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Every artist's fans will always be complaining about it as they'll never find their idol's exposure sufficient.Originally posted by WestenComment
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Of course it' impassible to carry a discussion with you. I mean your word is no different than mine.Originally posted by maroonComment
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Don't know about other countries, but both in the UK and in italy is quite easy to find TIC and Celebration (and LAV, LAP, TB, Madonna as well). HMV always stocks them.
Problems come with her latest releases: I couldn't find any copy of Mdna or RH in London, not even at Fopps, while her Girlie Show bootleg cd was available :-D
it really seems Interscope reduced its shipments to the minimum, or shops returned them any unsold copy"Despair, regret, and tenderness is what I feel for you"Comment
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Madonna's catalogue sales from her studio albums are bad because of the greatest hits and compilation albums she's done, especially "The inmaculate collection" which basically killed part of potential catalogue sales for her first four albums. Many people that want to revisit her extense catalogue can buy either "The inmaculate collection", "GHV2" or "Celebration".
This is common about female pop stars, once they release GHs albums is not unusual their catalogue sales for studio albums diminish and their compilations eventually become their best catalogue sellers. In the rock field its different because the rock industry is not much singles oriented and greatest hits releases are not as frequent as in the Mainstream pop field, so studio albums by Pink Floyd, Metallica, Nievana or Led Zeppelin constantly have good catalogue sales.Rock lives forever: Led Zeppelin . Metallica . Pink Floyd . Nirvana . Radiohead . Pearl Jam . Oasis . Iron Maiden . Nine Inch Nails
Approved Popstars: Michael Jackson . Madonna . Britney Spears . Beyoncé . RihannaComment
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In the US, I find TIC cds at Walmart & Best Buy. They also have Madonna, LAV, TB and LAP discounted $4.99-$7.99.Comment
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Finally some sales updates
As for Madonna's career U.S. album sales since Nielsen Music began tracking retail in 1991 (through the week ending Dec. 8, 2016), here are her 10 best sellers:
5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (1990)
3,891,000, Ray of Light (1998)
2,934,000, Music (2000)
2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (1994)
2,102,000, Something to Remember (1995)
2,025,000, Evita (soundtrack) (1996)
1,905,000, Erotica (1992)
1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
1,397,000, GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001)
751,000, Hard Candy (2008)
Meanwhile, Madonna's most recent LP, 2015's Rebel Heart, has sold 238,000. Her career album sales in the Nielsen era stand at 28.5 million, making her the 34th-best-selling album artist in that 25-year-plus span. She ranks at No. 7 among women in the stretch.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... lbum-sales
Looking at Madonna's digital song sales (since Nielsen began tracking downloads in 2003), 2008's "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, leads with 3.1 million sold. She boasts two other million-selling downloads: 2005's "Hung Up" (1.4 million) and her 1989 classic "Like a Prayer" (1.1 million)Comment
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So, recap:
5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (2013, +130,279)
3,891,000, Ray of Light (2011, +44,859)
2,934,000, Music (2011, -11,534?)*
2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (2011, +21,854)
2,102,000, Something to Remember (2011, +11,414)
2,025,000, Evita (2011, +16,444)
1,905,000, Erotica (2011, +10,908)
1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2011, +25,706)
1,397,000, GHV2 (2011, +6,095)
751,000, Hard Candy (2012, +7,000)
238,000, Rebel Heart (2015, +36,000)
55,000,000, Mariah
52,600,000, Celine
34,700,000, Shania
33,500,000, Britney
30,500,000, Reba
29,800,000, Taylor
28,500,000, Madonna
27,300,000, Enya
3,100,000, 4 Minutes (2013, +38,814)
1,400,000, Hung Up (2010, +200,000)
1,100,000, Like a Prayer (2012, +507,872)
* Of course it wouldn't be Madonna update if there were no sudden mistakes, of course Music somehow lost sales. During years 2004-2011 it was selling per year almost as much as ROL so i assume its update should be around +35k-40k)
Nice sales for RH tbh, i thought it was around 220,000 max
AMAZING sales for LAP, it's becoming her biggest song, big updates in both US and UK this year, it was never in top or even top 200 on itunes during last few years and yet it sold over 500k. AMAZING! Shame they didn't give us more updates on singlesComment
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Thank you westen!Comment
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Yay for sales updates!Comment
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A few comments:
LAP is selling amazingly well.
I thought Confesssions would be higher.
RH could be worse lol.
I wish we had a Celebration update too.Comment
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It finished 2015 with 218k.Originally posted by WestenComment
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I used last update from SoundScanOriginally posted by nymphoComment
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I figured it was as good a time as any for some updates, thus I submitted the inquiry.
I asked more about singles, but I guess there has to be a limit.
A note: Evita is not included in the 28.5m albums figure, as it's credited as "Soundtrack" in the Nielsen database.Comment
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^Thank you for doing so!!Comment
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^No problem.
