is U2‘s eighth Number One LP as it debuts at the top of the French albums chart with 21,771 copies sold in 3 days (it was released last Friday). The band’s other chart-toppers were The Joshua Tree (for 20 consecutive weeks from April to August 1987), Achtung Baby (for two weeks in March 1992), Zooropa (for one week in July 1993), Pop (for one week in March 1997), All That You Can’t Leave Behind (for one week in November 2000), How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (for one week in November 2004) and No Line On The Horizon (for one week in March 2009). The latter had opened with 63,109 CDs sold.
We're so loyal to U2
No actually, this is kind of deserved I really love this album and everyone around me in Holland is positive about it too, especially he casuals and non-fans. I hope they stay up there for a while.
Sorry, cross-posting
What's absolutely crazy is the disparity between sales in Europe and the U.S. this time. I mean, almost 22k sold in FRANCE!! And that's in 3 days?? I'm going by the info in the other new thread.
I mean to think that France is outselling the entire US is just astonishing. I think the UK will have about equal numbers to the U.S. when usually they have about 1/3rd the sales.
So either their promo tour is REALLY working, or it shows the difference in buying habits and iTunes use in the different countries.
Also - just noticing that France bought nearly as many copies of SOI as NLOTH!!! 22k in 3 days, vs 69k in 7 days. Just mindboggling really. Does no one use iTunes in France???
The Netherlands!!! (suck that haters!!)
So indeed: Album charts in NL #1
But the I Tunes charts:
#22 EBW
#26 SFS
#28 California
#29 Cedarwood
#30 Raised by wolves
Honorable mention :
#95 Ordinary Love
Surprised not to see TIWYCRMN. But this is really good compared to what NLOTH was doing in Holland. That's 5 NEW tunes in the top 30
France had better sales than the US. Fairly Insane
nooo it's totally expected! the French LOVE U2!
(and they're not likely to be squeamish in the slightest re. the album cover either, unlike some of the reactions of US posters in here )
(and not sure the French would get their knickers in a twist about the release method either - haven't heard a thing about it here, although haven't been actively looking...)
How did it do in the U.S.? Do we have those numbers yet?
No numbers yet, but estimates put it at about 25 to 27k, hopefully top 10. We will know on Thursday