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From UKMIx:

In November 2006, The OCC revealed the UK's Top 100 Best Selling Albums.

also worth noting from same post:

#064 True Blue (1,961,164)

#101 Ray Of Light (1,677,925)

#109 Like A Virgin (1,626,126)

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Maybe. TB is 7xP with sales as above, so we could estimate perhaps 100K club sales for LAV (very hard to predict though!)

LAV should be at least 5xP instead of the 3xP it is now :confused:

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also worth noting from same post:

#064 True Blue (1,961,164)

#101 Ray Of Light (1,677,925)

#109 Like A Virgin (1,626,126)

"Music" would be close to ROL and LAV too. I remember latest sales figures for "Music" being around the 1.6 million mark too. I wonder where LAP sits...

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Madonna is going to do better with TIC next year with the new album release. Who knows if she gets even higher on this chart ;)

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TIC sold 61K on UK last year:

UK Top 40 Best Selling Catalogue Albums of 2007

1. 37.(position on overall artist album chart) Amy Winehouse – Frank *341,436

2. 39. Phil Collins – Hits - *332,184

3. 110. Snow Patrol – Final Straw - 145,000

4. 113. James Blunt – Back To Bedlam - 140,000

5. 119. The Proclaimers – The Best Of - 130,000

6. 131. The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold - The Very Best Of – *114,938

7. 142. Diana Ross & The Supremes – The No.1’s – 105,000

8. 146. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits – 102,500

9. 148. Genesis – Turn It On Again – The Hits – 101,000

10. 149. KT Turnstall – Eye To The Telescope – 100,000

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39. 257. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection – 61,000

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We know this:

2002: 110.000 (est)

2003: 100.000 (est)

2004: 115.000

2005: 58.000 (est)

2006: 174.000

2007: 61.000

Total: 618.000

Add perhaps another 250K minimum for 2000 and 2001, and we got at least 850K copies.

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We know this:

2002: 110.000 (est)

2003: 100.000 (est)

2004: 115.000

2005: 58.000 (est)

2006: 174.000

2007: 61.000

Total: 618.000

Add perhaps another 250K minimum for 2000 and 2001, and we got at least 850K copies.

I remember it was top 75 for the year in 2000 on around 150-200k!

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TIC sold 61K on UK last year:

UK Top 40 Best Selling Catalogue Albums of 2007

1. 37.(position on overall artist album chart) Amy Winehouse – Frank *341,436

2. 39. Phil Collins – Hits - *332,184

3. 110. Snow Patrol – Final Straw - 145,000

4. 113. James Blunt – Back To Bedlam - 140,000

5. 119. The Proclaimers – The Best Of - 130,000

6. 131. The Rolling Stones – Rolled Gold - The Very Best Of – *114,938

7. 142. Diana Ross & The Supremes – The No.1’s – 105,000

8. 146. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits – 102,500

9. 148. Genesis – Turn It On Again – The Hits – 101,000

10. 149. KT Turnstall – Eye To The Telescope – 100,000

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39. 257. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection – 61,000

Hi Hafo, where is the list published?

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From Haven Forum:

Albums With Most Chart Weeks (UK) - Top 75

(The figure in Brackets = Weeks On Chart THIS Year).

@ = Currently Charting

TO THE CHART FOR W/E 4th OCTOBER 2008 - INCLUSIVE

Position/Weeks On Chart/Title/Act

1) 478 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

2) 474 Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

3) 465 Greatest Hits - Queen ( * = 3) @

4) 382 The Sound Of Music - Film Soundtrack

5) 373 Gold - ABBA (* = 15) @

6) 372 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

7) 363 Legend - Bob Marley And The Wailers (* = 21)

8) 315 South Pacific - Film Soundtrack

9) 307 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel

10) 283 Greatest Hits - Simon And Garfunkel

11) 282 War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne / Various Artists (* = 4)

12) 278 Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

13) 274 Face Value - Phil Collins

14) 251 Making Movies - Dire Straits

15) 242 The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (* = 3)

16) 231 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (* = 3)

17) 203 Under A Blood Red Sky - U2

18) 201 Thriller - Michael Jackson

19)=200 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits

19)=200 The King & I - Film Soundtrack

21)=198 Nevermind - Nirvana

21)=198 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

23)=189 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman $$

23)=189 Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

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From Haven Forum.

Here's the 10 Albums to be the fastest UK Million Sellers - so far, the list is not definitive:

1) 'Be Here Now' - Oasis (1997) - 11 Days

2) 'The Circus' - Take That (2008) - 19 Days @

3) 'Beautiful World' - Take That (2006) - 27 Days @

4)='Robson & Jerome' - Robson & Jerome (1995) - 28 Days

4)='1' - The Beatles (2000) - 28 Days

6) 'Spirit' - Leona Lewis (2007) - 29 Days

7) 'But Seriously' - Phil Collins (1989) - 34 Days

8) 'X & Y' - Coldplay (2005) - 36 Days

9) 'The Immaculate Collection' - Madonna (1990) - 48 Days

10) 'Life For Rent' - Dido (2003) - 50 Days ***

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TIC should jump over Jacko's 2 albums some time next year. Although Thriller is re-released, probably it will count as a separate edition for charting purposes.

You think? With their convoluted logic with Queen's GH, counting 1/3 of the Platinum Collection to its sale therefore making it the all time no 1, I wouldn't be surprised if Thriller 25 was added to the original sales.

At least that has a more valid case than the Queen. But then in some ways it makes sense, cause most people who bought Queen's Platinum Collection would be interested in Greatest Hits I and II, hardly any would care about the offcuts of GH 3. People were really buying the same album all over again.

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Queen is still a mystery being discussed :confused:

But no, Thriller 25 was considered a different album because of those (awful) remixes and duets. I just think all those re-releases are quite pointless, but that's a cheap and quick way for labels to generate extra money.

Hopefully we'll be able to know/calculate TIC sales for 2008. Don't think they'll be too stellar.

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OCC just changed the rules and now different editions of the same album are being counted as one :confused:

From Haven Forums:

Yes, The OCC have now added approximately 240,000 Sales for 'Thriller 25' to those of the original 'Thriller'. They'll carry on adding their Sales together in the Future, as well as the 2 versions of the Amy Winehouse Album.

WELL REALLY.

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OCC just changed the rules and now different editions of the same album are being counted as one :confused:

From Haven Forums:

Yes, The OCC have now added approximately 240,000 Sales for 'Thriller 25' to those of the original 'Thriller'. They'll carry on adding their Sales together in the Future, as well as the 2 versions of the Amy Winehouse Album.

WELL REALLY.

UNFAIR. Thriller 25 is essentially a new album, what with all the new tracks and remixes. This means record companies can re-release and repackage albums to prop up sales, as in the case of Winehouse and Leona Lewis. The general public are too thick to realise they are essentially buying the same album with a few sub-par "new" tracks.

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