Week 7

[Maoilbheannacht]

coldplay were selling twice these amounts last year.

More people were buying albums in 2008. There has been an across the board 15% decline in album sales since then. NLOTH is still way out in front in terms of worldwide sales for 2009. If Viva La Vida had been released in March 2009, it would not be selling as well as it did in 2008.

 

[Irishteen]

coldplay were selling twice these amounts last year.

Market was over 10% stronger last year, and Coldplay had a hit single. It's to be expected

 

[Irishteen]

Best Selling Albums Worldwide in 2009
1. U2 No Line On The Horizon 2.502.000
2. Lady Gaga The Fame 1.482.000
3. Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.368.000
4. Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 1.363.000
5. Soundtrack Twilight 1.350.000
6. Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 1.345.000
7. Taylor Swift Fearless 1.280.000
8. Pink Funhouse 1.039.000
9. Nickelback Dark Horse 1.002.000
10. Britney Spears Circus 976.000

Best Selling Albums Released in 2009
1. U2 No Line On The Horizon 2.502.000 2.502.000
2. Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.368.000 1.368.000
3. Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 807.000 807.000
4. Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 804.500 804.500
5. Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 674.000 674.000
6. The Fray The Fray 645.000 645.000
7. The Prodigy Invaders Must Die 561.000 561.000
8. Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 515.500 515.500
9. Les Enfoirés Les Enfoirés Font Leur Cinéma 2009 477.500 477.500
10. Rascal Flatts Unstoppable 468.000 468.000

Best Selling Albums Since 2006
1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 11109500
2 Justin Timberlake FutureSex / LoveSounds 8855000
3 Soundtrack High School Musical 8116000
4 Nelly Furtado Loose 7785000
5 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 7454000

15 AC/DC Black Ice 5718000

24 Soundtrack Mamma Mia! 4820000
25 U2 18 Singles 4774000

36 Metallica Death Magnetic 4010500

44 Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 3614000

46 Pink Funhouse 3547500

48 Taylor Swift Fearless 3526000

52 Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 3422000
53 Madonna Hard Candy 3385500

62 Britney Spears Circus 3048000

68 Nickelback Dark Horse 2932000

80 Bruce Springsteen Magic 2683000
81 Soundtrack Twilight 2678000
82 Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2654000
83 Keane Under The Iron Sea 2586000
84 Bob Dylan Modern Times 2568000
85 Colbie Caillat Coco 2564000
86 Panic! At The Disco A Fever You Can t Sweat Out 2507500
87 U2 No Line On The Horizon 2502000
88 James Morrison Undiscovered 2488000
89 50 Cent Curtis 2418000
90 Robbie Williams Rudebox 2410000
91 Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 2402000
92 Tim McGraw Greatest Hits Vol.2: Reflected 2359000

 

[believer75]

By the way, thanks to all you who are posting these numbers....I have been searching for this stuff online but I guess I am not "connected" enough to find it. So, this is great and thanks again!

 

[doctorwho]

Best Selling Albums Since 2006
1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 11109500
2 Justin Timberlake FutureSex / LoveSounds 8855000
3 Soundtrack High School Musical 8116000
4 Nelly Furtado Loose 7785000
5 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 7454000

15 AC/DC Black Ice 5718000

24 Soundtrack Mamma Mia! 4820000
25 U2 18 Singles 4774000

36 Metallica Death Magnetic 4010500

44 Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 3614000

46 Pink Funhouse 3547500

48 Taylor Swift Fearless 3526000

52 Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 3422000
53 Madonna Hard Candy 3385500

62 Britney Spears Circus 3048000

68 Nickelback Dark Horse 2932000

80 Bruce Springsteen Magic 2683000
81 Soundtrack Twilight 2678000
82 Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2654000
83 Keane Under The Iron Sea 2586000
84 Bob Dylan Modern Times 2568000
85 Colbie Caillat Coco 2564000
86 Panic! At The Disco A Fever You Can t Sweat Out 2507500
87 U2 No Line On The Horizon 2502000
88 James Morrison Undiscovered 2488000
89 50 Cent Curtis 2418000
90 Robbie Williams Rudebox 2410000
91 Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 2402000
92 Tim McGraw Greatest Hits Vol.2: Reflected 2359000

There are a few interesting points about this list.

First is that NLOTH has only been out for 7-8 weeks and it's already this high - that's good. NLOTH clearly won't hit the heights of Winehouse's album, but I doubt she could repeat that again in this environment.

Second is that NLOTH is really about 500K to 1M units behind some big sellers, like Beyonce and Britney Spears. Both of these albums have had some big hits and have been out longer. Give NLOTH a hit song - any hit - and a successful tour and suddenly I can see these sales surge dramatically.

Had NLOTH been able to take advantage of the 2008 holiday season, I'm sure sales would have been up there with Spears and maybe Beyonce by now. But now we'll have to see if the summer is kind to U2 and if the album can survive until the December of this year. If so, it will get a holiday boost.

In other words, when I look at the recent big albums, with a few exceptions (like AC/DC and Coldplay releases), NLOTH is performing rather well and will most likely improve tremendously.

 

[Native_Son]

I really dont see where ACDC's 5.7M of sales have come from

 

[allbecauseofu2]

lol. yea. ac/dc is great and all, but i don;t get where the force is coming from behind this album. I mean ac/dc has is the anti-u2. they have put the same album out 20 times,lol. You will never see discussions on ac/dc message boards about "playing it safe" and "experimenting" lol.

 

[dopper]

I really dont see where ACDC's 5.7M of sales have come from

I think it has a lot to do with their songs being part of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games.