Latest US Sales Figure for Maiden, Bruce and Blaze
Thanks to Maideneer who has access to SoundScan, the official sales figure institution in the USA, here's the latest update concerning the world of Iron Maiden. Do keep in mind that SoundScan was established in 1991 only and that all releases' sales prior to this date are not counted in.Iron Maiden (1980) - 196,628
Killers (1981) - 211,410
The Number Of The Beast (1982) - 357,463
Piece Of Mind (1983) - 347,400
Powerslave (1984) - 299,022
Live After Death (1985) - 558,578
Somewhere In Time (1986) - 291,420
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988) - 218,056
No Prayer For The Dying (1989) - 213,745
Fear Of The Dark (1992) - 421,786
Live At Donington (1993) - 23,639
A Real Live One (1993) - 108,177
A Real Dead One (1993) - 130,652
A Real Live/Dead One (1998 -new format) - 20,621
The X Factor (1995) - 112,710
Best Of The Beast (1996) - 251,112
Virtual XI (1998) - 65,243
Ed Hunter (1999) - 52,886
Brave New World (2000) - 282,460
Rock In Rio (AUDIO) (2002) - 69,307
Rock In Rio (DVD & VIDEO) (2002) - 59,644
Edward The Great (2002) - 130,611
Dance Of Death (2003) - 138,904
Visions Of The Beast (DVD & VIDEO) (2003) - 77,850
PART 1: EARLY DAYS (DVD) (2004) - 32,037
This last DVD is 32 on the Top DVD Music Video Chart this week, 33 last week and 32 the week before.
As for Bruce, the figures are:
Samson - Head On (1980) - 970
Samson - Shock Tactics (1981) - 1,213
Tattooed Millionaire (1990) - 20,875
Balls To Picasso (1994) - 65,317
Alive In Studio A (1995) - 9,897
Skunkworks (1996) - 20,361
Accident Of Birth (1997) - 45,921
Chemical Wedding (1998) - 41,363
Scream For Me Brazil (1999) - 10,381
Best Of Bruce Dickinson (2001) - 17,334
And for Blaze:
Wolfsbane - Live Fast Die Fast (1989) - 1,269
BLAZE - Silicon Messiah (2000) - 480
Wolfsbane - Lifestyles Of The Broke (special release 2001)- 139
BLAZE - Tenth Dimension (2001) - 673
BLAZE - As Live As It Gets (2003) - 692
BLAZE - Blood & Belief (2004) - 1,499
Check Paul Di'Anno's and Adrian Smith's US sales figures
19 Comments
Server must have some problems as it didn't post this one as the top news... Was the time reset or anything ?
Hope someone can fix this, since these figures are very interesting and should appear at the top. 
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It seems that this topic is right on time ! The other two at the top were posted yesterday but appear as if they were posted in the future (today afternoon).
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This was an interesting list. Thank you very much for the info. I know that some IM albums are certified gold (500,000) and platinum in the US (1 million sales). These are the following:
1982's Number of the Beast is certified gold
1983's Piece of Mind is certified platinum
1984's Powerslave is certified platinum
1985's Live After Death is certified platinum
1986's Somewhere in Time is certified double platinum (2 million sales)
1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is gold
1990's No Prayer for the Dying is gold
1992's Fear of the Dark is gold
Remember that Soundscan started since 1991, so I would think that Piece of Mind has sold about 1,347,400 copies. 1,000,000 from 1983-1991 and 347,400 from 1991-present.
The source of this information is riaa.com
1982's Number of the Beast is certified gold
1983's Piece of Mind is certified platinum
1984's Powerslave is certified platinum
1985's Live After Death is certified platinum
1986's Somewhere in Time is certified double platinum (2 million sales)
1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is gold
1990's No Prayer for the Dying is gold
1992's Fear of the Dark is gold
Remember that Soundscan started since 1991, so I would think that Piece of Mind has sold about 1,347,400 copies. 1,000,000 from 1983-1991 and 347,400 from 1991-present.
The source of this information is riaa.com
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It depends on when they were certified. If it's after 91, it means that we have some overlap. Plus, SoundScan counts the album sold, while the certification takes into consideration the albums shipped. That's a big difference.
Finally, it's interesting to note that because Maiden had some change of record companies in the US, they are not up-to-date in their certifications, since it's the record company that has to ask and to pay for it !!
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Finally, it's interesting to note that because Maiden had some change of record companies in the US, they are not up-to-date in their certifications, since it's the record company that has to ask and to pay for it !!
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Something REALLY odd has been happening with the times on the server I have'nt a clue what it is yet though
I know that Powerslave and Live After Death were certified platinum (1,000,000) in the summer of 1991.
I would think that Iron Maiden have sold more than the numbers shown here on Soundscan.
Up the Irons forever!
Wow, BLAZE can play to all their US fans on a tiny gig 
well, the BLAZE albums went on sale in the US last year, as they didn't have a record deal for the US market before. Hardcore fans got EU imports before the US versions were out, and seeing that Blaze have no promotion whatsoever it's no big surprise that the albums didn't sell well.
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but its tragedy - selling less than 1000 copies for ex-Maiden singer
fortunately, its only US
Thanks Maideneer! Very interesting!
The BLAZE numbers are very sad.
They sold less than Dokken, Gwar, LA Guns, Vince Neil or Quiet Riot...
I think Pink Cream 69 sold less....
Can't say that the record company helped a lot. That's really a shame.
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Maiden have less than 20 millions albums sold in the US, that's a sure fact. But by how much, I don't know.
POM was certified platinum in 86
NOTB: platinum in 86
P: platinum in 91
LAD: platinum in 91
SIT: platinum in 92
K: gold in 87
SSOASS: gold in 88
NPFTD: gold in 90
Basically, we miss the number of sales of the first album up to 91. We know Killers sold 500000 up to 87 (missing 87-91). NOTB sold one million up to 86 (missing 86-91). POM had one million in 86 (missing 86-91). Powerslave sold one million up to 91, so we can have a rough idea of the exact sales. SIT sold one million up to 92, so there's some overlap between 91 and 92 with the SoundScan numbers. SSOASS sold 500000 in 1988 but we're missing the numbers up to 91. NPFTD has the same number in 90, so there a small margin for the few months leading to the SoundScan system.
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Added the Samson releases.
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Added the Wolfsbane numbers.
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Though this is fascinating, is it really important? I mean, everyone knows Maiden's area isn't North America. Or at least the United States. Not anymore, anyway.
So these numbers are from 1991 on, or from just last year?
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I think it's very interesting. Of course it's not important, but then, sales numbers aren't important to the normal fan anyway.
I don't think these numbers are artistically important, either.
But, they are important in two ways:
1) Maiden puts the importance on sales for a lot of its press release do come with a snipet telling how much they sold without airplay.
2) They shed a light on the US tours controversy (not enough dates, focus on other parts of the world).
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Metal-Sludge:
As of February 9, 2005
Iron Maiden “Edward the Great” 134,801
4000 copies more. It really sells good. It could surpass DOD soon.
Source: Metal Sludge
Thanks to Matteo for the update