Week 12/13

[mike63]

Week 12

In the World Chart Best Of falls to 15 - now needs a publicity push from Hands.

Bastian - the link is www.mediatraffic.de/albums


In Ireland it falls just one place to 8


Mike

 

[Popmartijn]

Hello,

Here are again the results of the Dutch jury. As usual, all data is provided by the Mega Top 50 (http://www.planet.nl/music/0,1235,79_1855,00.html).
In its 12th week The Best Of 1990-2000 drops to its lowest position to date. After holding its position at #6 for a few weeks the album now drops 3 places to #9. As said, it is the lowest position to date, but it's still in the top 10. There is a small asterisk to U2's position as the 2 versions are counted together.
Here is the chart run for The Best Of 1990-2000 (16-11-02):
1-1-3-4-4-6-7-6-7-6
6-9

There are no other U2 albums on the regular album chart and there will not be any other U2 albums on it for a while. In the newly founded Back Catalog Top 50 The Best Of 1980-1990 has again entered the charts. It was #50 two weeks ago, fell off the chart last week and thus re-enters this week. last week. I think the sales needed for charting in the Back Catalog Top 50 are so low that it'll always be a very volatile chart (I think we're talking maybe at several hundred copies a week).
The 3rd chart run for The Best Of 1980-1990 on the Back Catalog Top 50 was (8-2-03):
6

There are no U2 singles on the singles chart (again a Top 50 since 1 January).

As I said, last week was supposedly a slow week. Robbie Williams has the #1 album with Escapology. However, Eminem's Lose Yourself lost it as it drops to #2 this week, while Blue & Elton John reach the top position with a remake of Elton's Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

C ya!

Marty

 

[A Maaaaaaan]

Denmark #10 (#20)

Belgium #10 (#9)

Germany #28 (#26)

Austria #24 (#18)

Switzerland #11 (#9)

Italy #6 (#5)

Ireland #8 (#7)

The Czech Republic #11 (#23)

Australia #22 (#16)

New Zealand #28 (#16)

The Netherlands #9 (#6)


Canada

Best Of & B-Sides #78 (#56)
Best Of #35 (#28)

The UK

Best Of & B-Sides #70 (#56)
Best Of is not in the TOP 75


World Chart #15 (#10)

 

[Tomsoundscn]

SoundScan total sales are up 8%, but best of U2 goes down 22%, and B-sides is out of top 200, last week it was 184.

12 INIL 115 117 154 U2|BEST OF 1990-2000 6680 8528 359272 -22% -1848

Pearl Jam (also 12 chartweeks) have done a little bit better, up 4%

12 EPIC 155 173 176 PEARL JAM|RIOT ACT 5639 5446 403691 4% 193


Tom

 

[Bastian]

Thanks Mike63 for the link.
The Best Of has now definitely showed its bad charting in the US (the B-sides version is already out of top 200 without reaching the 500k copies sold...)
Anyway in Europe it's doing well
I think it will reach 8 million copies sold worlwide at the end of 2003 it could eventually pass the10 million copies in the next years if it's going to do well on the Cataloug chart in the US

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Not too bad for Pearl Jam. They've now passed the 400,000 mark with exactly 403,691 copies sold.

 

[doctorwho]

U.S. SoundScan Numbers

Good News/Bad News time...

The good news is that while I did not receive SoundScan information for Week 11/12, I did receive it for Week 12/13, which provides the Week 11/12 numbers.

The bad news is that the 90's "Best Of + B-sides" fell out of the Top 200, while it charted at #184 last week. I do not have the actual sales numbers for it for last week or this week - so estimates will have to be made. The album at #184 this week sold 5,381 copies. I will use this number to estimate the "Best of + B-sides" sales for last week. The album at #200 album this week sold 4,856 copies - so clearly the "Best Of + B-sides" must have sold less than that. The "Best Of + B-sides" version decreased by ~1.5K copies sold from Weeks 10 to 11. Therefore, I will use that same decrease to estimate Week 13 for the "B-Sides" version of the release.

Below are chart & sales summaries for the 90's "Best Of + B-sides", "Best Of" and their combined efforts. Many countries have combined the sales of both versions, which ranks the album higher on the charts. However, in the U.S., the albums are listed separately (Canada does this as well). Therefore, I wanted to make a "combined" list to show where the album would have ranked on the charts had the sales of both versions been combined. This last item, IMO, is a better indicator of the overall success of the "Best Of".


90's "Best Of + B-sides":

Charts:
#3 - 27 - 49 - 62 - 80 - 91- 88 - 93 - 100 - 134
163 - 184 - out of Top 200

Sales:
184,804 + 59,694 + 31,512 + 36,916 + 26,344 + 33,292 + 44,681+ 33,055 + 13,613 + 7,469 + 6,017 + ~5,400+ ~4,000

Total Estimated Sales:
487,000


90's "Best Of":

Charts:
#34 - 57 - 49 - 58 - 56 - 58 - 64 - 88 - 94 - 115
117 - 154

Sales:
37,922 + 26,436 + 50,687 + 34,331 + 49,635 + 64,412 + 44,993 + 15,377 + 11,048 + 9,223 + 8,528 + 6,680

Total Sales:
359,272


Combined:

Charts (estimated, theoretical position if sales were combined):
#3 - 13 - 30 - 29 - 35 - 37 - 39 - 40 - 45 - 52
62 - 65 - 87

Sales (combined weekly sales of both albums):
184,804 + 97,616 + 57,948 + 87,603 + 60,675 + 82,927 + 109,093 + 78,048 + 28,990 + 18,517 + 15,240 + ~13,900+ ~10,700

Total Estimated Sales (for both albums):
846,000

As shown, the combined sales have approached 850,000 copies in the U.S. The combined "Best Of" releases saw a scant ~9% sales drop last week - which could be attributed to U2's appearance on the Golden Globes. However, this week, the sales dropped a slightly more significant 23%, which would put the combined effort at approximately #87 on the charts. Keep in mind, though, that I am estimating the sales for the "Best Of + B-Sides" for the past two weeks. Still, these drops are very small and bode well for the future, long-term Catalog sales of the 90's "Best Of".

The "B-Sides" version of the album has officially sold close to 500,000 copies in the U.S. Due to RIAA rules, this should certify it as Platinum. The single CD version should be certified as Gold. While both albums are selling less than the 80's "Best Of", this should not be of a surprise to anyone. The 90's single CD version is on a similar track to the 80's single CD (which never charted high).

 

[doctorwho]

U2's "The Best Of" DVD continues to sell well in the U.S., remaining in the Top 10. However, over a year after its release, the "Elevation" concert DVD has fallen fallen from the Top 50.

Here is a list of the Top 25 selling DVD music videos for this past week.

CHART: Top DVD Music Videos Page 1 of 1
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

9 WAR 1 1 1 GROBAN*JOSH|IN CONCERT 8150 8959
10 CAP 2 2 2 MCCARTNEY*PAUL|BACK IN THE U.S 3289 3703
206 GEFN 7 4 3 EAGLES|HELL FREEZES OVER 2238 2143
13 RCA 6 3 4 MATTHEWS*DAVE B|LIVE AT FOLSOM 2042 2349
10 ROAD 3 5 5 SLIPKNOT|DISASTERPIECES 2037 2123
1 COL --- --- 6 PLAY|PLAYIN' AROUND THE WORLD 1750 8
8 INIL 4 6 7 U2|BEST OF 1990-2000 1650 1962
11 COL 10 8 8 TAYLOR*JAMES & |PULL OVER 1379 1720
8 WAR 8 10 9 MORISSETTE*ALAN|FEAST OF SCRAP 1375 1529
13 WAR 9 9 10 CLAPTON*ERIC|ONE MORE CAR ONE 1304 1568
4 IMAG 5 7 11 BEE GEES|ONE NIGHT ONLY-LIVE 1248 1745
22 EGVN 15 13 12 JACKSON*JANET|LIVE IN HAWAII 1196 1125
136 WAR 14 12 13 FLEETWOOD MAC|DANCE 1190 1278
11 EPIC 11 11 14 KORN|LIVE 1107 1293
125 ARI 18 14 15 SANTANA|SUPERNATURAL LIVE 1050 1067
48 EPIC 19 18 16 SADE|LOVERS LIVE 982 982
146 EPIC 22 20 17 VAUGHAN*STEVIE |LIVE FROM AUST 931 947
12 MCA 12 17 18 HENDRIX*JIMI|BLUE WILD ANGEL/L 926 1012
22 MERN 32 30 19 TWAIN*SHANIA|PLATINUM COLLECTI 864 747
7 EPIC 25 19 20 VAUGHAN*STEVIE |LIVE AT THE EL 855 975
60 UNIV 20 15 21 ELTON JOHN|ONE NIGHT ONLY 832 1037
43 EAGL 23 21 22 KRALL*DIANA|LIVE IN PARIS 807 939
16 HOL 21 22 23 QUEEN|VOL. 1-GREATEST VIDEO HI 804 909
36 EPIC 29 23 24 INCUBUS|MORNING VIEW SESSIONS 782 871
7 DTRU 26 16 25 VA-DRIVE-THRU R|DRIVE-THRU REC 779 1013

 

[doctorwho]

U.S. Catalog SoundScan Numbers

Below are the Catalog charts for the U.S. this past week. Note that the 80's "Best Of" and ATYCLB are still charting here (which I have highlighted in bold and in a dark red color). ATYCLB continues to sell ~2K copies per week in the U.S. Perhaps someone wants to do an update on total sales for ATYCLB in the U.S.??



CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 1 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

128 COL 6 6 1 DIXIE CHICKS|WIDE OPEN SPACES 11306 8862
48 COL 7 7 2 DIXIE CHICKS|FLY 10643 8499
13 CAP 9 8 3 COLDPLAY|PARACHUTES 10450 8154
9 LHWY 3 1 4 O BROTHER WHERE|SOUNDTRACK 9595 10271
123 MERN 18 14 5 TWAIN*SHANIA|COME ON OVER 9581 6492
12 CAP 2 3 6 BEATLES|BEATLES 1 9281 9930
318 CAP 5 4 7 SEGER*BOB|GREATEST HITS 8997 9281
5 TILI 21 21 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS|SONGS 4 WORSHI 8567 5638
19 EPIC 4 2 9 GOOD CHARLOTTE|GOOD CHARLOTTE 7488 10008
119 LAVA 15 17 10 KID ROCK|DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE 7476 6389
16 WAR 10 11 11 LINKIN PARK|HYBRID THEORY 7224 6998
1 ECSM --- --- 12 VARIOUS/SLOW JA|FAVORITE LOVE 7055 326
37 INT 8 9 13 EMINEM|MARSHALL MATHERS LP 7038 7276
33 LYST 13 10 14 RASCAL FLATTS|RASCAL FLATTS 6987 7111
11 CURB 11 12 15 MCGRAW*TIM|GREATEST HITS 6892 6833
46 WAR 16 13 16 DISTURBED|SICKNESS 6707 6694
422 EEG 19 16 17 AC/DC|BACK IN BLACK 6683 6425
4 UNIV 1 5 18 BEE GEES|ONE NIGHT ONLY 6366 9279
19 BNA 12 15 19 CHESNEY*KENNY|GREATEST HITS 6336 6452
122 ATLG 20 22 20 COLLINS*PHIL|HITS 6212 5631
27 CURB 14 19 21 COYOTE UGLY|SOUNDTRACK 6127 5757
64 EPIC 31 27 22 DION*CELINE|ALL THE WAY-A DECA 5822 4985
58 ISL 39 34 23 BON JOVI|SLIPPERY WHEN WET 5579 4535
71 WNDU 22 23 24 CREED|HUMAN CLAY 5521 5340
318 EEG 27 25 25 METALLICA|METALLICA 5479 5179
7 TRSF 33 28 26 GREEN*AL|GREATEST HITS 5468 4918
602 ISL 26 20 27 MARLEY*BOB & WA|LEGEND-BEST OF 5460 5754
613 CAP 25 24 28 PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO 5425 5281
60 MOT 65 42 29 TEMPTATIONS|VOL. 1-BEST OF TEM 5358 4185
611 WAR 17 18 30 TAYLOR*JAMES|GREATEST HITS 5356 5967
40 INT 23 26 31 EMINEM|SLIM SHADY 5103 4995
161 ISL 47 39 32 BON JOVI|CROSS ROAD 4879 4208
169 WAR 29 29 33 ENYA|PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS- 4874 4901
275 ISL 35 32 34 DEF LEPPARD|VAULT-GREATEST HIT 4848 4633
5 CURB 28 37 35 WILLIAMS*HANK J|VOL. 1-GREATES 4691 4421
319 EEG 43 45 36 AC/DC|LIVE 4686 4053
2 EPIC --- 35 37 LOPEZ*JENNIFER|J. LO 4611 4455
115 INT 51 52 38 TUPAC|GREATEST HITS 4331 3862
86 ARI 48 50 39 SANTANA|SUPERNATURAL 4291 3988
11 WAR 34 33 40 ENYA|DAY WITHOUT RAIN 4232 4631
105 COL 52 38 41 CASH*JOHNNY|16 BIGGEST HITS 4231 4266
65 WAR 32 44 42 HILL*FAITH|BREATHE 4142 4110
193 EPIC 42 40 43 KING*CAROLE|TAPESTRY (REM) 4125 4202
324 UNIV 30 36 44 ABBA|GOLD-GREATEST HITS 4064 4441
211 CAP 49 46 45 POISON|1986-96-GREATEST HITS 4037 4039
118 AAM 81 59 46 STEVENS*CAT|GREATEST HITS 3962 3759
5 MOT 165 96 47 JACKSON 5|MILLENNIUM COLLECTIO 3957 2797
324 HOL 37 51 48 QUEEN|GREATEST HITS 3894 3940
53 CAP 57 41 49 SINATRA*FRANK|CLASSIC SINATRA 3886 4197
57 WAR 41 49 50 ZZ TOP|GREATEST HITS 3883 3995


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 2 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

420 CAP 50 46 51 BEATLES|ABBEY ROAD 3869 4039
100 MCA 61 63 52 LYNYRD SKYNYRD|BEST OF LYNYRD 3867 3580
8 CAP 53 43 53 LENNON*JOHN|LENNON LEGEND 3856 4125
15 VRGN 45 58 54 KRAVITZ*LENNY|GREATEST HITS 3852 3765
32 UNIV 63 57 55 NELLY|COUNTRY GRAMMAR 3812 3770
5 MOT 149 94 56 COMMODORES|BEST OF COMMODORES- 3761 2816
56 DRR 75 77 57 TUPAC|ALL EYEZ ON ME 3758 3116
19 UNIV 54 62 58 ABBA|BEST OF ABBA-MILLENNIUM C 3756 3600
6 DEF 77 60 59 BEASTIE BOYS|LICENSED TO ILL 3747 3729
111 COL 40 56 60 NELSON*WILLIE|16 BIGGEST HITS 3710 3773
167 WNDU 58 66 61 CREED|MY OWN PRISON 3628 3419
236 MCA 43 55 62 SUBLIME|SUBLIME 3615 3775
318 MCA 36 61 63 PETTY*TOM & THE|GREATEST HITS 3592 3623
7 CURB 64 75 64 JUDDS|NUMBER ONE HITS 3583 3173
16 DECC 38 31 65 MAMMA MIA!|ORIGINAL CAST 3543 4699
1 INTY --- --- 66 INTEGRITY MU|GOD WILL MAKE A W 3536 41
46 RCA 70 69 67 GRAY*DAVID|WHITE LADDER 3482 3365
117 CAP 69 65 68 BEACH BOYS|VOL. 1-GREATEST HIT 3452 3424
6 MOT 100 86 69 GAYE*MARVIN|VOL. 2-MILLENNIUM 3318 2960
112 MERN 60 79 70 KEITH*TOBY|VOL. 1-GREATEST HIT 3306 3105
5 ISL 99 80 71 WHITE*BARRY|GREATEST HITS VOL. 3281 3099
79 COL 71 68 72 SYSTEM OF A DOW|SYSTEM OF A DO 3272 3412
424 FAN 78 74 73 CREEDENCE CLEAR|VOL. 1-CHRONIC 3228 3225
613 COL 74 72 74 JOURNEY|GREATEST HITS 3218 3271
310 COL 59 67 75 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|GREATEST HITS 3206 3417
73 WAR 62 69 76 SINATRA*FRANK|VOL. 1-GREATEST 3205 3365
474 ISL 94 81 77 JOHN*ELTON|GREATEST HITS 3151 3083
117 ISL 66 71 78 U2|BEST OF U2-1980-90 3127 3325
423 CAP 55 78 79 MILLER*STEVE BA|GREATEST HITS 3113 3115
319 WAR 67 64 80 SINATRA*FRANK|VERY GOOD YEARS 3112 3470
5 ECSM 84 84 81 SINATRA*FRANK|GOLD 3082 2970
47 MCA 56 76 82 LYNYRD SKYNYRD|ALL TIME GREATE 3081 3149
6 INT 90 85 83 DR. DRE|DR. DRE 2001 3068 2964
306 COL 72 89 84 DAVIS*MILES|KIND OF BLUE 3055 2907
276 ARI 73 87 85 JACKSON*ALAN|GREATEST HITS COL 3025 2919
177 ARI 76 91 86 BROOKS & DUNN|GREATEST HITS CO 2974 2897
111 COL 68 82 87 AEROSMITH|GREATEST HITS 2957 3044
94 EPIC 91 93 88 SADE|BEST OF SADE 2954 2871
150 MFL 83 95 89 VA-FAVORITES SE|TODDLER FAVORI 2906 2809
28 CAP 117 103 90 MARTIN*DEAN|BEST OF DEAN MARTI 2876 2670
403 UNIV 46 73 91 MORRISON*VAN|BEST OF VAN MORRI 2867 3258
38 COL 125 115 92 MARY MARY|THANKFUL 2860 2478
161 MADA 103 97 93 DENVER*JOHN|BEST OF JOHN DENVE 2859 2791
3 UNIV 24 54 94 SATURDAY NIGHT |SOUNDTRACK 2858 3827
6 MCA 128 92 95 JAMES*ETTA|BEST OF ETTA JAMES 2857 2873
319 GEFN 88 99 96 GUNS N'ROSES|APPETITE FOR DEST 2856 2763
2 MADA --- 131 97 ROGERS*KENNY|WITH LOVE 2848 2321
44 LYRI 134 120 98 WIGGLES, THE|YUMMY YUMMY 2838 2458
411 WAR 79 98 99 MADONNA|IMMACULATE COLLECTION 2832 2789
5 ECSM 119 109 100 COLE*NAT KING|BEST OF NAT KING 2810 2559


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 3 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

