Week 38

[Zoovation]

How is it possible that the bomb slips from 13 to 21 in Europe and has a strong result in the World Charts? The result in the US wasn't better than last week.

 

[Soldatti]

Thanks Believe.

PS: Do you know how is working the new Stones single on the Billboard rock chart?

 

[edge3]

How is it possible that the bomb slips from 13 to 21 in Europe and has a strong result in the World Charts? The result in the US wasn't better than last week.

3 things :

- it's slipped 8 spots in Europe ( ) but this dosen't necesarily mean it sold less or got less points (on mediatraffic chart).

- in the US Bomb actually rose 6 spots this week so it probably got more points & sales were only 1 % less than last week.

- Bomb may have also simply performed better in ROW this week (eg Japan, Australia, S.America etc).

 

[edge3]

Denmark :

Bomb : # 4 (# 1) - damn! i wish it stayed at # 1
BO 90-00 : # 33 (# 7)
City : # 14 (# 23)

Germany :

Bomb : # 49 (# 44)
City : # 81 (# 74)

 

[Zoovation]

It's probably again the point system of mediatraffic.

 

[ybird3k]

but doesnt the blue arrow on MT mean a sales increase not a points increase?

 

[beLIEve]

Thanks Believe.

PS: Do you know how is working the new Stones single on the Billboard rock chart?

Rolling Stones new single, "Rough Justice", on Billboard:

Mainstream Rock

TW LW 2W Weeks on chart Song Artist Label Peak
27 29 29 3 Rough Justice, The Rolling Stones Virgin 27

 

[edge3]

but doesnt the blue arrow on MT mean a sales increase not a points increase?

Yes

...IMO there was, at the very least, a v.small decrease in sales in Europe & US this week - so the increase may well have come from the ROW.

Btw - i believe the European album chart is based only on points (not sales).

 

[popmart86]

i cant wait till Bigger Bang comes out so we can compare and contrast these rock pioneers.

 

[Zoovation]

i cant wait till Bigger Bang comes out so we can compare and contrast these rock pioneers.

I don't think that 'A Bigger Bang' will have a chance against the bomb...RS aren't the bigsellers they were a long time ago.

 

[fedeu2]

Exactly.
The RS are probably the only band around whose albums sell around the same as their tours!

I don't think that 'A Bigger Bang' will have a chance against the bomb...RS aren't the bigsellers they were a long time ago.

 

[STING2]

Exactly.
The RS are probably the only band around whose albums sell around the same as their tours!

Actually the Rolling Stones Tours sell considerably more than the albums do.

 

[edge3]

The gigs in Spain seem to have had a MASSIVE effect on U2's sales this week...Bomb returns to top 20...7 albums in top 85...etc :

Albums :
Bomb : # 18 (# 46) - 2xPlat
BO 80-90 : # 46 (# 97) - 4xPlat
JT : # 53 (# 91) - 1xPlat
BO 90-00 : # 58 (RE) - 1xPlat
AB : # 76 (NE) - Gold
R&H : # 79 (NE)
ATYCLB : # 84 (NE) - 3xPlat

Singles :
City : # 9 (# 9)
Vertigo : # 16 (RE)

DVD's :
Slane : # 2 (# 6) - 10,000 sold
Boston : # 6 (# 13)
BO 90-00 : # 7 (# 12)

 

[fedeu2]

Sting2, I was tempted to say that their tours sell actually better than their albums but I was unsure about Steel Wheels and Vodoo Lounge whose sales were ok I guess (several million copies worldwide), maybe matching corresponding tours´ sales.

I like the Stones (love some of their stuff actually) but really, they should have retired in the early ´80´s.
It´s nice to see U2 haven´t gone down the same path and are still able to come up with RELEVANT music after 25 years of their first album release.

Actually the Rolling Stones Tours sell considerably more than the albums do.

 

[edge3]

Canada :

Bomb : # 82 (# 72)
City : airplay - # 29 (# 27), sales - # 7 (# 5)

 

[STING2]

Sting2, I was tempted to say that their tours sell actually better than their albums but I was unsure about Steel Wheels and Vodoo Lounge whose sales were ok I guess (several million copies worldwide), maybe matching corresponding tours´ sales.

I like the Stones (love some of their stuff actually) but really, they should have retired in the early ´80´s.
It´s nice to see U2 haven´t gone down the same path and are still able to come up with RELEVANT music after 25 years of their first album release.

Steel Wheels album did a little over 4 million worldwide. Steel Wheels tour sold over 5.5 million tickets worldwide.

