A question I am finding rather difficult to answer

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What was the best-selling album of all time at the time Thriller was released? (November 1982).

So not neccessarily the best selling pre-82 album now, as the CD era has given a lot of things a steadier shelf-life.

Credible candidates mentioned repeatedly by TWITTER include:

- Saturday Night Fever OST
- Back In Black (tho may have been a slow burner)
- Rumours
- Dark Side Of The Moon (picked up a LOT of CD-era sales tho)

And of course you have to throw the Eagles Greatest Hits in there too.

Sound Of Music OST and Bat Out Of Hell also possibles.

I'm interested in "worldwide", though I'm also interested in the possibility that Thriller was the record that made "worldwide sales" the big metric to chase (rather than a "non-US sales are a nice bonus" mentality)

A question I have only just started trying to answer

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What was the first pop song* to sound fake-Timbaland? Was it THIS?

*erm by which I mean, if you asked people what it was, they'd probably say "pop" not "R&B" or "hip-hop"

Best Song of 2001: Heat #6

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Cheers erupt from the J-Lo fanclub as she squeezes into the final behind Outkast, Eve & Gwen, Missy and Mis-teeq. Sophie E-B on the other hand is wiping her tears on Dude from The Feeling's velvet jacket sleeve.

On to heat #6, which is absolutely banging in my opinion, but who will make it through?

( Voting rules remain the same - TEN ticks in total. )

( Just cos she dances go-go, don't mean she a ho, no )