Week 31

[Irishteen]

Ireland:

Crazy Tonight: 45 (26)
U2:18: 56 (52)
NLOTH: - (-)

 

[phommel]

Netherlands:

NLOTH 53 (45)

 

[rollingbob]

UK, Xfactor boost for :

67 (69) 18 Singles up to ~3k (~135k sold so far this year)
63 (re) WOWY up over 50% to ~4k (has now sold ~125k in the download era, since '05)

But sadly that is it as No Line & Crazy both inevitably crash out of top 200

 

[Tallarico]

Usa
90 U2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON 6,243 -5 6,603 1,016,371

 

[Popmartijn]

I have to say I'd expected this album to be higher in the USA this week. U2 had played SNL on the Saturday, plus the ongoing tour.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

So far in 2009, there are only 4 albums released during 2009 that have been able to sell 1,000,000 or more copies in the United States:


01 - 1,554,986 - HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Soundtrack
02 - 1,461,469 - RELAPSE - Eminem
03 - 1,169,497 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
04 - 1,016,371 - NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2


With only 3 months to go in the year, this list is unlikely to get much bigger, and it does not appear that any 2009 releases will be achieving multi-platinum status before the end of 2009.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

Best Selling Albums in 2009 WORLDWIDE as of WEEK 41


1. Lady Gaga The Fame 3,706,000
2. U2 No Line On The Horizon 3,295,000
3. Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 2,940,000
4. Michael Jackson Thriller 2,930,000
5. Michael Jackson Number Ones 2,708,000
6. Taylor Swift Fearless 2,671,000
7. Eminem Relapse 2,638,000
8. The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 2,621,000
9. soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 2,470,000
10. Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 2,387,000
11. Michael Jackson The Essential 2,265,000
12. Green Day 21st Century Breakdown 2,223,000
13. soundtrack Twilight 1,980,000
14. Pink Funhouse 1,911,000
15. Nickleback Dark Horse 1,770,000


This is the first week since June that there are no Michael Jackson albums in the top 40 of mediatraffic's chart. In fact, most of the chart is filled with brand new albums or very old catalog Beatles albums. Only four albums of the top 15 selling albums this year made the top 40 this week.

 

[Tyagu_Anaykus]

Lady Gaga

almost 3,300,000 copies is a very good number. Speacilly seeing they're the nº1 rock band in this list.


wow, after 30years... wow

 

[vaz02]

Wow at all those MJ sales.

 

[hey you]

nloth this week

usa 90(69)
denmark 14(12)
holland 53(45)
italy 54(48)
france 59(43)
rep.czech 28(43)
spain 71(71)
bel vl 91(65)
bel wa 50(55)

 

[doctorwho]

Best Selling Albums in 2009 WORLDWIDE as of WEEK 41


1. Lady Gaga The Fame 3,706,000
2. U2 No Line On The Horizon 3,295,000
3. Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 2,940,000
4. Michael Jackson Thriller 2,930,000
5. Michael Jackson Number Ones 2,708,000
6. Taylor Swift Fearless 2,671,000
7. Eminem Relapse 2,638,000
8. The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 2,621,000
9. soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 2,470,000
10. Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 2,387,000
11. Michael Jackson The Essential 2,265,000
12. Green Day 21st Century Breakdown 2,223,000
13. soundtrack Twilight 1,980,000
14. Pink Funhouse 1,911,000
15. Nickleback Dark Horse 1,770,000


This is the first week since June that there are no Michael Jackson albums in the top 40 of mediatraffic's chart. In fact, most of the chart is filled with brand new albums or very old catalog Beatles albums. Only four albums of the top 15 selling albums this year made the top 40 this week.

Do you trust these numbers more than the World Chart? That one has NLOTH at about 3.7M if I recall. I always felt that chart was more accurate (even though it too is an estimate), because during a time when NLOTH was clearly rising across Europe and holding steady in the U.S., it would report major drops in sales. This didn't make sense.

What does that chart say about NLOTH and other albums this year?

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

Do you trust these numbers more than the World Chart? That one has NLOTH at about 3.7M if I recall. I always felt that chart was more accurate (even though it too is an estimate), because during a time when NLOTH was clearly rising across Europe and holding steady in the U.S., it would report major drops in sales. This didn't make sense.

What does that chart say about NLOTH and other albums this year?

I trust the mediatraffic chart because its estimates are more conservative and regardless of the actual sales levels, I think the album positions are correct which is really the more important thing to look at than whether the album has sold 3.4 million or 3.7 million.

The list above is just what I have added from what is posted on the top 40. Mediatraffic does keep track of albums that drop out of the top 40, and I have seen indications that its up to 3.45 million in sales on the mediatraffic chart, although I can't confirm that. Mediatraffic will release all the results with their year end chart.

 

[rollingbob]

Europe : 94 (73)

Albums with most weeks on European top 100 since 1987 :

1. TJT - 76
2. AB - 63
3. ATYCLB - 51 (maybe 52)
4. Best Of '80-90 - 47+ (only '98-99 & re-entered since, 1 cd - 25 + 2 cd - 22)
5. HTDAAB - 42
6. R&H - 39
7= Pop - 32
7= NLOTH - 32
9. 18 Singles - 29 (maybe 30)
10. Zooropa - 28
11. Best Of '90-00 - 21+ (only '02-03 & re-entered since)
12. UABRS - 14 (all '87)
13. War - 12 (all '93)
14. TUF - 5 (all '87)