| Lee Watkins 11.11.2006 15:50 |
It's official, according to Brian's website Queen's Greatest Hits has been named as the UK's biggest selling album EVER with sales in excess of 5.4 million copies. VH1 will list the top 100 sellers next weekend (I think) and hits 2 will be in there as well. Great news and it just goes to prove what great taste us Brits have, well sometimes anyway. |
| Bobby_brown 11.11.2006 17:04 |
When Gold Collection and Platinium Collection are sold, is this a new album sales or, does it goes to the statistics of the individual albums? For example: 1 Platinium = 1 GH1, 1GH2, 1GH3 or 1 Platinium = 1 album sold Take care |
| Lee Watkins 11.11.2006 18:26 |
Here is a breakdown of sales researched by a gentleman on UKMix website that suggests the 5.4 million is for GH1 on it's own, if you add the sales of the GH1+2 box set and the Platinum collection you would have sales of around 7 million, which is awesome Queen - Greatest Hits. Charted November 1981 1981 - 2 (YEC) - 424,000 sold (MW) - 0.3m BPI Even being released so late in the year it was still the No.2 album of that year. 1982 - 27v (YEC) 1983 - 84v (YEC) 1984 - 47v (YEC) 1985 - 43v (YEC) - 0.9m BPI 1986 - 35v (YEC) So this album did great on the YEC even with all those various artist albums around. At the end of 1986 MW gave total sales of 1,828,375. 1987 - 95v (YEC) - 170,000 sold (MW) - 1.8m BPI In the 20th Anniversary of Radio 1 Chart in 1987, the album was 8th. (The chart runs from 1967 to 1987). 1988 no info 1989 no info 1990 no info 1991 - 25 (YEC) - 3.3 BPI The 3.3m shipment from the BPI was on 1st January 1992 - so really it is for shipments until the end of 1991. This was the last time the album was certified. Therefore we need to piece together sales from 1st January 1992 onwards. I have a figure from royalty payments for half of 1992 - that is July to December. It is 152,652 and includes record club sales. From YEC charts in 1991 and 1992 this album was selling hugely following Freddie Mercury's death. With sales from the second half of 1992 we can estimate sales for the whole year:- 1992 - 300,000 sold (estimate) - 34 (YEC) 1993 - 150,682 sold (includes CLUB sales) 1994 - 174,173 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 75 (YEC) - 33 (T200w) 1995 - 147,638 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 100,000 sold (MW)- 28 (T200w) 1996 - 173,316 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 103 (YEC) - 52 (T200w) 1997 - 113,397 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 49 (T200w) So sales from 1992 to 1997 total 1,059,206. Amazing sales both in shops and through clubs (over 30% of the total) and spending sometimes the whole year on the T200 charts. We also have a figure of 1,300,000 (MW) for sales in the period 1990 to 1997 which does not include CLUB sales. Add 3,300,000 to 1,059,206 and we get 4,359,206. 1998 - 122,610 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 47 (T200w) 1999 - 156,211 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 101,595 sold (MW) - 123 (YEC) - 49 (T200w) 2000 - 135,813 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 113,000 sold (MW) - 126 (YEC) - 52 (T200w) 2001 - 101,514 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 101,170 sold (MW) - 155 (YEC) - 51 (T200w) 2002 - 67,318 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 63,000 sold (MW) - 31 (T200w) 2003 - 46,653 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 50,300 sold (MW) - 14 (T200w) 2004 - 28,971 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 31,100 sold (MW) Several trends to note here. In 2002 annual sales dipped below 100,000 (probably for the first time since 1981!!). Part of the reason was the release of the Platinum Collection. Also CLUB sales start to really decline by about the year 2000. You can see this by the way the REC figures (which include CLUB sales) and MW figures (which don't) become almost equal. The album also starts to disappear from the T200 chart. Still from 1998 to 2004 sales were 734,090. Add this to our running total and we get 5,093,296 - CRIKEY! And then to 2005 and a revival. REC sales until September were 61,092, so sales for the whole year I will estimate as:- 2005 - 75,000 sold (includes CLUB sales) - 233 (YEC) - 35 (T200w) So the album is back and still charting well in 2006. If the Platinum Collection had never been released, sales would have been higher again. So adding the figures for 2005 we get a final total of 5,168,296. |
