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The Dutch albums market is (or at least was in 2006) about 8.5 times smaller than the UK's so 60k is the equivalent of shipping about 500k in the UK 1st week. They're probably expecting 1st week sales of about 30k on that, so equivalent to about 250k in UK.
 
Last weeks Music Week had a 3 page article on U2 saying they'd sold nearly 150m albums & Paul Mcguinnes was interviewed saying over 9m units sold for HTDAAB.
 
Also this weeks issue (7/3/09) has the latest UK sales figure for the Bomb : 1,238,272

This will be to end of Sat 28th Feb so means it's been selling around 13k per year for the last 3 years
 
fitz said:
New US-Soundscan figures for U2:

U2 Best of 80-90 3,062,571
U2 18 Singles 964,043
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Wow so 80's Best Of has really dropped off - only 70k per year for last 2 years compared to 250k per year in previous 2 years. 18 Singles has no doubt canabolized it! Nice to see them both on that chart though.
 
rollingbob said:
Last weeks Music Week had a 3 page article on U2 saying they'd sold nearly 150m albums & Paul Mcguinnes was interviewed saying over 9m units sold for HTDAAB.
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Letterman quoted sales of 145m - so we are now closer to an accurate figure, somewhere between 145-150m Mike
 
18 Singles so far this year in UK,

#172.~2.5k
x.~.9k
#81.~2.5k
#78.~2.5k
#86.~2.2k
#94.~1.7k
#54.~5k (52 wks on chart)
#48.~4.5k
#39.~5k

~27k sold in 9 wks so total must at least be pretty close to 800k now
 
i think boy 3,5 mln,october 3,5,war 8,uabrs 8,tuf 8,waia 3,tjt 28,rah 14,ab 18,zooropa 8,pop 8,80-90 16,atyclb 12,90-00 6,htdaab 10,18 singles 5. so 160 mln around.
 
Update of known UK 1st week sales (from Music Week/CIN/OCC) :

1. Rattle & Hum - 360,000
2. Joshua Tree - 235,000
3. HTDAAB - 200,863
4. Achtung Baby - 200,000
5. ATYCLB - 164,147
6. NLOTH - 158,926
7. Pop - 152,000
8. Best Of 80-90 - 144,000
9. Zooropa - don't have exact figure but most probably about 140,000 (Vox magazine at the time said 200k but MW actually said 150,000 in 1st 8 days)
10. U218 Singles - 101,083
11. Best Of 90-00 - 95,000

So the 158,926 NLOTH sold put it in 6th place between ATYCLB & Pop. & the ~20% drop from Bomb could actually be explained by the overall ~20% drop in UK album sales since 2004 - so even without taking into account the different time of release (the market being much stronger in late November than early March).
 
'18 Singles' is now above 800,000 UK sales. So far this year it's done,

#172.~2.5k
x.~.9k
#81.~2.5k
#78.~2.5k
#86.~2.2k
#94.~1.7k
#54.~5k (52 wks on chart)
#48.~4.5k
#39.~5k
#17.9514 (total : 796,288)
#27.~7.5k

It only sold ~20k in the whole of last year but wasn't of course widely available at a decent price, hot on the heels of a new album & tour, as it is now.

It's done ~44k in the last 11 wks giving a to-date total of ~804,000
 
Hey, I'm hoping someone can help me here! I'm writing my final paper for business college here in Finland and I need some info about U2s album sales. I'm writng about royalties and copywrite of performing artists and using U2 as my example and I need to know what approximately is U2 world wide record sales to date? Or can any one direct me to a website that has this info?
 
UK update for The Joshua Tree to the week of 14th June 2009 : 28th all-time best selling album with total sales of 2,752,787.

So since the Nov 2006 all-time list (when it was 26th with 2,665,553) it's sold another 87,234 copies - of which ~15k have come from the original edition & ~72k from the Nov 2007 re-issue. It probably sold ~50k from the Nov 2006 all-time list to the end of 2007, ~20k in 2008 & ~20k so far this year.
 
posted a couple of weeks ago at Haven music forums, thanks to Shireblogger :

Official All-Time U2 Top 40 Singles in UK

Compiled by the OCC.
Broadcast by MTV Two on 17/8/09, repeated by VH1 on 18/8/09.
Ranking by the OCC.
Sales estimates by me - if you have better information, please post in this thread.

