Tommymonster44 0 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 The closest official number we have is 6 million people have bought Born This Way. A problem arises with Gaga, however. Let me use the recent sales giant, Taylor Swift, to explain what I believe to be the situation with these numbers. Taylor's official numbers for her recent album are extremely accurate because almost all sales came from the music "big dogs" like American and the UK. The system that is used to notify official sales groups are very developed in these countries. You can bet that when a person buys the album from a store such as Walmart, they are going to notify nielsen soundscan, which is the most reliable way we know how to track album sales. The problem arises when artists like Gaga sell tons of albums in less modern/monopolized country. Do you think that the 200 Born This Way albums that were sold at some random Chinese store are going to be counted in nielsen soundscan's numbers? Probably not. Since we have absolutely no way to reliably track all of these types of sales, we can only assume from the nature of Gaga's fan base that she's shifting a substantial amount of albums from stores like these. Unfortunately, the official number that I remember is 6 million. In reality though, she's probably sold a lot more records than 6 million, there's just no way to confirm the sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry 17 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Source? I really hope TFM sold that well WW. UMG annual sales reports. They're archived on vivendi.fr if you want to look them up. The Fame Monster sold 3 million in 2009 and 4.8 million in 2010. That includes the deluxe version of the album, which most people count towards The Fame's sales (which is why so many different numbers float around). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry 17 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 + people need to stop with the 6 million thing for BTW because it sold 6.8 million in 2011 alone http://www.vivendi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20120330_Annual_Report_2011-2.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausofmike 127 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 6 copies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommymonster44 0 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 + people need to stop with the 6 million thing for BTW because it sold 6.8 million in 2011 alone http://www.vivendi.c...port_2011-2.pdf It sold 6 million conservative. Other sources that aren't as conservative will report higher numbers. I'm fairly certain that the more reliable sources are reporting 6 million, but I could be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherry 17 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 It sold 6 million conservative. Other sources that aren't as conservative will report higher numbers. I'm fairly certain that the more reliable sources are reporting 6 million, but I could be wrong. That's a sales report from Universal, as reliable as you can get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAstroLeo 14,206 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think Gaga is the most reliable source for now, so it 8 Million it is :legend: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommymonster44 0 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think Gaga is the most reliable source for now, so it 8 Million it is That's 8 million shipped. That means the label sent out 8 million records to be sold. Not all of them sell, though. Many of them are still on the shelves or in a storage or distribution unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emvee 7,080 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 + people need to stop with the 6 million thing for BTW because it sold 6.8 million in 2011 alone http://www.vivendi.c...port_2011-2.pdf This. It has to be at least 7 million by now. People keep throwing around old numbers. :fail: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorPrince 1 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 She sold 7M with Born This Way by now, it's not that hard to believe even sources say so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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