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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 30, 2012 15:07:54 GMT -5
Since this is an official article with a link to the original source, I don't think the SS police can complain. www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/where-does-adele-s-21-rank-in-the-best-selling-1008031482.storyWhere Does Adele's '21' Rank in the Best-Selling Albums of Nielsen SoundScan Era? November 29, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield ( keith_caulfield) Adele's "21" joins a rare group of albums this week, as the XL/Columbia set soars past the 10-million U.S. sales mark, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It becomes one of only 21 titles to reach that rare threshold since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. "21" ran to 10 million in only its 92nd week of release. The last set to hit 10 million faster was 'N Sync's "No Strings Attached," which hit the number in its 43rd frame in January of 2001. So, "21" is the 21st album to sell 10 million. And thus, it becomes the 21st-biggest album of the SoundScan era. Clearly, 21 is a very lucky number for the pop diva. In a statement released by Columbia Records, Adele said, "What an incredible honour. A huge, huge thank you to my American fans for embracing this record on such a massive level." "21" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated March 12, 2011 and spent 24 non-consecutive weeks atop the tally -- the most in the SoundScan era. It hasn't left the chart's top 40 since, earning 80 weeks in the top 10. This week, the set moves 31-35. Since 1991, the highest selling album -- according to SoundScan -- is Metallica's self-titled 1991 release, which has moved 15.8 million. Shania Twain's "Come On Over" is in second place with 15.5 million and Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" is in third with 14.8 million. Below is a list of all the albums have have sold more than 10 million in the U.S. according to SoundScan (and thus, the top selling albums since 1991). Albums With 10 Million in U.S. Sales, 1991-Present* (Artist, Title (Year of Release), Sales to Date, Time to 10 Million) 1. Metallica, Metallica (1991), 15.83 million, 337 weeks 2. Shania Twain, Come On Over (1997), 15.52 million, 96 weeks 3. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (1995), 14.80 million, 66 weeks 4. Backstreet Boys, Millennium (1999), 12.20 million, 39 weeks 5. Beatles, 1 (2000), 12.11 million, 227 weeks 6. Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, The Bodyguard (1992), 12.05 million, 72 weeks 7. Santana, Supernatural (1999), 11.73 million, 60 weeks 8. Creed, Human Clay (1999), 11.62 million, 93 weeks 9. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend (1984), 11.17 million**, 18 years 10. 'N Sync, No Strings Attached (2000), 11.13 million, 43 weeks 11. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (2002), 10.88 million, 259 weeks 12. Celine Dion, Falling Into You (1996), 10.80 million, 160 weeks 13. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000), 10.65 million, 343 weeks 14. Britney Spears, . . . Baby One More Time (1999), 10.57 million, 106 weeks 15. Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View (1994), 10.28 million, 442 weeks 16. Soundtrack, Titanic (1997), 10.17 million, 263 weeks 17. Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (1997), 10.13 million, 226 weeks 18. Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002), 10.12 million, 489 weeks 19. Usher, Confessions (2004), 10.04 million, 433 weeks 20. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000), 10.03 million, 617 weeks 21. Adele, 21 (2011), 10.02 million, 92 weeks * through the week ending Nov. 25, 2012 ** 11.17 million between 1991-present; earlier sales not included |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2012 15:22:39 GMT -5
This is probably OK since it is published
This was the exact topic that got the interest from the Soundscan lawyers and the thread ultimately deleted by Proboards and a warning issued to me.
So hopefully nobody goes crazy in here and posts real numbers
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Post by when the pawn... on Nov 30, 2012 17:47:24 GMT -5
Adele will take down Linkin Park and Usher next week/next two weeks and should jump past Hootie in the next 2-3 months. I could see her ultimately challenging the top 10 of this list.
If 21 overtakes No Strings Attached, it'll be the 2nd best selling album of the new millenium and the 4th best selling female album of the soundscan era (3rd if you count The Bodyguard as a soundtrack).
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 30, 2012 20:18:55 GMT -5
^Adele has to sell 260k in sales to pass Hootie. It's going to take a while. Overall sales will plummet in January.
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Post by slicknickshady on Nov 30, 2012 20:49:01 GMT -5
Eminem = Legend
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 23, 2013 21:38:38 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/news/1549354/pearl-jams-ten-album-hits-10-million-in-us-salesPearl Jam's 'Ten' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales Landmark album is the 22nd full-length to reach 10 million sales in the SoundScan era. Pearl Jam's landmark debut album "Ten" becomes the latest addition to the 10 million-sellers club in the U.S. This week, the 1991 Epic Records release surpasses the 10 million U.S. sales mark according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it the 22nd album to reach the threshold since the company began tracking data in 1991. In the week ending Feb. 17, the album sold nearly 4,000 copies (up 159% over the previous week). That brings its total sales to about 1,000 over 10 million. It is the fourth album to hit 10 million U.S. sales since the start of 2012. In that span of time, "Ten" follows Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory," Usher's "Confessions" and Adele's blockbuster "21." "21" now stands as the No. 15 best-selling album of the SoundScan era, with 10.4 million sold. It is currently about 186,000 copies behind Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time," which is in 14th place. It should be a while before another album crosses the 10 million mark. While we had a quick succession of albums hit 10 million in the last year, the next-closest album to 10 million is still 400,000 copies away: Celine Dion's "Let's Talk About Love" (9.6 million). At the present, the album is selling well below 1,000 copies a week. Since 1991, the highest selling album -- according to SoundScan -- is Metallica's self-titled 1991 release, which has moved 15.86 million. Shania Twain's "Come On Over" is in second place with 15.53 million and Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" is in third with 14.82 million.