| Bohardy 11.11.2006 19:10 |
Nerd alert. |
| 7 seas of Rhye 11.11.2006 20:56 |
Bohardy wrote: Nerd alert.LOL! My thinking exactly. :) |
| David Jones 12.11.2006 08:28 |
Hahaha, nice post Bohardy. But, wow, well done with those figures! Interesting stuff. |
| Michael Allred 12.11.2006 10:30 |
wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama." |
| onevsion 12.11.2006 13:14 |
Bohardy wrote: Nerd alert.indeed....! |
| Lee Watkins 12.11.2006 13:35 |
Sorry for the nerd like post, I just thought the fans that visited this site might have been interested in knowing that a collection of some of the greatest music ever written by possibly the best band of all time had become the most popular album ever released in the UK, obviously I'll take a back seat now and just keep reading the threads on how big Fred's thingy was or how good looking Roger is/was, nevermind. |
| Bobby_brown 12.11.2006 15:09 |
Lee Watkins wrote: Sorry for the nerd like post, I just thought the fans that visited this site might have been interested in knowing that a collection of some of the greatest music ever written by possibly the best band of all time had become the most popular album ever released in the UK, obviously I'll take a back seat now and just keep reading the threads on how big Fred's thingy was or how good looking Roger is/was, nevermind.I really apreciated your post. That´s the kind of thing i like to know. This is interesting, and i would like to have your help here, or anyone that can help. About ten years ago, the Beatles were top sellers with their Anthologies Box, and the press made it funny about the fact that Beatles were selling more than Oasis (their "biggest" fans in showbizz). Now, one thing i noticed was the fact the they said that the Beatles have sold about 20 millions CD in 95 or 96( i don´t remember), and to explain the fact they said that when you release a double album each selling album counts as 2 CD´s sold. Question: Is this true? If it is true, it means that the Greatest Hits 2 (vinyl) from Queen should be counted as 2? So, when Queen sells one Gold Collection they´re only selling one CD or two CD´s (the same for the Platinium Collection)?- because for me it makes more sense to add the statistics to teir original albums, instead of counting them as 1 album sold (this case i think it´s ridiculous because it´s not the true)- but this are three different albums. But in case it´s a double or triple album, how it is counted in the statistics? Thanks in advance. Take care |
| Bohardy 13.11.2006 13:18 |
Lee, I wasn't addressing you, as I know you were just posting what somebody else had already posted on another forum. And what you posted was indeed very interesting. But the nerd comment was about the guy that did all the working out of the sales. He's definitely a nerd. No doubt about it. But it doesn't mean that I don't appreciate his exhaustive research and the work he's produced. The fact I posted in this thread proves that it interested me, as I don't even bother to open about 75% of the threads on here these days as they're simply irrelevant. |
| Penetration_Guru 13.11.2006 17:07 |
Michael Allred wrote: wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."Imbecile alert. Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita? |
| AlexRocks 13.11.2006 17:58 |
Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe... |
| Bobby_brown 13.11.2006 18:06 |
AlexRocks wrote: Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...Impossible! Take care |
| bitesthedust 14.11.2006 05:44 |
Bobby_brown wrote:Thriller is the world's best selling album....AlexRocks wrote: Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...Impossible! Take care |
| Bobby_brown 14.11.2006 10:44 |
bitesthedust<br><h6>still qz's gentleman wrote:Possible!Bobby_brown wrote:Thriller is the world's best selling album....AlexRocks wrote: Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...Impossible! Take care Take care |
| Micrówave 14.11.2006 12:02 |