1 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) {1984} : 400k
2 - With Or Without You {1987} : 375k
3 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me {1995} : 360k
4 - Sweetest Thing {1998} : 275k
5 - Beautiful Day {2000} : 240k
6 - Take Me To The Clouds Above [LMC] {2004} : 230k
7 - Discotheque {1997} : 230k
8 - Desire {1988} : 220k
9 - Stay (Faraway So Close) {1993} : 200k
10 - Even Better Than The Real Thing {1992} : 195k
11 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For {1987} : 190k
12 - The Fly {1991} : 185k
13 - Unforgettable Fire {1985} : 180k
14 - Theme From Mission:Impossible [ACLM] {1996} : 175k
15 - One {1992} : 165k
16 - One [MJB] {2006} : 160k
17 - Vertigo {2004} : 150k
18 - Where The Streets Have No Name {1987} : 135k
19 - Miss Sarajevo [Pass] {1995} : 130k
20 - All I Want Is You {1989} : 130k
21 - New Year's Day {1983} : 125k
22 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of {2001} : 110k
23 - In A Lifetime [CwB] {1986} : 110k
24 - When Love Comes To Town [BBK] {1989} : 105k
25 - Staring At The Sun {1997} : 105k
26 - Elevation {2001} : 105k
27 - Goldeneye [TT] {1995} : 105k
28 - Electrical Storm {2002} : 105k
29 - Angel Of Harlem {1988} : 100k
30 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own {2005} : 100k
31 - Mysterious Ways {1991} : 100k
32 - Please {1997} : 100k
33 - Two Hearts Beat As One {1983} : 95k
34 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses {1992} : 90k
35 - Last Night On Earth {1997} : 85k
36 - If God Would Send His Angels {1997} : 85k
37 - Saints Are Coming [GD] {2006} : 80k
38 - City Of Blinding Lights {2005} : 75k
39 - Walk On {2001} : 60k
40 - All Because Of You {2005} : 50k

All singles credited to U2 except:-
LMC = LMC vs. U2
ACLM = Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
MJB = Mary J Blige & U2
Pass = Passengers
CwB = Clannad with Bono
BBK = U2 & BB King
TT = Tina Turner (track written by Bono & The Edge)
GD = U2 & Green Day


My own guess at the next 10 is as follows:-

41 - Get On Your Boots {2009} : 50k
42 - Fire {1981} : 45k
43 - New Year's Dub [MvU2] {2001} : 35k
44 - New Day [WJfB] {1999} : 30k
45 - Windows In The Skies {2007} : 30k
46 - In God's Country {1987} : 20k
47 - A Celebration {1982} : 20k
48 - Gloria {1981} : 15k
49 - Magnificent {2009} : 10k
50 - In The Name Of The Father [BGF] {1994} : 10k

MvU2 = Musique vs. U2
WJfB = Wyclef Jean
BGF = Bono & Gavin Friday

Singles probably selling less than 10k:-
11 O'Clock Tick Tock; A Day Without Me; I Will Follow {all 1980}; I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight {2009}; and Heroine {1986} from the soundtrack to Captive by The Edge and Sinead O'Connor.

Using the estimates I have posted above, and totalling all singles which credit U2 (including LMC vs U2 and Musique vs U2), gives career U2 singles sales of about 5,900k.

This can be sense-checked as follows:-
4,665k - sales 1980-2003 (47th on UK's all-time Top 50 singles acts)
330k - sales 2004 (MW year end #24)
190k - sales 2005 (MW year end #34)
240k - the two 2006 collaborations (Mary J Blige & Green Day)
30k - Windows In The Skies (2007)
40k - the 3 singles from No Line On The Horizon (2009)
120k - digital sales of With Or Without You 2005-2009 (MW June 2009)
285k - digital sales of other back catalogue singles 2005-2009 (= balancing figure)
5,900k
 
9th best selling albums act of the 21st century in UK with total sales of ~6,650,000. This is for up to end of Sat 26th Sept '09.

Annual breakdown is st like :

00 : 724k (25th)
01 : 1.03m (13th)
02 : 820k (16th)
03 : ~346k (below T.50/431k, Best of 90's 120k + Best of 80's 70k + rest of BC ~146k)
04 : 1.09m (10th)
05 : 720k (29th)
06 : 800k (21st)
07 : ~280k (below T.50/397k, 18 Singles 132k + TJT ~45k + rest of BC ~103k)
08 : ~240k (below T.50/351k)
09 : ~600k (NLOTH 358k + 18 Singles ~130k + rest of BC ~112k)

MW published EOY totals of 5.184m + unpublished estimated EOY totals of ~1.466m = Total of ~6.65m

& per album breakdown is st like :

ATYCLB : ~1.150m
Best 0f 90-00 : ~900k
HTDAAB : ~1.245m
18 Singles : ~895k
NLOTH : 358k
+ Rest of Back Catalogue : ~2.200m
= Total of ~6.65m

Their '80's total was ~6m & '90's ~4.5m so total UK album sales now ~17.2m.
 