In fourth place is Backstreet Boys' "Millennium" (12.21 million), followed by the Beatles' "1" (12.16 million), "The Bodyguard" soundtrack (12.06 million), Santana's "Supernatural" (11.73 million), Creed's "Human Clay" (11.64 million) and Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Legend" (11.26 million) at Nos. 5-9.
Rounding out SoundScan's top 10 selling albums since 1991 is 'N Sync's "No Strings Attached," with 11.14 million.Artist, Title (Year of Release), Time To 10 Million 1. Metallica, Metallica (1991), 337 weeks 2. Shania Twain, Come On Over (1997), 96 weeks
3. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (1995)
, 66 weeks 4. Backstreet Boys, Millennium (1999)
, 39 weeks 5. The Beatles, 1 (2000)
, 227 weeks 6. Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, The Bodyguard (1992)
, 72 weeks 7. Santana, Supernatural (1999)
, 60 weeks 8. Creed, Human Clay (1999)
, 93 weeks 9. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend (1984), 18 years
10. *NSYNC, No Strings Attached (2000)
, 43 weeks 11. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (2002)
, 259 weeks 12. Celine Dion, Falling Into You (1996) , 160 weeks
13. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
, 343 weeks 14. Britney Spears, . . . Baby One More Time (1999)
, 106 weeks 15. Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View (1994)
, 442 weeks 16. Soundtrack, Titanic (1997)
, 263 weeks 17. Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (1997), 226 weeks
18. Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002)
, 489 weeks 19. Usher, Confessions (2004)
, 433 weeks 20. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000)
, 617 weeks 21. Adele, 21 (2011), 92 weeks 22. Pearl Jam, Ten (1991), 21 years
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 11:05:00 GMT -5
The Beatles will be passing the Backstreet Boys for #4 eventually it would appear.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 11:15:09 GMT -5
There won't be an update here for quite a while. The current #23 (Let's Talk About Love - Celine Dion at 9.6 million) moves about 300-500 a week
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 5, 2013 11:06:48 GMT -5
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Post by jdanton2 on Apr 7, 2013 6:41:07 GMT -5
if singles were included Mariah would be on top since Garth did not release singles in his day. |
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Apr 7, 2013 13:03:30 GMT -5
if singles were included Mariah would be on top since Garth did not release singles in his day. Ok. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 13:37:51 GMT -5
Garth Brooks has sold only a couple hundred albums over the course of the last several years. This is because none of his albums are available for purchase, they have all been pulled from the market. If they were available, adding singles into Mariah's total still would not matter much.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 13:42:35 GMT -5
It's weird that Garth Brooks is still #1 considering his albums aren't even selling anymore. He really sold a lot in his heyday. Unless The Beatles pass him in the next decade or so, I don't see anyone passing him any time soon. It's amazing that The Beatles may end up being #1 eventually considering they had disbanded over 20 years before the start of SoundScan.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 3, 2013 10:50:01 GMT -5
7/13 Billboard charts: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-june-30-2013-albums-hip-hop-152636706.htmlAlan Jackson this week becomes just the ninth artist to top 40 million in sales since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. (This misses Jackson’s first year of success. Jackson’s debut album, Here In The Real World, hit the country and pop and charts in March 1990.) Jackson’s best-selling album is 1995’s The Greatest Hits Collection, which has sold 5,807,000 copies. How big is country music? Four of the nine artists who have hit 40M in Nielsen SoundScan-era sales are country: Garth Brooks 68,634,00 George Strait 44,440,000 Tim McGraw 41,599,000 Alan Jackson 40,000,000 |
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Post by slicknickshady on Jul 3, 2013 19:56:41 GMT -5
wow, Mariah has no diamond albums.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 3, 2013 20:30:18 GMT -5
^Being that "diamond" only applies to RIAA certs and not SoundScan numbers, yes she does- two, in fact.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 10, 2013 10:59:10 GMT -5
7/20 Billboard charts: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-7-2013-albums-j-cole-150945651.htmlJohnny Cash, whose Legend Of Johnny Cash jumps from #96 to #87, this week becomes the third artist whose career dates to the 1950s to top the 25 million mark in album sales in the Nielsen SoundScan era. He follows Elvis Presley, who has sold 35,555,000 albums since 1991, and Frank Sinatra, who has sold 28,737,000 albums in this period. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 17, 2013 10:51:32 GMT -5
7/27 Billboard charts: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-14-2013-albums-jay-z-030009697.htmlThe sales of the new album brings Jay-Z’s total album sales to 28,976,000, per Nielsen SoundScan. That puts him in third place among rappers, behind Eminem ( 42,307,000) and 2Pac ( 29,010,000). So in this coming week, he’ll surpass 2Pac, who was shot to death in September 1996. Rounding out the top five rap album artists since January 1991, per Nielsen SoundScan, are Nelly ( 21,743,000) and Beastie Boys ( 20,384,000). |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 31, 2013 10:44:08 GMT -5