59 WAR 108 106 101 RED HOT CHILI P|CALIFORNICATIO 2784 2597
613 EEG 109 104 102 EAGLES|GREATEST HITS '71-75 2768 2643
6 EPIC 116 119 103 BONE THUGS-N-HA|E. 1999 ETERNA 2748 2469
7 EPIC 96 102 104 PEARL JAM|TEN 2743 2699
6 UNIV 101 101 105 3 DOORS DOWN|BETTER LIFE 2709 2726
7 WAR 80 83 106 YOUNG*NEIL|HARVEST 2697 2972
4 CURB 86 115 107 MCGRAW*TIM|NOT A MOMENT TOO SO 2695 2478
7 CAP 93 100 108 PINK FLOYD|WISH YOU WERE HERE 2694 2761
418 WAR 87 90 109 FLEETWOOD MAC|GREATEST HITS 2689 2902
39 JIVE 113 107 110 SPEARS*BRITNEY|OOPS!...I DID I 2638 2593
108 COL 114 118 111 JOPLINS*JANIS|GREATEST HITS 2637 2472
421 UNIV 82 88 112 GREASE|SOUNDTRACK 2633 2915
5 DRR 112 127 113 MAKAVELI|7 DAY THEORY 2631 2381
6 HOL 111 110 114 SAVE THE LAST D|SOUNDTRACK 2613 2517
6 EPIC 106 111 115 SADE|LOVERS ROCK 2610 2508
7 LAVA 127 140 116 UNCLE KRACKER|DOUBLE WIDE 2593 2235
66 EPIC 98 105 117 INCUBUS|MAKE YOURSELF 2590 2633
1 RCA --- --- 118 MATTHEWS*DAVE B|EVERYDAY 2586 2661
2 UNIV --- 144 119 BLIGE*MARY J.|WHAT'S THE 411? 2585 2220
7 CAPN 110 125 120 URBAN*KEITH|KEITH URBAN 2570 2397
6 EEG 136 133 121 METALLICA|AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 2569 2283
19 MCA --- 152 122 HENDRIX*JIMI|SMASH HITS 2563 2127
4 COL 94 48 123 ORBISON*ROY|16 BIGGEST HITS 2542 3998
4 VERI 140 137 124 MCCLURKIN*DONNI|LIVE IN LONDON 2517 2262
1 INT --- --- 125 NO DOUBT|TRAGIC KINGDOM 2510 1585
7 LAF 114 114 126 PINK|CAN'T TAKE ME HOME 2506 2483
57 WAR 107 108 127 VAN HALEN|VOL. 1-BEST OF VAN H 2486 2575
1 STCL --- --- 128 VA-LOVE IS FORE|LOVE IS FOREVE 2477 1185
318 GEFN 120 122 129 EAGLES|HELL FREEZES OVER 2407 2446
608 MCA 89 130 130 BUFFETT*JIMMY|SONGS YOU KNOW B 2396 2334
1 ISL --- --- 131 BON JOVI|CRUSH 2393 1329
5 ABAD 166 160 132 NOTORIOUS B.I.G|LIFE AFTER DEA 2379 2061
209 AAM 92 121 133 STYX|GREATEST HITS 2376 2453
5 EPIC 130 134 134 JONES*GEORGE|16 BIGGEST HITS 2372 2281
6 VOLC 102 115 135 TOOL|AENIMA 2342 2478
4 EPIC 138 147 136 MEATLOAF|BAT OUT OF HELL 2326 2169
6 MCA 105 113 137 SUBLIME|40 OZ. TO FREEDOM 2324 2494
5 WAR 121 143 138 FLEETWOOD MAC|RUMOURS 2299 2225
4 MCA 167 128 139 THREE DOG NIGHT|MILLENNIUM COL 2294 2338
5 ABAD 142 148 140 NOTORIOUS B.I.G|READY TO DIE 2284 2150
98 BLIX 133 126 141 CASSIDY*EVA|SONGBIRD 2283 2383
7 WAR 129 146 142 STEWART*ROD|IF WE FALL IN LOVE 2282 2207
179 PHIL 131 123 143 BOCELLI*ANDREA|ROMANZA 2262 2417
5 UNIV 179 154 144 GODSMACK|GODSMACK 2259 2113
1 JIVE --- --- 145 KELLY*R.|TP-2.COM 2248 1779
2 EPIC --- --- 146 OSBOURNE*OZZY|OZZMAN COMETH 2246 1804
50 CURB 97 124 147 MCGRAW*TIM|EVERYWHERE 2242 2416
3 DRR 176 --- 148 DR. DRE|CHRONIC 2217 1707
6 WAR 122 142 149 MORISSETTE*ALAN|JAGGED LITTLE 2209 2231
2 UNIV --- 171 150 CLAPTON*ERIC|TIME PIECES-BEST 2199 1993


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 4 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

4 CURB 104 136 151 RIGHTEOUS BROTH|BEST OF RIGHTE 2196 2266
3 EPIC --- 177 152 DION*CELINE|FALLING INTO YOU 2192 1926
4 MCA 180 191 153 SHAGGY|HOTSHOT 2187 1874
1 EPIC --- --- 154 VANDROSS*LUTHER|VOL. 2-ONE NIG 2180 1749
2 LAVA --- 195 155 KID ROCK|HISTORY OF ROCK 2171 1857
4 JIV 186 183 156 TUPAC|ME AGAINST THE WORLD 2169 1900
5 ARI 154 135 157 MCLACHLAN*SARAH|MIRRORBALL 2145 2267
2 MCAN --- 150 158 CLINE*PATSY|PATSY CLINE GREATE 2138 2129
3 RCAV 197 156 159 CHICAGO|MUSICAL 2128 2096
6 MCA 192 162 160 HENDRIX*JIMI|EXPERIENCE HENDRI 2120 2040
5 CAP 141 158 161 SEGER*BOB|NINE TONIGHT 2114 2082
3 RLGH 135 159 162 ALABAMA|FOR THE RECORD-41 NUMB 2111 2078
3 EPIC --- --- 163 OSBOURNE*OZZY|NO MORE TEARS 2108 1771
27 RCAS 169 149 164 VA-KID'S DANCE |VOL. 1-KID'S D 2094 2137
11 MCA 161 139 165 DIAMOND*NEIL|BEST OF NEIL DIAM 2093 2242
4 ATLG 160 189 166 REDDING*OTIS|VOL. 1-VERY BEST 2085 1881
46 SUG 152 150 166 NICKEL CREEK|NICKEL CREEK 2085 2129
5 EEG 180 181 168 METALLICA|MASTER OF PUPPETS 2084 1903
6 COL 126 138 169 SIMON & GARFUNK|GREATEST HITS 2076 2253
14 UNIV 85 129 170 CLAPTON*ERIC|CREAM OF 2061 2337
3 COL --- 179 171 HILL*LAURYN|MISEDUCATION OF LA 2043 1908
2 EPIC --- --- 172 OSBOURNE*OZZY|TRIBUTE 2033 1673
1 DEF --- --- 173 DMX|AND THEN THERE WAS X 2031 1725
1 DBV --- --- 174 CHILDREN'S FAVO|VOL. 1-DISNEY 2030 1761
3 DEF --- 196 175 LUDACRIS|BACK FOR THE FIRST TI 2026 1839
4 MCA 170 132 176 MAMAS & THE PAP|BEST OF MAMAS 2023 2296
1 EPIC --- --- 177 BONE THUGS-N-HA|VOL. 1-COLLECT 2003 1743
3 MOT 157 30 178 GAYE*MARVIN|WHAT'S GOING ON 1998 4708
1 EPIC --- --- 179 SLEEPLESS IN SE|SOUNDTRACK 1992 1465
1 DEF --- --- 180 DMX|IT'S DARK & HELL IS HOT 1991 1689
8 WAR 164 161 181 FLEETWOOD MAC|DANCE 1974 2058
3 CURB 158 --- 182 TWITTY*CONWAY|VOL. 1-FINAL REC 1966 1815
2 COL --- 112 183 SANTANA|GREATEST HITS 1960 2503
13 INT 177 155 184 U2|ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BE 1957 2099
166 ISL 142 157 185 MELLENCAMP*JOHN|BEST THAT I CO 1953 2093
1 GEFN --- --- 186 WHITESNAKE|BEST OF WHITESNAKE- 1948 1579
43 WAR 150 179 187 GOO GOO DOLLS|DIZZY UP THE GIR 1934 1908
3 COL 170 170 188 FOOTLOOSE|SOUNDTRACK 1930 1994
6 EEG 193 200 189 AC/DC|DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CH 1909 1820
1 EEG --- --- 190 METALLICA|RIDE THE LIGHTNING 1897 1611
5 EPIC 174 172 190 BOSTON|GREATEST HITS 1897 1991
4 COL 153 169 192 TOP GUN|SOUNDTRACK 1891 1998
5 EEG 147 153 193 CHAPMAN*TRACY|TRACY CHAPMAN 1890 2121
4 FORE 137 164 194 DC TALK|FREE AT LAST 1888 2032
4 CAP 200 --- 195 MURRAY*ANNE|BEST...SO FAR 1885 1796
58 WAR 132 141 196 GREEN DAY|DOOKIE 1882 2234
6 ATLG --- 178 196 NICKS*STEVIE|TIMESPACE-BEST OF 1882 1925
4 WAR 174 184 198 BLACK SABBATH|PARANOID 1881 1896
2 BNA 183 --- 198 CHESNEY*KENNY|EVERYWHERE WE GO 1881 1806
4 COL 146 166 198 NELSON*WILLIE|SUPER HITS 1881 2028
Total Sales 691640 659455

 

[doctorwho]

SoundScan total sales are up 8%, but best of U2 goes down 22%, and B-sides is out of top 200, last week it was 184.

12 INIL 115 117 154 U2|BEST OF 1990-2000 6680 8528 359272 -22% -1848

Pearl Jam (also 12 chartweeks) have done a little bit better, up 4%

12 EPIC 155 173 176 PEARL JAM|RIOT ACT 5639 5446 403691 4% 193


Tom

Tom! You're great - your SoundScan reports show total sales numbers. The ones I received sadly do not list total sales.

Do you have any information on the "Best Of + B-Sides" sales for last week (Week 12)? This is when it charted at #184. Also, do you have any Catalog total sales numbers?

Thanks!

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Heh. Nirvana's Nevermind was usually around #100 on the Catalog Charts. Thanks to their new hits compilation, it doesn't even appear on the charts anymore.......

 

[doctorwho]

Heh. Nirvana's Nevermind was usually around #100 on the Catalog Charts. Thanks to their new hits compilation, it doesn't even appear on the charts anymore.......

