Van Halen Album sales stats

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Redballjets88
yeah bigtroubles u pretty much restated what i just said

actually it was more of a correction. You stated there were no hits. In fact there were 3.

I also added a bit of backstory to the original 1981 tour plan. But ok.



Peace.

[Big Troubles]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Fair Warning 2 mil
Balance 3 mil


HOW?

easy.

Any albums sales are usualy determined by what preceeded it. What success did Van Hagar have before Balance compared to what success Van Halen had before FW.

WACF was a mixed bag for most Van Halen fans. Synths were introduced and creativly VH was streaming off their VH1 and VH2 path. Fans might have been unsure about FW.

Right Here/Right Now was a pushed hard CD, filled with live cuts of Sam doing some old VH material and fans might have liked the ide that RHRN was the first live cd VH produced.

[Big Troubles]

Or.... There are alot of fucking idiots in the world who THOUGHT (past tense) that Van Hagar was better as it went along. But in fact, the album sales prove differently from 1985 on. 5150 carried success from 1984, but after that it dwindled. #'s dont lie.

[Loons The Great]

I read that Van Halen is up to 56.5 million albums sold in the U.S.

[ppg960]

Originally posted by jero
In the US, but worldwide it is 7.9 against 4.3

Where does that number come from??
Fair Warning is my favorite. But the highest i've seen it posted for is 2.5 million.:confused:

[sadaist]

Where can you find global sales numbers?

[Dan]

Originally posted by sadaist
Where can you find global sales numbers?

I looked up on the Wikipedia and It say between 1978-1998 Van Halen sold 75 million albums WorldWide.

[binnie]

Originally posted by jero
In the US, but worldwide it is 7.9 against 4.3

That's interesting.

Where are those figures from, I can't find them.

Is there a way of getting full international figures to put the final nail in the Sheep's cofin?

[trueblue]

If these sales figures for the Roth-era VH and Van Hagar albums are absolutely authentic, then I can only say that it validates what I have believed all along: Sammy Hagar's compulsive and ludicrous bragging about how his years with the mic saw Van Halen become far more 'commercially' successful than the classic, original DLR-era had been was always as bizarre and flat-out untrue as I have always thought it to be.

Hagar's debut with '5150' must have thrown up a couple of candy-rock big hits on radio that were mostly lapped up by newbie VH fans that had known no better. Besides, Sammy never had it so good before he got onto the VH ship and soon made it 'his' best solo band ever.

I reckon even if these figures aren't entirely accurate, there's no denying that the classic Roth-era catalogue of six stellar albums have not only been forever infinitely more admired and loved but surely sold a whole lot more than Van Hagar's litany of candyfloss records ever did.

[franksters]

what are the figure for Dave solo against Spammy solo or if you prefer without Vh?

[bru87tr]

its been almost 13 years since RIAA updated sales on FW. I am sure it has doubled just on new fans and old fans buying it again. RIAA is not accurate.

[bru87tr]

its been 10 years since the S/T got Diamond status.

[Antman]

It amazes me how FW is the leaset selling of the real VH albums.

[chi-town324]

Van Halen U.S album sales 56 millionhttp://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp

[chi-town324]

Top Artists

Totals are derived from cumulative album sales totals (U.S. only)

Artist


Certified Units (in Millions)

BEATLES, THE


169.0

PRESLEY, ELVIS


118.5

BROOKS, GARTH


116.0

LED ZEPPELIN


109.5

EAGLES


91.0

JOEL, BILLY


79.5

PINK FLOYD


73.5

STREISAND, BARBRA


71.0

JOHN, ELTON


69.0

AC/DC


68.0

ROLLING STONES, THE


65.5

AEROSMITH


65.5

MADONNA


63.0

STRAIT, GEORGE


62.5

SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE


62.5

CAREY, MARIAH


61.5

JACKSON, MICHAEL


60.5

METALLICA


57.0

VAN HALEN


56.5

HOUSTON, WHITNEY


54.0

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