Talk:Black & Blue

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[edit] Sales details (from Backstreet Boys Discography discussion page)

[edit] Black & Blue sales

Once again, the data is incorrect. You have referenced 3 sites that are quoting the same source, and as said before, these are forums where the data is disputed. Therefore before changing again, please actually reseach. As I have shown, 30 million is a credible figure for Millennium. Although some say this figure is also inflated. So, let us look at sales figures compared to Millenium. In the USA - the biggest market, Black & Blue sold only 60% of the sales for Millennium [1]. In the 2nd biggest market of the UK, Black & Blue sold only 100,000 copies [2]. This is 30% of what Millenium achieved [3]. Look at Germany, another stronghold for BSB, Millenium sold 200,000 under Roughtrade label, and 300,000 under Zomba label [4], whereas Black and Blue sold 200,000 only [5] = 40%. Another one - Australia. Millennium sold 210,000 whereas Black and Blue sold 70,000 [6]. Again, 30%. You can see that sales for Black & Blue would be closer to 50% of Millennium NOT 80% as your figure of 24 million suggests. I have therefore reverted it. 60.234.242.196 10:50, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I refer you to the 2001 IFPI Recording Association for 2001 [7]. On page 5 it states that Black & Blue was the 10th biggest chart topping album of the year. If you research the sales for an album that was similar i.e. Madonna's - Music. This sold 13m worldwide (refer links to this on the Madonna Discography discussion page), Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication has sold 15m to date. [8], Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, which did far better than Black and Blue, sold 19m [9] to date. This once again is showing that Black and Blue sales 'are likely' to be in the same vicinity, and NOT 24m. 60.234.242.196 22:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

The above is considered original research, so cannot be used. However, the 24 million figure is equally wrong, so from a topic board / forum, not from a verified source, so are removing it. 146.171.254.66 (talk) 23:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)