Music's reported sales in 2009 were 2.923 million. it's not a great catalog seller, so sales of 11K or so since then makes sense.
These are other (rounded) sales since 2009:
(I wonder if sales of the single-disc Evita have been lumped with the double disc; 25K since then seems like a lot)
The Immaculate Collection: 215,000
Ray of Light: 54,000
Confessions on a Dance Floor: 39,000
Bedtime Stories: 27,000
Hard Candy: 26,000
Evita: 25,000
Something to Remember: 16,000
Erotica: 15,000
GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2: 12,000
All in all, excluding Evita (and WTG, though those sales really would be negligible), M's albums have sold 2.153 million or so since August 2009.Comment
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Music's sales in 2011 were 2,946,000Originally posted by HolidayGuy^No problem.
Music's reported sales in 2009 were 2.923 million. it's not a great catalog seller, so sales of 11K or so since then makes sense.
These are other (rounded) sales since 2009:
(I wonder if sales of the single-disc Evita have been lumped with the double disc; 25K since then seems like a lot)
The Immaculate Collection: 215,000
Ray of Light: 54,000
Confessions on a Dance Floor: 39,000
Bedtime Stories: 27,000
Hard Candy: 26,000
Evita: 25,000
Something to Remember: 16,000
Erotica: 15,000
GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2: 12,000
All in all, excluding Evita (and WTG, though those sales really would be negligible), M's albums have sold 2.153 million or so since August 2009.Comment
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Was there a sales article with sales updated posted in 2011? I couldn't find it off-hand. I'll inquire about the Music total.Comment
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They were posted here by thebigham, in that old thread. We had exact sales for all albums.Originally posted by HolidayGuyComment
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Do we have pre soundscan sales? For actual totals or are they all estimates?
ThxComment
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Thanks for the Billboard inquiry. I'm just sad that RH sales did not even reach 300 KOriginally posted by HolidayGuyI figured it was as good a time as any for some updates, thus I submitted the inquiry. I asked more about singles, but I guess there has to be a limit.
A note: Evita is not included in the 28.5m albums figure, as it's credited as "Soundtrack" in the Nielsen database.
And how about MDNA?Comment
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Taken from the old topic - a post made by thebigham...Originally posted by HolidayGuy
SOUNDSCAN SALES
ALBUMS
Pre-Soundscan
01. Madonna: 487,967 (12/05/2012)
02. Like A Virgin: 600,922 (19/05/2012)
03. True Blue: 424,671 (12/05/2011)
04. Who’s That Girl: 50,840 (22/05/2011)
05. You Can Dance: 266,120 (22/05/2011)
06. Like A Prayer: 589,597 - physical only - (25/02/2012)
07. I’m Breathless: 241,060 (22/05/2011)
08. The Immaculate Collection: 5,822,784 (11/2011)
Sounscan Era
09. Erotica: 1,894,000 (22/05/2011)
10. Bedtime Stories: 2,314,000 (22/05/2011)
11. Something To Remember: 2,091,000 (22/05/2011)
12. Evita: 2,009,000 (22/05/2011)
13. Ray Of Light: 3,846,000 (03/04/2011)
14. Music: 2,945,000 (03/04/2011)
15. GHV2: 1,391,000 (22/05/2011)
16. American Life: 685,110 (03/04/2011)
17. Remixed & Revisited: 129,660 (22/05/2011)
18. Confessions On A Dancefloor: 1,708,000 (03/04/2011)
19. I’m Going To Tell You A Secret: 85,000 (15/08/2010)
20. The Confessions Tour: 148,000 (15/08/2010)
21. Hard Candy: 738,185 (22/05/2011)
22. Celebration: 356,062 (21/04/2012)
23. Sticky & Sweet Tour: 66,000 (26/12/2010)
24. MDNA: 472,246 (26/05/2012)
TOTAL: +29,362,224
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SoundScan does include Evita in Madonna's SoundScan total.
A few of these are numbers are out of date.Comment
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Is it safe to say that MDNA has crossed the 500k line by now?
28k in four years is a given, right? Especially considering the last number was during the era, before the end of the tour.Comment
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MDNA is at 539,000 as of December 2014Originally posted by LamentComment
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Oh, good. It's obviously low but I'm surprised the difference is so small with Hard Candy (which was released at a time where the industry was much healthier.) I guess the ticket bundle thing really helped. I'll understand understand why it failed with Rebel Heart. I remember they did the same, but it brought like 10k sales at most…Originally posted by Westen
I'm really curious to know how Rebel Heart would have fared had it not leaked two months prior to its release. Anyway, I hope her next era will be handled better. Promo-wise the RH era was incredible tbh. The first time in 10 years she really promoted a record. I just hope it will be a traditional release (a real lead single, no pre-order EP, no huge leak.)Comment
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