U2 presence on the Billboard Charts

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Since I get the info, I thought I'd start a thread updating all the chart watchers on how U2 fares on each week's edition of the Billboard chart...at least until we have another album. Starting with last week's issue (August 12):

Best Of 1980-1990 climbs 11 more spots to #28 on the Pop Catalog chart. With the BB Hot 200 albums sales down right now, the BB Top 200 Comprehensive albums sales chart that measures sales of the Top 200 albums, regardless of when they were released, looked vastly different than the BB Hot 200.

Anyway, the point here is that U2's Best Of missed the Top 200 by a hair...as the #26 Pop Catalog album made it at #197, and we're probably talking about sales differences of less than 50 units per chart position.

In Norway, the Aug 12 edition continues to show One at #2, which makes this 3 weeks in a row after it peaked in the Top Slot.

Similarly, The European Hot 100 Singles shows that One has gone from 23-22-21 in the last 3 weeks, reversing the trend that had the song dropping previously.

 

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Great jump for Best Of 80-90. Must have sold about 4,500 then (# 200 on the 'normal' BB chart did 4,300).

 

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Moving higher...

Great jump for Best Of 80-90. Must have sold about 4,500 then (# 200 on the 'normal' BB chart did 4,300).

That was last week...this week, the B/O 1980-90 jumps from 28 to 18 on the Pop Catalog Chart with the "Greatest Gainer" designation.

TW LW 2WK WKS TOT Artist, "Title" Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Peak Position
<GREATEST GAINER>
18 28 39 189 U2, The Best Of 1980-1990 2 Island | 524613 | IDJMG | (18.98/12.98) 2


The jump on the Pop Catalog results in the highest re-entry into the BB Hot 200 Comprehenisve Album Chart (no time limit, just straight sales).

TW LW 2WK WKS TOT Artist, "Title" Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Peak Position
Re-entry
169 - - 14 U2, The Best Of 1980-1990 2 Island | 524613 | IDJMG | (18.98/12.98) 89

I'll add the Euro chart information once it gets updated. Anyone know why the first "Best Of" is selling like this? Hawaii?

 

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Re: Moving higher...

That was last week...this week, the B/O 1980-90 jumps from 28 to 18 on the Pop Catalog Chart with the "Greatest Gainer" designation.

TW LW 2WK WKS TOT Artist, "Title" Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Peak Position
<GREATEST GAINER>
18 28 39 189 U2, The Best Of 1980-1990 2 Island | 524613 | IDJMG | (18.98/12.98) 2


The jump on the Pop Catalog results in the highest re-entry into the BB Hot 200 Comprehenisve Album Chart (no time limit, just straight sales).

TW LW 2WK WKS TOT Artist, "Title" Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Peak Position
Re-entry
169 - - 14 U2, The Best Of 1980-1990 2 Island | 524613 | IDJMG | (18.98/12.98) 89

Wowa ! must've done over 5k. At this rate its soon gonna reach the 3m mark (should be about 2,800,000 now).

 

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Best Of soldiers on...

The Aug 26 edition of Billboard is out, and U2 continues it's surge with the Best of 1980-1990, which rises 5 more spots on the Billboard Comprehensive Top 200 albums to #164 w/a bullet.

Oddly, it slipped two spots to #20 on BB's Pop Catalog Top 40.

In Europe, One continues a pretty impressive run, holding nearly steady at #23 on the Euro Top 100 singles. One also holds on to #2 in Norway for yet another week. While the song has disappeared from the U.S. on Billboard, it has actually re-entered the Top 100 on the Pop radio-play only charts, jumping some 25 spots to #94 as of yesterday.

It may re-enter the BB Pop 100 next week, barely, but for the most part, the song has not done too much here in the States.

 

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Billboard 9/2 Issue

Best of 1980-90 slips to #25 on the Pop Catalog chart, which is good enough to place it at #182 on Billboard's comprehensive Top 200 Album chart.

In Europe, One was at #23 last week, and is at #25 this week.

In Norway, where One hit the top spot about a month ago, then spent a couple weeks at #1...well, it has been the #1 song for two weeks straight again on Billboard's International Singles chart.