The top 200 catalog albums for week 8/7 to 8/14 USA!

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This chart often does not leak, but this one just did over at the UKMIX FORUM. This has albums that are 2 years or older and are still registering significant sales or at least enough to make the top 200 of the catalog chart:

The number right after the album title is the sales for that week. Next the percentage increase or decrease from the previous weeks sales. Next the previous weeks sales. Last the total sales for the album recorded by soundscan.

U2 makes that list barely at #197. For comparison sake, the Joshua Tree back in the early 1990s would be near the top of the chart and would be selling about 10,000 to 15,000 copies each week. The collapse of the music industry has effected old albums even more than new product. Most people simply don't buy music these days since you can get everything for free on the internet or from a friend by burning a CD or downloading some a file from their hard drive or a thumb drive.

Dark Side Of The Moon at one point was selling 20,000 copies a week. On this chart it barely manages 2,000. AC/DC Back In Black surprisingly did not sell enough to make this weeks chart.

Chart date Aug 27, 2011 - Sales to Aug 14, 2011

1 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 12,723 -35 19,703 2,403,824
2 ADELE 19 11,480 -4 11,985 1,298,938
3 CASH*JOHNNY VH1 STORYTELLERS WITH WILLIE N 5,776 -4 5,998 429,761
4 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 5,732 -40 9,567 7,900,989
5 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 5,150 25 4,132 1,379,501
6 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 5,088 3 4,920 2,536,855
7 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,806 16 4,126 10,586,154
8 CROWDER*DAVID BAND CHURCH MUSIC 4,775 -11 5,358 102,185
9 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 4,537 0 4,518 3,404,274
10 WINEHOUSE*AMY FRANK 4,162 -46 7,729 312,809
11 WHITE*BARRY BEST OF BARRY WHITE-MILLENNIUM 4,100 1 4,056 778,723
12 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 4,025 -5 4,254 318,078
13 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 3,956 -2 4,028 6,352,181
14 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 3,849 8 3,562 592,268
15 THREE DOG NIGHT MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 3,831 1 3,804 829,735
16 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 3,812 -18 4,622 4,595,197
17 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 3,808 -5 3,989 5,986,566
18 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 3,493 -17 4,185 9,048,538
19 TEMPTATIONS, THE VOL. 1-BEST OF TEMPTATIONS 60' 3,464 -2 3,522 1,026,665
20 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 3,299 -7 3,554 10,478,138
21 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3,293 -5 3,477 5,058,513
22 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3,205 -7 3,431 5,036,676
23 STRAIT*GEORGE BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3,170 -8 3,431 1,313,008
24 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 3,163 -9 3,467 1,571,846
25 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 3,144 -1 3,175 945,914
26 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 3,111 0 3,117 3,640,791
27 RICHIE*LIONEL BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3,091 -4 3,231 481,088
28 MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 3,019 51 1,995 4,760,112
29 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 2,997 -14 3,481 502,623
30 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 2,988 -10 3,309 545,112
31 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 2,964 -12 3,385 1,099,550
32 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 2,948 0 2,940 475,344
33 VAUGHAN*STEVIE RAY MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE B 2,912 4 2,788 291,983
