Full Length related records Sales – Summary
Here is the most underestimated indicator of an album’s success – the amount of compilation sales of all kinds it generated. Due to the dependency of the original studio album sales on those releases, they are a key piece of the jigsaw.
The massive strength of The Bodyguard is confirmed as on top of its incredible sales on all formats – pure album sales, physical singles, download singles, streaming – it also generated sales of 6,7 million compilation albums and videos. Whitney’s first two albums are rather strong as well.
can you give a break up of IWALY 33M EAS?
MJD, If Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack wasn’t included in Whitney’s Albums, can you still have study on it at least?
You mean to tell me she didn’t sell anything in africa. When she had 3 successful concerts in africa??
Where is it stated she sold nothing in Africa exactly? 😉
Well where are her sales for africa then?
They’re just now shown in the breakdown but they are taken into account. Africa + Middle Eastern sales should be around 1.6m
MJD, Can you please update this article?
Because it’s really needed since her Higher Love Single and now
Whitney Album turns to Diamond in US:
https://news.yahoo.com/whitney-houston-makes-history-3rd-111409063.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGmr2spsrG8ISrQkv3ksMwHofdx73RXd1r1AqfriA6UnvHYEgCzQ2Zw-HwwQuX8QaiG-xMczTPkcLcaL4f_poV4Zn_Hln7PAUahS60Do_FfI21x8rs6TPJB9OsVF1mi9W15IfZlGAu2GdG1KUcT7lDexSSI0hO_n-dgVcCgrQPof
The ‘Whitney’ album has finally gone diamond! The first African American artist to ever have 3 diamond albums in the US
This needs to be updated. I know for a fact she has sales in Africa!!
Please update Whitney’s discography. We wait for so long
Her appeal in Europe surprises me. 40 million albums sold there is very impressive. Even during her most R&B era “My Love Is Your Love,” that album sold an impressive 4 million copies in Europe.
Her latest hit “Higher Love” did best in Europe and was a true hit for her. Europeans have stayed loyal to Whitney no matter what.
This needs to be updated. I know for a fact she has sales in Africa.
Higher love sold more than 2 million in 2019.. it is still in UK chart on it’s 47th week. Her Ultimate album is in the top 40 again in UK after what 7- 8 yrs in the chart? it is gonna be 6x platinum in us soon, Whitney’s second album will be diamond in US soon, I read somewhere only less than 50k needed to be certified 10x platinum . and her first album is almost 14x olatinum if that happens, whitney will have 3 diamond albums. This is from world music 1994 award whitney was the biggest selling female… Read more »