USA

SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending May 1st, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: May 14th, 2005.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, +/- percentage

MARIAH CAREY - 203,988 units (6,988 units excluding The Emancipation Of Mimi)
(excluding Live at Madison Square Garden DVD and "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" digital single sales)

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 197,000 (-13%)
2. Greatest Hits (2 CD): 2,419 (-1%)
3. #1's: 1,880 (+7%)
4. Remixes (2 CD): 648 (-)
5. Charmbracelet: 371 (-13%)
6. Butterfly: 311 (-10%)
7. Music Box: 264 (+14%)
8. #1's (Video): 224 (-12%)
9. Glitter- 182 (-2%)
10. Daydream: 163 (-4%)
11. Rainbow: 155 (+7%)
12. Mariah Carey: 134 (+31%)
13. Around the World (Video): 99 (+25%)
14. Through The Rain: 66 (+12%)
15. MTV Unplugged: 45 (+67%)
16. Emotions: 27 (-41%)

Notes: The Emancipation Of Mimi scanned another 197,000 or so units, bringing its 3-week total to 828,000 and change. The debut and MTV Unplugged see the most benefit in this recent sales week.

MICHAEL JACKSON - 12,606 units
(Does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles like The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc., material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.)

1. Thriller: 3,638 (3,760) (-3%) (Top 20 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Chart and possibly Top 50 on Billboard Pop Catalog Chart. Exact positions to be announced.)
2. Number Ones: 3,562 (3,658) (-3%)
3. Number Ones (Video): 2,331 (2,484) (-6%) (Holds at #13 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, 58 weeks on the chart.)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. 1: 917 (919) (-)
5. Off the Wall: 734 (777) (-6%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 332 (335) (-1%)
7. Bad: 309 (258) (+20%)
8. HIStory on Film - Vol. 2 (Video): 301 (230) (+31%)
9. Dangerous: 225 (176) (+28%)
10. Invincible: 123 (112) (+10%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2 CD): 101 (81)(+25%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor: 33 (31) (+6%)

Notes: Some notable percentage gains for some of the albums. You'll notice that the recently recertified 27X platinum Thriller and Number Ones CD's are running almost neck and neck sales wise. It should be interesting to see if Number Ones regains the #1 spot next week. Also, the Number Ones DVD holds at #13 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart while Thriller maintains its Top 20 placement on the BB R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Chart and possibly Top 50 of the BB Pop Catalog Chart.

MADONNA - 6,639 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,287 (-6%)
2. GHV2: 588 (-5%)
3. Something To Remember: 273 (-3%)
4. Like A Virgin: 250 (-10%)
5. Ray Of Light: 242 (-18%)
6. Madonna: 220 (+2%)
7. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 208 (-9%)
8. True Blue: 162 (+4%)
9. Remixed & Revisited: 159 (+12%)
10. American Life: 154 (-8%)
11. Music: 131 (-)
12. The Video Collection 93:99 (Video): 124 (+7%)
13. Erotica: 121 (+6%)
14. Like A Prayer: 108 (-6%)
15. Girlie Show: Live Down Under (Video): 78 (+32%)
16. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy (Video): 73 (+35%)
17. Drowned World Tour 2001 (Video): 62 (+7%)
18. You Can Dance: 62 (+11%)
19. Evita: 62 (+15%)
20. Bedtime Stories: 59 (+44%)
21. Me Against the Music: 57 (-3%)
22. American Life (Single): 57 (+46%)
23. Love Profusion: 54 (+26%)
24. I'm Breathless: 48 (+2%)

Notes: Not a bad week. The three videos posted gains, while the albums held up well, overall. The Immaculate Collection has scanned 56,000+ this year, compared to 73,000+ over the same period last year.

CHER - 5,705 units
(excluding Live Farewell Tour CD)

1. The Very Best of Cher (2 CD): 2,252 (+5%)
2. The Very Best of Cher (Video): 863 (+1%)
3. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 803 (+73%)
4. Farewell Tour (Video): 446 (+3%)
5. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 429 (+10%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 268 (-5%)
7. Heart of Stone: 198 (+38%)
8. Half Breed: 115 (-10%)
9. Believe: 113 (+8%)
10. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 99 (+9%)
11. Live in Concert (video, 1999): 80 (+4%)
12. Living Proof: 39 (-15%)

Notes: The Very Best of Cher keeps chugging along, while the most recent Millennium album posts a big gain- those albums are priced well as it is, I can't imagine it being marked down even more!

JANET JACKSON - 3,309 units

1. Design Of A Decade 1986/1996 (album): 610 (-4%)
2. Damita Jo: 470 (-14%)
3. janet.: 447 (-7%)
4. Rhythm Nation 1814: 441 (+110%)
5. From janet. To Damita Jo (Video): 358 (+11%)
6. The Velvet Rope: 288 (+13%)
7. All For You (album): 249 (+1%)
8. Live in Hawaii (Video): 198 (+30%)
9. Control: 162 (+3%)
10. All For You (CD/DVD): 59 (+74%)
11. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video): 27 (-20%)

Notes: Design Of A Decade remains JJ's best-selling title, but its sales (as well as those for the video of the same name) continue to be disappointing. Not sure what caused the spark for Rhythm Nation 1814 - maybe a mark-down?

WHITNEY HOUSTON - 2,174 units

1. The Greatest Hits (2 CD): 1,049 (-1%)
2. The Bodyguard: 295 (-3%)
3. The Preacher's Wife: 189 (+51%)
4. Whitney Houston: 157 (+24%)
5. The Greatest Hits (Video): 148 (-10%)
6. Just Whitney: 106 (-11%)
7. Whitney: 102 (-22%)
8. My Love is Your Love (Album): 89 (-9%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 23 (-58%)
10. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 16 (+78%)

Notes: Greatest Hits manages another 1K+, while the debut and The Preacher's Wife post notable percentage gains.

27 million

Hey lilgish - I have a feeling Thriller has shipped 28 million and the accountants at Sony are just being pricks in giving it that extra certification.

One thing that's good is that Thriller continues to sell at a healthy level each week/month/year in the U.S. (outpacing the Eagles GH by a huge margin) so I believe it will get another certification in the not so distant future.

The only act close to matching the Beatles' feat is Led Zeppelin, which has five diamond-level titles, while Garth Brooks has four. The Eagles have three diamond titles, including "Their Greatest Hit 1971-1975," which remains the best-selling album of all time, certified at 28 million copies. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is in second place, having last month been certified for 27 million copies shipped.

http://www.billboard.com/...1000910732

amit1234 said:

In America.

Cloudbuster said:

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