Hello,
The Dutch charts are updated quickly again. You never know for sure when they're updated (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday?) so it's always a surprise. But anyway, here are the numbers for the chart dated 12 January (as I explained last week, due to the holiday break ATYCLB is noted as having spent 51 weeks in the charts last year, so they have one week less than the rest of the world.). The chart used is the Mega Top 100 (
http://web.planet.nl/music/charts/megatop100/ ).
U2 is still selling well all over the world. That is not surprising. But I'm amazed at the stability in U2's sales. This week ATYCLB rises 17 positions to #44! It is for the first time in 10 weeks that ATYCLB is in the top 50 again. Not bad, not bad at all. As I said, I think this rise is mainly due to the stability of the sales. It's not that U2 has sold much more in the first week after Christmas, it's just that their sales drop was much less than other artists. Such a big rise also bodes well for the future. But please keep in mind that there would not be much of a Grammy or Superbowl effect here in the Netherlands. The news of the Grammy nominations reached the Netherlands, but I don't think there will be much coverage for it. The same holds for the Superbowl. I think a television network will broadcast it, but I don't think it will attract that many viewers (and then maybe only American Football and U2 freaks). But top 50... not bad at all.
The total run of ATYCLB so far is:
1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-6-7
6-5-7-6-6-6-5-6-1-2
8-12-16-25-30-36-38-40-45-48
49-43-39-39-45-42-36-27-15-7
6-6-14-25-29-39-37-43-55-47
38-65-60-66-69-80-81-65-57-61
44
(all information prior to week 40 with many thanks to Flying Padre Jr.)
The conclusion of U2's stability in sales can also be applied to The Best Of 1980-1990. That album rises 18 positions to #45. Interesting to note here is that ATYCLB has an index of 11 (ie. ATYCLB sold 11% of the #1 album) while The Best Of... has an index of 10.
The Best Of 1980-1990's (4th?) chart run is:
86-46-37-45-62-57-61-56-63-45
Like Creed in the USA (here they are at #78), reporting about the #1 album is a dull task. For a fifth week Anastacia's Freak Of Nature has the top position. The little woman is a big artist here. I don't think that there is much more of interest on the Dutch album charts. If there is an artist you want to know about, just tell me.
Anastacia's single Paid My Dues drops this week with one position to #6.
Walk On clearly isn't the big hit anyone had hoped for. In its 7th week, the single drops 8 positions to #49. It's now even lower than Britney's I'm A Slave 4 U (which also wasn't a big hit
peaking at #9)
Here is the chart run of Walk On:
31-8-10-28-32-41-49
In its 9th week, What's Going On? drops 9 positions to #57. And I think that for the 9th week the single is credited to Stevie Wonder in the online charts (don't know about the print version). Oh well...
What's Going On?'s run on the charts is:
61-26-26-27-34-33-36-48-59
L'Amour Toujours by Gigi D'Agostino is #1 for the fourth (and possible last) week.
J-who? Backwhat Boys? Oh, Britney has a new single, Overprotected. It debuts at #77 (to compare: after 2 days of sales Walk On debuted at #32). Who's interested in these songs anyway?
Gigi D'Agostino's album, also called L'Amour Toujours, rises again 2 more positions and goes to #3.
C ya!
Marty
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