Rollingbob. You posted this 2 lists at UKMIX.

TOP SELLING ALBUMS 1959-2009 (MW Sept 19th '09-50th anniversary issue-cut off point is 'a couple of weeks back' but actually 3 weeks back so Sat Aug 22th '09)

1 QUEEN Greatest Hits Parlophone 1981 : *5,780,000 but seems it should be ~5.685m (& ~5.059m excl. 626k from 1/3 Plat Coll = 560k & 1/2 GH's I & II = 66k) they say it's gone up by ~90k in the last 11 wks, but that can't be right as it hasn't charted in the top 200 at all. I think it should be +~7k from 5.678m to ~5.685m
2 THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Parlophone 1967 : *4,910,000 +~2k
3 ABBA Gold – Greatest Hits Polydor 1992 : *4,648,000 +38k
4 OASIS What's The Story Morning Glory Creation 1995 : *4,435,000 +14k
5 MICHAEL JACKSON Thriller Epic 1982 : *4,096,000 +226k since end of '08
6 DIRE STRAITS Brothers In Arms Vertigo 1985 : ~4,075,000 +6k
7 PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon Harvest 1973 : ~3,968,000 +~12k
8 QUEEN Greatest Hits II Parlophone 1991 :* 3,840,000 but seems it should be ~3.750m (& 16th with ~3.124m excl. 626k from 1/3 Plat Coll = 560k & 1/2 GH's I & II = 66k) they say it's gone up by ~90k in the last 11 wks, but that can't be right as it hasn't charted in the top 200 at all. I think it should be +~4k from 3.746m to ~5.750m.
9 MICHAEL JACKSON Bad Epic 1987 : *3,771,000 +201k since end of '08
10 MADONNA The Immaculate Collection Sire 1990 : ~3,570,000 +~20k since end of '08
11 SIMPLY RED Stars East West 1991 : ~3,405,000 +4k
12 SHANIA TWAIN Come On Over Mercury 1998 : ~3,360,000 +~1k
13 FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours Warner Brothers 1977 : ~3,259,000 +~5k
14 JAMES BLUNT Back To Bedlam Atlantic 2005 : *3,181,000 +9k
15 THE VERVE Urban Hymns Hut 1997 : ~3,170,000 +~3k
16 DIDO No Angel Cheeky 2000 : *3,050,000 +~2k
17 SIMON & GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water CBS 1970 : ~3,049,000 +~2k
18 AMY WINEHOUSE Back To Black Island 2006 : ~3,000,000 +~15k
19 MEAT LOAF Bat Out Of Hell Epic 1978 : ~2,950,000 +~7k
20 THE CORRS Talk On Corners Atlantic 1997 : ~2,949,000 +~2k
21 SPICE GIRLS Spice Virgin 1996 : ~2,930,000 +~1k
22 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Dirty Dancing RCA 1987 : ~2,912,000 +~20k
23 DAVID GRAY White Ladder IHT/East West 2000 : ~2,910,000 +~3k
24 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend Island/Tuff Gong 1984 : ~2,855,000 +~30k
25 DIDO Life For Rent Cheeky 2003 : ~2,850,000 +~2k
26 THE BEATLES 1 Apple 2000 : ~2,843,000 +~17k
27 LEONA LEWIS Spirit Syco 2007 : 2,819,000 +~6k
28 U2 The Joshua Tree Island 1987 : ~2,762,000 +~10k
29 PHIL COLLINS ...But Seriously Virgin 1989 : ~2,741,000 +~1k
30 COLDPLAY A Rush Of Blood To The Head Parlophone 2002 - *2,715,000 +~7k
31 KEANE Hopes And Fears Island 2004 : ~2,713,000 +~5k
32 SCISSOR SISTERS Scissor Sisters Polydor 2004 : ~2,700,000 +~3k
33 TRAVIS The Man Who Independiente 1999 : ~2,677,000 +~1k
34 TAKE THAT Beautiful World Polydor 2006 : ~2,636,000 +~20k
35 MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells Virgin 1973 : *2,630,000 +0k
36 JEFF WAYNE’S MUSICAL VERSION War Of The Worlds CBS 1978 : ~2,610,000 +~50k (~25k re-issue + ~25k other issues?)
37 ABBA Greatest Hits Epic 1976 : ~2,607,000 +~2k
38 ALANIS MORISSETTE Jagged Little Pill Maverick 1995 : ~2,605,000 +~5k
39 COLDPLAY X&Y Parlophone 2005 : *2,572,000 +11k
40 ROBBIE WILLIAMS I’ve Been Expecting You Chrysalis 1998 : ~2,565,000 +~2k
41 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Grease RSO 1978 : ~2,495,000 +~10k since end of '08
42 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK The Sound Of Music RCA Victor 1965 : ~2,490,000 +~10k since end of '08
43 COLDPLAY Parachutes Parlophone 2000 : *2,461,000 +26k since end of '08
44 NORAH JONES Come Away With Me Parlophone 2002 : ~2,455,000 +~15k since end of '08
45 TRACY CHAPMAN Tracy Chapman Elektra 1988 : ~2,450,000 +~15k since end of '08
46 GEORGE MICHAEL Ladies & Gentlemen – The Best Of Epic 1998 : ~2,417,000 +~2k since end of '08
47 FLEETWOOD MAC Tango In The Night Warner Brothers 1987 : ~2,365,000 +~5k since end of '08
48 ROBSON & JEROME Robson & Jerome RCA 1995 : ~2,335,000 +~0k since end of '08
49 REM Automatic For The People Warner Brothers 1992 : ~2,307,000 +~7k since end of '08
50 SNOW PATROL Eyes Open Fiction/Polydor 2006 : *2,276,000 +~66k since end of '08

