i really dont know. Think its "Bridges to Babylon"?

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Really really really doubt it's Bridges. I think Voodoo outsold that one both in the states and worldwide. I am guess Tattoo You or Forty Licks. I think it's georgelicks who always has the current billboard numbers - maybe he knows?

Dont think--its "Forty Licks"---worlwide

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Some Girls?

Hot Rocks?

hot Rocks? maybe the most selling compilation

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It's either Sticky Fingers, Hot Rocks, Some Girls, or Tattoo You

It surely has to be one of the above four!

I think I´ve read that it was Tattoo You but Voodoo Lounge outsold it.

1)Hot rocks 15 mln. (12 mln. USA)
2)Some girls 10 mln. (6.5 mln. USA)
3)Tattoo you 8 mln. (4.2 mln. USA)
4)Forty licks 7.5 mln. (2.8 mln.USA)
5)Steel wheels over 6 mln. (2 mln.USA)

Bridges To Babylon "only" 4 mln. (1.2 mln. USA) and "ABB" 2.5 mln. worldwide (550.000 in USA)

VL is over 6 million

I'm amazed that Hot Rocks is the No 1 seller. It was not officially released in the UK until, ooh the 80s I believe - perhaps not even until the CD release in about 91.

I really would have thought that Rolled Gold or another TV advertised album or even Sticky Fingers would have shipped more copies.

Georgelicks probaly knows the answer.

Think Goats Head Soup did well too because of Angie

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Hot Rocks (I) is the top seller. I recently read where over 12 million copies have been sold.

That's for the US... we still got an other 170 countries worldwide

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I'm amazed that Hot Rocks is the No 1 seller. It was not officially released in the UK until, ooh the 80s I believe - perhaps not even until the CD release in about 91.

I really would have thought that Rolled Gold or another TV advertised album or even Sticky Fingers would have shipped more copies.

Its Hot Rocks - which was basically a US release.

Rolled Gold was a UK release, not issued in the US until a couple of years ago.

Some Girls and then Tattoo You are the biggest selling studio releases.

Some Girls outsold Sticky Fingers?

hmmmm ---think VL and Brigdes sold more worldwide

Sticky Fingers and Goats about 6 Mln. worldwide.

Where are these figures at?

Keep in mind for eons those double albums were counted as 2 units sold. It wasn't until recently that they started counting them as 1 unit.

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Silver Dagger
I'm amazed that Hot Rocks is the No 1 seller. It was not officially released in the UK until, ooh the 80s I believe - perhaps not even until the CD release in about 91.

I really would have thought that Rolled Gold or another TV advertised album or even Sticky Fingers would have shipped more copies.

Hot Rocks outsold Rolled Gold for the simple reason that there are more Americans than Englishmen.

Albums with sales over 3 million only:


(1) Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (1972)
USA: 12.500,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
UK: 700,000
Canada: 300,000
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 15,000.000


(2) Some Girls (1978)
USA: 7.000,000
Canada: 700,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
Europe: 2.000,000 including:
- UK: 400,000
- Germany: 250,000
- France: 250,000
- Italy: 100,000
- Netherlands: 100,000
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 10,500.000


(3) Tattoo You (1981)
USA: 4.500,000
Canada: 600,000
Europe: 2.000,000 including:
- Germany: 300,000
- UK: 250,000
- Italy: 250,000
- France: 200,000
Japan: 150,000
Australia: 140,000

Worldwide estimation: 8.000,000


(4) Forty Licks (2002)
USA: 3.000,000
Canada: 500,000
Europe: 3.000,000 including:
- UK: 1.200,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
- Germany: 500,000
- France: 300,000
- Spain: 100,000
Japan: 200,000
Australia: 140,000

Worldwide estimation: 7.500,000


(5) Voodoo Lounge (1994)
USA: 2.200,000
Canada: 400,000
Europe: 2.500,000 including:
- Germany: 800,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
- UK: 350,000
- Italy: 200,000
- France: 200,000
- Netherlands: 150,000
Argentina: 250,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
Japan: 200,000
Mexico: 150,000
Australia: 140,000
Brazil: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 6.500,000 / 6.000,000


(6) Sticky Fingers (1971)
USA: 3.500,000
Canada: 200,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- UK: 600,000
- Germny: 300,000
- France: 200,000
- Italy: 100,000
- Netherlands: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 6.500,000 / 6.000,000


(7) Steel Wheels (1989)
USA: 2.700,000
Canada: 350,000
Europe: 2.000,000 including:
- Germany: 400,000
- UK: 250,000
- France: 200,000
- Italy: 150,000
- Netherlands: 100,000
Japan: 250,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)

Worldwide estimation: 6.000,000 / 5.500,000


(8) Goats Head Soup (1973)
USA: 3.500,000
Canada: 150,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- UK: 200,000
- Italy: 150,000
- France: 150,000
- Netherlands: 100,000
- Spain: 100,000
Australia: 350,000 (Best selling Stones' album there)
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 6.000,000 / 5.500,000


