Talk:List of best-selling albums in the United States
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[edit] The Eagles: Group
The Eagles' Greatest Hits is listed as both the highest selling album for a group and for an artist. This must be a mistake, as the Eagles are not an artist, but a group. Does anyone know the actual highest selling album by an artist? Monkeyfinger 04:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Ranking is misleading
The 10 x Platinum albums, for example, are equivalent - the RIAA lists them alphabetically. But on this list, they are given rankings from #66 (Ace of Base) to #99 (*N Sync). All albums with the same sales should be listed as a group, e.g. 66-99. Maybe when I have time... NjtoTX 11 August 2006
[edit] 50 Cents Album
Why is the 50 cents album at 12x platinum when according to RIAA website it is 6x platinum. http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp
[edit] "Napster era"
"Albums from the Napster era on are underrepresented due to the decline in conventional album sales." I'm going to edit this to see if I can make it a little more NPOV :-) /splintax
- I don't mind so badly; all it means is that because people began getting their music from the Internet (often in the form of tracks as opposed to full albums). Still, it is a little speculative. I'll see about it. Deltabeignet 19:43, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
- I think this assertion was refuted by several studies; the reason being, for the decline of record breaking sales, the extraordinary amount of releases the 90's saw, and the general poor quality of a vast majority of these releases. tchlouis 18 March 2006
[edit] ACDC... moved up a place
I cite this article..
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/08/music.acdc.reut/index.html
I believe ACDC should be tied for number 5 with Billy Joel.
[edit] AC/DC "more Platinum" than shania twain
Shouldn't AC/DC Be above Shania Twain, As She has 20x platinum, whereas AC/Dc have 21x?
[edit] Counting Error
Why does it start again with "#1" after 4... shouldn't Billy Joel be #5? Seems like a simple enough error, and I'm going to change it, unless I'm totally missing something here...
[edit] Elton John
Elton John's Greatest Hits album is here listed as a double album. Is this in reference to the later one which is a double album, or the 1975 album which is not? The link goes to the earlier, but the article seems to imply the latter.
[edit] Ace of Base
Why is Ace of Base The Sign album listed as only 9 times platinum when the RIAA site lists it at 10 times platinum? You can check at http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp (put in the band's name and hit 'search'). The RIAA site says the album was awarded 10 times platinum status in 2002, and the accompanying article on Wikipedia says the same thing.--Firsfron 09:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- I think at least the beginning was taken from this page which still lists it as platinum nine times. —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 05:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I would like to edit the article to reflect the 10x platinum number. Any objections?--Firsfron 14:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Double for The Wall?
Pink Floyd's The Wall is marked with an @, indicating that it is counted as two discs sold, but the notes at the bottom of the page indicate that this is only the case for albums more than 100 minutes in length... I don't know which of these is correct.
- Good question. LPs were typically 46 minutes, so a double LP would generally be 92 minutes, so something seems wrong here. (The White Album, for instance, is 93 minutes.) If I were less lazy, I'd look it up. --Chowbok 22:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
from the RIAA website [1]:
"1992 : Multi-box sets are redefined as two or more CDs (or the equivalent in LPs or cassettes) with a minimum running time of 120 minutes. The criteria are also changed so that each unit within a set is counted separately. The criteria for a Gold® multi-box set now require sales of 500,000 units; Platinum®, one million units; and Multi-Platinum™, two million units.
1997: An exception to the 120-minute running time rule for multi-disc sets is implemented for pre-1982 releases. The running time of these albums is no longer considered. The multi-box set running time is reduced to 100 minutes."
I will update the article going by this information.
The Wall clocks in at about 85 minutes if I'm not mistaken, for what it's worth. However it was first sold in '79 or '80 which means the running time (either way) wouldn't count. 71.209.245.59 18:12, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Best Selling Debut
At the bottom, it lists Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction as the best selling debut album (at 15X), but shouldn't it be Boston's eponymously titled debut (with 17X)?
[edit] Up!
According to RIAA website's list of the top 100 albums. Shania Twain's album Up! has gone 11X Platinum, so it should be on this list shouldn't it? --Thankyoubaby 18:54, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Joshua Tree
According to Wikipedia's list, U2's Joshua Tree was 16x platinum, but it was really only 10x platinum.
[edit] Genre error (I think)
Near the bottem of this list, it has 'best selling CD by an alternative band' listed as Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd was (and is, for that matter) progressive/psychedelic rock. Wouldn't the best selling alternative album be The Joshua Tree, since U2 has no proper genre to describe them? I'm not sure though, and I'm sure it's disputed by fans... Any thoughts?
[edit] Journey
Journey's greatest hits are listed as 10x platinum, but the billboard pop catalogue chart show it as 14x platinum. Huh?
[edit] Non-native English speaking artist
Well, I do not really know the pertinence, anyway, of that information, but if you want to name the highest selling album by a non-native English speaking artist, it is not "The Sign" by Ace of Base (which is #67), but "Falling Into You" by Céline Dion (#54). Although Canadian, Dion is not "native English speaking", but rather native French speaking, since she comes from Québec, which is, as you may know, the only French speaking nation in the Americas. It is a fact easily corroborated when you listen to one of her interviews in English. tchlouis 18 March 2006
[edit] i don't believe this...
Highest selling album by a group - Green Day - Dookie (1994) - 129 times platinum
Where'd you find that? It's not true. Mpawluk 04:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Bodyguard soundtrack...
I was amazed to see that "The Bodyguard" soundtrack had outsold both "The Wall" and "Led Zeppelin IV", until i checked the RIAA top 100 page, and realized that it was only 17x platnum, instead of the 20x it was listed as.
I have placed it in with the other 17x items.Maclover134 13:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chili Peppers
hey, maybe i have a bias (im a fan of the chili peppers) but californication went 15xplatinum worldwide, andyone know what the u.s. number is?
- I believe that they sold 5 million Californication albums in the U.S. Scrumshus
[edit] PEARL JAM sold a lot more than Nirvana
According to RIAA PEARL JAM sold 12 millions of TEN and Nirvana 10 millions of Nevermind, so PEARL JAM is the best selling grunge and alternative rock. Please, reviews and correct your artciles.
[edit] Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Typo on the list - Hybrid Theory was 10x platinum, not 19 (place no. 78).
[edit] 2Pac
Both "All Eyez on Me" and "Greatest Hits" are two disc. Neither are marked with a "≈". They're listed at 9x platinum should this be 18x because of the two CD thing? Cms479 19:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Album or CD?
In the "Trivia" section, it seems like the word album is being used as interchangable with "CD", i.e. including greatest hits/compilations (ex: Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975). Generally "album" does not refer to greatest hits/compilations, so I think either "album" should be replaced with "CD" or the greatest hits/compilations should be ineligable for categories labeled as "albums". Cms479 19:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Elvis Presley???
Didn't Elvis sell a shitload of records? Why isn't he on this list?Hanako 02:44, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Album covers
Back on July 4 we lost the album covers. Should we put them back on?
- No. I don't really think it's fair-use. It's just eye candy. Mak (talk) 03:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Best Debut Album
Guns N' Roses's Appetite for destruction sold over 20 million copie and should be higher up on the list and shoud be the best selling debut.. it even says so in there bio.
[edit] biggie smalls
he isnt here,his life after death album got diamond,shouldn't it be here?