Yeah... I noticed that the Catalog Charts are just full of various "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" collections. I guess this is logical, but even I was a bit surprised at the sheer volume of those types of albums on this chart. At the top of the charts, there are the albums that recently left the Top 200 (like the "O Brother..." soundtrack) or releases from artists currently on the top of the charts (like the Dixie Chicks). But also note the presence of "1" by the Beatles and Bob Seger's "Greatest Hits" in the Top 10. U2's own 80's "Best Of" climbed all the way to #2 on this chart when U2's ATYCLB was doing strong and the tour was going well. In fact, if you look, that album has remained on the Top 200 Catalog charts for over 2 years now! This is why I predict that the 90's "Best Of", while never quite selling as well as the 80's "Best Of", will also linger on the Catalog Charts for years to come.

 

[Tomsoundscn]

B-sides last weeks sales were between 5144 - 5223, about 5200 I guess.

My main SoundScan source has been this forum, thanks to you doctorwho. Sometimes I've found some information from other forums, but not so often, and those charts with total sales, yes they are the best, but so rare.

The one thing I really also want to know is Catalog total sales numbers, unfortunately I have never found that information. I hope someday someone will get that chart.

And, I also like U2, have ten of their albums.

Tom

 

[doctorwho]

U.S. SoundScan Numbers - Week 12/13

Here are last week's SoundScan numbers (which I used when posting the info. above) for the Top 200 albums in the U.S. I have not posted all SoundScan data in a while, so I thought I'd add in this chart.

CHART: Top Current Albums Page 1 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

23 COL 3 4 1 * DIXIE CHICKS|HOME 103942 87002
49 BNTE 1 1 2 JONES*NORAH|COME AWAY WITH ME 100632 112002
1 WAR --- --- 3 * ZWAN|MARY STAR OF THE SEA 90028 209
35 ARI 2 3 4 LAVIGNE*AVRIL|LET GO 80445 90512
10 EPIC 5 5 5 LOPEZ*JENNIFER|THIS IS ME...TH 79159 80208
3 EPIC 4 2 6 CHICAGO|SOUNDTRACK 78837 91809
63 LAVA 15 7 7 * KID ROCK|COCKY 75407 58841
11 MERN 13 12 8 * TWAIN*SHANIA|UP! 66823 47499
12 EEG 7 8 9 * ELLIOTT*MISSY M|UNDER CONSTRUC 61079 55060
14 INT 6 6 10 8 MILE|SOUNDTRACK 54149 60056
8 UNBG 8 9 11 AALIYAH|I CARE 4 U 54118 51619
1 SPA --- --- 12 * CHAPMAN*STEVEN |ALL ABOUT LOVE 51421 239
11 DEF 10 10 13 JA RULE|LAST TEMPTATION 50955 50707
32 UNIV 14 14 14 NELLY|NELLYVILLE 48853 46110
18 EPIC 12 11 15 GOOD CHARLOTTE|YOUNG & THE HOP 45756 49101
14 RCA 9 13 16 AGUILERA*CHRIST|STRIPPED 43065 46238
13 JIVE 11 15 17 TIMBERLAKE*JUST|JUSTIFIED 42467 45666
57 COL 23 17 18 * MAYER*JOHN|ROOM FOR SQUARES 42136 35062
37 INT 16 16 19 EMINEM|EMINEM SHOW 40537 42235
23 CAP 29 25 20 * COLDPLAY|RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE 39024 30695
15 J 22 19 21 STEWART*ROD|GREAT AMERICA SONG 33763 34004
15 ARI 26 24 22 SANTANA|SHAMAN 33473 31486
7 J 35 33 23 * TYRESE|I WANNA GO THERE 32732 24813
8 COL 18 20 24 NAS|GOD'S SON 32356 33665
60 WAR 21 23 25 GROBAN*JOSH|JOSH GROBAN 32209 32895
10 INT 20 21 26 TUPAC|BETTER DAYZ 32083 33418
11 UME 19 22 27 VARIOUS|NOW 11 30388 33112
6 FCLP 72 43 28 * 50 CENT|GUESS WHO'S BACK? 30156 20241
12 UNIV 30 26 29 3 DOORS DOWN|AWAY FROM THE SUN 29919 29480
18 VRGN 17 18 30 ROLLING STONES|FORTY LICKS 29414 34663
8 EPIC 28 27 31 B2K|PANDEMONIUM! 28809 29287
63 LAF 31 31 32 PINK|MISSUNDAZTOOD 27674 26912
5 INT 110 53 33 * T.A.T.U.|200 KM/H IN THE WRONG 27587 16753
10 CURB 24 28 34 MCGRAW*TIM|TIM MCGRAW & THE DA 26884 29038
12 DEF 33 32 35 JAY-Z|BLUEPRINT 2: GIFT & THE 26462 26571
19 BMGH 25 29 36 PRESLEY*ELVIS|ELVIS 30 NO. 1 H 24776 27883
11 EPIN 36 35 37 AUDIOSLAVE|AUDIOSLAVE 24035 23398
12 ISL 32 30 38 JOHN*ELTON|GREATEST HITS 1970- 23675 27162
12 AGVP 91 91 39 * PAUL*SEAN|DUTTY ROCK 22479 10141
9 ISL 37 34 40 CAREY*MARIAH|CHARMBRACELET 22414 23931
16 WAR 34 36 41 HILL*FAITH|CRY 22178 23200
23 INT 45 37 42 QUEENS OF THE S|SONGS FOR THE 21952 22176
10 PRR 41 42 43 SNOOP DOGG|PAID THA COST TO BE 21686 20556
28 DRMW 42 40 44 KEITH*TOBY|UNLEASHED 21324 20812
41 BNA 38 38 45 CHESNEY*KENNY|NO SHOES NO SHIR 19726 21037
17 EPIC 49 44 46 CHEVELLE|WONDER WHAT'S NEXT 19656 20219
9 LAVA 44 41 47 SIMPLE PLAN|NO PADS, NO HELMET 18710 20671
13 WAR 57 56 48 * JAHEIM|STILL GHETTO 18559 16542
75 GEFN 46 46 49 PUDDLE OF MUDD|COME CLEAN 17960 18852
8 ARI 48 51 50 HOUSTON*WHITNEY|JUST WHITNEY 17936 17010


CHART: Top Current Albums Page 2 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

10 UNCM 54 50 51 BABY AKA THE #1|BIRDMAN 17620 17240
1 ATLG --- --- 52 * COODER/GALBAN|MAMBO SINUENDO 17459 56
11 ATLG 39 45 53 MATCHBOX TWENTY|MORE THAN YOU 17458 20045
7 DEF 40 48 54 VA-SOURCE PRESE|VOL. 6-HIP HOP 17239 18820
1 SPHS --- --- 55 * GAITHER*BILL & |HEAVEN 16776 36
10 COL 43 47 56 SYSTEM OF A DOW|STEAL THIS ALB 16521 18838
14 TVT 70 66 57 * LIL JON & EAST |KINGS OF CRUNK 15784 13865
14 LYST 56 55 58 RASCAL FLATTS|MELT 15595 16668
20 DBV 71 52 59 VA-DISNEYMANIA|DISNEYMANIA 15592 16795
5 COL 107 84 60 * GREEN*VIVIAN|LOVE STORY 14631 10922
30 WAR 58 63 61 RED HOT CHILI P|BY THE WAY 14558 14386
44 DEF 66 71 62 ASHANTI|ASHANTI 14452 13329
10 J 61 65 63 BUSTA RHYMES|IT AIN'T SAFE NO 14393 14151
1 SPHS --- --- 64 * GAITHER*BILL & |GOING HOME 14304 37
15 RCA 52 61 65 FOO FIGHTERS|ONE BY ONE 14113 14665
45 EPIC 85 70 66 DION*CELINE|NEW DAY HAS COME 14104 13399
20 WAR 64 67 67 DISTURBED|BELIEVE 13948 13766
10 MCA 51 59 68 ROOTS|PHRENOLOGY 13808 15473
12 ISL 68 69 69 SALIVA|BACK INTO YOUR SYSTEM 13535 13481
3 MERN 27 54 70 CLARK*TERRI|PAIN TO KILL 13436 16721
10 DEF 62 68 71 DRU HILL|DRU WORLD ORDER 13415 13566
6 ATLG 67 62 72 DONNAS|SPEND THE NIGHT 13337 14435
1 TILI --- --- 73 * VA-ABSOLUTE BOD|ABSOLUTE BODY 13087 192
72 RCA 74 75 74 MCBRIDE*MARTINA|GREATEST HITS 13056 12293
14 GEFN 53 60 75 NIRVANA|NIRVANA 12766 15357
10 ISL 59 64 76 SUM 41|DOES THIS LOOK INFECTED 12650 14220
8 WAR 50 57 77 LORD OF THE RIN|SOUNDTRACK 12577 16150
3 TILI 103 39 78 VARIOUS|WORSHIP TOGETHER:I COU 12475 20958
10 CAP 47 58 79 MCCARTNEY*PAUL|BACK IN THE U.S 12236 15484
8 JIVE 89 83 80 NIVEA|NIVEA 11857 11026
60 INT 97 98 81 * NO DOUBT|ROCK STEADY 11731 9541
42 AAM 60 73 82 CROW*SHERYL|C'MON C'MON 11705 12679
63 WNDU 75 80 83 CREED|WEATHERED 11696 11495
16 DEF 80 79 84 L.L. COOL J|10 11189 11569
13 PHIL 73 78 85 BOCELLI*ANDREA|SENTIMENTO 11108 11919
7 UNIV 69 88 86 LIL' ROMEO|GAME TIME 11094 10537
40 AAM 79 86 87 CARLTON*VANESSA|BE NOT NOBODY 10837 10705
4 UNSO 123 105 88 * NICHOLS*JOE|MAN WITH A MEMORY 10621 9091
1 CAP --- --- 89 * CAMPBELL*GLEN|ALL THE BEST 10378 55
9 EPIC 162 112 90 * WALK TO REMEMBE|SOUNDTRACK 10365 8928
1 TRSF --- --- 91 * GREEN*AL|LOVE SONGS COLLECTION 10281 21
25 DBV 92 81 92 LIZZIE MCGUIRE|SOUNDTRACK 10276 11407
14 WAR 63 77 93 USED, THE|USED, THE 10238 12094
55 ARI 81 94 94 JACKSON*ALAN|DRIVE 10114 9932
8 MCA 77 82 95 COMMON|ELECTRIC CIRCUS 10086 11280
5 AADR 111 107 96 * SMILEZ & SOUTHS|CRASH THE PART 10022 9027
2 COL --- 49 97 SOLANGE|SOLO STAR 9998 18614
16 WAR 83 85 98 FLEETWOOD MAC|VERY BEST OF FLE 9834 10781
13 RCA 95 97 99 GRAY*DAVID|NEW DAY AT MIDNIGHT 9690 9676
24 RAZ 105 96 100 KIDZ BOP KIDS|VOL. 2-KIDZ BOP 9658 9797


