Projected Sales of New Album

[Irishteen]

Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 6097000 6291400
Duffy Rockferry 4029000 4155320
AC/DC Black Ice 3922000 3922000
Soundtrack Mamma Mia! 3328000 3402240
Metallica Death Magnetic 3278000 3278000
Madonna Hard Candy 3182000 3293680
Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 3032500 3133740
Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static 2611000 2710760
Michael Jackson Thriller (25th Anniversary Reissue) 2277500 2363060
Soundtrack High School Musical 3: Senior Year 1894000 1894000
Mariah Carey E=MC2 1864000 1935520
Usher Here I Stand 1768500 1833580
Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer 1705000 1738080
Soundtrack Camp Rock 1703000 1746680
Miley Cyrus Breakout 1697000 1732960
Pink Funhouse 1578500 1578500
T.I. Paper Trail 1514000 1514000
Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 1411000 1411000
Taylor Swift Fearless 1337000 1337000
Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman 1328000 1328000
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 1239000 1239000
Soundtrack Juno 1199000 1244760
R.E.M. Accelerate 1184000 1228160




There's a list of worldwide sales for albums released in 2008 so far, the figure on the left is the minimum possible sales and the figure on the right is the maximum possible sales

Goes to show that people who expect 8-9, are really off...

 

[The_acrobat]

OUCH for REM

 

[Native_Son]

Those sales are incredibly low compared to those of a few years ago. amazed how well thriller has sold

 

[atomicman]

If you´re a true U2 fan you´re going to buy the album on CD or legal download (which isn´t a good subsitute imo)Most U2 fans are 30-50 years old and we don´t download, we buy the real thing! I reckon after 4 straight smash singles and a massive tour over 2 years it´s gonna sell 15 million copies

 

[Irishteen]

Those sales are incredibly low compared to those of a few years ago. amazed how well thriller has sold

Only one album has sold over 10 million in the last 3 years (Amy Winehouse on course for 11 million); Justin Timberlake's the only other person to hit 9 million. Makes me really doubt U2 have a chance of matching the Bomb's sales

This is what the yearend was at the end of last year

Linkin Park Minutes To Midnight 5064000 5443800
Soundtrack High School Musical 2 4881000 5247075
Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Thing 4690000 5041750
Mika Life In Cartoon Motion 4437000 4769775
Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden 4288000 4609600
Josh Groban Noel 4272000 4592400
Michael Bublé Call Me Irresponsible 4109000 4417175
Norah Jones Not Too Late 3811000 4096825
Alicia Keys As I Am 3543000 3808725
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 3346000 3596950
Timbaland Timbaland Presents Shock Value 3130000 3364750
Maroon 5 It Won t Be Soon Before Long 3129000 3363675
Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus 2859000 3073425
Bon Jovi Lost Highway 2670000 2870250
Kanye West Graduation 2634000 2831550
Fall Out Boy Infinity On High 2420000 2601500
James Blunt All The Lost Souls 2297000 2469275
50 Cent Curtis 2071000 2226325
Celine Dion Taking Chances 2043000 2196225
Bruce Springsteen Magic 2003000 2153225
Led Zeppelin Mothership 1825000 1961875
Carrie Underwood Carnival Ride 1772000 1904900
Rascal Flatts Still Feels Good 1665000 1789875


At least sales haven't fallen that much over the last year...

 

[RPRB]

"At least sales haven't fallen that much over the last year..."


Other than Coldplay sales have fallen quite a bit in the last year. Take a look at all of the albums from 07 that sold 4 or 5 million compared to this year.

It is really sad that there are albums in the top 20 that have not even reached 2 million WW sales in a year. A few years ago albums were reaching this number in a couple weeks in the US alone. (I think N Sync sold like 2.4 million in just a couple of days).

 

[Irishteen]

"At least sales haven't fallen that much over the last year..."


Other than Coldplay sales have fallen quite a bit in the last year. Take a look at all of the albums from 07 that sold 4 or 5 million compared to this year.

It is really sad that there are albums in the top 20 that have not even reached 2 million WW sales in a year. A few years ago albums were reaching this number in a couple weeks in the US alone. (I think N Sync sold like 2.4 million in just a couple of days).

It looks a little better if you look at how many albums sold for non-2008 albums this year too, Amy Winehouse is over 4 million in that

Sales in the US may be down but they're still strong in the UK. Take That have sold a million in 3 weeks (2nd fastest ever)

 

[RPRB]

It looks a little better if you look at how many albums sold for non-2008 albums this year too, Amy Winehouse is over 4 million in that

Sales in the US may be down but they're still strong in the UK. Take That have sold a million in 3 weeks (2nd fastest ever)

The first single is really going to determine a lot. U2 has such a strong fan base that is in almost every country (some of which still have a decent economy) they are going to have strong world wide sales. If the first single is a big hit and U2 can come out of the gate strong I think the competition is so weak U2 will get most of the good press for their strong sales. This will help to increase sales even more and we could be looking at U2 with a huge #1 selling album world wide in 09 with nothing else even close.