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

[edge3]

After 43 wks out, X&Y sold 75k at MediaTraffic this week at # 29. It's MT total is now 8,880,000 so i'd put it's total sales to consumers now at around 9,410,000. Unfortunately this means it's now, most probably, just ahead of HTDAAB, which i'd now put at around 9,350,000.

[fedeu2]

At this pace, X&Y will cross the 10 million mark in just a couple of months.
I wonder if it will continue selling so well though.

Originally posted by edge3
After 43 wks out, X&Y sold 75k at MediaTraffic this week at # 29. It's MT total is now 8,880,000 so i'd put it's total sales to consumers now at around 9,410,000. Unfortunately this means it's now, most probably, just ahead of HTDAAB, which i'd now put at around 9,350,000.

[edge3]

Originally posted by fedeu2
At this pace, X&Y will cross the 10 million mark in just a couple of months.
I wonder if it will continue selling so well though.

I don't think so. It's still now down at # 30 in UK / # 93 in US / # 29 at MT & i guess 'The Hardest Part' will most probably be the last single. So i think, yes, about another 8 more weeks at MT with about another 500-600k. Still, v.impressive though.

[edge3]

On closer inspection, i now estimate Bomb's sold around 220k in the last 9 wks so i actually now have Bomb at around 9,380,000.

This is without taking into real consideration S.American sales though, where it has recently been doing v.well again. I mean how much more would it have sold at # 4 then # 2 in Mexico ? # 15 then, now, # 13 in Brasil ? # 8 in Argentina ? etc etc... 50k ? To be honest, i don't know too much about S.American sales to be sure so i should probably just stick with 9,380,000.

So, in summary, total approx. sales of Bomb to date =

8,188,000 at MediaTraffic + approx. 492,000 (approx. 6% that MT doesn't cover) + approx. 700,000 (approx. sales in 31 wks Bomb's been off the MT top 40 chart) = 9,380,000

[cjboog]

Thanks edge3

Also, I think that X&Y is just about ready for its freefall, it was #93 in the US, although it has had an amazing run. I never would have expected it to outsell bomb.

[fedeu2]

Is Hardest part the new single?
Good choice in my opinion, a very radio friendly tune which has that REM style all over it.

I guess Coldplay´s marketing strategy (timing, single election, etc.) has been better than U2´s.

Originally posted by edge3


I don't think so. It's still now down at # 30 in UK / # 93 in US / # 29 at MT & i guess 'The Hardest Part' will most probably be the last single. So i think, yes, about another 8 more weeks at MT with about another 500-600k. Still, v.impressive though.

[ybird3k]

X&Y now #36 on mediatraffic. could be out of the top 40 next week.

[MJDangerous]

Originally posted by ybird3k
X&Y now #36 on mediatraffic. could be out of the top 40 next week.

Yes it is 'suffering' of poor sales in USA in comparaison to the rest. Fix You & Talk's effects are close to 0 in USA.
I don't think that the album is already dead, maybe they should reduce the price of the album in USA too now.

[edge3]

Originally posted by MJDangerous

maybe they should reduce the price of the album in USA too now.

No !

[MJDangerous]

Originally posted by edge3


No !

lol. I speak for them... Personnaly, I don't care about their sales, it's a band that I don't love especially but I have nothing against them too.

It's very interesting to look at the all time mediatraffic chart taking in account only UK/Ireland acts. They are really A FEW !!

#10 Coldplay (#9 now)
#14 U2
#17 Coldplay (#18 now)
#25 James Blunt (#16 now)
#33 Robbie Williams
#37 Robbie Williams
#43 Gorillaz
#44 Keane
#49 Robbie Williams
#53 The Rolling Stones
#57 REM (not really an UK act)
#67 Enya
#70 Robbie Williams
#75 U2

Even bands like Franz Ferdinand have not achieve to enter in this list. They are clearly 2 kind of UK/Ireland acts : U2/Coldplay and the rest. The gap is massive between them and all the others which still in the marge 3-6 millions while U2/Coldplay sold this without a real difficulty.
More surprising is James Blunt who will outsold them both while he was totally unknow only 1 year ago. In 10 years even Robbie Williams has never broke many markets particularly USA this the performance of James Blunt (& also of Coldplay/U2 even if they have not broke the US market so quickly).

