EMI Best Selling Albums Worldwide
2006 Report
Gorillaz - Demon Days 5.9m
Coldplay - X&Y 9.9m
Korn - SeeYou On The Other Side 1.8m
KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope 2.6m
Robbie Williams - Intensive Care 6.2m
Trace Adkins - Songs About Me 1.5m
Kate Bush - Aerial 1.1m
Raphael - Caravane 1.1m
RBD - Rebelde 1.5m
Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard 1.3m
Dierks - Bentley Modern Day Drifter 1.3m
Radja - Langkah Baru 1.2m
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang 2.4m
Keith Urban - Be Here 2.5m
Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel 1.6m
* All sales figures shown are for the 12 months ended 31 March 2006. Three EMI Music artists each had two albums selling more than one million copies. In addition to their records shown above, Coldplay had A Rush Of Blood To The Head (1.2m), RBD had Nuestro Amor (1.1m) and Robbie Williams had Greatest Hits (1.1m).
We also focus on exploiting our existing recorded music catalogue. This catalogue is a dynamic asset that continues to generate a significant volume of re-releases with strong consumer appeal. For example, The Beatles album, 1, has sold over 27m units worldwide. We have a solid platform of sales from existing, so-called ‘evergreen’ albums (that is, albums which sell consistently well over many years) which do not require significant incremental marketing expenditure. ‘Evergreen’ and other catalogue albums generate approximately 30% to 35% of EMI Music unit sales.
March 2000 - March 2001:
21.6 m _ "1" (the Beatles)
6.7 m _ Greatest Hits (Lenny Kravitz)
4.3 m _ Sing when You're Winning (Robbie Williams)
3.6 m _ Distance (Utada Hikaru)
3.2 m _ Parachutes (Coldplay)
2.6 m _ Kid A (Radiohead)
2.2 m _ Forever (Spice Girls)
2.1 m _ The Last meal (Snoop Dogg)
2.0 m _ Shoso Strip (Ringo Sheena)
1.5 m _ Mer de Noms (A Perfect Circle)
1.4 m _ Northern Star (Melanie C)
_ La Luna (Sarah Brightman)
1.2 m _ Discovery (Daft Punk)
_ Songs From An American Movie Vol.1 (Everclear)
_ Best Of (UB-40)
1.1 m _ Tourist (St. Germain)
_ Memories, Chronicles and Declarations (Marisa Monte)
March 2001 - March 2002
5.4 m _ Swing When You're Winning (Robbie Williams)
5.1 m _ Echoes (Pink Floyd)
_ All For You (Janet Jackson)
4.0 m _ "1" (The Beatles)
3.9 m _ Gorillaz (Gorillaz)
3.6 m _ fever (Kylie Minogue)
_ Scarecrow (Garth Brooks)
3.2 m _ Aalyah (Aalyah)
2.3 m _ Lenny (Lenny Kravitz)
2.2 m _ Proxima Estacion: Esperanza (Manu Chao)
2.1 m _ Amnesiac (Radiohead)
_ Glitter (mariah Carey)
1.7 m _ Wingspan (Paul McCartney)
1.6 m _ Distance (Utada Hikaru)
1.5 m _ All Rise (Blue)
March 2002 - March 2003
11.8 m _ Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
5.8 m _ Escapology (Robbie Williams)
5.6 m _ A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay)
5.5 m _ Forty Licks (The Rolling Stones)
4.2 m _ Deep river (Utada Hikaru)
3.0 m _ Mensch (Herbert Gronemeyer)
2.5 m _ One Love (Blue)
1.8 m _ Boucan d'Enfer (Renaud)
1.7 m _ The Platinum Collection (Queen)
1.6 m _ Fever (Kylie Minogue)
_ Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten)
1.4 m _ Back In The U.S.A. - Live 2002 (Paul McCartney)
1.3 m _ Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ (Snoop Dogg)
_ Best Of Bowie (David Bowie)
1.2 m _ "1" (The Beatles)
1.0 m _ 100th Window (Massive Attack)
_ 18 (Moby)
_ Brainwashed (George Harrison)
_ Parachutes (Coldplay)
March 2003 - March 2004
7.6 m _ Feels Like Home (Norah Jones)
5.7 m _ Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
3.5 m _ A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay)
3.2 m _ Jackpot (Chingy)
3.1 m _ Let It Be... Naked (The Beatles)
2.6 m _ Singles Collection Vol. 1 (Utada Hikaru)
2.4 m _ Damita Jo (Janet Jackson)
2.3 m _ Hail To The Thief (Radiohead)
1.8 m _ Stacie Orrico (Stacie Orrico)
1.6 m _ Body Language (Kylie Minogue)
1.5 m _ The Soul Sessions (Joss Stone)
1.4 m _ Guilty (Blue)
1.2 m _ "1" (The Beatles)
_ Jewels (Queen)
_ Thirteenth Step (A Perfect Circle)
1.1 m _ Harem (Sarah Brightman)
_ The Sounds Of Summer (The Beach Boys)
March 2004 - march 2005
6.0 m _ Greatest Hits (Robbie Williams)
2.7 m _ Mind, Body & Soul (Joss Stone)
2.2 m _ All The Best (Tina Turner)
2.1 m _ Feels Like Home (Norah Jones)
1.9 m _ To The 5 Boroughs (Beastie Boys)
1.8 m _ Best Of (Blue)
_ Come Away With me (Norah Jones)
1.4 m _ Ultimate Kylie (Kylie Minogue)
1.3 m _ Genius Love Company (Ray Charles)
_ Baptism (Lenny Kravitz)
_ Be Here (Keith Urban)
_ The Soul Sessions (Joss Stone)
1.2 m _ Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard)
1.1 m _ "1" (The Beatles)
_ Powerballin' (Chingy)
1.0 m _ Dino: The Essential (Dean Martin)
0.9 m _ Sounds Of Summer (The Beach Boys)
_ Hotel (Moby)
_ Encore (S.H.E)