you know, I'll be the last person here complaining about NLOTH's sales, I just don't care, I'm just interested in the music...
and the truth is, all artists/bands that I listen to are not even close - combied - to U2's total sales...
BUT, NLOTH's sales got me thinking:
Why only US and UK? I know those two markets are probably around 50% or more of U2's total sales so far, but...
The album is going down in US and UK, while it stays at the top in almost every other country, longer than HTDAAB did, I should add.
Why? Is the economy really that bad there? Music taste? technology for illegal downloading? What is it?
With the tour and 3 more singles, I'm sure the album will go up to 5 maybe 6 mln worldwide and personaly I don't care if that will be 1,5mln from US and UK and 3,5-4,5mln rest of the world... but it's just strange
you are very boring
But it is also remarkable that stadiums are not sold out there...
they haven t sold out in u.s.a. only the 250 dollars ticket....do you call it a flop???u2 are top 5 in uk 2009 album chart...do you call it a flop?....u2 are the best seller worlwide album 2009...do you call it a flop?...u2 are 6 weeks n.1 in the album eurochart....do you call it a flop?u2 are n.2 in usa 2009 album chart ?do you call it a flop..
Why only US and UK?
they haven t sold out in u.s.a. only the 250 dollars ticket....do you call it a flop???u2 are top 5 in uk 2009 album chart...do you call it a flop?....u2 are the best seller worlwide album 2009...do you call it a flop?...u2 are 6 weeks n.1 in the album eurochart....do you call it a flop?u2 are n.2 in usa 2009 album chart ?do you call it a flop..
you are very boring
The point I wanted to make is that the economic crisis or illegal downloading cannot explain why U2s new album is dropping so much in especially the UK, and in lesser extend in the US, while in the rest of the world tehy are doing extremely well!
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besides, a #1 chart position means nothing if you only need 1000 sold units to get there.
the rest of the world don't have quality albums debuting weekly, forcing down older albums. only truly international acts and homegrown talent appear in the charts of smaller countries. homegrown talent are few and far between in those countries. why isn't this obvious?
If we are talking about touring, you can still get tickets to see Coldplay AND oasis on ALL dates of their UK tour, now that is a suprise and shows its not just a U2 thing, as for the vertigo shows selling out within hours that just isnt true, you could still buy tickets to all dates weeks before the shows apart from London.
It's a recession, tour tickets not selling is hardly surprising, U2 probably could of sold 50% as much if they announced the tour 6-12 months ago. U2 tickets are selling incredibly well given the current climate
Am i missing something? am looking at the UK top 40 albums. I cant see any quality or talent there, homegrown or otherwise.
i'm speaking in a relative sense. does a country like slovenia or austria or switzerland have 5 or 6 album debuts every week that are compelling enough to buy en masse? if so, then U2's ability to stay at the top of those charts is impressive. but that's not the case. no competition in those countries mean a top chart spot every week.
the rest of the world don't have quality albums debuting weekly, forcing down older albums. only truly international acts and homegrown talent appear in the charts of smaller countries. homegrown talent are few and far between in those countries. why isn't this obvious?
Perhaps this might be deemed a bit leftfield but I think ageism might have a role to play in their current chart performances esp with the UK. It's no secret that the UK and the US tend not to forgive musical artists for getting older.......perhaps coming from the general disrespect for the elderly that permeates these countries. (I know u2 aren't using zimmerframes just yet...but still) The rest of Europe as a whole and South America and Asia isn't half as caught up with it and have alot more respect for ageing artists and the ageing as a whole. Also most negative media against U2 has stemmed from the UK and US..............I'm not saying this is the only reason but that perhaps it contributes.
By the way, No Line On The Horizon just went platinum in Russia this week!
the rest of the world don't have quality albums debuting weekly, forcing down older albums. only truly international acts and homegrown talent appear in the charts of smaller countries. homegrown talent are few and far between in those countries. why isn't this obvious?
besides, a #1 chart position means nothing if you only need 1000 sold units to get there.
And isn't it only international acts and homegrown talent that appear in the USA charts...?
i'm speaking in a relative sense. does a country like slovenia or austria or switzerland have 5 or 6 album debuts every week that are compelling enough to buy en masse? if so, then U2's ability to stay at the top of those charts is impressive. but that's not the case. no competition in those countries mean a top chart spot every week.
I'm sure you could find some exceptions...like if Susan Doyle put out an album tomorrow here in the US it would probably go to #1 (just because of the human interest factor--I'm not interested, I think a lot of the reaction was planned...not saying she doesn't have a nice voice though) and she was only introduced to the US a couple of weeks ago because of her youtube hits and human interest quality.
But in general you are probably right.
i'm speaking in a relative sense. does a country like slovenia or austria or switzerland have 5 or 6 album debuts every week that are compelling enough to buy en masse? if so, then U2's ability to stay at the top of those charts is impressive. but that's not the case. no competition in those countries mean a top chart spot every week.