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hoping for a top 10 spot on Billboard. damn. not likely.
U2 miss out on top 10 because Sam Smith CBS This Morning last week.
Songs of Innocence downloaded 26 million times, 81 million 'experienced' songs
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hoping for a top 10 spot on Billboard. damn. not likely.
U2 miss out on top 10 because Sam Smith CBS This Morning last week.
Ouch
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that looks like an American chart... did U2 really only sell 25,000 copies?
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At least it past the 20K mark. It was at 10-15K a few days ago.
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I mean, it was free for over a month, so 25k in sales isn't exactly a reason to jump off of a cliff.
Any time you lose to Bob Seger is a reason to jump off a cliff.
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I feel like its 87 all over again and Shakedown has me near that cliff's edge, only to be pulled back by Streets. Fuck me. Bob Seger, really?
U2 Apple commercials are Bob Seger Chevy commercial rewrites.
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gvox
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I knew it. He's been pioneering this shit. He should get an award for brilliance in corporate punk rock partnerships!
Like a punk rock
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I'll believe that low number when I see it on the official Billboard site.
ImNotSleeping
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U2 has done nothing to promote SOI in the US. Nada, zip. Many stores have no inventory of it. None! Very odd, but you know what? The radio stations around here, ultra self-important in this major market, are beginning to play the songs. The big rock station is starting to play Miracle and tonight played Every Breaking Wave! The small indie station plays Miracle, Song For Someone and lately is playing my favorite track This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now, several times daily.
We shall see, but it is completely ODD that there is no physical inventory of SOI. It wasn't on my big independent record store's emails of new releases or vinyl last week or this week.
We shall see, but it is completely ODD that there is no physical inventory of SOI. It wasn't on my big independent record store's emails of new releases or vinyl last week or this week.
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In the uk, my local tesco and sainsburys dont stock it. They have the other stuff that has charted but not u2.
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womanfish
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HitsDailyDouble is quite accurate and trusted. They may fluctuate a percentage point or 2 from Billboard, but nothing major.
But yes, quite startling that SOI sold more in both France and The Netherlands than in the U.S.
Actually, just saw this from "Peelin off those dollar bills"
Doing great in France. In it's second week it stays at number 1 and sells another 29,000 copies, total just over 50,000 from a week and a half.
Again, 25k still puts them nearly top 10, and they have done absolutely nothing to promote it here in the states. My guess is that most people think of it as a free album and have absolutely no clue you can even buy it.
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It really doesn't help that no where on the cover of the album does it say U2. People just see 2 shirtless dudes hugging and think "that's weird"...
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There's a sticker on the cd that says "u2 son gs of innocence."
Maybe people are thrown off because they can't make any sense of the title. "What the fuck does 'gs' mean? Did they record an album in Gaelic?"
Number 9 in america with 28,000 sales
http://www.billboard.com/articles/c...um-bob-seger-game-u2?mobile_redirection=false
http://www.billboard.com/articles/c...um-bob-seger-game-u2?mobile_redirection=false
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Aside from mentioning the sales numbers of No Line (which almost went gold in its first week, surprisingly), they don't paint it as a failure, and actually note that it's another Top 10 album for the band. Apparently, they weren't expecting high sales either.
I guess the silver lining here is that if more retailers get around to stocking, displaying it prominently, and the band keeps releasing singles (physical or otherwise), they can still build on these numbers over time.
A gold certification is probably out of reach, but clearly the goal here is to put them back into a position where a "normal" release of Songs Of Experience with its new interactive digital format will put them back near the top of the charts.
I guess the silver lining here is that if more retailers get around to stocking, displaying it prominently, and the band keeps releasing singles (physical or otherwise), they can still build on these numbers over time.
A gold certification is probably out of reach, but clearly the goal here is to put them back into a position where a "normal" release of Songs Of Experience with its new interactive digital format will put them back near the top of the charts.
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So, I was expecting a lot more and my original predication was crap and embarrassing(I won't even repeat it). With that said, after the past week of people saying they might not hit 25k and yesterday HDD indicating less than 25k AND out of the top 10, to me this is a little bit of a win(in the context of the past week).
Free album on the biggest music retailers site for 5 weeks(heavy advertising letting people know about it) and absolutely 0 promotion for the album on the states(a radio "interview" doesn't count) and they still have a top 10 album!
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Billboard has always down a great deal of respect for U2 in their reporting of them over the years. I would say they are a U2 friendly publication at best and at worst, not biased against U2(a la NME).
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25k last week on the "partial week" numbers.
This Thursday we will know what the first full week totaled.
I would bet around 100 to 200k(France and US total about 50k alone)
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womanfish
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SOI has already gone gold in France and Netherlands, most likely in Croatia, Portugal and Spain.
Now they only need to sell 472,000 more copies to go gold in the US!!
Seriously happy they squeaked into the top 10 though. PHEW.
Now get to playing EBW on every TV show in the U.S. - push it to every AAA/AC/Hot AC station in the country and get this thing moving.
womanfish
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Yeah, between France, U.S., Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and UK, you're probably looking at over 100k right there. So easily 150 to 200k worldwide.
I think we will know by Friday.
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Top 10, not bad.
Mrs. Garrison
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Considering this album was free to a half billion people (not sure how many of those were in the U.S.) for over 30 days just prior to the official on-sale date, yeah, those numbers aren't as terrible as some people here would like to think.
A good single, the tour, awards, etc., might drive future sales or keep the album hanging around in the charts somewhere. But still, im pretty happy with the album ive got both physically and digitally. The tour cannot come soon enough.
A good single, the tour, awards, etc., might drive future sales or keep the album hanging around in the charts somewhere. But still, im pretty happy with the album ive got both physically and digitally. The tour cannot come soon enough.
Yes.
Aside from running a commercial on every single major american broadcast for 2 weeks, they did next to nothing.
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