Remix album

History and concept

Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album. It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and The Point!, when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated. Neu!'s Neu! 2 (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition".

In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, house, and techno into full-length albums, creating a relatively low-overhead addition to the catalogs and balance sheets. Soft Cell's Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (1982) and The Human League's Love and Dancing (1982) are credited for inventing the modern remix album. Since this time, this kind of release is not only seen as an easy cash-in for an artist and their label, but also as an opportunity to provide a second lease of life for a record. In reggae music, it is very common for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style.

Jennifer Lopez's album J to tha L–O! The Remixes (2002) is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first remix album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

List of best-selling remix albums

Notes

• United States: 1958
• Japan: 1989
• Germany: 1975
• United Kingdom: 1973
• France: 1973
• Canada: 1975
• Australia: 1997 (online certification-database has begun since 1997. Certifications; however, existed in Australia since the 1970s)
• Brazil: 1990
• Netherlands: 1978
• Italy: 2009 (online certification-database covers certifications issued since 2009. Certifications; however, have existed in Italy since the 1990s)
• Spain: 1979
• Sweden: 1987
• Denmark: 2001 (online certifications for Denmark start from 2001. Certifications; however, existed in Denmark since the early 1990s)
• Switzerland: 1989
• Mexico: 1999
• Argentina: 1980
• Belgium: 1995
• Austria: 1990
• Poland: 1995
• Finland: 1971
• Ireland: 2005
• New Zealand: July 1978

Certified sales might sometimes be larger than actual sales, if stores order more albums than they are able to sell, due to certifications generally being determined by shipments and not actual sales. Often, however, actual sales are larger than certified sales, since record labels must pay a fee to obtain certifications. Record companies often apply for certifications only when a record reaches a multiple certification-levels, meaning certifications might not be visible in the databases for more than a short period of time after an album reached a certification level.

As global music sales declined in the 2000s mostly due to CD burning and downloading from unauthorized sites, certification bodies opted to reduce their certification levels. See the changes in Certification-award-levels in the following markets:

• United States (Note, U.S. certification-award-levels for singles before 1989 were: 1,000,000 for Gold and 2,000,000 for Platinum. Also, U.S. certification-awards for Shortform albums before September 1996 were: 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum)
• Japan
• Germany
• United Kingdom
• France
• Canada (Canadian certification-award-levels for singles before February 1982 were: 75,000 for Gold and 150,000 for Platinum)
• Brazil
• Netherlands
• Italy
• Spain
• Sweden
• Denmark
• Switzerland
• Mexico
• Argentina
• Belgium
• Austria:
• Poland
• Finland
• New Zealand: (NZ certification-levels for singles before 1989 were: 10,000 for Gold, 20,000 for Platinum) (NZ certification-levels for singles before June 2007 were: 5,000 for Gold, 10,000 for Platinum) (The levels for singles were adjusted again on 17 June 2016 from previous 7,500 for Gold, 15,000 for Platinum, to 15,000 for Gold, 30,000 for Platinum)

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