SoundScan Era - USA's Best Selling Artists and Albums

[Gagz]

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'?

Oh please sweety.
Mother Monster only told us this:

"No matter gay, straight or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to survive

No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to be brave"

but she didn't lose one word about FAT people. Being FAT is not OK because she wasn't born this way...

[Euromillions]

Does she have a view on 12 year old trolls, I wonder?

[Allthatisholy]

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'?

Oh please sweety.
Mother Monster only told us this:

"No matter gay, straight or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to survive

No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to be brave"

but she didn't lose one word about FAT people. Being FAT is not OK because she wasn't born this way...

Welcome to 2012:
Adele has a normal body, is very cute, has a normal nose, does not rely on gimmicks like wearing meat in order to stay relevant and selling truckloads of albums...
Basically everything Gaga isn't/doesn't

[Gagz]

Please stop talking BS, we all know Adele is the definition of FAT.

But let's get back on topic now, one positive thing about her is: Her massive sales are equivalent to her weight.

[jimmypages59]

What has being Fat got to do with music or sales?

So what if she is Fat, that is not even relevant here. Are you just some image obsessed dick, who can't seem to bear the fact she is more successful than your favourite artist, so you resort to immature put downs, as a way to vent your pitiful and sad frustrations and views.

Please try to communicate in a manner and on a level, that does not intimate, a bitter 10 year old stan...after all, it is only yourself, you are making to look like an idiot.

[Euromillions]

What's the record on UKMix for least numbers of days being registered here before being banned, I wonder?

[NorfolkScot]

What's the record on UKMix for least numbers of days being registered here before being banned, I wonder?

I think that poster been banned before.

[HUR]

What has being Fat got to do with music or sales?

So what if she is Fat, that is not even relevant here. Are you just some image obsessed dick, who can't seem to bear the fact she is more successful than your favourite artist, so you resort to immature put downs, as a way to vent your pitiful and sad frustrations and views.

Please try to communicate in a manner and on a level, that does not intimate, a bitter 10 year old stan...after all, it is only yourself, you are making to look like an idiot.

I second this.

[jimmypages59]

"What's the record on UKMix for least numbers of days being registered here before being banned, I wonder?"

I'm pretty sure it is minute's, rather than days!!

[Gagz]

Leave me alone :(

[SholasBoy]

The user Gagaz has been permanently banned, I don't feel we need to make room for trolls on UKMix, however can I please ask that others do not get involved in Stan/Troll wars, I'm happy to deal with anyone accordingly, just drop me a PM.

[thebigham]

Yes, do not respond or quote troll posts. Duh!

[FliplovesMC]

Can we also delete these posts?
It's discouraging to see something like this

[thebigham]

Madonna might have crossed the 27 million SoundScanned threshold this week with MDNA.

[HolidayGuy]

M's tally last was reported as 26.9 m or so, wasn't it? So, definitely crossed 27m- and 29m, counting Evita.

[FadingLight]

^ It's at 29.3, counting Evita.

[thebigham]

M's tally last was reported as 26.9 m or so, wasn't it? So, definitely crossed 27m- and 29m, counting Evita.

I saw 27.7 somewhere.

So, yes! Definitely over 27 million and if WBR would change Evita to a Madonna release with SoundScan, she would be over 29 million.

[blackandblue]

The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the SoundScan Era
Week Ending April 01, 2012

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

1 ( = ) 15,763,460 Metallica - Metallica (01/04/2012)
2,292 (+5%) 2,188

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 ( = ) 12,040,592 1 - The Beatles (01/04/2012)
2,059 (-6%) 2,194

6 ( = ) 11,995,897 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (01/04/2012)
7,163 (-21%) 9,087

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 ( = ) 11,008,546 Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers (01/04/2012)
3,428 (-4%) 3,581

11 ( = ) 10,811,860 Come away with me - Norah Jones (01/04/2012) 1,505 (+5%) 1,431
12 ( = ) 10,790,000 Falling into you - Céline Dion (01/01/2012)
13 ( = ) 10,579,711 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (01/04/2012) 3,237 (+2%) 3,181
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 ( = ) 10,149,729 Titanic - Soundtrack (01/04/2012) 2,453 (+2,855%) 83
17 ( = ) 10,116,000 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (02/10/2011)
18 ( = ) 10,054,339 The Eminem show - Eminem (01/04/2012) 1,790 (-1%) 1,806
19 ( = ) _9,973,728 Confessions - Usher (01/04/2012) 1,919 (+2%) 1,885
20 ( = ) _9,936,611 Hybrid theory - Linkin Park (01/04/2012) 1,460 (-7%) 1,572

21 ( = ) 9,935,375 Ten - Pearl Jam (01/04/2012) 1,481 (-17%) 1,776
22 ( = ) 9,571,000 Ropin' the wind - Garth Brooks (02/11/2008)
23 ( = ) 9,566,727 Let's talk about love - Céline Dion (01/04/2012) 1,700 (+3%) 1,657
24 ( = ) 9,305,082 The dark side of the moon - Pink Floyd (01/04/2012) 2,447 (-6%) 2,603
25 ( = ) 9,202,039 Oops! ...I did again - Britney Spears (22/05/2011)
26 ( = ) 9,166,510 Greatest hits - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band (01/04/2012) 2,387 (-2%) 2,437
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 ( = ) 8,962,861 Nevermind - Nirvana (01/04/2012) 1,932 (+8%) 1,782
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 (+1) 8,490,379 21 - Adele (01/04/2012) 121,234 (-7%) 130,421

