Quoted from branlon8:Wikipedia puts Maiden at 100 mio., Metallica at 120 mio. and Guns n Roses at 30 mio. I had no idea Iron Maiden had sold so many albums.
But in Gnrs defence they really only had 3 big albums, vs maiden 15/16, what 7/8 for metallica? OK they had a few more than 3 but only 3 really moved the needle, but if they released another album now sales are not what they were (for may reasons hence the 3 years tour instead of 1 year studio 2 years tour) so I doubt they would even make a dent in catching up the others but as a proper cult band Gnr are for sure equal to IM and Met. And GnR should never follow Met at a gig! Bad style to follow in your face thrash metal, hair glam rock n roll, bad booking, I'd love to have been a fly on the wall that tour, ego central!