AlexRocks wrote: Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...Thank you. I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world. No way, no how. By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums? Achtung Baby U2 Island, 1991 Nevermind Nirvana DGC Records, 1991 Out of Time R.E.M. Warner Brothers, 1991 Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969) Various Artists Abkco, 1991 Ropin' The Wind Garth Brooks Capitol, 1991 Star Time James Brown Polydor, 1991 The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest Jive, 1991 Like a Prayer Madonna Sire/London/Rhino, 1990 1980s Album Artist Label/Year Released Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys Capitol, 1989 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Jive, 1989 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy Def Jam/Columbia, 1988 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A Priority, 1988 Document R.E.M. I.R.S. Records, 1987 Paid in Full Eric B. and Rakim Island, 1987 Sign O' The Times Prince Paisley Park, 1987 The Joshua Tree U2 Island, 1987 Graceland Paul Simon Warner Brothers, 1986 Master of Puppets Metallica Elektra/Wea, 1986 Raising Hell Run-DMC Arista Records/Profile, 1986 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers Island/Tuff Gong, 1984 Purple Rain Prince Warner Brothers, 1984 Stop Making Sense Talking Heads Warner Brothers/Wea, 1984 The Great Twenty-Eight Chuck Berry MCA, 1982 Thriller Michael Jackson Sony, 1982 Back in Black AC/DC Atlantic, 1980 1970s Album Artist Label/Year Released London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979 One Nation Under a Groove Parliament / Funkadelic Warner Brothers, 1978 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers, 1977 Hotel California The Eagles Elektra/Wea, 1976 Ramones The Ramones Sire, 1976 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Motown, 1976 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Sony, 1975 Horses Patti Smith Arista, 1975 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Sony, 1975 Call Me Al Green The Right Stuff, 1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John MCA, 1973 |
| NTL 14.11.2006 17:00 |
Sorry but I would definetely say that Greatest Hits has outsold Thriller in the UK. You would struggle to find a household in the UK without a copy, and I dont think I could say the same for Thriller. I think alot of Americans, because of Queens non-existance in the USA, would be suprised at how HUGE Queen are in the UK. |
| Penetration_Guru 14.11.2006 18:22 |
While I wouldn't automatically trust sales awards, here is an extract from the Guinness Book Of Hit Albums, 17 edition, published in 2004... " the UK's best seller is Sgt Pepper, with 4.5 Million sales" So in order for this new award to be valid, GH1 needs to have outsold Sgt Pepper by 900K in two years. Doesn't seem too unbelievable.... Incidentally, Thriller was at that time held to be the biggest worldwide seller at 47 million, but you would I think find it hard to claim that nearly half of those were US sales. |
| Micrówave 14.11.2006 18:25 |
NTL wrote: Sorry but I would definetely say that Greatest Hits has outsold Thriller in the UK. You would struggle to find a household in the UK without a copy, and I dont think I could say the same for Thriller.No offense, but that's a pretty lousy excuse for your opinion. I get my info from Billboard. Sort of like saying "Queen is way bigger than Elvis in the UK". It's simply not true. |
| Bobby_brown 14.11.2006 19:12 |
¼Microwave wrote:It´s impossible for an album to sold 10 million copies and go un-noticed in the statistics of that country salles.AlexRocks wrote: Ummm..."Thriller" sold ten million copies in England alone I believe...Thank you. I was going to say, there's no way Greatest Hits I outsold THRILLER in any country in the world. No way, no how. By the way, TIME MAGAZINE today released their greatest 100 albums chronologically. This shows these lists are all BS! I am listing their albums from 1973-1991. Guess how many Queen Albums? Because you´re saying that Thriller has sold almost the double of GH1, and still it doesn´t comes in number 1 ?!!