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Stats: Rihanna: Charts & Sales History
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Originally posted by MonstahNL
Zzmyth, 95,000 in her biggest market isn't that much.
That is why I highly doubt that she sold about 800,000 in the rest of the world.
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again.... THAT IS 2010
I am telling you that by the end of 2008 GGGB had sold +7.000.000 and during the first 10 weeks of 2009 it sold another 500.000 copies = AT THE VERY LEAST 7.500.000
and GGGB sold ~2.650.000 copies in the US, and 1.600.000 in the UK.... THE BIGGEST MARKET FOR GGGB WAS THE US, NOT THE UK
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Member Since: 12/17/2010
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Originally posted by MonstahNL
What? You're not making any sense.
I'd like to continue my conversation with zzmyth, who does make sense and backs up his statements.
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Dude i just gave you 3 ****ing links. Why are you not acknowledging them? B/c u were just proven wrong!!!!!
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Member Since: 6/20/2010
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Originally posted by Deemy
Let me find the most liable source for you guys.
Rihanna!!!
In a radio interview during Loud week said that GGGB has thus far sold 9M copies world wide.
****I can't post the interview now because I'm on my blackberry****
On Mediatraffic it says GGGB with the triangle with a 3 beside it. 3x 2 equals 6 and you only get to have the triangle symbol once you have sold over 2 million so GGGB has sold more than 8 million before it came out the Top 40.
Case closed.
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Once an album sells 2,000,000 copies, it gets that triangle symbol.
Once it sells 4,000,000 copies it gets it X2 and once it sells 6,000,000 copies it gets it X3.
There is no such thing as X1.
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Originally posted by dposton
Dude i just gave you 3 ****ing links. Why are you not acknowledging them? B/c u were just proven wrong!!!!!
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7,600,000 seems correct as a total but 8,500,000?
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Quote:
Originally posted by MonstahNL
7,600,000 seems correct as a total but 8,500,000?
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Goodbye. Add the numbers up. You have to be 12 years old because you dont understand anything zzmyth or I stated.
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Originally posted by zzmyth
again.... THAT IS 2010
I am telling you that by the end of 2008 GGGB had sold +7.000.000 and during the first 10 weeks of 2009 it sold another 500.000 copies = AT THE VERY LEAST 7.500.000
and GGGB sold ~2.650.000 copies in the US, and 1.600.000 in the UK.... THE BIGGEST MARKET FOR GGGB WAS THE US, NOT THE UK
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Right, 7,600,000 seems reliable but you used 8,500,000 in your estimates?
I won't believe that number until I see a proper breakdown or a back-up from a reliable source.
I know an album still sells after it falls off the chart but we can only guess those numbers, there is no confirmation whatsoever.
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Originally posted by dposton
Goodbye. Add the numbers up. You have to be 12 years old because you dont understand anything zzmyth or I stated.
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I did add them up, 7,000,000 + 600,000 = 7,600,000.
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Member Since: 12/17/2010
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Originally posted by MonstahNL
Right, 7,600,000 seems reliable but you used 8,500,000 in your estimates?
I won't believe that number until I see a proper breakdown or a back-up from a reliable source.
I know an album still sells after in falls off the chart but we can also guess those numbers, there is no confirmation whatsoever.
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Goodbye.
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Quote:
Originally posted by MonstahNL
I did add them up, 7,000,000 + 600,000 = 7,600,000.
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HOW MANY ****ING ALBUMS DID SHE SELL IN 2010 ??????????????????? IN THE UK??????
240,000 SO HOW ON HEAVENS EARTH IS IT 7.6M WHEN THAT WAS BY MARCH 2009?????????????????
IT WOULD HAVE TO AT LEAST BE 7.84 M RIGHT????????????????????????????????
*Exits thread*
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Member Since: 9/21/2010
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Quote:
Originally posted by MonstahNL
Once an album sells 2,000,000 copies, it gets that triangle symbol.
