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The Bad Album Needs To Sell 3.9 Million Copies To Reach The 40 Million Mark !!!!!!!!!!!

Same :D Michael has more fans than Adele so it sholdnt be a problem but BAD 25 should be being advertised more cos as far as i've seen theres been no advertisements for BAD in the uk :( So its pretty much down to us to get the numbers up.
 
MJforever:D said:
Same :D Michael has more fans than Adele so it sholdnt be a problem but BAD 25 should be being advertised more cos as far as i've seen theres been no advertisements for BAD in the uk :( So its pretty much down to us to get the numbers up.
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It not being advertised anywhere becuase no announcement has been made yet. We should her something near the end of MAY .
 
From peru94 post

"i found this list of bestselling albums from april 2009, but i dont think is accurate,,,but it's as close as it can get"
1. Michael Jackson Thriller 72,400,000 (seems inflated , i think it's more likely 65 mill)
2. Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 41,800,000
3. Soundtrack Grease 40,400,000
4. Whitney Houston Bodyguard 39,600,000
5. Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 37,200,000
6. 7Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 36,700,000
7. Led Zeppelin IV 35,900,000
8. Shania Twain Come On Over 35,400,000
9. Michael Jackson Bad 33,200,000 (if it sells 4 mill it'll be inside the top 5)
10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 32,700,000
11. Dire Straits Brother In Arms 32,600,000
12. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 32,200,000
13. AC/DC Back In Black 32,100,000
14. Bob Marley Legend 31,300,000
15. Beatles One 30,800,000
16. Pink Floyd The Wall 30,700,000
17. Mariah Carey Music Box 30,300,000
18. Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 30,300,000
19. Celine Dion Falling Into You 30,200,000
20. Michael Jackson Dangerous 30,000,000 [/B (could be easily inside the top 15 right now)
21. Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 29,800,000
22. Eagles Hotel California 29,200,000
23. Soundtrack Dirty Dancing 29,000,000
24. Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA 28,900,000
25. ABBA Gold 28,800,000
26. Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell 28,700,000
27. Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits 28,600,000
28. U2 The Joshua Tree 28,300,000
29. Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 27,900,000
30. Queen Greatest Hits 27,600,000
31. Soundtrack Titanic 27,300,000
32. Beatles Abbey Road 26,400,000
33. Madonna The Immaculate Collection 26,300,000
34. Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 26,200,000
35. Santana Supernatural 26,100,000
36. Backstreet Boys Millenium 25,900,000
37. Metallica Metallica 25,600,000
38. Mariah Carey Daydream 24,900,000
39. Beatles 1962-1966 24,600,000
40. Beatles 1967-1970 24,600,000
41. Nirvana Nevermind 24,600,000
42. Whitney Houston Whitney 24,300,000
43. Eric Clapton Unplugged 24,300,000
44. Phil Collins No Jacket Required 24,000,000
45. Britney Spears Baby One More Time 23,800,000
46. Spice Girls Spice 23,800,000
47. Elton John Elton John's Greatest Hits 23,200,000
48. Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 23,200,000
49. Madonna True Blue 22,700,000
50. Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 22,600,000
51. Queen Greatest Hits II 22,300,000
52. Norah Jones Come Away With Me 22,300,000
53. Phil Collins But Seriously 22,200,000
54. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Trouble Water 22,100,000
55. Boston Boston 21,800,000
56. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 21,800,000
57. Celine Dion All The Way… A Decade Of Song 21,700,000
59. Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down 21,600,000
60. Madonna Like A Virgin 21,400,000
61. Prince Purple Rain 21,400,000
62. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 21,300,000
63. Ace Of Base The Sign/Happy Nation 21,000,000
64. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again 20,800,000
65. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 20,400,000
66. Led Zeppelin II 20,200,000
67. Bon Jovi Cross Road 20,200,000
68. Eminem The Eminem Show 20,100,000
69. Carole King Tapestry 19,700,000
70. Soundtrack Top Gun 19,600,000
71. Michael Jackson History 19,600,000 (it should be 20 mill,even more)
72. George Michael Faith 19,200,000
73. Beatles White Album 19,100,000
74. Def Leppard Hysteria 19,100,000
75. Michael Jackson Off The Wall 19,000,000 (it seems low it stand around 20 mill)


The list by peru94 is that in the US or worlwide numbers? In the Joe vogel book it said Thriller sold 110 million.
 