- This is impossible to happen. Now if the diference was 10.000 copies, then yes i would say that it could be possible, but not in this case. This list you presented is a "tastes" list, so you can´t compare the two lists. Of course that in my opinion that "Time" list is B.S. But í can´t say the other is B.S based on this. In Europe i don´t think "Thriller" is in the top 10 of any country Top Sellers CD´s. Queen Gretest Hits 2 enterd at the time of it´s release in top 10 in some countries. The problem with Queen over the years is they don´t have a 20 or 30 million seller album in USA like Pink Floyd or the Eagles, Michael Jakson. If you think of it, the three Greates Hits by Queen have sold almost 20 million copies outside America. For example, i heard that the Eagles best of almost reached 30 million copies in sales. 27 million was in America alone. This means something, don´t you think? Take care |
| Maz 14.11.2006 20:50 |
link According to the BPI's website, last updated in July 2006, the top ten selling albums in the UK are: 1. BEATLES SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 2. MICHAEL JACKSON BAD 3. DIRE STRAITS BROTHERS IN ARMS 4. OASIS (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY 5. MADONNA IMMACULATE COLLECTION 6. ABBA GOLD 7. SIMPLY RED STARS 8. QUEEN GREATEST HITS 9. MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 10. SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER Now, make whatever conclusions from that out of date data that you would like. My guess is that the Freddie push in September led to a spike in Greatest Hits sales. Also, it appears that Bad has outsold Thriller for you Jacko fans. |
| Michael Allred 15.11.2006 10:32 |
Penetration_Guru wrote:Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah.Michael Allred wrote: wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."Imbecile alert. Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita? So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt. |
| Boy Thomas Raker 15.11.2006 12:30 |
Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between. |
| Bobby_brown 15.11.2006 13:07 |
Boy Thomas Raker wrote: Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between.Without counting the Golden and Platinium Collection. In this case we´re talking about 7.000.000 in U.K alone. And wether the Beatles fans like it or not, this is the case. Those box sets are indeed the original albums being sold toghether. I don´t know why they don´t add to each album those numbers. Take care |
| Bohardy 15.11.2006 13:22 |
According to that BPI website, Greatest Hits was certified 11x Platinum (6,600,000 units sold) in 1992, barely a month after Fred died. Nothing's adding up here. |
| Bohardy 15.11.2006 13:26 |
Ignore that. I was looking at the award criteria for singles. For albums it's half that, so in 1992 GH had sold 3.3 million. |
| Micrówave 15.11.2006 13:35 |
Boy Thomas Raker wrote: Forgetting the name calling, population has to play a huge point in the sales numbers. Roughly 1 in 11 Brits owns Greatest Hits. The equivalent in US sales would be an album that sold 27 million copies and those are few and far between.I don't know about that theory. 1 in 9 people had the double LP Frampton Comes Alive (on vinyl)and it's not even on the list... Seems to be a lot of different accountings for sales out there. |
| Penetration_Guru 15.11.2006 16:13 |
Michael Allred wrote:ooooooh, get her....Penetration_Guru wrote:Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah. So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt.Michael Allred wrote: wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."Imbecile alert. Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita? 1. You ignored my eminently logical point. 2. I never get "bitch slapped", whatever that is (is it particularly girly?) and I am as rude to lots of people as I just was to you. Now run along and whine about something being released in the US 3 hours after the UK... |
| Freddie May 16.11.2006 14:13 |
TOP 20: 1 Greatest Hits, Queen 5.4m' 2 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles 4.8m' 3 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis 4. Brothers In Arms, Dire Straits 3.9m' 5 Gold: Greatest Hits, Abba 3.9m' 6 The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3.7m' 7 Greatest Hits II, Queen 3.6m' 8 Thriller, Michael Jackson 3.5m' 9 Bad, Michael Jackson 3.5m' 10 Immaculate Collection, Madonna 3.4m' 11 Stars, Simply Red 3.4m' 12 Come On Over, Shania Twain 3.3' 13 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac 3.1m' 14 Urban Hymns, Verve 3m' 15 No Angel, Dido 3m' 16 Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel 3m' 17 Talk On Corners, The Corrs 2.9m' 18 Spice, Spice Girls 2.9m' 19 Back To Bedlam, James Blunt 2.9m' 20 White Ladder, David Gray 2.9m. Official UK Charts Company |
