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Post by ballsouthott on Feb 29, 2008 9:56:07 GMT -8
So I saw this website and it lists the biggest selling music acts of all time... I am NOT sure when these statistics were counted or if it includes TTLW... However it puts the Chicks at 30.5 million sold... so it sounds close... check it out P.S. I was shocked at some of the people who beat the Chicks sales wise... www.answerbag.com/q_view/44656ENJOY! ;D
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Post by wingnut on Feb 29, 2008 18:49:21 GMT -8
wow..interesting
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Post by edinburgh1 on Feb 29, 2008 19:00:33 GMT -8
They got that info from the RIAA, which issues gold and platinum certifications. Top Selling Artists: www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt(however, remember this is only in the US. The Chicks have sold more albums outside the US, as have many of the others.) It's also interesting to search "Dixie Chicks" (Gold/ Platinum --> Searchable Database) and see when they reached gold/platinum, multi-platinum for each album. It's interesting to see how long it took for some of the albums.
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Post by Roger on Feb 29, 2008 19:40:41 GMT -8
Interesting to see that two of my other musical enthusiasms, Shania Twain and Nana Mouskouri, both sold more than the Chicks, Nana especially. But there is something wrong with the figures for Shania. Both lists have her at 47 million, yet the latter list is for the US only. Shania has sold many more millions in Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada.
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Post by erik on Mar 1, 2008 9:19:28 GMT -8
Funny thing is that the list says the Chicks are just half a million ahead of Linda Ronstadt, one of their primary influences. That 30.5 million figure for the Chicks seems to me to be deceptively low. And 30 million for Linda is deceptively low, since each studio album she released between 1974 and 1990 went at least Platinum, and ten of those albums were Double- or Triple-Platinum sellers. Linda's total is closer to 50 million, in my opinion.
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Post by james on Mar 1, 2008 12:14:36 GMT -8
Good reading.
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Post by jhar26 on Mar 1, 2008 12:15:40 GMT -8
Funny thing is that the list says the Chicks are just half a million ahead of Linda Ronstadt, one of their primary influences. That 30.5 million figure for the Chicks seems to me to be deceptively low. And 30 million for Linda is deceptively low, since each studio album she released between 1974 and 1990 went at least Platinum, and ten of those albums were Double- or Triple-Platinum sellers. Linda's total is closer to 50 million, in my opinion. It's much higher than that.... lindaronstadt.de/facts.htmFor some additional info. Here are Linda's best-selling albums. Click on the album covers for more details... lindaronstadt.de/topalben.htm
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