Which album has the single most copies for sale on Amazon's used market?

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for instance
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View: 548 copies (starting at 1 cent!)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill: 223 copies

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i think that hootie number will be insurmountable.

Green Day - Dookie291 copies

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere 318
N Sync - Nync - 318 also
Backstreet Boys - millenium 380 :)
Titanic Soundtrack 435

Hootie may be tough to beat....

― svend (svend), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't beat Hootie, but R.E.M.'s Monster and the Backstreet Boys' self-titled come close (in the 400s)

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― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

R.E.M. - Out of Time: 242 copies starting at $1.99
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People: 222 copies starting at $1.00
R.E.M. - Monster: 479 copies starting at $0.01

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

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― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Britney Spears Baby One More Time clocks in at a paltry 289. Just give it another year or two.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops - didn't mean to post all that shit.

All these figures included new and used, which makes it a bit of a cheat. If you click through, you can see how many are actually used. I don't know if it will affect the rankings.

This is a great counterpart to the OMGWTFROFFLE 90s singles list.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

it's also totally addicting...

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Songs From Ally McBeal Featuring Vonda Shepard - a disappointing 199.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

So Hootie has the greatest ratio of album sales to "what the hell was I thinking buying this?"

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Garth Brooks - In...The Life of Chris Gaines: 180 copies
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me: 153 copies starting at $7.50?

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club: 342 copies starting at $0.01

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

274 for the first Arrested Development album, starting at $0.22

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard" Soundtrack clocks in at 347.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Natalie Merchant - Tigerlilly: 306 copies
10,00 Maniacs - Unplugged: 238 copies starting at $0.01

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

spin doctors-pocket full of kryptonite, 381 copies!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Bigger, Better, Faster, More! ~ 4 Non Blondes

Customers who bought this title also bought:

In Flight ~ Linda Perry
Jagged Little Pill ~ Alanis Morissette
Screamin for My Supper ~ Beth Hart
Blind Melon ~ Blind Melon
God Shuffled His Feet ~ Crash Test Dummies
Bloodletting ~ Concrete Blonde
American Thighs ~ Veruca Salt
Cumbersome [CD-SINGLE] ~ 7 Mary 3

Oh dear God

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

So far only Hootie in the 500s and only Backstreet, Titanic, and Monster in the 400s.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I've no idea who the Gin Blossoms are, but based on a Spin Doctors recommendation, I can reveal that there are 332 copies of their New Miserable Experience for sale.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow: 306 copies
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo: 297 copies
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse: 373 copies

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i just wonder what motivates someone to add their copy to these numbers. i mean, is it like, "i'll just take one cent off the price and it'll be sure to sell!" or "god, i really could use that nickel." but, doesn't amazon take 15%. so it it sells for a quarter, you're getting less than 20 cents. surely someone's time is worth more than that.

― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 14 October 2004 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Pieces of You - Jewel : 367 copies

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"I've no idea who the Gin Blossoms are"

Then there is hope for our world.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"I've no idea who the Gin Blossoms are"
Then there is hope for our world.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that booo as in "bad joke," or booo as in "I like the gin blossoms and I am offended by your comment"

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i like the gin blossoms. but i'm not offended by your comment. i just think you don't like nearly perfect pop music.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

As in I like the Gin Blossoms and am...disappointed by your comment.

The joke I have no strong feelings about one way or the other. Certainly not boo-worthy.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i just think you don't like nearly perfect pop music.

332 dissatisfied owners can't be wrong!

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

332 dissatisfied post-grunge fans expecting the album to sound like Candlebox can't be wrong!

guess not.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Hootie's gone up to 552 just since the original posting.

Meanwhile ...

Jesus Jones, Doubt: 284, starting from $0.01

Richard Marx, Rush Street: 208

MC Hammer, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: 209

Norah Jones, Come Away With Me: 153

Los Del Rio, "Macarena" (CD Single): 132

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I really don'tlike nearly perfect pop music.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Collective Soul - Collective Soul: 293 copies
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine: 295 copies
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple: 238 copies

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm getting all sorts of shit in the 200s (Bryan Adams, Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey etc.) but this Hootie rival just seems a pipe dream.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Semisonic's "Feeling Strangely Fine": 191

Maybe a few used copies got bought up after the drummer wrote that memoir.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Blues Traveller - Four: 336 copies

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Surprised Michael Jackson doesn't have more. I figured bestseller+child molestor = lots of people getting rid of their CDs.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah but MJ's biggest sellers weren't released during the CD age.

― supercub, Friday, 15 October 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Boyz II Men - II : 295 copies.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 October 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread is brilliant!

do those albums actually sell for one cent?

what about the postage?!

― Louie Strychnine, Friday, 15 October 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Sugar Ray: Floored - 370 copies

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Friday, 15 October 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Ace of Base: The Sign - 359

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Friday, 15 October 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Chumbawamba: Tubthumper - 388

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Friday, 15 October 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

They sell for .01 cent plus $2.50 shipping. I got my copy of Royal Trux -- "Thank You" for a penny via Amazon.

― earlnash, Friday, 15 October 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

How much is the shipping actually costing them, do you think? Surely they can't actually be bothering to sell it for a cent?

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 15 October 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Ricky Martin s/t: 362

― a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 15 October 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Will Smith - Big Willie Style: 441

― a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 15 October 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Going by the postage on the CDs I've gotten via Amazon Marketplace, it usually costs between $1 to $1.25. Considering the cost of the mailer envelope, they may be making .50 to .75 cents a CD.

― earlnash, Friday, 15 October 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Santana "Supernatural": 303 from $1.19

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is really wonderful. Talk about ephemeral fame.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 October 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

since last night the number copies of hootie's debut has fluctuated wildly. whether people are actually buying them, or sellers' listings have expired is another story.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Only loosely related, but:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001MBG0U

Look at the customer reviews. I'm speechless.

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

LOVE is Singing - LOVE is Listening. And the Music Industry is scrambling, jumping hoops...scratching their heads. I read an article yesterday....ARTISTS are complaining that Clay is getting all the interviews, the media exposure, the SALES, etc...and Clay responded, humbly..."I can understand...they've been in the business for years...and I come out of nowhere, etc"..... Clay...Your FANS appreciate and respect you for being THE MAN that you are...but please don't apologize!
How SAD, no pathetic...that these Artists are taking their case public, in hopes of capturing a few seconds of exposure at YOUR expense? For years...we've denied ourselves better MUSIC by accepting and purchasing today's songs with digusting lyrics, totally vulgar videos...baited by the Industry. How ironic, and fortunate, that because of American Idol...each of us have the opportunity to change this direction. Please think before you make that CALL to VOTE!
CLAY YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO EACH OF US! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS UNBELIEVABLE SONG - YOUR VOICE - brings tears to our eyes...And your HEART is reaching around the world! LOOK WHAT LOVE HAS DONE!

Ah, wuv.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

ephemeral fame

The Bangles Greatest Hits has a pretty poor 84, ned.

― ___ (___), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

*rimshot*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

after all this clicking through of Clay Aiken and Kelly Clark and Spin Doctors and Hootie and Blues Traveller and ... I go to my wish list and click the hell out of it. It cleanses my recommended CDs and "so you want to..." lists. Ahhh.

― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

EMF - Schubert Dip: 228

― max davenport (axehead), Sunday, 17 October 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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