Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the most legendary composers to ever walk the earth. With famous works such as “Serenade No. 13,” “Requiem,” and “Symphony No. 40,” Mozart has remained one of the most popular musicians of all time. As a result, the classical period composer still has millions of fans across the globe centuries after his death. It is for this reason that Decca and Deutsche Grammophon produced Mozart 225, an album which is comprised of 200 CDs worth of Mozart’s work that spans over 240 hours in length. That didn’t stop Mozart’s album from being the best selling of 2016 though, with 1.25 million CDs being sold since its October release. But, that doesn’t mean over a million people went out to buy the album. You see, each individual CD of the box set counted as an individual sale, which means that every person who went out and bought the box set accounted for 200 units. So after you do the math, roughly 6,250 people bought the set. The numbers are the numbers, though. Congrats to Mozart for having the best selling album of 2016.
