1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 11.601.000
2. MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - 10.000.000
3. Eminem - The Eminem Show - 9.608.000
4. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 9.000.000
5. Nelly - Country Grammar - 8.369.000
6. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin - 7.612.000
7. Will Smith - Big Willie Style - 7.322.000
8. Dr Dre - 2001 - 7.122.000
9. Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme - 7.000.000
10. Nelly - Nellyville - 6.402.000

11. Puff Daddy & The Bad Boy Family - No Way Out - 6.165.000
12. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 6.100.000
13. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - 6.089.000
14. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - 5.835.000
15. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 5.605.000
16. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me - 5.600.000
17. Jay-Z - Vol.2, Hard Knock Life - 5.138.000
18. Dr Dre - The Chronic - 5.100.000
19. 50 Cent - The Massacre - 5.050.000
20. Eminem - Encore - 5.020.000

21. Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary - 5.000.000
22. DMX - And Then There Was X - 4,853,000
23. Juvenile - 400 Degreez - 4.745.000
24. 2Pac - Greatest Hits - 4.600.414
25. Soundtrack - 8 Mile - 4,400,000
26. DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot - 4,350,000
27. Makaveli (2Pac) - Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory - 4.200.000
28. Outkast - Stankonia - 4.100.000
29. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die - 4.000.000
30. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life of... - 4.000.000

VikFoxx said:

that list is bullshit. No way has 2pacs all eyes on me sold that few copies.


2pac's all eyes on me is surely one of the biggest selling albums. it sold 7 or 8 million in the usa by 1997 alone, you're telling me in 10 years it hasn't sold any more?


Puff daddy no way out sold more??
rubbish!
that list is incorrect and someone obviously cobbled it together.

I'm also sure The Chronic sold more than 5 million.


Also, didn't Vanilla Ice sell 16 million copies of his album?
I don't recall how much of it was in the usa.
[Edited 12/7/07 2:27am]

got the numbers from here

http://www.ukmix.org/foru...64&start=0

incorrect list.

2Pac's "All Eyez On Me" has sold WELL OVER 20 million at this point, as has his Greatest Hits.

How do I know this?

Well, I interviewed the producer Johnny J who produced the majority of "All Eyez On Me" for a documentary I made about 'Pac for BBC 1xtra last year.

I went to his studio, and I saw the commemarative plaques on his walls from the label.

All Eyez On Me had sold 15 million records back in 1998. We're about to be 10 years later, and although no figures have been released in a few years, I'm willing to bet that it's approaching 30 million.

I have none of them!

PANDURITO said:

me neither..except for the Hammer album

VikFoxx said:

If it wasn't for you he'd only have sold 9.999.999 albums

Militant said:

all eyes on me may have sold that worldwide but not in the u.s.alone.the list is bogus though.eminem doesnt have a diamond lp

Just making note of the ones I never once purchased:


3. Eminem - The Eminem Show - 9.608.000
5. Nelly - Country Grammar - 8.369.000
6. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin - 7.612.000
9. Vanilla Ice - To the Extreme - 7.000.000
10. Nelly - Nellyville - 6.402.000

19. 50 Cent - The Massacre - 5.050.000
20. Eminem - Encore - 5.020.000

22. DMX - And Then There Was X - 4,853,000
23. Juvenile - 400 Degreez - 4.745.000
24. 2Pac - Greatest Hits - 4.600.414
25. Soundtrack - 8 Mile - 4,400,000
26. DMX - It's Dark And Hell Is Hot - 4,350,000

PANDURITO said:

I also.
I also don't have any Shania Twains in my collection.
Or Janet Jackson.
Or Madonna.
Or Conway Twitty.
Or Michael Bolton.
Or Garth Brooks. Though, I don't mind that Friends In Low Places song.


Also,
I've never seen that 2 Girls 1 cup video.

Illustrator said:

Me either! Why gross yourself out?

400 Degrees is the shit!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I take it that you mean that in a positive manner
& not in the way of that one 2 Girls 1 Cup video.

dirtyman2005 said:

Did you forget All Eyez on Me is a double Album? So that rounds out to about 11,100,000, which is tops on the list. But wait, Speakerboxx x was a double LP also?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The double album, double count rule applies for RIAA certifications ONLY, not raw sales figures.

VikFoxx said:

I own - or have at one time owned - the above.

VoicesCarry said:

Well then this list is messed up, I remember Speakereboxx selling at least 8,000,000 by the end of 2004? I'm confused?

Militant said:

Cool! Very underrated considering his very clean contribution to All Eyez

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Speakerboxx sold about 5.5 million.

RipHer2Shreds said:

As if you didn't have To The Extreme. Oh I know it by heart but I never owned it (it was my sister's )

RipHer2Shreds said:

1. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - 11.601.000
2. MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - 10.000.000
4. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 9.000.000
7. Will Smith - Big Willie Style - 7.322.000
8. Dr Dre - 2001 - 7.122.000

11. Puff Daddy & The Bad Boy Family - No Way Out - 6.165.000
12. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 6.100.000
13. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP - 6.089.000
14. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - 5.835.000
15. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 5.605.000
16. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me - 5.600.000
17. Jay-Z - Vol.2, Hard Knock Life - 5.138.000
18. Dr Dre - The Chronic - 5.100.000

21. Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary - 5.000.000
27. Makaveli (2Pac) - Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory - 4.200.000
28. Outkast - Stankonia - 4.100.000
29. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die - 4.000.000
30. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life of... - 4.000.000

Cinnie said:

I'm not pretending I didn't like the shit when it was out, but I never actually had the shit.

Cinnie said:

Yes, a very talented and under-rated producer. But more importantly, a very nice guy. We actually sat in his studio and talked with him and kicked it for about 2 hours after we had already done the interview.

Then, since we had gotten a cab to his studio from Hollywood, he gave us a lift back there and dropped us off at 'Pac's favorite restaurant, where we happened to run into Kardinall Offishall, so we interviewed him too, and then Yukmouth walked past, I recognised him so went to speak to him and asked if we could interview him ,but he said he had a studio session that he was late for.....I saw that his eyes were red as hell.....then he walked straight into the restaurant....lol i guess he just had the munchies.

Here's a pic of me with Johnny at the "memorial room" of his studio (a room dedicated to artists who have passed away)

http://a176.ac-images.mys...39629f.jpg

RipHer2Shreds said:

OK same.

Funny this has been brought up. Sometime in the last month, I read that that the CD pressing had the video version for "Play That Funky Music". My sister had the cassette and that version was different from the video.

Militant said:

Did your documentary air?

VoicesCarry said:

VC, which ones do own or have once owned?

Cinnie said:

2. MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - 10.000.000
7. Will Smith - Big Willie Style - 7.322.000
11. Puff Daddy & The Bad Boy Family - No Way Out - 6.165.000
15. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 5.605.000
21. Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary - 5.000.000
28. Outkast - Stankonia - 4.100.000

My favourite is SNP. I don't usually like rap.
[Edited 12/7/07 7:13am]

Eminem owned that list.



hahahahahaha
[Edited 12/7/07 7:16am]

RipHer2Shreds said:

I noticed Eminem did NOT appear once on your list.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

well. what other ones did you have?

Sdldawn said:

post yer list