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Stats: The Receipts Masterpost
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Let's see, Brandy's U.S. numbers look like:
Brandy - 2,120,000
Never Say Never - 5,265,000 (4,600,000 Nielsen Soundscan)
Full Moon - 1,100,000
Afrodisiac - 416,000
Human - 214,000
Two Eleven - 180,000
The Best of Brandy - ~150,000
That would put her around 9,445,000 albums in the U.S.. Of course some of those numbers are outdated so she's probably a million or two higher, but I can't see her passing 20M WW let alone getting to 40M
Anybody got some missing sales?
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Cool thread, very very helpful
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Are those Rih numbers including or excluding her collabs?
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Homebrand
Are those Rih numbers including or excluding her collabs?
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Including her collabs. The full breakdown should be in the Rihanna Receipts thread
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Brit needs to get to 100 mil so I can die happy
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Just updated Luke Bryan's numbers. Thanks, Celebrate
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Originally posted by Istan4R
Brit needs to get to 100 mil so I can die happy
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Her discography is available on iTunes now
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by OffTheWall
Why isn't MJ included?
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He would need an ATRL receipts thread to be included.
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Alicia Keys has sold 40 million albums and 35-40 million singles. Numbers are wrong.
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Originally posted by QueenLellow
Alicia Keys has sold 40 million albums and 35-40 million singles. Numbers are wrong.
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King of R&B has some pretty accurate breakdowns. http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=345290 If you'd like to update her numbers, you can contact the OP or create a new receipts thread. I can't change the numbers without a receipts thread to attach them to solely because I only compiled receipts threads, not receipts. I'd be glad to change them for you
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Originally posted by Wicked
Great job! Queen Carey & Queen Brit slaying
How do I go about making a receipts thread? (Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask).
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You can post in here if you'd like some help gathering receipts but you don't have to do anything in particular in advance. Just make sure you're not reposting a receipts thread and if you are making it for an artist whose old thread expired, you may want to contact the old thread starter.
Who are you making a thread for?
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Originally posted by Eternium
He would need an ATRL receipts thread to be included.
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I put together some MJ stats based on MJDangerous' numbers, Sony's shipped numbers and MJJC forum and mjj2005 board research in the MJ Base OP but it's next to impossible - Motown Stats are entirely estimates, they won't give definitive numbers; shipped totals for his Epic albums are astronomical compared to probably sales (Sony insist Thriller sold 100M copies, they have a 45M shipped figure for Bad, etc.). His certs are terrible for most of his bigger albums too (well they're great numbers, just outdated), they aren't nearly up-to-date, especially in Japan where he's yet to get certified over 100K for most of his albums despite ranking among the all-time best sellers there. Even his sales post-death are a MESS in terms of tracking. Sony gave a minimum estimate of 35 million albums, then the Estate gave 50 million in 2013. Perhaps they meant 50 million records, but again to allocate them to specific releases is near impossible.
The MJ Estate are pushing for the 1 billion records sold figure, so they're no help either. He's easily the second-best selling albums act after The Beatles (or second to Paul McCartney in terms of actual people) and is somewhere close to Elvis' total record sales count considering the difference between single versus album sales of the different times, so he's likely joint-second or third best selling act ever in total records.
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WOW @ Queen Madonna & Princess Britney being TOP 5 in BOTH categories on ATRL!
Undisputed ROYALTY!
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Brandy
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Congratulations Eternium Great job !
Madonna's numbers
I wish Queen Celine had a receipts thread around here as well , afterall she's the second best female artist ......
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Originally posted by Eternium
Updated Mariah Carey's total album sales and Janet Jackson's total single sales! Thanks, iHype. and Lately1814!
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Do I have to do a whole receipts thread to get Stevie on the list, or can you just use his base thread receipts?
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Originally posted by Rusty
I put together some MJ stats based on MJDangerous' numbers, Sony's shipped numbers and MJJC forum and mjj2005 board research in the MJ Base OP but it's next to impossible - Motown Stats are entirely estimates, they won't give definitive numbers; shipped totals for his Epic albums are astronomical compared to probably sales (Sony insist Thriller sold 100M copies, they have a 45M shipped figure for Bad, etc.). His certs are terrible for most of his bigger albums too (well they're great numbers, just outdated), they aren't nearly up-to-date, especially in Japan where he's yet to get certified over 100K for most of his albums despite ranking among the all-time best sellers there. Even his sales post-death are a MESS in terms of tracking. Sony gave a minimum estimate of 35 million albums, then the Estate gave 50 million in 2013. Perhaps they meant 50 million records, but again to allocate them to specific releases is near impossible.
The MJ Estate are pushing for the 1 billion records sold figure, so they're no help either. He's easily the second-best selling albums act after The Beatles (or second to Paul McCartney in terms of actual people) and is somewhere close to Elvis' total record sales count considering the difference between single versus album sales of the different times, so he's likely joint-second or third best selling act ever in total records.
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Thank you! That is more than enough to get him included! I will add him to the OP right away
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Originally posted by THEBEASTWITHIN
Congratulations Eternium Great job !
Madonna's numbers
I wish Queen Celine had a receipts thread around here as well , afterall she's the second best female artist ......