34 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 2,862 10 2,604 1,901,730
35 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2,745 -10 3,048 3,111,531
36 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 2,707 -16 3,223 318,620
37 MOTLEY CRUE GREATEST HITS 2,583 -32 3,789 301,782
38 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2,540 1 2,504 9,131,717
39 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 2,531 -19 3,137 945,381
40 JOURNEY ESCAPE 2,519 -16 2,983 182,531
41 JOURNEY CAPTURED (LIVE) 2,515 -8 2,746 44,967
42 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2,506 -11 2,825 1,890,326
43 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 2,496 -12 2,850 1,453,510
44 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 2,477 -7 2,656 3,103,222
45 WILLIAMS*HANK JR. VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 2,423 -15 2,844 2,865,882
46 BOYZ II MEN BEST OF BOYZ II MEN-MILLENNIUM 2,418 -10 2,696 621,571
47 SUBLIME SUBLIME 2,396 -2 2,450 6,223,616
48 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 2,389 -9 2,613 2,899,323
49 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 2,388 13 2,104 7,539,292
50 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 2,386 -8 2,604 3,357,959
51 NEEDTOBREATHE OUTSIDERS 2,363 -10 2,614 135,815
52 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 2,296 -15 2,686 2,166,211
53 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 2,288 -4 2,379 821,280
54 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 2,270 -6 2,419 1,843,256
55 METALLICA METALLICA 2,267 5 2,153 15,691,677
56 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO 2,254 -6 2,408 362,058
57 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE KISS AND TELL 2,253 2 2,217 803,879
58 NELSON*WILLIE SUPER HITS 2,251 -14 2,611 2,184,002
59 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 2,246 2 2,212 632,831
60 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 2,218 11 1,992 1,407,720
61 BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 2,192 117 1,008 1,050,801
62 JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2,190 0 2,181 893,241
63 EMINEM RELAPSE 2,182 0 2,183 2,201,273
64 CARPENTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2,143 8 1,976 77,501
65 HOLLY*BUDDY BEST OF BUDDY HOLLY-MILLENNIUM 2,126 -4 2,206 437,367
66 LINKIN PARK HYBRID THEORY 2,123 10 1,933 9,881,188
67 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 2,105 -4 2,192 2,136,849
68 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 2,103 10 1,908 1,947,166
69 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 2,094 -4 2,183 826,474
70 SIMON & GARFUNKEL BEST OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL 2,079 -6 2,200 1,445,483
71 JAMES*ETTA BEST OF ETTA JAMES 2,061 -8 2,244 815,262
71 CARS CARS 2,061 27 1,622 801,486
73 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 2,060 -5 2,178 4,735,808
74 YOUNG*NEIL GREATEST HITS 2,052 -3 2,109 1,296,143
75 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 2,046 -17 2,455 2,874,241
76 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 2,037 -36 3,193 5,999,114
77 ABBA BEST OF ABBA-MILLENNIUM COLLEC 2,025 8 1,872 1,219,021
78 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 2,013 11 1,809 1,032,110
79 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 2,004 4 1,924 959,072
80 GUNS N'ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 1,976 0 1,977 5,095,484
81 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS 1,960 6 1,843 7,457,495
82 ORBISON*ROY SUPER HITS 1,956 -11 2,187 1,186,654
83 CASH*JOHNNY SUPER HITS 1,944 -14 2,266 1,757,739
84 BERRY*CHUCK BEST OF CHUCK BERRY-MILLENNIUM 1,940 8 1,793 266,261
85 BEACH BOYS SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF 1,928 -12 2,190 2,918,573
86 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 1,896 4 1,826 5,474,739
87 LAMONTAGNE*RAY TROUBLE 1,880 45 1,294 625,594
88 JOPLIN*JANIS SUPER HITS 1,874 -19 2,314 764,598
89 ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND BEST OF ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-M 1,873 -4 1,947 671,853
90 MOORE*JUSTIN JUSTIN MOORE 1,869 0 1,860 381,218
91 JACKSON*ALAN DRIVE 1,858 -3 1,918 3,553,331
92 YOUNG*CHRIS MAN I WANT TO BE 1,851 -21 2,336 486,538
93 WHITESNAKE BEST OF WHITESNAKE-MILLENNIUM 1,844 -14 2,134 596,759
94 SBCMG 2007 ELVIS BEST OF LOVE 1,820 -18 2,216 155,793
95 BENATAR*PAT 10 GREAT SONGS 1,796 -16 2,144 58,304
96 BACKSTREET BOYS MILLENNIUM 1,792 -15 2,119 12,139,858
97 ALDEAN*JASON JASON ALDEAN 1,787 -21 2,263 1,439,395
98 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 1,784 -13 2,043 7,509,812
99 CASH*JOHNNY BEST OF 1,771 -15 2,091 445,890
100 DION*CELINE LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 1,766 0 1,773 9,501,198
100 CHURCH*ERIC SINNERS LIKE ME 1,766 -17 2,130 417,476
102 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 1,764 -8 1,910 1,698,828
103 SKID ROW SKID ROW 1,762 -16 2,110 1,138,796
104 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1,759 -2 1,787 9,986,256
105 POISON 10 GREAT SONGS 1,742 -13 2,011 55,755
106 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 1,723 26 1,371 464,913
106 BEACH BOYS*THE 10 GREAT SONGS 1,723 -7 1,858 50,110
108 PRESLEY*ELVIS GOSPEL / AN EVENING 1,719 -8 1,869 88,589
109 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 1,717 -9 1,877 1,198,948
110 REO SPEEDWAGON SECOND DECADE OF ROCK & ROLL 1,702 -16 2,030 720,555
111 TAYLOR*JAMES GREATEST HITS 1,701 -17 2,045 6,949,351
112 CROCE*JIM BAD BAD LEROY BROWN & OTHER FA 1,698 -11 1,915 938,988
113 BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE 1,694 78 951 2,573,935
114 PURE '80S: #1S PURE '80S: #1S 1,690 -6 1,801 187,165
115 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 1,684 7 1,571 769,683
116 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 1,682 -1 1,702 2,027,600
117 JONES*NORAH COME AWAY WITH ME 1,680 30 1,296 10,750,285
118 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 1,663 -11 1,869 4,484,159
119 BEE GEES ULTIMATE BEE GEES (THE 50TH AN 1,658 -3 1,714 232,944
120 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 1,650 6 1,560 763,446
121 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS ROCK 1,639 -9 1,807 100,768
122 JOURNEY INFINITY 1,634 -9 1,790 48,526
123 50 CENT GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' 1,633 12 1,458 8,041,891
124 DEF LEPPARD VAULT-GREATEST HITS 1,628 -3 1,671 5,014,167
125 STEPPENWOLF BEST OF STEPPENWOLF-MILLENNIUM 1,624 -14 1,879 818,942
126 LYNYRD SKYNYRD CANM-LYNYRD SKYNRD-EXTENDED VE 1,622 -8 1,763 848,100
127 JAMES*TOMMY & SHONDELLS ESSENTIALS 1,619 -11 1,814 143,510
127 JENNINGS*WAYLON SUPER HITS 1,619 -9 1,771 665,991
129 SCORPIONS BEST OF THE SCORPIONS-MILLENNI 1,616 -4 1,679 673,918
130 HORTON*JOHNNY GREATEST HITS 1,613 -16 1,930 844,027
131 ALABAMA SUPER HITS 1,585 -18 1,924 871,292
132 DYLAN*BOB VOL. 3-GREATEST HITS 1,574 15 1,374 770,022
133 EMINEM SLIM SHADY 1,567 30 1,206 5,301,432
134 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 1,563 -5 1,653 880,371
135 MARTIN*DEAN ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS 1,558 -2 1,587 741,731
136 HILL*LAURYN MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 1,556 48 1,049 7,059,412
137 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 1,545 -2 1,573 1,707,466
138 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 1,541 12 1,370 4,822,758
139 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 1,537 -14 1,791 844,098
140 TAYLOR*JAMES SWEET BABY JAMES 1,533 13 1,362 409,211
141 OSBOURNE*OZZY NO REST FOR THE WICKED 1,532 -5 1,618 87,427
142 THOROGOOD*GEORGE 10 GREAT SONGS 1,522 -15 1,781 46,913
143 ABBA GOLD-GREATEST HITS 1,512 -14 1,748 5,287,415
