Album sales thread

[33]

Isn't that the singer from Elastica?

Yes it is.

Yeh but when she had her five minutes of fame in the nineties she had a fucking moustache and dated that dick Damon Albarn!

[Scottyl333]

Also, the Live Era CD has gone plat.  I saw it in a article recently.

[jameslofton29]

Isn't that the singer from Elastica?

Yes it is.

Yeh but when she had her five minutes of fame in the nineties she had a fucking moustache and dated that dick Damon Albarn!

Well, I dont remember the mustache thing, and I dont care anything about who she fucked in the 90's. Wasn't she a pretty big star back then in Europe? Here in the U.S., she didn't have very much exposure, so I never got to hear much about her. Believe it or not, she was in a slightly similar situation as Axl, but fucked it up big time. After the first album, there was alot of pressure on her to do the follow up. A few years went by, and she got sick of the pressure and quickly released  the album The Menace. It didnt sell much, and the band quickly imploded. Once, someone at an Elastica forum told me she became a heroin addict not long after that. Maybe if she had waited longer and not rushed that second album, things would be different for her.

[Thorned Rose]

This is current, as of now.

I could not find a previous topic, you to those that looked for one after reading this, tough lol.

Remember this is only United States sales, which is the mainstream market. No foreign sales here.

A.F.D - 15 million
Lies - 5 million
UYI1- 7 million
UYI2- 7 million
SPA - 1 million
Live Era - 600,000
GH - 2 million

They had several singles that went gold such as November Rain, Don't Cry, You Could Be Mine.

The Tokyo video did go Gold and Welcome to the Videos on DVD has went x2 Platium (2 million)

I would say that SPA is close to 2 million. It was certified that Jan. of 1994, so you can assume that in 12 years you can get another 1 million right? I would say it's close to 2 million.

Anyways... very impressive numbers. They rank #36 ALLTIME in the U.S. in sales by albums.

[zombux]

I'd like to know numbers of all sales, at least in whole America, Japan and Europe

[Wando]

Anyways... very impressive numbers. They rank #36 ALLTIME in the U.S. in sales by albums.

That's pretty good with only 7 albums (including a live-album and a collection)  Here's just a random fact from the HTGTHs front page:

"Appetite For Destruction still sells around 5000 copies per week in the USA."

I'm not sure how accurate it is.

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

I thought Appetite was more around 20 million.

[Thorned Rose]

That is not accurate at all...

Maybe that many in a month, not in a week. When Institute came out, they sold 12,000 albums in their debut and hit a #88 spot on the charts. It AFD sold that many per week, then they would be in the Billboard 200 consistently all the time. They aren't. It sells at least 1-2,000 a week I would say. 5,000 no. I just don't think so.

The greatest hits banks in close to 10,000 a week still.

Peace

[WARose]

GH has soold 2,77 million records as of yet

[Thorned Rose]

No its 15 million, that's to date in the U.S.

It could be right now 15,789,232 albums but until they get to 16,000,000 you count it as "15 Million" or "Diamond" in this case.

15 Million is very very very good.

[tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr]

No its 15 million, that's to date in the U.S.

It could be right now 15,789,232 albums but until they get to 16,000,000 you count it as "15 Million" or "Diamond" in this case.

15 Million is very very very good.

I know its really really good. But wasnt that 15 milion figure from 1999? I'm sure they've sold at least a couple more million since then.

[oldgunsfan]

I've read somewhere AFD sells about 200000 copies a year.

My guess would be take the US sales and double it. which seems to give a good estimation of what it did Worldwide.

[neon2002]

I apologize if this has been previously posted but I found it quite interesting so I thought that I would share it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses#Discography
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses
 
Discography
Albums
 
 
Appetite for Destruction cover.
Year   Album   US
UK
US Sales   RIAA Certification
1986
Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (EP)
-   -   10,000   -
1987
Appetite for Destruction
1   5   18,000,000   15x Platinum
1988
G N' R Lies (EP)
2   22   5,000,000   5x Platinum
1991
Use Your Illusion I
2   2   5,355,985   7x Platinum
1991
Use Your Illusion II
1   1   5,435,447   7x Platinum
1993
The Spaghetti Incident?
4   2   1,290,849   Platinum
1998
Use Your Illusion
-   -   430,912   -
1999
Live Era: '87-'93
45   45   729,370   Gold
2004
Greatest Hits
3   1   2,419,000   2x Platinum
TBA
Chinese Democracy
-   -   -   -
All sales reflect US numbers only; worldwide sales are estimated at more than ninety million.
RIAA certifications are based on storewide shipments only. Some albums have yet to be re-certified again, thus making their current certification outdated.
 

[There Was A Time]

  thats alot of records!

[WARose]

those numbers aren`t quite right i`d say....

[neon2002]

those numbers aren`t quite right i`d say....

How so? (They're the U.S. sales Only & they're from Music Stores only so they don't include Columbia House, BMG... )

[Origen]

As soon as a mod see's this it's going straight to Dead Horse, like it did when someone else posted it the other day 

[mikegiuliana]

what is the comparison of the states vs overseas

[Anguro]

... once I read (I don' remember where) that UYI I & II sold in their first day more than 1 million copies, which made them the fastest seller in one day..... that would be like 500 K each........ I don't know if that's true, or if there's a source for that.... I don't even know if they appear in #1 Billboard charts when they were released......... any comment about this?........

Thanks!

[neon2002]

As soon as a mod see's this it's going straight to Dead Horse, like it did when someone else posted it the other day?

Oh well... we know that they don't have much else better to do.