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Post by when the pawn... on Jan 12, 2014 12:15:11 GMT -5
Wow, Taylor's track record is insane! Over 19 million albums since 2008. Top Album Artists of Decade so far? 1 Adele 2 Taylor Swift 3 Justin Bieber ... Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Drake, Rihanna, One Direction, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan... You mean 2006, not 2008. But impressive regardless. I dont think Bieber is anywhere near the top 3. Some of his sales would account for the other decade I believe. Well I only used numbers going back to 2008 since she wasn't among the top 10 album sellers in 06 or 07. And for Bieber, his sales in 2010, 2011 and 2012 equal almost 9 million - I don't think anyone outside of Taylor/Adele has done that well in this decade.
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Post by Kris on Jan 12, 2014 12:56:56 GMT -5
Just because I know people might not see the link
TOP SELLING DIGITALSONGS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (Based on Album Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013) (Based on Album Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013) Title/Artist Units Sold Title/Artist Units Sold 1 BLACK EYED PEAS / I GOTTA FEELING 8,438,000 ------------------ 1 ADELE / 21 3,009,000 2 ADELE / ROLLING IN THE DEEP 8,060,000 ----------------------------------2 MUMFORD & SONS / SIGH NO MORE 1,676,000 3 LMFAO F. LAUREN BENNETT&G / PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 7,821,000 -------------3 MUMFORD & SONS / BABEL 1,334,000 4 GOTYE F. KIMBRA / SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW 7,545,000 ----------------4 EMINEM / RECOVERY 1,300,000 5 JEPSEN*CARLY RAE / CALL ME MAYBE 7,304,000 --------------------5 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 1,157,000 6 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THRIFT SHOP 7,266,000 ----------------------6 SWIFT*TAYLOR / RED 1,135,000 7 LADY GAGA / POKER FACE 7,054,000 --------------------------------7 LADY GAGA / FAME 1,086,000 8 FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN / LOW 6,882,000 ---------------------------8 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 1,026,000 9 LADY GAGA / JUST DANCE 6,860,000 ---------------------------9 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 972,000 10 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE / WE ARE YOUNG 6,830,000 ------------------10 LUMINEERS / LUMINEERS 956,000 2013 YEAR-END HIGHLIGHTS Streaming continues to be a very bright spot for the music industry, with more than 32% growth over last year, including a remarkable +103% increase in On-Demand Audio streaming. Justin Timberlake had the biggest album-debut week this year, when the 20/20 Experience opened with 968,000 units in its first week. 20/20 Experience is the best-selling album of the year and, coupled with the subsequent fall release of the 20/20 Experience Complete, the two titles combined to sell over 3.2 Million units in 2013. Adele’s 21 album becomes the first album ever to surpass 3 Million in Digital sales, and the top-selling digital album of all time. Mumford and Sons Sigh No More and Babel are the 2nd and 3rd biggest-selling digital albums respectively. Combined sales for these two albums are 3,010,000, exceeding 21 by only 1,000 units. 8 Robin Thicke/Blurred Lines and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Thrift Shop eclipsed 6 Million digital song sales each in 2013, the second consecutive year that the top two songs each sold over six million units. In 2012, Gotye featuring Kimbra/Somebody That I Used to Know and Carly Rae Jepsen/Call Me Maybe each surpassed six million song sales, marking the first time that any digital song had sold more than six million units in a calendar year. Beyoncé had the second-biggest digital album debut of all time when her surprise release Beyoncé was released in December and sold 617,000 digital albums in its first week. After only three weeks of release, Beyoncé is already the 9th best-selling digital album of all time. Lady Gaga/Born This Way moved 662,000 album units in its debut week. Justin Timberlake became the first-artist-not-named-Adele to sell more than 1 Million Digital albums in a calendar year as his 20/20 Experience sold 1,026,000 units. Combined with the 20/20 Experience Complete, the two albums sold 1,345,000 Digital Albums. Eminem burst back onto the scene with his Marshall Mathers LP2, which had the second biggest album debut week of the year with 792,000 units. The album totaled over 1.7 Million units for the year and was just one of four Eminem albums to make the Top 200 best-selling albums for the year. Recovery sold 169,000 albums in 2013, landing at #164 for the year; Eminem Show sold 165,000 (#175), and Curtain Call sold 154,000 (#189). One Direction and Blake Shelton each had three albums in the 2013 Top 200 best-selling albums chart. One Direction’s Midnight Memories sold 1,096,000 (#12) in 2013; Take Me Home sold 555,000 (#36); and Up All Night sold 312,000 (#87). Blake Shelton’s Based On A True Story sold 1,109,000 albums in 2013; Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton sold 182,000 (#144); and Red River Blue sold 165,000. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist not only sold more than 1 Million copies, but the songs from the album also sold nearly 16 Million units combined, or 1.6 Million Track Equivalent Albums (TEA), placing the project as the #3 album with TEA seller for the year. Country music continues to be a strong seller across all formats, with Country’s share of total album sales reaching 13.8% this year (down slightly from last year’s record high of 14.1%). Country’s share of digital song sales has reached 12.6% of all songs sold and 9.6% of all digital albums sold, each of which are high water marks for the genre. Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” is the best-selling Country Digital Song of all time, with sales of 6.33 million. Lady Antebellum/Need You Now (6.27million); Taylor Swift/Love Story (5.66 million); Band Perry/If I Died Young (4.74 million); and Taylor Swift/You Belong (4.41 million) round out the rest of the Top 5.
