Tallarico said:740 000 in final....100 000 less than the bomb!
This is still unbelievable.
I had hoped White Stripes would break 200,000, but oh well.
Tallarico said:740 000 in final....100 000 less than the bomb!
Tallarico said:it is incredible!
u2 in the first week sold 1 900 000.....can coldplay win the race?
Tallarico said:on mediatraffic:
U2 - HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB 1.854.000 COPIES (50/2004)
bsp77 said:
This is still unbelievable.
I had hoped White Stripes would break 200,000, but oh well.
fedeu2 said:The reason? Just one word: HYPE
fedeu2 said:Precisely, mediatraffic only covers 95% of worldwide sales so that figures turns into nearly 1,950.000. I guess it doesn´t include first week sales in Japan either (the week before the worldwide release).
So 2 million copies for first week sales seems a good estimate.
Tallarico said:
Japan sales were inclused.But I think that 2 milion copies is quite right!
ybird3k said:
i think japans 1st week sales were included in the week before, when bomb entered mediatrafic at #40.
bsp77 said:
People always conveniently use that word whenever it goes against their own tastes, which must be superior of course. If anything, U2 would have been perceived as having more hype.
fedeu2 said:
Now, it is my understanding X&Y has been one of the most advertised albums ever. It is clear Martin and ca. are doing their best to replace U2 as the biggest band on earth.
I´ve seen this before with Oasis and Radiohead, back in the 1994-2000 period but we all know that, for different reasons, both bands failed at the task.
Will Coldplay succeed? I say no way, but let´s just wait and see.
fedeu2 said:
I´ve seen this before with Oasis and Radiohead, back in the 1994-2000 period but we all know that, for different reasons, both bands failed at the task.
Will Coldplay succeed? I say no way, but let´s just wait and see.
ybird3k said:
what were the reasons for oasis and radiohead failing to become bigger than U2? U2 werent as big in the 94-00 period as they are now either.
bsp77 said:
Oasis went too far with the overblown Be Here Now and pissed people off (something that could happen to Coldplay's X&Y).
Radiohead purposely walked away from the chance by releasing Kid A.
ybird3k said:Oasis at their best with Definately Maybe and Morning Glory, were MUCH better than coldplay will ever be.
Be Here Now is also very good IMO.
it had massive first week sales in the Uk but was still seen as being a bit of a failure.
same 'could' happen to X&Y, but i doubt it
mosquito said:Some bands and people still thinks good music (radiohead) is more important that money, money, money... (U2)
fedeu2 said:Worldwide sales for Be here now are about 8 million, right?
Not too shabby.
I disagree in that it´s a great record though. It has a couple of great tunes but too similar to the first two albums in my eyes.
After that, everything went downhill for Oasis, proving once again that staying at the top is the hardest thing.
ybird3k said:
some people would say that money, money, money is a result of making good music.
mosquito said:Some bands and people still thinks good music (radiohead) is more important that money, money, money... (U2)
ybird3k said:
ye your right, Be Here Now is too similar to Oasis' first two albums IMO also.
same can be said about Coldplays X&Y.
and staying at the top is definately the hardest thing to do.
Absolutely.They have been,probably,the biggest band in the world since 1987. Their music will never reach the standards of the 80`s and 90´s . I think that U2 since the failure of POP is not the same original and experimental band and have turned in a conservative band.fedeu2 said:[B
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mosquito said:
Absolutely.They have been,probably,the biggest band in the world since 1987. Their music will never reach the standards of the 80`s and 90´s . I think that U2 since the failure of POP is not the same original and experimental band and have turned in a conservative band.
fedeu2 said:Precisely, mediatraffic only covers 95% of worldwide sales so that figures turns into nearly 1,950.000. I guess it doesn´t include first week sales in Japan either (the week before the worldwide release).
So 2 million copies for first week sales seems a good estimate.
mosquito said:Some bands and people still thinks good music (radiohead) is more important that money, money, money... (U2)