Are there DEFINITIVE sales figures for albums - Page 2

mikeuk · 10-23-2007, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mirrorball06
I got this sales information from U2.com about the re-release of The Joshua Tree.

http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2163

This is in line with reported sales (the BBC quoting Island) at the time of the release of HTDAAB - approaching 21 million

Mike

Mirrorball06 · 10-24-2007, 07:23 AM

But I think that this figure is far too low. Like Sting2 said all the time it sold 14m in 1987 alone with 4m in the US and it sold another 6m in the US till 1995 so it hit the 20m in 1995 excluding sales outside the US. I think that it sold at least 25m copies.

Mirrorball06 · 10-27-2007, 08:52 AM

Got this from UKMIX at the Biggest Selling artists thread

The Joshua Tree (1987) :
USA : 12.500.000
Canada : 1.600.000
Brésil : 250.000+

Japon : 200.000

Australie : 350.000
Nouvelle-Zélande : 210.000

Europe : 10.100.000
- UK : 3.000.000
- France : 2.000.000 (#1 x20(30)(78))
- Allemagne : 1.250.000 (#1 x6(29))
- Italie : 600.000
- Espagne : 500.000 (#1 x7(64))
- Pays-Bas : 400.000 (#1 x13(82))
- Suisse : 200.000+ (#1 x7(28)(33))
- Finlande : 27.965+
- Autriche : 200.000 (#1 x19(39)(65))
- Suède : 200.000+ (#1 x4(23)(41))
- Norvège : #4 (12)(38)

Estimations Mondiales : 28.000.000

http://ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.ph...=asc&start=300

That's far more than 20m that U2.com stated. Why keeps the official record company etc.. these sales so low?

rollingbob · 10-28-2007, 05:28 PM

25m in this months Q magazine

Btw, in their December 19th 1987 end of year issue Music & Media magazine said it was on 15m

Mirrorball06 · 11-17-2007, 09:38 AM

In Dutch Oor magazine they also stated sales for 25m.

U2girl · 11-17-2007, 03:10 PM

Wikipedia claims that "By its 8th week of release, U218 Singles had sold 2,803,000 copies around the world".

BigMacPhisto · 11-24-2007, 03:55 AM

That pile of estimates above seems quite on the mark....R&H was a double vinyl, and I believe, not long enough for the vinyl copies to count as two units, so there's a mistake there.

Also, the correct 18Singles estimate is about 3 M, not 4.

Mirrorball06 · 11-24-2007, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigMacPhisto
That pile of estimates above seems quite on the mark....R&H was a double vinyl, and I believe, not long enough for the vinyl copies to count as two units, so there's a mistake there.

Also, the correct 18Singles estimate is about 3 M, not 4.

But in America R&H has been counted by the RIAA as one unit because of the cd release.

U2FanPeter · 11-24-2007, 04:42 AM

I wonder if any of the DVDs are higher than any of the albums?

10-27-2007, 08:52 AM	#18
Mirrorball06 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 141 Local Time: 08:19 AM	Got this from UKMIX at the Biggest Selling artists thread The Joshua Tree (1987) : USA : 12.500.000 Canada : 1.600.000 Brésil : 250.000+ Japon : 200.000 Australie : 350.000 Nouvelle-Zélande : 210.000 Europe : 10.100.000 - UK : 3.000.000 - France : 2.000.000 (#1 x20(30)(78)) - Allemagne : 1.250.000 (#1 x6(29)) - Italie : 600.000 - Espagne : 500.000 (#1 x7(64)) - Pays-Bas : 400.000 (#1 x13(82)) - Suisse : 200.000+ (#1 x7(28)(33)) - Finlande : 27.965+ - Autriche : 200.000 (#1 x19(39)(65)) - Suède : 200.000+ (#1 x4(23)(41)) - Norvège : #4 (12)(38) Estimations Mondiales : 28.000.000 http://ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.ph...=asc&start=300 That's far more than 20m that U2.com stated. Why keeps the official record company etc.. these sales so low? Last edited by Mirrorball06; 10-27-2007 at 08:54 AM..

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10-24-2007, 07:23 AM	#17
Mirrorball06 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 141 Local Time: 08:19 AM	But I think that this figure is far too low. Like Sting2 said all the time it sold 14m in 1987 alone with 4m in the US and it sold another 6m in the US till 1995 so it hit the 20m in 1995 excluding sales outside the US. I think that it sold at least 25m copies.

10-28-2007, 05:28 PM	#19
rollingbob Babyface Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 Local Time: 08:19 AM	25m in this months Q magazine Btw, in their December 19th 1987 end of year issue Music & Media magazine said it was on 15m

11-17-2007, 09:38 AM	#20
Mirrorball06 The Fly Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 141 Local Time: 08:19 AM	In Dutch Oor magazine they also stated sales for 25m.

11-17-2007, 03:10 PM	#21
U2girl Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Slovenija Posts: 15,628 Local Time: 08:19 AM	Wikipedia claims that "By its 8th week of release, U218 Singles had sold 2,803,000 copies around the world".

11-24-2007, 03:55 AM	#22
BigMacPhisto New Yorker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 2,559 Local Time: 11:19 PM	That pile of estimates above seems quite on the mark....R&H was a double vinyl, and I believe, not long enough for the vinyl copies to count as two units, so there's a mistake there. Also, the correct 18Singles estimate is about 3 M, not 4.

11-24-2007, 04:42 AM	#24
U2FanPeter Refugee Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 2,453 Local Time: 07:19 AM	I wonder if any of the DVDs are higher than any of the albums?