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Yes, next week! lol
Seriously though, no, no I don't. You have to appreciate, not only are The Beatles the best selling act ever and by some margin, their contemporary sales and streams are also higher than the vast majority of current acts and show absolutely no signs of waning.
While people obviously like to make a fuss about the huge streaming/sales numbers of current acts such as BTS, Taylor or Drake and they are impressive, just take a minute to appreciate the numbers for The Beatles in 2021, a whopping 51 years since they last released new music or even existed as a group. To still have such a level of popularity, so long after their break up, is quite simply outstanding.
I don't think your Soundscan number for Taylor is correct. She's far from the 57m mark, or is it an EAS figure?
I'm not sure what it incorporates, it was posted on a few sites earlier this year, stating Nielsen Musics best selling acts of the century so far;
https://eminem.news/nielsen-21st-century.html
In truth I can't find any official link to Nielsen stating these numbers though.
Seeing Drake so high it has to include streaming and probably downloads as well.
There was another this link as well https://hiphop24x7.com/news/eminem-is-named-the-best-selling-us-artist-of-21st-century/ which just seems to be for solo artists, only difference seems to be Britney in and The Beatles out.
Strange that there seems to be nothing official that can be found.
Thank you, Martin, for the answer. May you continue with your mission to provide accurate data and information. More power to chartmasters ❤️❤️❤️
Probably no western artist, but BTS signals a musical equivalent to the pivot to Asia, so who knows how those big markets might be able to lift sales there?
BTS popularity I think is amplified by their strong social media presence and how active their fans are in stan Twitter. Honestly, I think there are many musical acts in Asia especially in India that are as massive as BTS but they don't get the spotlight yet since they were not heavily promoted by their labels or they have not taken advantage of stan culture.
Markets there are already growing really fast, revenues in Asia (outside Japan) have more then doubled the past 4 years.
I think you're right, but the crossover appeal from East to West could also give them an edge other artists lack (for now)
Thanks! Continuing growth might change these all-time best sellers lists fundamentally over the next few decades.
i have two questions
did welcome to new york actually do 500m streams on china or is that a typo? because for a album track thats mindblowing
and do you think with the rerecordings she might surpass 120m sales by the end of next year?
nice! never realized that you belong with me sold less than love story though..
also, can you do blackpink next? quick tip: melon (korea's biggest streaming platform) now releases data like streaming count and unique listeners, you might check that out. the thing with gaon is, they filter out like almost 45% of a song's stream count bcs of fandom mass streaming. ddu-du ddu-du shouldve been 3x plat for streaming, 4x even bcs it alreadu has 220m on melon and further 80m in genie
Hi Ludaluda!
The thing, it's not Gaon which filters too much, it's Melon who doesn't do it enough. Their numbers, especially for older songs, include tons of bot-generated plays.
What about Twice on the Korean and Japanese charts? Can you fo a chart for those? Thanks.
BTS being able to beat The Beatles is something that can't physically happen. BTS' best selling album is only a little close to 10m where as 10m sales doesn't seem like a problem at all for a group like The Beatles
Although the East is pretty intense with Music right now, the West has always focused on an artist's sales. Take a look at Japan. The main K-pop act in Japan right now is TWICE. They have sold alot there but let's take a look at maybe the U.S where a somewhat equivalent for TWICE in Japan is Taylor Swift in the U.S. Taylor obviously has sold many there but since her equivalent in Japan is TWICE, and seeing how TWICE has moderate sales compared to Taylor, it's easy to say the fight of music in the West is more intense right now.
I have no Idea why people think Taylor is a flop in other places when it's the opposite. These Americans who think that their "research" is enough to say that Taylor is a flop without even knowing Taylor's actual status in places like Oceania or Asia. Asians love Taylor. They aren't big album comtributors but they are big streaming contributors. And sales don't always determine one's popularity because most album sales come from the actual pure album sales themselves and not always about streaming.
Did anyone ever say that Taylor was better than Adele? Why do some Adele fans hold a grudge to Taylor? Because she is similar to Adele in charts and album sales? Are they thinking that Taylor might dethrone Adele?
Hi Drewwwwww!
While I don't think BTS will catch the Beatles for various reasons, it must be noted that by Oct 1972 their top sellers were Abbey Road at 7.2 million followed by Sgt Pepper at 6.3 million. Many of their albums did sell 10m copies ultimately, but that took many years!
True actually. But it will take very long for BTS to catch up to them. Sales for The Beatles were a little slow, but it was possible. BTS has the advantage of stan culture, which would boost their popularity by like 100%. Still, The Beatles has been around decades before BTS did and even though they disband, it doesn't really stop album sales. In fact, disbanding could actually boost your sales.
1989's success is insane. I think if Taylor chose the right singles for Lover (maybe Cruel Summer etc.) then it would've been more successful than it is now. Many people overlook the main singles and they leave out the actual side tracks. I've noticed however, that when a Swiftie accidentally stumbles upon Cruel Summer, they fall inlove with it. (I've also noticed that Cruel Summer sounds alot like Stylish by LOOΠΔ). So maybe Cruel Summer should've been a main single too.
