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Originally Posted by tabruns
US sales *certifications alone* (not actual sales, which are higher):
Fleetwood Mac (white album) - 5 million
Rumours - 20 million
Tusk - 2 million
Mirage - 2 million
Live - 500,000
Tango In The Night - 3 million
Greatest Hits - 8 million
Behind The Mask - 500,000
The Dance - 5 million
Say You Will - 500,000
Live In Boston - 100,000 (platinum for video longform)
Very Best of Fleetwood Mac - 1 million
So roughly 48 million alone in just United States certification sales. But we know actual sales are higher...I think Soundscan had "Say You Will" at 900,000, for example.
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They aren't necessarily higher. I'm sure it's a case by case basis. Rumours was just certified 20 times platinum. Because that certification is up to date it's likely higher than the amount sold. After all, these are certifications for shipments, not sales.
Example, I was looking at a few of those other top albums. Double Live by Gartha Brooks is 21X platinum. It counts twice because it is a double album so that's really 10.5 million shipped. The actual Nielsen soundscan number is about 6 million.