France Album Sales: Madonna
When you check some charts from 30 years ago, you don’t expect to see many relevant artists in 2016 on it. In May, 17, 1986, the greatest era of Madonna’s career started as
Author: Guillaume Vieira
CSPC Battle: 1975 Monster Rock Albums
Now that we defined the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept, it is time to apply the method on a concrete example! This first clash will be a 5-way battle between some of the biggest rock acts of all-time: Pink Floyd, …
France Album Sales: Bob Marley
Within’ a few days, on May 11, it will be the 35th anniversary of Bob Marley‘s ultimate passing. If his status of absolute icon has never been contested since, the reggae flagship is rarely cited among best selling artists.
France Album Sales: Beyonce
While Beyonce just ended to drop the not-so-unexpected new album Lemonade, it is about time to review her discography performances in France. Just like Coldplay, she is pretty much in the middle of the road. She is too young to put her …
France Album Sales: Prince
During the last few months we lost various popular musicians including Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver), Lemmy (Motörhead), David Bowie, Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire). I followed closely the news …
France Album Sales: Coldplay
How do we classify Coldplay? They are too young to put them among the Classic Rock Bands group with the likes The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen or Led Zeppelin. They are too old to feature with among …
France Album Sales: Sade
While compiling the 168 million selling albums in France – and there is still a couple of them being studied for potential inclusion – one album missing was Sade debut album Diamond Life. Often quoted among the very best selling …