*exact figures given

all other figures are estimates based on the 2 recent all-time up dates (Virgin book to end '08 & BPI website to Jun 14th '09) & recent chart runs (in top 200).

So the 2.762.000 figure for the joshua tree was just an estimation?

And 2 months ago you came with this list

Thanks to the new OCC/BPI/Virgin all-time album list's we have the Top 133 all-time best selling albums in the UK. Figures are to the end of 2008 & rounded to the nearest 5,000

1. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS : 5,650,000 No Change (in position since Nov '06 list) +242k (sales change since Nov '06 list)
2. THE BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND : 4,900,000 No Change +88k
3. ABBA - GOLD - GREATEST HITS : 4,475,000 +2 +531k
4. OASIS - WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY : 4,400,000 -1 +85k
5. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS : 4,050,000 -1 +93k
6. PINK FLOYD - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON : 3,940,000 No Change +158k
7. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER : 3,870,000 +1 +292k
8. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS II : 3,740,000 -2 +95k
9. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - DIRTY DANCING : 3,600,000 (incl. ~750k for 2004’s Utimate Dirty Dancing) +30 +1.165m Highest Climber (although only the Virgin book includes Ultimate Dirty Dancing)
10. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD : 3,570,000 -2 +16k
11. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION : 3,550,000 +2 +148k
12. SIMPLY RED - STARS : 3,400,000 -1 +39k
13. SHANIA TWAIN - COME ON OVER : 3,360,000 -1 +16k
14. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS : 3,240,000 +1 +114k
15. JAMES BLUNT - BACK TO BEDLAM : 3,170,000 +4 +274k
16. THE VERVE - URBAN HYMNS : 3,160,000 -2 +106k
17. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER : 3,050,000 -1 +49k
18. DIDO - NO ANGEL : 3,040,000 -3 +38k
19. THE CORRS - TALK ON CORNERS : 2,950,000 -2 +5k
20. MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL : 2,940,000 -2 +103k
21. SPICE GIRLS - SPICE : 2,930,000 -2 +9k
22. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK : 2,910,000 Highest New Entry
23. DAVID GRAY - WHITE LADDER : 2,900,000 -2 +49k
24. DIDO - LIFE FOR RENT : 2,850,000 -2 +60k
25. THE BEATLES - 1 : 2,800,000 -1 +110k
26. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - LEGEND : 2,775,000 +9 +255k
27. PHIL COLLINS - BUT SERIOUSLY : 2,740,000 -4 +2k
28. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE : ~2,730,000 -2 +~65k (Virgin book excludes ~30/50k of 2007 re-issue)
29. SCISSOR SISTERS - SCISSOR SISTERS : 2,700,000 +4 +164k
30. COLDPLAY - A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD : 2,690,000 No Change +116k
31. KEANE - HOPES AND FEARS : 2,685,000 +4 +186k
32. TRAVIS - THE MAN WHO : 2,670,000 -7 +0.2k
33. LEONA LEWIS – SPIRIT : 2,660,000 New Entry
34. MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS : 2,630,000 -6 +55k
35. ABBA - GREATEST HITS : 2,600,000 -8 +1k
36. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL : 2,600,000 -5 +49k
37. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU : 2,560,000 -7 +4k
38. COLDPLAY - X&Y : 2,540,000 +3 +195k
39. JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION - WAR OF THE WORLDS : 2,540,000 -4 +88k
40. TAKE THAT - BEAUTIFUL WORLD : 2,535,000 New Entry
41. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE SOUND OF MUSIC : 2,485,000 -4 +46k
42. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - GREASE : 2,480,000 -3 +45k
43. NORAH JONES - COME AWAY WITH ME : 2,440,000 -3 +70k
44. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN : 2,435,000 -2 +92k
45. COLDPLAY - PARACHUTES : 2,435,000 No Change +110k
46. GEORGE MICHAEL - LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF : 2,415,000 -8 +6k
47. FLEETWOOD MAC - TANGO IN THE NIGHT : 2,360,000 -3 +26k
48. ROBSON & JEROME - ROBSON & JEROME : 2,335,000 -5 -1k
49. REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE : 2,300,000 -3 +30k
50. EMINEM - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP : 2,250,000 -2 +17k
51. WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHITNEY : 2,240,000 -3 +2k
52. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND : 2,240,000 -1 +37k
53. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING : 2,235,000 -3 +30k
54. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE BODYGUARD : 2,220,000 -1 +82k
55. SNOW PATROL - EYES OPEN - 2,210,000 New Entry
56. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING : 2,190,000 -5 +8k
57. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER : 2,170,000 -5 +19k
58. ELTON JOHN - THE VERY BEST OF : 2,135,000 -5 +0.5k
59. TINA TURNER - SIMPLY THE BEST : 2,130,000 -5 +9k
60. CELINE DION - FALLING INTO YOU : 2,115,000 -4 +22k
61. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - GREATEST HITS : 2,110,000 -1 +111k
62. KYLIE MINOGUE - KYLIE - THE ALBUM : 2,100,000 -6 -6k
63. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - LIFE THRU A LENS : 2,080,000 -6 +5k
64. BON JOVI - CROSS ROAD - THE BEST OF : 2,080,000 +7 +213k
65. GUNS N' ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION : 2,070,000 -1 +125k
66. EURYTHMICS - GREATEST HITS : 2,060,000 -8 +4k
67. ROBBIE WILLIAMS - ESCAPOLOGY : 2,050,000 -8 +13k
68. CELINE DION - LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE : 1,995,000 -7 +11k
69. MICHAEL JACKSON - DANGEROUS : ~1,995,000 -6 + ~11k (unless there's another version to add or something the Virgin book total of 2.163m is wrong - the Nov '06 total was 1,983,954 & it clearly hasn't sold that many since, & just a few weeks back MW gave 2,010,069)
70. KAISER CHIEFS - EMPLOYMENT : 1,990,000 +18 +217k
71. MADONNA - TRUE BLUE : 1,970,000 -7 +9k
72. THE BEATLES - ABBEY ROAD : 1,965,000 -5 +39k
73. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - GREATEST HITS : 1,960,000 +1 +120k
74. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - BY THE WAY : 1,950,000 -5 +35k
75. PHIL COLLINS - NO JACKET REQUIRED : 1,940,000 -9 +5k
76. CHRISTINA AGUILERA - STRIPPED : 1,935,000 -3 +84k
77. GREEN DAY - AMERICAN IDIOT : 1,930,000 +6 +130k
78. MAROON 5 - SONGS ABOUT JANE : 1,930,000 -7 +61k
79. SIMPLY RED - A NEW FLAME : 1,925,000 -11 +2k
80. LIONEL RICHIE - BACK TO FRONT : 1,925,000 +5 +131k
81. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND : 1,910,000 -1 +103k
82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - JUSTIFIED : 1,900,000 No Change +98k