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Post by when the pawn... on Aug 1, 2013 11:47:50 GMT -5
So 21 is now #13 and the 3rd best selling album of the 21st century, behind NSYNC and Norah Jones. It is #6 among all female albums (including The Bodyguard, behind Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, Whitney Houston, Norah Jones and Celine Dion.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Aug 28, 2013 10:43:40 GMT -5
9/7 BB charts: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-aug-25-2013-albums-let-down-150047340.htmlThe Beatles’ 1 this week pulls ahead of Backstreet Boys’ Millennium to become the fourth best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. album sales in January 1991. 1 has sold 12,233,000 copies, 1K more than Millennium's 11,232,000. The only albums that have sold more copies than these two are Metallica’s Metallica ( 15,908,000), Shania Twain’s Come On Over ( 15,531,000) and Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill ( 14,868,000). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -5
Yes! I knew it would happen, go Beatles! 50 years later and they are still reaching new heights.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 16, 2013 11:03:45 GMT -5
music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-13-2013-albums-miley-bangs-150102690.html
Week Ending Oct. 13, 2013. Albums: Miley Bangs Out A #1
By Paul Grein
Mariah Carey's 2005 album The Emancipation Of Mimi tops the 6 million mark in U.S. sales this week. The album was #1 for two weeks and received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
This is Carey's third album to be certified at the 6 million mark. It follows Daydream (7,657,000) and Music Box (7,277,000).
Carey has two other albums on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 200 best-selling albums in its history: Merry Christmas (5,299,000) and Mariah Carey (4,885,000). (The latter album, Carey's 1990 debut, sold additional copies prior to Nielsen SoundScan's 1991 launch.)
Carey is the only female solo artist with five albums on Nielsen SoundScan's top 200 list.
How about Celine Dion? She currently has four. The Colour Of My Love has sold 4,558,000 copies, which puts it 10K copies short of making the list.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 30, 2013 11:02:37 GMT -5
11/9 BB200: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-27-2013-albums-katy-perry-151049350.htmlPearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt dips from #1 to #2. As you know, last week it became the band's fifth #1 album. That's one more #1 album than Nirvana had. That trio had four #1 albums between 1992 and 1996. These two bands were the leaders of the Seattle-based alternative rock scene which rocked the music business in the early 1990s. Pearl Jam is also ahead of its one-time rivals in overall album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Pearl Jam has sold 31,785,000 albums. Nirvana has sold 26,410,000. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 30, 2013 11:04:03 GMT -5
11/9 BB200: music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-oct-27-2013-albums-katy-perry-151049350.htmlTLC's 20 vaults from #72 to #12 in its second week. The surge is due to VH1's biopic, CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, which drew 4.5 million viewers in its first airing. That made it the highest-rated cable movie of the year. The show was named after the trio's sophomore album, which re-enters the chart at #108. It has sold 7,495,000 copies. Only two albums by all-female groups have sold more copies in the Nielsen SoundScan era. And they're both by the same group—Dixie Chicks. (There's that country base again.) Wide Open Spaces, the Chicks' first major-label album, has sold 8,841,000 copies. Fly, its second, has sold 8,396,000. Next in line, after CrazySexyCool, are Spice Girls' debut album, Spice ( 7,453,000), and Destiny's Child's sophomore album, Writing's On The Wall ( 6,347,000). |
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Post by imbondz on Oct 30, 2013 21:15:40 GMT -5
There won't be an update here for quite a while. The current #23 (Let's Talk About Love - Celine Dion at 9.6 million) moves about 300-500 a week unless she dies. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 6, 2013 18:30:06 GMT -5
11/16 BB200: music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-early-winners-losers-christmas-album-race-161735258.htmlChart Watch: Early Winners & Losers In Christmas Album Race (Quack, Quack) By Paul Grein Yahoo Music Top 4 Christmas Albums by Female Artists 1, Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas 5,299,000 2, Celine Dion's These Are Special Times 5,276,000 3, Amy Grant's Home For Christmas 2,542,000 4. Susan Boyle's The Gift 2,148,000 copies |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 11, 2013 12:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 27, 2013 21:00:15 GMT -5
1/4/14 Billboard charts:
music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-controversy-doesn-t-hurt-robertsons-album-193627263.html
Andrea Bocelli's 2009 album "My Christmas" drops from #72 to #97 in its 41st chart week. The album tops the 3 million mark in sales this week. It's the 13th holiday album to reach that plateau since 1991.
Toby Keith tops the 30 million mark in career album sales this week.
Toby is the fifth male country solo artist to reach that plateau since 1991, following Garth Brooks (69,333,000), George Strait (44,757,000), Tim McGraw (41,829,000) and Alan Jackson (40,343,000).
Bon Jovi's 1994 greatest hits album, "Cross Road," tops the 5 million mark in sales this week.
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