U2 Post 2000

[CPTLCTYGOOFBALL]

I think I've seen a list here awhiles back. Where do the two u2 albums chart as far as best selling albums sold this millenium?
Since HTDAAB has only been out 4 months It probably isn't on the list yet?

 

[STING2]

I think I've seen a list here awhiles back. Where do the two u2 albums chart as far as best selling albums sold this millenium?
Since HTDAAB has only been out 4 months It probably isn't on the list yet?

1. Beatles: 1 : 28,000,000
2. Norah Jones : Come Away With Me : 18,734,000+
3. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP : 17,000,000
4. Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory : 16,000,000
5. Britney Spears: Oops!....I Did It Again : 15,000,000
6. Eminem : The Eminem Show : 14,967,000+
7. Avril Lavigne: Let Go : 13,197,000+
8. Evanescence: Fallen : 13,105,000+
9. N'Sync: No Strings Attached : 13,000,000
10. Usher : Confessions : 12,688,000
11. Madonna : Music : 12,500,000
12. U2 : ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND: 12,000,000
13. Shakira: Laundry Service : 11,000,000
14. Dido: No Angel : 11,000,000
15. Limp Bizkit: Chocolate Starfish : 11,000,000
16. Pink: M!SSUNDAZTOOD : 11,000,000
17. Enya: A Day Without Rain : 10,500,000
18. Shaggy: Hotshot : 10,500,000
19. Norah Jones : Feels Like Home : 10,000,000
20. Moby : Play : 10,000,000

 

[CPTLCTYGOOFBALL]

thanks Sting

 

[beLIEve]

Posted in another thread, but I'm wondering if anyone has the answer...Here's a different question regarding the same issue on a modified time frame:

I wonder how U2 stacks up against all others in total albums sales since the "year of their demise...1997". Just my guess would be as follows:

POP - 7M
1980's B.oF. - 10M
ATYCLB - 12M
1990's B.of - 3M
HTDAAB - 9M

How many bands have 41M in albums sales since 1997? Not sure if we can get good back catalog sales data, but I would not be surprised if that contributes another few million in sales as swell, held down by the Best Of releases.

If you split up U2's career into 3 or 4 distinct phases, which most people do, they have been remarkably resilient over their entire existence!! That's not news to anyone around here, just very impressive to think about. In fact, in their "over the hill phase during the current decade", they may just end up selling the most albums of all three of their unbelievable decades.