7-Twenty-7 said on July 7, 2008 20:10:

Those ’traditional’ sale figures are quite out-of-date. I can’t believe the ’Joyride’ album has not sold a single copy in almost one decade, and it’s still stuck in 11 million. ’Classic’ albums like “Look Sharp!” and “Joyride” (“Tourism” and “CBB” too, in some extent) go on selling every year, maybe not millions, but some thousands copies.

7-Twenty-7 said on July 8, 2008 08:24:

I think we got that 11 million figure when DBU was released. In 13 years, I think it’s a lot more than 5000 copies, dear.

davidc4 said on July 9, 2008 15:56:

oh and Pearls Of Passion 1 million

dbugttc around 4 million

it would be more like 10,000 a year since release for the more popular ones i would reckon tho you could try emailin hmv and see how many they sell per year and then use that figure to guess how many places like zavvi sell

7-Twenty-7 said on July 10, 2008 08:09:

I don’t think HAND and RS have sold the same. I am quite sure HAND sold a lot more copies, don’t forget WICF was a global hit. It must be 3 million by now.

Roxette-atic said on July 10, 2008 10:19:

Per in the new book: “HAND sold nearly 2 million copies”. It has NOT sold a million albums more just because it was released 9 years ago. However, I agreee that Room Service must have sold less than HAND. Maybe 1.5 million would be more correct.

pwbbounce (moderator) said on July 10, 2008 11:53:

We’re never EVER going to have confirmed numbers on how many albums they’ve sold. Its not going to happen. And does it really matter? I know I’m probably going to get slagged off for saying that, but I don’t care how many they sell. it could be 10 copies! As long as I like the music, then thats all I care about.

davidc4 said on July 10, 2008 12:52:

at the end of the day the figures are “round abouts” those amounts i dont think we (well most of us) are that freaky to need to know every sale down to the last copy lol

for instance we know that Joyride has sold around 12 million so we dont need to know if it was 11 million 989 thousand 406 copies do we. Have A Nice Day(i hate shortening it to HAND) was around 2 as it says in ballad hits books and it as available now as some others so wont sell that many year on year. Room Service was probably less but they had similar success as neither were big sellers in UK or US but were in europe.

7-Twenty-7 said on July 10, 2008 16:59:

Room Service was probably less but they had similar success as neither were big sellers in UK or US but were in europe.

I don’t agree on that. Have A Nice Day was absolutely more successful than Room Service. With the exception of Milk And Toast And Honey, that was a minor hit Brazil and Argentina, Room Service didn’t bring any hit outside Europe. WICF was #11 in the UK, while M&T&H didn’t even chart.

Here in Argentina, HAND was promoted massively: on TV, the newspapers, there were big banners even in the streets. Don’t forget the promotional tour; the Spanish versions pushed the album even further. But Room Service was totally ignored. EMI didn’t put any effort in promotion.

Roxette-atic said on July 10, 2008 20:28:

I dont think that HITS! have sold even 500 000 copies. #2 sweden, #22 UK #7 (?) Ireland... It has sold some copies obviously but not as much as 1 000 000. Dont think so anyway.

tomos85 said on July 12, 2008 09:27:

Roxette Hits! is back in the Swedish charts again - this week is on #57, last week was on #31. There’s probably some kind of sale, cos I cannot explain that in differen way :)