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Refugee
Around the time news came out that presale was limited only to 1 show and 2 tickets, the public was outraged. Considering the shows mostly affected were the American shows -I can observe that the Americans did a splendid job of showing U2 their wrath. HTDAAB suffered a massive drop from #13 to #22. Everyone knows that you are nothing once you are outside the top 20 in the Billboard charts.
To add insult to injury, around this same time when ATYCLB was released, it sold 57,000 units while HTDAAB is only sold 35,000 units. These figures are improbable considering HTDAAB is supposed to be U2's "fastest selling album ever" and on a much more torrid pace than ATYCLB. The only possible explanation is simple - boycott.
The disgruntled fans have begun to show their resentment for the deception U2 has concocted with regards to website membership and presales. They have clearly banded together to reject U2.
Now, after the presales have been a total fiasco - this week's Billboard results for U2 seem to be headed to a chart position between 25 to 35. Wouldn't that be downright embarrassing for U2's "fastest selling album" to drop out of the top 30 so soon? This just shows the power of U2 fans if they are united towards a single goal.
Their complaints haven't gone unheeded. They have been featured in big time newspapers like the Sunday Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and other top online sites to let U2 know how badly they were treated. Since the presale fiasco only reached media this week, we can expect next week's chart position to drop even more.
But the week after that should see a rise after word gets out of the U2.com refund. However, the damage has been done through the massive fan boycott.
Oh the irony - U2's fastest selling album becomes the 2nd fastest falling album (nothing will ever beat POP when it comes to chart freefalling) in U2's storied career. It looks like my prediction was right all along - that HTDAAB will be hard-pressed to match ATYCLB's Billboard Chart success. But I think it still has a chance.
Cheers,
J
To add insult to injury, around this same time when ATYCLB was released, it sold 57,000 units while HTDAAB is only sold 35,000 units. These figures are improbable considering HTDAAB is supposed to be U2's "fastest selling album ever" and on a much more torrid pace than ATYCLB. The only possible explanation is simple - boycott.
The disgruntled fans have begun to show their resentment for the deception U2 has concocted with regards to website membership and presales. They have clearly banded together to reject U2.
Now, after the presales have been a total fiasco - this week's Billboard results for U2 seem to be headed to a chart position between 25 to 35. Wouldn't that be downright embarrassing for U2's "fastest selling album" to drop out of the top 30 so soon? This just shows the power of U2 fans if they are united towards a single goal.
Their complaints haven't gone unheeded. They have been featured in big time newspapers like the Sunday Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and other top online sites to let U2 know how badly they were treated. Since the presale fiasco only reached media this week, we can expect next week's chart position to drop even more.
But the week after that should see a rise after word gets out of the U2.com refund. However, the damage has been done through the massive fan boycott.
Oh the irony - U2's fastest selling album becomes the 2nd fastest falling album (nothing will ever beat POP when it comes to chart freefalling) in U2's storied career. It looks like my prediction was right all along - that HTDAAB will be hard-pressed to match ATYCLB's Billboard Chart success. But I think it still has a chance.
Cheers,
J