Everyone puts everything on the net these days,right?And people have statistics on just about everything,right?
So,why can't I find a reliable statistic on the worldwide best sold music record?
Boris and Shav's arguement in the nightwish thread got me intrested in it.Now I wanna know.Thanks guys,this is going to bug me for weeks LOL
Originally posted by SirLoseALotTrue? I don;t know. Any way, from the guiness book of world records:
Everyone puts everything on the net these days,right?And people have statistics on just about everything,right?
So,why can't I find a reliable statistic on the worldwide best sold music record?
Boris and Shav's arguement in the nightwish thread got me intrested in it.Now I wanna know.Thanks guys,this is going to bug me for weeks LOL
(http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
Best Selling World Music Album
The 1998 Grammy award-winning album Buena Vista Social Club (1997) has sold over 4 million copies and of these 1.5 million were sold in the US. The album inspired Wim Wenders to make the documentary film Buena Vista Social Club.
Originally posted by AlcraThanks,I found that as well.I was looking for some broader stats though,but maybe nobody keeps those....
True? I don;t know. Any way, from the guiness book of world records:
(http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
Best Selling World Music Album
The 1998 Grammy award-winning album Buena Vista Social Club (1997) has sold over 4 million copies and of these 1.5 million were sold in the US. The album inspired Wim Wenders to make the documentary film Buena Vista Social Club.
According to the Guiness *drool* book of world records, the best sold album ever is Thriller by MJ with 51 million sold world wide:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=50890
Oh....and looky at what we have here: Worst rock band ever: Metallica!
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=54590