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The Fame (us pure) is at 5,1 million according to Nielsen
The album on which the single appears, The Fame, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and is Gaga's top seller in the United States with 5.1 million copies, according to Nielsen Music.
The Fame sold 5,1M pure copies in the US according to a Billboard article, is it true?
Hi MJD,
Still thank you for your amazing work...
Do you know how many copies has A Star is born sold yet? I think that you were right with your prediction of at least 5 Millions base on shallow traction only...
Have a nice day 🙂
ASIB reached 5xPlatinum in Taiwan according to official ad, which equals to 50k sales there. The album was so pupular there that it peaked at #1 for 20 weeks. Although Taiwan markets now is destroyed, but actually big acts still sell, the same case that in China like 1989 up to date sales doubled its sales by 2015, much more bigger after the tour according to Starsing Records's year-end chart.
For people saying The Fame is 5.1M, that's a typo that Billboard corrected about a week ago: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8497475/lady-gaga-sales-streams-ariana-grande-ask-billboard
Hey MJD. I've recently read somewhere that A star is born has so far sold 1 million albums equivalent units in the US. It has spent like 16-17 weeks inside the top 10. Now my question is, if it was 15-20 years ago i bet an album that spends multiple weeks at No 1 and 17 weeks inside the top 10 would have easily sold around 3-5 million albums by now. But it seems like even when we are using the CSPC concept, it doesnt look like its going to ever reached that figure anytime soon. I have noticed that many other albums had similar patterns. Is it possible that the contribution of streaming are somewhat underestimated and more weight should be given to it?
MJD can answer the larger part of your question, but the album should be well over 1 million in equivalent units by now. It was certified Platinum back in December 2018.
( https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Lady+Gaga+%26+Bradley+Cooper&ti=A+Star+Is+Born+Soundtrack#search_section)
Hi Michael!
Well, the gap with older figures are certainly lower than we think it is, for several reasons.
1) For "the past", we tend to check about 2000 when everyone was selling like hot cakes. It's not reasonnable to take the all-time peak as the norm though. By 1997 for example, in general only 1/2 albums were selling 150k or more per week and the second half of the Top 10 was filled with albums at 60-90k sold. A Star Is Born's run by then would have mean 3x 175k + 5x 125k + 14x 90k = approx 2.4 million sales in 22 weeks. A Star Is Born is now over 1.5 million so the gap isn't that big.
2) The gap would be bigger if we account for higher sales at Christmas but I suppose we can only accept we can't offer streams. We can offer subscriptions, but that will have an impact through many months rather than a huge, temporary boost.
3) We tend to believe that sales change but charts remain comparable, it isn't true. ASIB is fairly adult contemporary, which is a genre that makes it easier to chart well nowadays for several reasons. An equally successful AC album in 1997 would have been charting lower all along its run.
4) Since the industry was more profitable back then, there was more artists signed and promoted, so sales were divided into more artists.
5) Streaming takes longer to be accumulated, runs will last longer / sales will catch in the longer run what they used to be in the past.
To really compare eras, it's better to check the gross evolution. The market is now up to 1993 / 2007 levels, and still a third lower than at its 1999 peak. Using this, I don't think current figures are unfair to streaming - they are for TEA, but not for SEA.
One thing to keep in mind is that for now only 12-35 years old people embraced streaming. It's already great, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. These 35 years old people will continue using it when they get older, while the new generation will continue getting into streaming. Then, massive cross-generation sellers like the big ones from the 90s will happen anew.
Do you know how many units has ASIB moved already? Mediatraffic says it’s around 3M but some weeks ago Gaga received a plaque for selling more than 4M, so what is the truth?
Hi MJD! I would like to know when you will update CSPC sales of ASIB soundtrack. Please!
Hi MJD, how do you think all the success and exposure gaga has been getting with ASIB is going to affect LG6? Could it be a succesful album? I’m afraid of her going back to her pop roots as she may loose all the new fans she won with the movie. Thanks!
Hi MJD! How much do you think ASIB closes by end of the year? I have read predictions that could close with 8 million worldwide? If it keeps the sale's rhythm well! Of course!. I'd like yo know how many singles and albums does she has sold in total?
Please update the sales of the JOANNE album. It has not been updated since those 2.2 million.
Est-ce que tu peux faire un débrief des ventes de Gaga sans les ringtones stp? Je voudrais savoir combien des sons comme Poker Face, Just Dance, Bad Romance ont vendu sans les sonneries téléphone.
Et aussi y a quelque chose que je comprends pas, IFPI a reporté plus de 9M de copies vendues par Poker Face en 2009 et comme ils indiquent dans leur rapport ce sont des ventes qui incluent des sonneries de téléphone, donc ça veut dire que PF a vendu 10M de copies après sonnée d'explosion?
