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Germany :

Bomb : # 57 (# 53)
City : # 78 (# 73)

...hopefully the Munich gig will push Bomb back into top 40.
 
Surely Holland is 2nd to Ireland though : Bomb # 4 this week / # 5 last week - that's actually the same as Ireland 3/4 wks ago. And remember, Holland has a separate chart for Back Catalogue albums...which U2 are also completely dominating right now.
 
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Soundscan/Billboard 200
Issue Date: August 6, 2005

Position/Artist/Album/This Week/%Chg/Last Week/Total
187 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 5,634 -11 6,333 2,818,311

The album is out of the Comprehensive Top 200 chart this week.

US Summary to date:
from 15/11/2004 to 21/11/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 04/12/2004 - Week 00 - B200: -- / Sales: 3,206
from 22/11/2004 to 28/11/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 11/12/2004 - Week 01 - B200: 1 / Sales: 839,724
from 29/11/2004 to 05/12/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 18/12/2004 - Week 02 - B200: 2 / Sales: 288,466
from 06/12/2004 to 12/12/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 25/12/2004 - Week 03 - B200: 2 / Sales: 280,332
from 13/12/2004 to 19/12/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 01/01/2005 - Week 04 - B200: 5 / Sales: 299,645
from 20/12/2004 to 26/12/2004 - ISSUE DATE: 08/01/2005 - Week 05 - B200: 3 / Sales: 350,013
from 27/12/2004 to 02/01/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 15/01/2005 - Week 06 - B200: 14 / Sales: 94,815
from 03/01/2005 to 09/01/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 22/01/2005 - Week 07 - B200: 12 / Sales: 59,233
from 10/01/2005 to 16/01/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 29/01/2005 - Week 08 - B200: 13 / Sales: 48,557
from 17/01/2005 to 23/01/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 05/02/2005 - Week 09 - B200: 22 / Sales: 35,907
from 24/01/2005 to 30/01/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 12/02/2005 - Week 10 - B200: 28 / Sales: 34,370
from 31/01/2005 to 06/02/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 19/02/2005 - Week 11 - B200: 31 / Sales: 35,052
from 07/02/2005 to 13/02/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 26/02/2005 - Week 12 - B200: 34 / Sales: 39,648
from 14/02/2005 to 20/02/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 05/03/2005 - Week 13 - B200: 20 / Sales: 56,692
from 21/02/2005 to 27/02/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 12/03/2005 - Week 14 - B200: 41 / Sales: 26,532
from 28/02/2005 to 06/03/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 19/03/2005 - Week 15 - B200: 48 / Sales: 23,367
from 07/03/2005 to 13/03/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 26/03/2005 - Week 16 - B200: 54 / Sales: 18,882
from 14/03/2005 to 20/03/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 02/04/2005 - Week 17 - B200: 39 / Sales: 23,644
from 21/03/2005 to 27/03/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 09/04/2005 - Week 18 - B200: 34 / Sales: 34,227
from 28/03/2005 to 03/04/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 16/04/2005 - Week 19 - B200: 44 / Sales: 20,919
from 04/04/2005 to 10/04/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 23/04/2005 - Week 20 - B200: 39 / Sales: 19,386
from 11/04/2005 to 17/04/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 30/04/2005 - Week 21 - B200: 39 / Sales: 19,935
from 18/04/2005 to 24/04/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 07/05/2005 - Week 22 - B200: 44 / Sales: 18,856
from 25/04/2005 to 01/05/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 14/05/2005 - Week 23 - B200: 57 / Sales: 17,013
from 02/05/2005 to 08/05/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 21/05/2005 - Week 24 - B200: 66 / Sales: 17,601
from 09/05/2005 to 15/05/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 28/05/2005 - Week 25 - B200: 71 / Sales: 14,303
from 16/05/2005 to 22/05/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 04/06/2005 - Week 26 - B200: 73 / Sales: 14,861
from 23/05/2005 to 29/05/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 11/06/2005 - Week 27 - B200: 79 / Sales: 14,627
from 30/05/2005 to 05/06/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 18/06/2005 - Week 28 - B200: 91 / Sales: 13,025
from 06/06/2005 to 12/06/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 25/06/2005 - Week 29 - B200: 109 / Sales: 10,119
from 13/06/2005 to 19/06/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 02/07/2005 - Week 30 - B200: 106 / Sales: 11,870
from 20/06/2005 to 26/06/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 09/07/2005 - Week 31 - B200: 138 / Sales: 7,558
from 27/06/2005 to 03/07/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 16/07/2005 - Week 32 - B200: 155 / Sales: 7,092
from 04/07/2005 to 10/07/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 23/07/2005 - Week 33 - B200: 148 / Sales: 7,016
from 11/07/2005 to 17/07/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 30/07/2005 - Week 34 - B200: 166 / Sales: 6,333
from 18/07/2005 to 24/07/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 06/08/2005 - Week 35 - B200: 187 / Sales: 5,634

