Vertigo - Week 12/All Because of You - Week 2/ HTDAAB - Week 3

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Here is a mini-summary of all the rankings.

Feel free to add other countries - especially if you have sales data - or any other chart news. Note that Canada is not yet updated for Week 3. Also, if anyone has "Vetigo's" runs in Australia, in the U.K. and other countries, please post. Also, if you have the run of "Vertigo" on the U.S. Dance charts, please post.

"Vertigo" does reach a new high on the U.S. dance charts and the U.S. Adult Top 40 charts, reaching the Top 10 on both.

Vertigo - Week 12/All Because of You - Week 2/ HTDAAB - Week 3

Vertigo - U.S. only

Top 100: 46-44-39-32-32-32-31-31-36-36-36

Modern Rock: 18-4-2-2-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-9

Mainstream Rock: 27-12-10-6-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-4

Adult Top 40: 35-23-19-18-18-19-17-15-15-13-12-10

Digital: NA-1-4-4-1-1-1-3-4-3-out of Top 10-out of Top 10

Hot Dance/Club: -14-8 (8 weeks total on charts)


All Because of You - U.S. only

Modern Rock: 27-16


HTDAAB

U.S.

Top 200: 1-2-2

Sales: 3,206(street violations) + 839,724 + 288,446 + 280,000
(Total = 1,411,000 (estimate))


U.K.

HTDAAB

Chart: 1-1-1

Sales: 200,866 + 127,982 + 178,539
(Total = 507,387)


Canada

HTDAAB

Chart: 1-2 -

Sales: 94,700 + 47,200 +

Vertigo

Airplay Chart: ...1-1


Australia

HTDAAB

Chart: 1-3-3


Ireland

HTDAAB

Chart: 1-1-1


Japan

HTDAAB

Chart: 4-9-14

Sales: 84,129 + 44,394 + 24,903
(Total = 153,426)
 
Please ADD any data to this thread if you see it. For example, exact SoundScan sales in the U.S., chart news for Canada, and any weekly tallies for "Vertigo" in various countries. Plus, any news from other countries is welcome.
 
Here is Canadian Information:

Shania Twain kept a firm grip on the Canadian charts this week, holding Irish rockers U2 well back at No. 2 for the second week in a row.

Buoyed by increased holiday sales, Twain's "Greatest Hits" compilation sold 61,700 copies to remain at No. 1, up from 56,100 last week.

Meanwhile, sales of U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" continued to drop, down to 40,300 from last week's 47,200, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The holiday season was also good to Green Day. Sales of "American Idiot" topped 26,600 this week, enough to push the punk rockers up four spots to No. 4 and giving "American Idiot" triple platinum status in Canada after 12 weeks on the charts.

Sales of Eminem's "Encore" also increased slightly, but not enough to move him up from the No. 3 position.



Canada

HTDAAB

Chart: 1-2-2

Sales: 94,700 + 47,200 + 40,300
(Total: 182,200)


I am a bit surprised U2 isn't doing even better in Canada. Even when U2 were floundering in the U.S. with "Pop", U2's sales were incredible in Canada then. This same pattern was true with the "Best Of's", various singles and ATYCLB. Not that #2 is "bad" by any means, it's just that I thought U2 would be doing even better in Canada, especially since "Vertigo" hit #1 on the airwaves. Yet the "Vertigo" CD singles failed to hit #1 and the album seems be sliding. Hmmm.... :hmm:
 
Mofre info from canadian charts:

Single version of Vertigo is #6
Chart run: 3-3-2-6-6

Maxi version is #5
Chart run: 2-2-4-5-5


Vox
 
doctorwho said:
I am a bit surprised U2 isn't doing even better in Canada. Even when U2 were floundering in the U.S. with "Pop", U2's sales were incredible in Canada then. This same pattern was true with the "Best Of's", various singles and ATYCLB. Not that #2 is "bad" by any means, it's just that I thought U2 would be doing even better in Canada, especially since "Vertigo" hit #1 on the airwaves. Yet the "Vertigo" CD singles failed to hit #1 and the album seems be sliding. Hmmm.... :hmm:
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Well, I think U2 are doing extremely well in Canada. IIRC, their album is almost double platinum in consumer sales (comparable to 1.8 million US copies). The only thing is, a Canadian artist is doing better. This again shows the relativity of the charts. You can sell very well, but when someone sells even better then you won't go to the top position. It was the same situation with the US debut of ATYCLB. And if U2's album was released one or two weeks earlier, then it would have sold less than Eminem in the US. In any case, I don't think that almost double platinum in three weeks is something for concert. :D

C ya!

