Journey's Greatest Hits

[jrny84]

Been a while since I have posted some updated numbers for Journey's Greatest Hits album. Here is some updated info:

The Top 10 Best-Selling Compilations of the SoundScan Era (1991-present)
http://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.it/2 ... chive.html

12.4 million: The Beatles 1 (2000)
11.6 m: Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (1984)
9.4 m: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Greatest Hits (1994)
8.6 m: Journey Greatest Hits (1988)
8.2 m: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits (1993)
8.0 m: Celine Dion All the Way: A Decade of Song (1999)
7.8 m: Garth Brooks The Hits (1994)
7.2 m: James Taylor Greatest Hits (1976)
7.2 m: Queen Greatest Hits (1981)
6.7 m: Jimmy Buffett Songs You Know by He



The World’s All-Time Best-Selling Compilations
according
http://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.it/2 ... chive.html

42.9 m: Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (1976)
34.4 m: Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (1993)
31.5 m: Madonna The Immaculate Collection – Madonna (1990)
31.5 m: The Beatles 1 (2000)
31.3 m: Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (1984)
30.0 m: The Beatles 1962-1966 (1973)
29.8 m: The Beatles 1967-1970 (1973)
27.6 m: Queen Greatest Hits (1981)
27.0 m: Elton John Greatest Hits (1974)
25.1 m: Simon & Garfunkel Greatest Hits (1972)
22.3 m: Queen Greatest Hits 2 (1991)
21.7 m: Celine Dion All the Way…A Decade of Song (1999)
21.5 m: Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present, and Future Book
21.4 m: Billy Joel Greatest Hits Volume I & II (1985)
21.0 m: Bon Jovi Cross Road (1994)
19.0 m: Garth Brooks The Hits (1994)
18.5 m: U2 Best of 1980-1990 (1998)
18.0 m: Elton John Very Best of (1990)
18.0 m: James Taylor Greatest Hits (1976)
16.5 m: Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits (1988)
16.5 m: Journey Greatest Hits (1988)
15.9 m: Bryan Adams So Far So Good (1993)
15.9 m: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits (1993)
15.8 m: Mariah Carey #1’s (1998)
15.6 m: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits (1980)
15.4 m: Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-1978) (1978)
15.0 m: Eagles Greatest Hits Volume II (1982)

*Their worldwide sales total is to low according to what I have, which is around 16.9 million.

*Thanks to Borderwolf @ UK Mix Forum

[Final Frontiers]

Steve Perry, Journey Dazzle With Greatest Hits Vol. 2

If you're tired hearing about Journey, try listening to Greatest Hits Vol. 2. If you think that Steve Perry is more myth than man these days, seriously, put a copy of Greatest Hits Vol. 2 into your CD player or on your turntable.


Rarely would I rave about a collection of hits being re-released in time for the holiday season, but this collection of 17 songs is something special. Journey's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, being released today on CD and on beautiful 180-gram virgin vinyl, feels like a lush, inviting time machine. From the first track, Stone in Love from 1981's Escape, you feel like you're sitting six feet away from Perry and the boys as they recorded the epic album.


But the real genius of this collection, which excludes the radio-heavy hits of Volume 1, is that it jumps from era to era -- albeit all in the glorious Steve Perry years -- and highlights tunes that sadly have been ignored too long. Three tracks from 1978's Infinity album are here -- Feeling That Way, Anytime, Patiently. And Evolution from 1979 is represented with Just the Same Way. 1980's Departure, one of the strongest albums top to bottom in their catalog, contributes Walks Like A Lady, Good Morning Girl and Stay Awhile.


Other albums adding tunes include Escape (though Don't Stop Believin', Open Arms and Who's Crying Now are omitted because they appeared in earlier collection), Raised on Radio and Time3. As the album plays, you'll find yourself rocketed back and forth from the '70s to the '90s and back to the '80s. Jet lag? Not an issue. Time suckage? Sure, but that's a good thing. Finally, fans have a greatest hits album that's worth listening to start to finish.



The key to the success of this particular collection, I believe, resides within Perry himself, who remastered the tunes back to vinyl where they originally were born. I seriously get never-ending joy knowing that the former lead singer still has his fingers in the pie and that he obviously still loves the tunes he helped create. I'm hoping for a chat with the man himself soon to get into the particulars of the project. But until that happens, just trust me. Buy the CD. If you don't have a turntable (I don't -- yet), buy one of those too. Journey Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a reason to celebrate.



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[jrnyman28]

I thought Journey's Greatest Hits was Diamond (10M) Certified in the U.S.?

[jrny84]

I thought Journey's Greatest Hits was Diamond (10M) Certified in the U.S.?

Your correct, it is. The 8.6 million sales figure is only Soundscan sales, which started keeping track of album sales post 1991. RIAA has been keeping track of sales since the 1950s. The RIAA measures record label sales based on gold, platinum, and mutiplatinum. They represent sales on a wholesale level, meaning units shipped to a specific entity. Soundscan sales on the other hand, represent only sales at a retail level or albums actually sold. Many times an album is certified gold or platinum well before it reflects soundscan figures.

Journey's Greatest Hits pre Soundscan are nearly 8.3 million. If we combine 8.6 million (Soundscan) + 8.3 (pre Soundscan)= 16.9 million total.

[jrnyman28]

thanks for the follow up.