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| Soldatti |
Stones' album sales according to Soundscan (May 7, 1991 to date)
Note: Only Top 200 US charting albums on this list. Sales numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand. All the albums versions and re-issues are counted in the Soundscan totals.
year - album - (billboard chart peak)
1964 - ENGLAND'S NEWEST HITMAKERS (#11)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 104,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1989)
1964 - 12X5 (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 85,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1989)
1965 - THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! (#5)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 78,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1989)
1965 - OUT OF OUR HEADS (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 124,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1989)
1965 - DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (#4)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 72,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1966)
1966 - BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS) (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 597,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 2x Platinum (1989)
1966 - AFTERMATH (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 243,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1989)
1966 - GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT (#6)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 115,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1967)
1967 - BETWEEN THE BUTTONS (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 116,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1967)
1967 - FLOWERS (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 151,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1967)
1967 - THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 168,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1967)
1968 - BEGGARS BANQUET (#5)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 527,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1989)
1969 - THROUGH THE PAST, DARKLY (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 668,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1989)
1969 - LET IT BLEED (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 903,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 2x Platinum (1989)
1970 - GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! (#6)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 317,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1989)
1971 - STICKY FINGERS (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 1,078,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 3x Platinum (2000)
1972 - HOT ROCKS 1964-1971 (#4)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 2,256,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 12x Platinum (2002)
1972 - EXILE ON MAIN STREET (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 707,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (2000)
1972 - MORE HOT ROCKS (#9)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 125,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1973)
1973 - GOATS HEAD SOUP (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 329,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 3x Platinum (2000)
1974 - IT'S ONLY ROCK'N ROLL (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 246,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (2000)
1975 - METAMORPHOSIS (#8)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 38,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: -
1975 - MADE IN THE SHADE (#6)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 74,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (2000)
1976 - BLACK AND BLUE (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 208,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1976)
1977 - LOVE YOU LIVE (#5)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 159,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1977)
1978 - SOME GIRLS (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 1,158,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 6x Platinum (2000)
1980 - EMOTIONAL RESCUE (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 222,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 2x Platinum (2000)
1981 - SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES (#15)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 26,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1981)
1981 - TATTOO YOU (#1)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 596,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 4x Platinum (2000)
1982 - STILL LIFE (#5)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 161,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (2000)
1983 - UNDERCOVER (#4)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 67,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1984)
1984 - REWIND (#86)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 220,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (2000)
1986 - DIRTY WORK (#4)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 66,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1986)
1989 - SINGLES COLLECTION (#91)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 327,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1992)
1989 - STEEL WHEELS (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 211,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 2x Platinum (1990)
1991 - FLASHPOINT (#16)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 846,000 (07/05/91 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (1991)
* Soundscan started on May 7, 1991 missing 5 weeks sales of this album.
1994 - VOODOO LOUNGE (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 1,859,000 (12/07/94 - 01/01/06) RIAA: 2x Platinum (1994)
1995 - STRIPPED (#9)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 830,000 (14/11/95 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1996)
1997 - BRIDGES TO BABYLON (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 1,161,000 (30/09/97 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Platinum (1997)
1998 - NO SECURITY (#34)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 323,000 (03/11/98 - 01/01/06) RIAA: -
2002 - FORTY LICKS (#2)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 2,618,000 (01/10/02 - 12/02/06) RIAA: 4x Platinum (2003)
2004 - JUMP BACK (#30)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 978,000 (30/11/93 - 12/02/06) RIAA: Gold (2005)
* Import version scans: 269,000 (30/11/93 - 01/01/06)
US edition scans: 708,000 (24/08/04 - 12/02/06)
2004 - LIVE LICKS (#50)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 115,000 (02/11/04 - 01/01/06) RIAA: Gold (2004)
2005 - A BIGGER BANG (#3)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 518,000 (06/09/05 - 30/04/06) RIAA: Platinum (2005)
2005 - RARITIES 1971-2003 (#76)
Cumulative sales info - Scans: 108,000 (22/11/05 - 12/02/06) RIAA: -
Soundscan Database stats:
- 45 US charting albums (total sales: 22.000,000)
+18 interview, import and non charting albums (total sales: 175,000)
Total Stones' US scans 07/05/1991 - 01/01/2006: 22.025,000 (#37 US best selling act since 1991)
Total Stones' US scans 07/05/1991 - 30/04/2006: 22.100,000 (aprox.)