144 PETTY*TOM FULL MOON FEVER 1,499 -23 1,941 1,283,964
145 FLEETWOOD MAC VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC 1,491 -15 1,761 1,433,993
146 AEROSMITH GREATEST HITS 1,490 -17 1,802 5,325,801
147 DIAMOND*NEIL AS TIME GOES BY-MOVIE ALBUM 1,482 -8 1,607 590,719
148 RUSH MOVING PICTURES 1,481 -11 1,661 1,397,393
148 ZZ TOP DEGUELLO 1,481 -15 1,751 208,990
150 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH CRACKED REAR VIEW 1,479 3 1,429 10,226,901
150 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 1,479 -1 1,493 6,881,598
152 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 1,478 2 1,451 3,564,910
153 KEITH*TOBY BEST OF TOBY KEITH-MILLENNIUM 1,476 -13 1,691 892,901
154 SOUNDTRACK PHINEAS AND FERB 1,469 0 1,470 245,762
155 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. GREATEST HITS 1,467 -4 1,527 554,946
156 DOORS VERY BEST OF THE DOORS 1,465 -10 1,626 348,338
156 KENNY G SUPER HITS 1,465 -6 1,553 79,237
158 AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU 1,462 -21 1,851 364,562
159 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 1,461 -8 1,593 776,626
159 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 1,461 18 1,239 4,336,610
161 JONES*GEORGE VOL. 1-BEST OF GEORGE JONES 1,457 -12 1,665 2,162,803
162 SHAKIRA LIVE & OFF THE RECORD 1,453 3 1,412 287,364
163 NORFUL*SMOKIE LIVE 1,452 -31 2,107 75,901
164 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 1,450 -1 1,471 3,150,014
165 MEATLOAF BAT OUT OF HELL 1,449 0 1,450 829,795
166 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 1,448 0 1,452 2,226,473
167 FOREIGNER NO END IN SIGHT-THE VERY BEST 1,440 -10 1,593 273,980
168 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 3 1,435 -13 1,643 328,338
169 FORD*COLT RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRY 1,430 0 1,424 269,209
170 OAK RIDGE BOYS BEST OF OAK RIDGE BOYS-MILLENN 1,429 -11 1,601 393,172
171 MUSE RESISTANCE 1,426 -9 1,564 698,624
172 ALLAN*GARY GREATEST HITS 1,425 -17 1,717 746,498
173 SHARPE*EDWARD & THE MAGNETIC Z UP FROM BELOW 1,423 6 1,341 260,182
174 TAYLOR*JAMES VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 1,419 -2 1,453 744,557
175 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 1,417 -14 1,653 1,501,566
176 ASKING ALEXANDRIA STAND UP & SCREAM 1,409 5 1,342 117,369
176 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 1,409 0 1,406 631,101
178 AIR SUPPLY GREATEST HITS LIVE...NOW & FOR 1,400 -15 1,645 358,874
179 8 MILE SOUNDTRACK 1,399 -10 1,563 4,814,620
180 SKILLET COMATOSE 1,397 -13 1,598 395,104
181 LEWIS*HUEY & THE NEWS BEST OF HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 1,392 -16 1,653 713,446
182 DISTURBED SICKNESS 1,388 18 1,181 4,247,548
183 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 1,384 -4 1,438 406,368
183 KING*B.B. BEST OF B.B. KING-MILLENNIUM C 1,384 -11 1,548 821,447
183 CAMILA DEJARTE DE AMAR 1,384 6 1,304 206,482
186 TURNER*JOSH HAYWIRE 1,381 -18 1,679 423,887
187 BRYAN*LUKE I'LL STAY ME 1,378 -8 1,495 341,146
187 JERSEY BOYS SOUNDTRACK 1,378 -4 1,436 1,249,035
189 KEYS*ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 1,374 -5 1,451 6,264,661
190 BOSTON DON'T LOOK BACK 1,373 -2 1,396 1,161,659
191 NICKS*STEVIE CRYSTAL VISIONS:VERY BEST OF S 1,371 -15 1,613 379,638
192 CASH*JOHNNY ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH 1,366 3 1,330 1,299,112
193 RONSTADT*LINDA GREATEST HITS 1,362 -6 1,442 1,353,851
194 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 1,356 10 1,233 2,694,286
194 SADE BEST OF SADE 1,356 -6 1,444 1,799,708
196 JOURNEY ESSENTIAL JOURNEY 1,354 -18 1,656 1,046,846
197 U2 U218 SINGLES 1,353 -12 1,541 1,171,887
198 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 1,348 14 1,185 1,086,121
199 CAREY*MARIAH DAYDREAM 1,346 -15 1,581 7,595,345
200 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 1,343 -9 1,471 498,059

