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Hi Pelvis!
You spotted an error - the track list used for Shine On is fine, it relates to the CD 9, the one of early singles, including one from Piper which is why the album gets a few sales. The remaining studio albums that were going to be added into the "Box" category were forgotten ultimately, I'll fix that!
Very well, if my calculations are correct CSPC PInk Floyd is 228,257,000 equivalent album sales considering that you must add 400,000 copies for each album of the box set (Shine On)
Well, I see that you updated CSPC Pink Floyd with 400,000 copies of the box set (Shine On) for each album. Only I wanted to know why some albums like Meddle and The Dark Side of the Moon sold 575,000 copies instead The Wall, Animals and Wish You Were Here they sold 600,000 copies
Hi Pelvis!
Yes, I was just going to post that I updated those numbers. The higher figure of post-WYWH albums is due to the package The Box (1975-1988) released mostly in Australia, estimated at 25,000 units Worldwide. As you can understand by its name, that box included Animals, The Wall etc, but not Meddle or Dark Side!
They are now even over 229 million thanks to the new weight of download sales 😉
Why didn't you include Roger Waters solo-album in this article??
As always, great work.
Hi Trond!
Sales of Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney or John Lennon were also not accounted for into their respective bands articles. They are truly solo projects, while interesting it doesn't seem to belong to the main groups sales. The only exception I did so far is Bon Jovi because that's a very specific case were the singer is fully amalgamated to the band, just like Sade.
Hi! Great work.
I have a question: Does The Wall (and Ummagumma) as double albums have the certifications for the number of album copies or number of discs(2x) ?
With regards to their inclusion in this analysis and in particular, the "Original Album Sales" section, they are counted as one album.
The Grease Soundtrack has shipped more copies than The Wall but I'm not sure how you would class TGS. It started life as a double LP and single cassette release but has since been issued as a 1 CD release and then a 2 CD. Incidentally, I have The Wall and it's a single cassette release.
You have a really awesome sight! Maybe sometime you could do an analysis of Creedence. Thanks!
Hi Joe!
From a personal perspective, I would love to work on CCR, but I must admit I may miss time in the near future as the pipe is full of several more artists! Thanks for the very nice words 🙂
