Mike Oldfield :: Charts & Sales History

by **jrh06** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:14 pm

he had some best selling albums in the 70's.such a very good musician."tubular bells" is the best selling instrumental album of all time or not so far,whith about 15 millions worldwide and a long UK chart run.

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:02 am

U.K. shipments:
(Year of last certification - TITLE - BPI shipments)

Albums
1974 - HERGEST RIDGE - 100.000
1975 - OMMADAWN - 100.000
1976 - THE ORCHESTRAL TUBULAR BELLS - 60.000
1977 - BOXED - 100.000
1978 - INCANTATIONS - 300.000
1979 - EXPOSED - 60.000
1979 - PLATINUM - 100.000
1983 - CRISES - 100.000
1984 - DISCOVERY - 60.000
1985 - FIVE MILES OUT - 100.000
1986 - THE COMPLETE MIKE OLDFIELD - 100.000
1986 - KILLING FIELDS - 60.000
1993 - ELEMENTS / THE BEST OF MIKE OLDFIELD - 100.000
1994 - TUBULAR BELLS - 2.100.000
1994 - TUBULAR BELLS II - 600.000
1994 - THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH - 60.000
1994 - QE2 - 100.000
1994 - DISCOVERY - 100.000
1995 - THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH - 100.000
1996 - ISLANDS - 100.000
1996 - THE VOYAGER - 60.000
1998 - TUBULAR BELLS 3 - 100.000

Singles
1977 - PORTSMOUTH - 200.000
1983 - MOONLIGHT SHADOW - 200.000

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:06 am

Canada certifications:

1982 - Tubular Bells - 200.000 (2x platinum)

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:18 am

Germany certifications:

Albums
1981 - Platinum - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1981 - Q E 2 - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1982 - Five Miles Out - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1983 - Crisis - 500.000 (1x Platinum)
1984 - Discovery - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1985 - Music Wonderland - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1989 - Earth Moving - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1989 - Islands - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1991 - The Complete Mike Oldfield - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1994 - Elements - 250.000 (1x Gold)
1996 - Tubular Bells II - 250.000 (1x Gold)

Singles
1983 - Moonlight Shadow - 250.000 (1x Gold)

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:22 am

Swiss certifications

1998 - Elements (Best Of) - Gold - 25.000
1989 - Earth Moving - Gold - 25.000

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:24 am

Nederland certifications:

1979 - Tubular bells - 50.000 (gold)
1979 - Ommadawn - 50.000 (gold)
1983 - Crises - 50.000 (gold)

by **borderwolf** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:30 am

France certifications

1983 - Tubular Bells - 100.000 (gold)
1984 - Crises - 100.000 (gold)
1985 - Discovery - 100.000 (gold)
1988 - Islands - 100.000 (gold)
1990 - Earth Moving - 100.000 (gold)
1992 - The Complete - 300.000 (platinum)
1994 - Elements - 100.000 (gold)

by **davidalic** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:35 am

Spanish certifications:

1980 Platinum PL
1980 QE2 GOLD
1982 Five miles out PL
1983 Crises PL
1984 Discovery PL
1986 The complete Mike Oldfield GOLD
1987 Islands PL
1989 Earth moving GOLD
1992 Tubular bells II 5PL
1993 Elements. The best 2PL
1994 Songs from a distant earth 2PL
1996 Voyager 3PL
1997 XXV The essential Mike Oldfield GOLD
1998 Tubular bells III 4PL
1999 Guitars PL
1999 The millenium bell PL
2002 Tres lunas PL

Single
1983 Moonlight shadow GOLD

GOLD = 50.000
PL = 100.000

by **Robbie** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:20 pm

borderwolf wrote:U.K. shipments:
(Year of last certification - TITLE - BPI shipments)

