It has definitely reached a MUST album status. It still sells better than many contemporary artists do.

RODSERLING said:

Best selling albums in the US in 2020 so far...(week 26) . #69 Purple Rain ( 42.000 copies)

NoSwan said:

It has definitely reached a MUST album status. It still sells better than many contemporary artists do.

RODSERLING said:

Best selling albums in the US in 2020 so far...(week 26) . #69 Purple Rain ( 42.000 copies)

That is So Cool, 36 years after 1984 and its #69 in 2020!

Anyone know the Total sales so far 1984-2020?

PURPLE RAIN needs to be receritified!!! Why is it still stuck at 13x Platinum last certified by RIAA in 1996.

Astasheiks said:

Thanks Rodserling...

So it is still making Bank for The Estate or those Benefiting off of him having No Will!!!

RODSERLING said:

Astasheiks said:

That is So Cool, 36 years after 1984 and its #69 in 2020!

Anyone know the Total sales so far 1984-2020?

In the US,16 millions and counting Worldwide 23/24 millions [Edited 7/15/20 11:32am]

But it's only certified 13x Platinum by RIAA.

WB gave The Revolution their 13x Platinum plaques during the Purple Rain Super Deluxe release.

Should be certified 16x Platinum by now.

From Chart Masters:

1999 (1982)

• America
  • US – 5,525,000
  • Canada – 200,000
  • Argentina – N/A
  • Brazil – N/A
  • Mexico – N/A
• Asia – 210,000
  • Japan – 180,000
• Oceania
  • Australia – 70,000
  • New Zealand – 25,000
• Europe – 910,000
  • UK – 330,000
  • France – 125,000
  • Germany – 180,000
  • Italy – 15,000
  • Spain – 10,000
  • Sweden – N/A
  • Netherlands – 45,000
  • Switzerland – 20,000
  • Austria – 15,000
  • Finland – N/A
• World – 7,010,000

RODSERLING said:

1999' sales history in the US : . January 1983 : 0.5 Million (RIAA) May 1983 : 1 million (RIAA) July 1984 : 2.5 millions ( Variety) July 1985 : 3 millions ( RIAA) . September 1992 : 5 millions worldwide, so about 3.5 M in the US March 1999 : 4 millions in the US ( RIAA) so an average of 70k/ a year. This last certification was supposed to take into account music club sales. . Between 1991 and 2005 : 640.000 copies sold in store ( Nielsen SoundScan), so an average of 42k ex./ a year, but with a big boost in 1998/99 with the re-release of the single. So by January 2006: 4.3 millions sold in the US . Between 2006 and 20, April 2016 : 153.000 copies sold, so an average of 15k/ a year. 2016 : 165.000 copies sold (!) Between 2017 and 2019 : 60.000 copies sold, so an average of 20k/a year . US total sales : 4.7 millions. Far from the chartmaster estimations who put 1999 at 5.7 millions in the US. It would take now another 15 years (!) at this cruisade speed, to reach the 5 millions mark... . But a 5*Platinum could be reached soon with streaming added. [Edited 7/25/20 20:44pm]

I agree, I believe charmasters is a little too high, but I also believe it is just under 5 million in USA, and with the recent reissues, etc... should be at million soon.

feeluupp said:

feeluupp said:

Do you have the sales for The Very Best Of Prince... That should be over 3 million by now in USA, but only stands at 1 million by RIAA.

Since there is a debate whether or not Prince sold over 100 million albums; we might remember that USA for Africa(we are the world) Album sold 20 million. Prince had a song on that album which gives prince 20 million more in sales.

kewlschool said:

Thank you Rod.

We are living strange times indeed... With 500 physical copies sold in a week you can enter the top 200...

NoSwan said:

Thank you Rod.

We are living strange times indeed... With 500 physical copies sold in a week you can enter the top 200...

Well, that is cumulative. 1999 probably isn't among the 200 albums that sold most copies in the past week, but it has accumulated the 189th most sales across all weeks of 2020.

NoSwan said:

Yes, I saw that, thanks. Taylor Swift has one of the largest fanbase in the world for a pop star, so it doesn't surprise me that much, even if selling more than half a million copy nowadays is a sort of record, indeed.

RODSERLING said:

NoSwan said:

Thank you Rod.

We are living strange times indeed... With 500 physical copies sold in a week you can enter the top 200...

Yes, like Moonbeam said it s cumulative sales. What mislead you was maybe the fact that Folklore's Taylor Swift sold 615.000 in a week, becoming the best selling album of the year, as of now!

The SOTT remaster will likely sell at least 10,000 copies in the first week (Which amounts to approx 100,000 copies sold, no? I mean there are 8 cds and 13 lps don't they count as a individual unit sales still? In the past they did. see Emancipation)

kewlschool said: