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Hi!the VHS shipped 500k by June 1997, and the album shipped 3m by August 1997. It is impossible to equal to 10xP in UK by November 1997.
It was available through Britannia, here are the shipments I have for Spice between release and 2006.
YEAR --- RETAIL --- CLUB --- TOTAL
1996 --- 1,530,655 --- 2,749 --- 1,533,404
1997 --- 1,518,676 --- 154,094 --- 1,672,770
1998 --- 66,282 --- 41,636 --- 107,918
1999 --- 7,921 --- 8,844 --- 16,765
2000 --- 14,263 --- 1,431 --- 15,694
2001 --- 962 --- 679 --- 1,641
2002 --- 802 --- 203 --- 1,005
2003 --- 0 --- 81 --- 81
2004 --- 2,292 --- 128 --- 2,420
2005 --- 3,584 --- 39 --- 3,623
2006 --- 889 --- 5 --- 894
TOTAL --- 3,146,326 --- 209,889 --- 3,356,215
Great data Martin as always! The figure for the UK is then about 75k short! Would you happen to have Spiceworld too?
Wasn't the album offcially certified 10xP by August 1997 by BPI?By June 1997, the VHS already shipped 500k in UK acc to Billboard.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=es&q=spice%20girls%20argentina%20copias&tbm=bks&q=spice%20girls%20copias%20vendidas
Spice certified 2xP in Argentina and sold 140k copies.
https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=6g4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA97&dq=Spice+Girls&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Spice%20Girls&f=false
By March 1997, Spice sold 718.432 copies in Japan. Oricon sales for Spice was 490k. In Japan imports already have exact numbers in 1997? Wasn't it unavailable until 2002?
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=7QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA104&dq=spice+girls&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQivaEyJrfAhXHs48KHUNdC0QQ6AEIKzAE#v=onepage&q=spice%20girls&f=false
According to the in-house receipts by November 1997, Spice was 7xP in New Zealand. How do you estimate it at 75.000?Besides, the in-house award don't include VHS sales since it showed 10xP in UK while the alum certified 10xP by August 1997 and the VHS shipped 500k by June 1997 in UK.If it included VHS sales, the awards for UK should be at 12xP by then.
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=CQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=spice+girls+fan+club+magazine+catalogue+products&source=bl&ots=utcwm1Av_5&sig=ykxT1a3JKwVYmY8mqbai0Rgb8oE&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=spice%20girls%20fan%20club%20magazine%20catalogue%20products&f=false the VHS shipped 500k by June 1997 in UK
Before 1xP=50k, it was 1xP=75k in Indonesia,right?I saw it on Billboard. I wonder when it changed to 1xP=50k.And When Korea changed 1xP=100k to 1xP=60k, Thailand changed 1xP=50k to 1xP=40k.
You are pointing out limits of in-house awards dhhd. The marketing ad clearly states it involves the VHS too. Then, since that's an in-house claim rather than an audited information based on clearly defined rules, we can only guess as if all national sub companies of the label sent the information related to the same thing, the most realistic answer being no. NZ figure fits with the official certification of the album.