Total: 2,818,311
 
another 10% drop
will be out of the BB 200 next week.

is the 3rd leg of the tour likely to increase sales the way it has in europe?
 
Thanks for the statistics SOLDATTI!

The BOMB is on a downward spiral in the USA and this is probably its last week on the Billboard 200 unless:

1. A NEW single is released in the USA and is able to get significant airplay on the radio to boost sales of the album so it can return to the chart.

2. The third leg of the Vertigo tour, with all the media that will surround it in each city it goes to, is enough to bring album sales to the level where it can chart again. The problem with this is that the tour can only play a few cities per week. The question is whether the sales effect from playing 3 or 4 cities will be enough to make a difference on the chart on a weekly basis. In the United States in the past, the tour has mainly stabilized sales rather than increase them.

3. The annual awards season starts at the end of August and will go through February the following year. High profile awards shows that can boost sales are the MTV Awards, Billboard music awards, American Music Awards, and the Grammy awards show.


The best thing that could happen would be for a new single like Miracle Drug to really take off at radio. Unfortunately I think this is unlikely considering that the 3 singles released after Vertigo have all failed to get significant airplay on the radio. Still a song like Miracle Drug is so powerful that it may be able to break through even the most rigid radio formats.

The tour could bring the album back into the Billboard chart, but as said before, this is unlikely.

The most likely way the album will rechart at this point is for the bands music to do well at the upcoming awards shows this year and next. Getting nominated for 8 Grammy awards and winning most of them would vault the album all the way back up into the top 20 of the chart!
 
Here's U2's Back Catalogue in this weeks UK top 200/250 chart :

Albums :
BO 80-90 : # 87 (# 66)
BO 90-00 : # 98 (# 74)
JT : # 101 (# 72)
ATYCLB : # 195 (# 150)

Singles :
Vertigo : # 107 (# 93)
Sometimes : # 163 (# 159)
 
Eurocharts for week 35

BB Top 100 albums and singles updated:

HTDAAB up 1 to 17

COBL down 3 to 49
 
Re: Eurocharts for week 35

beLIEve said:
BB Top 100 albums and singles updated:

HTDAAB up 1 to 17

COBL down 3 to 49
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nice surprise...Bomb should now stay on mediatraffic top 40 tomarrow...if only the same thing was happening in the US though.
 
im surprised to see bomb only at #94 in canada, considering the success from Vertigo, ABOY, Sometimes and COBL there. the singles have had huge sucess unlike in the US, but the album still isnt in a great position in canada. (though twice as good as the US), i just thought the hit singles would have helped more.

it seems to me that in the US a hit single makes an album have long term success, but in other countries singles quickly move albums up the charts then they quickly fall again.
 
ybird3k said:
im surprised to see bomb only at #94 in canada, considering the success from Vertigo, ABOY, Sometimes and COBL there. the singles have had huge sucess unlike in the US, but the album still isnt in a great position in canada. (though twice as good as the US), i just thought the hit singles would have helped more.
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But the airplay chart is the best indicator of a singles popularity esp. in Canada where the sales chart means v.little - & COBL has only reached # 34 on airplay. Compare that to the UK where COBL was # 2 on the airplay chart for 3 straight weeks & it's still in the top 25.

