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georgelicks
Honk is certified GOLD in the UK (sales over 100,000), for some strange reason Back In Black appears with the same symbol but the album was certified double platinum in 2018.
Satisfaction is certified GOLD in the UK (sales over 400,000 only in the digital era 1994-2022) but it shows nothing in the OOC site.
You can look all the UK certifications here:
[www.bpi.co.uk]
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georgelicks
Honk is certified GOLD in the UK (sales over 100,000), for some strange reason Back In Black appears with the same symbol but the album was certified double platinum in 2018.
Satisfaction is certified GOLD in the UK (sales over 400,000 only in the digital era 1994-2022) but it shows nothing in the OOC site.
You can look all the UK certifications here:
[www.bpi.co.uk]
I guess I'll never understand those certifications given the amount of people in the UK. Are there that many people that DON'T buy albums/singles? Ever?
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35love
Tom Petty (RIP)
‘She was, an American girl...’
among many whom ‘Some Girls’ hit from release thru 1982
oh we fell in love with Mick and Keef and their glamerous Jerry and Patti
‘Beast of Burden’ ‘Miss You’ ‘Just My Imagination’ ‘Some Girls’ Keith’s ‘Before They Make Me Run’.
SOME GIRLS is GOLD.
yes you got us good Glimmers
(in response to the USA percentage sales of the album ‘Some Girls’)
Followed up side 2 Tattoo You? Forget about it.... didn’t stand a chance LOL
I didn’t forget ‘Emotional Rescue’
CRASH! Is there nothing I can say, nothing I can do.
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georgelicks
This week the Stones crosses the 2000-week mark on The Billboard 200, the 4th artist on Billboard's history to reach it.
Hot Rocks spends its 15th week on 2022 on the chart (at #173) and 386 weeks overall.
[www.billboard.com]
Most weeks on The Billboard 200 chart (all time)
1. The Beatles — 3,197 weeks
2. Drake — 2,296 weeks
3. Eminem — 2,162 weeks
4. The Rolling Stones — 2,000 weeks
5. Elton John — 1,974 weeks
6. Taylor Swift — 1,968 weeks
7. Michael Jackson — 1,960 weeks
8. Elvis Presley — 1,902 weeks
9. Barbra Streisand — 1,884 weeks
10. Pink Floyd — 1,649 weeks
Taylor Swift's on track to reach the 2000 week mark in less than 2 months, she has 4-6 albums each week among the Top 200, Drake's has 5-7 each week and can catch up with the Beatles in less than 5 years.
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Big Al
I’d be curious to know how many physical sales Drake has made; including downloads from iTunes. Considering his millennial/generation Z demographic, it must surely all be from streaming! I know it all counts, though.
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Big Al
I’d be curious to know how many physical sales Drake has made; including downloads from iTunes. Considering his millennial/generation Z demographic, it must surely all be from streaming! I know it all counts, though.
I think you could make an argument that the competition would be even higher now than before, to be in that top 200, for newer artists. They're competing with more artists as they don't need to produce physical copies, and, the older artists that for up to 60 years just won't go away and clog up that top 200.
I find it staggering that Drake can be number 2 behind just the Beatles, and maybe even more surprising is Eminem at #3.
Because were not talking about overall sales in terms of units or downloads, which would arguably increase with the increases in population, but relative placings in the top 200 as measured weekly.
I'm sure I know some Drake songs to hear, but I couldn't tell you the name of even one.
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Doxa
The British Invasion
Okay, let's put the most important market by compaparision also here. The US studio album sales (by 2016,pl. BLUE&LONESOME):
1. SOME GIRLS 6 800 000
2. STICKY FINGERS 4 700 000
3. TATTOO YOU 4 600 000
4. EXILE ON MAIN STREET 3 850 000
5. LET IT BLEED 3 600 000
6. GOATS HEAD SOUP 3 300 000
7. EMOTIONAL RESCUE 2 800 000
8. STEEL WHEELS 2 500 000
9. VOODOO LOUNGE 2 400 000
10. BEGGARS BANQUET 2 200 000
11. IT'S ONLY ROCK'N'ROLL 1 900 000
12. BLACK&BLUE 1 800 000
13. AFTERMATH 1 650 000
14. OUT OF OUR HEADS 1 500 000
15. BRIDGES TO BABYLON 1 400 000
16. DIRTY WORK 1 400 000
17. THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES 1 300 000
18. UNDERCOVER 1 300 000
19. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS 1 100 000
20. DECEMBER'S CHILDREN 900 000
21. THE ROLLING STONES NOW! 900 000
22. 12X5 900 000
23. ENGLAND'S NEWEST HITMAKERS 800 000
24. A BIGGER BANG 650 000
25. BLUE&LONESOME 400 000-450 000
Notes:
- unfortunately my source lacked the sales of FLOWERS.