Once it sells 4,000,000 copies it gets it X2 and once it sells 6,000,000 copies it gets it X3.
There is no such thing as X1.
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Nooooooo you are wrong. If that was the case then why does Lady gaga the Fame (monster) has the triangle and 6 beside it. If we were going by your analysis then she hath sold 8M not 12....
You are not well informed Monstah.
Go check the UWC and see if you don't see any X1
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Originally posted by dposton
HOW MANY ****ING ALBUMS DID SHE SELL IN 2010 ??????????????????? IN THE UK??????
240,000 SO HOW ON HEAVENS EARTH IS IT 7.6M WHEN THAT WAS BY MARCH 2009?????????????????
IT WOULD HAVE TO AT LEAST BE 7.84 M RIGHT????????????????????????????????
*Exits thread*
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Zzmyth just stated that it sold 95,000 copies in 2010.
Where do you get that 240,000 from?
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Member Since: 1/10/2010
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Quote:
Originally posted by MonstahNL
Right, 7,600,000 seems reliable but you used 8,500,000 in your estimates?
I won't believe that number until I see a proper breakdown or a back-up from a reliable source.
I know an album still sells after in falls off the chart but we can also guess those numbers, there is no confirmation whatsoever.
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Okay dude.
I wont say anything more
SO YOU BELIEVE THAT BY APRIL 2009 GGGB SOLD 7.600.000 and do not believe that it sold 900.000 copies in almost 2 more years? (from those 900.000 I am telling you that 170K -in 2009- and 95K -in 2010- in the UK ARE OFFICIAL = 265.000, that only leaves 635.000 IN THE WHOLE WORLD IN 2 YEARS-TIME) = If u are not believing this then I wont be talking more with u about this anymore
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Originally posted by Deemy
Nooooooo you are wrong. If that was the case then why does Lady gaga the Fame (monster) has the triangle and 6 beside it. If we were going by your analysis then she hath sold 8M not 12....
You are not well informed Monstah.
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What?!
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- Triangle = 2,000,000
- 2X Triangle = 4,000,000
- 3X Triangle = 6,000,000
- 4X Triangle = 8,000,000
- 5X Triangle = 10,000,000
- 6X Triangle = 12,000,000
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And Monstah if she only sold 7.6 why would she lie and say she sold 9M and when some sources go as far and extreme to claim 10M isn't that a little strange to you????
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Originally posted by zzmyth
Okay dude.
I wont say anything more
SO YOU BELIEVE THAT BY APRIL 2009 GGGB SOLD 7.600.000 and do not believe that it sold 900.000 copies in almost 2 more years? (from those 900.000 I am telling you that 170K -in 2009- and 95K -in 2010- in the UK ARE OFFICIAL = 265.000, that only leaves 635.000 IN THE WHOLE WORLD IN 2 YEARS-TIME) = If u are not believing this then I wont be talking more with u about this anymore
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Someone who's 12 years old , wouldn't comprehend that. I think a Gaga fan messaged me and said he/she is in 7th grade.
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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Quote:
Originally posted by Deemy
Let me find the most liable source for you guys.
Rihanna!!!
In a radio interview during Loud week said that GGGB has thus far sold 9M copies world wide.
****I can't post the interview now because I'm on my blackberry****
On Mediatraffic it says GGGB with the triangle with a 3 beside it. 3x 2 equals 6 and you only get to have the triangle symbol once you have sold over 2 million so GGGB has sold more than 8 million before it came out the Top 40.
Case closed.
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If that were the case, she would have had four triangles:
1 triangle = 2 million
2 triangles = 4 million
3 triangles = 6 million
4 triangles = 8 million
5 triangles = 10 million
... and so on.
By March 14, 2009, when it had left the top 40, it has sold 7.311.000 copies.
By the end of 2009, it has sold 7.405.000 copies.
By the end of 2010, it has sold 7.689.000 copies.
That's if you're going by the United World Chart numbers.