 

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This chart often does not leak, but this one just did over at the UKMIX FORUM. This has albums that are 2 years or older and are still registering significant sales or at least enough to make the top 200 of the catalog chart:

The number right after the album title is the sales for that week. Next the percentage increase or decrease from the previous weeks sales. Next the previous weeks sales. Last the total sales for the album recorded by soundscan.

U2 makes that list barely at #197. For comparison sake, the Joshua Tree back in the early 1990s would be near the top of the chart and would be selling about 10,000 to 15,000 copies each week. The collapse of the music industry has effected old albums even more than new product. Most people simply don't buy music these days since you can get everything for free on the internet or from a friend by burning a CD or downloading some a file from their hard drive or a thumb drive.

Dark Side Of The Moon at one point was selling 20,000 copies a week. On this chart it barely manages 2,000. AC/DC Back In Black surprisingly did not sell enough to make this weeks chart.

Chart date Aug 27, 2011 - Sales to Aug 14, 2011

1 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 12,723 -35 19,703 2,403,824
2 ADELE 19 11,480 -4 11,985 1,298,938
3 CASH*JOHNNY VH1 STORYTELLERS WITH WILLIE N 5,776 -4 5,998 429,761
4 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 5,732 -40 9,567 7,900,989
5 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 5,150 25 4,132 1,379,501
6 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 5,088 3 4,920 2,536,855
7 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 4,806 16 4,126 10,586,154
8 CROWDER*DAVID BAND CHURCH MUSIC 4,775 -11 5,358 102,185
9 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 4,537 0 4,518 3,404,274
10 WINEHOUSE*AMY FRANK 4,162 -46 7,729 312,809
11 WHITE*BARRY BEST OF BARRY WHITE-MILLENNIUM 4,100 1 4,056 778,723
12 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 4,025 -5 4,254 318,078
13 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 3,956 -2 4,028 6,352,181
14 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 3,849 8 3,562 592,268
15 THREE DOG NIGHT MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 3,831 1 3,804 829,735
16 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 3,812 -18 4,622 4,595,197
17 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 3,808 -5 3,989 5,986,566
18 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 3,493 -17 4,185 9,048,538
19 TEMPTATIONS, THE VOL. 1-BEST OF TEMPTATIONS 60' 3,464 -2 3,522 1,026,665
20 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 3,299 -7 3,554 10,478,138
21 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3,293 -5 3,477 5,058,513
22 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3,205 -7 3,431 5,036,676
23 STRAIT*GEORGE BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3,170 -8 3,431 1,313,008
24 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 3,163 -9 3,467 1,571,846
25 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 3,144 -1 3,175 945,914
26 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 3,111 0 3,117 3,640,791
27 RICHIE*LIONEL BEST OF/20TH CENTURY 3,091 -4 3,231 481,088
28 MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 3,019 51 1,995 4,760,112
29 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 2,997 -14 3,481 502,623
30 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 2,988 -10 3,309 545,112
31 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 2,964 -12 3,385 1,099,550
32 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 2,948 0 2,940 475,344
33 VAUGHAN*STEVIE RAY MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE B 2,912 4 2,788 291,983
34 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 2,862 10 2,604 1,901,730
35 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2,745 -10 3,048 3,111,531
36 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 2,707 -16 3,223 318,620
37 MOTLEY CRUE GREATEST HITS 2,583 -32 3,789 301,782
38 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2,540 1 2,504 9,131,717
