Can 1st week sales of new Coldplay album (X&Y) match those of HTDAAB?

[ybird3k]

HITS

#15 (#24) COLDPLAY 36,516 -1%

paul wall at #1 ?, who's he, infact i dont know who most of them in the top 50 are.

[LemonMelon]

Originally posted by STING2


One thing to remember about the numbers for ATYCLB vs. BOMB is that BOMB is selling in environment that has been much more heavily impacted by "file sharing", "other free downloading" and "CD burning" to an extent that ATYCLB was not back in the years it was selling. Sales for all albums in 2005 are sometimes as little as 60% of what they were back in 2000 and 2001.

Despite this, BOMB is still ahead of where ATYCLB was in total sales after 40 weeks of release. But it is unlikely that BOMB will match the final total sales of ATYCLB in its first 2 years of release.

Another reason is that HTDAAB didn't have a Beautiful Day-sized anthem.

It has Vertigo and All Because of You which are basically 1 1/2 Elevations...

It has SYCMIOYO which qualifies as a Stuck In A Moment.

It has City of Blinding Lights, which is about 1/2 of a Walk On in terms of success.

But there's no Beautiful Day anthems here.

So what does that leave us with?

0 BD's
1 1/2 Ele's
1 SIAMTYCGOO
1/2 WO's

And a tour that's about equal to Elevation...

And you get equal sales.

[STING2]

Originally posted by LemonMelon


Another reason is that HTDAAB didn't have a Beautiful Day-sized anthem.

It has Vertigo and All Because of You which are basically 1 1/2 Elevations...

It has SYCMIOYO which qualifies as a Stuck In A Moment.

It has City of Blinding Lights, which is about 1/2 of a Walk On in terms of success.

But there's no Beautiful Day anthems here.

So what does that leave us with?

0 BD's
1 1/2 Ele's
1 SIAMTYCGOO
1/2 WO's

And a tour that's about equal to Elevation...

And you get equal sales.

The tour in Europe is U2's biggest ever in terms of the level of demand. As a matter of fact, U2's 32 date stadium tour of Europe this past summer is the HIGHEST GROSSING tour in the history of Europe! U2 right now are more popular in Europe than they have been at any time in their history with the possible exception of the summer of 1987.

I think HTDAAB is a better album than ATYCLB, but it unfortunately has not received the same level of radio airplay as ATYCLB did.

[ybird3k]

Originally posted by STING2
I think HTDAAB is a better album than ATYCLB, but it unfortunately has not received the same level of radio airplay as ATYCLB did.

in the US, but in europe the HTDAAB singles have recieved massive airplay, probably more than ATYCLB

[solar]

Any new numbers about U2vsColdplay???

[STING2]

Mediatraffic numbers have Coldplay X&Y at 6.6 million while HTDAAB is at 8.2 million.

[solar]

Gracias

[ybird3k]

X&Y is no longer in the top 50 of the BB200, after 22 weeks. how long did bomb stay in top 50?

[POP-ROMANCER]

I think Coldplay made a big mistake by releasing Fix You. It's not as commercial as for example their first single speed of sound or their new single Talk.

It's exactly the same as with their last album AROBTTH by releasing The scientist as a second singlewhile In my place was a very big hit. And their third one: Clocks.

I think Talk will be a very big hit but does it have an big impact on sales of X&Y? I don't think it will have while Clocks had.

When I first listened to the album I never thought they would be relaese Fix you. It didn't get that much airplay here in the netherlands.

As for u2, you're right sting2: They are bigger here than they have ever been!

[ybird3k]

i think fix you was the right choice, it was called 'best single on the album' by everyone when the album was released, and has had massive airplay here in the UK.

[fedeu2]

Although I like Fix you quite a lot, boy was I peeved the first time I watched the video.
First, Coldplay ripped off the VT screens with Speed of sound, now with Fix you they ripped off the Sometimes you can´t make it on your own video big time!!!!!
I can´t believe Martin had the nerve to do it. It´s great he´s such a big U2 fan but not to the extent of losing originality.

Originally posted by ybird3k
i think fix you was the right choice, it was called 'best single on the album' by everyone when the album was released, and has had massive airplay here in the UK.

