Soldatti

It deserves a new post, HTDAAB re-entered this week on the Billboard 200:

Soundscan/Billboard 200
Issue Date: December 3, 2005

Position/Artist/Album/This Week/Total
196 U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 6,765 (2.903,312)

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
from 25/07/2005 to 31/07/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 13/08/2005 - Week 36 - B200: 190 / Sales: 5,641
from 01/08/2005 to 07/08/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 20/08/2005 - Week 37 - B200: 164 / Sales: 6,530
from 08/08/2005 to 14/08/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 27/08/2005 - Week 38 - B200: 158 / Sales: 6,457
from 15/08/2005 to 21/08/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 03/09/2005 - Week 39 - B200: 150 / Sales: 6,835

39 wks total: 2,843,774

from 14/11/2005 to 20/11/2005 - ISSUE DATE: 03/12/2005 - Week 40 - B200: 196 / Sales: 6,765

Total: 2,903,312


The Billboard 200
Date: 11/12/2004 - Run: *1*-2-2- (3 wsf)
01/01/2005: 5-3-14-12-13-22-28-31-34-20-41-48-54-39-34-44-39-39-44-57-66-71-73-79-91-109-106-138-155-148-166-187-190-164-158-150 (39/5/1 wks)
Re #01: 03/12/2005 196 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 40-39c (Top 10: 5 Top 20: 9, Top 40: 17 #1: 1)

STING2

I did not think it would happen but it did!

Thanks for the updated results SOLDATTI!

Also interesting to find out that in the 12 weeks that BOMB was off of the Billboard 200, it sold an average of 4,398 copies per week, which means it was just slightly below the top 200.

Another interesting point is that the album is likely to do better next week as well, as the 60 minutes TV program will take effect then!

fitz

Yeah, great news!

Axver

Awesome!

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VALE69

That's a great news!
We can also see that bomb has sold, during the twelwe weeks out of BB200, 52.773 copies, which it means an average of 4.397 copies/week.

Popmartijn

Soldatti,
The Soundscan entries also usually state what the sales were the week prior (and the percentage change with this week's sales). So do you then also know what last week's sales were?

edge3

Wow ! So beLIEve was right that it would re-enter...great news & strange coincidance that # 196 is the same re-entry position as in UK (3 weeks ago).

I guess it could well now get to the 3M (Soundscan only) mark.

solar

Yeeeeeeees........ Great news!!!!!! :-)))))

menelaos

Congrats....!!!!!!

Zoovation

That's great news. I hope that it will stay in the BB 200 for more than only one week as it was the case for UK.

I'm sure now that the album will reach the 3 million mark.

doctorwho

Bono has said several times that a sales goal is for a U2 album to survive through two Christmas seasons. If Bomb is back in the Top 200 and gets a holiday boost, we might just see that! Then, if there's a push from the video iPod, the DVD, "60 Minutes", the Grammy's, a new single, etc., it might - dare I say it? - even re-enter the Top 100! This could really occur if the album actually won Album of the Year!

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ybird3k

grammy nominations are out on 8th of december, so hopefully a load of nominations and a boost up the BB200 lasting through till the grammys, then hopefully an 'album of the year' win, that would surely put bomb back in the top 10! ?

doctorwho

Bomb may be able to climb back into the Top 10 provided U2 gains a lot of national exposure - like they did back when they were on the Super Bowl and Grammy Awards (and won 4 Grammies) in 2002. Bomb has a long way to climb, but it is possible - especially if U2 had a single catch on. The fickle U.S. audience is hard to predict. U2 have had hit songs that I never thought would succeed, while songs I thought were guaranteed Top 40 material never went far.

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POP-ROMANCER

Strange to see that the album was #150 in week 39 with sales of 6,835. While now it sold 6,765 and it's on #196.

But, good news!

ybird3k

sales are increasing due to christmas coming up.