RipThisBone, according to IFPI/MEDIA TRAFFIC (http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-album-achievements.htm) Rolling Stones is No 8 best selling (album) act, indeed. But not at the same level with the others mentioned by Wikipedia. The rest two on Top 10 Achievements/Albums are U2 (#9) and Queen (#10).

Wikipedia says the Stones have sold over 200 million. I have reasons to believe that their real sales number is moving over 250 million if not 260 (probably Georgelocks knows). And as I see on Wikipedia's "Stones discography" link, the particular source has not a clue about "Exile" reaching #1 on UK Album Chart in 2010...

So, don't trust blindly Wikipedia. Many mistakes and omissions on it...

To RipThisBone:

You can take a look at this site, it has sales for all their albums, singles, videos and even includes streams up to December, previous to the release date of B&L.

[chartmasters.org]

You won't get a better compilation out there.

Sales for Australia's last week:

#5 (1,950 copies sold / 55,910 total)

Still not certified

Japan:

#32 [19] - Blue & Lonesome - 2,301 (total: 46,787)

Spain:

#10 Blue & Lonesome

CERTIFIED GOLD: 20,000 copies sold

[www.elportaldemusica.es]

#7 on Mediatraffic's with 63,000 copies sold on week 6, 1.475.000 so far according to them but the album is well over 1.5 million by now, about 1,540,000.

[www.mediatraffic.de]


Also:

#1 again in Argentina
#6 Austria
#8 Czech Republic
#8 Scotland
#19 France (4,000 copies sold / 175,000 total)
#22 Canada
#22 Israel

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georgelicks
To RipThisBone:

You can take a look at this site, it has sales for all their albums, singles, videos and even includes streams up to December, previous to the release date of B&L.

[chartmasters.org]

You won't get a better compilation out there.

Wow, George, fascinating analysis from the website...it really deserves it's own thread. Amazing to see how well a song like Beast of Burden has held up in the digital age, and the relative popularity of Emotional Rescue to Some Girls...who knew?!

And as far as Paint It Black is concerned...biggest stones song ever?!

THE ROLLING STONES - BLUE & LONESOME

CHART numbers SIX weeks in a row!

Please add and/or correct...............

***Mediatraffic World Chart: 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 7

EUROPE:
Netherlands : 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1 - 3
UK : 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 10
Germany : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 5
Belgium : 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 2
Swiss : 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2
Sweden : 1 - 5 - 1- 1 - 6 - 20
Norway : 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 7
Austria : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6
Czech Rep : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 8
Croatia : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 9
Scotland : 1 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 8
Denmark : 2 - 4 - 3 - 13 - 19 - 27
France : 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 19
Portugal : 2 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 17
Poland : 4 - 3 - 8 - 8 - 10
Greece : 4 - 3 - 38 - 3 - 3
Spain : 4 - 6 - 6 - 8 - 12 - 10
Italy : 4 - 8 - 11 - 12 - 8 - 7
Ireland : 4 - 8 - 12 - 12 - 21 - 23
Finland : 5 - 17 - 16 - 21 - 36
Hungary : 30 - 12 - 14 - 20 - 32

NORTH AMERICA:
USA : 4 - 10 - 9 - 15 - 18 - 48
Canada : 2 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 14 - 22

SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1... beating The Netherlands!!!
Brazil : 4 - 10
Mexico : 18 - 19

Other countries around the world:
Israel : 1 - 1 - 1 - x - 10 - 22
Australia : 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5
New Zealand : 2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 8
Japan : 3 - 6 - 20 - 29 - 19 - 32
Honk Kong : 6 -
South Korea : 73 - out



And... Many THANKS for this link GeorgeLicks. I will have a closer look this weekend!!!

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georgelicks
To RipThisBone:

You can take a look at this site, it has sales for all their albums, singles, videos and even includes streams up to December, previous to the release date of B&L.

[chartmasters.org]

You won't get a better compilation out there.

...when I began this thread december 2 I could not imagine there would had 23 pages .....and it's not finished !!

Edit: ...... just noticed I was the first to react... Hahaha!

Everybody likes to be NUMBER 1 !!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-19 23:21 by RipThisBone.

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treaclefingers
And as far as Paint It Black is concerned...biggest stones song ever?!

It's their most popular song by a long shot, it's the #1 song with more streams from the 60's actually.

Spotify streams (songs over 10 million streams only)

113 million Paint It Black
92 million Gimme Shelter
85 million Sympathy For The Devil
81 million Satisfaction
68 million Start Me Up
51 million Beast Of Burden
44 million Angie
42 million Brown Sugar
41 million Wild Horses
33 million You Can't Always Get What You Want
26 million Honky Tonk Women
24 million Under My Thumb
23 million Jumpin' Jack Flash
14 million Can't You Hear Me Knocking
13 million Tumbling Dice
12 million Ruby Tuesday
10 million Miss You
10 million Street Fighting Man

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laertisflash
RipThisBone, according to IFPI/MEDIA TRAFFIC (http://www.mediatraffic.de/top-album-achievements.htm) Rolling Stones is No 8 best selling (album) act, indeed. But not at the same level with the others mentioned by Wikipedia. The rest two on Top 10 Achievements/Albums are U2 (#9) and Queen (#10).

Wikipedia says the Stones have sold over 200 million. I have reasons to believe that their real sales number is moving over 250 million if not 260 (probably Georgelocks knows). And as I see on Wikipedia's "Stones discography" link, the particular source has not a clue about "Exile" reaching #1 on UK Album Chart in 2010...

So, don't trust blindly Wikipedia. Many mistakes and omissions on it...

