Grow up if you like and its available for you to buy that's all that matters and by the way its the arseholes here and on shidobbee that are the worst critics of the band.

I honestly don't give 2 shits about sales regardless of whoever's album I buy. What matters the most to me is that I like it.

I agree with Stones89!

I think people here care because they're our favorite band and we want to see them do well (at least I do). I have alot of friends that could care less about them and mention how irrelevant they are. It's always nice to brag that they're still the biggest band in the world and they've got the biggest tour and the number 1 (hopefully) album!
If the Stones are the best, I'd like to see it reflected in total albums sold. I don't like the fact that the Eagles and Barbra Streisand have sold more albums in the States than the Stones have. Beatles and Zeppelin, okay, but not Streisand!

DGA35, where did you get this info that the above mentioned people have sold more albums than The Stones in the states? Zeppelin? Their whole catalog consists of what? eight albums?

I ain't stupid, I'm just guitarded.

the RIAA tell you who's sold what and where Rank (in the USA anyway)

Zeppelin are WAY above the Stones

and lets not forget AC/DC. who've had the second biggest selling album of ALL time with Back In Black. a mere 42 million copies worldwide so far.

i think Some Girls is still the biggest Stones album according to RIAA. something like 8m copies

check em out

have to agree with Mick's original question though. why does anyone care ?

RIAA.COM is the website for US sales. Hot Rocks is the biggest selling Stones album, 12 million sales.
Zeppelin are at 107.5 million albums
Streisand 70.5 million
Aerosmith 65.5 million
Stones 64.5 million

With this new CD, the Stones will leapfrog Aerosmith and AC/DC. Hopefully there will be an increased demand for their back catalog as well.

Zeppelin have the most albums with the Diamond status of 10 million or more sold in the US.

Zeppelin 4 22 million
Phys Graf 15 million
Zep 2 12 million
Houses Holy 11 million
Zep 1 10 million

Apparently Americans love Led Zeppelin, although I'm sure their album sales have done as well proportionally in Canada, too.

like I said - having a #1 album in this marketplace isn't necessarily something to be proud of, given the buying public's general lack of taste...

You're right T&A... these numbers don't mean shit to me. The Stones have become to big to be GREAT.. that's how many people think nowadays. Mick Jagger is a fag who can't really sing and Keith looks like a ghost who poses instead of playing the guitar. If you haven't dug into the Stones catalogue and know what they are about... you might think they are way overrated too.
I consider us to be a lucky group of people... we know good music when we hear it.

(expect your opinion on some of the BB songs!!!! :-) )



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-09-02 00:29 by Rutger.

phys graf,did 15 mil.. more than zep 2 ,,,graffitti didn't even have a hit single on it ,,whole lotta love was probly their biggest hit single,,dosen't look correct 2 me

hey now, Rutger - careful there! I didn't say those things - you did!

Actually it is not a good criteria for the quality of the music, it shows only what people like more or less, what is their ability to evaluate good music like the Stones` or stniky fag noise like Elton John`s.

Yeah T&A, but you know what I mean anyway!

"phys graf,did 15 mil.. more than zep 2 ,,,graffitti didn't even have a hit single on it ,,whole lotta love was probly their biggest hit single,,dosen't look correct 2 me"


i thought Zeppelin never released 'any' singles ?

so how could they have hit ones ?

Physical Graffiti is easily their best album though

Hi Chippy. One thing I should have mentioned is that the RIAA and I believe all of the other countries counts a double album as 2 sold, since there's 2 discs. Therefore Physical is 15 times platinum but only 7.5 million people actually bought the disc, Hot Rocks 12 times platinum, 6 million actual buyers.
Similar to how the 4 Flicks DVD is now 19 times platinum, which is easily the biggest selling music DVD ever. Platinum for a video is 100,000 sold in the States. Therefore, 475000 actual copies were sold.
Stones should do some great sales with this current CD and back catalog over the next year or so.

It's a very diverse market these days. A number #1 album
doesn't necessarily mean all that much anymore. When you look
at the Stones total gross for concert tickets, cds, and other
paraphenalia, they are still raking in bundles.

The Stones records haven't necessarily ever sold as well as fans
might suspect, at least upon original release, but over time,
and as a part of the total package, the Stones remain
on the top of their game!

But really, if somebody is only buying the album or going
to the concerts etc etc etc because everybody else is,
thats kinda sad. In this sense it really doesn't
matter, we're fans coz we love the band and their
music, regardless of what others might think,
or listen to.

But don't get me wrong..........

I'd be glad if they scored another number #1, for the
Stones, and also coz I'd like to see/ hear more good
classic rock music being played. All this other
shit we hear on the radio etc these days
is too much. In this sense, I'd like
to see the boys carry the banner
into the new century with
another best selling rock
album to show folks how
it's done.