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Old 10-03-2012, 20:44   #149
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Re: Punk heralded the death of pop

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Originally Posted by kestrelx View Post
Also Greenday had a lot of hits more recent with a punk sound! Sold 65 Million records apparently!
So they are in good company, they have sold more than Johnny Cash, 1 million more than Lady Gaga, the same amount of Village People, very punk!
10 Million less than Journey, 35 million less than Dolly Parton, The Who, Paul Maccartney (solo) Janet Jackson! Britney Spears!
It gets better, 65 million less than Backstreet Boys!! Or even Genesis, so I will not need to throw away Foxtrot just yet

135 million less than Celine Dion or Mariah Carey! Or even my beloved Pink Floyd.
Abba sold between 200 and 300million, right when Punk was at its highest

Finally The Beatles and Elvis, 1 Billion records.
Who said pop music was dead!
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