Posted on - July 17, 2007 [at] 10:13 am by Brad
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This CNN article goes over the recent sales of a lot of older/classic albums which is pretty interesting. Here are the sales numbers they mention for 2006:
| Back in Black (AC/DC) | 440,000 |
| Cross Road (Bon Jovi) | 324,000 |
| Christmas Eve and Other Stories (The Trans-Siberian Orchestra) | 289,000 |
| Metallica (Metallica) | 275,000 |
| Number Ones (Michael Jackson) | 162,000 |
| Nevermind (Nirvana) | 143,000 |
| Appetite for Destruction (Guns N’ Roses) | 113,000 |
| OK Computer (Radiohead) | 94,000 |
| The Soft Bulletin (The Flaming Lips) | 38,000 |
| Paul’s Boutique (Beastie Boys) | 22,000 |
| It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy) | 15,000 |
| Millennium (The Backstreet Boys) | 9,000 |
| Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey) | 5,000 |
| 1982 (Asia) | 5,000 |
My conclusion from this data: Back in Black is a very popular album.
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8 Comments on this post
marcus on Classic Album sales
July 17, 2007 at 10:23 am
What a counterintuitive, controversial conclusion. I’m glad to see Paul’s Boutique and The Soft Bulletin still selling copies.
mike b on Classic Album sales
July 17, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Also — tv commercials can really help music.
It was either Gap or Express (?) that had the “Back In Black” commercial running for months for their line of black clothing…it looks like that didn’t hurt sales too much.
Eric on Classic Album sales
July 17, 2007 at 4:23 pm
While OK Computer is a pretty amazing album, I don’t know if I’d call it older/classic.
Brad on Classic Album sales
July 17, 2007 at 6:49 pm
OK Computer is ten years old this summer. That’s fairly old by music standards.
Darg on Classic Album sales
July 18, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Also, Back in Black is the theme for Lewis Black’s segment on the Daily Show (called Back in Black).
marcus on Classic Album sales
July 19, 2007 at 7:03 pm
No, it’s a shitty soundalike.
Brad on Classic Album sales
July 19, 2007 at 10:48 pm
As far as I know AC/DC does not allow sampling or licensing. Which I guess they can afford if they’ve been selling 400,000+ records since the 70s.
gurdonark on Classic Album sales
July 27, 2007 at 5:25 am
I would be very interested in knowing how digital downloads have been for these wondrous dinosaurs. I’d think that “Dirty Deed (done dirt cheap)” might bring AC/DC more downloads than any of their albums, but I’d like to see the data to assess whether my guess is worthy.