Week 10

[Irishteen]

So 2 huge jumps in 2 weeks isnt great?

Great? No. Good and promising? Definitely. All depends on how the next few weeks go, if the album bombs back down 20 places then the last two weeks aren't great if the album holds then we can say it's been great

 

[Irishteen]

UK sales for last week

Magnificent - 5157
NLOTH - 7000(roughly)

 

[macawaca]

HITS now updating: No Line has 3,476 units sold with 36% in. An almost identical start to last week on Hits, so maybe a bit of levelling off. A good start.

 

[cjboog]

HITS update:

NLOTH #37, 8,608 with 68.46% in.

Not sure how this compares to last week. U2 was #34 on Billboard so if they are around the chart position again this week it can't have been that bad of a week...

 

[macawaca]

HITS Final now in: No Line RISES one place to number 34 with 15,467 units sold, an increase of 9%.

 

[Native_Son]

great news here. most of the albums have seen a similar % rise as NLOTH. any reasons for this?

 

[GibsonExplorer]

mother's day in america

 

[GibsonExplorer]

of course, some homer will deny mother's day had any effect despite overwhelming evidence

 

[fedeu2]

of course, some homer will deny mother's day had any effect despite overwhelming evidence

Look who´s back.

 

[CosmoKramer]

of course, some homer will deny mother's day had any effect despite overwhelming evidence

I will have to agree with you 100% (oh lord, i have gone to the dark side). You were right about Easter and Im sure your right again that their increase this week was due to Mothers day. However, if (and that is a big if) Magnificent takes hold in the US, the album will be increasing on a regular basis. This song is really too good not to boost sales and be a hit. I say that as someone who is NOT a "homer" but as someone who really believes it is one of their best songs. Time will tell.......

 

[Mirrorball06]

36 u2 no line on the horizon 14,977 6 14,075 882,296

 

[Native_Son]

mothers day, that explains it. but im not too sure how much of a mothers day present U2 albums are, taylor swift, boybands etc understandable. hopefully magnificent can stabilise sales, but im sure next week there will be huge % drops across the board.

 

[doctorwho]

of course, some homer will deny mother's day had any effect despite overwhelming evidence

As I have Homer as my avatar, I'll respond.

And while I won't deny that Mother's Day *might* have had an impact, I will say it was minimal. Clearly other albums benefitted far more from the holiday. If NLOTH remains steady next week, then I think it's safe to say that Mother's Day did nothing - the album simply is now leveling off. If the album drops by a significant amount next week, then I will agree that Mother's Day was similar to Easter in that it gave the album a slight reprieve.

Regardless, it seems you can't wait for this album to finally fall out of the Top 100. Schadenfreude - thy name is GibsonExplorer.

 

[Vox02]

Spain: #12 (#13)

Vox

 

[beLIEve]

NLOTH around the world...(can only see top 5 or 10 on Billboard)

Czech Republic - #2
Argentina - #5
Hungary - #5
Italy - #10
Mexico - #6
Portugal - #7
All of Europe - #5

 

[Irishteen]

Sales in the UK now stand at just 290,000 so far, it'll cross 300,000 in two weeks

Really poor sales considering Bomb sold 1.2 million +. It's currently the 7th biggest selling album of the year there

 

[Irishteen]

63000 copies sold on mediatraffic this week drops to 9 in the chart

Behind Beyonce

 

[thelaj]

Sales in the UK now stand at just 290,000 so far, it'll cross 300,000 in two weeks

Really poor sales considering Bomb sold 1.2 million +. It's currently the 7th biggest selling album of the year there

And I bought 3 of those!

After my exams finish next week, I might undertake a more detailed analysis into the album sales (put some of that learnin' to use).

 

[OrARoundabout]

UK, album up to #23 in todays midweeks,

Magnificent currently at a very low 72

Poor guys did it to themselves

Edit: Oh, these are dated stats...

 

[Irishteen]

Best Selling Albums in 2009

U2 No Line On The Horizon 2.715.000
Lady Gaga The Fame 1.836.000
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 1.565.000
Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 1.536.000
Soundtrack Twilight 1.535.000
Taylor Swift Fearless 1.467.000
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.422.500
Pink Funhouse 1.201.000
Nickelback Dark Horse 1.122.000
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 1.061.000

Best Selling Albums Released in 2009

U2 No Line On The Horizon 2715000
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1422500
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 1061000
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 938000
Lily Allen It s Not Me, It s You 935500
The Fray The Fray 700000
Rascal Flatts Unstoppable 654000
The Prodigy Invaders Must Die 642000
Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe 550000
Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 546500


Best Selling Albums Since 2006
1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 11139000
2 Justin Timberlake FutureSex / LoveSounds 8866000
3 Soundtrack High School Musical 8129500
4 Nelly Furtado Loose 7791000
5 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 7538000

14 AC/DC Black Ice 5784000

25 U2 18 Singles 4795500

35 Metallica Death Magnetic 4046500

40 Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 3816000

53 Madonna Hard Candy 3404000

61 Britney Spears Circus 3110500

63 Nickelback Dark Horse 3052000

71 Soundtrack Twilight 2863000

76 Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static 2755000
77 Fall Out Boy Infinity On High 2726500
78 Sugarland Enjoy The Ride 2722500
79 Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits 2719000
80 Muse Black Holes & Revelations 2717500
81 U2 No Line On The Horizon 2715000
82 Bruce Springsteen Magic 2690500
83 Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2681000
84 Keane Under The Iron Sea 2589000
85 Colbie Caillat Coco 2575000
86 Bob Dylan Modern Times 2571000

 

[Native_Son]

how come sales dropped on mediatraffic. even with a 9% rise in US and a big chart rise in UK.

