Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, 1971).[1] As of 2020, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).
History and concept[]
Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album.[2] It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and The Point!, when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated.[citation needed] But the concept of the remix album itself dates back to the 1980s,[3] when record companies would slap together several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, house, techno, trance, drum and bass, dubstep, hardstyle, and trap into full-length albums, creating a relatively low-overhead addition to the catalogs and balance sheets.[4] Since this time, this kind of release is not only seen as an easy cash-in for an artist and their label, but also as an opportunity to provide a second lease of life for a record.[3] In the world of reggae music, it is not uncommon for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style.[5][6] Jennifer Lopez's album J to tha L–O! The Remixes is listed in the Guinness book as the first remix album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7]
List of best-selling remix albums[]
No. | Album | Artist | Record label | Released | Total certified units (from available markets)[a] |
Claimed sales (At least 500,000 sold) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | Michael Jackson | Epic Records | 1997 |
2,575,000
|
6,000,000[33] |
2 | You Can Dance | Madonna | Sire Records | 1987 | 5,000,000[40] | |
3 | Love | The Beatles | Apple Records | 2006 | 4,132,500
|
5,000,000[44] |
4 | Reanimation | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. Records | 2002 | ||
5 | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | Jennifer Lopez | Epic Records | 2002 | 3,000,000[46] | |
6 | Shut Up and Dance: Mixes | Paula Abdul | Virgin Records | 1990 | 1,000,000[47] | |
7 | Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix | Ayumi Hamasaki | Avex Trax | 2000 | 1,200,000
|
|
8 | Never Say Never: The Remixes | Justin Bieber | Island Records | 2011 | ||
9 | No More Games/The Remix Album | New Kids on the Block | Columbia Records | 1990 | ||
10 | Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo | Misia | Arista Records | 2000 | 800,000
|
831,000[50] |
11 | Further Down the Spiral | Nine Inch Nails | Nothing Records | 1995 | ||
12 | Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix | Ayumi Hamasaki | Avex Trax | 2000 | 505,000[51] | |
13 | New Old Songs | Limp Bizkit | Interscope Records | 2001 |
500,000
|
|
14 | Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu | Lulu Santos | BMG Brasil | 2000 | ||
15 | The Remix | Lady Gaga | Interscope Records | 2010 | 500,000[52] | |
16 | The Remixes | Shakira | Sony Music | 1997 |
200,000
|
500,000[53] |
17 | Todas as Estações - Remixes | Sandy & Junior | Universal Music Group | 2000 | 500,000[54] |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Certification systems have been established periodically throughout the past half century; thus, certification databases are not able to cover all sales. Some (or all) records released and sold prior to a certification system's establishment year may not be found within the available searchable certification databases. Year of establishment (from largest market to smallest based on Retail Value each market generates respectively):[55][56]
- United States: 1958[57]
- Japan: 1989[58]
- Germany: 1975[10]
- United Kingdom: 1973[59]
- France: 1973[60]
- Canada: 1975[61]
- Australia: 1997[14] (online certification-database has begun since 1997. Certifications; however, existed in Australia since the 1970s)
- Brazil: 1990[62]
- Netherlands: 1978[17]
- Italy: 2009[18] (online certification-database covers certifications issued since 2009. Certifications; however, have existed in Italy since the 1990s)
- Spain: 1979[49]
- Sweden: 1987[63]
- Denmark: 2001[21] (online certifications for Denmark start from 2001. Certifications; however, existed in Denmark since the early 1990s[64])
- Switzerland: 1989[65]
- Mexico: 1999[66]
- Argentina: 1980[67]
- Belgium: 1995[68]
- Austria: 1990[45]
- Poland: 1995[27]
- Finland: 1971[69]
- Ireland: 2005[70]
- New Zealand: July 1978[31]
- United States[74] (Note, U.S. certification-award-levels for singles before 1989 were: 1,000,000 for Gold and 2,000,000 for Platinum.[75] Also, U.S. certification-awards for Shortform albums before September 1996 were: 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum[76])
- Japan[77][78]
- Germany[79]
- United Kingdom[80]
- France[81][60][82][83]
- Canada[84] (Canadian certification-award-levels for singles before February 1982 were: 75,000 for Gold and 150,000 for Platinum[85])
- Brazil[86][87][88]
- Netherlands[89]
- Italy[18][90][91]
- Spain[92][93]
- Sweden[94]
- Denmark[64][95][96][97]
- Switzerland[65]
- Mexico[98][99]
- Argentina[67]
- Belgium[100][101]
- Austria:[100][102][103]
- Poland[104][105]
- Finland[69]
- New Zealand: (NZ certification-levels for singles before 1989 were: 10,000 for Gold, 20,000 for Platinum)[106](NZ certification-levels for singles before June 2007 were: 5,000 for Gold, 10,000 for Platinum)[107] (The levels for singles were adjusted again on June 17, 2016 from previous 7,500 for Gold, 15,000 for Platinum, to 15,000 for Gold, 30,000 for Platinum)[108]
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