If you are a mathematical person, and want to know the full method as well as formulas, you can read the full introduction article. The record went Top 10 in Scandinavia but also in the UK and Australia, a sign that her music was managing to cross over to the masses.
It was more of an underground hit in the US, with a modest peak of 64, although it still went Platinum thanks to consistent catalogue sales. The album was also strong in other territories, helping push it to a healthy 5. Post solidified her fanbase and was as critically acclaimed as its predecessor. In most countries it had results similar to Debut , ultimately moving over 4. It has sold over 3. Widely ranked among the best pop LPs of the 90s, this trio of albums also provided her with a good amount of commercial success, although they are obviously not A-League sellers.
From , she started to struggle to retain the interest of the general public, even in Europe, traditionally her most successful region. Her sales dropped to 2 million, to 1. Overall, a total of nearly 20 million is still very respectable for an artist of her profile.
In some markets, like France over 2. As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single. There is no doubt that sales-wise, her albums did better overall than her singles, but she still sold a bit in this latter format.
Interestingly, her solo name was first used on a track she featured. She participated on Ooops , a track from electronic music British group State.
A minor hit in the UK where it went Top 50, the song sold a modest 70, globally. The parent album which also contains a second collaboration from the diva made 4 in the US though.
The era Debut came next. This album was home for as many as 5 singles. Human Behaviour was the kick off hit, reaching 36 in the UK. From an Icelandic singer, this is already an amazing performance, but she was no stranger to UK charts back then, since she made the Top Singles list with 8 songs with the Sugarcubes , although only Hit made the Top 50, peaking at She came closer to this result with sophomore release Venus as a Boy.
It went 29 in the UK. Both songs sold slightly over , units thanks to their global reach. Third single Play Dead brought her a career peak by going to 12 in the UK, where it sold in 6 digits.
Not released in the US, the song got some buyers in markets like Germany and Japan too. It was her first Top 10 in Sweden with a 7 peak. This was enough for a career peak in sales too with , sales globally. Big Time Sensuality confirmed the trend, failing to go mainstream but still convincing more and more underground music followers to go after it. The song was also her first to make the Hot at The last single of the era Violently Happy did well too, going to 13 in the UK while becoming her first Top 50 hit in France The lead single of Post was already way more anticipated.
At , copies sales remained modest especially with a lack of US release, but the fanbase of collectors kept growing. A 4 hit in the UK where it retained a Top 10 placing for 8 weeks, the song went on to sell nearly , units there. It also made the Top 10 in Ireland and Australia, selling a total of , units globally. After that, she returned to singles mostly selling to her fans who used to collect her records. That fanbase was getting bigger and bigger though which sent Hyper-Ballad to a 8 debut in the UK while follow up Possibly Maybe started and peaked at I Miss You made it to 36 nearly 2 years after the release of the album.
With the era Homogenic things got more complicated. By the time of Vespertine , the situation was clearly identified. The strategy of releasing collectors rather than proper singles was thus used to death. These collectors never really stopped.
For this reason, even some of her singles still got a physical release with some decent quantities sold. In total, the singer has moved over 2. As a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 1,5 ratio between one album and one digital single. The album was recorded between and and released on all digital platforms on November 24, via One Little Indian Records. Its extension, having as a reference central C 3 , ranges from a Sol 2, registered in the song «Pneumonia» included in Volta -, to a the five flat , with the so called " head voice " of the song "Bath" -including in DR9.
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Then you look at the spine and see that it's "Bjork" and think WTF? Message Bookmarked. Browsing the list of best selling music artists on Wikipedia, I was a little suprised to see Bjork at number 60, having supposedly sold 80 million records. Since Debut only made 61 on the Billboard charts, I'm a little sceptical. Anyone know a more accurate figure? Sorry, that should have been million.
Maybe she's big in India? This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. However, in other news, The Beach Boys only reportedly sold , Mariah Carey in the top 10? Her connection to her home country, Iceland, is very evident on the album which received positive feedback and went Gold in the US in The filming began in and debuted in in Cannes.
The soundtrack from the film was released with the title Selmasongs and on it was a duet with Thom Yorke from Radiohead. The album brought new collaborations and even a coffee table book displaying prose and photographs.
The theatres chose only had the best acoustics possible. The album had sold two million copies by the end of The song was still recorded by an Icelander, Emiliana Torrini. She later released a Live Set Box as well. The album became her highest charting album at that time reaching number 14 in the US. The song was written especially for the occasion and the dress she wore slowly unwrapped during the performance revealing a 10, sq ft map of the world!
The album also reached number one on the French charts and number seven in the UK. Collaborating on projects and using her platform to get people involved. The tour that followed lasted for two years with educational collaboration with kids including apps, one for each song. Biophilia was the first ever album to be released as a series of interactive apps.
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