How much did Beenie Man's album really sell?

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BeenieMan_Undisputed_Dancehall.jpgWhat's the deal with Beenie Man's album sales? There has been a lot of debate about the sales of Beenie Man's album especially since last week when we reported on the website that Beenie Man claimed his album had sold over 300,000 copies. Well, our checks reveal that he may have shipped that amount, but to date, according to the Nielson Soundscan figures reported by the Billboard Reggae charts, he has sold 52,507 copies of 'Undisputed'

Sean Paul leads the pack of reggae artistes on the Billboard chart with impressive sales of 1,228,148 of his 'Trinity' set while Damian Marley has sold 596,946 copies of 'Welcome to Jamrock'. Matisyahu's 'Youth' album has sold 497,256 copies and his 'Live at Stubbs, Austin, Texas' set has sold a muscular 616,623. Dancehall act Baby Cham has sold 46,914 OF 'Ghetto Story' while Buju Banton has sold 10,081 copies of 'Too Bad'. Bounty Killer's 'Nah No Mercy - Warlord Scrolls' sold 862 copies after three weeks of release.

After 13 weeks, Beenie Man's 50,000 plus sales mark has not set the world on fire. His previous albums fared much better. 2002's "Tropical Storm," which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Reggae Albums chart and No. 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, spawned the hit "Feel It Boy" featuring Janet Jackson, and moved 272,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 'Art And Life', widely considered a commercial disappointment for executives at Virgin Records, did not move mega units even after Beenie Man teamed up with then-pop sensation Mya (on Girls Dem Sugar) and Wyclef Jean (on Love Me Now). It sold 386,000 copies in the United States, again according to sales tracker SoundScan.

Remember that Beenie Man broke through in the US market in 1998 with the 'Many Moods Of Moses' set for VP Records which contained the hit dance song, Who Am I, which had a strong run on the Billboard Rap chart and leading urban radio stations like Hot 97 in New York City. That album and song actually gave Virgin administrators the impetus to sign him in 2000.

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  • So when di follow up article a come?? 'ca obviously dis article must be di first in a two part segment. part 1 di U.S. sale dem and part 2 a go be di WORLDWIDE sale dem.. so we can put dis issue to rest.

  • piggy

    WELL SAID ANGELLA NOW MEK MI GI YUH SOME ADVISE NUH PAY ZAGGABOW AND BOW LADIN NUH MIND CAUSE A TWO A DI MOST DUMB F**KERS MI EVA SI LOOK HOW DEM TYPE AND SPELL AND ALL A DAT NUH BRING YUH SELF TO DEM LEVELS BABES PLEASE CAUSE DEN NUH KNOW A TING BOUT SALES AND MARKETING AND DEM TING DEH DEM FELL SEH IF BEENIE GET SIGNED FOR ON MILL HIM AGO GET DI ON MILL INNA HIM POCKET A TWO RA*S FOOL DEM SUH NUH PAY DEM NUH MIND MI DOOPA PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • zagga zow

    hey go an s**k your mother with your racist comment pu**y who your calling nigger pu**y sean dont have money like beenie man what you now about beenie man go sleep an sit down an dont this black people pu**y you cant no beenie man an till him dead beenie man rich a than nuff a then rapper tha fools

  • bin ladin

    beenie man make music what international market want hear dude king a dancehall sim simma feel it boy girl them sugar remix with mya street life boss man so dont chat shit his best you say bounty an kartel but not beenie man an sean cant have the money wha beenie man have make me tell you that beenie man a make money long before sean even start dj so you a chat shit man beenie man man get over ten million pound for him contract with virgin an beenie man rich long before that an sign nuff contract with all court move sound track overseas clothes contract so dont feel like sean rich more beenie man ok when sean sell millions you think a him get the money a him company because then sign a contract with him an pay him aready to do the album then ok so dont chat shit

  • ANGELLA

    WHAT UNU NUH SEEM TO RELAIZE IS THAT NEITHER BOUNTY , KARTEL, BEENIE NOR ANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME KINNA MONEY SEAN HAVE BEHND HIM. AND SECONDLY DEM NOT MAKING MUSIC THAT NITERNATIONAL MARKET WANT TO HEAR. THIS THING FUNNY IF AMERICA SPIT SEAN OUT DEM HIM NUH REALLY HAVE NUH CORE DANCEHALL BASE BUT ATLEAST HIMA SID DUNG PON COUPLE MILLIONS AND SINCE BEENIE AND BOUNTY DEM NEVER NEED BIG MONEY FI MARKETING DEM HAVE THE DANCEHALL IN A CHOKE HOLD FI MORE THAN 10 YEARS SUH DEM WILL MEK MONEY TIL DI DAY DEM STOP. REMEMBER IS NOT HOW MUCH YOU SELLING CAUSE OF THE 1.2 MILLION SOLD SEAN PROBABLY MEKING 2 DOLLAR PER EACH COPY SOLD BEFORE HIM PAY TAX. TEK OUT HIM MANAGER 15-20% , BOOKING AGENT 10% AND NOW DAT HIM SUH BIG PUBLICIST HAFFI GET PAY AND DI ENTOURAGE MUCH BIGGER. INNNA DI LONG RUN BOUNTY AND BEENIE MIGHT FAIR OFF BETTER IF DEM INVEST WISELY. BUT SEAN A STILL DI BUG MAN IF WE LOOKING PON SALES NOW. STILL SHAGGY OUTSELL ALL DEM NIGGAS BUT MOST A UNU NUH WANT GI HIM CREDIT

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