83. LIONEL RICHIE - CAN'T SLOW DOWN : 1,895,000 -13 +3k
84. TEXAS - THE GREATEST HITS : 1,880,000 -4 +71k
85. KATIE MELUA - CALL OFF THE SEARCH : 1,860,000 +2 +79k
86. THE KILLERS - HOT FUSS : 1,850,000 New Entry
87. CELINE DION - THE COLOUR OF MY LOVE : 1,850,000 -10 +33k
88. MOBY - PLAY : 1,845,000 -12 +25k
89. THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - THE BEST OF : 1,835,000 -14 +6k
*90. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - SOUTH PACIFIC : ~1,833,000 *Don’t have the new total for this so I’ve just given it a fair estimate of 30k from it’s Nov 2006 total of 1,803,681 - down about 9 spots on it’s 81st position.
91. CRAIG DAVID - BORN TO DO IT : 1,825,000 -13 +8k
92. OASIS - BE HERE NOW : 1,820,000 -8 +20k
93. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE : 1,820,000 -2 +80k
94. REM - OUT OF TIME : 1,810,000 -8 +23k
95. BOYZONE - BY REQUEST : 1,800,000 -6 +29k
96. MEAT LOAF - BAT OUT OF HELL II : 1,780,000 -6 +34k
97 PINK - MISSUNDAZTOOD : 1,770,000 -3 +58k
98. STEREOPHONICS - JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO PERFORM : 1,760,000 -6 +28k
99. FRANK SINATRA MY WAY - THE BEST OF : 1,760,000 +7 +121k
100. AVRIL LAVIGNE - LET GO : 1,750,000 -5 +39k
101. BLONDIE - PARALLEL LINES : 1,740,000 -3 +46k
102. STEREOPHONICS - PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS : 1,735,000 -6 +24k
103. TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO… : 1,730,000 -10 +8k
104. LED ZEPPELIN - FOUR SYMBOLS : 1,720,000 New Entry
105. EVA CASSIDY - SONGBIRD : 1,715,000 New Entry
106. GEORGE MICHAEL - OLDER : 1,715,000 -6 +6k
107. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET : THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION : 1,710,000 New Entry
108. MADONNA - RAY OF LIGHT : 1,700,000 -7 +22k
109. WILL YOUNG - FRIDAY'S CHILD : 1,695,000 -4 +55K
110. CARRERAS/DOMINGO/PAVAROTTI - IN CONCERT : 1,690,000 -7 +21k
111. KYLIE MINOGUE - FEVER : 1,690,000 -12 +8k
112. GORILLAZ - DEMON DAYS : 1,685,000
113. DUFFY - ROCKFERRY : 1,685,000
114. JASON DONOVAN - 10 GOOD REASONS : 1,680,000 -14 -1k
115. ROD STEWART - THE BEST OF : 1,680,000
116. WESTLIFE - COAST TO COAST : 1,680,000 -14 +4k
117. QUEEN : GREATEST HITS I, II & III : 1,675,000
118. SNOW PATROL - FINAL STRAW : 1,660,000
119. ABBA - ARRIVAL : 1,655,000 -15 +2k
120. WHITNEY HOUSTON - GREATESTHITS : 1,650,000
121. TEXAS - WHITE ON BLONDE : 1,645,000 -13 +6k
122. WESTLIFE - UNBREAKABLE - THE GEATEST HITS VOL 1 : 1,645,000
123. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY - OCEAN DRIVE : 1,635,000 -15 +1k
124. MADONNA - LIKE A VIRGIN : 1,630,000 -15 +4k
125. KT TURNSTALL - EYE TO THE TELESCOPE : 1,625,000
126. DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - GOTTA GET THRU THIS : 1,625,000 -16 +10K
127. MADONNA - MUSIC : 1,615,000
128. SIMPLY RED - GREATEST HITS : 1,615,000
129. REM - IN TIME THE BEST OF - 1988-2003 : 1,600,000 (excludes probably about 40k of the limited edtion version)
130. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BORN IN THE USA : 1,595,000
131. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES : 1,595,000
132. THE EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA : 1,590,000
133. PHIL COLLINS - HITS : 1,590,000

