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Billboard Analyzes the Popes' Sales
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Will Pope Francis' Album Be a Hit? An Analysis Based on Past Papal Album Sales
By Ed Christman | September 28, 2015 12:46 PM EDT
Even though Pope Francis may draw crowds like a huge rock star, it doesn't mean that he'll sell music like one.
Pope Francis will release an album called Wake Up! on Nov. 27. So far, the album will be available digitally on iTunes, which is already selling its lead track for $1.29. The album captures Pope Francis speaking about issues like "peace, dignity, environmental concerns, and helping those in need" over musical passages created by the albums producer and artist director Don Giulio Neroni, according to Rolling Stone. The album on iTunes is credited to San Paolo Multimedia under exclusive license to Believe Digital.
Francis won't be the first Pope to issue an album, however. In fact, Pope John Paul II, the seemingly equally popular Pontiff, issued three albums during his papacy from 1978 until his death in 2005.
The best-selling title of the three, according to Nielsen Music, is the Abba Pater album issued in 1999 by Sony Classical with scans of more than 52,000 units, according to Nielsen Music.
Ex-Sony executives do not remember how many copies were shipped. One terms it a successful album, but another executives says he's sure that Sony Classical expected to sell a lot more.
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