39 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 2,531 -19 3,137 945,381
40 JOURNEY ESCAPE 2,519 -16 2,983 182,531
41 JOURNEY CAPTURED (LIVE) 2,515 -8 2,746 44,967
42 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2,506 -11 2,825 1,890,326
43 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 2,496 -12 2,850 1,453,510
44 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 2,477 -7 2,656 3,103,222
45 WILLIAMS*HANK JR. VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 2,423 -15 2,844 2,865,882
46 BOYZ II MEN BEST OF BOYZ II MEN-MILLENNIUM 2,418 -10 2,696 621,571
47 SUBLIME SUBLIME 2,396 -2 2,450 6,223,616
48 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 2,389 -9 2,613 2,899,323
49 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 2,388 13 2,104 7,539,292
50 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 2,386 -8 2,604 3,357,959
51 NEEDTOBREATHE OUTSIDERS 2,363 -10 2,614 135,815
52 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 2,296 -15 2,686 2,166,211
53 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 2,288 -4 2,379 821,280
54 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 2,270 -6 2,419 1,843,256
55 METALLICA METALLICA 2,267 5 2,153 15,691,677
56 BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO 2,254 -6 2,408 362,058
57 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE KISS AND TELL 2,253 2 2,217 803,879
58 NELSON*WILLIE SUPER HITS 2,251 -14 2,611 2,184,002
59 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 2,246 2 2,212 632,831
60 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 2,218 11 1,992 1,407,720
61 BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 2,192 117 1,008 1,050,801
62 JACKSON 5 MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2,190 0 2,181 893,241
63 EMINEM RELAPSE 2,182 0 2,183 2,201,273
64 CARPENTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION-20TH CEN 2,143 8 1,976 77,501
65 HOLLY*BUDDY BEST OF BUDDY HOLLY-MILLENNIUM 2,126 -4 2,206 437,367
66 LINKIN PARK HYBRID THEORY 2,123 10 1,933 9,881,188
67 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 2,105 -4 2,192 2,136,849
68 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GREATEST HITS 2,103 10 1,908 1,947,166
69 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 2,094 -4 2,183 826,474
70 SIMON & GARFUNKEL BEST OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL 2,079 -6 2,200 1,445,483
71 JAMES*ETTA BEST OF ETTA JAMES 2,061 -8 2,244 815,262
71 CARS CARS 2,061 27 1,622 801,486
73 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 2,060 -5 2,178 4,735,808
74 YOUNG*NEIL GREATEST HITS 2,052 -3 2,109 1,296,143
75 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 2,046 -17 2,455 2,874,241
76 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 2,037 -36 3,193 5,999,114
77 ABBA BEST OF ABBA-MILLENNIUM COLLEC 2,025 8 1,872 1,219,021
78 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 2,013 11 1,809 1,032,110
79 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 2,004 4 1,924 959,072
80 GUNS N'ROSES APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 1,976 0 1,977 5,095,484
81 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS 1,960 6 1,843 7,457,495
82 ORBISON*ROY SUPER HITS 1,956 -11 2,187 1,186,654
83 CASH*JOHNNY SUPER HITS 1,944 -14 2,266 1,757,739
84 BERRY*CHUCK BEST OF CHUCK BERRY-MILLENNIUM 1,940 8 1,793 266,261
85 BEACH BOYS SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF 1,928 -12 2,190 2,918,573
86 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 1,896 4 1,826 5,474,739
87 LAMONTAGNE*RAY TROUBLE 1,880 45 1,294 625,594
88 JOPLIN*JANIS SUPER HITS 1,874 -19 2,314 764,598
89 ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND BEST OF ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-M 1,873 -4 1,947 671,853
90 MOORE*JUSTIN JUSTIN MOORE 1,869 0 1,860 381,218
91 JACKSON*ALAN DRIVE 1,858 -3 1,918 3,553,331
92 YOUNG*CHRIS MAN I WANT TO BE 1,851 -21 2,336 486,538
93 WHITESNAKE BEST OF WHITESNAKE-MILLENNIUM 1,844 -14 2,134 596,759
94 SBCMG 2007 ELVIS BEST OF LOVE 1,820 -18 2,216 155,793
95 BENATAR*PAT 10 GREAT SONGS 1,796 -16 2,144 58,304
