Tupac sold 22 million records?

[Quadruple OG]

On mtv.com they have an article comparing the sales of DMX to sales of Jay-Z and Pac, and they say Pac has sold about 22 million records.  I think this is an underestimate, considering AEOM and Greatest hits have gone, or are VERY close to going Diamond, and Makaveli sold around 4 million copies, UTEOT and Still I Rise about 3 million, and the others lower than that.  I thought the number would have been around 30 million records sold.

[Hittman]

I Think They Got It Right Actually.

[West Coast Veteran]

They are right if you don't count all his double albums as two albums.

[=[Euthanasia]=]

I thought it was around 25 million in total, not far off though.

[Maestro Minded]

i also remember mtv reporting that snoop have sold over 20 milions

[AlerG]

i doubt that snoop has sold anything near that solo...maybe his label and all that other stuff put together but i doubt it...
doggystyle- 6x
doggfather- 2x
the game- 2x
topp dogg- 2x
last meal- 2x
dead man walking- maybe gold

that's like around 15 mill, peace.

[DreSnoop00]

i rmebr heardin 2pac sold about 25 million.. as for snoop dogg i'm no really sure how much he has sold

[Maestro Minded]

i doubt that snoop has sold anything near that solo...maybe his label and all that other stuff put together but i doubt it...
doggystyle- 6x
doggfather- 2x
the game- 2x
topp dogg- 2x
last meal- 2x
dead man walking- maybe gold

that's like around 15 mill, peace.

theese results are not "RIAA" .. but there's official:

dogystyle: 7-9 x (if you check amazon, doggystyle still have a high ranking in sold items)
doggfather: 4x
Tha game..: 3x
No Limit Top Dogg; 1.5x
Last Meal 2.5x
Dead Man Walking 0.5x

totaly 18-20 x

[RivieraIII]

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RIAA CERTIFICATIONS ON www.riaa.com, TUPAC SOLD 33 MILLION ALBUMS... I don't know what the fuck MTV is talking about but maybe they check Soundscan and count his double albums as "one" like WestCoastVeteran suggested...

[Don Jacob]

2pac has sold alot more than 22 mil i think


let me do some real quick math


2n-        gold
S4mn-    1.5 plat
TL-        1 plat
MATW-   5 plat
AEOM-    5 plat (certified 10x plat cuz of 2 discs)
DK7DT-   5 Plat

RUSD4M- 1.5 plat (certified 3x plat cuz of 2 discs)
GH-        5 Plat (certified 10x or 9.5 cuz of 2 discs)
sir-         2 plat
UTEOT-   1.5 plat (certified 3x cuz of 2 discs


so with out the double albums boosts for platnum status pac has had 28 million people buy his records.....just in the USA


but when you buy a double cd you're paying for 2 albums and you deserve the extra sales

so his sales come out to a total of.....41 million cd's sold  only in the USA


so either way MTV is off

[DPGC2001]

MTV forgot Bone Thugs which is the greatest selling rap group of all time...E.1999 Eternal alone has sold almost 10 million...

[Don Jacob]

MTV forgot Bone Thugs which is the greatest selling rap group of all time...E.1999 Eternal alone has sold almost 10 million...

no it hasn't, it's only 7 million still

[HNIC]

why do all bone fans always say e1999 went diamond when it clearly didn't?

[ImmortalOne]

Pac has only sold 22 million?? Um, no. Try 35 million........

2Pacalypse Now--Platinum
Strictly 4 My Niggaz--Platinum
Thug Life--Gold
Me Against The World--2 million
All Eyez On Me--about 10 million
Makaveli--4 million
R U Still Down--4 million
Still I Rise--Platinum
UTEOT--3 million
Greatest Hits--about 8.5 million

do the math.......that comes out to way more than 22 million.

Also, Bone IS the best selling rap group ever, easily. E.1999 Eternal, however, isnt Diamond yet, but its damn close [about 8 million, and it STILL sells alot]. Bone has sold around 28 million total.

[Trauma-san]

Ah , Who Cares.  He Sold a TON Of Records, He's Dope.

He'll Never Catch The Beatles, Elvis, Or Garth Brooks Though, They've All Sold Over 100 Million Albums.

Peace