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marebear;3636392 said:
From peru94 post

"i found this list of bestselling albums from april 2009, but i dont think is accurate,,,but it's as close as it can get"
1. Michael Jackson Thriller 72,400,000 (seems inflated , i think it's more likely 65 mill)
2. Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 41,800,000
3. Soundtrack Grease 40,400,000
4. Whitney Houston Bodyguard 39,600,000
5. Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever 37,200,000
6. 7Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 36,700,000
7. Led Zeppelin IV 35,900,000
8. Shania Twain Come On Over 35,400,000
9. Michael Jackson Bad 33,200,000 (if it sells 4 mill it'll be inside the top 5)
10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 32,700,000
11. Dire Straits Brother In Arms 32,600,000
12. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 32,200,000
13. AC/DC Back In Black 32,100,000
14. Bob Marley Legend 31,300,000
15. Beatles One 30,800,000
16. Pink Floyd The Wall 30,700,000
17. Mariah Carey Music Box 30,300,000
18. Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love 30,300,000
19. Celine Dion Falling Into You 30,200,000
20. Michael Jackson Dangerous 30,000,000 [/B (could be easily inside the top 15 right now)
21. Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 29,800,000
22. Eagles Hotel California 29,200,000
23. Soundtrack Dirty Dancing 29,000,000
24. Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA 28,900,000
25. ABBA Gold 28,800,000
26. Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell 28,700,000
27. Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits 28,600,000
28. U2 The Joshua Tree 28,300,000
29. Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 27,900,000
30. Queen Greatest Hits 27,600,000
31. Soundtrack Titanic 27,300,000
32. Beatles Abbey Road 26,400,000
33. Madonna The Immaculate Collection 26,300,000
34. Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 26,200,000
35. Santana Supernatural 26,100,000
36. Backstreet Boys Millenium 25,900,000
37. Metallica Metallica 25,600,000
38. Mariah Carey Daydream 24,900,000
39. Beatles 1962-1966 24,600,000
40. Beatles 1967-1970 24,600,000
41. Nirvana Nevermind 24,600,000
42. Whitney Houston Whitney 24,300,000
43. Eric Clapton Unplugged 24,300,000
44. Phil Collins No Jacket Required 24,000,000
45. Britney Spears Baby One More Time 23,800,000
46. Spice Girls Spice 23,800,000
47. Elton John Elton John's Greatest Hits 23,200,000
48. Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 23,200,000
49. Madonna True Blue 22,700,000
50. Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 22,600,000
51. Queen Greatest Hits II 22,300,000
52. Norah Jones Come Away With Me 22,300,000
53. Phil Collins But Seriously 22,200,000
54. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Trouble Water 22,100,000
55. Boston Boston 21,800,000
56. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 21,800,000
57. Celine Dion All The Way… A Decade Of Song 21,700,000
59. Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down 21,600,000
60. Madonna Like A Virgin 21,400,000
61. Prince Purple Rain 21,400,000
62. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 21,300,000
63. Ace Of Base The Sign/Happy Nation 21,000,000
64. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again 20,800,000
65. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 20,400,000
66. Led Zeppelin II 20,200,000
67. Bon Jovi Cross Road 20,200,000
68. Eminem The Eminem Show 20,100,000
69. Carole King Tapestry 19,700,000
70. Soundtrack Top Gun 19,600,000
71. Michael Jackson History 19,600,000 (it should be 20 mill,even more)
72. George Michael Faith 19,200,000
73. Beatles White Album 19,100,000
74. Def Leppard Hysteria 19,100,000
75. Michael Jackson Off The Wall 19,000,000 (it seems low it stand around 20 mill)