CHART: Top Current Albums Page 3 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

3 UNIV 55 76 101 BEE GEES|THEIR GREATEST HITS-T 9544 12132
10 DBV 84 90 102 LILO & STITCH|SOUNDTRACK 9492 10462
77 WAR 88 92 103 BRANCH*MICHELLE|SPIRIT ROOM 9384 9976
5 JIVE 134 126 104 * JOHNSON*SYLEENA|CHAPTER 2: THE 9379 7683
14 EPIC 90 95 105 AMOS*TORI|SCARLET'S WALK 9355 9817
52 UNEJ 78 87 106 JOHNSON*JACK|BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTA 9341 10681
24 ARI 112 120 107 * CLIPSE|LORD WILLIN' 9294 8303
10 COL 76 89 108 STREISAND*BARBR|DUETS 9287 10501
11 LAF 86 99 109 BRAXTON*TONI|MORE THAN A WOMAN 9167 9474
17 ISL 104 142 110 * BON JOVI|BOUNCE 9110 6841
15 REUN 114 114 111 SMITH*MICHAEL W|WORSHIP AGAIN 9068 8834
13 COL 82 93 112 BENNETT/LANG|WONDERFUL WORLD 8914 9975
18 CCHO 109 108 113 VA-WOW HITS|WOW HITS 2003 8907 9001
13 ROUN 108 109 114 KRAUSS*ALISON|LIVE 8681 8979
15 RCA 126 123 115 HEADLEY*HEATHER|THIS IS WHO I 8636 8076
1 DECC --- --- 116 * BOND|SHINE 8583 2263
4 MCA 167 147 117 * FIELD MOB|FROM THA ROOTA TO TH 8545 6449
8 DRMW 93 115 118 SWIZZ BEATZ|PRESENTS G.H.E.T.T 8494 8823
11 EPIC 101 103 119 MUDVAYNE|END OF ALL THINGS TO 8492 9142
5 UNIV 94 100 120 XXX|SOUNDTRACK 8463 9386
18 VERV 87 101 121 KRALL*DIANA|LIVE IN PARIS 8423 9360
14 EPIC 106 106 122 VARIOUS|TOTALLY COUNTRY V2 8408 9050
29 RCA 117 102 123 MATTHEWS*DAVE B|BUSTED STUFF 8341 9235
8 UNIV 96 111 124 504 BOYZ|BALLERS 8329 8953
12 LAF 100 104 125 TLC|3D 8316 9113
74 COL 121 116 126 SYSTEM OF A DOW|TOXICITY 8293 8576
20 WNDU 133 122 127 SEETHER|DISCLAIMER 8195 8135
17 CAPN 127 121 128 URBAN*KEITH|GOLDEN ROAD 8169 8150
9 WAR 98 110 129 GROBAN*JOSH|IN CONCERT 8150 8959
19 MOT 99 113 130 INDIA.ARIE|VOYAGE TO INDIA 8035 8846
18 EPIC 124 119 131 VARIOUS|I WORSHIP: A TOTAL WOR 7977 8326
15 COL 113 125 132 ROWLAND*KELLY|SIMPLY DEEP 7901 7790
5 MCAN 139 136 133 ALLAN*GARY|ALRIGHT GUY 7844 7155
6 ATLG 135 131 134 TRINA|DIAMOND PRINCESS 7803 7464
20 MCAN 119 124 135 STRAIT*GEORGE|ROAD LESS TRAVEL 7629 7913
23 INT 132 130 136 EVE|EVE-OLUTION 7625 7541
2 WIN --- 74 137 YANNI|ULTIMATE YANNI 7615 12473
4 CAPN 151 139 138 ADKINS*TRACE|CHROME 7541 6921
1 MUT --- --- 138 * ERASURE|OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS 7541 78
23 LDCL 140 146 140 * LIL' FLIP|UNDAGROUND LEGEND 7507 6658
4 HOL 146 154 141 * DELIVER US FROM|SOUNDTRACK 7436 6068
1 SPA --- --- 142 * PHILLIPS/CRAIG/|LET YOUR GLORY 7251 66
2 ATLG --- 160 143 * FAT JOE|LOYALTY 7188 5717
1 CURB --- --- 144 * COYOTE UGLY-MOR|SOUNDTRACK 7168 94
23 ROAD 130 132 145 STONE SOUR|STONE SOUR 7076 7423
5 ARI 180 151 146 * DIAMOND RIO|COMPLETELY 7040 6260
2 AMG --- 72 147 MANNHEIM STEAMR|ROMANTIC MELOD 7025 12725
34 MCA 102 118 148 NEW FOUND GLORY|STICKS & STONE 6959 8341
16 ATLG 137 143 149 TAPROOT|WELCOME 6958 6813
27 COL 142 144 150 AMERIE|ALL I HAVE 6928 6717


CHART: Top Current Albums Page 4 of 4
Week Ending 02/02/03
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

2 DEF --- 174 151 * CASH*JOHNNY|MAN COMES AROUND 6864 5399
13 RCA 122 128 152 MATTHEWS*DAVE B|LIVE AT FOLSOM 6728 7609
27 COL 116 129 153 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|RISING 6723 7579
12 INIL 115 117 154 U2|BEST OF 1990-2000 6680 8528
19 GEFN 128 135 155 BECK|SEA CHANGE 6639 7228
7 J 129 152 156 NEXT|NEXT EPISODE 6598 6139
8 ARTR 125 133 157 TEDESCHI*SUSAN|WAIT FOR ME 6561 7366
9 DEF 118 138 158 PAID IN FULL|SOUNDTRACK 6435 7045
7 WAR 138 137 159 LORD OF THE RIN|SOUNDTRACK 6354 7149
73 ROAD 131 145 160 NICKELBACK|SILVER SIDE UP 6313 6694
9 AAM 152 141 161 SPIRIT: STALLIO|SOUNDTRACK 6290 6847
3 GOSP 189 167 162 * FRANKLIN*KIRK|REBIRTH OF KIRK 6263 5532
6 ATLG 143 153 163 TRICK DADDY|THUG HOLIDAY 6173 6130
4 DRMW 193 188 164 * FLOETRY|FLOETIC 6120 5084
3 EEG 65 127 165 BENZINO|REDEMPTION 6116 7659
4 RCA 120 140 166 LINES*AARON|LIVING OUT LOUD 6064 6893
7 MCAN 161 162 167 STRAIT*GEORGE|BEST OF/20TH CEN 5987 5693
12 ATLG 144 149 168 COLLINS*PHIL|TESTIFY 5978 6272
4 VRGN 171 170 169 EXIES|INERTIA 5969 5490
49 ATLG 156 164 170 NAPPY ROOTS|WATERMELON CHICKEN 5910 5599
11 MERN 166 157 171 WILLS*MARK|GREATEST HITS 5866 5823
27 WAR 136 150 172 LINKIN PARK|REANIMATION 5764 6268
6 CAP 147 148 173 MINOGUE*KYLIE|FEVER 5714 6293
1 HOL --- --- 174 * SWEET HOME ALAB|SOUNDTRACK 5713 3919
31 COL 145 156 175 AEROSMITH|ULTIMATE GREATEST HI 5682 6048
12 EPIC 155 173 176 PEARL JAM|RIOT ACT 5639 5446
8 MCA 149 161 177 K-CI & JOJO|EMOTIONAL 5626 5716
1 EEG --- --- 178 * LEVERT*GERALD|G SPOT 5587 4108
72 ZOMB 168 158 179 SMITH*MICHAEL W|WORSHIP 5559 5759
71 ATLG --- 193 180 * P.O.D.|SATELLITE 5461 4755
10 MCA 148 163 181 KWELI*TALIB|QUALITY 5453 5620
3 EPIT 185 183 182 TRANSPLANTS|TRANSPLANTS 5446 5223
5 DEF 190 190 183 LUDACRIS|WORD OF MOUF 5409 5010
11 ATLG 175 176 184 LED ZEPPLIN|VOL. 1 & 2-EARLY D 5381 5330
11 ATLG 154 171 185 DAVID*CRAIG|SLICKER THAN YOUR 5328 5469
6 JIVE 160 159 186 DRUMLINE|SOUNDTRACK 5298 5725
5 SOD 181 172 187 SHAKIRA|GRANDES EXITOS 5272 5458
2 WAR --- 186 188 TRAPT|TRAPT 5247 5144
18 INO 179 181 189 MERCY ME|SPOKEN FOR 5234 5243
60 DRMW 141 155 190 JIMMY EAT WORLD|JIMMY EAT WORL 5231 6056
1 EMIG --- --- 191 * NEVILLE*AARON|BELIEVE 5225 17
28 EPIC 170 178 192 VARIOUS|NOW 10 5148 5260
8 ARBH 172 180 193 MANILOW*BARRY|ULTIMATE MANILOW 5133 5249
10 COL 169 165 194 CHURCH*CHARLOTT|PRELUDE: BEST 5071 5540
34 EPIC 159 166 195 KORN|UNTOUCHABLES 4980 5539
5 VRGN 187 179 196 BOWIE*DAVID|BEST OF DAVID BOWI 4975 5254
5 WAR 172 187 197 FLAMING LIPS|YOSHIMI BATTLES T 4923 5090
1 UME --- --- 197 * VA-PURE 80'S LO|PURE 80'S LOVE 4923 25
1 DEF --- --- 199 * MUSIQ (SOULCHIL|JUSLISEN 4903 4389
2 LVAR --- 134 200 UNWRITTEN LAW|MUSIC IN HIGH PL 4856 7263
Total Sales 3361130 3108012

 

[doctorwho]

For Fun...

