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Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2023

Nevermind by Nirvana and Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park need to be moved to the 30-39 million records sold section respectively. Nevermind has 30 million claimed sales (seen on MTV and the album's Wiki page); Hybrid Theory has 32 million claimed sales (seen on the album's Wiki page) 184.96.215.24 (talk) 14:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Awhellnawr123214 (talk) 07:09, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Beastie Boys

The Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill has been certified Diamond---why is it not on the list? 207.237.254.189 (talk) 03:39, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

“Cracked Rear View”

Hootie & The Blowfish’s “Cracked Rear View” has been certified 21 million sold.

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/

Select the "Top Tallies" link at the top. 149.75.188.162 (talk) 23:40, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind and Hybrid Theory: Relevant citations?

Saw a previous comment requesting Nevermind be moved to the 30-39 million records section without any specification, so I'll try to do this as good as I can.

Replace the previous citation for Nevermind with this one. As for Hybrid Theory I didn't find a citation to go with the 32 million copies claim, but a quick Google search digs up at least three links that mention this?

From Kerrang!: https://www.kerrang.com/linkin-park-the-inside-story-of-hybrid-theory

From Pitchfork: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-20th-anniversary-edition/

From Loudwire: https://loudwire.com/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-facts/ Carlinal (talk) 20:52, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

References

Billy Joel's "The Stranger"

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=The+Stranger#search_section

as included in The Stranger wikipedia article.

tyvm. 38.73.253.217 (talk) 15:48, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 January 2024

I want to bring some information about The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall. According to Pink Floyd's website, DSOTM sold 50 million copies, citing https://www.pinkfloyd.com/tdsotm50/. Also, according to BestSellingAlbums.org and Sony Music Japan, The Wall sold 33 million copies. https://bestsellingalbums.org/album/36336. Youcanlaugh (talk) 20:42, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Begocci (talk) 15:50, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Best-selling album by year worldwide

I agree with @Apoxyomenus: that this list should be its own article. Unlike the main best-selling albums page, the list of best selling albums by year has the potential to be a FL. Erick (talk) 00:01, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi. I previously suggested a split in one thread a few months ago. But thanks to open this thread for the record, and maybe, some users could bring their opinion/approval/disapproval. I see a split worthy because the current list feels a bit long and the data is annually provided by IFPI, plus now, we have three different decades (2000s to 2020s) and can be a single topic and a stand alone list. --Apoxyomenus (talk) 00:27, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

At the least, I think we could start a draft and use Billboard Hot Latin Songs Year-End Chart and List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom as the basis for the article. Erick (talk) 04:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden's 1982 album "The Number of the Beast" should be added to this list. It has sold over 20 million copies. My source is linked and is a complete breakdown of their entire discography by album sales. If you scroll down to the section called "Albums CSPC Results", you can see the original release has 19.078 million Equivalent Album Sales (EAS), whilst the 1998 remaster has 1,017,000 EAS. Metallica's self-titled 1991 album is already on here and rightly so, but they're not the only metal band that should be on this list!

Source: https://chartmasters.org/iron-maiden-albums-and-songs-sales/

The Wikipedia article for The Number of the Beast also reiterates the albums sales figure with multiple sources - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(album) Grojnad (talk) 19:21, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

1, chartmasters.org is not a reliable source 2, and an album needs to be certified at least 10 million copies to be on the list. Erick (talk) 20:13, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

RFC on the current methodology

Following the discussion on Talk:List of best-selling music artists, I think we should have the same discussion here too. The methodology that was previously used on best-selling music artists was found to violate WP:OR and I'm guessing the current methodology for this article does the same as well and needs to updated. Want to see other editors before making adjustments to it. Erick (talk) 03:34, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

It's been more than a week so I would like to put my proposals. Instead of going by "x should receive y%" I think we should just use a set number and that number being 10 million, the equivalent of a RIAA diamond award (which we can mention on the prose). I also think the threshold should be 10 million instead of 20 million. So basically to be on the list, my idea would be that the album must have sold and been certified at least 10 million copies. What do you all think? Erick (talk) 02:27, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I just realized that having 10 million units sold would make this list probably too big so we can probably keep the 20 million minimum threshold I still think having 10 million certified units should be a minimum threshold as well. Erick (talk) 11:52, 24 February 2024 (UTC)