>In the UK even during the "golden years" 1971-81 there were not only #1. 1974, IORR #4. 1976, Black and Blue #2. Even Some Girls, which have sold 9-10 million copies worldwide, got #3. IORR and SG were #2 in UK. Between 1969-1981 every studio album went Top 2 in UK. >We must wait for see the whole sales everywhere, that's the important measure. Agreed, Mediabase&#
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LAST UPDATE: 09/13/2005 12:57:53 NOW IN: 78.72% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 230,262 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 142,229 THE MASSACRE -- 3 THE ROLLING STONES VIRGIN 97,338 A BIGGER BANG 5 4 THE BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 70,797 MONKEY BUSINESS 4 5 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 70,314 THE EMANCIPAT
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LAST UPDATE: 09/13/2005 09:10:16 NOW IN: 64.97% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 183,694 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 107,275 THE MASSACRE -- 3 THE ROLLING STONES VIRGIN 85,677 A BIGGER BANG 4 4 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 56,222 THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 5 5 THE BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 53,670 MONK
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LAST UPDATE: 09/12/2005 18:56:14 NOW IN: 43.20% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 70,434 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 47,829 THE MASSACRE 6 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 19 CAPITOL 40,340 VARIOUS 4 4 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 37,378 THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI -- 5 THE ROLLING STONES VIRGIN 34,413 A BIGG
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LAST UPDATE: 09/12/2005 14:44:47 NOW IN: 28.85% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 58,948 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 30,663 THE MASSACRE 6 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 19 CAPITOL 26,190 VARIOUS 4 4 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 25,956 THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 5 5 THE BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 24,872
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ThatsWhatISay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Btw, georgelicks. I can't remember knowing an > album which debuted so low and finally came on > top. Isn't that very unusual? I mean if the Stones > enter at #2 why shouldn't they be able to reach > #1? Many debuts album are slow chart topers, no way that ABB can reach the #1 the
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I don't know but he was #1 9 weeks so far, but it debuted low in the chart. Here his chart run: Entry: 26/03/2005 - 56-0-73-0-0-71-53-34-16-11-4-5-4-3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-1 (27/16/9 wks) He sold more than 1.3 million so far.
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schili Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i saw in the official japanise album > charts...............n.3 It's #5, not 3.
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ThatsWhatISay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > georgelicks, do you know how many units James > Blunt sold on his first week? Just curious... Just read the article: In Great Britain: Stones #1 Stones: 42,921 Blunt: 42,096 In North Ireland: Blunt #1 Blunt: 1,381 Stones: 545 Total: Blunt #1 by 11 copies Blunt: 43,477 Stones: 43,466
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NOW IN: 15.33% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 41,973 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 21,392 THE MASSACRE -- 3 THE ROLLING STONES VIRGIN 17,630 A BIGGER BANG 2 4 TONY YAYO G UNIT/INTERSCOPE 12,339 THOUGHTS OF A PREDICATE FELON
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Let's wait, the count is very volatile.
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Music Week: Anybody Seen My 11 copies? 12 September 2005 - 16:29:33 Looking to register their 11th number one album, and extend their span of chart-toppers to more than 40 years, the Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang held a small but significant lead over James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam on the midweek sales flashes but Blunt eventually prevailed, with his album winning the race for chart honors b
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ABB will be #8-9 th next week, Macca is the top debut at #3.
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You can follow the count here: 11.09% LW TW artist / album label power index 1 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 29,555 LATE REGISTRATION 39 2 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 16,342 THE MASSACRE 2 3 TONY YAYO G UNIT/INTERSCOPE 10,078 THOUGHTS OF A PREDICATE FELON -- 4 THE ROLLING STONES VIRGIN 8,409 A BIGGER BANG 10 5 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJMG 7,795 PLEASE, NO 11 COP
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NEVER before a UK album missed the #1 by less than 50 copies according to Music Week. The eleven copies is a record, I said it last Monday: let's buy 10 copies and return 9 the next week. It's late now.
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schili Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JAPAN...............................N.3 The're #5 in Japan with 40,104 copies sold.
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The sales will be out tomorrow. I don't know why all the hype with UNOFFICIAL info about the #1, some people got fake and wrong information 5-6 hours before of the official publication.
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>Can't it still get to #1? Even if it doesn't this ain't to shabby. No, it will drop fast the next week. I said: "Saturday sales can change everything" I've seen albums at #1 with a lead of 10k on Friday and on Sunday the same album was #3 with 10k less than the #2 and 20k less than the #1. Let's say: Monday-Friday sales: mostly adults (50% of the
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A Bigger Bang debuted #2 in UK.
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Zero chances, it will drop like a stone. The sad thing is that James Blunt was #1 three months and his album was released in May.
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It's official: another #2 and no record. Sad.
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Japan: #5 (40,104 copies sold) Japan: #106 (1,953 copies sold) (Japanase Special Edition) New Zealand: #9 Poland: #17 Ireland: #18 (four days sales) Today we'll know if ABB breaks a record in UK, cross your fingers.
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It seems that Virgin is doing the dirty work.
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>We're waiting for it to go nr. 1 in the States! Sadly, it won't happen. First chart debutes: Japan: #5 (40,104 copies sold) Japan: #106 (1,953 copies sold) (Japanase Special Edition) TOTAL JAPAN SALES (first week): 42,057 Others: New Zealand: #9 Poland: #17 Ireland: #18 (four days sales)
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Back In Black is selling 6-7k each week, every title on the Top 20 of the catalog is selling more than 5k each week. Forty Licks is #33 with 4k. Jump Back sold 7,200 copies last week, #136 on the Top 200 chart.
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51 weeks (tied with Emotional Rescue right now and #9 among all time US Stones albums)
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Other charts this week: Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks - Rough Justice - #29 Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums - Forty Licks - #33 Billboard 200 - Jump Back - #136
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Jump Back is #136 this week in the Billboard 200.
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Very sad, there's no place for the Stones in the US radio. The rock now is 100% alternative.
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