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Title: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 11, 2017, 04:37:20 PM
Am I missing something here?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-50-best-selling-albums-of-all-time-music-charts-singers-a7884191.html
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Pottel on August 11, 2017, 04:45:38 PM
Quote from: ed_raposo on August 11, 2017, 04:37:20 PM
Am I missing something here?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-50-best-selling-albums-of-all-time-music-charts-singers-a7884191.html
Totally wrong

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Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 11, 2017, 06:01:21 PM
How's that even possible? Where do they get those figures from?
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: quizzaciously on August 11, 2017, 06:06:08 PM
Every list out there is a complete BS. Can't even discuss it.
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 11, 2017, 06:14:33 PM
Quote from: quizzaciously on August 11, 2017, 06:06:08 PM
Every list out there is a complete BS. Can't even discuss it.

But that's not a list of best albums or something, it's a bestselling list. Numbers are numbers. Crazy stuff...
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Dutchessy on August 11, 2017, 07:25:48 PM
Everybody did get Brothers in Arms for free when they buyed a CD player  ;D ;D So it didn't count as a sold CD.
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: quizzaciously on August 11, 2017, 08:02:35 PM
But wait a minute... It says "US sales", so that's the reason. If you look it up, US sales are usually quite different from the rest of the world.
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Darling Pretty on August 12, 2017, 03:05:48 PM
Right. That are US sales. BIA did well but only sold approx. 10 Mio albums so failed this list by 2 mios. I think somewhere they stopped counting

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Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Eddie Fox on August 12, 2017, 04:10:48 PM
Quote from: quizzaciously on August 11, 2017, 08:02:35 PM
But wait a minute... It says "US sales", so that's the reason. If you look it up, US sales are usually quite different from the rest of the world.

I hadn't noticed that, maybe because it's a brit article  :lol

But still, I'm surprised. I'd assume BIA had made it to the top 50 everywhere.
Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: Darling Pretty on August 13, 2017, 05:45:13 PM
It was for sure on that list but it's 32 years ago when it was released.  A few megasellers followed

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Title: Re: Where's Brothers in Arms?
Post by: ds1984 on August 13, 2017, 05:51:45 PM
Quote from: quizzaciously on August 11, 2017, 08:02:35 PM
But wait a minute... It says "US sales", so that's the reason. If you look it up, US sales are usually quite different from the rest of the world.

Exactly.

I started to have doubt about "worldwide" when I saw Garth Brooks listed. Because in the US he is among the biggest music stars.