JAMES BROWN albums and sales

Updated: October 16, 2021

JAMES BROWN sold over 2.09 million albums. The best-selling album by JAMES BROWN is 20 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS, which sold over 1 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, JAMES BROWN is the 1,858th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of JAMES BROWN have sold over 30,711 units.

JAMES BROWN albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	20 ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS JAMES BROWN 1991	1991	1,000,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 142 2,129 6,455
2	THE PAYBACK JAMES BROWN 1973	1973	500,000	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 127 1,502 13,020
3	SEX MACHINE - THE VERY BEST OF JAMES BROWN JAMES BROWN 1991	1991	125,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 510 6,664 22,775
4	STAR TIME JAMES BROWN 1991	1991	125,000	Rank in 1991 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 511 6,665 22,776
5	THE GODFATHER - THE VERY BEST OF JAMES BROWN 2002	2002	100,000	Rank in 2002 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 839 8,336 27,748
6	GODFATHER OF SOUL JAMES BROWN 1993	1993	100,000	Rank in 1993 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 733 8,638 30,384
7	THE BEST OF - GODFATHER OF SOUL JAMES BROWN 1987	1987	100,000	Rank in 1987 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 472 3,974 31,372
8	I FEEL GOOD/ THE VERY BEST JAMES BROWN 1997	1997	30,000	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,524 12,635 49,661
9	JAMES BROWN BEST JAMES BROWN 2003	2003	11,394	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,916 17,722 57,277
10	GET ON THE GOOD FOOT JAMES BROWN 1972	1972	2,900	Rank in 1972 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 267 3,989 62,231
11	THE JAMES BROWN SHOW JAMES BROWN 1963	1963	N/A	Rank in 1963 Rank in 1960s Overall rank 75 1,026 74,828

JAMES BROWN videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		LIVE AT MONTREUX 1981 JAMES BROWN 2006	2006	30,711	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 127 1,317 2,648
2		BODY HEAT: LIVE IN MONTEREY 1979 JAMES BROWN 2011	2011	N/A	Rank in 2011 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 151 1,660 5,286

JAMES BROWN sales by country

JAMES BROWN album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by JAMES BROWN are the United States (1.62 million), the United Kingdom (400,000) and Argentina (30,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	Argentina	30,000	1
2	Japan	14,294	2
3	Switzerland	25,000	1
4	United Kingdom	400,000	4
5	United States	1,625,000	3

JAMES BROWN video sales by country