Unfortunately U2 just aren't getting enough airplay in N.America.
 
VALE69 said:
HTDAAB gains one position in the Mediatraffic World Chart, from 32 to 31.
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Wow...highest position for 10 weeks - excellent!! I guess Bomb must have sold about 38,000...so total estimated mediatraffic sales now :

7,802,000 + 37,000 (w.33) + 38,000 (w.34) + 40,000 (w.35) + 38,000 (w.36) = 7,955,000
 
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edge3 said:


Wow...highest position for 10 weeks - excellent!! I guess Bomb must have sold about 38,000...so total estimated mediatraffic sales now :

7,802,000 + 37,000 (w.33) + 38,000 (w.34) + 40,000 (w.35) + 38,000 (w.36) = 7,955,000
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The number 29 album sold 61k, number 32 sold 60k and 33 sold 57k. I know mediatraffic also take into account the number of countries an album is charting in (although not clear what weighting they give that) but given these figures 38k looks low.

Mike
 
mikeuk said:



The number 29 album sold 61k, number 32 sold 60k and 33 sold 57k. I know mediatraffic also take into account the number of countries an album is charting in (although not clear what weighting they give that) but given these figures 38k looks low.

Mike
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If that's true, HTDAAB has been selling more like 60K the last few weeks, not just 38-45K. And that, correspondingly, means that total sales are now over 8M worldwide. :yes: :up:
 
doctorwho said:


If that's true, HTDAAB has been selling more like 60K the last few weeks, not just 38-45K. And that, correspondingly, means that total sales are now over 8M worldwide. :yes: :up:
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It is true that those 3 albums sold that many BUT mediatraffic use points as well as sales to determine their weekly top 40 chart : the more countries an album is charting in then the more points it has & HTDAAB is charting in countries all over the world whilst those 3 albums have only just debuted on the US & Japan charts only.

As for Bomb's total sales...well, Mediatraffic told me that they cover ‘nearly 95%’ of total album sales which, if true, would mean that Bomb has now sold around 8.5M (as it's now sold around 7.955M at mediatraffic).

Personally though I think that mediatraffic cover more like 90% of total album sales - maybe even as low as 85%...which means that Bomb has now sold 8.8-9.2M worldwide.
 
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I agree with you edge3, sales (to consumers) of bomb should be at 9 million now. I still don´t rule out the possibility for the album to hit the 10 million mark by the end of 2005, at least in terms of shifted copies.
However, for this to happen, worlwide sales will have to remain steady around 30-40 K a week. It is clear the album needs to gain momentum in the States again.

Go bomb!


edge3 said:


As for Bomb's total sales...well, Mediatraffic told me that they cover ‘nearly 95%’ of total album sales which, if true, would mean that Bomb has now sold around 8.5M (as it's now sold around 7.955M at mediatraffic).

Personally though I think that mediatraffic cover more like 90% of total album sales - maybe even as low as 85%...which means that Bomb has now sold 8.8-9.2M worldwide.
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City of Blinding Lights was not in this week's Billboard Hot Video Clips........last week it premiered on the chart at #24.........so less video airplay does not bode well for an increase in radioplay.......I guess we can finally right the single off as dead.

Bring on "Original"!
 
SPAIN

Anyone knows HTDAAB result here in Spain?

Chart:
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
82-80-69-64-?

Sales: 200,000 (2x Platinum)

Vertigo Run:
1-1-1-4-1-2-3-3-4-1-
2-4-3-3-8-6-12-14-16-19
16-15-10-14-13-16-?-?-?-?
?-?-?-?-?-?-?

Sometimes Run:
1-2-4-4-5-6-9-11-9-11-
12-10-16-19-outofTop20-?-?-14-17-19-
?-?-?


City Of Blinding Lights Run:
5-1-1-2-5-8-8

Vox
 
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