Rebelrebal wrote: "The Netherlands have surely earnt a show on the upcoming European tour then?"

Hmmm.. By this criteria, also Croatia should earn a show (B&L #1, four weeks)... Not a main market, of course. But it could be special attraction for fans from other Balkan countries. Especially in the summer.

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Rebelrebal wrote: "The Netherlands have surely earnt a show on the upcoming European tour then?"

Hmmm.. By this criteria, also Croatia should earn a show (B&L #1, four weeks)... Not a main market, of course. But it could be special attraction for fans from other Balkan countries. Especially in the summer.

Both should - plus South Corea to give the album a boost...

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Proud to be a Dutch Rolling Stones fan

Five weeks on a row # 1 in the Dutch Album Charts...

God... It is going to be like "Sticky Fingres" in 1971, at UK Album Charts!
I am waiting the "answer" of Argentina and Croatia, this week...

It remains at #5 in the UK during the 5th week, first Rolling Stones album to reach 5 weeks inside the UK Top 5 since Still Life in 1982.
Total sales are 275,343.

From Music Week:
"The rest of the Top 10: The Wonder Of You (3-4, 15,983 sales) by Elvis Presley, Blue & Lonesome (5-5, 13,936 sales) by The Rolling Stones, 24 Hrs (4-6, 13,890 sales) by Olly Murs, The Heavy Entertainment Show (7-8, 11,316 sales) by Robbie Williams and 24K Magic (6-9, 10,869 sales) by Bruno Mars."

...it seems"Still life" spent 4 weeks in the UK top 5... 49-6-5-5-5-5-12

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...it seems"Still life" spent 4 weeks in the UK top 5... 49-6-5-5-5-5-12

That's in the US, in the UK:
12/06/1982 5-4-5-4-4-8

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...it seems"Still life" spent 4 weeks in the UK top 5... 49-6-5-5-5-5-12

That's in the US, in the UK:
12/06/1982 5-4-5-4-4-8

In The Netherlands:
12/06/1982: 37-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-8- out of top 10.....

THE ROLLING STONES - BLUE & LONESOME

CHART numbers FIVE weeks in a row!

Please add and/or correct....................

***Mediatraffic World Chart: 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 -

EUROPE:
Netherlands : 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1
UK : 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5
Germany : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3
Belgium : 1 - 1 - 3 - 4
Swiss : 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
Sweden : 1 - 5 - 1- 1
Norway : 1 - 5 - 4 - 6
Austria : 1 - 3 - 3
Czech Rep : 1 - 3 - 3
Croatia : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Scotland : 1 - 3 - 7 - 7
Denmark : 2 - 4 - 3 - 13
France : 2 - 3 - 4 - 6
Portugal : 2 - 4 - 4
Poland : 4 - 3 - 8 - 8
Greece : 4 - 3 - 38
Spain : 4 - 6 - 6 - 8
Italy : 4 - 8 - 11 - 12
Ireland : 4 - 8 - 12 - 12
Finland : 5 - 17 - 16 - 21
Hungary : 30 - 12 - 14 - 20

NORTH AMERICA:
USA : 4 - 10 - 9 - 15
Canada : 2 - 8 - 5 - 5

SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Brazil : 4

Other countries around the world:
Israel : 1 - 1
Australia : 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5
New Zealand : 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Japan : 3 - 6 - 20 - 29
Honk Kong : 6 -
South Korea : 73 - out

Thanks jp.M, georgelicks, laertisflash and mariannerl !



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Australia, 5th week, at #5. chart Run: 1-3-3-4-5

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So, during 4 week B&L has taken 20% of it's total sales (1,305,000) from UK (261,407 units), 19,3% from the USA (252,000), 12,6% from France (164,344), 3,9% from Australia (50,880) and 3,2% from Japan (41,508). These numbers are making 59%. As for the rest 41%, I wonder how huge the contribution of Germany (vast market/strong sales) and the two... epic "# 1-1-1-1" countries (Netherlands and Argentina) is. I really would like to know! Soon or later...

