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I would assume that CHARTMASTERS has accounted for all UK album releases before September, 2018? /It looks like (earlier catalog (reissue product since 2000) releases / ELVIS THAT"S THE WAY IT IS ( 30) has gotten a gold (100,000) award in 2021/Another ,TODAY (40) at ( 60,000) in 2019/ Add these to world totals/ OTHER re-issue but new product in found awards in 2020 -THE WONDER OF YOU LP at (600,00),50 GREATEST HITS at (900,000)./ 2019 - JAILHOUSE ROCK LP at (60,000), THE ESSENTIAL at (60,000) , IF I CAN DREAM LP at ( 1,200,000) /
Enlighten me. In 1978, "A Legendary Performer Vol. 3" was released. After a few weeks, it was awarded a gold certification (500,000 sales, USA only, dec18th 1978) from RIAA. You have worldwide sales at 440,000. Any comment?
Hi, According to the sources mentioned below, the 2-CD compilation "Elvis - La Voix Du Rock) (released in 1992, only in France/Spain), went 2 x gold (200,000 in France, in 1993). I can`t find this title in your "compilations" overview. Have you included this one..?
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Sources : http://www.chartsinfrance.net/
http://www.disqueenfrance.com/
Me again... The song "Rubberneckin" can be considered a hit, twice, from 1969 to 2003. In 1969, it was the B-side of the million-selling, "Don`t Cry, Daddy". In 2003, the song was re-released in an updated version by DJ Paul Oakenfold. It went Top 5 in seven countries, and Top 20 in almost every major market. It also topped the US dance charts. When you add up his total single sales, is the 2003 version included in the sales figures..?
I couldn't find a Bonus compilation page for Elvis' Gold records Vol 4 (1968) with a worldwide breakdown of album sales, where is it please?
You list A Date With Elvis (1959) as an original album but not For LP Fans Only (1959). Both these albums were the same concept. They both contained four or five Sun Singles that hadn't been released on LP as of 1959 along with songs from the Extended Play soundtracks of Love Me Tender and Jailhouse Rock along with some single B-sides all of which hadn't been on LP as of 1959. I think these should both be considered Original Albums or both Compilations not one under each category. Personally I consider them Original Albums because they contain tracks not previously available on LP in 1959. Much the same way as the 4 Gold Records LP's during Elvis' lifetime are Original Albums as they contain songs not previously available on LP at the time of their release.
its apples and oranges, the comparison. In Elvis' time singles were not on the studio albums, his debut LP Elvis Presley didn;t contain Heartbreak Hotel or I Was The One. His 1960 LP Elvis is Back didn't contain It's Now or Never, A mess of Blues or Are You Lonesome Tonight, I Gotta Know or Stuck on You, Fame and Fortune. Yet all these singles were recorded at the same sessions that produced these LPs.Therefore, the 4 Gold Records LP's during Elvis' lifetime are Original Albums as they contain songs not previously available on LP at the time of their release.
up until streaming the modern album was produced and then several songs were taken from the album and issued as singles at the same time or over the next year or two. An artists Greatest Hits album would contain songs that had been singles but were also on the albums they were taken from.Tht made these greatest hit albums true compilations of songs previously available on other LPs, unlike the Elvis Gold Record series.
thank you for all the work you've put into this site.
To add to my other comment in support of For LP Fans Only (1959) being considered an Original Album. You list Elvis For Everyone (1965) as an original album. This contained songs recorded between 1957-1963 that had been held back from release for various reasons or were from films that didn't make that film's LP or EP release. None of the songs had appeared on an album prior to 1965. I think you have For LP fans Only (1959) in the wrong category
You have Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol 1 and Vol 2 listed as LIVE albums. These were not LIVE albums. They contained studio masters, outtakes, interviews and an odd live track or two. Elvis in Hollywood is also categorized as a LIVE album, this is not correct. This album contained 20 studio masters recorded for his film soundtracks. Could you fix these please.
Also, is the 1.4 million copes sold for Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada for the single LP release in 1970 or as part of the double LP From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis in 1969 when it was the first LP in that set?
You list Welcome to My World (1977) as a LIVE album. ths was not a LIVE album but a compilation of country songs recorded between 1958-1973, five of which were LIVE recordings, the rest were studio masters.
There are several other albums listed as LIVE that are not live albums:
The US Male and Double Dynamite al contain studio masters recorded throughout the 1960's, these are Camden/Pickwick compilation releases.
A Legendary Performer Vol 3 contains studio masters, outtakes, interviews and 1 live track. It is a compilation.
The Great Performances contains Studio Masters, live TV performances and a couple of Live concert tracks but it is not a LIVE Concert recording it is a compilation.
Viva Elvis contains remixed and re-recorded studo masters for use in a Vegas cirque de soliel show, kt is not a LIVE concert, it cold be considered a soundtrack.
On Tour (Amiga) is a bootleg recording. where would the total sold numbers come from?
Special Collectors Edition 2002 - what is this? Elvis doesn't have an album using this title only.
Elvis at Stax is not a LIVE album. it is a 3 disc box set of Elvis's Stax recordings in 1973, there is also a single disc of highlights released. these are compilations.
Hi Anthony!
This is the SCE 2002 album listed.
About AMIGA's album you are correct. It appears 'real' AMIGA albums and counterfeit ones have now been mainly distinguished on discogs, we will exclude some of these once we update. Of course technically all AMIGA releases can be seen as unofficial, but for the real label at least we do add them. On Elvis due to the magnitude of releases we have also been kind lag on accounting for some loopholes, adding them to totals while they are usually excluded for most artists. It is of course debatable.
Thanks for all the insights about the recordings (live/non live etc), they add to the list of constructive comments we will take into account once we update the article!
when i went to usa last december i realized that the artist who had the most vinyls on stock (OBVIOUSLY excluding adele) was elvis, and i started think abt elvis' biopic. if it does well what can we expect from it? how much can elvis sales increase if it does well?
The film is going to be huge. After less than a week, the trailer has around 20m views (combined from Warner official accounts) on Youtube. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. I've read some (alleged) comments from tests screenings that say it's a home run and the studio is very happy with it. If true, they're going to spend a lot in marketing. Also, Luhrmann has good reputation as a director and his films tend to do well at the box office. It could be a perfect storm.
At the end of the day, Elvis is still the 3rd best selling artist ever. I think people took him for granted for the past decades but it seems nobody really forgot about him.
Maybe I'm too optimistic but I'm hoping for something on the level of what happened to Queen in 2018. At least it has to be bigger than the '02 revival.
I wonder if it's going to be enough to push him past MJ.
