[EnigmaPopstar]

Originally posted by Rainbow Unicorn

But I thought BTW has sold 6M copies, not 7M.

Even Gaga's website says it :
"The Born This Way Ball is Lady Gaga’s first tour since the release of her album Born This Way (Streamline/Konlive/Interscope), which has sold nearly 6 million copies worldwide since its release in May 2011."

http://www.ladygaga.com/news?page=6 ("LADY GAGA ANNOUNCES THE NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF THE BORN THIS WAY BALL!")

And Mediatraffic said last year that BTW has sold 6.1M copies worldwide. I'm confused...

And other ARTPOP sales :
Canada - 80.206
France - 60.400
Italy - 26.549
Japan : 186.971
South Korea : 3.852 (1st week)
United States : 667.087

UMG's report is connected to Gaga's label and they say that it sold 6.8M WW by November 2011. Chart News tweeted that it sold 7M and Billboard reported 8M.

Realistically it has passed 7M WW.

[Rainbow Unicorn]

Originally posted by EnigmaPopstar

UMG's report is connected to Gaga's label and they say that it sold 6.8M WW by November 2011. Chart News tweeted that it sold 7M and Billboard reported 8M.

Realistically it has passed 7M WW.

Thanks for your response !

[Samuel.]

[EnigmaPopstar]

ARTPOP sold 2.3M in 2013 according to IFPI

[DonnieDarko]

I really think the thread should be updated to ARTPOP passes 2.3 M WW.

http://ifpi.org/news/music-subscript...-major-markets


RANK ARTIST ALBUM TOTAL SALES (M)
1 One Direction Midnight Memories 4.0
2 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 3.8
3 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 3.6
4 Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox 3.2
5 Daft Punk Random Access Memories 3.2
6 Katy Perry PRISM 2.8
7 Michael Bublé To Be Loved 2.4
8 Imagine Dragons Night Visions 2.4
9 Lady Gaga ARTPOP 2.3
10 Beyoncé Beyoncé 2.3

[Retro]

Logically we should go by shipments anyway, lbr - the label doesn't give back $ for CDs left on shelves.

[MetalHausOfJosh]

[DonnieDarko]

But doesn't IFPI report SALES only?

[Blade]

Applause GOLD in Japan (100,000)

[EnigmaPopstar]

Applause Gold / BTW Million in Japan

[MonsterPaw]

Originally posted by EnigmaPopstar

Applause Gold / BTW Million in Japan

Western Queen of Jpop

2.3 mio. yass

[Imhailing]

Queen .

but didnt Gaga herself say it sold 2.5 million ???

[EnigmaPopstar]

Originally posted by Imhailing

Queen .

but didnt Gaga herself say it sold 2.5 million ???

Yes but she could be refering to shipments.
I believe that they are sales, it's not like every market reports their sales to an unofficial site like mediatraffic

[Gangbaby]

Originally posted by EnigmaPopstar

Yes but she could be refering to shipments.
I believe that they are sales, it's not like every market reports their sales to an unofficial site like mediatraffic

Shipments! The certifications that artists take some times during concerts or whatever are based on shipments too. Sometimes the difference is small and sometimes big but the record companies are selling those copies so it's all matters for the record company.

[Gangbaby]

USA Sales and chart peaks for the last week..next weeks we're going to have a lot better numbers!!

19 INT 121 133 131 LADY GAGA ARTPOP 2,731 +8% 2,527 679,031

21 175 192 120 LADY GAGA FEAT. R. KELLY DO WHAT U WANT 13,855 +70% 8,174 1,120,884

31 135 148 156 LADY GAGA APPLAUSE 10,015 -11% 11,197 2,417,846

[DonnieDarko]

Originally posted by Gangbaby

USA Sales and chart peaks for the last week..next weeks we're going to have a lot better numbers!!

19 INT 121 133 131 LADY GAGA ARTPOP 2,731 +8% 2,527 679,031

21 175 192 120 LADY GAGA FEAT. R. KELLY DO WHAT U WANT 13,855 +70% 8,174 1,120,884

31 135 148 156 LADY GAGA APPLAUSE 10,015 -11% 11,197 2,417,846

Thanks for the update and yes, next week will be fun! Finally!

[EnigmaPopstar]

4,572,000 "The Fame" (2008)
1,585,000, "The Fame Monster" (EP) (2010)
308,000, "The Remix" (2010)
2,326,000, "Born This Way" (2011)
60,000, "Born This Way: The Remix" (2011)
42,000, "A Very Gaga Holiday" (EP) (2011)
679,000, "ARTPOP" (2013)

7,092,000, "Poker Face" (the seventh-best-selling download all time)
6,891,000, "Just Dance" (feat. Colby O'Donis)
5,485,000, "Bad Romance"
3,987,000, "Born This Way"
3,434,000, "Paparazzi"
3,328,000, "Telephone" (feat. Beyonce)
2,860,000, "The Edge of Glory"
2,584,000, "LoveGame"
2,505,000, "Alejandro"
2,413,000, "Applause"
2,232,000, "You and I"
1,112,000, "Do What U Want" (feat. R. Kelly)

Biggest Hot 100 hit:
10, "Alejandro" (No. 5, 2010)
9, "LoveGame" (No. 5, 2009)
8, "Telephone" (feat. Beyonce) (No. 3, 2010)
7, "Paparazzi" (No. 6, 2009)
6, "The Edge of Glory" (No. 3, 2011)
5, "Applause" (No. 4, 2013)
4, "Born This Way" (No. 1, six weeks, 2011)
3, "Bad Romance" (No. 2, seven weeks, 2009-10)
2, "Poker Face" (No. 1, one week, 2009)
1, "Just Dance" (feat. Colby O'Donis) (No. 1, one week, 2009)

source

[Temporal]

When was the sales update for Judas? I wonder if we'll ever see the 1 mil mark

[Stunnah]

Originally posted by Retro

Logically we should go by shipments anyway, lbr - the label doesn't give back $ for CDs left on shelves.

No, no. Retailers can and do return excess shipments. That's why record labels keep unfaesably large reserves. Overshipping is also a tactic used to distort quarterly financial statements (like EMI a few years ago). The discrepancy between actual sales and shipments is concerning for UMG.

[hausofandrew]

Originally posted by Stunnah

No, no. Retailers can and do return excess shipments. That's why record labels keep unfaesably large reserves. Overshipping is also a tactic used to distort quarterly financial statements (like EMI a few years ago). The discrepancy between actual sales and shipments is concerning for UMG.

No, they can't. Stop trying.