Blue And Lonesome is probably the most "American" Stones album of all (in my opinion, they already gave their early 60s "cover" albums a unique Stonesish touch).
Where are the US sociologists on this board an does that say something about the USA today?
- Should it sell more as it is so American?
- Are the sales figures amazingly high as it is a BLACK American album?
- Who bought B&L?
More black Americans than usually? Here, we consider them to be solely in Rap and today's definition of R&B interested audience?
A nostalgic WHITE audience?
A new audience?

THE ROLLING STONES - BLUE & LONESOME

CHART numbers FIVE weeks in a row!

Please add and/or correct...............

***Mediatraffic World Chart: 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 -

EUROPE:
Netherlands : 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1
UK : 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5
Germany : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3
Belgium : 1 - 1 - 3 - 4
Swiss : 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
Sweden : 1 - 5 - 1- 1
Norway : 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11
Austria : 1 - 3 - 3
Czech Rep : 1 - 3 - 3
Croatia : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Scotland : 1 - 3 - 7 - 7
Denmark : 2 - 4 - 3 - 13
France : 2 - 3 - 4 - 6
Portugal : 2 - 4 - 4
Poland : 4 - 3 - 8 - 8
Greece : 4 - 3 - 38
Spain : 4 - 6 - 6 - 8
Italy : 4 - 8 - 11 - 12
Ireland : 4 - 8 - 12 - 12
Finland : 5 - 17 - 16 - 21
Hungary : 30 - 12 - 14 - 20

NORTH AMERICA:
USA : 4 - 10 - 9 - 15
Canada : 2 - 8 - 5 - 5

SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Brazil : 4

Other countries around the world:
Israel : 1 - 1
Australia : 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5
New Zealand : 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Japan : 3 - 6 - 20 - 29
Honk Kong : 6 -
South Korea : 73 - out

According to Universal, the album has sold 1.162,000 copies worldwide during the first 3 weeks (Dec.2-22).
Mediatraffic's numbers for the same period are 1.112,000 copies, 4.5% less, so they are doing a good job tracking it.

Interesting questions by JJHmick. By the way, considering the fact that ABB has sold about 500,000 in the USA (am I remember correctly, georgelicks?), B&L's score after just 4 weeks seems to be strong enough. Because, as I saw somewhere, the overall sales are now dropped 61% compared to 2005.

I had a look at Album Charts from various countries (you can see them at mediatraffic.de). It seems like people prefer NATIVE acts nowadays, maybe more than some years or decades ago. I don't know, maybe it's a kind of "shelter" into this assemblage, this medley of musical kinds and styles...

In the US Chart we find the Stones at #15. Who are higher? Seven acts from the US (hip- hop, pop and Metallica, which are at #13), three soundtracks, three Canadian acts and George Michael (at #12, for the well known, sad reason, probably).

In GERMANY we find the Stones at #3. Who are higher? Two acts from Germany. Helene Fisher and the rock band Frei Wild.

In FRANCE we find the Stones at #6. Who are higher? Five French acts and the French Canadian Celine Dion.

In SPAIN we find the Stones at #8. Who are higher? Six Spanish acts and the Metallica, close to the Stones (#7).

In ITALY we find the Stones at #12. Who are higher? I only see Italians (Hey, ragazzi, I vedo soltanto artisti Italiani...) plus Colplay (# 10).

In AUSRALIA we find the Stones at #5. Who are higher? Adele (#2) and three soundtracks!

In BRAZIL we find the Stones at # 4. Who are higher? Three Brazilian acts...

Only the DUTCH chart seems to be "international"... #1 Stones, #2 Kensington (a native rock band, i think), #3 Adele, # 4 Weeknd (Canadian rapper), # 5 Leonard Cohen, etc, etc.

Just an observation...

So, only sporadically you can see somewhere a NON NATIVE artist or band selling better than "Blue and Lonesome" these days. Another point of view to estimate album's success.

"In FRANCE we find the Stones at #6. Who are higher? Five French acts and the French Canadian Celine Dion".

I meant Four French acts and...

Portugal ranking:
2-4-4-8

From the seven ranked above B&L, five are local portugese acts, from international bands, only Metallica and Leonard Cohen sell more.


[www.portuguesecharts.com]

Thanks margues. And as I see, from #10 to #18 there are local portuguse acts, only (some of them, fado singers, right?). So my observation about native acts takes one more confirmation.

Not #1 in USA ?