From the link below [chartmasters.org] we got the following totals:

Album sales (studio/live/compilations)
200.000,000

Singles sales (physical)
69.000,000

Singles sales (digital)
46.000,000

Music Video sales
7.000,000

Total: 322.000,000 units

And we're not including streams, only copies sold.

Interesting about the streams. Paint It Black is also the top Stones song among my millennial kids, neither of who played whatever video game it was featured in. I wonder what it is about that song that has made it resonate more with subsequent generations. Also surprised and pleased to see Beast of Burden place so high. Not as surprised to see Gimme Shelter, even before it's recent exposure, as it's rated by many as the top rock song of its era

"I wonder what it is about that song that has made it resonate more with subsequent generations..."

That's an eternal issue, Teddy! And, from my experience, it's not about subsequent generations only. I know many people over 50 years old, who are not into rock music really, adoring "Paint It Black"! Not just liking, but adoring it...

I think it' about a very charming, almost perfect combination. PIB has a very nice rhythm and a very strong feeling, at the same time. Dynamism and melancholy. Insight and screaming. And the intro alone sounds like epitome of the word "inspiration"...

Paint it black, you devils!

Soon YCAGWYW will be over. Imagine all Trump voters streaming it once!!!

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laertisflash
"I wonder what it is about that song that has made it resonate more with subsequent generations..."

That's an eternal issue, Teddy! And, from my experience, it's not about subsequent generations only. I know many people over 50 years old, who are not into rock music really, adoring "Paint It Black"! Not just liking, but adoring it...

I think it' about a very charming, almost perfect combination. PIB has a very nice rhythm and a very strong feeling, at the same time. Dynamism and melancholy. Insight and screaming. And the intro alone sounds like epitome of the word "inspiration"...

It's primal...connects to the animal below the surface within everyone.

Blue&Lonesome: #8 in Germany on 20-Jan-2017

Chart Run: 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 8 (December 9, 2016 - January 20, 2017)

[www.offiziellecharts.de] - [www.viva.tv]

7th week at Top 10 in the UK, the album reamins at #10 selling 6,941 units, it has sold 290,707 copies so far and it will go Platinum in two weeks.

Blue & Lonesome is their first studio album to reach 7 weeks inside the UK Top 10 since BLACK AND BLUE.

B&L, still #10 in UK, after 7 weeks. Amazing Chart Run: 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 10 - 10

A question for Georgelicks: Are there two albums charts in France? The one I see on Media Traffic (20- 26 January) shows B&L at #16, not at #19 and, according to it, last weeks position was #14. No big deal, of course. Just asking...

Italy, at #13 after 7 weeks. Chart Run: 4 - 8 - 11 - 12 - 8 - 7 - 13

Netherlands, still at # 3, after 7 weeks. Chart Run: 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1 - 3 - 3

Belgium, still at # 2, after 7 weeks. Another one amazing Chart Run: 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 2 -2

Did the Stones did any promotions? I assume if they did a live TV appearance in the US it would go again go up in the TOP5

__________________________

No they did not do a live TV appearance in the US.

THE ROLLING STONES - BLUE & LONESOME

CHART numbers SEVEN weeks in a row!

Please add and/or correct...............

***Mediatraffic World Chart: 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 7

EUROPE:
Netherlands : 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1 - 3 - 3
United K. : 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 10 - 10
Germany : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 8
Belgium : 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 2
Swiss : 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2
Sweden : 1 - 5 - 1- 1 - 6 - 20
Norway : 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 7
Austria : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6
Czech Rep : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 8
Croatia : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 9
Scotland : 1 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 8
Denmark : 2 - 4 - 3 - 13 - 19 - 27
France : 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 19
Portugal : 2 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 17
Poland : 4 - 3 - 8 - 8 - 10
Greece : 4 - 3 - 38 - 3 - 3
Spain : 4 - 6 - 6 - 8 - 12 - 10
Italy : 4 - 8 - 11 - 12 - 8 - 7 - 13
Ireland : 4 - 8 - 12 - 12 - 21 - 23
Finland : 5 - 17 - 16 - 21 - 36
Hungary : 30 - 12 - 14 - 20 - 32

NORTH AMERICA:
USA : 4 - 10 - 9 - 15 - 18 - 48
Canada : 2 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 14 - 22

SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1
Brazil : 4 - 10
Mexico : 18 - 19

Other countries around the world:
Israel : 1 - 1 - 1 - x - 10 - 22
Australia : 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5
New Zealand : 2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 8
Japan : 3 - 6 - 20 - 29 - 19 - 32
Honk Kong : 6 -
South Korea : 73 - out



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-21 00:03 by RipThisBone.

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laertisflash
A question for Georgelicks: Are there two albums charts in France? The one I see on Media Traffic (20- 26 January) shows B&L at #16, not at #19 and, according to it, last weeks position was #14. No big deal, of course. Just asking...

There's TWO charts in France, one with sales only and another one with sales + streams points:

On sales only: 2-2-4-6-9-14-16
On sales + streams: 2-3-4-7-12-14-19

Both are official, but SNEP is using the last one as main, with streaming included.

BBC Radio 2 just added "Just Your Fool" to their A Playlist last week and the song got 14 plays so far:
[www.bbc.co.uk]

BBC Radio 6 is also playing the song on their B playlist with 15 plays too:
[www.bbc.co.uk]

With so huge support, the song debuted at #38 on the UK Radio Airplay Chart:
[ukairplaychart.com]

NEW 38 THE ROLLING STONES Just Your Fool (Polydor) UMG
61 plays, +91%, 20.4M audience impression, +1,054%

Hate To See You Go reached #78 on the UK Airplay chart on November.


It's not surprise, then, to see Blue and Lonesome at the UK Top 10 after 7 weeks.