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Iron Man was a slightly bigger hit in the US, reaching #52. With subsequent reissues of the singles (more than 20 of them), either alone or paired with Iron Man, the song adds for 1.86 million sales. These results concluded on 1.32 million sales. In the US, the song sold a bit, but it peaked at #61, with a much larger impact happening in the album front. It was a chart topper in the former country. The song sold over 200,000 copies in each of the main markets in Europe, Germany, the UK, and France. Paranoid title track was a hit, especially in Europe, in 1970/1971. Their first large release actually came in their sophomore era. Black Sabbath Songs Sales Physical Singles SalesĪs a reminder, the weighting is done with a 10 to 3 ratio between one album and one physical single.īlack Sabbath hardly relied on physical singles during their career.Īs an illustration of this situation, out of the 3 singles from their debut album, only one, Evil Woman, was released in more than 1 country. In these years of fanbase-driven sales, much hyped comeback album 13, the first studio release with Ozzy Osbourne vocals since 1978, sold 1.25 million units. Its ever-changing lineup wasn’t helping, nor the lack of hits.Ī bump of popularity in German-speaking countries supported global sales of the group, but they were now unable to move past 1 million units with one album in spite of the highly favorable market environment in the 90s.

Starting with Seventh Star, the group was facing strong difficulties in bringing new listeners. With this LP, the group recorded its 11th million seller in a row. Ironically, Ozzy Osbourne also happened to start a very successful solo career in 1980, fueling back catalog sales of the band.Īlbums up to Born Again continued to sell to fans of the genre. Heaven and Hell benefited from this change, selling over 3 million units. This prompted the band to change of singer, with Dio replacing Ozzy Osbourne. Never Say Die failed to reverse the trend, missing the top 10 in the UK and the top 50 in the US, just like its predecessor. Sabotage still sold well, but from Technical Ecstasy interested consumers were rock fans. They were all solid top 10 records in the UK, with Paranoid hitting the top.Īfter the hot 1970-1973 years, the band’s popularity started to slow down. If they haven’t shook up the masses, they all did a very good job at appealing rock fans.Įach of these albums sold close or over 1 million in a pair of years in the US, a mark that was difficult to reach back then. Obviously, they are no 20-30 million sellers, although Paranoid is on its way to break over 10 million. Each of the first 5 LPs sold over 4 million units to date. The career of Black Sabbath can be divided into 3 main parts.

Over 46 million album sales across 19 releases is definitely not bad for heavy metal legends.

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Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the figures. I fully recommend watching the video before getting into the sales figures. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, the next page explains it with a short video.

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This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Black Sabbath‘s albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming, but it will also determine their true popularity. Was its image too dark to appeal the masses? Was it possible to cross over the general public during the 70s while praising Satan?Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge their results. It raises questions to the real success of the band. While chart peaks aren’t the be-all and end-all of success, it’s difficult to amass large numbers without ever denting the higher part of charts. Shockingly, it was only their second chart topper in their homeland, and their first in the US. He composed most songs of Black Sabbath since the beginning to this day, being the only member who never left it.ġ3, the 19th and final album to date of the band, shot to the top of both UK and US charts in 2013. Some claim it opened the door to his unique style, heavier sound. Having lost tips of two fingers at 17 in a sheet metal factory accident, he had to adjust his guitar play. Unusually, the mastermind of the band wasn’t the singer but instead guitarist Tony Iommi.

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