Originally posted by vox626:
Vh-1 and Rollingstone.com both confirm that although they fell 2,000 copies from last week they still sold 26,000 copies to rise up to #39 on the billboard charts. The artical mentions that the grammies arnt helpong but I feel that they are very much so!!! They dont seem to be increasing sales but leveling them. U2 and Indea-arie both rise greatly. U2 isnt falling as fast as everyone else! I hope that they can stay in the top 40 but who knows. Not bad for an album that has been out for 63 weeks!
Excellent points
Vox626! You are right. For people like us, namely those who routinely watch the charts, clearly this is a HUGE success. For an album to jump back INTO the TOP 40 on the U.S. charts 63 weeks after its release - and with no new single or tour to promote it - is amazing.
What RollingStone.com and other sites fail to realize is that while sales declined a bit for U2, sales declined ENORMOUSLY for everyone else. This is a very slow time of year. The holiday season is over, so all sales (clothing, music, movies, etc.) drop. For U2 to remain virtually stagnant in sales when they have no new single or tour going, is impressive. For U2 to return to the U.S. Top 40 under these circumstances is incredible! This is indeed glorious news!
Based on that information, here is a summary for the U.S. Charts.
The first 63 weeks for ATYCLB on the U.S. Billboard charts are:
3-5-12-22-23-24-20(1xP)-18-22-16
19-19(2xP)-25-33-37-35-11-15-25-31
38-40-42-45-45-48-50-48-50-58
60-53-50-66-74-82-81-89-88-99
105-106-108-104-78-66-53-50-57-55
54-58(3xP)-62-67-80-77-78-76-69-71
74-58-39
"POP" was out of the Top 100 after 19 weeks and "Zooropa" was out of the Top 100 after 31 weeks. ATYCLB fell out of the Top 100 after 40 weeks, however, it has now returned for an additional 19 weeks. It has spent 59 out of 63 total weeks in the U.S. Top 100, and, now, 23 weeks in the U.S. Top 40!
Approximate weekly sales for the first 63 weeks of ATYCLB are (rounded to nearest thousand):
428,000 + 176,000 + 119,000 + 125,000 + 100,000 + 113,000 + 154,000 + 259,000 + 108,000 + 66,000 + 59,000 + 57,000+ 47,000 + 44,000 + 41,000 + 49,000 + 85,000 + 74,000 + 54,000 + 48,000 + 43,000 + 39,000 + 37,000 + 39,000 + 30,000 + 29,000 + 26,000 + 29,000 + 25,000 + 24,000 + 27,000 + 30,000 + 31,000 + 24,000 + 22,000 + 18,000 + 19,000 + 17,000 + 17,000 + 15,000 + 14,000 + 14,000 + 13,000 + 13,000 + 16,000 + 19,000 + 21,000 + 23,000 + 22,000 + 22,000 + 24,000 + 25,000 + 24,000 + 23,000 + 21,000 + 28,000 + 30,000 + 32,000 + 50,000 + 80,000 + 40,000 + 28,000 + 26,000
Estimated total U.S. sales after 63 weeks are: 3,355,000
[This message has been edited by doctorwho (edited 01-17-2002).]
