How many copies has HTDAAB sold?

[DignityPassesBy]

worldwide that is?

 

[popacrobat]

eight.

 

[david]

a billion

 

[Axver]

Actually, none. Everyone actually has a copy of a previously discarded album of Eminem trying a new style.

 

[LMP]

Actually, none. Everyone actually has a copy of a previously discarded album of Eminem trying a new style.

that explains why my Sometimes... says ho about 34 times

and fuck 27 times

 

[LuvandPeace1980]

it's sold 9 million I heard

 

[BigMacPhisto]

it's sold 9 million I heard

Yep, 9 Million worldwide and about 2.9 million in the United States.

 

[solar]

9 million worldwide.

 

[Mr Gloria]

thats poor it should be up near 12/13

 

[BigMacPhisto]

thats poor it should be up near 12/13

Well, All That You Can't Leave Behind is somewhere around 12 million..........but then again, it's a much better album.....

 

[Popmartijn]

Well, All That You Can't Leave Behind is somewhere around 12 million..........but then again, it's a much better album.....

ATYCLB also sold around 9 to 10 million copies in its first year. As did The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. In fact, HTDAAB is one of the best-selling albums of the past year.

BTW, more information about U2 and sales can be found in this forum: http://forum.interference.com/f225.html

 

[ybird3k]

9 Million in 1 year is awesome, CD sales are nowhere near as high as what they used to be.

 

[GibsonGirl]

Well, All That You Can't Leave Behind is somewhere around 12 million..........but then again, it's a much better album.....

 

[VALE69]

This is reassuming of the sales in the first year from the realase that we have made on u2place.com (an italian site):

US: 3 platinum - 2.903.312 copies.
UK: 4 platinum - 1.200.000 copies.
IRELAND: 9 platinum - 140.000 copies.
ITALY: 500.000 copies ca.
SPAIN: 2 platinum - 265.000 copies.
DENMARK: 2 platinum - 70.000 copies.
HOLLAND: 180.000 copie.
BELGIUM: platinum - 90.000 copie.
GERMANY: 3 gold - 390.000 copies.
FRANCE: platinum - 413.500 copies.
AUSTRIA: platinum - 60.000 copies
SWITZERLAND: gold - 85.000 copies.
R.CECA: 25.000 copies.
PORTUGAL: 3 platinum - 135.000 copies.
POLONIA: platinum - 100.000 copies.
NORVEGIA: 60.000 copies.
GREECE: platinum - 25.000 copies.
FINLAND: gold - 35.000 copies.
CANADA: 4 platinum - 450.000 copies.
JAPAN: platinum - 242.764 copies.
NZ: 3 platinum - 40.000 copies.
AUSTRALIA: 3 platini - 250.000 copies.
SVEZIA: platinum - 80.000 copies.
SLOVENIA: 10.000 copies.
UNGHERIA: 15.000 copies.
BRASIL: platinum - 240.000 copies.
ARGENTINA: gold - 60.000 copies.
MEXICO: 350.000 copies.
SUD AFRICA: 90.000 - 100.000 copies.
COREA: 30.000 - 35.000 copies.
TAIWAN: 40.000 copies.
FILIPPINE: 20.000 copies.
SINGAPORE: 25.000 copies.
PERU': 6.000 copies.

(Total: 8.640.000 copies)


These are some chart runs:

USA: 1, 2, 2, 5, 3, 14, 12, 13, 22, 28, 31, 34, 20, 41, 48, 54, 39, 34, 44, 39, 39, 44, 57, 66, 71, 73, 91, 109, 106, 138, 155, 148, 166, 187, 190, 164, 158, 150, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 196

UK: 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 14, 12, 10, 11, 17, 18, 14, 10, 12, 26, 26, 27, 34, 40, 46, 52, 58, 60, 72, 66, 50, 33, 17, 24, 25, 34, 39, 49, 57, 66, 73, 80, 110, 131, 140, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 196, 0, 0 (out of the Top 200)

Germany: 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 17, 24, 26, 30, 25, 19, 19, 22, 14, 16, 24, 26, 33, 43, 49, 56, 66, 75, 88, 89, 91, 37, 53, 50, 42, 53, 57, 54, 49, 58, 86 (out of the Top 100)

Australia: 1, 3, 3, 5, 2, 7, 7, 7, 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 27, 31, 33, 26, 33, 35, 40, 40, 46, 52, 54, 61, 55, 65, 69, 62, 67, 67, 65, 73, (out of the Top 75)