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Originally posted by MonstahNL
What?!
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That's what I meant b ut bits hard to post while on my phone.
Anyways..... The album is not at 7.5 M as you think. I'd rather go by Rihanna's numbers than anybody else's. UWC shows Beyonce's first album at a far lower value than what Beyonce says it has sold. She says it has sold 11M worldwide but the UWC don't reflect that. I'd rather go by her numbers as its HER album.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Duca
If that were the case, she would have had four triangles:
1 triangle = 2 million
2 triangle = 4 million
3 triangle = 6 million
4 triangle = 8 million
5 triangle = 10 million
... and so on.
By March 14, 2009, when it had left the top 40, it has sold 7.311.000 copies.
By the end of 2009, it has sold 7.405.000 copies.
By the end of 2010, it has sold 7.689.000 copies.
That's if you're going by the United World Chart numbers.
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Huh? Please exit the thread.
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Member Since: 6/20/2010
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Quote:
Originally posted by zzmyth
Okay dude.
I wont say anything more
SO YOU BELIEVE THAT BY APRIL 2009 GGGB SOLD 7.600.000 and do not believe that it sold 900.000 copies in almost 2 more years? (from those 900.000 I am telling you that 170K -in 2009- and 95K -in 2010- in the UK ARE OFFICIAL = 265.000, that only leaves 635.000 IN THE WHOLE WORLD IN 2 YEARS-TIME) = If u are not believing this then I wont be talking more with u about this anymore
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Quote:
Originally posted by Deemy
And Monstah if she only sold 7.6 why would she lie and say she sold 9M and when some sources go as far and extreme to claim 10M isn't that a little strange to you????
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Deemy, that is exactly what confused me.
There are so many different sources claiming different numbers.
8,500,000 may be correct, but all those estimates are driving me nuts.
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- Using the UWC up until April 2009
- Adding the UK numbers from '09 and '10
- Using the total sales from the US
- The US was her biggest market instead of the UK
- She may have sold 100,000 copies in Barbados, who knows
- Let's throw in the plaque from May '09
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It is one big mess, and with that I decide to leave this thread.
I shouldn't have entered it in the first place, that way I wouldn't have had a headache right now.
Thanks Zzmyth from at least trying to explain this horrible and complicated estimate to me.
I appreciate it.
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The Official End of Year Top 200 Albums of 2009
1 I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle * 1,632,732
2 The Fame - Lady Gaga * 1,388,964
3 Crazy Love - Michael Bublé * 1,197,421
4 The End - Black Eyed Peas * 1,090,211
5 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon * 1,079,000
6 JLS - JLS * 969,762
7 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé 822,000
8 Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini * 810,459
9 It's not Me, It's You - Lily Allen 779,000
10 Reality Killed the Video Star - Robbie Williams * 752,846
11 3 Words - Cheryl Cole * 632,361
12 The Essential - Michael Jackson * 606,421
13 The Circus - Take That 568,000
14 Up to Now - Snow Patrol * 565,943
15 Echo - Leona Lewis * 563,493
16 Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy 547,000
17 Absolute Greatest - Queen 545,068
18 Lungs - Florence & the Machine * 515,843
19 West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian 511,000
20 Songs for You, Truths for Me - James Morrison 510,500
21 Coming Home - Soldiers 491,500
22 Overcome - Alexandra Burke * 489,344
23 Funhouse - Pink 469,000
24 This is it - Michael Jackson * 463,538
25 The Resistance - Muse 452,000
26 The Hits - Will Young 443,000
27 The Greatest Day - The Circus Live - Take That 433,000