The list by peru94 is that in the US or worlwide numbers? In the Joe vogel book it said Thriller sold 110 million.
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this is worldwide. thriller hasn't sold 110 million. maybe including singles, but i doubt it.
at most thriller stands around 70 mill. it is a strong catalog album that sells around 1300-1800 copies weekly in the united states. and an estimation of 4000-5000 world wide.
bad , dangerous,off the wall haven't see them inside the top 200 catalog album, but since this is it sells 500 copies weekly,it is very likely they sell 600-800 weekly and 2000 worldwide
not counting number ones (sells only in the us around 1800-2400),the essential (1800-2000) and jackson 5 millenium collection (around 1800-2300 weekly)

based on this and world wide charts , i would say mj sells about 20,000-30,000 albums weekly. and don't counting his music videos charts ,which is HUGE worldwide.
 
peru94 said:
this is worldwide. thriller hasn't sold 110 million. maybe including singles, but i doubt it.
at most thriller stands around 70 mill. it is a strong catalog album that sells around 1300-1800 copies weekly in the united states. and an estimation of 4000-5000 world wide.
bad , dangerous,off the wall haven't see them inside the top 200 catalog album, but since this is it sells 500 copies weekly,it is very likely they sell 600-800 weekly and 2000 worldwide
not counting number ones (sells only in the us around 1800-2400),the essential (1800-2000) and jackson 5 millenium collection (around 1800-2300 weekly)

based on this and world wide charts , i would say mj sells about 20,000-30,000 albums weekly. and don't counting his music videos charts ,which is HUGE worldwide.
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Thanks. I get confused about the numbers because in Joe Vogel's book it says 110 million.
 
marebear said:
Thanks. I get confused about the numbers because in Joe Vogel's book it says 110 million.
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i know it says that, even world record guinness said it, but when you look at actual sales of every country. you'll notice it hasn't sold that.
as i posted somewhere, this forum http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=63110 was dedicated only to mj worldwide sales. now the users that kept updated created a new forum, dedicated only to mj sales
 
I am thinking Bad 25 will sell about 500,000 units in the USA when all is said and done. First week debut will probably be in the 50,000 to 75,000 range good enough for a top 10 ranking. Worldwide, first week sales will probably come in around 170,000 to 200,000 or so with final figures around 1.5 million when it's all finished. I think that's realistic for a re-release especially when Thriller 25 (a more popular past album re-released when MJ was alive) sold over 900,000 copies in the US and 2.5+ million worldwide.
 
travis3000 said:
I am thinking Bad 25 will sell about 500,000 units in the USA when all is said and done. First week debut will probably be in the 50,000 to 75,000 range good enough for a top 10 ranking. Worldwide, first week sales will probably come in around 170,000 to 200,000 or so with final figures around 1.5 million when it's all finished. I think that's realistic for a re-release especially when Thriller 25 (a more popular past album re-released when MJ was alive) sold over 900,000 copies in the US and 2.5+ million worldwide.
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That sounds very reasonable.


On the point of Thriller sales, the Guiness Book of world records said it had sold 110million but this figure came from MJ's people. Guiness said later that they never received official confirmation from Sony and no proof from MJ. Kinda shows Guiness isn't all that.
 
travis3000 said:
I am thinking Bad 25 will sell about 500,000 units in the USA when all is said and done. First week debut will probably be in the 50,000 to 75,000 range good enough for a top 10 ranking. Worldwide, first week sales will probably come in around 170,000 to 200,000 or so with final figures around 1.5 million when it's all finished. I think that's realistic for a re-release especially when Thriller 25 (a more popular past album re-released when MJ was alive) sold over 900,000 copies in the US and 2.5+ million worldwide.
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But then again there seems to be more happening to advertise Bad 25 this time around, plus if there actually is a Bad Tour DVD coming, that one is strong visual stimulation.
They should and I mean really should make the Bad Tour a cinema release. It would help reach sales of the This Is It album at least!
 
