I don't mean to get another stupid thread going about this debate, but I
thought people might be interested in this which appeared in the JUNE
1997 issue of MUSIK. Maybe it's not even IDM content, but what the f*ck.
B RITISH dance music is selling at an unparalleled
rate that 5 what umpteen magazine articles have
been frothing uncontrnllablyaboutoflate. Here,
Muzik brings you the figures behind Britain's dance music
monsters of unit shifting...
*The Prodigy 5 Music ForThe Jilted Generation" (released
1993). Worldwide sales - 1.5 million, US sales - 200,000;
UK sales - 550,000.
"`Breathe' [which was a Number One in 11 countries] was
the breakthrough track for the band on a worldwide level,"
said a spokesperson for The Prodigy.
* Goldie's "Timeless" (released 1995). Worldwide sales -
400,000, UKsales- 140,000.
* Leftfield's "Leftism"(released 1995). Worldwide sales -
500,000, UK sales - 320,000, US sales figures not available.
* Orbital's "In Sides" (released 1996). Worldwide sales -
425,000, US sales - 200,000, UKsales - 125,000.
*The Chemical Brothers' "Dig Your Own Hole" (released
this year). Worldwide sales - BOO,000, US sales - 120,000
(in two weeks, reaching Number 14 on Billboard chart), UK
sales- 110,000.
*The Chemical Brother's "Exit Planet Dust" (released 1995).
Worldwide sales - 622,000, US sales - 200,000, UK sales -
200,000.
* Underworld's "Second Toughest In The Infants" (released
1996). Worldwide sales - 520,000, US sales 100,000, UK
sales 190,000.
* Underworld's "Dubnobasswithmyheadman" (released
1995). Worldwide sales - 350,000, UK sales - 100,000, US
sales figures not available.
* Faithless' "Reverence" (released 1996). Worldwide sales -
750,000, US sales 30,000, UK sales - 100,000.
"The band have onlyjuststarted pushing into America,"
explained a spokesperson for Faithless. "We aim to have
topped the million sales mark bythe end ofthe year."
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originally appeared in MUSIK. COPYRIGHT MUSIK 1997
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