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Certifications are made by the number of copies shipped, so that is a perfectly reasonable number. You will find some really funny stuff when you look at certifications for albums by "hot" sellers like nsync, BSB, Garth Brooks, etc... that then don't sell so well. for example, the BSB were certified 8 million in the first month, but had only sold about 2 million. I think they have sold (to actual consumers) about 3 to 4 million now. That means there are boxes and boxes of "Black and Blue" in the backrooms of music stores everywhere.
On an earlier note. Here is the hitsdaily double chart. The numbers on the left are their position last week and then their position this week.
As you can see by the percentage sales up or down, that sales were up this week and that people that were at 0% change dropped on the chart 5-10 spots. People that stayed around the same position increased around 10% or so. This should remain fairly constant throughout the chart and it shows that U2 almost definitely had a sales increase.
1 1 CREED WIND-UP 463,152 +1%
WEATHERED
2 2 VARIOUS VIRGIN 368,984 -5%
NOW VOL.8
5 3 VARIOUS UTV 299,720 +25%
NOW XMAS
6 4 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE 262,089 +10%
BRITNEY
17 5 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 259,905 +122%
CHRISTMAS EXTRAORDINAIRE
4 6 GARTH BROOKS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 242,052 -1%
SCARECROW
8 7 ENYA REPRISE 193,318 +9%
DAY WITHOUT RAIN
10 8 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IDJ 177,118 +16%
SILVER SIDE UP
3 9 LUDACRIS DEF JAM SOUTH/IDJ 174,990 -45%
WORD OF MOUF
11 10 PINK ARISTA 173,493 +17%
M!SSUNDAZSTOOD
12 11 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 163,187 +11%
HYBRID THEORY
9 12 ENRIQUE INTERSCOPE 157,923 -2%
ESCAPE
13 13 USHER ARISTA 152,938 +5%
8701
-- 14 VARIOUS INTERSCOPE 150,967 --
AMERICA:A TRIBUTE TO HEROES
15 15 SHAKIRA EPIC 143,217 +10%
LAUNDRY SERVICE
23 16 BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA/CRG 138,780 +39%
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
14 17 PINK FLOYD CAPITOL 138,102 -1%
ECHOES:BEST OF PINK FLOYD
25 18 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? MERCURY/IDJ 121,644 +29%
SOUNDTRACK
7 19 BUSTA RHYMES J RECORDS 118,349 -44%
GENESIS
21 20 BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE 114,831 +10%
HITS-CHAPTER ONE
26 21 NSYNC JIVE 114,341 +23%
CELEBRITY
19 22 KID ROCK LAVA/ATL/ATL G 111,186 +1%
COCKY
-- 23 LIMP BIZKIT FLIP/INTERSCOPE 110,220 --
NEW OLD SONGS
16 24 JA RULE MURDER INC./DJ/IDJ 110,078 -8%
PAIN IS LOVE
27 25 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS 106,869 +16%
SONGS IN A MINOR
22 26 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 106,796 +6%
GHV2
18 27 MICHEAL JACKSON EPIC 106,767 -5%
INVICIBLE
20 28 JEWEL ATLANTIC/ATL G 106,585 +2%
THIS WAY
28 29 ANDREA BOCELLI PHILIPS 99,551 +20%
CIELI DI TOSCANA
-- 30 OUTKAST ARISTA 93,834 --
BIG BOI & DR. DRE PRESENT...
32 31 INCUBUS IMMORTAL/EPIC 91,596 +25%
MORNING VIEW
36 32 TOBY KEITH DREAMWORKS NASHVILLE 89,494 +43%
PULL MY CHAIN
24 33 VARIOUS COLUMBIA/CRG 86,751 -13%
CONCERT FOR NEW YORK
30 34 SHREK DREAMWORKS/INT. 86,316 +10%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 35 FAT JOE ATLANTIC/ATL G 78,927 --
JEALOUS ONES STILL ENVY
35 36 P.O.D. ATLANTIC/ATL G 76,731 +18%
SATELLITE
31 37 STING A&M 76,081 0%
ALL THIS TIME
39 38 PUDDLE OF MUDD FLAWLESS/GEFFEN/INT. 73,077 +22%
COME CLEAN
41 39 DESTINY'S CHILD COLUMBIA/CRG 71,689 +34%
8 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
-- 40 NATE DOGG ELEKTRA/EEG 70,158 --
MUSIC & ME
-- 41 CHARLOTTE CHURCH COLUMBIA/CRG 68,927 --
ENCHANTMENT
43 42 STAIND FLIP/ELEKTRA/EEG 65,456 +24%
BREAK THE CYCLE
34 43 VARIOUS ARISTA 64,469 -6%
TOTALLY HITS 4
-- 44 MARIAH CAREY COLUMBIA/CRG 63,950 --
MARIAH CAREY'S GREATEST HITS
45 45 VARIOUS VIRGIN 63,294 +25%
NOW VOL.7
47 46 AARON CARTER JIVE 62,361 +35%
OH AARON
44 47 SYSTEM OF A DOWN AMERICAN/COL/CRG 60,779 +17%
TOXICITY
29 48 DMX DEF JAM/IDJ 60,304 -26%
GREAT DEPRESSION
37 49 MARY J. BLIGE MCA 59,897 -3%
NO MORE DRAMA
40 50 NELLY FURTADO DREAMWORKS 59,247 +10%
[This message has been edited by womanfish (edited 12-13-2001).]