Here is the Top 25 on the SoundScan charts from one year ago. Notice where U2 is...

CHART: Top Current Albums Page 1 of 4
Week Ending 02/10/02
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

1 EPIC --- --- 1 * LOPEZ*JENNIFER|J TO THA LO! 156049 357
4 ARI 1 1 2 JACKSON*ALAN|DRIVE 149761 188733
1 ARI --- --- 3 * MANILOW*BARRY|ULTIMATE MANILOW 113365 116
12 WNDU 2 2 4 CREED|WEATHERED 109731 108588
68 WAR 3 3 5 * LINKIN PARK|HYBRID THEORY 95040 90509
11 DEF 4 4 6 * LUDACRIS|WORD OF MOUF 92527 86187
22 ROAD 5 5 7 * NICKELBACK|SILVER SIDE UP 88167 78247
19 DEF 6 6 8 JA RULE|PAIN IS LOVE 70068 67585
12 LAF 9 9 9 * PINK|MISSUNDAZTOOD 66463 62137
1 EPIC --- --- 10 * SADE|LOVERS LIVE 66241 100
8 COL 7 7 11 NAS|STILLMATIC 65809 66241
1 BNA --- --- 12 * VA-TOTALLY COUN|TOTALLY COUNTR 65418 241
24 GEFN 17 13 13 * PUDDLE OF MUDD|COME CLEAN 64424 54453
27 LAF 8 8 14 USHER|8701 63653 62781
13 EPIC 15 16 15 * SHAKIRA|LAUNDRY SERVICE 60348 51034
59 LHWY 10 11 16 O BROTHER WHERE|SOUNDTRACK 59046 59441
14 JIVE 22 25 17 * SPEARS*BRITNEY|BRITNEY 57019 40802
33 J 12 12 18 KEYS*ALICIA|SONGS IN A MINOR 56852 57401
22 ATLG 16 17 19 * P.O.D.|SATELLITE 56636 50614
1 MCA --- --- 20 * BLIGE*M.J.|NO MORE DRAMA (2002 55377 176
15 INT 21 22 21 * IGLESIAS*ENRIQU|ESCAPE 48933 44051
12 VRGN 13 19 22 VA-NOW THAT'S W|VOL. 8-NOW THA 48224 49082
64 WAR 11 18 23 ENYA|DAY WITHOUT RAIN 47868 50322
9 INT 14 20 24 NO DOUBT|ROCK STEADY 46975 46786
67 INT 61 66 25 * U2|ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BE 46441 19174

 

[doctorwho]

More Fun!

Here are the Top 200 Catalog SoundScan Albums for one year ago (to match the Top 25 albums I showed above). See if you can find all the U2 albums listed there. Aaaah... the success of Grammy noms and a good tour/album. It does wonders for the back catalog.


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 1 of 4
Week Ending 02/10/02
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

20 WNDU 1 1 1 CREED|HUMAN CLAY 20072 20019
66 ISL 23 18 2 U2|BEST OF U2-1980-90 13678 5395
118 WAR 2 3 3 ENYA|PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS- 11288 10760
267 CAP 4 4 4 SEGER*BOB|GREATEST HITS 11270 10697
116 WNDU 3 2 5 CREED|MY OWN PRISON 10989 11484
562 CAP 5 5 6 PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO 10718 10294
267 EEG 7 7 7 METALLICA|METALLICA 8483 7988
224 ISL 16 9 8 DEF LEPPARD|VAULT-GREATEST HIT 8189 6739
68 ATLG 8 8 9 KID ROCK|DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE 8027 7486
560 WAR 6 6 10 TAYLOR*JAMES|GREATEST HITS 7428 8742
551 ISL 28 20 11 MARLEY*BOB & WA|LEGEND-BEST OF 7116 5324
13 EPIC 17 10 12 DION*CELINE|ALL THE WAY-A DECA 7026 6066
77 MONN 15 15 13 DIXIE CHICKS|WIDE OPEN SPACES 6944 5579
9 ISL 62 127 14 U2|JOSHUA TREE 6900 2832
273 UNIV 32 35 15 ABBA|GOLD-GREATEST HITS 6896 4759
371 EEG 22 11 16 AC/DC|BACK IN BLACK 6418 6006
72 MERN 11 12 17 TWAIN*SHANIA|COME ON OVER 6181 5822
255 COL 9 14 18 DAVIS*MILES|KIND OF BLUE 6155 5698
45 EPIC 31 25 19 SADE|BEST OF SADE 6058 5049
142 EPIC 13 21 20 KING*CAROLE|TAPESTRY (REM) 5899 5313
24 BLKG 38 23 21 AALIYAH|ONE IN A MILLION 5846 5157
28 COL 30 29 22 SYSTEM OF A DOW|SYSTEM OF A DO 5803 4887
562 COL 35 34 23 JOURNEY|GREATEST HITS 5575 4778
64 INT 43 28 24 TUPAC|GREATEST HITS 5573 4894
267 MCA 36 36 25 PETTY*TOM & THE|GREATEST HITS 5560 4725
17 EPIC 12 16 26 INCUBUS|MAKE YOURSELF 5523 5524
60 COL 37 26 27 AEROSMITH|GREATEST HITS 5520 5009
369 CAP 25 24 28 BEATLES|ABBEY ROAD 5408 5081
185 MCA 18 17 29 SUBLIME|SUBLIME 5400 5456
268 GEFN 72 41 30 GUNS N'ROSES|APPETITE FOR DEST 5389 4440
360 WAR 19 33 31 MADONNA|IMMACULATE COLLECTION 5374 4786
110 ISL 75 38 32 BON JOVI|CROSS ROAD 5355 4617
162 CAP 39 22 33 POISON|1986-96-GREATEST HITS 5292 5176
239 TRSF 52 27 34 GREEN*AL|GREATEST HITS 5199 4904
5 ISL 127 157 35 U2|BEST OF U2-1980-90-LMT EDIT 5181 2549
6 EPIC 69 30 36 VANDROSS*LUTHER|GREATEST HITS 5164 4837
128 PHIL 33 31 37 BOCELLI*ANDREA|ROMANZA 5086 4809
17 EPIC 10 19 38 JACKSON*MICHAEL|THRILLER 5011 5335
117 ISL 65 66 39 MELLENCAMP*JOHN|BEST THAT I CO 5005 3917
273 HOL 47 47 40 QUEEN|GREATEST HITS 4939 4324
214 CURB 66 46 41 WILLIAMS*HANK J|VOL. 1-GREATES 4869 4423
267 GEFN 70 71 42 EAGLES|HELL FREEZES OVER 4842 3790
60 COL 42 37 43 NELSON*WILLIE|16 BIGGEST HITS 4806 4644
268 WAR 29 40 44 SINATRA*FRANK|VERY GOOD YEARS 4790 4475
1 UNIV --- --- 45 3 DOORS DOWN|BETTER LIFE 4739 4710
14 WAR 34 45 46 HILL*FAITH|BREATHE 4736 4424
423 ISL 40 52 47 JOHN*ELTON|GREATEST HITS 4726 4139
71 ATLG 53 48 48 COLLINS*PHIL|HITS 4715 4275
26 CAP 14 32 49 PINK FLOYD|WISH YOU WERE HERE 4641 4791
21 COL 55 51 50 ANTHONY*MARC|MARC ANTHONY 4621 4195


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 2 of 4
Week Ending 02/10/02
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

