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How did Elvis's record sales in Europe compare to his sales in the US, anyone know?
Most Weeks On UK Singles Chart
Elvis Presley's 111 hits have spent a total of 1,149 weeks in the UK singles chart since "Heartbreak Hotel" debuted on May 11, 1956. In the weeks following his death on August 16, 1977, his record sales predictably rocketed. Sales of the tragically fitting "Way Down" went way up - propelling Presley once more to the number one spot.
Most Consecutive Weeks On UK Singles Chart
Elvis Presley is the artist with the most consecutive weeks in the UK chart. His 13 hit singles, from "A Mess Of Blues", in 1960, to "One More Broken Heart For Sale", in 1963, spent an unbroken 144 weeks in the chart.
Most Hit Albums On UK Chart
As of February 2001, Elvis Presley had 100 hit albums in the UK chart. This is just one of the 15 records held by The King - others include "Most No.1 Singles In The UK Chart", "Most No.1 Hit Singles By A Solo Artist", and "Most Fan Clubs".
It is estimated that 40% of Elvis' total record sales have been outside the United States.
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How did Elvis's record sales in Europe compare to his sales in the US, anyone know?
Favourably enough, I guess.
He also had more chart success in the UK in the final part of his career than he had in the US. He had more number 1 singles in the UK than any other act, more number 1 singles in the UK than the US (20 - 17) and had ten number 1 albums in both countries.
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Elvis never performed outside of the US in his life apart from 3 shows in Canada in 1957.
Without question he'd have been a bigger draw for a show like this than any of them.
Even The Beatles.
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For an artist that a generation of fans worldwide had never seen perform?
I beg to differ.
Fans didnt travel across oceans to go to concerts in the 60s. And going to multiple concerts wasnt a common thing then either. You went to see an artist when they played in your town. For many, it was a one off kind of thing, I'd say.
The Beatles' final US tour in 1966 even had several shows which came nowhere close to being sell outs. The demand for them on their '65 US tour was significantly higher.
Wembley Stadium held 72,000 for concerts. An artist selling THAT venue out for weeks in 1969 in an era where there were no video screens and crap PA systems? Not a chance.
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You went to see an artist when they played in your town.
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For an artist that a generation of fans worldwide had never seen perform?
I beg to differ.
Fans didnt travel across oceans to go to concerts in the 60s. And going to multiple concerts wasnt a common thing then either. You went to see an artist when they played in your town. For many, it was a one off kind of thing, I'd say.
The Beatles' final US tour in 1966 even had several shows which came nowhere close to being sell outs. The demand for them on their '65 US tour was significantly higher.
Wembley Stadium held 72,000 for concerts. An artist selling THAT venue out for weeks in 1969 in an era where there were no video screens and crap PA systems? Not a chance.
I think you're seriously underestimating the "magic" of the Beatles, and how the demand the see them increased exponentially every year after they stopped touring. Think of the 20 million people who signed up for a chance to buy tickets to see Led Zeppelin in 2007. The demand to see the Beatles in 1976, for example, would have been even greater. Even in 1995, the three surviving Beatles could literally have filled in a blank check, getting whatever they wanted, if they had agreed to tour in support of the Anthology project.
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No pedantry there, chum.
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For an artist that a generation of fans worldwide had never seen perform?
I beg to differ.
Fans didnt travel across oceans to go to concerts in the 60s. And going to multiple concerts wasnt a common thing then either. You went to see an artist when they played in your town. For many, it was a one off kind of thing, I'd say.
The Beatles' final US tour in 1966 even had several shows which came nowhere close to being sell outs. The demand for them on their '65 US tour was significantly higher.
Wembley Stadium held 72,000 for concerts. An artist selling THAT venue out for weeks in 1969 in an era where there were no video screens and crap PA systems? Not a chance.
I think you're seriously underestimating the "magic" of the Beatles, and how the demand the see them increased exponentially every year after they stopped touring. Think of the 20 million people who signed up for a chance to buy tickets to see Led Zeppelin in 2007. The demand to see the Beatles in 1976, for example, would have been even greater. Even in 1995, the three surviving Beatles could literally have filled in a blank check, getting whatever they wanted, if they had agreed to tour in support of the Anthology project.
Yeah, but people didnt just hop on flights across oceans to go to rock concerts. Transatlantic air travel was hugely expensive compared to nowadays.
And concerts in stadiums were harder to pull off back then too and there was less demand for them. The phenomenon of stadium rock was a few years away.
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For an artist that a generation of fans worldwide had never seen perform?
I beg to differ.
Fans didnt travel across oceans to go to concerts in the 60s. And going to multiple concerts wasnt a common thing then either. You went to see an artist when they played in your town. For many, it was a one off kind of thing, I'd say.
The Beatles' final US tour in 1966 even had several shows which came nowhere close to being sell outs. The demand for them on their '65 US tour was significantly higher.
Wembley Stadium held 72,000 for concerts. An artist selling THAT venue out for weeks in 1969 in an era where there were no video screens and crap PA systems? Not a chance.
I think you're seriously underestimating the "magic" of the Beatles, and how the demand the see them increased exponentially every year after they stopped touring. Think of the 20 million people who signed up for a chance to buy tickets to see Led Zeppelin in 2007. The demand to see the Beatles in 1976, for example, would have been even greater. Even in 1995, the three surviving Beatles could literally have filled in a blank check, getting whatever they wanted, if they had agreed to tour in support of the Anthology project.
Yeah, but people didnt just hop on flights across oceans to go to rock concerts. Transatlantic air travel was hugely expensive compared to nowadays.
And concerts in stadiums were harder to pull off back then too and there was less demand for them. The phenomenon of stadium rock was a few years away.