(9) Jump Back - The Best Of Rolling Stones (1993 & 2004)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 200,000
Europe: 3.000,000 including:
- UK: 700,000
- Germany: 400,000
- France: 300,000
- Italy: 200,000
- Spain: 200,000
- Netherlands: 150,000
- Sweden: 100,000
Australia: 210,000
Argentina: 200,000
Brazil: 150,000

Worldwide estimation: 6.000,000 / 5.500,000


(10) Let It Bleed (1969)
USA: 3.000,000
Canada: 150,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- UK: 700,000
- Germany: 250,000
- France: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 5.500,000 / 5.000,000


(11) Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) (1966)
USA: 3.000,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.200,000 including:
- UK: 500,000
- Germany: 100,000
- Netherlands: 100,000
- Italy: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 5.000,000 / 4.500,000


(12) Emotional Rescue (1980)
USA: 2.500,000
Canada: 400,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- UK: 300,000
- Germany: 300,000
- Italy: 150,000
- France: 150,000
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 5.000,000 / 4.500,000


(13) Bridges To Babylon (1997)
USA: 1.300,000
Canada: 150,000
Europe: 2.000,000 including:
- Germany: 700,000
- UK: 150,000
- France: 150,000
- Italy: 100,000
- Spain: 100,000
Japan: 150,000
Argentina: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 4.500,000 / 4.000,000


(14) Exile On Main Street (1972)
USA: 2.000,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- UK: 300,000
- Germany: 250,000
- Italy: 100,000
- France: 100,000
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 4.500,000 / 4.000,000


(15) Through The Past, Darkly (1969)
USA: 2.000,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.000,000 including:
- UK: 400,000
- Germany: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.500,000


(16) Dirty Work (1986)
USA: 1.300,000
Canada: 150,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- UK: 150,000
- Italy: 150,000
- France: 150,000
Japan: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.500,000


(17) Stripped (1995)
USA: 1.000,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.500,000 including:
- Germany: 300,000
- UK: 200,000
- France: 150,000
- Italy: 100,000
- Spain: 100,000
- Netherlands: 100,000
Japan: 100,000
Argentina: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.500,000


(18) Aftermath (1966)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.200,000 including:
- UK: 400,000
- Germany: 250,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.500,000


(19) Undercover (1983)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 200,000
Europe: 1.200,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- UK: 200,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.500,000


(20) Flashpoint (1991)
USA: 1.100,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.200,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- France: 200,000
- Netherlands: 150,000
- UK: 100,000
Japan: 150,000
Argentina: 150,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000


(21) Black And Blue (1976)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.000,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- UK: 200,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000


(22) Beggars Banquet (1968)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.000,000 including:
- UK: 200,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000


(23) It's Only Rock'n Roll (1974)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.000,000 including:
- UK: 150,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000


(24) A Bigger Bang (2005)
USA: 550,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 1.200,000 including:
- Germany: 250,000
- Italy: 200,000
- France: 150,000
- UK: 120,000
Japan: 140,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000 / 2.500,000


(25) Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970)
USA: 1.500,000
Canada: 100,000
Europe: 800,000 including:
- UK: 200,000
- Germany: 100,000

Worldwide estimation: 3.000,000 / 2.500,000

Amazed that Beggars Banquet is so low.

What amazes me is the great numbers for JUMP BACK. Seemingly, the bulk of it comes from 2004 US release. But then again, The Stones have toured quite a lot behind greatest hits packages...

Some observations:
* Since BEGGARS BANQUET all the new studio albums had made the three million mark.
* only three albums in the sixties made it (AFTERMATH, BEGGARS, LET IT BLEED). Just compare that to the Beatles statistics...

- Doxa

OK so there are more people in the US and a lot in the UK. But why are the numbers so low for the UK and Euro countries? Certainly there are more people than those numbers, per album, that, over time, have bought the Stones albums. For example, only UK: 600,000? How big is London? That's just nuts. Is the UK stingy when it comes to buying records?

No wonder they start their tours in the US. It's the only country in the world that buys more than 700,000 copies for something (yeah, I know, that's not accurate but you get the point, it's just a random amount).

Pretty amazingly low numbers for TGR'N'RBITW.

More surprising is the fact Sticky Fingers is sixth.


Understandable is ranking of EOMS.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-11-19 03:51 by Chris Fountain.

It was pointed out to Paul Simon, during a 1972 Rolling Stone interview, that the WORST selling Simon & Garfunkel album (Wednesday Morning 3 AM) had outsold every Rolling Stones album except Sticky Fingers. "Forgive me my arrogance", said Simon, "but I've never even considered that the Rolling Stones were in my league".

I think that's what he said. He said something like that. As if record sales were eveything. You'd think a guy like that would know better.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2009-11-19 16:13 by tatters.

thanks georgelicks

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