Albums
1974 - HERGEST RIDGE - 100.000
1975 - OMMADAWN - 100.000
1976 - THE ORCHESTRAL TUBULAR BELLS - 60.000
1977 - BOXED - 100.000
1978 - INCANTATIONS - 300.000
1979 - EXPOSED - 60.000
1979 - PLATINUM - 100.000
1983 - CRISES - 100.000
1984 - DISCOVERY - 60.000
1985 - FIVE MILES OUT - 100.000
1986 - THE COMPLETE MIKE OLDFIELD - 100.000
1986 - KILLING FIELDS - 60.000
1993 - ELEMENTS / THE BEST OF MIKE OLDFIELD - 100.000
1994 - TUBULAR BELLS - 2.100.000
1994 - TUBULAR BELLS II - 600.000
1994 - THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH - 60.000
1994 - QE2 - 100.000
1994 - DISCOVERY - 100.000
1995 - THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH - 100.000
1996 - ISLANDS - 100.000
1996 - THE VOYAGER - 60.000
1998 - TUBULAR BELLS 3 - 100.000

Singles
1977 - PORTSMOUTH - 200.000
1983 - MOONLIGHT SHADOW - 200.000

For the two singles, the Silver award was for sales of 250,000 shipments, not 200,000 as the sales levels for certifications were higher back then (until December 1988).

by **borderwolf** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:54 pm

Music Of The Spheres
#22 in Czech

by **borderwolf** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:03 pm

Music Of The Spheres
#7 in Spain

by **borderwolf** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:41 pm

U.K.

OLDFIELD MIKE , THE VOYAGER , Gold , Fri Mar 7 2008

by **MIGUEL** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:14 pm

One question about Tubular Bells, some months ago a newspaper in UK gave it free with sunday copy, i read that 3 million were given.
I know it doesn´t count in certification, but if this is truth it had sold more than 5 million records in uk alone
In other words Virgin said some many years ago that it sold more than 16 million all around the world

by **tino** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:35 am

switzerland certifications:

Earth moving Gold (25.000) 1989
The Complete Mike Oldfield Gold (25.000) 1991
Elements Gold (25.000) 1998

by **MJDangerous** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:17 pm

Nobody has a clue about how many copies sold Tubular Bells in the US ? It was certified Gold in 74, but sold probably close to 2m by 1975. I have no idea about how many copies it sold from this date to now. Has it at least been charted in the catalog chart from 82 to now ?

If someone has a serious article or so on this issue it will be great.

BTW, I do not think this album sold anywhere near 16m worldwide.

by **nelson** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:49 pm

Japan

Tubular Bells - 30,510

by **MIGUEL** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:09 am

http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/ar ... ofile.html

by **MJDangerous** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:46 pm

Nelson, do you have something about NZ/Australia on Tubular Bells ?

by **nelson** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:56 pm

MJDangerous wrote:Nelson, do you have something about NZ/Australia on Tubular Bells ?

NZ - Gold (probably the first certification and not re-certifications in 2005, but it peaked at #25)

AU - none.

by **borderwolf** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:43 am

Estonia
CD top100, week 41 - 2008

11 MIKE OLDFIELD,2 IN 1:TUBULAR BELLS 2/TUBULAR BE 2CD

61 MIKE OLDFIELD,SIGHT AND SOUND:MILLENNIUM BE CD+DVD

by **borderwolf** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:23 pm

U.K.
14 june

25. (NEW) THE COLLECTION (Mike Oldfield) 1 wk

by **borderwolf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:58 pm

borderwolf wrote:U.K.
14 june

25. (NEW) THE COLLECTION (Mike Oldfield) 1 wk

And:

161. (NEW) TUBULAR BELLS [DELUXE EDITION] (Mike Oldfield

by **borderwolf** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:23 pm

U.K.
Albums Chart: Sunday 21 June

+14

11. (25) THE COLLECTION (Mike Oldfield) 2 wks

by **NJTom** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:46 pm

17.5k in the uk this week to get to number 11 ... gotta love fathers day.

by **NJTom** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:49 pm

MJD: In a circa 2005 interview I remember Mike saying that all the estimates are way over, and he hired someone to get an accurate total which came out to about 9m.