28 Where We Are - Westlife 427,500
29 Day & Age - The Killers 425,000
30 Relapse - Eminem 421,000
31 Soulbook - Rod Stewart 411,500
32 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 392,000
33 Rockferry - Duffy 390,000
34 No Line on the Horizon - U2 368,000
35 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day 363,000
36 We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn 354,000
37 The Script - The Script 346,000
38 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 322,000
39 Freedom - Akon 319,000
40 Celebration - Madonna 318,000
41 Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters 316,000
42 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 309,000
43 La Roux - La Roux 301,000
44 Against All Odds - N-Dubz 290,000
45 The Very Best of - Fleetwood Mac 288,000
46 Fearless - Taylor Swift 287,000
47 Bad - Michael Jackson 282,000
48 Spirit - Leona Lewis 278,000
49 The Collection - Annie Lennox 276,000
50 We Sing, We Dance,We Steal Things - Jason Mraz 269,000
51 Revelation - Peter Andre 256,000
52 Love & War - Daniel Merriweather 251,000
53 Turn It Up - Pixie Lott 249,000
54 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 248,500
55 Thriller - Michael Jackson 248,000
56 Humbug - Arctic Monkeys 232,000
57 Chasing Lights - The Saturdays 229,000
58 Rated R - Rihanna * 228,500
59 The Alesha Show - Alesha Dixon 227,500
60 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 226,000
61 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 223,000
62 The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z 221,000
63 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 220,000
64 Tounge N' Cheek - Dizzee Rascal 218,500
65 Songs for my Mother - Ronan Keating 218,000
66 Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes 215,000
67 The Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins 214,500
68 Reunited - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 211,500
69 Decade in the Sun - Best of - Stereophonics 210,000
70 I Look to You - Whitney Houston 206,500
71 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 203,000
72 The Sound of - Greatest Hits - Girls Aloud 201,500
73 Number Ones - Michael Jackson 201,000
74 Uncle B - N-Dubz 200,500
75 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay 198,000
76 Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen * 194,000
77 Never Forget - Take That 190,000
78 Out of Control - Girls Aloud 185,000
79 The Circle - Bon Jovi 182,000
80 Believe - Katherine Jenkins 181,000
81 Heroes - Coldstream Guards Band 181,000
82 All I ever Wanted - Kelly Clarkson 181,000
83 Off the Wall - Michael Jackson 180,500
84 One of the Boys - Katy Perry 174,500
85 One Love - David Guetta 170,500
86 Greatest Hits - Enrique Iglesias 170,000
87 The Very Best of - Jim Reeves 169,000
88 Some Guys Have All the Luck - Rod Stewart 168,500
89 To Loose my Life - White Lies 168,000
90 Because of the Times - Kings of Leon 166,500
91 King of Pop - Michael Jackson 166,400
92 I Started out with Nothin' - Seasick Steve 165,000
93 Beautiful World - Take That 163,000
94 Brand New Eyes - Paramore 162,000
95 These Streets - Paulo Nutini 159,000
96 The Performance - Shirley Bassey 158,500
97 My Christmas - Andrea Bocelli 158,000
98 18 Singles - U2 158,000
99 The Boy who Knew too Much - Mika 157,600
100 Ready for the Weekend - Calvin Harris 157,500
101 The Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston 157,000
102 Sigh no More - Mumford & Sons * 151,973
103 Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke 150,000
104 Catch 22 - Tinchy Stryder 144,000
105 I am Chipmunk - Chipmunk 143,000
106 The Element of Freedom - Alicia Keys 138,500
107 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 138,300
108 Harmony - The Priests 133,000
109 (Budget) Undiscovered - James Morrison 133,000
110 The Parody Album - Chris Moyles 133,000
111 Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun 132,000
112 Winter Songs - Ronan Keating 130,800
113 Do you Want the Truth or Something - Paloma Faith 130,100
114 Dark Horse - Nickelback 129,800
115 Hot Fuss - The Killers 129,700
116 Greatest Hits - Guns N' Roses 129,400
