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In response to "The Violent Femmes debut album went platinum without ever hitting the Billboard top 200. Sold 3m records and highest chart is 171 in 1991 -- (link*)" by spamlet

Maybe just a weird week because even in the heyday of album sales in the 90s, the lower rungs were only a few thousand copies at most.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Jul 5 '21, 12:12

Today’s Billboard 200 counts streams but I imagine it’s close to the same today.

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I was wondering if it was a random movie use but GPB is the first big one on record. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 12:15 2
- I wondered if they released it on CD the. But nope, 87. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 5, 12:18 1
  - Looks like Birds Sing was released in ‘91 and American Music probably pushed plays/sales of back catalog. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 5, 12:41

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