21%) 2,778

41 ( -1) 8,090,000 Yourself or someone like you - matchbox 20 (05/10/2008)
42 ( = ) 8,051,666 Journey's Greatest hits - Journey (25/03/2012) 3,574 (+0%) 3,564
43 ( = ) 8,037,381 Breathless - Kenny G (05/10/2008)
44 ( = ) 7,968,000 All the way... A decade of song - Céline Dion (11/09/2011)
45 ( = ) 7,957,394 Greatest hits - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (25/03/2012) 2,043 (-6%) 2,162
46 ( = ) 7,824,282 The lion king - Soundtrack (25/03/2012) 696 (+36%) 511
47 ( = ) 7,821,000 The hits - Garth Brooks (11/09/2011)
48 ( = ) 7,698,404 O brother, where art thou? - Soundtrack (25/03/2012) 2,514 (+62%) 1,553
49 ( = ) 7,661,419 The woman in me - Shania Twain (22/05/2011)
50 ( = ) 7,622,415 Fallen - Evanescence (25/03/2012) 1,916 (-5%) 1,967
51 ( = ) 7,620,462 Daydream - Mariah Carey (26/02/2012)
52 ( = ) 7,600,000 Unplugged - Eric Clapton (11/03/2012)
53 ( = ) 7,586,035 All the right reasons - Nickelback (25/03/2012) 1,918 (-7%) 2,065
54 ( = ) 7,536,274 Dr. Dre: 2001 - Dr. Dre (25/03/2012) 1,857 (-6%) 1,967
55 ( = ) 7,534,000 Significant other - Limp Bizkit (05/10/2008)
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 ( = ) 7,180,373 Some hearts - Carrie Underwood (25/03/2012) 1,641 (-6%) 1,752
63 ( = ) 7,101,757 The miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (11/03/2012)
64 ( = ) 7,025,727 janet. - Janet Jackson (22/05/2011)
65 ( = ) 7,018,164 Greatest hits - James Taylor (25/03/2012) 1,540 (-4%) 1,600
66 ( = ) 6,962,155 Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men (05/10/2008)
67 ( = ) 6,960,025 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (24/04/2011)
68 ( = ) 6,949,105 Greatest hits - Queen (25/03/2012) 1,794 (-35%) 2,762
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 ( = ) 6,522,031 Fearless - Taylor Swift (25/03/2012) 4,268 (+17%) 3,646
76 ( = ) 6,514,264 Songs you know by heart - Jimmy Buffett (12/02/2012)
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 ( = ) 6,270,317 Sublime - Sublime (25/03/2012) 1,413 (-12%) 1,600
82 ( = ) 6,264,661 Songs in A minor - Alicia Keys (14/08/2011)
83 ( = ) 6,258,000 The writing's on the wall - Destiny's Child (05/10/2008)
84 ( = ) 6,221,988 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson (25/03/2012) 1,589 (-4%) 1,650
85 ( = ) 6,220,000 Smash - The Offspring (11/03/2012)
86 ( = ) 6,191,773 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw (25/03/2012) 1,471 (-11%) 1,626
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 ( = ) 6,113,728 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (25/03/2012) 3,773 (-5%) 3,954
90 ( = ) 6,080,662 Thriller - Michael Jackson (25/03/2012) 1,376 (-17%) 1,664
91 ( = ) 6,056,000 American idiot - Green Day (11/03/2012)
92 ( = ) 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 ( = ) 5,975,501 Grease - Soundtrack (25/03/2012) 655 (+4%) 629
100 ( = ) 5,965,559 Vs. - Pearl Jam (24/04/2011)

by **thebigham** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:51 am

^Thanks!!

by **Euromillions** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:59 am

Shock, horror, '21' may not progress up the list this week (will be touch and go)

by **Gagz** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:11 am

FATdele selling great

by **Euromillions** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:20 pm

How mature. :roll:

by **NorfolkScot** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:24 pm

Euromillions wrote:How mature.

It's an unhappy Gaga stan.

by **Wayne** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:27 pm

You're a fine one to talk Norfolk. You called him/her out in the Usher thread for being a Gaga fan.

by **Euromillions** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:28 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:
Euromillions wrote:How mature.
It's an unhappy Gaga stan.

Yes, I should have guessed. You mean the artist who promotes an anti bullying message to her 'Little Monsters'? :wink:

by **NorfolkScot** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:30 pm

04wayne wrote:You're a fine one to talk Norfolk. You called him/her out in the Usher thread for being a Gaga fan.

And?????

Just look at what he/she wrote. :roll: