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Stats: Shakira: The Receipts (Under Construction!)
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Originally posted by Retro
My She Wolf could mean anything.
But yeah, seriously, my decision to join whatever y'all call yourselves was rather recent.
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We call ourselves the wolves, welcome to the wolfpack then and better not be temporary.
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Member Since: 3/31/2012
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Originally posted by Romantica
I thought WW sold more than HDL
However both are masterpieces.
Thank you for this thread!
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Nope, HDL was more successful though I prefer WW. Such a pop masterpiece.
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Originally posted by Shakira Stan
We call ourselves the wolves, welcome to the wolfpack then and better not be temporary.
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It won't be temporary, I can assure you that.
All my faves in my sig are used in cycles, but Shakira so far seems like she'll join Gags, Brit, and Madge in the constant fan group.
Happy to be here and to have started this thread!
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Originally posted by Shakira Stan
Nope, HDL was more successful though I prefer WW. Such a pop masterpiece.
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WW deserved to sell 20 million globally, and the fact that it wasn't the top hit of its decade is an injustice.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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12 million for "Hips Don't Lie"? Receipts, please.
Sale el Sol hasn't sold 5 million copies worldwide either. These sales seem inflated.
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Originally posted by Haribo
12 million for "Hips Don't Lie"? Receipts, please.
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It's sold about 1m in the US alone since Nov. 2009 ( here is a source from late 2009, and here are the most recent numbers as leaked from HDS in May 2013), and that was the date for the first reputable news articles claiming 10 million in sales ( here is one notable example about the same time as the first US sales source). Given that sales are likely to have increased in the US upon that near-million in the succeeding 7 months and the single was sufficiently global to have been expected to sell at a similar rate outside the US, I figured 12 million was a very safe estimate, but it's sold 11 million at the bare minimum.
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Originally posted by Haribo
Sale el Sol hasn't sold 5 million copies worldwide either. These sales seem inflated.
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As for Sale el Sol specifically, I initially had it listed lower with my own estimates, but raised it and others appropriately according to what other fans have claimed in order to accommodate reports of her selling far more albums than my estimates yielded ( 1, 2 both claim 70 million for the sake of example, whereas my own total was 56 million initially).
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Shakira Stan
I actually wanted to create this thread a long time ago but then I got super lazy.
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lol You bettah work sis, they've been snatching those threads out of your hands
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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US
first week sales
CRTFY - 82,000
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The tour reciepts will be the most controversial since the full figures are hard to come by since they don't fully report them.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Can't Remember to Forget You / Nunca Me Acuerdo de Olvidarte 300,000
WAIT
people are saying this a flop yet its already half way up her list of best selling singles
what does the other language bit mean? Is there another version?
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Epic sales
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Cool to see that you're doing this but... You should include MEXICO, COLOMBIA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL and LATINAMERICA in general. Also, Shakira has been huge in the middle east, so you should reaserach on that.
On the other hand, Sale el Sol as many Shakira's albums have been ceertified DIAMOND in Colombia.
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Her next tour better smash even harder. A $150 million ross would be cute.
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Originally posted by man*****
The tour reciepts will be the most controversial since the full figures are hard to come by since they don't fully report them.
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I'll have to work pretty hard to find everything that's out there and make an accurate estimate, but I think I can get the job done satisfactorily.
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Originally posted by PhreshDiamond
Can't Remember to Forget You / Nunca Me Acuerdo de Olvidarte 300,000
WAIT
people are saying this a flop yet its already half way up her list of best selling singles
what does the other language bit mean? Is there another version?
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Yep! Spanish solo version on iTunes now.
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Originally posted by awkdelicious
Cool to see that you're doing this but... You should include MEXICO, COLOMBIA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL and LATINAMERICA in general. Also, Shakira has been huge in the middle east, so you should reaserach on that.
On the other hand, Sale el Sol as many Shakira's albums have been ceertified DIAMOND in Colombia.
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I'm definitely hoping to make country-specific sections where enough figures are available!
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Member Since: 9/13/2012
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Since when are you a Shaki stan? I approve of this though, Queen Shaki needs a good receipt thread
Magia and Peligro better SNATCH!
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Originally posted by awkdelicious
Cool to see that you're doing this but... You should include MEXICO, COLOMBIA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL and LATINAMERICA in general. Also, Shakira has been huge in the middle east, so you should reaserach on that.
On the other hand, Sale el Sol as many Shakira's albums have been ceertified DIAMOND in Colombia.
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And in France, no?
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Originally posted by Retro
I'll have to work pretty hard to find everything that's out there and make an accurate estimate, but I think I can get the job done satisfactorily.
Yep! Spanish solo version on iTunes now.
I'm definitely hoping to make country-specific sections where enough figures are available!
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Member Since: 3/18/2012
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Originally posted by WillingtonHH
some USA sales from 2010 article.
3,488,000, "Laundry Service," 2001
1,694,000, "Oral Fixation Vol. 2," 2005
1,001,000, "Fijacion Oral: Vol. 1," 2005
892,000, "Donde Estan Los Ladrones?," 1998
584,000, "Pies Descalzos," 1996
http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...100?page=0%2C1
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Both PD and DELL are way above 900k including the disco sales that were hige back in the 90s
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Originally posted by PhreshDiamond
Can't Remember to Forget You / Nunca Me Acuerdo de Olvidarte 300,000
WAIT
people are saying this a flop yet its already half way up her list of best selling singles
what does the other language bit mean? Is there another version?
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You are so ridicoulous.
Most of those songs are spanish classics from the 90s, how much do u expect them to sell?
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For the thread: i suggest that we only list the singles that are over 1 million ww for being more accurate.
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