35 ( -1) 8,489,000 Country grammar - Nelly (30/01/2011)
36 ( = ) 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 ( = ) 8,093,620 Get rich or die tryin' - 50 Cent (01/04/2012) 2,176 (-0%) 2,186
41 ( = ) 8,090,000 Yourself or someone like you - matchbox 20 (05/10/2008)
42 ( = ) 8,056,268 Journey's Greatest hits - Journey (01/04/2012) 4,602 (+29%) 3,574
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 ( = ) 7,959,406 Greatest hits - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (01/04/2012) 2,012 (-2%) 2,043
46 ( = ) 7,824,784 The lion king - Soundtrack (01/04/2012) 502 (-28%) 696
47 ( = ) 7,821,000 The hits - Garth Brooks (11/09/2011)
48 ( = ) 7,700,568 O brother, where art thou? - Soundtrack (01/04/2012) 2,165 (-14%) 2,514
49 ( = ) 7,661,419 The woman in me - Shania Twain (22/05/2011)
50 ( = ) 7,624,216 Fallen - Evanescence (01/04/2012) 1,801 (-6%) 1,916
51 ( = ) 7,620,462 Daydream - Mariah Carey (26/02/2012)
52 ( = ) 7,600,000 Unplugged - Eric Clapton (11/03/2012)
53 ( = ) 7,587,911 All the right reasons - Nickelback (01/04/2012) 1,876 (-2%) 1,918
54 ( = ) 7,538,137 Dr. Dre: 2001 - Dr. Dre (01/04/2012) 1,863 (+0%) 1,857
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 ( = ) 7,183,206 Some hearts - Carrie Underwood (01/04/2012) 2,833 (+73%) 1,641
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 ( = ) 7,019,674 Greatest hits - James Taylor (01/04/2012) 1,510 (-2%) 1,540
66 ( = ) 6,962,155 Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men (05/10/2008)
67 ( = ) 6,960,025 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (24/04/2011)
68 ( = ) 6,951,140 Greatest hits - Queen (01/04/2012) 2,035 (+13%) 1,794
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 (+1) 6,525,778 Fearless - Taylor Swift (01/04/2012) 3,747 (-12%) 4,268

75 ( -1) 6,523,630 Breathe - Faith Hill (22/05/2011)
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 ( = ) 6,271,784 Sublime - Sublime (01/04/2012) 1,467 (+4%) 1,413
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 ( = ) 6,223,517 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson (01/04/2012) 1,529 (-4%) 1,589
85 ( = ) 6,220,000 Smash - The Offspring (11/03/2012)
86 ( = ) 6,193,308 Greatest hits - Tim McGraw (01/04/2012) 1,535 (+4%) 1,471
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 ( = ) 6,118,254 Chronicle - Creedence Clearwater Revival (01/04/2012) 4,526 (+20%) 3,773
90 ( = ) 6,082,204 Thriller - Michael Jackson (01/04/2012) 1,542 (+12%) 1,376
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 ( = ) 5,976,075 Grease - Soundtrack (01/04/2012) 574 (-12%) 655
100 ( = ) 5,965,559 Vs. - Pearl Jam (24/04/2011)

[aez]

5 ( = ) 12,040,592 1 - The Beatles (01/04/2012)
2,059 (-6%) 2,194

6 ( = ) 11,995,897 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (01/04/2012)
7,163 (-21%) 9,087

Will 'The Bodyguard' be able to outsell '1'? Sales are going down as Whitney's dead effect is fading, so now I'm starting to doubt it. :-?

[GUS]

5 ( = ) 12,040,592 1 - The Beatles (01/04/2012)
2,059 (-6%) 2,194

6 ( = ) 11,995,897 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (01/04/2012)
7,163 (-21%) 9,087

Will 'The Bodyguard' be able to outsell '1'? Sales are going down as Whitney's dead effect is fading, so now I'm starting to doubt it. :-?

Even it it happens...Beatles will recover, it's a much better catalog seller than "The bodyguard" under normal circumstances.

[zxcvbnm88]

5 ( = ) 12,040,592 1 - The Beatles (01/04/2012)
2,059 (-6%) 2,194

6 ( = ) 11,995,897 The bodyguard (OST) - Whitney Houston (01/04/2012)
7,163 (-21%) 9,087

Will 'The Bodyguard' be able to outsell '1'? Sales are going down as Whitney's dead effect is fading, so now I'm starting to doubt it. :-?

Even it it happens...Beatles will recover, it's a much better catalog seller than "The bodyguard" under normal circumstances.

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[NothingFails]

I do think Bodyguard and Beatles are both going to overtake Backstreet though

[GUS]

I do think Bodyguard and Beatles are both going to overtake Backstreet though

Yes they will. Specially "1s". It has sold 55K in 2012 alone. It's 118K behind. It'll do it sooner than later.

[BeHereNow1997]

I can't believe ABBA's gold is not in the top 100. Yet it has sold 28 million copies worldwide. It must be in the late 5 millions under soundscan. 6X platinum certification by the RIAA.

[BeHereNow1997]

I do think Bodyguard and Beatles are both going to overtake Backstreet though

Yes they will. Specially "1s". It has sold 55K in 2012 alone. It's 118K behind. It'll do it sooner than later.

By the end of 2013, those albums will surpass Millennium under soundscan numbers without club sales. I'm about to post the top 30 albums according to soundscan + club sales on the next page. So it should be close to exactly.