[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]bitesthedust<br><h6>still qz's gentleman wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...[/QUOTE]
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Thriller is the world's best selling album....[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world.
No way, no how.
By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums?
Achtung Baby U2 Island, 1991
Nevermind Nirvana DGC Records, 1991
Out of Time R.E.M. Warner Brothers, 1991
Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) Various Artists Abkco, 1991
Ropin' The Wind Garth Brooks Capitol, 1991
Star Time James Brown Polydor, 1991
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest Jive, 1991
Like a Prayer Madonna Sire/London/Rhino, 1990
1980s
Album Artist Label/Year Released
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys Capitol, 1989
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Jive, 1989
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy Def Jam/Columbia, 1988
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A Priority, 1988
Document R.E.M. I.R.S. Records, 1987
Paid in Full Eric B. and Rakim Island, 1987
Sign O' The Times Prince Paisley Park, 1987
The Joshua Tree U2 Island, 1987
Graceland Paul Simon Warner Brothers, 1986
Master of Puppets Metallica Elektra/Wea, 1986
Raising Hell Run-DMC Arista Records/Profile, 1986
Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers Island/Tuff Gong, 1984
Purple Rain Prince Warner Brothers, 1984
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984
The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry MCA, 1982
Thriller Michael Jackson Sony, 1982
Back in Black AC/DC Atlantic, 1980
1970s
Album Artist Label/Year Released
London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979
One Nation Under a Groove Parliament / Funkadelic Warner Brothers, 1978
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977
Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers, 1977
Hotel California The Eagles Elektra/Wea, 1976
Ramones The Ramones Sire, 1976
Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Motown, 1976
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Sony, 1975
Horses Patti Smith Arista, 1975
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Sony, 1975
Call Me Al Green The Right Stuff, 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John MCA, 1973
Thank you.
I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world.
No way, no how.
By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums?
Achtung Baby U2 Island, 1991
Nevermind Nirvana DGC Records, 1991
Out of Time R.E.M. Warner Brothers, 1991
Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) Various Artists Abkco, 1991
Ropin' The Wind Garth Brooks Capitol, 1991
Star Time James Brown Polydor, 1991
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest Jive, 1991
Like a Prayer Madonna Sire/London/Rhino, 1990
1980s
Album Artist Label/Year Released
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys Capitol, 1989
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Jive, 1989
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy Def Jam/Columbia, 1988
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A Priority, 1988
Document R.E.M. I.R.S. Records, 1987
Paid in Full Eric B. and Rakim Island, 1987
Sign O' The Times Prince Paisley Park, 1987
The Joshua Tree U2 Island, 1987
Graceland Paul Simon Warner Brothers, 1986
Master of Puppets Metallica Elektra/Wea, 1986
Raising Hell Run-DMC Arista Records/Profile, 1986
Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers Island/Tuff Gong, 1984
Purple Rain Prince Warner Brothers, 1984
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984
The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry MCA, 1982
Thriller Michael Jackson Sony, 1982
Back in Black AC/DC Atlantic, 1980
1970s
Album Artist Label/Year Released
London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979
One Nation Under a Groove Parliament / Funkadelic Warner Brothers, 1978
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977
Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers, 1977
Hotel California The Eagles Elektra/Wea, 1976
Ramones The Ramones Sire, 1976
Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Motown, 1976
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Sony, 1975
Horses Patti Smith Arista, 1975
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Sony, 1975
Call Me Al Green The Right Stuff, 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John MCA, 1973
Sorry but I would definetely say that Greatest Hits has outsold Thriller in the UK. You would struggle to find a household in the UK without a copy, and I dont think I could say the same for Thriller.
I think alot of Americans, because of Queens non-existance in the USA, would be suprised at how HUGE Queen are in the UK.
I think alot of Americans, because of Queens non-existance in the USA, would be suprised at how HUGE Queen are in the UK.
While I wouldn't automatically trust sales awards, here is an extract from the Guinness Book Of Hit Albums, 17 edition, published in 2004...
" the UK's best seller is Sgt Pepper, with 4.5 Million sales"
So in order for this new award to be valid, GH1 needs to have outsold Sgt Pepper by 900K in two years.
Doesn't seem too unbelievable....
Incidentally, Thriller was at that time held to be the biggest worldwide seller at 47 million, but you would I think find it hard to claim that nearly half of those were US sales.
