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Originally posted by let prog reign let prog reign wrote:

The question is how many albums did genesis sell if you take out Duke, Abacab, Genesis, invisible touch, and we can't dance?
 
With Genesis, one only needs to follow their hit singles to see where their album sales were. This formula would be termed The Trick of the Trail (sorry for the pun). All this info can be accessed via the Genesis Discography Wiki
 
The first top 40 hit in the US and top 10 in the UK was "Follow You, Follow Me" off of And Then There Were Three (after Gabriel and Hackett left).
 
The next album, Duke, was the first album to go platinum in the same year it was released (1980). Duke had two singles, "Misunderstanding" and "Turn It On Again" that did well in the US and UK charts. It is interesting to note that of albums prior to Duke, only one, And Then There Were Three, eventually reached platinum status in the US. No album with Hackett or Gabriel achieved higher than gold status anywhere in the world.
 
Duke was followed in succession by four consecutive multi-platinum albums: Abacab, Genesis, Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance (sales-wise, Invisible Touch was the highest grossing in sales, followed by We Can't Dance), and many hit singles that I am too lazy to type out here.
 
So, to be honest, the further Genesis strayed from Prog-Rock, the better they did in album sales.
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Originally posted by Rush77 Rush77 wrote:

Jethro Tull has sold over 60 million albums worldwide
Yes has over 30 million albums sold
Genesis has over 150 albums sold
Rush have over 40 million albums sold
and Pink Floyd has 200 millions albums sold so Genesis comes close


In 1984 I remember reading that Tull had sold over 60 million albums worldwide.  Yet in 2011 they seemed to have not sold one more album in the 27 years since. I therefore am sceptical on these figures presented. Are these figures based on the vinyl album only or both vinyl and CD formats? I would expect both. Maybe "over 60" million album means "120" million albums!
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Originally posted by Rush77 Rush77 wrote:

Jethro Tull has sold over 60 million albums worldwide
Yes has over 30 million albums sold
Genesis has over 150 albums sold
Rush have over 40 million albums sold
and Pink Floyd has 200 millions albums sold so Genesis comes close
Genesis only sold 150 albums? I know I bought atleast 1/5th of them!
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Originally posted by TLM170 TLM170 wrote:

Originally posted by MAD MAD wrote:

Hoya!

Except that Genesis quit making Prog at the beginning of the 80s.
When it went Pop, the band sold far more than during their pure Prog period, which is not surprising considering that Prog is not easy-listening ;-)

Be funky

M A D
you can say the same about Yes!
 
I don't think you can truly say that YES went down the popcorn road completely. Talk is awesome
 
 
someone knows king crimson sales?
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Originally posted by let prog reign let prog reign wrote:

The question is how many albums did genesis sell if you take out Duke, Abacab, Genesis, invisible touch, and we can't dance?
Personaly I think Duke should remain. Abacab was the true pop turn. not Duke
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I see you can get info by typing into WIKI

how many million albums did Emerson, Lake and Palmer sell?
Got 50 million, a quote of 40 million from the 70s.

how many million albums did yes sell? doesn't work but:

how many million albums did yes sell? lonely heart
gets Anderson saying 35 million but didn't check date of interview
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Electric Light Orchestra are listed in Wiki at 50 million. And unlike several of their contemporaries mentioned in this thread, most of their sales were during the 70s.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by BlindGuard BlindGuard wrote:

Rick Wakeman(Solo) sold about 50 Million albums
 
That's wishful thinking if ever there was! Wakeman solo career combined with the Yes catalog didn't sell 50 million albums.

Well, lets see

1.- Journey to the Centre of the Earth sold 14 million copies

Quote  A total of 14 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Centre_of_the_Earth_(album)

2.- Six Wives of Henry the VIII sold 15 million Copies

Quote  It was certified gold in 1975 by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold 15 million copies 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Wives_of_Henry_VIII_(album)

3.- Myths & Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table sold 12 million copies

Quote  King Arthur became Wakeman's third consecutive gold album to be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America, and was also certified gold in Brazil, Japan and Australia.[3] The album has sold 12 million copies in total.[4]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myths_and_Legends_of_King_Arthur_and_the_Knights_of_the_Round_Table#cite_note-timesinterview-4

There alone we have 43 million copies

Add  Criminal Record, No Earthly Connection  and like 120 more.

Easilly reaches 50 million
            
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Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:

Re: King Crimson, ITCOTKC went gold years after it was released. Their other albums don't even come close in sales.
indeed. I remember when it went gold; it was no earlier than 1975, maybe as late as 1977, and I remember the announcer saying that most albums aren't even in print after that many years, let alone going gold.  It makes sense that it was so big for so long.  As young people discovered prog in the early to mid 1970s, they had to go back to hear one of its sources
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Points: 1759 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2015 at 11:16
I can't find any specific figures, but:

Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells alone has sold around 25 million)
Supertramp (Breakfast In America's done over 20 million)
Peter Gabriel (I know "So" has had over 10 million, plus many gold/platinum records for studio's and compilations)

Then there's quite a few like Marillion and Yes around 15 million total


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The Beatles - 1 (sold more than million in one week)
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Top selling artists according to RIIA:

http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists

Prog (also proto-prog/prog related) artists on the list:

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Journey
4. Chicago
5. Queen
6. The Doors
7. Rush
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. Genesis
10. Styx
11. Kansas
12. Black Sabbath
13. Jefferson Airplane
14. Yes
15. ELO
16. Jethro Tull
17. Steely Dan
18. Nine Inch Nails



Edited by terramystic - July 21 2015 at 03:19
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Yes has only sold 30 million? I could've sworn it was way more than that.
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Here in Brazil, any place that sell LP's has something of the 1980's Genesis and Yes. Rick Wakeman and Phill Collins also. Its like a plague.

Nice to see JT in a solid #16.
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Originally posted by Run Home Slow Run Home Slow wrote:

Genesis, right, but after Gabriel left they started making money, and that was not good  :-)

Why is this not good? They plied their trade within a free market among existing market forces, just like everyone else. To the victor go the spoils!
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Run Home Slow Run Home Slow wrote:

Genesis, right, but after Gabriel left they started making money, and that was not good  :-)

Why is this not good? They plied their trade within a free market among existing market forces, just like everyone else. To the victor go the spoils!
 
Regarding your capitalist view and playing devil's advocate, one could say Genesis turned from preparing fine dining in several courses to serving McDonalds from a paper bag.LOL
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I would bet every penny I own on Floyd. No problem. F*&% the statistics.
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^Good one, Elf. By the way, allow me to utilize this juncture to say I recently bought the 2007 double-disc of We Can't Dance because I like the interviews on these editions, and I hate myself for doing so (it was a used copy for only about $7). Included was a documentary about the making of 'Dance where it was divulged that the lads' general practice at the time was to sit around and start riffing off one another in search of a prospective melody, and they looked ridiculous in the video doing it. No wonder it turned out the piece of sh#t that it did.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Run Home Slow Run Home Slow wrote:

Genesis, right, but after Gabriel left they started making money, and that was not good  :-)

Why is this not good? They plied their trade within a free market among existing market forces, just like everyone else. To the victor go the spoils!

 
Regarding your capitalist view and playing devil's advocate, one could say Genesis turned from preparing fine dining in several courses to serving McDonalds from a paper bag.LOL


Yeah, but they sold both meals at the same price.
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Originally posted by BlindGuard BlindGuard wrote:

Rick Wakeman(Solo) sold about 50 Million albums

No wonder. Rick has let albums coming like mushroom in rain.
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