 

[Irishteen]

how come sales dropped on mediatraffic. even with a 9% rise in US and a big chart rise in UK.

because that is only one third of sales sales, the rest of the world counts for the other 2/3rds. Sales dropped 9000 outside UK and US, and rose 4000 in UK + US

 

[Native_Son]

because that is only one third of sales sales, the rest of the world counts for the other 2/3rds. Sales dropped 9000 outside UK and US, and rose 4000 in UK + US

US + UK combined must be more than 1/3 of U2 sales?
strange it would drop by 9k outside of those 2 countries as so far its been the rest of world thats been propping this album up, yet as soon as theres a sales increase in US & Uk, the ROW sales drop. strange Magnificent didnt help in Europe

 

[Native_Son]

also NLOTH now down to just over double VLV sales, even though VLV has been out nearly a year and sold 7.5M

 

[bathiu]

also NLOTH now down to just over double VLV sales, even though VLV has been out nearly a year and sold 7.5M

I understand the need to compare NLOTH to VLV, but even if it sold just 7,5mln, I think it's safe to say VLV is The Joshua Tree or Thriller or Ten, or OK, Computer etc. of Coldplay's discography (sales-wise), I'm more interested in Green Day's and Eminem's new albums to see how big U2 really are.

 

[Native_Son]

im sure in 2005 people (me certainly) said coldplays x&y was their joshua tree.
Agree that greenday and Eminem will be good indicators as to NLOTH's success.

 

[fedeu2]

Best Selling Albums in 2009

U2 No Line On The Horizon 2.715.000
Lady Gaga The Fame 1.836.000
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 1.565.000
Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 1.536.000
Soundtrack Twilight 1.535.000
Taylor Swift Fearless 1.467.000
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.422.500
Pink Funhouse 1.201.000
Nickelback Dark Horse 1.122.000
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 1.061.000

Best Selling Albums Released in 2009

U2 No Line On The Horizon 2715000
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1422500
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 1061000
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 938000
Lily Allen It s Not Me, It s You 935500
The Fray The Fray 700000
Rascal Flatts Unstoppable 654000
The Prodigy Invaders Must Die 642000
Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe 550000
Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 546500


Best Selling Albums Since 2006
1 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 11139000
2 Justin Timberlake FutureSex / LoveSounds 8866000
3 Soundtrack High School Musical 8129500
4 Nelly Furtado Loose 7791000
5 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 7538000

14 AC/DC Black Ice 5784000

25 U2 18 Singles 4795500

35 Metallica Death Magnetic 4046500

40 Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 3816000

53 Madonna Hard Candy 3404000

61 Britney Spears Circus 3110500

63 Nickelback Dark Horse 3052000

71 Soundtrack Twilight 2863000

76 Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static 2755000
77 Fall Out Boy Infinity On High 2726500
78 Sugarland Enjoy The Ride 2722500
79 Garth Brooks The Ultimate Hits 2719000
80 Muse Black Holes & Revelations 2717500
81 U2 No Line On The Horizon 2715000
82 Bruce Springsteen Magic 2690500
83 Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2681000
84 Keane Under The Iron Sea 2589000
85 Colbie Caillat Coco 2575000
86 Bob Dylan Modern Times 2571000

So the album will climb at least 5 spots next week.

 

[fedeu2]

US + UK combined must be more than 1/3 of U2 sales?
strange it would drop by 9k outside of those 2 countries as so far its been the rest of world thats been propping this album up, yet as soon as theres a sales increase in US & Uk, the ROW sales drop. strange Magnificent didnt help in Europe

I clearly remember that a few years ago the US accounted for 1/3 of worldwide sales. I don´t know if this is still the case though.

 

[Irishteen]

I clearly remember that a few years ago the US accounted for 1/3 of worldwide sales. I don´t know if this is still the case though.

With Bomb it was

35% US
15% UK

Well just under that but it was 3 million + in US and 1.2 million + in UK, and the album sold 9 million so nearly half between them

This time

900k US
300k UK
2.7 worldwide

Just it's dropped a little since last time

 

[fedeu2]

With Bomb it was

35% US
15% UK

Well just under that but it was 3 million + in US and 1.2 million + in UK, and the album sold 9 million so nearly half between them

This time

900k US
300k UK
2.7 worldwide

Just it's dropped a little since last time

Right, so according to those numbers US sales for U2 still account for one third of global sales. Mind you, since we have actual data for USA and UK, we should use the 2.9 M figure for worldwide sales instead of the raw (non extrapolated) mediatraffic number.