The top 10 artists in Nielsen SoundScan history

[kutulu 1,642]

Nielsen SoundScan's list of top-selling album artists in the United States since the scanning service set up shop in May 1991:

 

01. GARTH BROOKS: 67,774,000

02. THE BEATLES: 56,110,000

03. MARIAH CAREY: 50,004,000

04. CELINE DION: 49,951,000

05. METALLICA: 48,867,000

06. GEORGE STRAIT: 39,403,000

07. TIM MCGRAW: 36,657,000

08. ALAN JACKSON: 35,654,000

09. PINK FLOYD: 34,665,000

10. SHANIA TWAIN: 33,591,000

[IndyTom 0]

Wow - the Beatles are #2 despite Nielson not tracking sales until 20 twenty years after their break up.

 

[GettnHuge 2]

a measly 49 million for Metallicor?

Freakin christ, if not for illegal downloaders that number would be five hunnert million minimum.

Power to the powerful

[IndyTom 0]

  GettnHuge said:

a measly 49 million for Metallicor?

Freakin christ, if not for illegal downloaders that number would be five hunnert million minimum.

Power to the powerful

 

That reminds me of this cartoon (rant):

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIuR5TNyL8Y

 

[Big Blue 06 195]

Wow, of the 10, I only own albums from the Beatles, Metallica, and Pink Floyd. Guess I'm not up on "current music".

[remote controller 143]

Hey Newbie, Did you notice NO TOTO!

[joneo 553]

  kutulu said:

Nielsen SoundScan's list of top-selling album artists in the United States since the scanning service set up shop in May 1991:

 

01. GARTH BROOKS: 67,774,000

02. THE BEATLES: 56,110,000

03. MARIAH CAREY: 50,004,000

04. CELINE DION: 49,951,000

05. METALLICA: 48,867,000

06. GEORGE STRAIT: 39,403,000

07. TIM MCGRAW: 36,657,000

08. ALAN JACKSON: 35,654,000

09. PINK FLOYD: 34,665,000

10. SHANIA TWAIN: 33,591,000

 

 

I'll take "Who are 10 artists/bands that suck" for $500 Alex.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

5 country acts in the top 10. What are the odds of that...all the rednecks are the ones buying music. Oh yeah, they probably don't know how to use the internets.

[Big Blue 06 195]

  joneo said:

I'll take "Who are 10 artists/bands that suck" for $500 Alex.

 

Pink Floyd? The Beatles? Metallica?

 

You are dead to me.

[gocolts 300]

  joneo said:

I'll take "Who are 10 artists/bands that suck" for $500 Alex.

[gocolts 300]

  Big Blue 06 said:

Wow, of the 10, I only own albums from the Beatles, Metallica, and Pink Floyd. Guess I'm not up on "current music".

That's 2 more than I do. That list is terrible.

[edjr 6,527]

Why doesn't it list the album? that can't be for the artist's career can it?

 

new Kids on the block sold more than 70,000,000 albums

 

 

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New Kids on the Block are a boy band that enjoyed enormous success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Assembled in Boston in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr, the members consisted of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood. The group went on to sell over 70 million albums worldwide, generated hundreds of millions of dollars in concert revenues, and paved the way for acts like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. The group broke up in 1994. The group reunited in April 2008, and are now planning a new album and an international concert tour in the fall.

[IndyTom 0]

  edjr said:

Why doesn't it list the album? that can't be for the artist's career can it?

 

new Kids on the block sold more than 70,000,000 albums

 

They didn't start scanning until 1991. I am sure the Beatles sold over 800M, as well as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elvis, etc.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

  edjr said:

Why doesn't it list the album? that can't be for the artist's career can it?

new Kids on the block sold more than 70,000,000 albums

 

The group went on to sell over 70 million albums worldwide

 

  kutulu said:

Nielsen SoundScan's list of top-selling album artists in the United States since the scanning service set up shop in May 1991:

[broussard 0]

  ZeroTolerance said:

5 country acts in the top 10. What are the odds of that...

100%

[kutulu 1,642]

  IndyTom said:

They didn't start scanning until 1991. I am sure the Beatles sold over 800M, as well as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elvis, etc.

 

Word.

 

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METALLICA's self-titled album from 1991 (also known as the "black" album) is the No. 2 top-selling album of the SoundScan era. The LP shifted 258,000 units in the U.S. in 2007 to bring total sales to 15,077,000 (as of the close of 2007) and closing the gap to the No. 1 album on the list, SHANIA TWAIN's "Come on Over", by 372,000 units. If these percentages keep up, "Metallica" will overtake "Come on Over" during 2009.

 

METALLICA's top-selling albums during the SoundScan era (as of March 30, 2008):

 

01. "Metallica" (1991): 15,136,000

02. "…And Justice for All" (1988): 5,114,000 *

03. "Load" (1996): 4,991,000 *

04. "Master of Puppets" (1986): 4,371,000 *

05. "Ride the Lightning" (1984): 4,162,000 *

 

* Does not include sales prior to the start of the SoundScan era (May 25, 1991).

[edjr 6,527]

  IndyTom said:

They didn't start scanning until 1991. I am sure the Beatles sold over 800M, as well as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elvis, etc.

 

 

NKOTB > metallica

[kutulu 1,642]

  edjr said:

NKOTB > metallica

 

Enter Sandwichman

[kutulu 1,642]

www.missionmetallica.com

[porkbutt 892]

besides floyd, beatles...that list is a testament to how retarded people really are

[kutulu 1,642]

  porkbutt said:

besides floyd, beatles...that list is a testament to how retarded people really are