+ Top artist compilation’s #’s 29 to 40

29. THE CARPENTERS – THE SINGLES 1969-1990 : 1,560,000
30. ELVIS – 30 NUMBER 1 HITS : 1,520,000
31. MICHAEL JACKSON – HISTORY – PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE BOOK 1 :
1,510,000
32. U2 – THE BEST OF 1980-1990 : 1,470,000 (excludes about 500k of the b-sides limited edition version)
33. DIRE STRAITS – MONEY FOR NOTHING : 1,465,000
34. ELTON JOHN – GREATEST HITS 1970-2002 : 1,440,000
35. ROD STEWART – THE STORY SO FAR – THE VERY BEST OF : 1,390,000
36. BARRY WHITE – THE COLLECTION : 1,380,000
37. GABRIELLE – DREAMS CAN COME TRUE – GREATEST HITS : 1,370,000
38. BARBRA STREISAND – LOVE SONGS : 1,365,000
39. CROWDED HOUSE – RECURRING DREAM – THE VERBEST OF : 1,335,000
40. CELINE DION – ALL THE WAY – A DECADE OF SONG : 1,300,000

+
The Beatles – Let It Be : 900,000
Boyzone - Where We Belong : 1,570,000 + Said & Done : 730,000
Mariah Carey Top 3 - Music Box : 1,500,000 + Greatest Hits : 750,000 + No.1’s : 690,000
The Corrs - In Blue : 1,030,000 + Forgiven Not Forgotten : 990,000
Dr Dre – 2001 : 985,000
Eminem - The Eminem Show : 1,495,000 + Curtain Call – The Hits : 1,215,000
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters : 240,000
Green Day - Dookie : 890,000 + Warning : 260,000
Bill Haly : Rock Around The Clock : 260,000
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston : 1,250,000
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 : 1,325,000
Pink - I’m Not Dead : 1,245,000 & Funhouse : 590,000
Prince - Purple Rain : 620,000 + The Black Album : 40,000
Radiohead – OK Computer : 1,400,000
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits : 1,190,000 + Californication : 1,140,000
Otis Redding - Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul : 325,000
Steps - Step One : 1,400,000 & Steptacular : 1,290,000 & Gold – The Greatest Hits : 1,100,000
Take That - The Circus : 1,450,000
Travis - The Invisible Band : 1,220,000 + Singles : 520,000
U2 - Rattle & Hum : 1,430,000
The Who - Who’s Next : 325,000
Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July : 820,000
Neil Young – Harvest : 900,000

Here it says that the totals for JT excludes the figures of the 2007 issue.

There are now 3 different figures for joshua tree. The 3rd one is the 2.753.000 figure at the BPI site. Wich one is the most plausible one?

And I mis Achtung baby (certified for 1.2m) and HTDAAB with sales of 1.238.000 according to the March 7 2009 edition of MW.

But overall great lists!!!
 
The Virgin book total for JT in that list is 2.680m. I just added in the approx 50k of the '07 re-issue which it was clearly missing.

Achtung Baby is probably somewhere around the 1.35m mark now in UK.
 
So correct recent combined sales breakdown for JT :

BPI/OCC Nov '06 all-time = 2,665,553 (26th)
+~15k of original +~72k of '07 re-issue
= BPI/OCC all-time update to wk of 14th June '09 : 2,752,787 (28th)
+~10k from further chart run
= MW/BPI/OCC all-time update to Sat 22nd Aug '09 : ~2,762,000 (still 28th)
+~8k from further chart run
= total now : ~2,770,000 (& still 28th)
 
Anyone know the estimated all-time sales figures of NLOTH and what it is compared to other albums which were at this point?
 
bcrt2000 said:
Anyone know the estimated all-time sales figures of NLOTH and what it is compared to other albums which were at this point?
Click to expand...


This is how the album is doing currently. With the exception of Lady Gaga, it is the biggest selling album of the year!

Don't compare it to sales of albums from the past. In 2009, the majority of people obtain their music for free so any comparison of sales of 2009 albums to 2005 or 2000 released albums would not be accurate at all. No album can sell like they did in 2005 or 2000 thanks to the internet, CD burning and other ways of obtaining music for free.


Best Selling Albums in 2009 WORLDWIDE as of WEEK 43


1. Lady Gaga The Fame 3,811,000
2. U2 No Line On The Horizon 3,295,000
3. Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 3,037,000
4. Michael Jackson Thriller 3,029,000
5. The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 2,784,000
6. Michael Jackson Number Ones 2,762,000
7. Taylor Swift Fearless 2,714,000
8. Eminem Relapse 2,638,000
9. soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 2,470,000
10. Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 2,466,000
11. Michael Jackson The Essential 2,265,000
12. Green Day 21st Century Breakdown 2,223,000
13. soundtrack Twilight 1,980,000
14. Pink Funhouse 1,946,000
15. Nickleback Dark Horse 1,770,000
 
all-time UK it's about their 15th best seller now between Pop & Boy, st like this :

1. The Joshua Tree : ~2,770,000 (2.752m to 14th June '09)
2. Best of 80-90 (both versions) : ~1,985,000 (1,919,678 to Sat 25th Nov 2006)
3. Rattle & Hum : ~1,440,000 (1.430m to end of '08)
4. UABRS : ~1,400,000 (3xP by April 1987 & ~1.1m by end of '80's)
5. Achtung Baby : ~1,350,000 (1.13m by Jan '98)
6. HTDAAB : ~1,245,000 (1.238m to ~wk 9 '09)
7. ATYCLB : ~1,150,000 (1,083,169 to ~Sat Feb 29th '05)
8. The Unforgettable Fire : ~960,000 (~810k by end of '80's)
9. U218 Singles : ~904,000
10. Best of 90-00 (both versions) : ~900,000 (871,765 to Sat 25th Nov 2006)
11. War : ~890,000 (~750k by end of '80's)
12. Zooropa : ~600,000 (~500k in '93)
13. October : ~450,000
14. Pop : ~444,000 (370k in '97)
15. NLOTH : ~360,000
16. Boy : ~350,000
17. WAIA : ~200,000

Total : ~17,200,000

btw, TUF re-issue #30 in today's mids
 
19th best selling albums artist in UK in 2009 with total sales of 694,028. NLOTH ended 34th with ~368k so total Back Catalogue sales were ~326k. 18 Singles was easily their top catalogue seller ending 98th with ~158k.
 
