Week 37

[doctorwho]

Does anyone have full access to Billboards Catalog sales and/or chart? If U2's albums (specifically the 80's "Best Of" and possibly JT) also increased on that chart, then perhaps there was a push from "Entourage". Similarly, if HTDAAB slips back down next week, we know it was just a token push from the show.

However, if HTDAAB and the Catalog albums increase again next week, then clearly something else is helping this album go back up the charts. Recall, in 2001, around this same time of year, ATYCLB fell out of the Top 100. However, thanks to "Stuck..." it slowly worked it's way back into the Top 100. It continued to linger in the Top 100, eventually reaching #10 when U2 won 4 Grammy Awards in 2002! Perhaps we'll see something similar with HTDAAB. Hmmm... wonder if U2 will be playing in the Super Bowl again this year?

 

[Irishteen]

Billboard 200 / Issue Date: Aug. 20

164 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 6,530 16 5,641 2,830,482

Great news, lets hope for a continueing rise.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

It's Entourage helping, along with increased plays on the Alternative stations.....if the album can make it to the next tour leg, which it should thanks to "COBL" on the rise, it should make it into '06.

 

[beLIEve]

U2 rules the Billboard Eurocharts!

Billboard has updated it's Eurocharts, and U2 rules!

Top 100 Albums

HTDAAB up to #13
B/O 1980-90 at #64 RE
B/O 1990-00 at #68 RE
Joshua Tree at #99 RE

COBL is at #45 on the Top 100 Singles

As for the Pop Catalog Charts for the U.S.

B/O 1980-90 up 2 spots to #28

It appears that U2 albums got a boost worldwide this week for whatever reason.

 

[ChargedVT]

The big news this week comes from Denmark.
Last week in the week of the tour HTDAAB was #2 and guess what, this week..... NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!! And look at the rest of the results too!

BOMB: #1 (#2)
Best of 80-90: #8 (#24)
Best of 90-00: #7 (#23)
atyclb: #30 (#62)

Sometimes you can't make it #11 (#11)

 

[ChargedVT]

Oh and by the way, Mediatraffic is now updated and HTDAAB goes from 31 up to no. 29!

 

[STING2]

The big news this week comes from Denmark.
Last week in the week of the tour HTDAAB was #2 and guess what, this week..... NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!! And look at the rest of the results too!

BOMB: #1 (#2)
Best of 80-90: #8 (#24)
Best of 90-00: #7 (#23)
atyclb: #30 (#62)

Sometimes you can't make it #11 (#11)

54. Copenhagen, Denmark : July 31, 2005 : Parken Stadion : GROSS $3,650,294 : ATTENDANCE 50,000 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

Although I'm not 100% certain, it appears that U2 now has the GROSS record and Attendance record for Parken Stadion in Copenhagen, Denmark. Past Stones and U2 attendance levels for the stadium were always below 50,000 and the GROSS was never as high as this.

 

[Zoovation]

Wow, great results from Mediatraffic, that's really good.

 

[mikeuk]

Oh and by the way, Mediatraffic is now updated and HTDAAB goes from 31 up to no. 29!

The 26 album sold 69k whereas the 30 album sold 54k - so another steady week for Bomb.


COBL also holds at 21 - with an increase in points !


Mike

 

[mikeuk]

Re: U2 rules the Billboard Eurocharts!

It appears that U2 albums got a boost worldwide this week for whatever reason. [/B]

Well the reason for the boost is the incredible performance in some european countries - clearly linked to the tour. The increase in the US was, while welcome, only very small.

Mike

 

[mikeuk]

Oh and by the way, Mediatraffic is now updated and HTDAAB goes from 31 up to no. 29!

I did previously wonder about the timing of the hitlist chart compared to mediatraffic. With Faith Hill number one on the latter, on not yet featuring on the former, one has to conclude that the Hitlist chart next Sunday/Monday is the comparitor to the mediatraffic chart published today.



Mike

 

[Zoovation]

Austria:

Bomb #32 (#31)
BO 1980 #38 (#33)
BO 1990 #69 (#64)

City #67 (#73)

 

[ChargedVT]

More results for this week...

Spain
Bomb #46 (#63)
Joshua #91 (platinum)
80-98 #97 (4xplatinum!)


Sweden
Bomb #28 (#9)
Joshua #33 (#7)
80-90 #41 (#13)
90-00 #44 (#18)
Achtung #51 (#32)

Belgium
Bomb #18 (#16)

 

[edge3]

Wow, incredible results all round...especially Denmark!!

I'm surprised that sales actually went down at mediatraffic though...i'll now estimate that it sold 40,000 this week with 41,000 last week & 42,000 two weeks ago - though i know this could still be a bit too low :

7,802,000 + 37,000 (w.33) + 38,000 (w.34) + 44,000 (w.35) + 42,000 (w.36) + 41,000 (w.37) + 40,000 (w.38) = 8,044,000

 

[edge3]

More results for this week...

Spain
Bomb #46 (#63)
Joshua #91 (platinum)
80-98 #97 (4xplatinum!)

That's also fantastic news from Spain...but the PDF chart says that JT is a New Entry as opposed to a Re-Entry for The Best Of 1980-90...so maybe this is a new edition of JT or something...which is why it is only certified Platinum, right?

 

[fitz]

Germany:
Bomb #44 (#54)
Best of 80-90: #58 (++)

 

[STING2]

That's also fantastic news from Spain...but the PDF chart says that JT is a New Entry as opposed to a Re-Entry for The Best Of 1980-90...so maybe this is a new edition of JT or something...which is why it is only certified Platinum, right?

This often happens when an old album recharts. It is listed as new, and a very old certification is given. On the catalog charts in the USA, sometimes an old album comes back on that chart that is multi-platinum, but is listed with only a Gold certification. This is usually corrected in the next week or two though.

 

[edge3]

This often happens when an old album recharts. It is listed as new, and a very old certification is given. On the catalog charts in the USA, sometimes an old album comes back on that chart that is multi-platinum, but is listed with only a Gold certification. This is usually corrected in the next week or two though.

thx Sting...Btw in Poland the other week JT was also listed as a New Entry - the reason being that the current chart was a new / different chart to when JT was last on the chart...maybe that's the same for Spain? Also, maybe that old Platinum certification (in Spain) used to be equal to 200K / 300K as opposed to 100K today?