Who got the biggest selling album of the decade? The Beatles!!

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited December 2009 in Music & Movies
Surprising, isn't it?

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/biggest-selling-albums-and-singles-of-the-decade-r/35515/
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    Jeez Danny, I hate to point this out, but look at the the company that the Beatles are in. So sad and disappointing.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited December 2009
    vc69 wrote: »
    Jeez Danny, I hate to point this out, but look at the the company that the Beatles are in. So sad and disappointing.

    I agree.

    But not too shabby for a group that hasn't been together for almost 40 years, wouldn't you say?
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    I agree.

    But not too shabby for a group that hasn't been together for almost 40 years, wouldn't you say?

    Not bad at all really. :)
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited December 2009
    That actuallly is a little suprising. It amounts to what is basically a greatest hits album. Looking at the other albums though does put things in to perspective.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited December 2009
    packetjones wrote: »
    That actuallly is a little suprising. It amounts to what is basically a greatest hits album. Looking at the other albums though does put things in to perspective.

    It's true that the Beatles' "1" album is basically a greatest hits album....and they're plenty of other greatest hits albums by other artists that have sales exceeding those of the Beatles' "1" (i.e. Billy Joel, Elton John, Eagles*, Journey, and even the Beatles' own "Red" and "Blue" greatest hits sets), but none sold at such a brisk pace as "1".

    * The Eagles' "Greatest Hits" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" are currently tied as the biggest selling album in the US....at over 29 million sold for each.

    List of albums that have sold 10 million or more, as certified by RIAA
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited December 2009
    In perspective to what? That's the music that WE are buying. I'm sure people are thinking of what they consider GREAT albums, and they didn't make the list. Yes, I am a Beatles fanatic...and I am surprised, but very happy. It shows that good music is understood and appreciated throughout time. I also read an article that the biggest One Hit Wonder of the decade:

    "Bad Day" - can't remember who wrote it, but it's the song used on American Idol what contestants are kicked out.

    The Beatles are the antithesis of the one hit wonder! Rock on!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2009
    Do they get any money from this? Didn't Micheal Jackson own the righjts to their songs.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited December 2009
    In the end MJ didn't even own the rights to his johnson.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited December 2009
    did MJ even HAVE a johnson... the autopsy results were inconclusive.:rolleyes:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    did MJ even HAVE a johnson... the autopsy results were inconclusive.:rolleyes:

    Rumor has it that at the end he was like Mr. Potato Head, with his nose and johnson being interchangable.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited December 2009
    Well I have the Beatles album and the coldplay album as well. Both great albums I like the coldplay album more thought. The others.................well not really my taste anymore.
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