1.5 worldwide seem reasonable
but we have to keep in mind, this is getting a lot of promotion, and now mj has a legend-untouchable
status.when he released thriller25 , even though mj was a legend back then, many seemed to forget that, didn't get treatment he deserved , but now he has more supporters and fans...
if they do the same promotion they did with this is it
i'd say it might sell 3 mill worldwide , or even the same sales of this is it sold (5 mill)
 
If they pack the bad 25 cd with the bad tour dvd or BR (like a two disc special edition) for a reasonable price, it should sell 5 mill (I hope).
 
Guys, do you remember?

After a big debut week for the 25th anniversary edition of "Thriller" with 166,000 copies sold (it was released on February 11, 2008 internationally), in its second week, the updated "Thriller" dropped 65 percent and sold just 55,000 copies, according to hitsdailydouble.com.

BUT:
01 May 2008
According to Soundscan (U.S.A.): 518,840 copies
According to Global Album Chart (Worldwide): 1,702,000 copies

BUT - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_25
 
Yes, album sales will pick up again with all the hype.
 
^ Someone needs to update Wikipedia on this and put Bad on Nr 4.
 
respect77 said:
^ Someone needs to update Wikipedia on this and put Bad on Nr 4.
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Now, after the official press release... yes, WIKI has to accept the source and put the BAD album among the top best sellers! (because any attempt to update wiki pages of best sellers are blocked by MJ haters, but now...)

Imagine Dangerous 25!
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
on Wikipedia MJ haters will block any update in MJs favour.
Thats why Mj Estate and Sony should provide any new updated at least as part of BAD 25 promo!


BUT:
Bad is still one of the best selling albums in the world.
Released on August 31, 1987, Bad has moved 45 million albums worldwide.

http://theurbandaily.com/1921261/pepsi-plans-michael-jackson-bad-25th-anniversary-campaign/
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MsMo said:
The Bad album has generated over 45 Million units in sales ;D

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/t...o-discussion?p=3642635&viewfull=1#post3642635
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A few weeks ago there was this article as the first source...
 
Moonwalker.Fan said:
Now, after the official press release... yes, WIKI has to accept the source and put the BAD album among the top best sellers! (because any attempt to update wiki pages of best sellers are blocked by MJ haters, but now...)

Imagine Dangerous 25!
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I think numbers given by record companies and in articles tend to be exaggerated for PR reasons - but that is the case for every artist, not just MJ! The Pink Floyd "Dark Side of The Moon" 50 million number is referenced from an article's claim, the AC/DC 49 million number too. So if Wiki's policy is to accept numbers stated in articles/record company press releases then it's only fair if they accept the 45 million number for Bad now and allow it to be put on Nr 4.
 
Bad album has generated over 45 Million units in sales.
 
mkgenie said:
Bad album has generated over 45 Million units in sales.
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If Bad really has sold 45 M and if the wikipedia list is something to go by AND if the Bad 25 sales will be added to the sales of Bad, then I totally see Bad officially becoming the second best selling album in the world!

Now to the question, how will sales of Bad 25 be counted - as 4 units? And will they be added to Bad???
 
i don;t think bad has sold 45 million. at most 36 mill,but if the exagerateed sales of AC/DC and the dark side of the moon are list on wikipedia. we might as well do that, and place bad as the 4th best selling album of all time. i think by the end of all this bad could end up with 40 mill. although i wish bad to sell between 5-1o mill (sigh, one can dream )LET'S just wait and see what happens, maybe this will like adele sales.....i don't i want remind positive, same with the dvd
 
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