Canada: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 8, 8, 12, 16, 14, 19, 28, 24, 19, 16, 17, 22, 25, 24, 21, 25, 29, 35, 39, 51, 60, 58, 74, 84, 91, 94, 84, 72, 82, 89, 81, 110, 94, 66, 81 (out of the Top 100)

France: 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 11, 9, 12, 15, 20, 16, 17, 31, 31, 38, 41, 35, 41, 37, 41, 40, 59, 44, 38, 45, 45, 42, 47, 32, 35, 32, 23, 14, 25, 30, 28, 27, 30, 51, 66, 62(week42), 85, 105, 113, 124, 125, 128, 150, 166, 155, 158

Ireland: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 10, 10, 13, 5, 4, 3, 7, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, 14, 21, 31, 35, 30, 24, 22, 23, 23, 28, 18, 5, 4, 8, 11, 14, 14, 19, 21, 27, 34, 40, 55, 63, 63 (out of the Top 75)

Svezia: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6, 7, 7, 4, 9, 17, 25, 22, 26, 23, 24, 42, 37, 43, 38, 59, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 45, 31, 9, 28, 33, 33, 42 (out of the Top 60)

Finland: 1, 1, 3, 6, 10, 18, 15, 17, 12, 17, 29, 30, 39, 39 (out of the Top 40)

Norvegia: 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 9, 10, 10, 17, 12, 15, 14, 11, 32, 15, 19, 26, 22, 16, 20, 18, 29, 34, 26, 28, 34, 0, 36, 24, 32, 35, 26, 19, 5, 7, 12, 19, 32, 36, 35 (out of the Top 40)

Denmark: 1, 3, 8, 5, 4, 8, 11, 10, 14, 11, 16, 7, 12, 13, 20, 16, 17, 21, 21, 18, 22, 18, 19, 27, 24, 31, 40, 44, 41, 40, 51, 48, 43, 10, 2, 1, 4, 5, 9, 21, 23, 30 (out of the Top 40)

Holland: 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 6, 1, 1, 3, 6, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 17, 24, 28, 23, 30, 32, 38, 34, 28, 16, 14, 9, 5, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 20, 21, 27, 34, 48, 34, 49, 63, 60, 72, 82, 77, 93

Austria:1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 12, 15, 16, 14, 12, 9, 7, 7, 11, 15, 22, 29, 29, 31, 35, 49, 52, 60, 46, 62, 69, 68, 35, 27, 18, 12, 21, 25, 31, 32, 39, 44, 47, 64, 68, 66 (out of the Top 75)

Switzerland: 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 8, 11, 14, 18, 16, 10, 11, 14, 21, 26, 41, 51, 59, 63, 71, 76, 94, 98, 0, 91, 0, 89, 70, 66, 57, 39, 12, 26, 30, 40, 43, 56, 96, 61, 93 (out of the Top 100)

Italy: 1, 1, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 4, 8, 6, 10, 9, 8, 8, 9, 15, 14, 21, 17, 17, 26, 33, 44, 42, 41, 39, 41, 33, 29, 21, 17, 10, 10, 18, 22, 14, 22,
21, 37, 41, 47, 61, 97, 63, 92, 89, 77, 86


NZ: 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 10, 15, 19, 17, 25, 22, 19, 22, 25, 0, 0, 39, 0, 0, 0, 38 (out of the Top 40)

Brasil: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 17, 20, 27, 28, 35, 40 (out of the Top 40)

Spain: 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 9, 9, 9, 10, 9, 12, 15, 21, 27, 29, 34, 40, 42, 49, 47, 64, 58, 58, 56, 66, 79, 83, 75, 82, 69, 64, 65, 63, 46, 18, 29, 40, 52, 74, 84, 96 (out of the top 100)

Portugal: 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 12, 9, 14, 20, 19, 23, 23, 29, 0?...15, 11, 24 (out of the Top 30)

Japan: 4, 9, 14, 22, 29, 25, 25, 30, 34, 42, 74, 96, 94, 92, 131, 148, 150, 182, 0, 218

Belgium: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 6, 6, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 8, 6, 11, 10, 9, 9, 9, 13, 17, 18, 16, 20, 23, 8, 6, 6, 8, 12, 16, 1416, 18, 19, 21, 33, 36, 41, 46 (out of the Top 50)

Repubblica Ceca: 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 8, 9, 9, 11, 9, 13, 14, 23, 15, 25, 15, 38, 48, 27, 29, 31, 42, 42, 43, 0, 72 (out of the Top 80)

World: 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 5, 9, 16, 15, 14, 13, 16, 17, 16, 18, 23, 20, 25, 32, 34, 37, 33, 34, 34, 36, 32, 31, 29, 35, 40 (out of the Top 40)


