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They earned 17 Platnium Albums & 1 Gold Album, plus they had 6 Singles go Gold! In 1967 alone they sold more albums than the Beatles & Rolling Stones combined! In the 60's it was rare for any band to achieve sales in excess of a million, so it was a huge achievement when The Monkees sold 5 million copies in one year! According to Billboard The Monkees are #27 on the top artists of the Rock Era, they beat out people like The Eagles, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Neil Diamond & Bruce Springsteen. They are also the #8 selling band/artist of the 60's. They are #11 on the list of the most weeks spent at #1 on the album chart, EVER! They are #15 on the list of number #1 Albums, they have had 4 #1 Albums.
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∙ 14y ago"I'm A Believer" by the Monkees (written by Neil Diamond) was the top-selling single of 1967, beating out even The Beatles in that year. Their first album was also the fastest-selling debut album by a pop group, until 1983's Cargo by Men At Work.
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∙ 14y agoNo. The Beatles have sold aprox. 1.65 Billion albums worldwide... Elvis is second with aprox. 1.5 Billion.
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∙ 12y agowell the beatles sold 75 million. (74,786,835 million exactly)
the monkeys sold 65 million. (im not sure of the exact amount)
total would be
140 million
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∙ 9y agoNo they didn't. Motley Crue has sold about 50 million albums worldwide. Which is impressive, however The Beatles have sold about 600 million albums worldwide.
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∙ 13y agono Deff Leppard sold more
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∙ 12y agoYes
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