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Those numbers are a lot different than mediatraffic's year-end chart. It makes sense that there is an upward trend, since it has been noted that mediatraffic does not catch 100% of global sales. However, American Idiot dropped over 1.5 million in the new list. And the greatest gainers are...

Exactly. PBS still uses it. You're right about Clocks' ubiquity (HBO, PBS, Peter Pan trailer, ER, etc.). My point was that it wasn't selling Honda Civics or home appliances.

Thanks. I was wondering why it wasn't higher.

Besides movies and TV shows, I would challenge you to name one product the song promoted. And, according to mediatraffic, "Speed of Sound" more than doubled "Clocks" during their respective years of release, though their points system is not based solely on airplay. "Speed of Sound" placed...

You obviously haven't been to a Coldplay concert recently. There's no way you can tell me they didn't rock out on "Square One", "Politik", "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and "Talk". My ears were ringing.

I would be more bullish on X&Y if it weren't underperforming in the U.S. AROBTTH has shipped over 4 million copies, while X&Y has yet to sell 2.8 million. Even if X&Y stays in the 10-15k/week range throughout 2006, it would only reach at most 3.4 million. It would be impossible for X&Y to...

This being my first post, let me start by saying I'm a fan of both Coldplay and U2. The $24 million figure is exclusively North American. U2's total was $139 million. You'll have to trust me, as I'm not allowed to link to the VH1 article. True comparisons can only be made once the tours are...