54 COL 46 49 51 CASH*JOHNNY|16 BIGGEST HITS 4617 4248
126 ARI 45 44 52 BROOKS & DUNN|GREATEST HITS CO 4603 4427
352 UNIV 21 72 53 MORRISON*VAN|BEST OF VAN MORRI 4591 3776
4 TILI 54 --- 54 VARIOUS ARTISTS|BODY & SOUL:LO 4539 413
22 ARI 26 39 55 DIDO|NO ANGEL 4528 4554
99 MFL 51 55 56 VA-FAVORITES SE|TODDLER FAVORI 4489 4053
36 IMPL 61 73 57 KRALL*DIANA|WHEN I LOOK IN YOU 4485 3719
8 DEF 82 76 58 BEASTIE BOYS|LICENSED TO ILL 4472 3652
7 ISL 105 74 59 BON JOVI|SLIPPERY WHEN WET 4465 3711
9 INT 27 42 60 NO DOUBT|TRAGIC KINGDOM 4398 4429
7 DRR 79 63 61 TUPAC|ALL EYEZ ON ME 4394 3963
70 UNIV 63 62 62 GODSMACK|GODSMACK 4387 3985
22 WAR 93 94 62 SINATRA*FRANK|VOL. 1-GREATEST 4387 3286
562 EEG 58 58 64 EAGLES|GREATEST HITS '71-75 4342 4027
7 INT 64 64 65 DR. DRE|DR. DRE 2001 4331 3961
267 GEFN 24 70 66 NIRVANA|NEVERMIND 4327 3814
268 EEG 71 65 67 AC/DC|LIVE 4321 3953
12 ATLG 41 75 68 LED ZEPPELIN|VOL. 1-EARLY DAYS 4308 3669
59 COL 68 67 69 JOPLINS*JANIS|GREATEST HITS 4278 3897
130 UME 48 87 69 CLINE*PATSY|HEARTACHES 4278 3395
66 CAP 60 59 71 BEACH BOYS|VOL. 1-GREATEST HIT 4227 4014
1 LDCL --- --- 72 MEGADETH|KILLING IS MY BUSINES 4198 35
225 ARI 56 50 73 JACKSON*ALAN|GREATEST HITS COL 4176 4215
4 UNIV 111 150 74 BLIGE*MARY J.|WHAT'S THE 411? 4142 2627
5 MADA 44 57 75 ROGERS*KENNY|WITH LOVE 4102 4030
373 FAN 49 61 76 CREEDENCE CLEAR|VOL. 1-CHRONIC 4090 3991
49 MCA 95 90 77 LYNYRD SKYNYRD|BEST OF LYNYRD 4066 3314
2 CAP --- 56 78 SINATRA*FRANK|CLASSIC SINATRA 3983 4037
367 WAR 80 77 79 FLEETWOOD MAC|GREATEST HITS 3953 3640
7 ISL 94 112 80 WHITE*BARRY|GREATEST HITS VOL. 3940 2931
8 EEG 108 77 81 METALLICA|AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 3932 3640
61 MERN 113 101 82 KEITH*TOBY|VOL. 1-GREATEST HIT 3894 3144
11 CAP 20 42 83 HARRISON*GEORGE|ALL THINGS MUS 3878 4429
13 CAP 59 68 84 BEATLES|BEATLES, THE (LIMITED 3830 3842
158 AAM 117 108 85 STYX|GREATEST HITS 3819 2978
7 EPIC 114 80 86 MEATLOAF|BAT OUT OF HELL 3765 3498
3 ISL 161 116 87 WHITE*BARRY|ALL TIME GREATEST 3752 2925
7 EPIC 100 91 88 REO SPEEDWAGON|HITS 3719 3311
67 MCA 77 82 89 HENDRIX*JIMI|EXPERIENCE HENDRI 3716 3488
92 CAP 78 79 90 PINK FLOYD|WALL 3715 3526
6 WAR 125 99 91 MORISSETTE*ALAN|JAGGED LITTLE 3683 3187
370 UNIV 102 143 92 GREASE|SOUNDTRACK 3668 2661
35 INT 76 81 93 LIMP BIZKIT|SIGNIFICANT OTHER 3652 3497
7 COL 106 100 94 TOP GUN|SOUNDTRACK 3651 3164
8 EPIC 109 95 95 DANIELS*CHARLIE|DECADE OF HITS 3650 3265
7 WAR 138 131 96 GREEN DAY|DOOKIE 3637 2791
8 EPIC 116 96 97 OSBOURNE*OZZY|OZZMAN COMETH 3615 3246
8 VOLC 81 93 98 TOOL|AENIMA 3610 3288
6 WAR 121 146 99 ISAAK*CHRIS|HEART SHAPED WORLD 3591 2651
4 ATLG 86 69 100 CROCE*JIM|PHOTOGRAPHS & MEMORI 3578 3832


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 3 of 4
Week Ending 02/10/02
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

65 CAPN 57 86 101 BROOKS*GARTH|DOUBLE LIVE 3557 3413
68 AAM 162 181 102 STEVENS*CAT|GREATEST HITS 3512 2406
6 COL 107 106 103 HILL*LAURYN|MISEDUCATION OF LA 3499 2984
35 ARI 91 89 104 MCLACHLAN*SARAH|MIRRORBALL 3494 3355
22 CAPN 50 88 105 GREENWOOD*LEE|AMERICAN PATRIOT 3479 3370
6 WAR 151 172 106 MORRISON*VAN|MOONDANCE 3470 2460
58 JIVE 119 124 107 SPEARS*BRITNEY|BABY ONE MORE T 3393 2840
9 MCA 74 97 108 SUBLIME|40 OZ. TO FREEDOM 3386 3219
35 ARI 88 98 109 SANTANA|SUPERNATURAL 3334 3218
7 EEG 129 118 110 METALLICA|MASTER OF PUPPETS 3303 2899
8 UNIV 104 139 111 CLAPTON*ERIC|TIME PIECES-BEST 3272 2694
15 DRMW 89 92 112 KEITH*TOBY|HOW DO YOU LIKE ME 3271 3290
20 AAM 84 145 113 STING|BRAND NEW DAY 3220 2657
11 MOT 148 126 114 TEMPTATIONS|VOL. 1-BEST OF TEM 3215 2837
198 RCA 103 120 115 MATTHEWS*DAVE B|CRASH 3213 2884
7 DEF 118 112 116 DMX|AND THEN THERE WAS X 3203 2931
60 GEFN 87 110 117 WEEZER|WEEZER 3200 2971
1 MOT --- --- 118 JACKSON 5|MILLENNIUM COLLECTIO 3198 2122
557 MCA 159 159 118 BUFFETT*JIMMY|SONGS YOU KNOW B 3198 2544
7 EPIC 123 102 120 BOSTON|GREATEST HITS 3197 3035
6 MCAN 168 155 121 ALLAN*GARY|SMOKE RINGS IN THE 3187 2587
1 EEG --- --- 122 SIMON*CARLY|BEST OF CARLY SIMO 3176 2010
6 WAR 112 53 123 YOUNG*NEIL|HARVEST 3102 4136
22 CAP 99 121 124 LENNON*JOHN|LENNON LEGEND 3100 2865
3 EPIC 186 --- 125 VA-WOW WORSHIP-|WOW WORSHIP-TO 3088 2202
111 MADA 73 117 125 DENVER*JOHN|BEST OF JOHN DENVE 3088 2918
7 EEG 163 122 127 METALLICA|RIDE THE LIGHTNING 3087 2855
6 CURB 175 104 128 MCGRAW*TIM|NOT A MOMENT TOO SO 3081 3021
5 ABAD 153 130 129 NOTORIOUS B.I.G|READY TO DIE 3074 2797
1 AAM --- --- 130 JACKSON*JANET|DESIGN OF A DECA 3056 2163
6 EPIC 178 124 131 GINUWINE|100% GINUWINE 3052 2840
6 COL 185 134 132 DIAMOND*NEIL|HOT AUGUST NIGHT 3050 2763
3 COL 196 156 133 JAGGED EDGE|J.E. HEARTBREAK 3028 2553
7 GEFN 144 132 134 ZOMBIE*ROB|HELLBILLY DELUXE 3018 2786
14 COL 97 128 135 SIMON & GARFUNK|BEST OF SIMON 3001 2814
7 WAR 131 123 136 VAN HALEN|VOL. 1-BEST OF VAN H 2991 2844
6 COL 98 108 137 NELSON*WILLIE|SUPER HITS 2990 2978
5 DRR 169 149 138 MAKAVELI|7 DAY THEORY 2989 2630
139 ATLG 126 138 139 MATCHBOX 20|YOURSELF OR SOMEON 2983 2718
6 GEFN 191 165 140 AEROSMITH|BIG ONES 2981 2495
1 WAR --- --- 141 VAN HALEN|VAN HALEN 2975 2076
35 V2 85 107 142 MOBY|PLAY 2967 2981
4 ABAD 164 152 143 NOTORIOUS B.I.G|LIFE AFTER DEA 2964 2608
7 MADA 120 135 144 VA-BEST OF COUN|BEST OF COUNTR 2939 2753
7 DEF 171 166 145 DMX|IT'S DARK & HELL IS HOT 2937 2481
37 MCA 110 129 146 BLINK 182|ENEMA OF THE STATE 2931 2810
3 COL 195 141 147 NAS|ILLMATIC 2912 2693
7 VRGN 150 147 148 JACKSON*JANET|JANET 2904 2641
3 ATLG 156 85 149 REDDING*OTIS|VOL. 1-VERY BEST 2896 3416
47 BLIX 92 114 150 CASSIDY*EVA|SONGBIRD 2881 2930


CHART: Top Catalogue Albums Page 4 of 4
Week Ending 02/10/02
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week Last
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est) Week
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______

3 WAR 128 60 151 DOOBIE BROTHERS|GREATEST HITS 2872 3998
2 JIVE --- 154 152 KELLY*R.|12 PLAY 2864 2591
2 JIV --- 177 153 TUPAC|ME AGAINST THE WORLD 2852 2431
8 UNIV 83 144 154 CLAPTON*ERIC|CREAM OF 2835 2658
27 WAR 101 115 155 ENYA|WATERMARK 2826 2926
47 COL 139 137 156 TRAIN|TRAIN 2824 2721
7 VOLC 133 133 157 TOOL|UNDERTOW 2820 2768
7 EPIC 90 103 158 JACKSON*MICHAEL|BAD 2818 3024
101 BEN 140 169 159 VA-CEDARMONT KI|TODDLER TUNES 2814 2467
1 UNIV --- --- 160 BLIGE*MARY J.|MY LIFE 2813 1754
8 WAR 146 161 161 RED HOT CHILI P|CALIFORNICATIO 2807 2534
6 COL 175 183 162 JOURNEY|GREATEST HITS LIVE 2793 2402
8 WAR 141 153 163 FLEETWOOD MAC|RUMOURS 2784 2597
6 CURB 145 162 164 JUDDS|NUMBER ONE HITS 2780 2527
6 WAR 155 54 165 AMERICA|HISTORY-GREATEST HITS 2747 4119
2 EPIC --- 190 166 BONE THUGS-N-HA|VOL. 1-COLLECT 2744 2318
259 COL 124 136 167 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|GREATEST HITS 2743 2726
1 MCAN --- --- 168 CLINE*PATSY|PATSY CLINE GREATE 2734 2128
23 IMPL 132 198 169 KRALL*DIANA|LOVE SCENES 2729 2266
3 MOT --- --- 169 GAYE*MARVIN|VOL. 2-MILLENNIUM 2729 2076
372 CAP 135 151 169 MILLER*STEVE BA|GREATEST HITS 2729 2609
3 WAR 172 83 172 PRINCE|PURPLE RAIN 2722 3478
5 PRR 166 163 173 JAY-Z|REASONABLE DOUBT 2717 2516
6 WAR 181 191 174 ZZ TOP|GREATEST HITS 2693 2311
4 EEG 170 105 175 CHAPMAN*TRACY|TRACY CHAPMAN 2672 2998
33 BNA 180 168 175 LONESTAR|LONELY GRILL 2672 2471
254 DBV 148 167 177 CHILDREN'S FAVO|VOL. 1-DISNEY 2670 2475
11 CAP 67 119 177 HARRISON*GEORGE|BEST OF GEORGE 2670 2897
19 UNC 136 159 179 BOCELLI*ANDREA|SOGNO 2669 2544
5 ROUN 152 142 180 KRAUSS*ALISON|NOW THAT I'VE FO 2662 2687
3 FORE 154 148 181 AUDIO ADRENALIN|LIFT 2656 2634
1 VRGN --- --- 182 SHAGGY|VOL. 1-MR. LOVER LOVER: 2652 1844
26 MCA --- --- 183 DIAMOND*NEIL|BEST OF NEIL DIAM 2648 1906
1 EEG --- --- 184 SWEAT*KEITH|MAKE IT LAST FOREV 2609 1999
11 CAP 130 183 184 BEATLES|RUBBER SOUL (BRITISH) 2609 2402
116 ARI 173 173 186 KENNY G|GREATEST HITS GIFT COL 2601 2459
3 ATLG --- 181 187 MCCLURKIN*DONNI|DONNIE MCCLURK 2596 2406
6 CAP 147 158 187 BENATAR*PAT|BEST SHOTS 2596 2548
1 ISL --- --- 189 JOHN*ELTON|LOVE SONGS 2587 2221
5 CAP 199 --- 189 MURRAY*ANNE|BEST...SO FAR 2587 2125
1 WAR --- --- 191 GRATEFUL DEAD|SKELETONS FROM T 2580 1914
8 COL 179 171 192 DYLAN*BOB|VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 2567 2461
1 COL --- --- 193 NAS|IT WAS WRITTEN 2565 1990
6 COL 183 196 194 SAVAGE GARDEN|SAVAGE GARDEN 2548 2286
21 WAR 122 178 195 ENYA|SHEPHERD MOONS 2541 2420
6 COL 134 175 196 SIMON & GARFUNK|GREATEST HITS 2536 2439
6 EPIC 167 164 197 DANIELS*CHARLIE|SUPER HITS 2524 2512
1 UME --- --- 198 VA-PURE LOVE|PURE LOVE 2518 2029
2 EPIC --- 196 199 BONE THUGS-N-HA|E. 1999 ETERNA 2517 2286
1 ISL --- --- 200 U2|ACHTUNG BABY 2514 1608
Total Sales 825592 730251

