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Originally posted by Bie
You know that 14xP was shipment, not actual sales right? BOMT sold less than 13m copies in the states. They would have shipped over 14m copies already. They just didn't re-certify it.
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Le sigh...
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Originally posted by Anticipating
...Baby One More Time: #1
Sometimes: #3
(You Drive Me) Crazy: #1
From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart: #14
Oops!... I Did It Again: #1
Lucky: #5
Stronger: #11
Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know: #20
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Yep.
I agree with all except Don't let me be the last to know. I think it would have gone top 30. Remember it peaked at 112 or 119.
Because people were buying both singles and albums as singles had remixes and b side songs i don't think it would have lowered her sales by much.
In particular, OIDIA first week sales would be in tact if they just released the 12' vinyl before the album and waited 2 weeks after the album and when it hit #1 on pop radio to release the CD single and it would have hit #1.
Crazy for sure would have went #1 as it hit #1 on pop (at the time #9 peaks for pop songs at #1 on radio but no singles) because it actually had promo around it.
The sales for that stupid drive me crazy soundtrack would have gone to the single. I bought that entire soundtrack just for that ONE song
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Originally posted by Anticipating
BOMT has sold over 14 million in the U.S. do you ever have idea of what you're talking about 
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Stronger has aged the best out of the OIDIA singles 
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Originally posted by Aleks
I think Sometimes could have went #1 too. It's an AC classic 
And apparently it's a straights' classic too  Youtube 'Floyd Mayweather Sometimes' |
I think it would have been top 3 for sure.
MESS at teh Youtube. I saved it under favorites now
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Originally posted by Anticipating
1.6 million from Sony BMG
2 million from Columbia House
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Originally posted by Anticipating
Mariah also has two Diamond albums but Soundscan only has them at like 7-8 million. RIAA counted club sales back then.
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That's why Thriller has been 29x platinum for years despite selling 838k in 2010-2015 and even more the 2nd half of 2009...yet it remains 29x platinum because so many of the album shipments were in club stores that they counted back then.
I always knew about Mariah with her 7.5M album sales in pure going diamond.
This was partly why she was mad at Celine because celine actually sold 10M albums when certified and Tommy motolla was promoting celine more. it became a thing...eh
But that's another reason why Barbara's US sales and WW are questionable too.
It's a shame they stopped counting it when Britney became big
