Week 7

KUEFC09U2 · 04-15-2009, 05:03 AM

U2 currentley in the top 30 for week number 7, which imo is quite good and shows the album could be starting to level off, (i.e. dropping only 5 rather than 8 etc etc),

i would like to see where ATYCLB and HTDAAB where both at, at week 7?

Skywalker · 04-15-2009, 08:16 AM

I looked through the archives in this forum and here is the info I found:

Week 7 :
UK Week 7 HTDAAB: #12
US Week 7 HTDAAB: #12

US Week 7 ATYCLB: #20

Week 67 :
UK Week 7 ATYCLB: #28

u2search · 04-15-2009, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KUEFC09U2

U2 currentley in the top 30 for week number 7, which imo is quite good and shows the album could be starting to level off, (i.e. dropping only 5 rather than 8 etc etc),

i would like to see where ATYCLB and HTDAAB where both at, at week 7?

It might be helpful if you add a country to such information?

Irishteen · 04-15-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by u2search

It might be helpful if you add a country to such information?

He's discussing the UK midweeks, UK midweeks are the only charts you'll get at this time of the week

runbyu1 · 04-15-2009, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u2search

It might be helpful if you add a country to such information?

I totally agree with this. It's so confusing! How is anybody supposed to know about UK midweeks?

rollingbob · 04-15-2009, 11:40 AM

Guys it's down to #33 in todays mid's, so this is officially turning into their worst performing album here since October - no kidding. ATYCLB was the previous fastest faller in UK but that was in the last quarter so had much higher sales. & anyway it came back with a great run & didn't go below top 30 untill wk 25, selling ~1m by end of '01. Then Pop but even Pop didn't drop below top 30 untill wk 13 (1-3-4-6-13-17-16-13-7-12-18-21-31). Pop's sales at this point would probably now be just ahead of No Line's. Pop did 152k 1st wk & ended the year as the 25th best seller with ~370k - their worst performer since October.

KUEFC09U2 · 04-15-2009, 12:39 PM

Native_Son · 04-15-2009, 01:06 PM

incredibly disapointing. at least the tours done well

Irishteen · 04-15-2009, 01:35 PM

The album has sold 268,000 copies in the UK. It's sales will probably be below 5,000 this week...the album is struggling to even hit platinum right now

Native_Son · 04-15-2009, 01:41 PM

Whats gone wrong since the last album do you think? decline in sales cant be blamed to this extent. i think its mainly due to the first single not being a 'hit'. i really did think downloads would have made the first single #1 regardless of what the song was like considering the sucess vertigo had with downloads.

Irishteen · 04-15-2009, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Native_Son

Whats gone wrong since the last album do you think? decline in sales cant be blamed to this extent. i think its mainly due to the first single not being a 'hit'. i really did think downloads would have made the first single #1 regardless of what the song was like considering the sucess vertigo had with downloads.

U2 disappeared for four and a half years and came back with a song most people thought was terrible. If U2 came back with Magnificent the album would probably be selling closer to 450,000 than 300,000. U2 were too confident with this record and it has cost them dearly

Native_Son · 04-15-2009, 02:10 PM

it will be interesting to see how gree day do with their new set. they have been away even longer than U2. unless they have a hit on the scale of boulevard of broken dreams, i cant see their album surpassing 3M

Irishteen · 04-15-2009, 02:13 PM

Green Day's success will really depend on their singles, a hit single and they could have great sales

On a positive note, NLOTH last week entered the top 100 selling albums worldwide since 2006 at 98. U218 is at 25

zoo99 · 04-15-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Irishteen

U2 disappeared for four and a half years and came back with a song most people thought was terrible. If U2 came back with Magnificent the album would probably be selling closer to 450,000 than 300,000. U2 were too confident with this record and it has cost them dearly

I guess the term dearly holds different meaning to you, even if we went by your estimate that it cost them 150 000 album sales in the uk that at most cost them what 3 or 4 dollars an album so maybe a million bucks, album sales mean zero these days, do you think they care that they might sell a few less $20 albums when ther selling millions of concert tickets at 40 to 250 bucks a pop. When all is said and done compare what the gross album sales are from one of the if not the top selling album of 2009 and the final gross of the 360 tour it will be a fraction of the tour (in fact the merchandise sales of the 360 tour which are not even included in the tour gross will probably exceed album gross) at the end of the day the dollars that might be lost on album sales from a dud lead single wouldn't even fuel up edges yacht for the week.

zoo99 · 04-15-2009, 11:34 PM

just to clarify, new album sales are still important to newer acts but I mean really who bought a 360 concert ticket because they want to see boots played live.

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04-15-2009, 05:03 AM	#1
KUEFC09U2 Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,440 Local Time: 03:03 AM	Week 7 U2 currentley in the top 30 for week number 7, which imo is quite good and shows the album could be starting to level off, (i.e. dropping only 5 rather than 8 etc etc), i would like to see where ATYCLB and HTDAAB where both at, at week 7?

04-15-2009, 08:16 AM	#2
Skywalker The Fly Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: A galaxy, far far away... Posts: 133 Local Time: 10:03 PM	I looked through the archives in this forum and here is the info I found: Week 7 : UK Week 7 HTDAAB: #12 US Week 7 HTDAAB: #12 US Week 7 ATYCLB: #20 Week 67 : UK Week 7 ATYCLB: #28

04-15-2009, 11:40 AM	#6
rollingbob The Fly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 140 Local Time: 03:03 AM	Guys it's down to #33 in todays mid's, so this is officially turning into their worst performing album here since October - no kidding. ATYCLB was the previous fastest faller in UK but that was in the last quarter so had much higher sales. & anyway it came back with a great run & didn't go below top 30 untill wk 25, selling ~1m by end of '01. Then Pop but even Pop didn't drop below top 30 untill wk 13 (1-3-4-6-13-17-16-13-7-12-18-21-31). Pop's sales at this point would probably now be just ahead of No Line's. Pop did 152k 1st wk & ended the year as the 25th best seller with ~370k - their worst performer since October.

04-15-2009, 12:39 PM	#7
KUEFC09U2 Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,440 Local Time: 03:03 AM

04-15-2009, 01:06 PM	#8
Native_Son Acrobat Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Swansea Posts: 429 Local Time: 03:03 AM	incredibly disapointing. at least the tours done well

04-15-2009, 01:41 PM	#10
Native_Son Acrobat Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Swansea Posts: 429 Local Time: 03:03 AM	Whats gone wrong since the last album do you think? decline in sales cant be blamed to this extent. i think its mainly due to the first single not being a 'hit'. i really did think downloads would have made the first single #1 regardless of what the song was like considering the sucess vertigo had with downloads.

04-15-2009, 02:10 PM	#12
Native_Son Acrobat Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Swansea Posts: 429 Local Time: 03:03 AM	it will be interesting to see how gree day do with their new set. they have been away even longer than U2. unless they have a hit on the scale of boulevard of broken dreams, i cant see their album surpassing 3M

04-15-2009, 11:34 PM	#15
zoo99 The Fly Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 295 Local Time: 10:03 PM	just to clarify, new album sales are still important to newer acts but I mean really who bought a 360 concert ticket because they want to see boots played live.