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Chart Listings: Updated Album Sales Thread.
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Originally posted by slobro
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yeah i know about soundscan not including them but i meant like why would anyone dismiss them when they use receipts
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Originally posted by Starstruck.
yeah i know about soundscan not including them but i meant like why would anyone dismiss them when they use receipts
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Isn't that reason enough? There's a good reason why they don't count them
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Missy Elliott Under Construction 867,856
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This doesn't make sense. The last time we got the sales for UC it was already over 2 million copies.
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Originally posted by Timber
Oh, club sales don't count for any artist so it never really went diamond.
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Club sales do count toward the overall album totals. However, they were not factored into weekly Soundscan charts.
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Originally posted by theus
This doesn't make sense. The last time we got the sales for UC it was already over 2 million copies.
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I have the source next to it.  They reported it, but if you have a more accurate one, then I'll replace ofcourse.
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There's a good reason why Soundscan didn't count Music Club sales. My mom said she used to subscribe to one of those in the 90's -- you pay for a subscription, then you choose really random discounts from music the artists under the label have. Like they would just deep discount albums such as 'buy these 10 albums for $1'. They had different deals going on, and they were really cheap since you were subscribing and paying a fee to the label. I'm sure Soundscan didn't count them becase they were being sold really cheap, a bunch of albums were sold at 1 price, and you'd purchase them through ordering in mail which was probably impossible for Soundscan to track.
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Originally posted by iHype.
I have the source next to it. They reported it, but if you have a more accurate one, then I'll replace ofcourse.
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There's a good reason why Soundscan didn't count Music Club sales. My mom said she used to subscribe to one of those in the 90's -- you pay for a subscription, then you choose really random discounts from music the artists under the label have. Like they would just deep discount albums such as 'buy these 10 albums for $1'. They had different deals going on, and they were really cheap since you were subscribing and paying a fee to the label. I'm sure Soundscan didn't count them becase they were being sold really cheap, a bunch of albums were sold at 1 price, and you'd purchase them through ordering in mail which was probably impossible for Soundscan to track.
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I was a member too, me being probably close to your mom's age. I'm a generation X man, so I'm a generation ahead of most on here. However, the biggest titles by the biggest stars weren't eligible for the deep discounts, as they sold enough on their own at full price. Obviously, there was no way for Soundscan to add these sales in.
The same can be said when artists went on HSN & QVC (yes, they really did that) to sell their CDs there. The sales counted towards the overall total for RIAA and the total album sales, but did not and really could not reflect on weekly Soundscan charts. I believe the list of BMGs top selling CDs is included in the CMO link I shared. I'd have to look up Columbia House, as the article didn't mention those sales.
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Yeah there's no way the Under Construction one is correct, it's definitely sold 2 million+
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Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002) 2,106,000 (01/2006)
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http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=109043
ukmix is always spot on with their sales estimations. idk what your source was going on about
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Yas @ Carrie's GH outselling actual albums.
Coming for platinum.
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Yeah UC opened with 259k at the beginning of Holiday season and probably sold 1 million before 2003. Red flags when taking in Work It/Gossip Folks success.
As of April 2012.
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Pink Friday has been on the chart continuously since it debuted. (This week it jumps from #102 to #84.) The album has sold 1,815,000 copies. Only two albums by female hip-hop artists have sold as well. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill leads the pack with sales of 7,106,000. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's 2002 album Under Construction is in second place, with sales of 2,125,000.
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https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/week-...121000818.html
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Originally posted by slobro
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Not you literally changing your stance just because you don't want it to benefit Britney after supporting them for Janet for so many years. The hypocrisy is rivaled only by the transparency 
And the way Brian just clocked you and Timber so effortlessly 
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Lady Gaga Born this Way 2,300,000
I thought its sales would be higher. And some monsters dare to say BEYONCÉ was frontloaded.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
Lady Gaga Born this Way 2,300,000
I thought its sales would be higher. And some monsters dare to say BEYONCÉ was frontloaded. |
Except it sold twice as much as BEYONCE worldwide
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Nick Jonas
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And, with another 4,000 copies sold, Nick Jonas total sales rise to 182,000 and surpass those of Jonas’ previous album, 2010’s Who I Am (179,000).
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Luke Bryan
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As the singer’s fourth studio album sells another 7,000 copies, its cumulative rises total to 2.432 million, surpassing Tailgates & Tanlines (2.429 million) to become Bryan’s biggest-selling album ever. His next-largest sellers are Doin’ My Thing (972,000), Spring Break… Here to Party (605,000) and I’ll Stay Me (561,000).
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...-biggest-album
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Updated. Adding LOTS more to the older albums section tomorrow!
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Originally posted by ianBK4
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Nick Jonas has now sold over 400k copies in the US, it actually might be beyond that but from what I know it's def past 400k.
388k as of 8/20/15
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I never knew this thread existed. 
Good work, iHype. 
The only thing I would suggest is adding 'US' to the title in case any members want to jump to the numbers.
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