GnR album sales

[Nytunz]

Anyone knows the "ca number" of how many records GnR has sold?
How much have appetite sold worldwide alone?

Do you think theyr discografi will have sold over 100 millions a couple of years after Chinese Democracy?

That is a very high number.. for a band that with 7 album releases.. (with CD and GH)

[Crowebar]

A very HUGE shitload of album sales dude.   

Don't know the exact number though but, it's a lot.   

[polluxlm]

AFD: 40+
UYI: 35+ (combined)
Lies: 10
GH: 7+
Live Era: 2+
Spaghetti: 7+

[Genesis]

Do you think theyr discografi will have sold over 100 millions a couple of years after Chinese Democracy?

Yes, I believe that's possible. I think I've read somewhere that GN'R have sold close to 80 million albums or so. Assuming there will be more GHs and compilations coming along, they should make that target easily.

AFD: 40+
UYI: 35+ (combined)
Lies: 10
GH: 7+
Live Era: 2+
Spaghetti: 7+

Do you have a source for that? I don't think UYIs have sold 35 mil. It's more close to 18 mil combined.

[jarmo]

Do you have a source for that? I don't think UYIs have sold 35 mil. It's more close to 18 mil combined.

The UYI albums have been certified to have sold 7 million each in the USA. The last certification was done in 1997.

I wouldn't be surprised if they've sold more than 18 million in the USA alone.....



/jarmo

[polluxlm]

Do you have a source for that? I don't think UYIs have sold 35 mil. It's more close to 18 mil combined.

RIAAs numbers:

AFD: 15
UYI: 14
Lies: 5
GH: 4
Live Era: 1.5
Spaghetti: 3

Multiply that with a little over 2 and you get the worldwide sales, then adjust a little since the list hasn't been updated for 10 years.

[Nytunz]

IN THE US: Hmm, i belive appetite had sold 15 mill. in 1999. thats 8 years ago.. and im pretty sure its more like 20 mill today.

one more question. Is Appetite still the most selling debut album in the world?

[JuicySwoos]

Do you have a source for that? I don't think UYIs have sold 35 mil. It's more close to 18 mil combined.

The UYI albums have been certified to have sold 7 million each in the USA. The last certification was done in 1997.

I wouldn't be surprised if they've sold more than 18 million in the USA alone.....



/jarmo

I agree....I think some people would be surprised just how well the Illusions sold. ?I know I was a few years ago when I looked at the numbers. I use the illusion numbers along with the world tour when talking about when GNR was at their "peak"....which I think was the 91-93 period....I know some will think the 87-89 period....

fun discussion to have....since both periods GNR was the biggest band in the world.

[Genesis]

one more question. Is Appetite still the most selling debut album in the world?

Yes it is.

[madagas]

Nobody ever gets this right-in the US, according to RIAA (I just looked!), GNR has shipped/approx sold 38.5 million records.
afd-15, uyi1-7, uyi2-7, lies-5, spag-1, GH-3, Live-500,000 ?FACT FACT FACT!

that is a fairly accurate number for actual albums sold in the US....WORLWIDE IS VERY HARD TO DETERMINE- probably anywhere from 80-90 million as of now.

[polluxlm]

Nobody ever gets this right-in the US, according to RIAA (I just looked!), GNR has shipped 38.5 million records.
afd-15, uyi1-7, uyi2-7, lies-5, spag-1, GH-3, Live-500,000 ?FACT FACT FACT!

That list can't be entirely trusted since it's updated so rarely. I've read articles where all the albums have larger sales. Even though GN'R was on the decline in 93 they were still big enough to shift more than 1 million copies of a new album.

Either way it lands at about 100 million records worldwide, and that's pretty good for just 3 'real' albums.

[madagas]

You have read articles but you have no recording industry source That list is accurate as it is going to get until Geffen asks for a new certification of AFD and GH. I highly doubt the others will change.

[Loaded NightraiN]

one more question. Is Appetite still the most selling debut album in the world?

Yes it is.

In the world probaly... Which is good...

But, thanks to recent dumbass music fans here in the US its currently 3rd 

But one it gets updated I doubt those other 3 will stick around!

[gandra]

i'm sure they sold in the rest of the world same number as in usa (especially think on japan,europe,south america)

[madagas]

They have sold more in the rest of the world...roughly 38-40 million US actual sales and anywhere from 40-60 million worlwide. It is not an exact science but Geffen should have an idea of what they have shipped worldwide.

[gandra]

I don get it

afd    15 million
uyi1   7 million

in 1991 gnr were the biggest band in the world,in 1987 they were new band

[HungerForChaos]

This is stupid! Why does it take so long for Geffen to update this crap?!

[Jaakko]

I don get it

afd? ? 15 million
uyi1? ?7 million

in 1991 gnr were the biggest band in the world,in 1987 they were new band

Appetite was/is a phenomenon. Everybody "had" to buy it. It has made the numbers over the years.

[Bruno Poeys]

I heard somewhere that the number is around 92 millions around the world. I believe it was pretty accurate like 3 or 4 years ago (when the numbers werent fully updated). South America, Japan, Europe... they sold a lot there for sure.
thats pretty good, a rock band sold something close to 100 millions of albums with '3' real albums - AFD, UYI and Lies. thats really awesome.
just think on that... bon jovi is a pop/pop rock group and they sold around 100 millions. they've got around 13 records out if i'm not wrong (source: bon jovi community, lol).

[pollyblue]

I don get it

afd? ? 15 million
uyi1? ?7 million

in 1991 gnr were the biggest band in the world,in 1987 they were new band

every 'new' fan who bought UYI also bought AFD afterwards i guess. 7 million is approx. 1/2 of 15 million.
okay just my guess.