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In total, Dire Straits sold 108,5 million equivalent albums sales. The remaining four albums have all similar results with sales between 7,5 million and 11,8 million equivalent album units. We shouldn’t turn our nose up though, this 1985 classic is right there with all the all-time greatest records.ĭire Straits is a strong second with 23 million units generated in total.

and Guns N’ Roses‘ Appetite For Destruction are now all ahead of it with total sales ranging from 46 million to 50 million. The highest selling rock album during the 80s, we can notice that it is losing ground since Bon Jovi‘s Slippery When Wet, U2‘s Joshua Tree, Bruce Springsteen‘s Born In the U.S.A. The number can be seen as someway disappointing still. See where the artist ranks among remaining singersĪt 45,75 million equivalent album sales to date, Brothers In Arms confirms one more time its position among the all-time most successful rock albums.

Physical Singles: sales of physical singles from the album (ratio 3/10).Other Releases: sales of compilations generated thanks to the album.Studio Album: sales of the original album.'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day. If different, pure sales are listed between parentheses. In the following results table, all categories display figures in equivalent album sales. Like its LP predecessor, this will contain all albums that you have loved on CD form and slipcased for storage.So, after checking all the figures, how many overall equivalent album sales has each album by Dire Straits achieved? Well, at this point we hardly need to add up all of the figures defined in this article! On September 18, Rhino Records will right that with the release of the highly anticipated 6CD Box of The Complete Albums 1978-1991. Until now, there were no CD ediions of the set. In 2013, Rhino Records released a newly remastered vinyl LP Box collection of all of Dire Straits catalog titles. Released in 1985 during the height of MTV, Brothers In Arms sold well over 50 million copies and delivered five charting singles that included “Money For Nothing”, “So Far Away”, and “Walk of Life”. But that debut doesn't hold a candle to the band's triumphant Brothers In Arms album. The album sold millions of copies worldwide. It yielded the singles, “Sultans of Swing”, and “Down To The Waterline”/”Water of Love”. Dire Straits made an immediate impression with their magnificent 1978 debut, the self-titled Dire Straits album.