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I'm just a Bad Boy Boogie

Belgium 5th week, #5 (1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 5)

Upps... Mistake, apologies.. Belgium 5th week, # 4 (1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4)

Japan:

#19 [29] - Blue & Lonesome - 2,978 (total: 44,486)

THE ROLLING STONES - BLUE & LONESOME

CHART numbers FIVE weeks in a row!

Please add and/or correct...............

***Mediatraffic World Chart: 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 -

EUROPE:
Netherlands : 1 - 1 - 1- 1 - 1
UK : 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5
Germany : 1 - 3 - 3 - 3
Belgium : 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4
Swiss : 1 - 2 - 1 - 1
Sweden : 1 - 5 - 1- 1
Norway : 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11
Austria : 1 - 3 - 3
Czech Rep : 1 - 3 - 3
Croatia : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Scotland : 1 - 3 - 7 - 7
Denmark : 2 - 4 - 3 - 13
France : 2 - 3 - 4 - 6
Portugal : 2 - 4 - 4 -8
Poland : 4 - 3 - 8 - 8
Greece : 4 - 3 - 38
Spain : 4 - 6 - 6 - 8
Italy : 4 - 8 - 11 - 12
Ireland : 4 - 8 - 12 - 12
Finland : 5 - 17 - 16 - 21
Hungary : 30 - 12 - 14 - 20

NORTH AMERICA:
USA : 4 - 10 - 9 - 15
Canada : 2 - 8 - 5 - 5

SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina : 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
Brazil : 4

Other countries around the world:
Israel : 1 - 1
Australia : 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5
New Zealand : 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
Japan : 3 - 6 - 20 - 29- 19
Honk Kong : 6 -
South Korea : 73 - out



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WORLD MUSIC AWARDS


The Rolling Stones closed 2016 at the top of the Global Albums Chart after selling another 317,000 copies of their latest LP 'Blue & Lonesome' released on December 2, 2016. It is the band's first Album to feature only cover songs, and their first studio release since 2005's 'A Bigger Bang'. Eric Clapton contributed guitar on two tracks. The album debuted at No. 1 on the World chart moving 477,000 units, 106,000 of those in the UK where it also debuted at No. 1, the second-highest opening sales week for an album in the UK in 2016. In the US, it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 123,000 album-equivalent units, of which 120,000 were pure album sales. Last week the Album sold another 318.000 copies globally, second only to J. C Cole's '4 Your Eyes Only' which debuted at No. 1 on the global chart after selling 417,000 copies! With this week's sales, in total, 'Blue & Lonesome' has now sold a total of 1,112,000 units worldwide in its first three weeks since its release!

[www.worldmusicawards.com]



ROCKMAN

The speed of album's sales is impressive, ideed. As we know, B&L became eleventh best selling album of the year 2016, with 1,305,000 copies sold and did it during 4 weeks. To mention some other interesting appearences on Year End Global Chart, Rediohead are at #16 after having sold 1,134,000 units during 8 months, as thair album came out in May, 8. RHTP, at #12 with 1,256,000 sales, but their album has been released in June, 17. Only Metallica's album (#8) sold with speed similar to the Stones, with 1,490,000 units during six weeks.

What laertisflash and georgelicks (and many others) are giving here to us is great! Very substantial, interesting and hardly before dealt with stuff.
One might have to reinterpret foreign (that is non-UK) charts positions (including those of the US) of the past.
The Stones seem to be the most successful act world wide! (Btw, how was Metallica doing in South Corea?)
Regarding Germany, Helene Fischer's is a special album with Christmas songs and they kept her off the top spot at least one week.

"Btw, how was Metallica doing in South Corea?"

Hahaa... I suppose only georgelicks could know the answer! Media Traffic reports Japan's top 10 (album chart), week after week. But chart of S. Corea I can't see...

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"Btw, how was Metallica doing in South Corea?"

Hahaa... I suppose only georgelicks could know the answer! Media Traffic reports Japan's top 10 (album chart), week after week. But chart of S. Corea I can't see...

You can see the South Korea chart here:
[gaonchart.co.kr]

They also run an international chart too, excluding local acts, B&L is #31 there this week.
[gaonchart.co.kr]

They have archives from 2009 to now there, from both main and international, only change the date.

Greece, 4th week, at #3 again (4-3-38-3).