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04072511 said:
This is actually incorrect
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UK Date: 11/11/2000 - Run: *1*-4-10-20-25-26-28-29- (8 wsf)
06/01/2001: 29-23-17-12-12- 7-7-8-10-3-6-8-12-14-23-30-39-41-49-54-65-60-53-47-47-58-65-56-47-37-30-23-22-15-16-23-34-42-53-64-0-0-74-60-50-57-69-0-71-54-61-60- (57 wsf)
05/01/2002: 64-56-60 (60-48c/10-9c/1 wks)
Re #01: 09/03/2002 64-74 (2 wks)
Total # of re-entries: 3 (Top 10: 1)
Total # of weeks: 62-48c (Top 10: 10-9c, Top 20: 18 Top 40: 33, #1: 1) US:#3/94/3
In its 20th week ATYCLB was at #8 therefore far higher up the charts than HTDAAB is at this stage.
This is quite true...however, I'm not sure of all the reasons that caused this spike. As you can see from the chart run, ATYCLB had dropped to #29, then jumped back up to #3.
I do recall U2 playing on a U.K. TV show and winning an award. This had the same effect that the Grammy Awards do in the U.S. - and it caused the album to fly up the charts. I also think that U2 released "Stuck..." around this time, which debuted at #2. So the two combined helped ATYCLB move up the charts.
HTDAAB had a different single release pattern and was also released later in the year (as compared to ATYCLB). U2 won no major awards either. As such, there was no reason for a spike. Therefore, one can't really compare the two albums directly as different events (tour, TV appearances, awards, singles) will have an effect on the album's chart position.
When the next single is released and U2 hits Europe this summer, HTDAAB will fly back up the charts - it's a given. It'll probably return to #1 in Ireland and I wouldn't be surprised to see top 10, if not top 5 even, in the U.K.