Talk:Iron Maiden discography

Singles List

Anyone got a full list of single releases? --PopUpPirate July 8, 2005 23:31 (UTC)
Yes, [1] Neo139 02:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Live!! Plus One

Is this an album or an EP? It's listed under both IainP (talk) 13:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

It could be considered as both. The Japanese version was a 4-track EP; the Greek version was a 9-track album. However, most Iron Maiden fans regard it as an EP i.e. it's rarely listed along with their other full-length albums. More information here. Paul Armstrong 06:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

where can one get details about Iron maiden album certifications in Japan, Brazil, France and Sweden? Will231982 07:44, 30 July 2006 (UTC)will231982

Have updated info on album certifications, with data from Sweden, Australia, Norway, Holland and Poland added to the existing ones. Will231982 14:33, 10 September 2006 (UTC)will231982

Country codes

There's some confusion about the use of country codes. I propose that we follow the three-letter country code ISO standard. It's widely accepted and people can easely refer to it if they're not sure about one code (link: ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)

I've changed the CHI into CHE, since I first used the CH which is the two-letter code for Switzerland.

I'm also the one who added the Soundscan data. As soon as I get current data, I will update the entries.

(Le Saint 02:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC))

Live After Death DVD

I added the chart position for Australia (I wasnt logged in at the time). I dont know the sales or chart positions in any other country, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Magicana (talk • contribs) 11:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I dont think it's neccesarily appropriate to only include the album sales for the U.S. A worldwide sales figure would be more to the point as Maiden are a band with international popularity and the U.S have never embraced the band to the extent other countries have —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.212.233 (talk) 01:30, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Sales numbers too high

Some of the (US) album sales numbers on here are too high. I'll list what I found:

1. Number of the Beast:
RIAA: Platinum
Wiki: Over 2 million

2. Powerslave:
RIAA: Platinum
Wiki: Over 2 million

3. Somewhere in Time:
RIAA: Platinum
Wiki: Over 2 million

4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son:
RIAA: Gold
Wiki: Over a million

5. Fear of the Dark:
RIAA: No certification
Wiki: Over 500,000

6. Live after Death:
RIAA: Platinum
Wiki: Over 2 million

Either Wiki is wrong or it's the RIAA. Somehow, I trust the RIAA more.

Dude... to tell you the truth these are only US sales.... and Iron Maiden has sold more in UK... they have sold only about 20 million in US whereas there total sales are 100 million.... you see?The very idea of the US sales column becomes irrelevent.59.182.145.228 (talk) 06:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

That doesn't mean Wiki should put up wrong sales numbers. And I wouldn't be too sure about total sales exceeding 100 million. It was 70 million for a long time and the given sources aren't always that reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.177.227.94 (talk) 11:19, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I can't understand why some of us feel unconfortable with sales result of 100 mln copies of albums world wide. According to Maidens global label, mighty EMI RECORDS, backcatalogue of theirs original recordings and some of current releases has trespassed the treshold of 70 mln with the end of 2007. Quoting the official statement - many diffrent cases or ocassions on Band's official site is always citin' the sales figures from this one source. So same for bands like Queen or Depeche Mode. Some results for their market positions are reflecting only the official state of EMI channel of distribution at this moment, nothing more. Maidens since 20 years have been distributing by some labels independent from EMI policy - CBS, EPIC, CMC, Sactuary or even Metal-IS! Total number of sales for LP phisical discs pictures summaric results of market demand for ALL of these record manufactures. So same with AC/DC, For Warner Bros - 155 mln. But Plus Sony equals 200 mln and still counting these days!

There are so many different sources in the web, professional - believeable, of course - just we can proof that state of result. Check the Maiden Wiki Page and should find some of them, there's a bit more! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.181.242 (talk) 11:24, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Album Sales in the U.S

I have discovered Somewhere back in time did sell over 2 million in the U.S sourced by the book 30 years of the beast and the bonus material on the reissued CD. Also the book 30 years of the beast states Seventh Son of a Seventh sold 1.2 million units in America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.217.9 (talk) 13:14, 6 July 2008 (UTC) Yes i saw this too!

New Live DVD

I recently discovered on the net that the band released a live DVD called "The Albatross Follows On". Any one got info on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.221.193 (talk)

It is a bootleg, recorded in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Canniba loki 16:08, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

IRON MAIDEN FLIGHT 666

Before some days iron maiden(in their site) published an article saying that iron maiden flight 666 is number 1 in charts of more than 20 countries(including USA and UK) but here in the article about iron maiden's discography is the old diagram which claims that this rockumentary hasn't charted in most countries! when will be changed? Krem12 (talk) 08:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Mainstream Rock Tracks positions

The singles table doesn't have a column for said chart, but Allmusic said they have placed on it 6 times. And I know before the redesign, Billboard.com had positions for 2 Minutes to Midnight and The Wicker Man. Is it OK to add the column using the page I linked as the source? Machchunk | make some noise at me 10:16, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

This is sort of important, you know. I know there has to be someone with this article on their watchlist, so I'm going to keep editing this until I get a reply. Machchunk | make some noise at me 23:16, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

I still do not have a response. I'm going to be persistent about this as I can. Someone please show up. Machchunk | make some noise at me 01:19, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

This cannot be serious. How does nobody have anything to say? This needs resolved. Machchunk | make some noise at me 21:20, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

1 month, huh? Machchunk | make some noise at me 04:43, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Not complete

This discography makes no mention of the BBC Archives live album or the Best of the B-Sides compilation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Palnordseth (talk • contribs) 18:46, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

>> Most of the links provided are dead... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.240.49.63 (talk) 20:13, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Number of the Beast Charting Position Fix

Hello all, I have fixed the US Billboard 200 chart position for NotB. I have changed it from #33 to nothing. I am not sure who added it, but here is the information that was there. Note that it used an AllMusic band page as a ref (one that doesnt even mention NotB charting):

• 33 [2] (allmusic. com link)

|title=The Billboard 200 - The Number of the Beast|date=5 November 1983|work=Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=30 October 2008

Why is an AllMusic link named as a Billboard link?

And the proof:

• Chart History

This Album has never charted.[3]

I'm one of the biggest Maiden fans around, but honestly, if they didn't chart with this album, they didn't chart. I'm also guessing (see first entry above) whoever added it made a mistake in naming it too? AllMusic isn't Billboard 200... not sure why they named an AllMusic list as Billboard 200. If anyone has other information that contradicts Billboard, I'd be happy to hear it. Best, ROBERTMFROMLI ^TALK/_CNTRB 19:52, 8 November 2010 (UTC)