| Michael Allred 16.11.2006 15:49 |
Penetration_Guru wrote:Per capita, per schampita, 5.4 million is STILL 5.4 million. It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it's still a paltry number to crow about.Michael Allred wrote:ooooooh, get her.... 1. You ignored my eminently logical point. 2. I never get "bitch slapped", whatever that is (is it particularly girly?) and I am as rude to lots of people as I just was to you. Now run along and whine about something being released in the US 3 hours after the UK...Penetration_Guru wrote:Blah blah blah and adjusting to inflation, "Gone with the Wind" is the biggest box office hit in the world blah blah blah. So tell me, how often do you call people names to their faces and NOT get bitch slapped? Cunt.Michael Allred wrote: wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."Imbecile alert. Which albums have sold 20 million in the states, which would be the equivalent per capita? Now pull the 9" cock out of your mouth you prissy bitch. You sit there and start shit for no apparent reason (all safe and snug behind your computer screen) but it's all good. You're a cowardly fuck, that much is obvious. Oh and is "pimp slapped" more self-explanatory? Ask your mom about it. I'm sure her pimp did that to her a number of times. Once she stops shaking and crying after you bring it up (oh those delicious memories!) give her the pain pills and vodka and she'll open right up. No, no, not in the normal way she opens up for customers mind you. Are we finished now? |
| Penetration_Guru 16.11.2006 17:35 |
I'm not quite sure how this escalated to this level. OK, I called you an imbecile, but this was more out of surprise that someone as usually sensible as you should post such nonsense. There are 60 million of us. 10% have bought GH1. Isn't that a hefty proportion? I'd rather fall out with the long term windowlickers than the briefly odd... |
| NOTWMEDDLE 16.11.2006 18:14 |
Best selling album in the US is The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-75 with some 29 or 30 million copies sold in the US. Michael Jackson's Thriller is still #2 and his career is over. The child molesting scandal DESTROYED his credibility in the US. Pink Floyd's The Wall has sold 23 (should be now 24 million) copies in the US. Despite being a 2-record and 2-CD set, some issues of the album were on one cassette and one 8-track cartridge. Plus, The Wall is under 100 minutes which according to the RIAA a pre-1982 2-disc or more set that is not at least a 100 minutes in length now counts as one album sold. Queen's Greatest Hits has sold 8 million copies in the US if you combine the orignal Elektra and the inferior 1992 Hollywood versions. |
| Bobby_brown 16.11.2006 18:19 |
NOTWMEDDLE wrote: Pink Floyd's The Wall has sold 23 (should be now 24 million) copies in the US. Despite being a 2-record and 2-CD set, some issues of the album were on one cassette and one 8-track cartridge. Plus, The Wall is under 100 minutes which according to the RIAA a pre-1982 2-disc or more set that is not at least a 100 minutes in length now counts as one album sold.I think i don´t understand your point here! This is what i´m interested. Are you saying that a double album counts as 2 albums sold everytime someone buys it? I have this doubt and i would like someone to clarify things for me. Thanks in advance. Take care |
| Boy Thomas Raker 16.11.2006 18:21 |
Michael, "Per capita, per schampita, 5.4 million is STILL 5.4 million. It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it's still a paltry number to crow about" is a ridiculous statement! If that's the case, a 20 million seller in the US is paltry since it's sold LESS PER CAPITA than Queen's Greatest Hits. Yes, it's a small number compared to US sales, but the fact they have 1/5 the population equates to 25 million in the US. This all appears simple to me, maybe I'm confused. |
