Love4Shania
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Post by Love4Shania on Jan 6, 2007 14:21:52 GMT -5
This is interesting, credit to Basil at UKMIX.com;
Top Selling Albums - Soundscan Era
Key Year Total Sales at End of that Year One Year Sales
1) - Come On Over - Shania Twain (1997)
1997 - 1.6m - 1,600,000 sold in 1997 1998 - 6,492,526 - 4,900,000 sold in 1998 1999 - 12,110,660 - 5,618,134 sold in 1999 2000 - 13,652,045 - 1,541,385 sold in 2000 2001 - 14,147,017 - 494,972 sold in 2001 2002 - 14,490,470 - 343,453 sold in 2002 2003 - 14,896,911 - 406,441 sold in 2003 2004 - 15,267,050 - 370,139 sold in 2004 2005 - 15,355,000 - 87,950 sold in 2005 2006 - 15,408,533 - 53,533 sold in 2006
Looked to be uncatchable in 2004, but sales slowed with the release of a compilation. Still looks safe at the top for 2 or 3 years though.
2) - Metallica - Metallica (1991)
1991 - 3.4m - 3,400,000 sold in 1991 1992 - 6.0m - 2,600,000 sold in 1992 1993 - n/a 1994 - n/a 1995 - n/a 1996 - n/a 1997 - n/a 1998 - n/a 1999 - 11,715,533 2000 - 12,441,854 - 726,321 sold in 2000 2001 - 12,981,888 - 540,034 sold in 2001 2002 - 13,332,320 - 350,432 sold in 2002 2003 - 13,803,308 - 470,988 sold in 2003 2004 - 14,213,000 - 409,692 sold in 2004 2005 - 14,545,000 - 332,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 14,819,905 - 274,905 sold in 2006
A great catalogue seller but slowing up a bit.
3) - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
1995 - 4.2m - 4,200,000 sold in 1995 1996 - 11.6m - 7,380,000 sold in 1996 1997 - 12.7m - 1,100,000 sold in 1997 1998 - n/a 1999 - 13,542,393 2000 - 13,729,828 - 187,435 sold in 2000 2001 - 13,890,054 - 160,226 sold in 2001 2002 - 14,094,425 - 204,371 sold in 2002 2003 - 14,200,822 - 106,397 sold in 2003 2004 - 14,343,000 - 142,178 sold in 2004 2005 - 14,453,000 - 110,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 14,513,313 - 60,313 sold in 2006
First year that it dropped below 100,000 sales. Absolutely safe in third place though.
4) - Millenium - Back Street Boys (1999)
1999 - 9,445,732 - 9,445,732 sold in 1999 2000 - 11,705,375 - 2,259,643 sold in 2000 2001 - 11,971,132 - 265,757 sold in 2001 2002 - 12,030,804 - 59,672 sold in 2002 2003 - 12,056,675 - 25,871 sold in 2003 2004 - 12,069,000 - 12,325 sold in 2004 2005 - 12,083,000 - 14,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 12,091,491 - 8,491 sold in 2006
Talk about yesterdays news. Just an awful collapse in sales.
5) - Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard (1992)
1992 - 3.3m - 3,300,000 sold in 1992 1993 - 8.8m - 5,500,000 sold in 1993 1994 - n/a 1995 - n/a 1996 - n/a 1997 - n/a 1998 - n/a 1999 - 11,605,690 2000 - 11,655,923 - 50,233sold in 2000 2001 - 11,689,093 - 33,170sold in 2001 2002 - 11,714,440 - 25,347sold in 2002 2003 - 11,741,779 - 27,339sold in 2003 2004 - 11,761,999 - 20,220sold in 2004 2005 - 11,778,000 - 16,001sold in 2005 2006 - 11,789,552 - 11,552 sold in 2006
Another album that basically stopped selling after only a few years.
6) - The Supernatural - Santana (1999)
1999 - 4,732,589 - 4,732,589 sold in 1999 2000 - 10,590,413 - 5,857,824 sold in 2000 2001 - 10,961,112 - 370,699 sold in 2001 2002 - 11,165,842 - 204,370 sold in 2002 2003 - 11,333,627 - 167,785 sold in 2003 2004 - 11,437,000 - 103,373 sold in 2004 2005 - 11,530,000 - 93,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 11,588,453 - 58,453 sold in 2006
A steady decline in sales, but holding up better than the 2 titles above.