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Hmmmm.....just wondering, Doctor, how many copies a week do you think each U2 album is selling here in the States? I know we can see where the two Best Ofs and ATYCLB are at (along with a pretty good estimate of JT's sales), but what about the rest of the band's catalog?

 

[Popmartijn]

Hello,

This is the second time I post in this thread with an almost identical post. But apparently week 12 and week 13 have been put together. Here are again the results of the Dutch jury. As usual, all data is provided by the Mega Top 50 (http://www.planet.nl/music/0,1235,79_1855,00.html).
In its 13th week The Best Of 1990-2000 finally drops out of the Top 10 as it lands at #17. Considering that the album spent 3 months in the Top 10, this is not that bad. There is a small asterisk to U2's position as the 2 versions are counted together.
Here is the chart run for The Best Of 1990-2000 (16-11-02):
1-1-3-4-4-6-7-6-7-6
6-9-17

There are no other U2 albums on the regular album chart. In the Back Catalog Top 50 The Best Of 1980-1990 makes a big drop to #44. It was #50 three weeks ago, fell off the chart two weeks ago and re-entered last week at #6. As you can see, this chart is very volatile (due to the low sales volume).
The 3rd chart run for The Best Of 1980-1990 on the Back Catalog Top 50 was (8-2-03):
6-44

There are no U2 singles on the singles chart (again a Top 50 since 1 January).

As I said, last week was supposedly a slow week. Robbie Williams has the #1 album with Escapology. Blue & Elton John remain #1 on the singles chart with a remake of Elton's Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.

C ya!

Marty

 

[Tomsoundscn]

Finally got catalog chart totals, here's U2 w/e 02/09/03

U2|BEST OF U2-1980-90 1947198

and here's some other classic albums and greatest hits from catalog top 200. I think "Wish you were here" & "Wall" must be 2000 releases, because their totals are so low.

AC/DC|BACK IN BLACK 3963200
AEROSMITH|GREATEST HITS 4160913
CLAPTON*ERIC|TIME PIECES-BEST 4286570
GUNS N'ROSES|APPETITE FOR DEST 3971287
MORISSETTE*ALAN|JAGGED LITTLE 14104285
PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO 5901368
PINK FLOYD|WISH YOU WERE HERE 465213
PINK FLOYD|WALL 529868
MARLEY*BOB & WA|LEGEND-BEST OF 7215088
METALLICA|METALLICA 13376889
MORRISON*VAN|BEST OF VAN MORRI 4429192
PEARL JAM|TEN 8947341
RED HOT CHILI P|CALIFORNICATIO 5055002
SEGER*BOB|GREATEST HITS 5976788
SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|GREATEST HITS 3214243
ZZ TOP|GREATEST HITS 3304373

 

[Popmartijn]

Finally got catalog chart totals, here's U2 w/e 02/09/03

U2|BEST OF U2-1980-90 1947198

and here's some other classic albums and greatest hits from catalog top 200. I think "Wish you were here" & "Wall" must be 2000 releases, because their totals are so low.

AC/DC|BACK IN BLACK 3963200
AEROSMITH|GREATEST HITS 4160913
CLAPTON*ERIC|TIME PIECES-BEST 4286570
GUNS N'ROSES|APPETITE FOR DEST 3971287
MORISSETTE*ALAN|JAGGED LITTLE 14104285
PINK FLOYD|DARK SIDE OF THE MO 5901368
PINK FLOYD|WISH YOU WERE HERE 465213
PINK FLOYD|WALL 529868
MARLEY*BOB & WA|LEGEND-BEST OF 7215088
METALLICA|METALLICA 13376889
MORRISON*VAN|BEST OF VAN MORRI 4429192
PEARL JAM|TEN 8947341
RED HOT CHILI P|CALIFORNICATIO 5055002
SEGER*BOB|GREATEST HITS 5976788
SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|GREATEST HITS 3214243
ZZ TOP|GREATEST HITS 3304373

Thanks for the info!

BTW, I don't think that the low numbers of some PF albums are because they are 2000 albums, but that it's just the numbers scanned in the SoundScan era. SoundScan started somewhere in 1991 (IIRC), so they don't have any data from before 1991. The figures may still be low, but that's what I think.
Anyway, the RIAA site seems to be down (when isn't it) so I cannot check some figures (IMO, AC/DC's sales for Back In Black also seem low to me). I try to get back to this later.

Again, thanks Tom.

C ya!

Marty

 

[STING2]

Take those soundscan totals with a grain of salt. Soundscan started in June 1991. But when it started in 1991, it only tracked 40% of sales. By 1997, it was tracking 85% of sales. Today it tracks about 95% of all sales.

So its definitely not the whole picture, but is usually very reliable estimate for albums released 1995 or after. Many of the older albums in the above list were catalog albums by the time Soundscan came out in 1991. During the early to mid 90s, record clubs accounted for nearly 20% of all albums sold, and none of this was tracked by Soundscan. Today that figure is tiny, less than 5%.

Interesting figures though. Looks like Metallica's Metallica is on target to hit 14 million in sales very soon.

 

[STING2]

Tomsoundscn,

By the way thanks for that info!

 

[BigMacPhisto]

I was going to say.....I mean Pearl Jam's Ten has sold 11,000,000 to the stores anyway, yet it only says 8,000,000 + here. So I guess the explanation that Sting2 provided would explain why all the sales weren't counted.

Btw, Tomsoundscn thanks A LOT. We can now track exactly how many units have been sold of The Best of 1980-1990, so we can compare it against the single disc release of the new Best Of.

 

[Tomsoundscn]

Here's something from singles sales top 200. Numbers are miserable, last one sold only 104 units.

13 UNSO 1 1 2 KID ROCK FEAT. |PICTURE 7800 7605 75835
16 WNDU 36 41 55 CREED|DON'T STOP DANCING 389 449 21165
18 EPIC 59 64 70 PEARL JAM|I AM MINE 326 292 36001
146 AAM 122 100 105 STING|DESERT ROSE 229 219 328240
392 EPIC 107 112 112 PEARL JAM|JEREMY 218 192 591339
17 ARI 100 102 128 SANTANA FEAT. B|GAME OF LOVE, 180 207 8366
30 COL 118 144 139 SPRINSTEEN*BRUC|RISING 169 145 55475
49 COL 189 172 155 AEROSMITH|I DON'T WANT TO MISS 145 110 549176
41 INT 158 138 157 NINE INCH NAILS|CLOSER TO GOD 144 150 339469

 

[STING2]

Tomsoundscn,

Do you have the current Soundscan total for ATYCLB?

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Amazing that Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" is still one of the top 200 selling singles even though it has been for sale in the states since 1995. I'm guessing that part of the reason for it's continued sales is due to the fact that it includes "Yellow Ledbetter", which still gets radio airplay and isn't available on any other releases.

 

[Vox02]

STING2,

If Soundscan only tracked 40% of total US sales in 1991-1995, U2's soundscan numbers for initial sales ( first week ) of "Achtung Baby" and "Zooropa" represents only the 40% of this week?

According to various sources, AB sold 295,000 copies in its first week in US, and Zooropa 377,000 copies. The real number ( Soundscan plus record clubs ) for both albums were superior??

Vox!!

 

[Vox02]

mmm, anyone knows this numbers?

Vox!

 

[STING2]

In June 1991, Soundscan only tracked 40% of sales. By June 1993, this had increased to 75% of all sales. By 1997, over 85% of all sales. Finally today, over 95% of sales are tracked by Soundscan.

You are correct in saying that that actual number of copies sold the first week for Achtung and the first week for Zooropa are higher. You could probably double the figure for Achtung, while the figure for Zooropa is probably only 1/3 higher at most.