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Party Rock Anthem might and probably will hit 8 million this year, Apple Bottom Jeans, Just Dance and We Are Young probably will hit 7 million as well.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Jan 12, 2014 13:46:23 GMT -5
I dont think Bieber is anywhere near the top 3. Some of his sales would account for the other decade I believe. And for Bieber, his sales in 2010, 2011 and 2012 equal almost 9 million - I don't think anyone outside of Taylor/Adele has done that well in this decade. I agree.. That top 3 is definitely right.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 13, 2014 9:11:02 GMT -5
A little easier to read this chart:
TOP SELLING DIGITAL ALBUMS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (Based on Album Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013) Artist/Title Units Sold
1 ADELE / 21 3,009,000 2 MUMFORD & SONS / SIGH NO MORE 1,676,000 3 MUMFORD & SONS / BABEL 1,334,000 4 EMINEM / RECOVERY 1,300,000 5 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 1,157,000 6 SWIFT*TAYLOR / RED 1,135,000 7 LADY GAGA / FAME 1,086,000 8 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN / 20/20 EXPERIENCE 1,026,000 9 BEYONCE / BEYONCE 972,000 10 LUMINEERS / LUMINEERS 956,000
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 13, 2014 9:13:06 GMT -5
TOP SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (Based on Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013) Artist/Title Units Sold
1 BLACK EYED PEAS / I GOTTA FEELING 8,438,000 2 ADELE / ROLLING IN THE DEEP 8,060,000 3 LMFAO F. LAUREN BENNETT&G / PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 7,821,000 4 GOTYE F. KIMBRA / SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW 7,545,000 5 JEPSEN*CARLY RAE / CALL ME MAYBE 7,304,000 6 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THRIFT SHOP 7,266,000 7 LADY GAGA / POKER FACE 7,054,000 8 FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN / LOW 6,882,000 9 LADY GAGA / JUST DANCE 6,860,000 10 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE / WE ARE YOUNG 6,830,000
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 13, 2014 9:15:08 GMT -5
2013 Top Ten Selling Albums w/TEA (INCLUDES ALL ALBUMS & TRACK EQUIVALENT ALBUMS)
TITLE/ARTIST UNITS SOLD 1 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN/ 20/20 EXPERIENCE 3,086,000 2 IMAGINE DRAGONS / NIGHT VISIONS 2,479,000 3 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THE HEIST 2,462,000 4 MARS*BRUNO / UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 2,328,000 5 EMINEM / MARSHALL MATHERS LP2 2,298,000 6 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE / HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES 2,238,000 7 DRAKE / NOTHING WAS THE SAME 1,930,000 8 BRYAN*LUKE / CRASH MY PARTY 1,930,000 9 PERRY*KATY / PRISM 1,650,000 10 P!NK / TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 1,604,000
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Post by Rocky on Jan 13, 2014 13:16:17 GMT -5
TOP SELLING DIGITAL SONGS OF SOUNDSCAN ERA (Based on Sales from 2003 – 12/29/2013) Artist/Title Units Sold 1 BLACK EYED PEAS / I GOTTA FEELING 8,438,000 2 ADELE / ROLLING IN THE DEEP 8,060,000 3 LMFAO F. LAUREN BENNETT&G / PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 7,821,000 4 GOTYE F. KIMBRA / SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW 7,545,000 5 JEPSEN*CARLY RAE / CALL ME MAYBE 7,304,000 6 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS / THRIFT SHOP 7,266,000 7 LADY GAGA / POKER FACE 7,054,000 8 FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN / LOW 6,882,000 9 LADY GAGA / JUST DANCE 6,860,000 10 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE / WE ARE YOUNG 6,830,000 Thank you! I was about to ask for it.
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Post by Push The Button on Jan 13, 2014 13:21:07 GMT -5
"Rolling in the Deep" actually lost ground on "I Gotta Feeling" in 2013. IGF must have started outselling it at the end of last year.
It's going to be #1 on that chart for a long, long time.
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Post by Rocky on Jan 13, 2014 13:29:00 GMT -5
"Rolling in the Deep" actually lost ground on "I Gotta Feeling" in 2013. IGF must have started outselling it at the end of last year. It's going to be #1 on that chart for a long, long time. RITD outsold IGF 1.6:1 this year. Yeah it will take forever to pass it.
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Post by Push The Button on Jan 13, 2014 13:30:17 GMT -5
"Rolling in the Deep" actually lost ground on "I Gotta Feeling" in 2013. IGF must have started outselling it at the end of last year. It's going to be #1 on that chart for a long, long time. RITD outsold IGF 1.6:1 this year. Yeah it will take forever to pass it. The ratio was higher earlier in the year, though.
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