[thelaj]

Do you think Bomb will eventually reach 10m? If so, when?

[STING2]

Originally posted by thelaj
Do you think Bomb will eventually reach 10m? If so, when?

Now that sales have slowed down, it will likely take at least another 3 years.

[edge3]

X&Y @ MediaTraffic : # 40 (last week on chart ?) with 51,000 (surely they cannot be using the same method of calculation as when Bomb did just 31,000 @ # 40 in early Autumn / Fall last year...&, last week, album sales in UK / US were again v.small).

[edge3]

X&Y has indeed dropped off the global MediaTraffic album chart this week. It's total after 47 consecutive chart run weeks is 9,180,000.

Bomb's 41 consecutive week MT chart run total was 8,188,000.

[fedeu2]

So it hasn´t even reached the 10 million mark as regards sales to consumers, not so much ahead of Bomb (which is at about 9,5 million).

Originally posted by edge3
X&Y has indeed dropped off the global MediaTraffic album chart this week. It's total after 47 consecutive chart run weeks is 9,180,000.

Bomb's 41 consecutive week MT chart run total was 8,188,000.

[edge3]

Originally posted by fedeu2
So it hasn´t even reached the 10 million mark as regards sales to consumers, not so much ahead of Bomb (which is at about 9,5 million).

Considering MediaTraffic's 'nearly 95%' of total sales coverage figure X&Y should now be at about 9.7 million sales to consumers...&, yes, i also now have Bomb at (v.close to) 9.5 million.

ps - i think it's really quite likely that they've each now shipped 10 million copies worldwide.

[STING2]

Originally posted by edge3


Considering MediaTraffic's 'nearly 95%' of total sales coverage figure X&Y should now be at about 9.7 million sales to consumers...&, yes, i also now have Bomb at (v.close to) 9.5 million.

ps - i think it's really quite likely that they've each now shipped 10 million copies worldwide.

In light of the fact that we have learned that Mediatraffic only gets actual sales figures for 5 countries and estimates the rest, I don't think we can claim with the same level of certainty that the figures they report plus the 95% coverage is accurate. I think estimates that start with known certifications and then attempt to determine sales beyond those certifications are probably just as accurate.

Looking at the BOMB's album sales, I used to think it was close to 9.5 million in shipments, I think now it is probably right at 9 million with actual sales at 8.9 million.

I think you stated that in 2005, it was reported that BOMB had shipped 7.5 million copies outside the United Kingdom, then plus UK shipments that would put the total at 8.7 million. Plus, I believe McGuinness said during 2005 that the album was getting close to 9 million in sales. Remember, his figure is always a shipment figure, since to the band, and album shipped is an album sold.

What we have not seen a lot of since the start of 2005, is new certification levels for the album, except in Ireland and the UK. So based on the above information, I'd say the album is at 9 million copies. With the album only charting in Brazil and Argentina currently, weekly global sales are now extremely low.

[KUEFC09U2]

thus making bomb a failure commercially?

[STING2]

Originally posted by KUEFC09U2
thus making bomb a failure commercially?

Absolutely not! The BOMB has actually been more successful than ATYCLB given the change in the market environement for album sales. There have only been 25 albums to sell 10 million copies or more during this decade and BOMB is almost on that list. No matter how you stack it, BOMB has been a massive success.

[edge3]

Admittedly i can't for sure prove shipments of 10m...this is what i've got for up to date shipments / certifications (not just UK & Ireland actually) :

7.5m outside UK as at Jan ' 05 + 1.3m UK + extra 100k cert in Spain + extra 100k cert in Canada + extra 70k cert in Australia + extra 20k cert Argentina + extra 30k (? definitely 15k) cert Ireland = 9,120,000