Marty (will make his Dutch report soon)
 
Popmartijn said:


Well, I think U2 are doing extremely well in Canada. IIRC, their album is almost double platinum in consumer sales (comparable to 1.8 million US copies). The only thing is, a Canadian artist is doing better. This again shows the relativity of the charts. You can sell very well, but when someone sells even better then you won't go to the top position. It was the same situation with the US debut of ATYCLB. And if U2's album was released one or two weeks earlier, then it would have sold less than Eminem in the US. In any case, I don't think that almost double platinum in three weeks is something for concert. :D

C ya!

Marty (will make his Dutch report soon)
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All true - but take a good look at the Canadian report. I'm not concerned that U2 is #2 - that's fantastic. What concerns me is that U2 slipped while Eminem and Shania and many others rose. That also happened in the U.S., but I expected that in the U.S. I didn't expect that in Canada. I figured U2 would also rise this week in sales there. Oh well.


P.S. I never post any Dutch news as you provide such excellent reports. :yes: So please don't think I'm excluding the Dutch charts - I'd rather just wait for your report!
 
Hello,

While the week before last was a high-activity shopping week in the Netherlands (due to the Sinterklaas feast), last week was probably a lot slower. Christmas sales will probably pick up this week and the next. But high sales or low sales, the charts will go on! So here are the results of the Dutch charts. The charts are compiled by the Mega Charts (http://www.megacharts.nl).
In its first two weeks on the charts HTDAAB had a comfortable (65+%) margin over the #2 record. However, this week the album needs to take a small step back as a new album debuts at #1. However, during most of the week it was a close race between HTDAAB and the new album by Dutch 'rock chick' Anouk, Hotel New York. In the end the difference was 17%. With Hotel New York immediately earning a gold record for the sales of 40,000+ copies we can deduct that U2 still sold a lot of records, just not enough to keep the #1 position.
BTW, U2's 9th consecutive #1 album (a record) takes them also to the second place in acts with most #1 albums, next to Queen. Only the Rolling Stones have more #1 albums in the Netherlands, with 12 albums reaching the top position. Fourth is Abba with 7 albums. The data apart from U2 that I have only goes to 1999, so maybe some local artist has managed to get (almost) as many #1 albums, but if not then U2 are next to only those artists mentioned when talking about number of #1 albums.
Here is the chart run for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (29-11-2004)
1-1-2

On the singles chart Vertigo continues its journey to the bottom of the charts. However, the single isn't dropping fast, just a slow but definitive descent. After four weeks in the Top Ten it slides down to #13. Still, the single did its job, promoting the album and giving the band its 22nd Top Ten hit (out of 32 charting singles).
Chart run Vertigo (15-11-2004)
2-3-3-10-13

C ya!

Marty
 
Also remember that the iTunes campaign meant essentially nothing to Canadians because when U2 was promoting themselves via iTunes, we still did not have access to that in Canada and sales of the iPod in Canada were considerably lower than in the US. Therefore, you cannot compare the levels of promotion the album has received here to those in the US. Frankly, when ATYCLB was released, I remember much more promotion in terms of posters and displays in HMV, whereas now, it was almost low key. I am not sure why.
 
Interesting that Vertigo went back to Number 1 in Spain, and back up to number 2 on the world chart -= pretty amazing !


Will be interesting to see worldwide sales of Bomb this week - I expect it to rise to number 1 again.


Mike
 
Billboard Weekly Update - December 25, 2004

Billboard Comprehensive Albums - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - #2
(11/12/2004 - Run: *1*-2-2)

The Billboard 200 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - #2
(11/12/2004 - Run: *1*-2-2)

Top Internet Albums - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - #1
(04/12/2004 - Run: 9-*1*-1-1)

Soundscan sales this week: 280,332
Total so far: 1.411,708



Billboard Hot 100 - Vertigo - #36
(09/10/2004 - Run: 46-45-44-39-32-32-32-*31*-31-36-36-36)

Hot 100 Airplay - Vertigo - #35
(09/10/2004 - Run: 43-41-41-39-31-33-31-*30*-31-35-35-35)

Top 40 Tracks - Vertigo - #37
(18/12/2004 - Run: 39-*37*)