U2 albums in Italy EOY top 16,383 albums chart 2009 (thanks to Zago & MJD at UKMIX) :

Position - Title - Estimated Sales

05. NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - 205,769
253. THE JOSHUA TREE - 14,368
283. 18 SINGLES - 12,488
285. THE BEST OF 1980-1990 - 12,307
318. THE BEST OF 1990-2000 - 10,590
380. THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - 7,426
458. UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - 5,307
461. WAR - 5,267
551. BOY - 4,894
593. THE BEST OF 1980-2000 - 4,787
704. RATTLE AND HUM - 4,511
815. OCTOBER - 4,184
828. ACHTUNG BABY - 4,156
1,270. ZOOROPA - 3,068
1,520. HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB - 2,544
1,532. ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND - 2,520
1,891. POP - 1,945
2,753. GO HOME: LIVE FROM SIANE - 1,251
4,650. WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA - 783
15,825. DANCE REMIX - 103

Total ~308,268 (9th best selling albums artist)

Total Back Catalogue sales ~102,499
 
Is there anybody who have the chartruns for Hot 100 airplay and hot singles sales charts for:
- With Or Witout You
- I Still Haven't found
- Where The Streets Have No Name
- In God's Country
- Desire
- Angel Of Harlem
- WHen Love Comes To Town

Thanks.
 
U2's total UK single sales now up to 6,345,000 & 31st on the all-time list...

Courtesy of Shireblogger again at Haven music forums :

The Top 50 UK Singles Acts were originally revealed on Channel 4, on Sunday 22nd February 2004.

Here is VH1's up-date - shown today - Saturday 27th March 2010.

Just broadcast on VH1, the All-Time Top 40 Best Selling Singles Acts in the UK.

key: 2010 rank [2004 rank] :: artist -- total sales ä change since 2004 {rank in best sellers of the 00s}

1 [1] :: Cliff Richard -- 21,350k ä +381k
2 [3] :: Elvis Presley -- 20,840k ä +1,547k {27}
3 [2] :: Beatles -- 20,800k ä +0k
4 [4] :: Madonna -- 17,000k ä +2,437k {6}
5 [5] :: Elton John -- 14,725k ä +1,250k
6 [6] :: Michael Jackson -- 14,030k ä +2,719k {17}
7 [7] :: Queen -- 11,900k ä +1,565k
8 [8] :: Abba -- 10,040k ä +36k
9 [9] :: Paul McCartney / Wings -- 9,910k ä +128k
10 [10] :: David Bowie -- 9,910k ä +518k
11 [11] :: Rod Stewart -- 9,500k ä +454k
12 [13] :: Kylie Minogue -- 9,200k ä +1,206k {14}
13 [12] :: Rolling Stones -- 8,990k ä +642k
14 [14] :: Stevie Wonder -- 8,290k ä +676k
15 [17] :: Whitney Houston -- 7,800k ä +807k
16 [15] :: Spice Girls -- 7,780k ä +273k
17 [26] :: Oasis -- 7,645k ä +1,419k {18}
18 [19] :: George Michael -- 7,475k ä +656k
19 [16] :: Shakin' Stevens -- 7,260k ä +152k
~20 [52] :: Take That -- ~7,250k +~2,823k
21 [18] :: Bee Gees -- 7,200k ä +256k
22 [20] :: Status Quo -- 7,000k ä +272k
23 [25] :: Boyzone -- 6,750k ä +314k
24 [24] :: Blondie -- 6,745k ä +288k
25 [22] :: Slade -- 6,720k ä +200k
26 [23] :: Olivia Newton-John -- 6,630k ä +137k
27 [21] :: Boney M -- 6,560k ä -27k
28 [37] :: Robbie Williams -- 6,560k ä +1,587k {12}
29 new :: Britney Spears -- 6,420k ä {3}
30 [28] :: Tom Jones -- 6,375k ä +483k
31 [47] :: U2 -- 6,345k ä +1,682k {34}
32 [27] :: UB40 -- 6,345k ä +348k
33 [44] :: Westlife -- 6,320k ä +1,594k {2}
34 [29] :: Celine Dion -- 6,140k ä +457k
35 new :: Mariah Carey -- 6,140k ä {31}
36 [30] :: Police -- 5,940k ä +323k
37 [31] :: Madness -- 5,850k ä +286k
38 [32] :: Diana Ross -- 5,675k ä +348k
39 [33] :: Wham! -- 5,660k ä +362k
40 new :: Prince -- 5,620k ä >+1,100k
41 new :: Eminem -- 5,540k ä {1}
 
Anyone know how the album's worldwide numbers are now? Just interesting to see where things landed.
 
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