how many copies did The Score sell?

[Bryan]

I was surprsed when i wnet to sonys site, and it said The Score was the biggest selling hip hop album of all time. However, when I looked on the RIAA's website, it said they had sold 6M records, while Biggie had sold 10M, and Eminem had sold 9M.

Thoughts?

[Big-D]

I think that doesn't prove nothin'

[Bryan]

you think what doesnt prove nothin? The Score is my favorite hip hop record of all time, im just trying to get a little info.

[Big-D]

I think that how many records have somebody sold doesn't prove nothin',50 Cent sold more records than Fugees,compare 50 and Fugees...You understand what I'm sayin'?

[Bryan]

yeah i get what youre saying. Its just that i think Sony is claiming something that isnt true. I figured someone here would know how many records The Score sold.

so if anybody knows how many The Score sold, that would be awesome.

Do the numbers that the RIAA report on their website only include sales in the US, or internationaly.

[Big-D]

Let me do some research,I'll let you know

[Big-D]

Fugees sold 17 milion copies of The Score world wide

[Bryan]

link?

[Big-D]

I can't search link now,I have to go,but check Amazon and Wikipedia

[fugees-online]

I can give you any sources but these are the numbers of sales that I have repeatly read over the past years:

The Score: 6 Million (US) / 17 Million (Worldwide)
The Miseducation: 7 Million (US) / 12 Million (Worldwide)

So you can see that THE SCORE sold a huuuuge amount of copies globally - so I guess that is why it is considered the best selling hip hop album to date.

[dawyked]

yep. i agree in the numbers with mr. admin. that's the numbers i got. ;D BEST SELLING HIP HOP CD EVER. lol!!! ;D

[dawyked]

dawyked said:

yep. i agree in the numbers with mr. admin. that's the numbers i got. ;D BEST SELLING HIP HOP CD EVER. lol!!! ;D

here u have some critics over THE SCORE, from Tower Records:

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.74) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."

Rolling Stone (1/23/97, p.44) - Ranked #10 on Rolling Stone's list of the "Ten Best Albums" of 1996.

Rolling Stone (3/21/96, p.96) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "The Fugees are a Neapolitan treat, sweet in three layers: rhyme, sample, and groove...the hip-hop threesome cops a grim veneer but escapes gangsta cliches by playing around with the formulas..."

Spin (9/99, p.126) - Ranked #17 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."

Spin (1/97, p.58) - Ranked #2 on Spin's list of the "20 Best Albums Of '96."

Spin (3/96, p.113) - 9 (out of 10) - "... sense of organic interaction is the hallmark of this album....the album's most important factor...is its beats--chest-shaking, obscure-texture-having, freestyle-friendly beats..."

Entertainment Weekly (2/16/96, p.62) - "...showcases their acrobatic lyrical technique and restless intelligence. And unlike much East Coast rap, THE SCORE feels warm and intimate--partly because the instruments are live but also because the Fugees sound so relaxed and casual." - Rating: A

Q (12/99, p.90) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."

Q (4/96, p.109) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...an impressively panoramic soundscape, mixed into a 13-track seameless whole..."

Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

NME (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #22 in NME's 1996 critics' poll.

Rap Pages (3/96, p.31) - 8 (out of 10) - "...THE SCORE...effectively incorporates the energy of a hype stage show to wax....the Fugees have succeeded in creating one of the most innovative rap albums in recent memory. Don't sleep."

Village Voice (2/25/97) - Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

;D

[hannsparks]

they were the highest selling rap GROUP of all time

[junior]

i read
score sold 6 million US / 18 million wordwide
miseducation 8 million Us/ 16 million wordwide
this was from an encyclopedia

[Big-D]

Welcome junior