7) - Human Clay - Creed (1999)
1999 - 2.1m - 2,100,000 sold in 1999 2000 - 8.7m - 6,600,000 sold in 2000 2001 - 10,490,972 - 1,850,000 sold in 2001 2002 - 11,078,203 - 587,231 sold in 2002 2003 - 11,291,067 - 212,864 sold in 2003 2004 - 11,422,000 - 130,933 sold in 2004 2005 - 11,463,000 - 41,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 11,483,557 - 20,557 sold in 2006
Seemed on course to be a decent catalogue title and overtake Santana but sales have just collapsed. Not helped by a Greatest Hits album.
8) - No Strings Attached - N'Sync (2000)
2000 - 9,936,104 - 9,936,104 sold in 2000 2001 - 10,891,514 - 955,410 sold in 2001 2002 - 11,023,057 - 131,543 sold in 2002 2003 - 11,069,789 - 46,732 sold in 2003 2004 - 11,085,000 - 15,211 sold in 2004 2005 - 11,093,000 - 8,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 11,099,051 - 6,051 sold in 2006
What a crash. From the biggest ever calender year sale of any album in US chart history this. The worse catalogue sales of Top 10 soundscan albums.
9) - One - The Beatles (2000)
2000 - 5,068,300 - 5,068,000 sold in 2000 2001 - 7,978,300 - 2,910,000 sold in 2001 2002 - 8.67m - 686,832 sold in 2002 2003 - 9.23m - 564,868 sold in 2003 2004 - 9.83m - 657,000 sold in 2004 2005 - 10.37m - 540,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 10,821,222 - 451,222 sold in 2006
A big climb up the list from 11 to 9. Still the king of catalogue sales, it has slowed a little dropping below 500,000 for the first time. Should overtake N'Sync during 2007
10) - Falling Into You - Celine Dion (1996)
1996 - 6m - 6,000,000 sold in 1996 1997 - 9m - 3,000,000 sold in 1997 1998 - n/a 1999 - 10,224,282 2000 - 10,357,969 - 133,687 sold in 2000 2001 - 10,438,190 - 80,221 sold in 2001 2002 - 10,525,873 - 87,683 sold in 2002 2003 - 10,614,005 - 88,132 sold in 2003 2004 - 10,683,000 - 68,995 sold in 2004 2005 - 10,728,000 - 45,000 sold in 2005 2006 - 10,752,658 - 24,658 sold in 2006
Well sales are certainly falling away and so was overtaken by The Beatles. However is safe at No. 10 for several years at least.
11) - Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (1999)
1999 - 8,358,619 - 8,358,619 sold in 1999 2000 - 9,981,434 - 1,622,815 sold in 2000 2001 - 10,269,049 - 287,615 sold in 2001 2002 - 10,416,070 - 147,021 sold in 2002 2003 - 10,472,878 - 56,808 sold in 2003 2004 - 10,507,000 - 34,122 sold in 2004 2005 - 10,519,000 - 12,000 sold in 2005
No 2006 update yet but was overtaken by The Beatles. Probably sold less than 10,000.
12) - Cracked Rear View Mirror - Hootie/Blowfish (1995)
1995 - 7m - 7,000,000 sold in 1995 1996 - 8.7m - 1,700,000 sold in 1996 1997 - n/a 1998 - n/a 1999 - 9,817,666 2000 - n/a 2001 - n/a 2002 - n/a 2003 - n/a 2004 - 10,058,000 2005 - 10,103,000 - sold 45,000 in 2005
No 2006 update yet, but won't have sold much.
13) - Back Street Boys - Back Street Boys (1997)
1997 - 1.3m - 1,300,000 sold in 1997 1998 - 7m - 5,700,000 sold in 1998 1999 - 9,258,265 - 2,300,000 sold in 1999 2000 - n/a 2001 - n/a 2002 - n/a 2003 - n/a 2004 - 10,074,000 2005 - 10,084,000 - 10,000 sold in 2005
No 2006 update yet. Expect less than 10,000 sold.
14) - Titanic - Soundtrack (1998)
1998 - 9,330,000 - 9,330,000 sold in 1998 1999 - 9,806,175 - 476,175 sold in 1999 2000 - 9,897,900 - 91,725 sold in 2000 2001 - 9,960,000 - 62,100 sold in 2001 2002 - n/a 2003 - n/a 2004 - 10,057,000 2005 - 10,076,000 - 19,000 sold in 2005
No 2006 update yet - might just have overtaken the Backstreet Boys.
So 14 albums have scanned more than 10,000,000 in US stores.
At least 3 titles are close to joining (or might be in on the very latest figures).
Eminem - Marshal Mathers Eminem - Show Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
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