96 BACKSTREET BOYS MILLENNIUM 1,792 -15 2,119 12,139,858
97 ALDEAN*JASON JASON ALDEAN 1,787 -21 2,263 1,439,395
98 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 1,784 -13 2,043 7,509,812
99 CASH*JOHNNY BEST OF 1,771 -15 2,091 445,890
100 DION*CELINE LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE 1,766 0 1,773 9,501,198
100 CHURCH*ERIC SINNERS LIKE ME 1,766 -17 2,130 417,476
102 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 1,764 -8 1,910 1,698,828
103 SKID ROW SKID ROW 1,762 -16 2,110 1,138,796
104 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1,759 -2 1,787 9,986,256
105 POISON 10 GREAT SONGS 1,742 -13 2,011 55,755
106 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 1,723 26 1,371 464,913
106 BEACH BOYS*THE 10 GREAT SONGS 1,723 -7 1,858 50,110
108 PRESLEY*ELVIS GOSPEL / AN EVENING 1,719 -8 1,869 88,589
109 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 1,717 -9 1,877 1,198,948
110 REO SPEEDWAGON SECOND DECADE OF ROCK & ROLL 1,702 -16 2,030 720,555
111 TAYLOR*JAMES GREATEST HITS 1,701 -17 2,045 6,949,351
112 CROCE*JIM BAD BAD LEROY BROWN & OTHER FA 1,698 -11 1,915 938,988
113 BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE 1,694 78 951 2,573,935
114 PURE '80S: #1S PURE '80S: #1S 1,690 -6 1,801 187,165
115 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 1,684 7 1,571 769,683
116 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 1,682 -1 1,702 2,027,600
117 JONES*NORAH COME AWAY WITH ME 1,680 30 1,296 10,750,285
118 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS 1,663 -11 1,869 4,484,159
119 BEE GEES ULTIMATE BEE GEES (THE 50TH AN 1,658 -3 1,714 232,944
120 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 1,650 6 1,560 763,446
121 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS ROCK 1,639 -9 1,807 100,768
122 JOURNEY INFINITY 1,634 -9 1,790 48,526
123 50 CENT GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' 1,633 12 1,458 8,041,891
124 DEF LEPPARD VAULT-GREATEST HITS 1,628 -3 1,671 5,014,167
125 STEPPENWOLF BEST OF STEPPENWOLF-MILLENNIUM 1,624 -14 1,879 818,942
126 LYNYRD SKYNYRD CANM-LYNYRD SKYNRD-EXTENDED VE 1,622 -8 1,763 848,100
127 JAMES*TOMMY & SHONDELLS ESSENTIALS 1,619 -11 1,814 143,510
127 JENNINGS*WAYLON SUPER HITS 1,619 -9 1,771 665,991
129 SCORPIONS BEST OF THE SCORPIONS-MILLENNI 1,616 -4 1,679 673,918
130 HORTON*JOHNNY GREATEST HITS 1,613 -16 1,930 844,027
131 ALABAMA SUPER HITS 1,585 -18 1,924 871,292
132 DYLAN*BOB VOL. 3-GREATEST HITS 1,574 15 1,374 770,022
133 EMINEM SLIM SHADY 1,567 30 1,206 5,301,432
134 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 1,563 -5 1,653 880,371
135 MARTIN*DEAN ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS 1,558 -2 1,587 741,731
136 HILL*LAURYN MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 1,556 48 1,049 7,059,412
137 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 1,545 -2 1,573 1,707,466
138 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 1,541 12 1,370 4,822,758
139 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 1,537 -14 1,791 844,098
140 TAYLOR*JAMES SWEET BABY JAMES 1,533 13 1,362 409,211
141 OSBOURNE*OZZY NO REST FOR THE WICKED 1,532 -5 1,618 87,427
142 THOROGOOD*GEORGE 10 GREAT SONGS 1,522 -15 1,781 46,913
143 ABBA GOLD-GREATEST HITS 1,512 -14 1,748 5,287,415
144 PETTY*TOM FULL MOON FEVER 1,499 -23 1,941 1,283,964
145 FLEETWOOD MAC VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC 1,491 -15 1,761 1,433,993
146 AEROSMITH GREATEST HITS 1,490 -17 1,802 5,325,801
147 DIAMOND*NEIL AS TIME GOES BY-MOVIE ALBUM 1,482 -8 1,607 590,719
148 RUSH MOVING PICTURES 1,481 -11 1,661 1,397,393
148 ZZ TOP DEGUELLO 1,481 -15 1,751 208,990
150 HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH CRACKED REAR VIEW 1,479 3 1,429 10,226,901
150 QUEEN GREATEST HITS 1,479 -1 1,493 6,881,598
152 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 1,478 2 1,451 3,564,910
153 KEITH*TOBY BEST OF TOBY KEITH-MILLENNIUM 1,476 -13 1,691 892,901
154 SOUNDTRACK PHINEAS AND FERB 1,469 0 1,470 245,762
155 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. GREATEST HITS 1,467 -4 1,527 554,946
