Talk:List of best-selling albums (UK)
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[edit] Real Figures?
According to (http://www.bpi.co.uk/index.asp?Page=stats/content_file_309.shtml this) the list is a bit different.--Play Brian Moore 22:25, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Frankly, the list as it stood was a pile of nonsense. I've edited it using everyhit's list. Also, I've removed Dark Side of the Moon entirely, because while I'm almost certain that it deserves a place on the list, I can't actually find any figures on its sales in the UK, and everyhit doesn't list it. The only ones I can find are worldwide figures which would place it just below Brothers in Arms, but I can't just assume that both sold a similar percentage of copies in the UK. --Dandelions 20:36, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Dark Side of the Moon has been certified 9 x Platinum in 2005 i.e. 2.7 million and should be on the list. Queen's Greatest Hits is officially 11 x platinum since jan 1992. Queenonline has issued a press release in 2005 stating that GH it is the best selling complilation album in the UK with sales of over 4 million.
[edit] Updated-List With Reference
- Now we're using 'Everyhit's' figures, as a neutral orgnaization collecting these figures, are we taking these as gospel, with changes being accepted to only if other equally good sources are provided? This is how I've been editing the page - just wanted to check that this was a consensus view? Robdurbar 11:01, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Abba
A user recently commented:
Gold by ABBA, got a 13th UK Platinum Award in February 2005 - for 3.9 million total Sales. It is likely to be the 3rd, 4th, or 5th Best Selling UK Album, by now. (Apil 2006). '
Is there a source for this? Robdurbar 12:49, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] James Blunt
his album has sold 2.7m now not 2.5m Bobo6balde66 15:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Updated official list
In July 2006, the British Phonographic Industry updated its website, so the top 10 official list now stands at:
1. BEATLES - SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD
3. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS
4. OASIS - (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY
5. MADONNA - IMMACULATE COLLECTION
6. ABBA - GOLD
7. SIMPLY RED - STARS
8. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS
9. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER
10. SHANIA TWAIN - COME ON OVER
Official source: http://www.bpi.co.uk/stats/content_file_126.shtml Rimmers 12:56, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tango in the Night
The artist listed is Pink Floyd, but should be Fleetwood Mac
[edit] Queen as #1
Can someone expand on this addition to the article please:
"The number one on this list is also controversial. The British Phonographic Industry [2] and Everyhit.com [3] list Queen's Greatest Hits as seperate volumes. Initially, a Greatest Hits album was released in 1981 and a second in 1991. These were then combined as a double album in 1995. Furthermore, a third Greatest Hits package was released in 1999. The sales of five million indicate all sales of the original Greatest Hits, plus later reissues of combined Greatest Hits volumes"
What is the source for this claim? Also how much effect would this have on the total sales? The Platinum Collection is certified 3xPlatinum in the UK - obviously all 900,000 sales were not simply added to the total of Greatest Hits I. The same with the double release of GH I and GH II; infact, that release isn't even certified by the BPI - so its effects on the total sales of GHI would be minimal.
On those grounds, the claim that the #1 is controversial seems questionable. So, can someone expand and provide sources please. Rimmers 21:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
- Well I must admit I've been baffeled by this claim from both the BPI and the Official Charts. I don't see how one can come up with sales of 5 odd million, and the other for 3 odd. I was considering emailing Official Charts, asking how the hell they'd come up with that figure AND the 3 million odd for GHII. --Robdurbar 23:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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- And, to counter, what is the source for: 'Also how much effect would this have on the total sales? The Platinum Collection is certified 3xPlatinum in the UK - obviously all 900,000 sales were not simply added to the total of Greatest Hits I. The same with the double release of GH I and GH II; infact, that release isn't even certified by the BPI - so its effects on the total sales of GHI would be minimal.' ? To be honest, I based my judgement initially on the fact that the figures the BPI and everyhit have for GHI + GHII are fairly close to the OFC's total for 'Greatest Hits'. Robdurbar 23:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
It is a bit of a puzzler; but I would recommend emailing them like you said you were going to do. I can believe that GHI sold 5million plus - simply because its such a big selling album every year. As things stand on the BPI's certification database at the moment the sales for the GH are:
Greatest Hits I - 11xPlatinum
Greatest Hits II - 8xPlatinum
Greatest Hits III - 1xPlatinum
Platinum Collection - 3xPlatinum
However that isnt as straight forward as it looks; those certificates are greatly out of date. GHI has not been recertified in 15 years. GHII hasnt been recertified for six and a half years. Therefore, those certificates cant be used to estimate (with any degree of accuracy) the total sales of GHI as of today. Taken from 1992 when it was last certified, it is more than plausable (imo) to believe that its gone another 7/8xPlatinum given the fact it still sells very well (its a bit of irrelevant point - but its inside the top 130 album on Amazon.co.uk at the time of writing this).
Given the fact all of this is based on original research, I dont think its applicable to call Queen's instalation as #1 "controversial" - as there are no sources or evidence it back it up (at the moment, at least). So I support the fact you removed that section for the time being... Rimmers 00:13, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
