MBH,
I understand you believe that U2 were more out there promotion wise for this album, and I might agree with except that when you go into detail and look at the facts, Radio Airplay, Video play that you can get from Billboard magazine, chart wise they performed the same. The only difference is that ATYCLB has sold more than double POP and they won 7 grammy awards this time. But those two factors are results that are out of the bands control.
When it comes to Magazine articles, its difficult to know the total number, but I could probably match what ever total someone could come up with for ATYCLB. The only area where ATYCLB would win out would be with TV appearences and then only slightly.
Lets look at radio airplay though in the USA, ATYCLB vs. POP. Lets take the national airplay chart, The HOT 100. Discotheque made it to #10, Beautiful Day #21: Walk On fails to make the HOT 100, Staring At the Sun makes it to #26: Elevation fails to make the HOT 100, Last Night On Earth makes it to #56: Stuck.... makes it to #52, Please fails to make the HOT 100: Unkown if there will be 5th single from ATYCLB, 5th single from POP If God Would Send His Angels fails to make the HOT 100.
Its obvious from above that the amount of radio airplay for POP is equal to or actually ahead of, airplay for ATYCLB in the USA. Radio airplay, Video play, and concerts are at least 80% of the promotion game.
I understand you believe that U2 were more out there promotion wise for this album, and I might agree with except that when you go into detail and look at the facts, Radio Airplay, Video play that you can get from Billboard magazine, chart wise they performed the same. The only difference is that ATYCLB has sold more than double POP and they won 7 grammy awards this time. But those two factors are results that are out of the bands control.
When it comes to Magazine articles, its difficult to know the total number, but I could probably match what ever total someone could come up with for ATYCLB. The only area where ATYCLB would win out would be with TV appearences and then only slightly.
Lets look at radio airplay though in the USA, ATYCLB vs. POP. Lets take the national airplay chart, The HOT 100. Discotheque made it to #10, Beautiful Day #21: Walk On fails to make the HOT 100, Staring At the Sun makes it to #26: Elevation fails to make the HOT 100, Last Night On Earth makes it to #56: Stuck.... makes it to #52, Please fails to make the HOT 100: Unkown if there will be 5th single from ATYCLB, 5th single from POP If God Would Send His Angels fails to make the HOT 100.
Its obvious from above that the amount of radio airplay for POP is equal to or actually ahead of, airplay for ATYCLB in the USA. Radio airplay, Video play, and concerts are at least 80% of the promotion game.