" the UK's best seller is Sgt Pepper, with 4.5 Million sales"
So in order for this new award to be valid, GH1 needs to have outsold Sgt Pepper by 900K in two years.
Doesn't seem too unbelievable....
Incidentally, Thriller was at that time held to be the biggest worldwide seller at 47 million, but you would I think find it hard to claim that nearly half of those were US sales.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]NTL wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sorry but I would definetely say that Greatest Hits has outsold Thriller in the UK. You would struggle to find a household in the UK without a copy, and I dont think I could say the same for Thriller.[/QUOTE]
No offense, but that's a pretty lousy excuse for your opinion. I get my info from Billboard.
Sort of like saying "Queen is way bigger than Elvis in the UK". It's simply not true.
No offense, but that's a pretty lousy excuse for your opinion. I get my info from Billboard.
Sort of like saying "Queen is way bigger than Elvis in the UK". It's simply not true.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]¼Microwave wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world.
No way, no how.
By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums?
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It´s impossible for an album to sold 10 million copies and go un-noticed in the statistics of that country salles.
Because you´re saying that Thriller has sold almost the double of GH1, and still it doesn´t comes in number 1 ?!!- This is impossible to happen. Now if the diference was 10.000 copies, then yes i would say that it could be possible, but not in this case.
This list you presented is a "tastes" list, so you can´t compare the two lists. Of course that in my opinion that "Time" list is B.S. But í can´t say the other is B.S based on this.
In Europe i don´t think "Thriller" is in the top 10 of any country Top Sellers CD´s. Queen Gretest Hits 2 enterd at the time of it´s release in top 10 in some countries.
The problem with Queen over the years is they don´t have a 20 or 30 million seller album in USA like Pink Floyd or the Eagles, Michael Jakson. If you think of it, the three Greates Hits by Queen have sold almost 20 million copies outside America.
For example, i heard that the Eagles best of almost reached 30 million copies in sales. 27 million was in America alone. This means something, don´t you think?
Take care
Thank you.
I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world.
No way, no how.
By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums?
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It´s impossible for an album to sold 10 million copies and go un-noticed in the statistics of that country salles.
Because you´re saying that Thriller has sold almost the double of GH1, and still it doesn´t comes in number 1 ?!!- This is impossible to happen. Now if the diference was 10.000 copies, then yes i would say that it could be possible, but not in this case.
This list you presented is a "tastes" list, so you can´t compare the two lists. Of course that in my opinion that "Time" list is B.S. But í can´t say the other is B.S based on this.
In Europe i don´t think "Thriller" is in the top 10 of any country Top Sellers CD´s. Queen Gretest Hits 2 enterd at the time of it´s release in top 10 in some countries.
The problem with Queen over the years is they don´t have a 20 or 30 million seller album in USA like Pink Floyd or the Eagles, Michael Jakson. If you think of it, the three Greates Hits by Queen have sold almost 20 million copies outside America.
For example, i heard that the Eagles best of almost reached 30 million copies in sales. 27 million was in America alone. This means something, don´t you think?
Take care
http://www.bpi.co.uk/index.asp?Page=stats/content_file_126.shtml
According to the BPI's website, last updated in July 2006, the top ten selling albums in the UK are:
1. BEATLES
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. MICHAEL JACKSON
BAD
3. DIRE STRAITS
BROTHERS IN ARMS
4. OASIS
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY
5. MADONNA
IMMACULATE COLLECTION
6. ABBA
GOLD
7. SIMPLY RED
STARS
8. QUEEN
GREATEST HITS
9. MICHAEL JACKSON
THRILLER
10. SHANIA TWAIN
COME ON OVER
Now, make whatever conclusions from that out of date data that you would like.
My guess is that the Freddie push in September led to a spike in Greatest Hits sales. Also, it appears that Bad has outsold Thriller for you Jacko fans.
According to the BPI's website, last updated in July 2006, the top ten selling albums in the UK are:
1. BEATLES
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. MICHAEL JACKSON
BAD
3. DIRE STRAITS
BROTHERS IN ARMS
4. OASIS
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY
5. MADONNA
IMMACULATE COLLECTION
6. ABBA
GOLD
7. SIMPLY RED
STARS
8. QUEEN
GREATEST HITS
9. MICHAEL JACKSON
THRILLER
10. SHANIA TWAIN
COME ON OVER
Now, make whatever conclusions from that out of date data that you would like.
