Actual current album sales

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

SYW platinum? Shirley, you jest. That thing's a turd clogging a toilet. I'd rather hear Dolly Parton fartin' Jolene on the terlet than hear SYW. I watch Destiny Rules every few years, when I'm having a bad day, just to remind myself that it all isn't so bad, in comparison.

SYW is a turd. A big turd with zero concept.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

SYW is a turd. A big turd with zero concept.

It and BTM. A FEW decent songs, but not a good album overall.

[bwboy]

Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

Looks like maybe 50,000.

Edit- haha, I HAD I link to a British site that stated Time sold 50k. I forgot to include the link, and can't find it now.

[Macfan4life]

On another thread someone was commenting on BTM being a success. Put it this way. Both BTM and SYW sold about the same amount of copies 500k. Not too shabby but both were considered disappointments. But BTM has to be put in perspective. In 1990 there was not digital sales like when SYW came out. It was all hard copy sales and bands that had platinum sales were sometimes disappointed. For a supergroup Fleetwood Mac not to have a platinum album was shocking in 1990. Stevie also struggled with her OSOTM album the year prior. BTM was the justification to disband because all their hard work had their worst sales since Heroes are Hard To Find. It stung everyone in the band and even the record company. The headlines screamed, yes Fleetwood Mac really does need Lindsey Buckingham. The music industry was changing and it was one year before grunge. However even stupid bands could score a platinum release in 1990. People still bought music then. Janet Jackson's albums were going diamond. Platinum was a base line.

[Villavic]

I found this page. Time is not included.

BTM total numbers are far higher than SYW. But sales may be understated, and to compare numbers details and dates you have to click on each album. I guess they are no current sales.

https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/4282

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I found this page. Time is not included.

BTM total numbers are far higher than SYW. But sales may be understated, and to compare numbers details and dates you have to click on each album. I guess they are no current sales.

https://bestsellingalbums.org/artist/4282

Wow, someone updated over the years and it says BTM went platinum. But this chart has been unreliable and posted here before.
When SYW was released in 2003, the music industry had slumped. No one was buying music as much. Remember when they had to crack down on illegal downloads and all this copyright stuff came to light. The point I was making that even though BTM and SYW sold about the same in the year of their debut, music still sold like crazy in 1990 so it was far more disappointing than SYW sales.
Mystery To Me needs an update on this chart and stuck at 500k. But Extended Play has a whopping 2,000 sales.

[WalkAThinLine.]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Does anyone have the latest sales numbers for Time?

Time sold negative 12 copies