KB50MJ You claimed on your 02/13/2009 post(quotes above) that the Beatles sold 400-420 million records. Then on your 06/19/2009 post you claimed the Beatles has sold 495 million records?
How have the Beatles(495 million) sold 50-75 million units this year(and I 'm even adding the entire year of 2009; still this is too many sales folks)!?!? Where is their chart positions and sales info to back up this ridiculous claim. You need to post this info or are you too "inflating sales figures". I believe that Michael Jackson has really outsold the Beatles. Their numbers are purposely inflated(by everyone in the Music industry and people like you. and you know this. Produce a chart(estimating) of all Beatles sales as you are doing with MJ and you will see that(like with the Eagles greatest hits) it's does not add up. I will post an article(below) that was published by Billboard and Reuters to illustrate this point.
These numbers are nonsense. Read below and see why I know this.
As unrealistic as this; Hess perhaps???
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http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE56I2B820090719
"Thriller" sales soar close to Eagles' "Hits"
Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:15pm EDT By Ed Christman
NEW YORK (Billboard) - For nearly a decade, the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" has been the recording industry's ultimate evergreen release, certified by the RIAA as the all-time best-selling album in the United States. But thanks to continued robust demand for Michael Jackson's catalog since his June 25 death, "Thriller" appears on the verge of matching "Their Greatest Hits," at least in the eyes of the industry trade group.
In March, the Recording Industry Association of America certified "Thriller" as 28 times platinum, meaning that at least 28 million copies of the album have been shipped since its 1982 release. That's just a notch behind the Eagles' hits compilation, which was released in 1976 and was certified 29 times platinum in 2006.
Billboard estimates that the posthumous surge in Jackson's sales and Sony Music Entertainment's efforts to push Jackson CDs into the distribution pipeline have likely propelled shipments of Jackson product, if not yet sales, beyond the 29 million-unit mark in the United States.
Amid the recent explosion in Jackson sales, "Thriller" has enjoyed the second-biggest sales bump in his catalog, just behind the hits collection "Number Ones." During the three weeks that ended July 12, "Thriller" sold 552,000 U.S. copies, for year-to-date sales of 608,000, according to Nielsen Sound Scan.
STRONG SALES TO CONTINUE
Most industry executives believe that the most recent Sound scan week -- which included the widely watched memorial service for Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles -- will mark a posthumous weekly peak for Jackson sales. They also expect sales to wind down slowly in the next few months, which means sales will remain strong. In the week ended July 12, Jackson's album catalog sold a combined 1.1 million copies, up from nearly 800,000 in the preceding week and 422,000 in the week he died.
"Thriller" and "Their Greatest Hits" were instant hits. The RIAA first certified "Thriller" platinum in January 1983, just two months after its release, while "Their Greatest Hits" was certified platinum in February 1976, mere days after it arrived.
Propelled by groundbreaking videos for the singles "Billie Jean," "Beat It" and the title track, "Thriller" reached the 20 million certification milestone in October 1984, becoming the RIAA's top-selling album of all time. The album's next RIAA certification, at 21 times platinum, came in May 1990. The RIAA's certification of "Thriller" as 28 times platinum in March came 13 months after Sony's release of a deluxe 25th-anniversary edition of the album.
The RIAA's second certification of shipments of the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits" didn't occur until August 1990, when it certified the release as 12 times platinum. The RIAA couldn't immediately explain why the album wasn't certified at earlier platinum milestones, or why it was next certified at 14 times platinum in December 1993, and for 22 times in June 1995, despite U.S. sales of only 919,000 during that period. When the RIAA certified "Their Greatest Hits" as 26 times platinum in November 1999, it unseated "Thriller" at the top of the RIAA's all-time ranking.
Since being certified as 29 times platinum in January 2006, "Their Greatest Hits" has sold 404,000 copies, including 33,000 this year and 115,000 in 2008.
Representatives at Sony and Warner Music Group, which distributes "Their Greatest Hits," declined to comment.
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"Thriller" reached the 20 million certification milestone in October 1984, becoming the RIAA's top-selling album of all time. The album's next RIAA certification, at 21 time’s platinum, came in May 1990.
This says it all, only 1 million (21xUS) Thriller sales from 1984-1990???
(166,667+ copies sold per year)
1991- (March)2009-17.3yrs.7,000,000 million(28xUS) more sales (404624 + units per year)
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The RIAA's second certification of shipments of the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits" didn't occur until August 1990, when it certified the release as 12 time’s platinum. The RIAA couldn't immediately explain why the album wasn't certified at earlier platinum milestones, or why it was next certified at 14 times platinum in December 1993, and for 22 times in June 1995
1976
(1,000,000 (1xUS) albums sold)
1976- 1990
11 million (12xUS) sales!!!???
(785,715+ US albums per year)
1990-1993 (14xUS) 3,000,000 more sales!!!???
(1,000,000+ copies per year)
1994- 1995 (22xUS) 8,000,000 more sales!!!??
(4,000,000+ copies per year more) sales???!!!!!
1996-2007 (29xUS) 7,000,000 more sales!!!??? (636,000+ copies per year more) sales???!!!
This is a fraud it all done to dethrone Thriller. We have discussed this issue for years now all can see these insane numbers. This is unbelievable!
Please do not ignore this please respond with verification only please.
