fitz
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It's "only a band list"
What about Genesis, Bon Jovi, Metallica or Police?
What about Genesis, Bon Jovi, Metallica or Police?
Squire said:
Beatles has sold 600 millions?? How?
I think you miss in that list Michael Jackson.
fitz said:It's "only a band list"
What about Genesis, Bon Jovi, Metallica or Police?
fitz said:It's "only a band list"
What about Genesis, Bon Jovi, Metallica or Police?
phanan said:
The lists are merely to provide to readers what other albums have sold astronomical amounts as compared to U2's biggest albums, nothing more.
Let's face it, there will never be a definitive, absolute 100% correct list, because we will never know. We will never have exact numbers. Sure, we can theorize all we want about what we THINK sold WHAT, but in the end, I will never know, you will never know, and the rest of the world will never know. There are simply too many areas in the world where the proper tracking of sales was never done.
It is meant to act as a guide. I've provided two lists with different scenarios, and MOST of the albums are the same, so one gets a pretty good idea which ones are known to be the best selling of all time. Sure, there will be some albums that should be included, but as was stated, there is less information available on some albums, such as The Police's Synchronicity, and that is why they aren't listed.
STING2 said:
Actually there will be a definitive correct list one day when an organization is developed similar to the IFPI or RIAA that will do audits of record labels albums sales worldwide. The RIAA and IFPI do not track sales to consumers, they track albums shipped from the record company to retailers. This is what these worldwide figures are usually based on. All of these records of shipments still exist and if there ever is a RIAW, then an audit could be done and we could then see certifications for global sales.
04072511 said:There is absolutely no way Abba have sold 350 Million.
Id put U2 at 146 Million now:
Boy - 3 Million
October - 3 Milllion
WAR - 8 M
UABRS - 8 M
UF - 8 M
WAIA - 3 M
JT - 27 M
RAH - 14 M
AB - 17 M
Zooropa - 7 M
Pop - 6 M
1980-1990 - 16 M
ATYCLB - 12 M
1990-2000 - 5 M
HTDAAB - 9 M
I predict that the beatles have sold no more than 400 Million. 500 M seems a bit high.
edge3 said:
AB - 17M
[/B][/QUOTE]fedeu2 said:1. The Beatles 450M
BigMacPhisto said: