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Well man, that is soft... but Honestly I thought Greatest hits sold 5 million copies, am I wrong?

6 million copies around the world

2m in the US, 6 million in the world. And that is good for a GHs album. 

Don't mean to be a biatch, but could u posts a link for that.

When you post news articles like this, it would be great if there was an actual source....

It's not on the RIAA site.



/jarmo

Yeah - they still record it as 1 million sales, but are prone to be out of date :P

http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp

that's cool nice to see the love for the old band

There is much love for old GNR : ok:

billboard.com has it listed as #66

http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/bb200.jsp?start=51

The Billboard 200TM
Top 1-50 / 51-100 Positions / Issue Date: July 2, 2005

This week: 66 ? Last week: 85 ? Weeks on Chart: 65 ?? Artist/Title:?Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits ?*triangle* 2

*triangle* RIAA certification for shipment of 1 million units (Platinum).
Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi-million level.


Gypsy note: ?the little triangle didn't copy & paste ?:-[
Does the band still get their royalties since they didn't approve this albums release? ????

Slash & Duff have certainly sold a few albums in the past 2 years!

GNR might be the only band that has a regular album, AFD, that's better than their GH's. that's odd.

omg. the greatest hits hit double-platinum. i never thought id see this. so mayeb the platinum case for the ablum was useful for something  :P

I still laugh at all the people who moaned and cried about the GH's album. That album has turned more people onto GNR in the last couple years then anything else has in a decade.  :hihi:

The GH's album KICKS ASS! The tracklist isnt fat either , it's AWESOME!

AFD is close to 17m in the USA but the riaa still shows 15m. Gnr, axl or the label have to pay the riaa to certify the albums.

I know - Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album hasn't been certified since 1994.....

6 million world wide, thats great fucking news, Shows a glimmer of hope for when/if the new band comes out.  :peace:

Just wondering ... for everyone who reads this thread /// do you own the greatest hits cd?

yes or no?  Yes for me!  : ok:

FIRST: RIAA is always "late" concerning the certifications...
For exemple RIAA said GN'R sold 63 million albums worldwide, I think this figure hasn't been updated since...1995! Now in 2005, The real sales are about 85/86 million records?worldwide (with the GH).

For the GH I confirm it's double platinium in the US, and 6 million copies worldwide. Not bad at all for an album filled with 10 years old + of material, a small promotion, with no new material, no videoclips, no singles, no tour etc... It gives lots of hopes for "Chinese Democracy" when it's released. :peace:

thats cool its sold 6 million worldwide,  whats this about bands having to pay RIAA to certify? That sounds fucked

I also own it, but only because I'm a die-hard collector. Otherwise I wouldn't have bought it.

it sounds fucked up but its a business, they certify you and then your worth more in the market i suppose.

ya im kinda the same way. the only reason i bought it is cuz i wanted SFTD on a GN'R album  ;D

Yeah, I bought it basically to complete the collection and to have SFTD on an album.  I really don't listen to it that much, but I do appreciate how many new GN'R fans its made.  If only there were some rare stuff on it.

I haven't bought it - though i might eventually just to have Sympathy for the devil in a more accesible location (though i have the original single :D)

Edited songs and remastered tracks not endorsed by the band - not good

I didn't buy it either, I also have the original SFTD CD single. I remeber walking into the store and seeing it and I was like. "WOW, I didn't realize they had a new song."  I love their version I think it rocks : ok: I had never heard the original before and to this day I think the GnR version is better.

I can't believe how much the GH has sold. it's unprecidented. Even though Axl, Slash and Duff didn't want it released, it managed to peak interest for VR and GnR. Axl better use that interest to his advantage and releae CD soon!!! :yes:

Personally I think the track listing on GH sucks, half the tracks are cover songs!!! Is that what GnR is going to be known/remebered for to the casual observer?  I sure hope not!!!! :rant:

I do

Thats cool

I never bought it, but have friends that did..

Anyway, double platinum is a great accomplishment. : ok:

It was the first GNR cd I bought.  Then I bought AFD and was like "Holy Shit, this is better than the GH!!! 
And about the covers, I think alot of GNR's covers are better than the originals ( KOHD, Mama Kin, etc. ).  Oh, and is" Ain't it Fun"  the only song edited on the GH?  It's the only one I noticed... 

Never bought it, dont plan on buying it ever.

Yeah, that's the only edited song on it.  That's cause its got the magic word in it.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/bb200.jsp?start=51

great news for me

platinum mean 1milion copies.am i right?

this week gnr on 66,that's great

With the dvds and the greatest hits the record label should now be in the black and out from under Axl's 12 million or so recording debt.

GN'R has been selling a lot of records/DVD's for 1 or 2 years.
Hope "Chinese Democracy" will be the summum (musically and commercially) of GN'R 2k. the potencial is here. The demand is here.

GN'R have enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in recent times - the big question will be if the name Guns N' Roses is as potent as a commodity without such key trademarks  ie.the original members figuring in the equation?

I think that question has already been answered, hasn't it?

Kind of a rhetorical question Botaxl  ::)

http://www.billboard.com/bb/riaa/multi.jsp  I thought it was only 2 million...

2 millions in america, 5 in the whole world. : ok:

Now imagine how many more units it would shift if it had at least two new songs on it?

RIAA only tracks US sales. : ok:

Wow, that's a lot of albums....

Could it be true?



/jarmo

Lol - according to that 'The Cheetah Girls' has been certified 61 times platinum

I think the accuracy of that site is to be doubted :hihi:

Title Artist Release? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? Date? ? ? ? ? ?? ? Millions? ? ? ? ? ?Label? ? ? ? ? ? ? Cert. Date
Latest Certifications?

CHEETAH GIRLS SOUNDTRACK? ? ? ?8/12/2003? ? ? ?61? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? WALT DISNEY 6/7/2005

It is usually VERY accurate as it is the Billboard website. Obviously, they made some errors. I am sure it is only 2 million for greatest hits. There seems to be multiple typo's on that page!  :D

in less than 3 month, mariah carey has already sold 9 million copies of her last album? ::)
That's weird... there should be a mistake somewhere.

It's virtually impossible to guage worldwide sales..

well wordwide means USA and europe.
rest of the world does not count for businessmen :)

I was going to point this out, but I didn't want to get jumped on....

"You mean you DON'T have the Cheetah Girls Soundtrack?!?!"  :nervous:

I don't even know who they are - which is surprising considering in just a few years they have managed to achieve the highest selling album of all time..... :rofl:

The Mariah Carey figure is clearly wrong too - 9 million this year? Dream on....

GH has shifted no more than 2 million in the US, and this websites claims can safely be dismissed

It says shipped not sold. Isnt there is a difference? Shipped is how many albums sent out, sold is how many albums  people bought, no?

Not even "this year", just since april!! that's impossible.

Yeah, there is a difference... but the figures are still wrong.  The Cheetah Girls haven't shipped 61,000,000 CDs.

Also for the GH figure to be right there would have to be about 3,000,000 copies floating around in the U.S. alone, and that's not possible considering its already been out for a year (aside from the fact that we KNOW it was just recently certified double-plat).

its 2.2 million us    6 million worldwide. WTF.             

The G-Hits album has sold  2,212,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 9th, 2005. As of now, I don't know how many copies it has shipped. (In the U.S.)

this week gnr no 71,and 2 times certified as platinum

and on billboard top 100 only gnr and two artist were more than 60 weeks on the chart,that's amazing

Sounds about right but as ever - source?

I'd imagine the figure is probably 2.5-3 million for units shipped - leaving about 500k to 1 million copies in shops/warehouses throughout the country

It's just a mistake by Billboard. On their top 100 albums chart-same website-it says certified double platinum by riaa. Indiana is probably getting his info from Soundscan which tracks actual sales. RIAA tracks shipments in the US. However, shipments are still sales to the record company because retailers have to buy the product from the record company. I wonder if the artist gets royalties as soon as the product is shipped? PILFERK-or would it be when the album actually sells at retail? ???

i think they let interns fill out their database

And to blilbord they are not sales because if they were, they would put it as the sales chart?
a bit confusing.
Good to know Billbord makes mistakes. :D


Maybe the cheetah girls have been indeed shipped for many times but all drowned at sea.  :'( The ships carrying the millions of cheater girls got either wrecked in tropical storms or captured by pirates. Now they are floating around the seven seas. That's why the figures. That's why they haven't reached Izzy yet.

No.
What is the point of owning it when i have already everything!?
Besides,  for me the best songs are not there but singels + sympathy for the devil.

Just for final clarification-Billboard corrected their chart. GH is officially double platinum.
http://www.billboard.com/bb/riaa/multi.jsp

Must.......buy.....another....gn'r.......album.




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