Does anyone have a list of best-selling prog recor
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Topic: Does anyone have a list of best-selling prog recor
Posted By: paganinio
Subject: Does anyone have a list of best-selling prog recor
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 22:25
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I googled this question, and searched on the PA forum. There doesn't seem to be an answer to the following question: Does anyone have a list of best-selling prog records? If not, let's compile a list in this thread. Please include the sales or chart position if possible. You can find the chart position info on Allmusic.com, and you can find the sales info on http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Pink%20Floyd&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 - RIAA's sales database (you need to replace the artist name with the artist that you're searching for). I'll start with some obvious entires. I did NOT verify their sales/chart data yet. Tool - Lateralus (Billboard #1) Pink Floyd - The Wall, Dark Side, WYWH, etc. Dream Theater - Score, Octavarium etc. |
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 22:33
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Pretty sure Dark Side of the Moon is the #1 best selling of all-time.
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 22:34
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Further notes: The RIAA database is easy to use, but might cause some misunderstandings. Here's some info I got from the RIAA database. The Dark Side of the Moon sold 15.00x MULTI PLATINUM in USA. The Wall sold 23.00x MULTI PLATINUM in USA. You won't see this data on the first page, but if you carefully read every page, you will find it. And, this method will not tell you about sales outside of USA. |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 22:37
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I thought so too. But... Why does The Wall have 23X PLATINUM, while Dark Side only has 15X PLATINUM? |
Evolutionary_Sleeper wrote:Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 23:23
I just heard an explanation for that, I can't remember it though. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 23:26
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Thriller is the best selling album of all time... ------------- 
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: December 05 2009 at 23:31
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Quote from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd - Pink Floyd 's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall - The Wall and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles - The Beatles ' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_%28album%29 - White Album , both vinyl-era, are counted double even though their running times are under the minimum. The Wall is a double album, so it is counted double. |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: December 06 2009 at 02:11
| Double Trouble. |