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Chart Listings: Madonna's best sellers in US
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In comparison with this article from August 2009...
5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (1990); 5,777,000 in August 2009; 215,000 difference
3,891,000, Ray of Light (1998); 3,837,000 in August 2009; 54,000 difference
2,934,000, Music (2000); 2,923,000 in August 2009; 11,000 difference
2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (1994); 2,309,000 in August 2009; 27,000 difference
2,102,000, Something to Remember (1995); 2,086,000 in August 2009; 16,000 difference
1,905,000, Erotica (1992); 1,890,000 in August 2009; 15,000 difference
1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005); 1,695,000 in August 2009; 39,000 difference
1,397,000, GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001); 1,385,000 in August 2009; 12,000 difference
751,000, Hard Candy (2008); 725,000 in August 2009; 26,000 difference
The body of the 2009 article has Evita's sales as "2,000,000", but that seems too rounded.
American Life is listed as having sold 675,000 copies in the 2009 article, it's not included in the new one.
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Wow, Erotica really harmed her career in the US.
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Lemme do the Queen some favours when I'm in the US next.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Fahrenheit
In comparison with this article from August 2009...
5,992,000, The Immaculate Collection (1990); 5,777,000 in August 2009; 215,000 difference
3,891,000, Ray of Light (1998); 3,837,000 in August 2009; 54,000 difference
1,734,000, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005); 1,695,000 in August 2009; 39,000 difference
2,336,000, Bedtime Stories (1994); 2,309,000 in August 2009; 27,000 difference
751,000, Hard Candy (2008); 725,000 in August 2009; 26,000 difference
2,102,000, Something to Remember (1995); 2,086,000 in August 2009; 16,000 difference
1,905,000, Erotica (1992); 1,890,000 in August 2009; 15,000 difference
1,397,000, GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001); 1,385,000 in August 2009; 12,000 difference
2,934,000, Music (2000); 2,923,000 in August 2009; 11,000 difference
The body of the 2009 article has Evita's sales as "2,000,000", but that seems too rounded.
American Life is listed as having sold 675,000 copies in the 2009 article, it's not included in the new one.
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People are not here for her second best album. But Bedtime Stories slaying though
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enya i thought she was just a 1hit wonder here...
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Madonna also had numerous Gold (500 k) and Platinum (1 M) selling songs. Her biggest physical single seller, Vouge, went Double Platinum and sold somewhere between 2.3 & 2.5 M. However, since many of these physical singles sales are pre-Soundscan. None of these appear to be counted toward her totals.
So like with Madonnas's earlier albums, those numbers are calculated by shipment totals. Nevertheless, Vouge was huge, had impressive pre-Soundscan era Hot 100 longevity, and was considered the far and away the biggest selling song of 1990, based on pretty much every available and reliable source out there.
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LAP sold 1m digital copies?
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Originally posted by AALIYAH DANA
The whole club sale and pre sound scan era is a mess. Some albums are certified 8x plantinum but actually sold 5 million. OT: queen!
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Nielsen Soundscan doesn't count pre-1991 sales and still left out basic retailers like Tower Records (the second biggest music retailer in the U.S. at the time).
And you can't discount club sales. That would be like saying sales at Sam's Club don't count because you pay a premium in order to get discounted rates.
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Kinda low but still impressive
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