156 DOORS VERY BEST OF THE DOORS 1,465 -10 1,626 348,338
156 KENNY G SUPER HITS 1,465 -6 1,553 79,237
158 AVETT BROTHERS I AND LOVE AND YOU 1,462 -21 1,851 364,562
159 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 1,461 -8 1,593 776,626
159 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 1,461 18 1,239 4,336,610
161 JONES*GEORGE VOL. 1-BEST OF GEORGE JONES 1,457 -12 1,665 2,162,803
162 SHAKIRA LIVE & OFF THE RECORD 1,453 3 1,412 287,364
163 NORFUL*SMOKIE LIVE 1,452 -31 2,107 75,901
164 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 1,450 -1 1,471 3,150,014
165 MEATLOAF BAT OUT OF HELL 1,449 0 1,450 829,795
166 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 1,448 0 1,452 2,226,473
167 FOREIGNER NO END IN SIGHT-THE VERY BEST 1,440 -10 1,593 273,980
168 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 3 1,435 -13 1,643 328,338
169 FORD*COLT RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRY 1,430 0 1,424 269,209
170 OAK RIDGE BOYS BEST OF OAK RIDGE BOYS-MILLENN 1,429 -11 1,601 393,172
171 MUSE RESISTANCE 1,426 -9 1,564 698,624
172 ALLAN*GARY GREATEST HITS 1,425 -17 1,717 746,498
173 SHARPE*EDWARD & THE MAGNETIC Z UP FROM BELOW 1,423 6 1,341 260,182
174 TAYLOR*JAMES VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 1,419 -2 1,453 744,557
175 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 1,417 -14 1,653 1,501,566
176 ASKING ALEXANDRIA STAND UP & SCREAM 1,409 5 1,342 117,369
176 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 1,409 0 1,406 631,101
178 AIR SUPPLY GREATEST HITS LIVE...NOW & FOR 1,400 -15 1,645 358,874
179 8 MILE SOUNDTRACK 1,399 -10 1,563 4,814,620
180 SKILLET COMATOSE 1,397 -13 1,598 395,104
181 LEWIS*HUEY & THE NEWS BEST OF HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 1,392 -16 1,653 713,446
182 DISTURBED SICKNESS 1,388 18 1,181 4,247,548
183 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 1,384 -4 1,438 406,368
183 KING*B.B. BEST OF B.B. KING-MILLENNIUM C 1,384 -11 1,548 821,447
183 CAMILA DEJARTE DE AMAR 1,384 6 1,304 206,482
186 TURNER*JOSH HAYWIRE 1,381 -18 1,679 423,887
187 BRYAN*LUKE I'LL STAY ME 1,378 -8 1,495 341,146
187 JERSEY BOYS SOUNDTRACK 1,378 -4 1,436 1,249,035
189 KEYS*ALICIA SONGS IN A MINOR 1,374 -5 1,451 6,264,661
190 BOSTON DON'T LOOK BACK 1,373 -2 1,396 1,161,659
191 NICKS*STEVIE CRYSTAL VISIONS:VERY BEST OF S 1,371 -15 1,613 379,638
192 CASH*JOHNNY ESSENTIAL JOHNNY CASH 1,366 3 1,330 1,299,112
193 RONSTADT*LINDA GREATEST HITS 1,362 -6 1,442 1,353,851
194 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 1,356 10 1,233 2,694,286
194 SADE BEST OF SADE 1,356 -6 1,444 1,799,708
196 JOURNEY ESSENTIAL JOURNEY 1,354 -18 1,656 1,046,846
197 U2 U218 SINGLES 1,353 -12 1,541 1,171,887
198 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 1,348 14 1,185 1,086,121
199 CAREY*MARIAH DAYDREAM 1,346 -15 1,581 7,595,345
200 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 1,343 -9 1,471 498,059

It also doesn't help that most artists cannibalize their own albums by releasing greatest hits packages. When U2 released POP, they did not have a single greatest hits album. Today they have 3, and 1 of them is basically a mash of the first two. I would imagine that if in 1997 you were going to go to a U2 show as a new fan, you would pick up The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and maybe War. Today, you would cherry pick the singles you want or if you were going to buy an album, it would be U2 18 Singles. Like you eluded to, the music industry is a shell of it's once glorious self.

 

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Today, you would cherry pick the singles you want or if you were going to buy an album, it would be U2 18 Singles. Like you eluded to, the music industry is a shell of it's once glorious self.

Actually, most people just go online and find some place to down load for free or they pick it up from someone elses hard drive through file sharing. There is no need to actually buy recorded music when its so easy to obtain for free. I don't think thats right, but the fact is, the industry has been unable to come up with a way to protect its product.