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"There’s a certain amount of voodoo that goes into determining the biggest-selling album of all time. Since 1991, all physical album sales have been tallied by the SoundScan system where a record isn’t counted as sold until its barcode is passed over a scanner at checkout. (Digital albums are counted when they’re downloaded.)

Before 1991, though, sales numbers were the result of estimates, guesses, lies and various sorts of manipulations. That makes it difficult to say with any certainty how many copies any album released before 1991 have sold.

Still, the Recording Industry Association of America makes an effort. After all, big numbers are powerful marketing tools.

For decades, common wisdom was that Thriller, Michael Jackson’s 1984 monster, was sold more copies than any other album released in the US, dethroning the previous champion, The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-75. Now, though, there’s been a change at the top.

After a new count–the first since 2006–the RIAA says that The Eagles are once again on top with that album now being certified 38 times platinum–38,000,000 copies sold. Thriller is sitting at 33 times platinum."

http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-biggest-selling-album-in-america-is-michael-jacksons-thriller-right-not-anymore/

 

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Rolling Stone

Dickey Betts Postpones Upcoming Concerts After Suffering ‘Mild Stroke’

 
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Dickey Betts has postponed his upcoming concerts after the former Allman Brothers Band guitarist suffered what doctors diagnosed as a “mild stroke.”

“Yesterday, after describing to his physicians certain post-stroke repercussions, [Betts] was strongly advised to give himself more time to recuperate,” the Dickey Betts Band’s website alerted fans. “Doctors have assured Betts that after three to five weeks he will be 100 percent recovered and can resume his touring schedule.”

The Dickey Betts Band canceled the remainder of their summer tour – an August 28th date at Syracuse, New York’s Great New York State Fair, August 30th in Wallingford, Connecticut and August 31st in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire – as Betts recovers; the band has penciled in their November 1st gig in Augusta, Georgia as Betts’ return to the stage.

“Dickey really regrets that he can’t be there for his fans but he has to take care of his health first,” the band’s manager David Spero added.

In a November 2017 interview with Rolling Stone, the largely retired Betts revealed that he had spoken to Gregg Allman prior to the singer’s death, the first conversation between the Allman Brothers band mates in 17 years.

Following a three-year touring hiatus, Betts returned to the road this summer with his band.

“I’ve had a great life and I don’t have any complaints,” Betts said in November. “I don’t know what I would’ve done to make it different. There are lawsuits I probably could have dealt with better. But so what? You do the best with your amount of time.”

 

 

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