USA - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 5
- weeks in top 20: 8

UK - weeks at n. 1: 3
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 7
- weeks in top 20: 15

Ireland - weeks at n. 1: 6
- weeks in top 3: 7
- weeks in top 10: 16
- weeks in top 20: 27

Italy - weeks at n. 1: 2
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 18
- weeks in top 20: 27

Holland - weeks at n. 1: 4
- weeks in top 3: 8
- weeks in top 10: 23
- weeks in top 20: 32

Denmark - weeks at n. 1: 2
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 14
- weeks in top 20: 26

Norvegia -weeks at n. 1: 2
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 11
- weeks in top 20: 21

Svezia - weeks at n. 1: 3
- weeks in top 3: 8
- weeks in top 10: 14
- weeks in top 20: 15

Germany - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 3
- weeks in top 10: 5
- weeks in top 20: 12

Austria - weeks at n. 1:
- weeks in top 3: 6
- weeks in top 10: 9
- weeks in top 20: 18

Switzerland - weeks at n. 1: 3
- weeks in top 3: 5
- weeks in top 10: 9
- weeks in top 20: 16

Spain - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 1
- weeks in top 10: 13
- weeks in top 20: 16

France - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 2
- weeks in top 10: 6
- weeks in top 20: 14

Australia - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 4
- weeks in top 10: 9
- weeks in top 20: 13

NZ - weeks at n. 1: 3
- weeks in top 3: 5
- weeks in top 10: 8
- weeks in top 20: 12

Canada - weeks at n. 1: 1
- weeks in top 3: 5
- weeks in top 10: 10
- weeks in top 20: 17


Countries with most weeks at n.1:
1) Ireland 6
2) Holland 4
3) UK, Switzerland, Svezia, NZ 3

Countries with most weeks in top 3:
1) Holland 8
2) Ireland 7
3) Austria 6

Countries with most weeks in top 10:
1) Holland 23
2) Italy 18
3) Ireland 16

Countries with most weeks in top 20:
1) Holland 32
2) Italy, Ireland 27
4) Denmark 26

 

[Popmartijn]

Countries with most weeks at n.1:
1) Ireland 6
2) Holland 4
3) UK, Switzerland, Svezia, NZ 3

Countries with most weeks in top 3:
1) Holland 8
2) Ireland 7
3) Austria 6

Countries with most weeks in top 10:
1) Holland 23
2) Italy 18
3) Ireland 16

Countries with most weeks in top 20:
1) Holland 32
2) Italy, Ireland 27
4) Denmark 26

I like these results.

 

[VALE69]

I know why!
...And Italy too is not bad...

 

[fedeu2]

I strongly disagree, the bomb is the better album ...
There´s just one weak track there (One step closer) as opposed to Wild Honey, Peace on earth and Grace in ATYCLB.

Well, All That You Can't Leave Behind is somewhere around 12 million..........but then again, it's a much better album.....

 

[STING2]

thats poor it should be up near 12/13

Well, over the past year, since November 23, 2004 no album has sold a total of 12 million copies. There are only two albums in the world that have sold over 9 million copies worldwide in that time frame, November 23, 2004 to November 23, 2005, and those two albums are U2 HTDAAB and Green Day's American Idiot. HTDAAB did a little over 9 million while American Idiot did a little over 10 million.

How can you say that is poor? In 2005, it does not get any better than that!

 

[solar]

What about Eminem, 50 cent and other "big names" ?

 

[STING2]

What about Eminem, 50 cent and other "big names" ?

Worldwide, HTDAAB has sold more than any 50 Cent album. Eminem's Encore sold roughly the same amount as HTDAAB over the past year. But Eminem's Encore was released a couple of weeks prior to the cut off date for album sales worldwide the way Billboard does the dates, so HTDAAB is indeed the bigger selling album from November 23, 2004 to November 23, 2005.

HTDAAB is one of the 10 biggest selling album of the past 3 years and only Green Day's American Idiot sold more than HTDAAB from November 23, 2004 to November 23, 2005.

 

[solar]

Thanks!

 

[cjboog]

HTDAAB is likely to get a huge boost over the next couple of weeks in the US and could very likely reenter the top 40. The album could win the grammy for album of the year and Sometimes could win song of the year. It was nominated for 5 grammys and Original of the Spiecies is gaining airplay on US radio, showing activity on 4 different formats. Also U2 was profiled on 60 minutes on CBS recently. They are getting good publicity and the album is likely to get a big boost beacuse of it.

 

[Joshua_Tree_Hugger]

And don't forget the iPod ad