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Sales figures for Pitchfork's top 50 albums
http://marathonpacks.tumblr.com/post/14308068212/numbers
Won't copy and paste them all but here's the top of the list plus some US sales figures which had me arching my eyebrows or mouthing O RLY
1. Bon Iver Bon Iver - 317,355
2. Destroyer Kaputt - 30,000
3. M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - 59,573
4. PJ Harvey Let England Shake - 62,000
5. Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost - 30,000
6. Oneohtrix Point Never Replica - 3,800
7. Tune-Yards w h o k i l l - 40,386
8. Drake Take Care - 967,560
9. Real Estate Days - 20,700
10. The Weeknd House of Balloons N/A
11. St. Vincent Strange Mercy - 44,334
12. James Blake James Blake - 47,372
13. EMA Past-Life Martyred Saints - 6,100
21. Jay-Z/Kanye West Watch the Throne - 1,143,674
28. Cut Copy Zonoscope 51,000
30. Tim Hecker Ravedeath, 1972 - 4,800
34. Katy B On A Mission - 1,400
36. Kate Bush 50 Words for Snow - 27,199
42. SBTRKT SBTRKT - 12,346
50. Youth Lagoon Year of Hibernation - 13,282
Anyone able to get the UK sales figures? Be really curious how the DiS top 50 compares in terms of size of sales. I know the UK, in the past, had much higher sales numbers for some of the smaller releases - especially when you consider how much bigger American seems.
Bit scary, innit?