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Album Sales Continue To Decline (20 Year Comparisons)


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These are the number of albums selling over a million in each calendar year using SoundScan numbers only.

1994 - 69

1995 - 64

1996 - 56

1997 - 70

1998 - 81

1999 - 88

2000 - 88

2001 - 100

2002 - 65

2003 - 70

2004 - 70

2005 - 48

2006 - 52

2007 - 39

2008 - 25

2009 - 22

2010 - 13

2011 - 13

2012 - 10

2013 - 01 ( So Far :rip: )

Even though this isn't about Gaga it's relevant to the chart and sales thread.

Going from 2001 to 2012 :lmao:

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heavymlover

lol I never though it would be such a substantial decline. That's insane.

 

Considering that they can't compete with illegal downloads, in my opinion they have to reduce their prices. At least more people would consider to buy music.

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GagaMyBlood95

omg 

 

So 1 million albums sold is now considered a success? :udidnt:

 definitely...example: When they announced that Unapologetic passed the one million mark, everyone was like OMG YES, GREAT etc...

 

That is the situation today..

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hausofmike

This years numbers so far... 1 Album

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist

01 - 1,985,000 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake

02 - 937,000 - UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX - Bruno Mars

03 - 863,000 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons

04 - 655,000 - BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Blake Shelton

05 - 648,000 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink

11 - 543,000 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk

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Jenniferella

Wow....didn't know it was THAT bad !!!

"I have been writing LG5 since I was 13"
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hausofmike

Yes. This means # of albums that sold over a million. In 2001, 100 different albums passed one million in sales.

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Ursula Buffay

I don't get this.

 

"21" sold like 25M in 2011 and 2012 right?

 

The OP is totally irrelevant :awkney:

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Bambino

Yes. This means # of albums that sold over a million. In 2001, 100 different albums passed one million in sales.

 

Oh, now I get this.

 

Wow, such a decline :toofloppy:

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hausofmike

albums selling over 2,000,000 - this year - 0 / last year - 1

albums selling over 1,000,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 1

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 13 / last year - 11

albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 46 / last year - 37

total albums sales - this year -131,509,000 (-5.2%)/ last year - 138,772,000

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I don't get this.

 

"21" sold like 25M in 2011 and 2012 right?

The numbers tell how many albums achieved the 1 million mark. 21 is one of them.

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