| fen 16.11.2006 19:14 |
Bobby_brown wrote:That strange rule is only applied in USA. So "The wall" is on 11,5 M officially. But the real sales are likely to be over that.NOTWMEDDLE wrote: Pink Floyd's The Wall has sold 23 (should be now 24 million) copies in the US. Despite being a 2-record and 2-CD set, some issues of the album were on one cassette and one 8-track cartridge. Plus, The Wall is under 100 minutes which according to the RIAA a pre-1982 2-disc or more set that is not at least a 100 minutes in length now counts as one album sold.I think i don´t understand your point here! This is what i´m interested. Are you saying that a double album counts as 2 albums sold everytime someone buys it? I have this doubt and i would like someone to clarify things for me. Thanks in advance. Take care |
| fen 16.11.2006 19:18 |
Dispite that, it seems that people who compiled that list included the sales of the box set of 1994 and the Platinium copllection. |
| Michael Allred 16.11.2006 20:18 |
Boy Thomas Raker wrote: Michael, "Per capita, per schampita, 5.4 million is STILL 5.4 million. It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it's still a paltry number to crow about" is a ridiculous statement! If that's the case, a 20 million seller in the US is paltry since it's sold LESS PER CAPITA than Queen's Greatest Hits. Yes, it's a small number compared to US sales, but the fact they have 1/5 the population equates to 25 million in the US. This all appears simple to me, maybe I'm confused.I wasn't even comparing it to US sales. It *just doesn't matter* what country it sold 5.4 mil in or how big that country's pop. is.....IT'S STILL THE SAME NUMBER. It doesn't impress me. *All* I'm saying is, it's nothing to crow about. Sure it's a little nugget you can mention but don't get a big head over it. |
| Michael Allred 16.11.2006 20:22 |
Penetration_Guru wrote: I'm not quite sure how this escalated to this level. OK, I called you an imbecile, but this was more out of surprise that someone as usually sensible as you should post such nonsense. There are 60 million of us. 10% have bought GH1. Isn't that a hefty proportion? I'd rather fall out with the long term windowlickers than the briefly odd...So calling me a name *out of surprise* is acceptable? So if someone sneaks up behind me and goes "boo", it's ok for me to beat them with a hammer? It escalated because you just came out of nowhere with it and it put me off so I got nasty about it as I felt that's what your response deserved. Mature? Hell no but it was appropriate enough for me. I rarely post any more these days so when I come in for a quick comment and get that kind of crap, this is how I respond. So if you're done, then I'm done. We can move on then. |
| Bobby_brown 17.11.2006 09:19 |
fen wrote: Dispite that, it seems that people who compiled that list included the sales of the box set of 1994 and the Platinium copllection.Thanks for your answer. If they want to be fair, they really have to include that because the identity of each album remains the same! I know that the Beatles fans don´t like it, but that´s the way it is! Take care |
| Oberon 17.11.2006 16:16 |
Michael Allred wrote: wow, 5.4 million is all it takes to be the biggest seller ever in the UK? I'm not sure that's something to crow about. That's like saying "With 12 copies sold, that Night at the Opera thing is the biggest selling album ever here in Bumlick, Alabama."Of course another way to look at that is that us Brits have a wide and varied taste, and don't just buy the flavour of the month all the time? Or, it could be that we have a small population compared to in other countries? I think that is relevant. |
| Deacon Fan 18.11.2006 10:22 |
Not surprising really. It's a perfect little hits package. I remember shelling out $27 for the UK CD (here in the US) in 1992. At the time, the popular single mix of 'Flash' wasn't available on any Hollywood Records CD, in fact it never emerged here until 1995 when the gold box hits I & II was released here. Anyway, with my fanaticism rekindled, I simply had to have that song, as well as the single version of FBG on CD. I fell in love with this wonderful UK version of GH. Though my first love will always be the US 1981 GH. |