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Physical Singles Sales Part 5 – Closing & Re-opening
This next batch adds both later singles of the band as well as all hits that came out of best of albums, all packaged into the Orphan Album folder. This section includes various huge smashes led by the classic Honky Tonk Women.
This batch of singles sold an additional 18,4 million copies, bringing their cumulative tally to 72,8 million physical singles sold, one of the highest total an act ever achieved.
Voodoo Lounge (1994) – 247,500 equivalent albums
Love Is Strong – 300,000
You Got Me Rocking – 150,000
Out of Tears – 275,000
I Go Wild – 100,000
Bridges to Babylon (1997) – 142,500 equivalent albums
Anybody Seen My Baby? – 200,000
Saint of Me – 200,000
Out of Control – 75,000
A Bigger Bang (2005) – 60,000 equivalent albums
Streets of Love – 150,000
Remaining Singles – 50,000
Orphan album – 5,080,500 equivalent albums
19th Nervous Breakdown – 2,750,000
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? – 1,250,000
Come On – 250,000
Highwire – 325,000
Don’t Stop – 75,000
Little Queenie – 150,000
Fortune Teller – 50,000
I Don’t Know Why – 250,000
Out of Time – 200,000
I Wanna Be Your Man – 600,000
Sad Day – 60,000
Going to a Go-Go – 650,000
Like a Rolling Stone – 275,000
Dandelion – 550,000
Honky Tonk Women – 3,900,000
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – 2,800,000
We Love You – 2,400,000
Remaining Singles – 400,000
RIP Charlie Watts
Now that their reissued album reached number 1 in the UK, timing is perfect for an update of the Rolling Stones article, isn’t it?
The last surving giants of the rock Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan is still in business for a long time. An update on the boys result would be in place, right?
I’m pretty sure they’ll be closer to 250mill after the update.
They will pass the Queen, if any of them die. Mick? Keith? Ron?
They won’t pass Queen, but will pass Madonna.
It can only get closer now! First see if they can catch up with Madonna.
From the two links I didn’t understand why in December 2006 the physical copies sold in the world are 169.100.000, while in December 2016 they become 201.100.000, it seems to me a huge difference.
https://www.ukmix.org/showthread.php?21240-Rolling-Stones-Charts-amp-Sales-History%2Fpage3&fbclid=IwAR3nTduY6QCN-6isM7kNYbxdYIMj0X6vBRhfISvqn4Hga_0tCAdctetplZU (at the bottom of the page at #73)
https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/best-selling-artists-albums-and-singles-of-all-time/17/
As you say, 169.100.000(December 2006) is the number of all cumulative PHYSICAL copies sold. Including: Original Album Sales, Physical Singles Sales, Original Compilation Sales and Box Sets.
The rest of 32. 000.000 (201.100.000 – 169.100.000) – (December 2016) is the cumulative number of all DIGITAL copies sold. Including: Digital Singles Sales, Streaming Sales. Downloading).
From the 169.100.000 are excluded ep, single and video as physical copies, in the same way in the 201.100.000.
The cumulative number of all physical and digital copies sold is instead at this link
https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/best-selling-artists-albums-and-singles-of-all-time/18/
Ok.
You said, you didn’t understand why in December 2006 the physical copies sold in the world are 169.100.000, while in December 2016 they become 201.100.000. It seems a huge difference to you.
But, it’s a ten years timeframe. I read somewhere recently that it still sels 7.000 physical copies of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ every week in the world.
Classic rock ‘n roll bands still sell albums. So, The Rolling Stones. maybe they really sold that much physical copies from December 2006 – December 2016.
Since 2016 (last update) the Rolling Stones released one new album “Blue & Lonesome” and two compilation albums “On Air” (2017) and “Honk” (2019). As well as, they released Studio albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 (20LP), year (2018). It’s time for a new update, isn’t it? The Stones have higher CSPC then Queen now. For sure.
As if Queen were standing still this whole time.
The soundtrack for BoRhap alone probably sold more than the 2 albums you mentioned.
It’s probably getting on for double the amount, of those two albums put together.
Stop asking for all these updates Matrix, they will come, when they come. I have to laugh at your last two sentences! Have you been living on Neptune or somewhere else without access to the news, the internet etc, for the past 9 or 10 months and perhaps missed the Bohemian Rhapsody film, soundtrack, DVD and Queens absolutely out of this world and insane streaming increases on all platforms? There is quite simply no way on earth The Rolling Stones now have a higher CSPC than Queen. I honestly would not be surprised if Queen were not around 10m ahead… Read more »
You guys didn’t get it. I’m only compared one eventual new Rolling Stones update number, with the CURRENT Queens CSPC number – 238,637,000 (as of Oct 2017) ! It means, without including the soundtrack for the Bohemian Rhapsody film!
Btw, I watched the Bohemian Rhapsody film. The movie was great.
Btw nr. 2, I don’t live on Neptune, but on a planet called Earth. 😉
I certainly didn’t get it, I still don’t! I can’t get why anyone would care about that or even think about it from that perspective, knowing what we know. It’s futile.
I actually felt a few months after they’d released Lonesome and Blue, they briefly edged ahead of Queen. I’ll not go through it again, so read what I wrote back then https://chartmasters.org/2017/10/best-selling-artists-albums-and-singles-of-all-time/#comment-21565
Needless to say, I don’t think they stayed ahead for long, given Queens prowess on streaming platforms, not that the Stones are slouches and then the Bohemian Rhapsody film, which just blew them away from The Stones.
Matrix,
You would die if u live there
What about Hot Rocks and other Decca releases…
Hi, same question as in Zeppelin, can you make a biggest tracks list for Stones also?
Hi Joe! Here is their top 20: 1. 1966 – The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black [Aftermath] – 15,590,000 2. 1965 – The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Out Of Our Heads] – 14,770,000 3. 1981 – The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up [Tattoo You] – 13,690,000 4. 1968 – The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil [Beggars Banquet] – 12,420,000 5. 1978 – The Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden [Some Girls] – 11,870,000 6. 1973 – The Rolling Stones – Angie [Goats Head Soup] – 10,760,000 7. 1971 – The Rolling Stones… Read more »
Many thx! 🙂
Real surprises on page 42 w/the late 70’s material: “Beast of Burden” with much higher numbers that ‘Miss You’. And the high showing of ‘Heaven’ on “Tattoo You” really is a surprise. Why is ‘Gunface’ by far the highest charter on ‘B2B”?