Top Stones Albums of the Soundscan era:
1. FORTY LICKS (2.618,000)
2. HOT ROCKS 1964-1971 (2.256,000)
3. VOODOO LOUNGE (1.859,000)
4. BRIDGES TO BABYLON (1.161,000)
5. SOME GIRLS (1.158,000) |
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| steel driving hammer |
Interesting, thank you sir. |
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| jb |
Fantastic info Soldatti!!! Really pathetic numbers....are we in the top 10 yet USA? And what is totla Worlswide sales? Where do we rank?
Also, what a joke........how can we have so many Platinum with the less than 1 million sold??? What BS!!!
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| glencar |
211,000 was all for Steel wheels? Soldatti, call your editor! |
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| steel driving hammer |
quote:
glencar wrote:
211,000 was all for Steel wheels? Soldatti, call your editor!
Good one, didn't catch it.
Remember how much of a bang that album/tour had.
It had to be in the millions.
Maybe they got Flashpoint and SW switched. |
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| mmdog |
Glencar,
Those are the albums sold for Steel Wheels since June 1991. That's when Billboard started using the Soundscan method of counting album sales. So, just based on post '91 sales, Some Girls would have went platinum again. Cool. I'm still amazed by how much Jump Back has sold. Why do you think there has been so many sales of High Tide and Green Grass? Thanks Soldatti. |
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| glencar |
Nah, Flashpoint seems accurate for a live album from that period. I remember it actually got airplay when it came out. Nowadays, you don't hear anything from the live releases. Steel Wheels was probably missing an extra zero. Joey probably took it! |
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| glencar |
Oh, thanks mmdog! It shows that Steel Wheels has held up rather poorly. |
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| speedfreakjive |
I had no idea that Some Girls had sold so many |
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| BILL PERKS |
quote:
glencar wrote:
211,000 was all for Steel wheels? Soldatti, call your editor!
POST 1991 |
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| glencar |
quote:
BILL PERKS wrote:
POST 1991
yes, mmdog already corrected me. I looked at the list from the bottom up & that was the first low total I saw. It stood out because it was so much less than Flashpoint. |
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| jb |
Just fucking awful,,,but yes, the post 91 explain it know...thank you. |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
mmdog wrote:
Why do you think there has been so many sales of High Tide and Green Grass?
It was a popular catalog seller during 1991-1997. Nice cheap compilation, just like Through The Past Darkly. |
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| mmdog |
Glencar,
Actually, Steel Wheels is in the middle of the pack. Voodoo Lounge, Bridges To Babylon and A Bigger Bang are three studio albums released during the Soundscan era. So they are excluded from the following list. Here is the ranking of the studio albums back catalog sales since 1991, based on Soldatti's info.
1. Some Girls 1,158,000
2. Sticky Fingers 1,078,000
3. Let It Bleed 903,000
4. Exile On Main Street 707,000
5. Tatoo You 596,000
6. Beggars Banquet 527,000
7. Goat's Head Soup 329,000
8. It's Only Rock n Roll 246,000
9. Aftermath 243,000
10. Emotional Rescue 222,000
11. Steel Wheels 211,000
12. Black and Blue 208,000
13. At Their Satanic Majesties Request 168,000
14. Out Of Our Heads 124,000
15. Between The Buttons 116,000
16. England's Newest Hitmakers 104,000
17. 12 X 5 85,000
18. Now 78,000
19. December's Children 72,000
20. Undercover 67,000
21. Dirty Work 66,000
I'm a little surprised about Undercover. Soldatti, since Flashpoint is missing it's first five weeks on your list, I would guess it's total is over a million. Will it be certified platinum soon?
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| jb |
Please post worlsd/usa totals from beginning... |
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| voodoopug |
quote:
jb wrote:
Please post worlsd/usa totals from beginning...
I fear we are still behind Aerosmith (See: Rarities) |
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| Saint Sway |
There are 518,000 people I now feel sorry for. |
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| glencar |
I can't believe UC & DW did so poorly. America doesn't have very good taste. |
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| Gazza |
quote:
speedfreakjive wrote:
I had no idea that Some Girls had sold so many
worldwide, I think it was the biggest selling studio album of the band's career - passing Sticky Fingers.
Tattoo You may have eventually outsold it, though
Must admit it gives me a bit of a laugh when people (including Mick at one of the Aussie shows) talk about "Sway" and "Worried about you" as being 'obscure' songs
I'm absolutely amazed at Soldatti's list to see Voodoo Lounge selling more than any of the other studio albums, although I suppose as its only from 1991 onwards that would explain a lot. Comparing its sales to ABB shows how the Stones fanbase has eroded in the space of a decade
The appeal of Jump Back in the US baffles me entirely as it has almost the same track listing as disc 2 of the already multi platinum and recently released 40 Licks. It sold well when it was released here, but that was in 1993 and 40 Licks basically renders it as redundant. Augurs badly that the band's major sales these days are in repackages
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| Gazza |
quote:
glencar wrote:
I can't believe UC & DW did so poorly. America doesn't have very good taste.
well they didnt tour behind either record, so sales-wise the albums wouldnt have had any 'legs' |
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| lucasd4 |
They both sold several hundred thousand copies each BEFORE 1991, so the actual sales for each are closer to a million.