- Doxa
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Doxa
The British Invasion
Okay, let's put the most important market by compaparision also here. The US studio album sales (by 2016,pl. BLUE&LONESOME):
1. SOME GIRLS 6 800 000
2. STICKY FINGERS 4 700 000
3. TATTOO YOU 4 600 000
4. EXILE ON MAIN STREET 3 850 000
5. LET IT BLEED 3 600 000
6. GOATS HEAD SOUP 3 300 000
7. EMOTIONAL RESCUE 2 800 000
8. STEEL WHEELS 2 500 000
9. VOODOO LOUNGE 2 400 000
10. BEGGARS BANQUET 2 200 000
11. IT'S ONLY ROCK'N'ROLL 1 900 000
12. BLACK&BLUE 1 800 000
13. AFTERMATH 1 650 000
14. OUT OF OUR HEADS 1 500 000
15 BRIDGES TO BABYLON 1 400 000
16. DIRTY WORK 1 400 000
17. THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES 1 300 000
18. UNDERCOVER 1 300 000
19. BETWEEN THE BUTTONS 1 100 000
20. DECEMBER'S CHILDREN 900 000
21. THE ROLLING STONES NOW! 900 000
22. 12X5 900 000
23. ENGLAND'S NEWEST HITMAKERS 800 000
24. A BIGGER BANG 650 000
25. BLUE&LONESOME 400 000-450 000
Notes:
- unfortunately my source lacked the sales of FLOWERS.
- Doxa
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GasLightStreet
I've never understood how record sales in the UK are so low compared to the US. Is London and the rest of the UK really not that interested? The Stones have never sold one million copies of an album in the UK?
That's ridiculous. And pathetic.
No wonder they love the United States.
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georgelicks
This week the Stones crosses the 2000-week mark on The Billboard 200, the 4th artist on Billboard's history to reach it.
Hot Rocks spends its 15th week on 2022 on the chart (at #173) and 386 weeks overall.
[www.billboard.com]
Most weeks on The Billboard 200 chart (all time)
1. The Beatles — 3,197 weeks
2. Drake — 2,296 weeks
3. Eminem — 2,162 weeks
4. The Rolling Stones — 2,000 weeks
5. Elton John — 1,974 weeks
6. Taylor Swift — 1,968 weeks
7. Michael Jackson — 1,960 weeks
8. Elvis Presley — 1,902 weeks
9. Barbra Streisand — 1,884 weeks
10. Pink Floyd — 1,649 weeks
Taylor Swift's on track to reach the 2000 week mark in less than 2 months, she has 4-6 albums each week among the Top 200, Drake's has 5-7 each week and can catch up with the Beatles in less than 5 years.
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georgelicks
This week the Stones crosses the 2000-week mark on The Billboard 200, the 4th artist on Billboard's history to reach it.
Hot Rocks spends its 15th week on 2022 on the chart (at #173) and 386 weeks overall.
[www.billboard.com]
Most weeks on The Billboard 200 chart (all time)
1. The Beatles — 3,197 weeks
2. Drake — 2,296 weeks
3. Eminem — 2,162 weeks
4. The Rolling Stones — 2,000 weeks
5. Elton John — 1,974 weeks
6. Taylor Swift — 1,968 weeks
7. Michael Jackson — 1,960 weeks
8. Elvis Presley — 1,902 weeks
9. Barbra Streisand — 1,884 weeks
10. Pink Floyd — 1,649 weeks
Taylor Swift's on track to reach the 2000 week mark in less than 2 months, she has 4-6 albums each week among the Top 200, Drake's has 5-7 each week and can catch up with the Beatles in less than 5 years.
I am predicting right now that when all is said and done Taylor Swift will be #1 by a long shot.
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GasLightStreet
I've never understood how record sales in the UK are so low compared to the US. Is London and the rest of the UK really not that interested? The Stones have never sold one million copies of an album in the UK?
That's ridiculous. And pathetic.
No wonder they love the United States.
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VoodooLounge13
I'm not sure where he stands currently, but I know at one time Garth was trying to surpass Elvis as the best selling solo artist here stateside, ever. He repackaged his albums many different times and sold dirt-cheap boxsets in an attempt to do so. I recall reading that the sale of these boxsets (let's say for arguments sake that they contained 5 CDs), actually counted as 5 sales, instead of 1, overly inflating his numbers!!! He did then take a very long sabbatical, and in my mind, has never come close to that level of early success again.
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georgelicks
This week the Stones crosses the 2000-week mark on The Billboard 200, the 4th artist on Billboard's history to reach it.
Hot Rocks spends its 15th week on 2022 on the chart (at #173) and 386 weeks overall.
[www.billboard.com]
Most weeks on The Billboard 200 chart (all time)
1. The Beatles — 3,197 weeks
2. Drake — 2,296 weeks
3. Eminem — 2,162 weeks
4. The Rolling Stones — 2,000 weeks
5. Elton John — 1,974 weeks
6. Taylor Swift — 1,968 weeks
7. Michael Jackson — 1,960 weeks
8. Elvis Presley — 1,902 weeks
9. Barbra Streisand — 1,884 weeks
10. Pink Floyd — 1,649 weeks
Taylor Swift's on track to reach the 2000 week mark in less than 2 months, she has 4-6 albums each week among the Top 200, Drake's has 5-7 each week and can catch up with the Beatles in less than 5 years.
I am predicting right now that when all is said and done Taylor Swift will be #1 by a long shot.