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I need to get on that. I am thinking of making one for Barbra Streisand, too. There is discrepancy over whether Mariah Carey or Celine Dion is the second best-selling female artist ever and some discrepancy over whether Britney Spears has surpassed Barbra Streisand as the fifth best-selling female artist ever.
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Originally posted by Lately 1814
Do I have to do a whole receipts thread to get Stevie on the list, or can you just use his base thread receipts?
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As long as Stevie's base post seems fleshed out then I can add it to the OP!
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beys thread says 31 million
not 31.9???
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Originally posted by Eternium
ATRL's Top 50 Album-Selling Artists
1. Madonna - 219,370,000 / 133,235,000 (Retro)
2. Mariah Carey - 150,500,000 / ? (iHype.)
3. Eminem 100,000,000 / 120,000,000 (Lein)
4. Britney Spears 85,565,000 / 95,353,000 (Work Bitch)
5. Janet Jackson 84,000,000 / 50,495,000 (Lately1814)
6. Shakira 60,975,000 / 69,010,000 (Arikahs)
7. Christina Aguilera 46,000,000 / ? (Rolland)
7. P!nk 46,000,000 / 70,000,000 (Underdogs)
9. Brandy 40,000,000 / ? (ToySoldier99)
10. Alicia Keys 36,300,000 / 24,700,000 (King of R&B)
11. Destinys Child 35,422,000 / 20,980,000 (Haribo)
12. Avril Lavigne 35,100,000 / 36,394,000 (greeneyedsoul)
13. Adele 35,000,000 / 49,000,000 (anti-bitch)
14. Taylor Swift 33,200,000 / 85,000,000 (nicedude)
15. Jennifer Lopez 32,120,000 / 42,000,000 (conseeded)
16. Beyonce 31,800,000 / 104,545,000 (Haribo)
17. Rihanna 31,350,000 / 152,130,000 (Lippy)
18. Lady Gaga 28,300,000 / 91,000,000 (HausOfA-M)
19. R. Kelly 25,234,000 / ? (trinafan92)
20. Hikaru Utada 25,211,811 / 35,618,247 (Retro)
21. Kelly Clarkson 25,000,000 / 40,000,000 (tell_me_a_lie)
22. The Fugees 20,000,000 / ? (LilKim)
23. Lauryn Hill 19,500,000 / ? (LilKim)
24. Maroon 5 19,000,000 / ? (Marooner5)
25. Justin Bieber 18,000,000 / 38,000,000 (conseeded)
26. Nelly Furtado 17,600,000 / 11,800,000 (Gabegabe)
27. Carrie Underwood 15,168,905 / 29,996,400 (Sugar Rush)
28. Ayumi Hamasaki 14,498,888 / 40,494,876 (Retro)
29. One Direction 14,324,000 / ? (Waffles OBrien)
30. Bruno Mars 12,500,000 / ? (IVY)
31. RBD 10,560,000 / ? (PhoebeBuffay)
31. Katy Perry - 9,500,000 / 87,500,000 (Ramcoro)
32. Drake 8,006,000 / ? (DevonRoars)
33. Justin Timberlake 8,000,000 / ? (Duca)
34. Luke Bryan 7,007,190 / 22,186,000 (Celebrate)
35. Colbie Caillat 6,000,000 / 10,000,000 (PhoebeBuffay)
36. Paramore 5,500,000 / 15,000,000 (Gabegabe)
37. Lana Del Rey - 5,000,000 / 12,000,000 (LanaDReyOnline)
37. Nicki Minaj 5,000,000 / 53,000,000 (Aathew)
38. Selena Gomez - 4,600,000 / ? (SelenaGomez<3)
39. Ellie Goulding 4,000,000 / 15,000,000 (ClarksonSlays)
39. The Script 4,000,000 / 10,000,000 (ForeverNow90)
40. Girls Generation 3,798,618 / 40,439,497 (slayrus)
41. Emeli Sande 3,500,000 / ? (jinzo)
41. The Simpsons 3,500,000 / ? (theus231)
42. Kelly Rowland 3,415,000 / ? (Jicky)
43. Lorde 2,836,000 / 12,500,000 (Wonderland)
44. Cheryl Cole 1,601,000 / 3,409,576 (BlazingLovatic)
45. Phillip Phillips 1,545,000 / 8,555,000 (GoneHome)
46. Ariana Grande 1,524,000 / 12,756,050 (Caesar)
47. Carly Rae Jepsen - 1,010,000 / 21,990,000 (theus231)
48. Iggy Azalea 500,000 / ? (DevonRoars)
48. Rita Ora 500,000 / 5,431,500 (Black Umbrella)
49. Meghan Trainor 140,000 / 5,000,000 (PhoebeBuffay)
50. Charli XCX 17,000 / 11,000,000 (minxie)
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Where is MJ?
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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@Ash - Haribo sent me the update personally. I'll check his thread when I get home but he's not the type to try and fake numbers so I think it's fair to trust him.
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Originally posted by .::Andreita::.
Where is MJ?
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Try refreshing the front page. I updated with him at #1 two hours before you posted so it's weird you could quote me without reflecting that change. Is anyone else having the same problem?
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