Vodoo Lounge album sold a little over 4 million worldwide. Voodoo Lounge tour sold over 6.5 million tickets worldwide.

 

[Soldatti]

Steel Wheels sold 5 million worldwide, Voodoo Lounge 5.5 million, Stripped sold 3 million, Bridges To Babylon 3.5 million and Forty Licks 7 million.
In US, The Stones have sold 20.9 million albums during the Soundscan era (post 1991) and 7 million tickets according to USA Today article of last Thursday.

 

[STING2]

Steel Wheels sold 5 million worldwide, Voodoo Lounge 5.5 million, Stripped sold 3 million, Bridges To Babylon 3.5 million and Forty Licks 7 million.
In US, The Stones have sold 20.9 million albums during the Soundscan era (post 1991) and 7 million tickets according to USA Today article of last Thursday.

My information from Billboard and soundscan shows that Voodoo Lounge only sold a little over 4 million at most. In fact, when adding up shipments from all the various countries around the world as an advertisement in Billboard did in 1995, the total shipment figure only came out to 3.8 million for Voodoo Lounge. For Bridges To Babylon, the album is only certified for 1 million copies sold in the USA and Soundscan recently reported total sales at 1,061,000 in the USA. In Europe Bridges only did 1 million in sales. Its a rather generous estimate to say that Bridges has sold over 3 million copies worldwide when its well known that the Stones over the past couple of decades have relied on the North American market to sell nearly half of their albums.

For the "40 Licks" album, while it has done well in the United States and Canada with combined sales of 2.5 million, it has only sold 1 million copies in all of Europe. Rest of the World sales would account for at most another 1 million, which gives it a grand total of 4.5 million sold worldwide. A 4.5 million figure is also in keeping with mediatraffic figures which report a total of 3,832,000 copies sold for "40 Licks".

 

[Vox02]

SPAIN



Chart:
1-5-5-5-5-6-6-9-9-9-
10-9-12-15-21-27-29-34-40-42-
49-47-64-58?-58-56-66-79-83-75
82-80-69-64-65-63-46-18

Sales: 200,000 (2x Platinum)

Vertigo Run:
1-1-1-4-1-2-3-3-4-1-
2-4-3-3-8-6-12-14-16-19
16-15-10-14-13-16-?-?-?-?
?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-16

Sometimes Run:
1-2-4-4-5-6-9-11-9-11-
12-10-16-19-outofTop20-?-?-14-17-19-
?-?-?-?-?

City Of Blinding Lights Run:
5-1-1-2-5-8-8-7-9-9


And,

The Best Of 1980-1990 at #46 (#97) with sales of +400,000 copies.

The Joshua Tree #53 (#91)

The Best Of 1990-2000 #58 (-) (100,000 copies)

Achtung Baby #76 (-)

Rattle And Hum #79 (-)

ATYCLB #84 (-)

DVD

#2 (#6) Live At Slane Castle, 43 weeks

#6 (#13) Live From Boston, 6 weeks

#7 (#12) Best Of 1990-2000, 23 weeks

Vox

 

[fedeu2]

Great results Vox!
As for HTDAAB sales, do you think it will hit the 300,000 mark anytime soon?

SPAIN



Chart:
1-5-5-5-5-6-6-9-9-9-
10-9-12-15-21-27-29-34-40-42-
49-47-64-58?-58-56-66-79-83-75
82-80-69-64-65-63-46-18

Sales: 200,000 (2x Platinum)

Vertigo Run:
1-1-1-4-1-2-3-3-4-1-
2-4-3-3-8-6-12-14-16-19
16-15-10-14-13-16-?-?-?-?
?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-16

Sometimes Run:
1-2-4-4-5-6-9-11-9-11-
12-10-16-19-outofTop20-?-?-14-17-19-
?-?-?-?-?

City Of Blinding Lights Run:
5-1-1-2-5-8-8-7-9-9


And,

The Best Of 1980-1990 at #46 (#97) with sales of +400,000 copies.

The Joshua Tree #53 (#91)

The Best Of 1990-2000 #58 (-) (100,000 copies)

Achtung Baby #76 (-)

Rattle And Hum #79 (-)

ATYCLB #84 (-)

DVD

#2 (#6) Live At Slane Castle, 43 weeks

#6 (#13) Live From Boston, 6 weeks

#7 (#12) Best Of 1990-2000, 23 weeks

Vox

 

[Vox02]

Great results Vox!
As for HTDAAB sales, do you think it will hit the 300,000 mark anytime soon?

Mmmm Maybe HTDAAB will hit the 3x Platinum by the end of the year with the 4th single and the Milan DVD release

Vox