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The last album to sell over 20 million
Ironically came in 2004 when usher released confessions and it became a huge hit in the u.s. Will we ever have an album sell over 20 million again? Now with digital downloads in, an album is lucky to sell over 10 million right?
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Has Lady Gaga even had an album sell close to 20 million?
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Has Lady Gaga even had an album sell close to 20 million?
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Close but no cigar.
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The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold about 13/14 million COMBINED, so it wasn't really close.
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If Adele can't do it, then I don't have much hope that it'll happen again.
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Adele's '21' will do it IMO. She'll probably be at 14.5 -15 million by year end and she's still selling at over a million a month 10 months after release. She's already passed Usher's 2004 total, btw. And '21' is breaking records like they never existed. the latest one in the US is quite extraordinary. Quote:
Adele's "21" rises 5-3 (113,000; up 8%), marking its 39th straight week in the top five of the chart -- its entire chart run since it debuted at No. 1. In turn, it sets a record for the most weeks an album has stayed in the top five, since its debut, in the chart's 55-year history. It surpasses Michael Jackson's "Bad," which racked 38 straight frames in the top five following its bow at No. 1 on Sept. 27, 1987.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/bill...05558752.story |
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^ ^ ^ Divorce is high in the US
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lady gaga's the fame sold 15 million and the fame monster sold 10 million.
adele 21 has sold so far 10 million. |
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lady gaga's the fame sold 15 million and the fame monster sold 10 million.
adele 21 has sold so far 10 million.
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lady gaga's the fame sold 15 million and the fame monster sold 10 million.
adele 21 has sold so far 10 million. |
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that doesn't sound right to me. especially the fame monster, that figure is way out.
![]() indeed.Your right it's not right. Nowhere near right. In 2009 The Fame sold 5,683,000 (and another 2m in 2010 bring it up to nearly 8m) and in 2010 The Fame Monster sold 6,115,700; and while they continue to sell very very well The Fame has not sold another 7m in the past 11 months! These yearly totals adds up to around 14m for the combinded The Fame / Monster (excluding 2011 sales for both) which is still 6m of from 20m. Which I think just shows how very very rare and hard it will be for an artist to get to 20m when a megastar like Gaga is nowhere near that even with a rerelease. |
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indeed.Your right it's not right. Nowhere near right. In 2009 The Fame sold 5,683,000 (and another 2m in 2010 bring it up to nearly 8m) and in 2010 The Fame Monster sold 6,115,700; and while they continue to sell very very well The Fame has not sold another 7m in the past 11 months! These yearly totals adds up to around 14m for the combinded The Fame / Monster (excluding 2011 sales for both) which is still 6m of from 20m. Which I think just shows how very very rare and hard it will be for an artist to get to 20m when a megastar like Gaga is nowhere near that even with a rerelease. I really would like Adele to sell 20m copies of 21 but will she? Sales are going to slow down, she isn't going to be selling millions and millions of copies of 21 in 2013 and so will have to sell the majority of that 7m next year to get to 20m if she does sell 13m this year as estimated. |
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Ironically came in 2004 when usher released confessions and it became a huge hit in the u.s.
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Didn't Norah Jones's debut album sell 20 million copies?
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But wasn't that released before Usher?
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Didn't Norah Jones's debut album sell 20 million copies?
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But wasn't that released before Usher?
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Anyone daft enough to think Adele or Gaga can do it need a reality check. It all well and good shifting 12-14 million in one year but the push to sell the other 6-8 million after that initial release window is a much much more difficult job. 21 is definitely not getting there, that doesnt take away the incredible sales so far though.
I think it will happen again, more than one. However it will be when digital album prices are less and the market it wider. |
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Anyone daft enough to think Adele or Gaga can do it need a reality check. It all well and good shifting 12-14 million in one year but the push to sell the other 6-8 million after that initial release window is a much much more difficult job. 21 is definitely not getting there, that doesnt take away the incredible sales so far though.
I think it will happen again, more than one. However it will be when digital album prices are less and the market it wider. I disagree in the case of Adele but only time will tell. One thing you really do need to get there is consistently high weekly worldwide sales**. Plus don't forget the 12.5 million so far sold figure is actual sales and not shipments. The industry use shipped figures so that could add anything up to 2 million onto that figure. **Worldwide sales of '21' according to mediatraffic Week 1: 359.000 Week 2: 252.000 Week 3: 224.000 Week 4: 259.000 Week 5: 635.000 Week 6: 452.000 Week 7: 378.000 Week 8: 345.000 Week 9: 342.000 Week 10: 447.000 Week 11: 296.000 Week 12: 295.000 Week 13: 354.000 Week 14: 303.000 Week 15: 343.000 Week 16: 339.000 Week 17: 296.000 Week 18: 278.000 Week 19: 282.000 Week 20: 274.000 Week 21: 276.000 Week 22: 242.000 Week 23: 222.000 Week 24: 221.000 Week 25: 217.000 Week 26: 222.000 Week 27: 224.000 Week 28: 212.000 Week 29: 218.000 Week 30: 224.000 Week 31: 234.000 Week 32: 314.000 Week 33: 285.000 Week 34: 276.000 Week 35: 262.000 Week 36: 261.000 Week 37: 261.000 Week 38: 255.000 Week 39: 243.000 Week 40: 243.000 Week 41: 250.000 Week 42: 245.000 |
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Didn't Norah Jones's debut album sell 20 million copies?
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This decade, as far as I know, the only three artists to do it are:
Norah Jones (Come Away With Me - 2002) Usher (Confessions - 2004) Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory - 2000) |
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This decade, as far as I know, the only three artists to do it are:
Norah Jones (Come Away With Me - 2002) Usher (Confessions - 2004) Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory - 2000) 2000 The Beatles - 1, Backsteet Boys - Black and Blue, Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory, Britney Spears - Opps I Did It Again, 2002 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me, and 2004 Usher - Confessions. |
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