117 Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires 129,000
118 Keep Calm and Carry On - Stereophonics 129,000
119 Legend - Bob Marley 128,500
120 Love is the Answer - Barbara Streisand 126,800
121 Slumdog Millionaire (OST) - A.R. Rahman 125,500
122 Best of Labour of Love - UB40 125,400
123 Kingdom of Rust - Doves 125,300
124 Faryl - Faryl Smith 125,000
125 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West 124,500
126 Together Through Life - Bob Dylan 124,000
127 Only Revolutions - Biffy Clyro 123,800
128 40/40 - The Carpenters 123,000
129 The Motown Years - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 121,700
130 Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen 121,500
131 The Greatest Hits - Simply Red 121,000
132 Two Suns - Bat for Lashes 120,000
133 The Best of - The Motown Years - Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 119,500
134 The Golden Age of - Roger Whittaker 119,400
135 A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol 119,300
136 Back Again - No Matter What - Boyzone 119,000
137 Hands - Little Boots 118,800
138 Breakout - Miley Cyrus 118,000
139 Circus - Britney Spears 117,800
140 Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams 117,000
141 Evacuate the Dance Floor - Cascada 111,000
142 Escala - Escala 109,000
143 Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings Of Leon 108,100
144 Dangerous - Michael Jackson 108,000
145 Soul - Seal 106,300
146 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 106,000
147 Total Madness - Madness 104,700
148 The Time of Our Lives - Miley Cyrus 104,200
149 Tonight - Franz Ferdinand 104,000
150 The Definitive Collection - Lionel Richie & The Commodores 103,000
151 Black Holes and Revalations - Muse 102,500
152 Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis 102,500
153 Youth And Young Manhood - Kings Of Leon 102,300
154 Their Law - The Singles - The Prodigy 101,000
155 Can't take me Home / Missundaztood / Try this / I'm not Dead - Pink 99,700
156 Cross Road - The Very Best of - Bon Jovi 98,500
157 The Very Best of - Enya 97,700
158 19 - Adele 97,500
159 I Created Disco - Calvin Harris 97,000
160 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 96,000
161 The Very Best of - Buddy Holly & The Crickets 95,000
162 Alright Still - Lily Allen 94,500
163 The Liberty of Norton Folgate - Madness 94,000
164 It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 93,500
165 She Wolf - Shakira 93,400
166 Rebuilt by Humans - Newton Faulkner 92,800
167 Peace in the Valley - Daniel O'Donnell 92,700
168 In Silico - Pendulum 92,400
169 My One and Only Thrill - Melody Gardot 92,100
170 Music for the People - The Enemy 91,800
171 The Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder 91,400
172 Conditions - The Temper Trap 91,200
173 Doll Domination - The Pussycat Dolls 90,500
174 Sam's Town - The Killers 90,000
175 Perfect Symmetry - Keane 88,500
176 Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 88,000
177 The Very Best of - Cat Stevens 87,500
178 Hits - Seal 86,800
179 Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits - Westlife 86,300
180 The Priests - The Priests 86,000
181 Eyes Open - Snow Patrol 85,700
182 Final Straw - Snow Patrol 85,500
183 Love Songs - UB40 85,300
184 Gasvegas - Glas Vegas 85,000
185 Riot - Paramore 84,700
186 O Fortuna - Rhydian 84,300
187 Years of Refusal - Morressey 83,000
188 Ultimate Collection - Eurythmics 82,000
189 The Best of - Alison Moyet 80,700
190 Man from Another Time - Seasick Steve 80,400
191 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Combined) - The Beatles 80,200
192 Lovesongs - Luther Vandross 80,000
193 Paper Trail - T.I. 79,800
194 The Pursuit - Jamie Cullum 79,500
195 Scouting for Girls - Scouting for Girls 79,200
196 Thriller 25 - Michael Jackson 78,800
197 In this Light and on this Evening - The Editors 78,400
198 Black Ice - AC/DC 78,000
199 Twenty Five - George Michael 77,500
200 The Stone Roses - 20th Anniversary Edition - The Stone Roses 77,000
Actually GGGB has sold 315.000 copies in the UK during 2009 and 2010 + 25K so far in 2011 = 340.000
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