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vote4boat t1_j6otdwk wrote
It's all about being popular during the peak of cd sales.
Great music is no match for market trends
AudibleNod t1_j6opfyk wrote
Dark Side of the Moon? You mean that woke album with the rainbow! No thank you.
/s
bolanrox t1_j6ozunf wrote
back in the 90's i remember bumping into a guy (i had another floyd shirt on. Ummagumma maybe?) and him showing me his darkside tattoo, and he was all pissed that people thought it was the then getting popular pride flag.
Middcore t1_j6oxtho wrote
It had Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" which was extremely popular (14 weeks at number 1 as a single) plus two other hits of hers on it. The movie was also the second highest-grossing movie of 1992. It isn't that random or surprising the soundtrack album sold very well.
greatgildersleeve t1_j6oohgj wrote
Give it a few years, it will overtake it.
Light_Beard t1_j6ovwhn wrote
Time is a very effective song to wake up to in the morning.
Middcore t1_j6p1scl wrote
My advice is never wake up to a song you like that much or you'll come to dread the sound of it.
Light_Beard t1_j6piag4 wrote
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
For about 10 years. Man you ain't kidding. Same thing for a ring tone.
bolanrox t1_j6oxgus wrote
or you can go more dictator and use Carmina Burana or Ride of the Valkyries
Light_Beard t1_j6oxlaa wrote
UCLYayy t1_j6ozwck wrote
I mean it had:
-I Will Always Love You
-I Have Nothing
-Run To You
That's more great songs than many bands have made in their lifetime.
Jzmu t1_j6p8yy0 wrote
Imagine Whitney Houston singing The Great Gig in the Sky. That would really be something amazing
Indifferencer t1_j6p3hz1 wrote
The thing about these best-selling lists is that they often are just US sales, and sales data prior to Soundscan is more of a guess. Another thing is that on some lists, double albums are counted as two copies, which is why many lists show The Wall as outselling Dark Side or the white album outselling Abbey Road. Plus of course since we reached the streaming era, the whole notion of ranking titles by sales seems moot. And isn’t Eagles Greatest Vol 1 the top-selling album of all time in the US now? It’s possible nobody really knows because again, sales numbers prior to the 90s were usually only an estimate.
RandomChurn t1_j6ot4br wrote
RIP, Whitney 💔
Manwithnolife77 t1_j6phy4f wrote
I'm surprised Back In Black is number 2 after all these years
Fetlocks_Glistening t1_j6ow1be wrote
Sad comment on the sorry state of modern civilisation...
Middcore t1_j6p080i wrote
"Modern civilization" meaning... 1992, when The Bodyguard came out? 1973, when DSotM came out?
Why does it matter that one extremely successful pop album sold a little more than another? It's not like Pink Floyd toiled in obscurity. What's wrong with Whitney Houston? She was an incredibly gifted singer.
bolanrox t1_j6oxbp6 wrote
I am happy Dolly Parton made so much money off of it. good on her.
megagood t1_j6p2bn5 wrote
Please tell us why we should listen to Radiohead. 😜
mike_pants t1_j6orcqi wrote
Know what Whitney Houston's favorite type of coordination is?
🎵 Hand-eyyyyyyyyyyye 🎵