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glencar wrote:
I can't believe UC & DW did so poorly. America doesn't have very good taste.
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| lucasd4 |
And both of them sold as well as albums like Black and Blue and IORR did when they were originally released.
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Gazza wrote:
well they didnt tour behind either record, so sales-wise the albums wouldnt have had any 'legs'
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| lucasd4 |
22 million albums since 1991 is not awful. Those are impressive numbers and you can double those numbers if you include worldwide sales. As for career numbers, they've sold almost 70 million in the US alone. Double that-at least-for worldwide sales. Not bad at all.
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jb wrote:
Just fucking awful,,,but yes, the post 91 explain it know...thank you.
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| pdog |
I don't own a single Stones album, I will buy one of each today, please adjust these numbers to reflect my purchase! |
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| speedfreakjive |
quote:
Gazza wrote:
worldwide, I think it was the biggest selling studio album of the band's career - passing Sticky Fingers.
Tattoo You may have eventually outsold it, though
Must admit it gives me a bit of a laugh when people (including Mick at one of the Aussie shows) talk about "Sway" and "Worried about you" as being 'obscure' songs
I'm absolutely amazed at Soldatti's list to see Voodoo Lounge selling more than any of the other studio albums, although I suppose as its only from 1991 onwards that would explain a lot. Comparing its sales to ABB shows how the Stones fanbase has eroded in the space of a decade
The appeal of Jump Back in the US baffles me entirely as it has almost the same track listing as disc 2 of the already multi platinum and recently released 40 Licks. It sold well when it was released here, but that was in 1993 and 40 Licks basically renders it as redundant. Augurs badly that the band's major sales these days are in repackages
[Edited by Gazza]
so was VL or SG their best selling album ever??
the appeal of Jump Back for me personally is that it is apretty definitive 1 disc greatest hits; I also prefer the version of Bitch on Jump Back to the one on SF - the recording/mastering seems different |
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| pdog |
quote:
speedfreakjive wrote:
the recording/mastering seems different
it is... Hence remastering of all the post Klein stuff is needed. |
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| glencar |
They did remaster them in 1994. |
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| pdog |
And now technology has advanced making those inferior to the releases of Sucking and Jump Back and even 40 Licks. I've done the side by side!
Sell me the same product again, please! |
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| Gazza |
quote:
speedfreakjive wrote:
so was VL or SG their best selling album ever??
Some Girls and Tattoo You have both sold more than Voodoo Lounge, so it would be one of those two. I would guess that Sticky Fingers has as well. I think Voodoo Lounge's worldwide sales were around 5 million. SG and TY would be about 8 million perhaps. No doubt Soldatti can give you better info!
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the appeal of Jump Back for me personally is that it is apretty definitive 1 disc greatest hits; I also prefer the version of Bitch on Jump Back to the one on SF - the recording/mastering seems different
yeah, but like me, you live in the UK. We had Jump Back released in 1993. At the time it was the most comprehensive of the post-1970 compilations. It wasnt available in the US until 2004, which was after 40 Licks came out. Considering how great the sales were for 40 Licks, I'm amazed there was a market for Jump Back. |
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| Soldatti |
quote:
mmdog wrote:
I'm a little surprised about Undercover. Soldatti, since Flashpoint is missing it's first five weeks on your list, I would guess it's total is over a million. Will it be certified platinum soon?
About Undercover and Dirty Work... it's all the bad press. Both albums are the most overlooked releases for the casual fans and many of the hard cores too. Don't ask why they didn't perform a song of DW since 1990.
About Flashpoint, the album has sold more than 1 million. During the first 5 weeks on chart (Soundscan's missing weeks) the album charted at 39-18-16-19-23.
Some albums need quick re-certification:
The whole 60's catalog (some certifications are 39-40 years old!)
Exile: 2x Platinum at least
Love You Live: Platinum
Singles Collection: 2x Platinum (600/700k x3)
Flashpoint: Platinum
Forty Licks: 5x Platinum (2.6 x 2)
Jump Back: Platinum
If their catalog gets a decent update, they'll be at #8 on the all time US list. |
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