[KUEFC09U2]

Originally posted by ybird3k


in the US, but in europe the HTDAAB singles have recieved massive airplay, probably more than ATYCLB

and became the only U2 album ever to have 2 numbers 1's, and every single released hit the top 5

also, has coldplay now outsold U2 in the U.S.?

[KUEFC09U2]

Originally posted by LemonMelon


Another reason is that HTDAAB didn't have a Beautiful Day-sized anthem.

It has Vertigo and All Because of You which are basically 1 1/2 Elevations...

It has SYCMIOYO which qualifies as a Stuck In A Moment.

It has City of Blinding Lights, which is about 1/2 of a Walk On in terms of success.

But there's no Beautiful Day anthems here.

So what does that leave us with?

0 BD's
1 1/2 Ele's
1 SIAMTYCGOO
1/2 WO's

And a tour that's about equal to Elevation...

And you get equal sales.

well lets put it this way, there arent many bands/artisits around now who can still go out and sell 9m+ copys of an album, 25 years into there career at that, so i really dont see any need to be dissapointed,

also just wondering but didnt vertigo brake the record for number of weeks spent at the top of the downloads chart?, and from what i seen it was a massive hit on the bb chart also i am i correct?

[jon_lemire]

I saw the worldwide numbers a few posts back, but what are the current US sales numbers for X&Y and HTDAAB?

Thanks.

[STING2]

Originally posted by KUEFC09U2
and became the only U2 album ever to have 2 numbers 1's, and every single released hit the top 5

also, has coldplay now outsold U2 in the U.S.?

No, as of week 21, X&Y has sold 2,286,900 copies in the United States. HTDAAB has sold over 2,880,000 copies and is likely over the 2,900,000 mark now. In week 22, X&Y slid to #57 in the USA and is selling in the 15,000 copy a week range now. So X&Y is a good 600,000 copies behind the BOMB in the USA.

[STING2]

Originally posted by jon_lemire
I saw the worldwide numbers a few posts back, but what are the current US sales numbers for X&Y and HTDAAB?

Thanks.

as of week 21, X&Y has sold 2,286,900 copies in the United States. HTDAAB has sold over 2,880,000 copies and is likely over the 2,900,000 mark now. In week 22, X&Y slid to #57 in the USA and is selling in the 15,000 copy a week range now. So X&Y is a good 600,000 copies behind the BOMB in the USA.

[ybird3k]

I cant now see any way in which X&Y will outsell bomb in the US.

how popular are coldplay as a live band in the states?, are they actually sellingout their shows?

[phanan]

Originally posted by ybird3k

how popular are coldplay as a live band in the states?, are they actually sellingout their shows?

They only sold out 16 of their 34 shows this summer in North America. They are nowhere near as popular live as U2, who sold out all 28 of their shows from the first North American leg.

U2 grossed over $48 million for that first leg.

Coldplay grossed over $23 million for theirs.

[STING2]

Originally posted by phanan


They only sold out 16 of their 34 shows this summer in North America. They are nowhere near as popular live as U2, who sold out all 28 of their shows from the first North American leg.

U2 grossed over $48 million for that first leg.

Coldplay grossed over $23 million for theirs.

I don't think those numbers come close to accurately comparing the level of demand between the two bands. U2 only grossed $48 million dollars on the first leg because capacity would not allow for anymore tickets to be sold. U2 have soldout 78 shows this year in North America and the gross will be around $145 million, with much demand not met yet.

Coldplay struggled to sellout several of their shows despite having ticket prices as low as $30 dollars.

[Vox02]

Originally posted by STING2


I don't think those numbers come close to accurately comparing the level of demand between the two bands. U2 only grossed $48 million dollars on the first leg because capacity would not allow for anymore tickets to be sold. U2 have soldout 78 shows this year in North America and the gross will be around $145 million, with much demand not met yet.

Coldplay struggled to sellout several of their shows despite having ticket prices as low as $30 dollars.

STING, U2 VT Tour will become the highest grossing tour in Northamerica in one-year calendar? Or Stones new tour will win, again, this title with his '05 dates?

Vox