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Hi Marcelo!
ABPD do count each CD of records but it doesn't make sense to include it on global figures, especially when you add figures from remaining countries were more often than not count them as one.
As for TIC, 900,000 units isn't realistic. The album shipped 123,000 units by 1992. It got a huge surge in late 1993 when she toured there for the Girlie Show with her Rio performance airing live on national radio. That's why when they did a major audit in 1994, with 5 albums being certified, TIC went Platinum. Its sales were in all likelyhood well over 250,000 units already. Additional catalog sales led it to 2xP, 500,000 units certified, in 1998, after the boost of Ray Of Light. Considering sales since 2003, it would take over 300,000 units from 1999 to 2002 to reach 900,000 units to date, which is way too high. The album sold about 30,000 copies per year during the 90s outside boosts, then it was shifting under 15,000 units a year when codes started in 2003. I already assumed close to 30,000 units a year for a 5 years period (mid-98 to mid-03) with isn't conservative at all. It isn't optimistic either since they were good years for her overall, the figure of 750,000 is simply realistic given known information.
BTW, codes are collected and used for articles of all artists.
why don't you add the compilations albums pure sales to equivalent sales? you add the compilations album's singles sales as orphan album but you don't add the compilation album's pure sales what is the reason it doesn't make sense
Hi metehanmadge!
All compilations are added to equivalent sales, it is the entire meaning of the concept. The category "Full Lenght / Other Releases" in the total's table precisely refer to that.
but there is no result of the The Immaculate Collection's equivalent album sales. and it's not in the 240 million equivalent total album sales. Compilitions albums's singles sales in ''orphan'' why
It has already been explained multiple times already. The compilation figures has already been added in the "Other releases" column. The Immaculate Collection sales figure is on page 49. If you dont understand what I am talking about, you can go to page 2 and press the "full introduction article" button to really understand MJD's analysis.
You should make a list of the 10 biggest selling compilation albums of all time.
According to IFPI,Madonna sold over 200 million albums by 2006 (shipments,but I think it would be similar to pure sales)
https://web.archive.org/web/20061104041040/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20060913.html
According to IFPI,Madonna sold over 200 million albums by 2006(shipments,but should be similar to pure album sales).
Hi X!
I have to contradict that: it isn't according to IFPI, but according to the writer of the article. Platinum awards mentioned there are official, that's legit information which was audited. The written part is barely fillers by the author. He also wrote that Nana Mouskouri sold 250 million records, Hallyday 100 million (and 33 #1 singles) or that http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20050411.htm l" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Sardou sold 100 million albums. That shouldn't be considered seriously nor credited to the IFPI company.
Hi,MJD
I also wonder what is this.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100806200626/http://www.rockandroll.gr/content/view/124/110/lang,greek/
Hi XM!
It's a list of figures completely made up that surfaced on online forums nearly 15 years ago. They are all massively inaccurate.
Hi again,MJD
Why do you estimate 20 million albums in Asia while it can only be searched Japan sales (6 million Oricon and 10 million overall)?She is not that popular in other Asian countries.And,do you know some other ways to find Brazil and Mexixo sales except certifications?Like True Blue,it certified 100,000 in 1994(or earlier?I forgot) in Brazil,but here and ukmix give a sales number of 900,000 in Brazil.
Hi XM!
People tend to extrapolate way too much Japan into Asian sales. There is several markets in Asia which follow trends of the UK rather than Japan. In the Philippines, results of international acts will be closer to Spanish results than Japanese ones. Same in India / Indonesia.
Madonna sold massive numbers in Taiwan (estimated past 3m) and Singapore while being consistent with many albums during the peak of the market in remaining Asian markets. Even if she had no super blockbuster, she totalled very healthy sales in the end, the same as in various continental Europe countries.
About True Blue, it had shipped 700,000 units as of March 16th, 1988. Like A Virgin was at 500,000 units by that same date, up from 410,000 by April 1986. It's always tricky to gauge sales in Brazil / Mexico, but it is possible to find key press releases. Added to various indicators we have (from the history of records labels there to YouTube insights to shipment codes to the evolution of sales of the artist elsewhere), we can have a fairly clear view of the curve of sales the artist had during his career. Also, we heard about big albums. There is no monster seller that remains unknown.