My guess is that the Freddie push in September led to a spike in Greatest Hits sales. Also, it appears that Bad has outsold Thriller for you Jacko fans.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Penetration_Guru wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Michael Allred wrote: [/QUOTENAME]wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."[/QUOTE]
Imbecile alert.
Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita?
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Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah.
So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt.
Imbecile alert.
Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita?
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Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah.
So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt.
Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Boy Thomas Raker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between.[/QUOTE]
Without counting the Golden and Platinium Collection. In this case we´re talking about 7.000.000 in U.K alone. And wether the Beatles fans like it or not, this is the case.
Those box sets are indeed the original albums being sold toghether. I don´t know why they don´t add to each album those numbers.
Take care
Without counting the Golden and Platinium Collection. In this case we´re talking about 7.000.000 in U.K alone. And wether the Beatles fans like it or not, this is the case.
Those box sets are indeed the original albums being sold toghether. I don´t know why they don´t add to each album those numbers.
Take care
According to that BPI website, Greatest Hits was certified 11x Platinum (6,600,000 units sold) in 1992, barely a month after Fred died.
Nothing's adding up here.
Nothing's adding up here.
Ignore that.
I was looking at the award criteria for singles. For albums it's half that, so in 1992 GH had sold 3.3 million.
I was looking at the award criteria for singles. For albums it's half that, so in 1992 GH had sold 3.3 million.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Boy Thomas Raker wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about that theory. 1 in 9 people had the double LP Frampton Comes Alive (on vinyl)and it's not even on the list...
Seems to be a lot of different accountings for sales out there.
I don't know about that theory. 1 in 9 people had the double LP Frampton Comes Alive (on vinyl)and it's not even on the list...
Seems to be a lot of different accountings for sales out there.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Michael Allred wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Penetration_Guru wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Michael Allred wrote: [/QUOTENAME]wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."[/QUOTE]
Imbecile alert.
Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita?
[/QUOTE]
Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah.
So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt. [/QUOTE]
ooooooh, get her....
1. You ignored my eminently logical point.
2. I never get "bitch slapped", whatever that is (is it particularly girly?) and I am as rude to lots of people as I just was to you. Now run along and whine about something being released in the US 3 hours after the UK...
Imbecile alert.
Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita?
[/QUOTE]
Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah.
So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt. [/QUOTE]
ooooooh, get her....
1. You ignored my eminently logical point.
2. I never get "bitch slapped", whatever that is (is it particularly girly?) and I am as rude to lots of people as I just was to you. Now run along and whine about something being released in the US 3 hours after the UK...
TOP 20:
1 Greatest Hits, Queen 5.4m'
2 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles 4.8m'
3 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
4. Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits 3.9m'
5 Gold: Greatest Hits, Abba 3.9m'
6 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3.7m'
7 Greatest Hits II, Queen 3.6m'
8 Thriller, Michael Jackson 3.5m'
9 Bad, Michael Jackson 3.5m'
10 Immaculate Collection, Madonna 3.4m'
11 Stars, Simply Red 3.4m'
12 Come On Over, Shania Twain 3.3'
13 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 3.1m'
14 Urban Hymns, Verve 3m'
15 No Angel, Dido 3m'
16 Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel 3m'
17 Talk On Corners, The Corrs 2.9m'
18 Spice, Spice Girls 2.9m'
19 Back To Bedlam, James Blunt 2.9m'
20 White Ladder, David Gray 2.9m.
Official UK Charts Company
1 Greatest Hits, Queen 5.4m'
2 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles 4.8m'
3 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
4. Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits 3.9m'
5 Gold: Greatest Hits, Abba 3.9m'
6 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3.7m'
7 Greatest Hits II, Queen 3.6m'
8 Thriller, Michael Jackson 3.5m'
9 Bad, Michael Jackson 3.5m'
10 Immaculate Collection, Madonna 3.4m'
11 Stars, Simply Red 3.4m'
12 Come On Over, Shania Twain 3.3'
13 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 3.1m'
14 Urban Hymns, Verve 3m'
15 No Angel, Dido 3m'
16 Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel 3m'
17 Talk On Corners, The Corrs 2.9m'
18 Spice, Spice Girls 2.9m'
19 Back To Bedlam, James Blunt 2.9m'
20 White Ladder, David Gray 2.9m.
Official UK Charts Company