[GreasyBruce]

I have seen many girls use this site in the past but it is NOT valid for actual receipts, merely a vague indication of what actual sales are.

Here is MediaTraffic's Top 10 albums of 2005:

Green Day - American Idiot - 7.986.000 copies
Coldplay - X&Y - 7.766.000 copies
50 Cent - The Massacre - 7.120.000 copies
Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi - 6.972.000 copies
Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business - 6.090.000 copies
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway - 5.493.000 copies
Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby - 4.685.000 copies
James Blunt - Back To Bedlam - 4.462.000 copies
Gorillaz - Demon Days - 4.079.000 copies
Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor. - 4.031.000 copies


Now here is the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) (AKA real valid receipts from an official label-recognized association) as reported by BBC in 2005:

1. Coldplay, X&Y (8.3m)
2. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (7.7m)
3. 50 Cent, The Massacre (7.5m)
4. Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business (6.8m)
5. Green Day, American Idiot (6.4m)
6. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (6.3m)
7. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (6.1m)
8. Eminem, Curtain Call (5.5m)
9. James Blunt, Back to Bedlam (5.5m)
10. Robbie Williams, Intensive Care (5.4m)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4865716.stm


So the next time you try to say your fave just broke her first week record of 220k worldwide THINK AGAIN.

[CoolestPerson12]

Stans will use whatever stats to make their fave look good.

[Cz!]

It's rubbish, yeah. People love it here.

[Eric.]

You should provide the girls another reliable WW chart that updates weekly then.

[Underdogs]

Isn't IFPI's tracking period from november to november? That could make a big difference! While mediatraffic's calculations are based on one calendar year...?

[MikeFenty]

I think it's because it doesnt use every country while IFPI does
Anyway doesnt IFPI only does like the top 10?
If yes that why stans use it they got nothing else

[Evun]

What are the best, most accurate sites for easy access album/singles sales receipts?

[Harajuku]

I just use that wiki ****...

[rihannafan]

IFPI reports shipments for albums

[Mélina]

inb4 "IFPI only counts sales within that calender year".

[Dr.Cake]

No wonder Gaga's manager always told everyone the album sold 8.000.000 copies, not 6 million
Because as I can see, all the numbers are actually a lot bigger than MediaTraffic claims.

[GreasyBruce]

Originally posted by Underdogs

Isn't IFPI's tracking period from november to november? That could make a big difference! While mediatraffic's calculations are based on one calendar year...?

Madonna's album came out in mid November 2005 so there is no way she sold 6.4m copies in two weeks.

[Duca]

Yet you're using BBC News as your source for those ridiculous numbers. I would love to see a link from IPFI's site with those numbers, since they never published them.

Top 10 Albums of 2005

Artist Title Company

1 Coldplay X & Y EMI
2 Mariah Carey The Emancipation Of Mimi Universal
3 50 Cent The Massacre Universal
4 Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business Universal
5 Green Day American Idiot Warner
6 Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor Warner
7 Kelly Clarkson Breakaway Sony BMG
8 Eminem Curtain Call Universal
9 James Blunt Back to Bedlam Warner
10 Robbie Williams Intensive Care EMI

FROM IFPI. You do know that IFPI works with shipments?

[GreasyBruce]

Originally posted by rihannafan

IFPI reports shipments for albums

Then why is Green Day listed as selling almost 2m more according to MT? If IFPI reported shipments then all its numbers would be higher.

[GreasyBruce]

Yet you're using BBC News as your source.

One of the most reliable news sources in the world.

[Underdogs]

Originally posted by GreasyBruce

Madonna's album came out in mid November 2005 so there is no way she sold 6.4m copies in two weeks.

Mediatraffic says 4....IFPI says 6.4 ? Doesn't that make mediatraffic more realistic?

[Chemist]

Different calendar, IFPI counts shippments, etc

Everybody KNOWS that, but that's the only thing we have . As you can see they are really off with international artists (see Madonna and James Blunt) with US- artists is only like 500 - 600K more

They were pretty OFF with Green Day though

[Duca]

Originally posted by GreasyBruce

One of the most reliable news sources in the world.

Not for album sales.

[GreasyBruce]

Originally posted by Underdogs

Mediatraffic says 4....IFPI says 6.4 ? Doesn't that make mediatraffic more realistic?

COAD has been reported to have sold 10-12m worldwide, so no.

[rihannafan]

Originally posted by GreasyBruce

Then why is Green Day listed as selling almost 2m more according to MT? If IFPI reported shipments then all its numbers would be higher.

Different time span.