Sales figures

[Tom Angel]

Does anyone know if there is a website on which you can look at sales figures of Pet shop Boys (and others) albums?

[weirdalfan1980]

According to Wikipedia
Worldwide figures: Aproximate

Please 3 mil
Actually 4 Mil
Introspective 4.5 mil
Behaviour - Not mentioned
Very 5 mil
Billingual 1 Mil
Nightlife - 1.2 mil
Release - 800000
Fundamental - 1 mil+
Yes - Unknown yet

[weirdalfan1980]

Whats funny is PSb claimed they claimed they sold 100 mil but other sources say 50 mil, but I count over 20 mil with 8/10 known sales figures of albums, now the 100 mil or 50 mil would that be counted with singles/ EPs/ Discos/ Projects/ DVDs?

[Tom Angel]

That's good to see. Where did you get that info? Many thanks
Tom

[rabagast]

Whats funny is PSb claimed they claimed they sold 100 mil but other sources say 50 mil, but I count over 20 mil with 8/10 known sales figures of albums, now the 100 mil or 50 mil would that be counted with singles/ EPs/ Discos/ Projects/ DVDs?

PSB have never claimed 100 million of anything. That's the EMI marketing dept. doing the maths. 50 million records sounds fair. The figures referred to in this thread seem a bit random, and does not include stuff like Disography, wich probably count for (my guess) 6-10 million sales.

[Nickname]

According to Wikipedia
Worldwide figures: Aproximate

Please 3 mil
Actually 4 Mil
Introspective 4.5 mil
Behaviour - Not mentioned
Very 5 mil
Billingual 1 Mil
Nightlife - 1.2 mil
Release - 800000
Fundamental - 1 mil+
Yes - Unknown yet

I thought the best selling album of PSB was Actually. Did Fundamental sell more copies than Release and Bilingual?.

[rabagast]

Theese numers are random. Bilingual obviously outsold Nightlife....
The best selling studio album, to this date, is supposed to be Introspective, counting for some 6 million copies if i remember correctly. Followed by Very, then Actually.

[jasonjohn]

It's nice that they still pack a punch

Selling a fourth or a fifth of what you did in your hey-day is pretty awesome, really.

[Hillbilly]

According to Wikipedia
Worldwide figures: Aproximate

Please 3 mil
Actually 4 Mil
Introspective 4.5 mil
Behaviour - Not mentioned
Very 5 mil
Billingual 1 Mil
Nightlife - 1.2 mil
Release - 800000
Fundamental - 1 mil+
Yes - Unknown yet

So why is Behaviour not mentioned? Sure there must be figures for that one too.

[Danimal]

I think speculation that Introspective sold 6 million copies is accurate as Neil has repeatedly said over the years that it is ultimately their best selling album globally. I also seem to recall that Behavior sold around 2 million copies and Bilingual sold around 3 million but of course I could be mistaken. There was a lot of talk that Bilingual sales were disappointing after Very and that Nightlife surely signalled their decline as it sold much more poorly than Bilingual. Of course this list leaves off all the Discos, compilations, singles in all formats, etc. Let's not forget that Alternative went to an appropriate number 2 in the UK charts in spite of the fact it was a pricey double-album.

[weirdalfan1980]

According to Wikipedia
Worldwide figures: Aproximate

Please 3 mil
Actually 4 Mil
Introspective 4.5 mil
Behaviour - Not mentioned
Very 5 mil
Billingual 1 Mil
Nightlife - 1.2 mil
Release - 800000
Fundamental - 1 mil+
Yes - Unknown yet

So why is Behaviour not mentioned? Sure there must be figures for that one too.

I dont know, its wikipedia, they are not entirely accurate, if you want sales figures try dig up to reliable source, if I think of one I look.

[GalataPSB]

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59684

[GalataPSB]

And

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=60413

[weirdalfan1980]

That would make more sense then the numbers wikipedia throws up.

[tottenhammattspurs]

What about sales figures for Disco 1/2/3 and 4, Discography, Popart, Ultimate, Alternative, Concrete, Battleship Potemkin, Incredible Thing and Closer To Heaven cast recording?