Hot Digital Tracks - Vertigo (Album version) - #13
(11/12/2004 - Run: 30-*13*-13)

Hot Dance Music/Club Play - Vertigo (Jacknife Lee Mixes) - #8
(13/11/2004 - Run: 46-36-24-20-16-14-*8*)

Modern Rock Tracks - Vertigo - #9
(09/10/2004 - Run: 18-4-2-2-*1*-1-1-1-3-3-5-9)

Modern Rock Tracks - All Because Of You - #16
(18/12/2004 - Run: 27-*16*)

Mainstream Rock Tracks - Vertigo - #4
(09/10/2004 - Run: 27-12-10-6-5-4-4-*3*-3-3-3-4)

Adult Top 40 - Vertigo - #10
(09/10/2004 - Run: 35-23-19-18-18-19-17-15-15-13-*12*-10)


Out this week:
Hot Digital Tracks - Vertigo (Single version)
(16/10/2004 - Run: *1*-4-4-1-1-1-3-4-3-25)
 
In Italy HTDAAB dropped from #1 to #4 this week!
I really can't explain this huge drop in my country especially compared to ATYCLB's chart run in the first 10 weeks:1-1-2-3-4-5-5-6-5-5
The saddest thing is that there is no new debut and that blue are in the top spot. I can't believe that italians are listening to such a crap music!
 
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Florence76 said:
In Italy HTDAAB dropped from #1 to #4 this week!
I really can't explain this huge drop in my country especially compared to ATYCLB's chart run in the first 10 weeks:1-1-2-3-4-5-5-6-5-5
The saddest thing is that there is no new debut and that blue are in the top spot. I can't believe that italians are listening to such a crap music!
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..ci riprenderemo!!..scarsissima promozione, non credi??
 
doctorwho said:
Thanks Soldatti! It's good to have the actual SoundScan data. Hopefully you can supply us with numbers the next few weeks when Hits is down.

P.S. You need to change your Adult Top 40 to reflect "Vertigo's" new high position! :)
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Adult Top 40 - Vertigo - #10
(09/10/2004 - Run: 35-23-19-18-18-19-17-15-15-13-12-*10*)

Done :wave:

I will try to get numbers for the next 2 weeks, I know that it's hard to get numbers in Holiday season but I trust in my source and friend.
Out of that I will be out two weeks (Jan 3-16) for vacations, I will post all the updates and numbers for that two weeks on Jan. 17-18, meanwhile don't you worry: U2's album will be Top 10 still and at least you can see raw numbers on Billboard...
 
Your vacation corresponds nicely with what should be the return of Hits. If you can provide numbers on the 22nd/23rd and 28th/29th (or whenever you get them from your friend), we'll have those important holiday sales weeks done. Then we can get data from Hits until you can provide actual SoundScan numbers.

And, as Sting2 pointed out, sometimes Billboard will list sales (to the nearest thousand) of many artists in the top 10. So between these 3 sources, we hopefully won't have to estimate.

I'm most anxious to see how HTDAAB does in the next 2 weeks. It's so close to 300K already, that I'm wondering if Sting2's prediction of 400K will become reality!
 
..ci riprenderemo!!..scarsissima promozione, non credi?? [/B][/QUOTE]

Ciao Cicolo!
Si, stranamente la promozione di quest'album non è stata all'altezza delle precedenti, almeno qui in Italia. Spero che con il prossimo singolo le cose cambino!
Ciao Gianluca!
 
Chart news from Europe

Sweden 1
Finland 6
Denmark 8 (1x platinum)
Austria 3
Switzerland 1
Germany 2 (very good result as Germany is one of the biggest music markets in the world with a population of 80m odd)
Italy 4 (see previous comments, but it will rebound - U2 are huge in Italia)
France 4
Greece 3 (Gold)
Ireland 1 (home ground advantage)
Czech Republic 5
Belgium 1 (1x platinum)
Netherlands 2
Spain 5 (2 platinum)
Hungary 9
U.K 1

Brazil is at number 5 - 1 platinum

A little bit of chart trivia - Best of 80-90 back in the Irish charts at number 73. It has only spent a mere 214 weeks in the Irish top 75.

Here's to a U.K number one this week. 4 weeks at number 1 will be an amazing effort if it can do it. Early reports are suggesting 150k to 180k sales week. JT's record as U2's top selling album in the U.K is looking just a little shakey - early days yet, but possible
 
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