Sales Figures - w/e 30/12/06
Paul Hyett
Source: Music Week
The vagaries of the calendar mean that Christmas Eve 2006 fell in Week
52 rather than the more customary Week 51, with the result that sales
for the year's ultimate week, at 5,314,581, were an impressive 32% up on
the 4,026,048 sold in the same week last year, writes Alan Jones.
It follows a Christmas week in which sales of 10,176,752, -though up
38.2% on the previous week and by far the highest of the year - were
down 3.83% on the 10,581,571 sales in the same week in 2005.
Overall album sales for the crucial last four weeks of the year, at
29,103,571, were 0.75% (216,033) up on 2005’s tally of 28,947,538,
though this total does include a contribution of 288,886 from downloads,
which were not logged in 2005.
Surging to the highest weekly sale since Coldplay’s X&Y sold 464,471
copies on its debut in June 2005 and their own personal best of 443,070
in the week ending December 23, Take That’s Beautiful World sold a
less stellar but still significant 104,302 copies last week to take its
34 day cume to 1,144,521. The album is number one for the fifth week in
a row, and reached its millionth sale on its 27th day on release - 10
days more than the all-time record of 17 days set by Oasis’ Be Here
Now in 1997, and a day slower than previous record holders Robson &
Jerome’s self-titled 1995 debut and The Beatles’ 1 in 2000.
Beautiful World also beats Take That’s previous best number one tally
of four weeks for 1996’s Greatest Hits, and is the longest serving
number one by any act since James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam completed an
eight week stint in pole position in September 2005.
Despite the enormous sales turned in by Take That in the last few weeks,
Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open is the runaway number one album of 2006.
Having secured its highest ever weekly sale of 156,694 in the week
before Christmas, it sold a further 60,931 copies last week to take its
35 week cume to 1,514,554 Eyes Open climbs 7-3 this week, achieving its
highest placing for 16 weeks. Its continued popularity owes a lot the
band’s latest and most successful single Chasing Cars, which ranks
14th for 2006 with sales of 210,606 copies.
Never likely to challenge the success of their 2000 hits blockbuster 1
let alone their all-time piledriver Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band, The Beatles’ ‘mash-up’ set Love has nevertheless performed
admirably so far. A tie-in with Cirque Du Soliel’s Las Vegas stage
show, it has spent six weeks in the Top 10, moving 3-5-6-6-8-5, while
selling 672,385 copies, including a massive 153,130 in the week before
Christmas, and 52,377 last week. In America, it is the 37th Beatles
album to sell upwards of a million copies, and has now sold more than
1.3m copies.
Oasis’ Stop The Clocks compilation rebounds 3-2 on sales of 61,922
(down 67.6%)., while Razorlight’s self-titled set surges 9-4 on sales
of 57,358 (down60.4%).
A 50.6% dip in sales to 51,100 is no barrier to Pink’s I’m Not Dead
registering a 15-6 improvement to land its highest chart placing for 30
weeks; heading the other way with the chart’s biggest percentage dip
in sales (down 78.6% to 50,516), Westlife’s The Love Album dives 2-7;
James Morrison reaches a nine week peak with his self-titled debut,
which is the biggest album by a new male artist in 2006, with sales of
855,135, including 49,369 last week (down 59,3%) as it rallies 12-8;
U2’s 18 Singles falls 6-9 on sales of 47,597 (down 70.8%); and the Top
10 is completed by George Michael’s Twenty Five, which dips 5-10 on
sales of 45,806 (down 72.9%).
With fewer seemingly attractive bargains available this sale season, the
usual mass influx of old albums to the chart has not materialised. Of
the albums that did lift their game because of discounting the most
successful was Kasabian’s Empire, which can be picked up for less than
£7, and rebounds to its highest position in eight weeks, moving 59-19
on sales of 31,903. The title track of the album reached number nine,
Shoot The Runner peaked at number 17 and third single Me Plus One is out
in four weeks (29 January). Discounting also helps Westlife’s
Unbreakable to catapult 91-32 and Pussycat Dolls’ PCD to escalate
71-34 on sales of 19,850 and 17,615, respectively.
There are no bona-fide new entries but Hold Your Colour by Australian
drum & bass/breaks/rave act Pendulum, re-enters at number 66 on sales of
9,804, having previously charted at number 68 for a week in August 2005.
The album has sold an impressive 106,747 copies so far, and most of its
sales last week were from HMV stores, where it is currently discounted
to £7.99.
Topping the compilations list for the sixth week in a row, Now! 65 sold
55,372 copies last week to take its cume to 949,110 - 15.98% behind same
stage sales of Now! 62 last year.Surprise hit of the year Radio One’s
Live Lounge remains in close attendance, with sales of 48,240 lifting
its cume to 598,139.
After enjoying the highest ever first week sales for a debut single by a
female solo artist (beating Britney Spears’ 1999 bow ...Baby One More
Time, which opened with sales of 463,722), X Factor winner Leona Lewis’
debut single A Moment Like This suffered a big second week dip, selling
128,077 copies. Take That remain far behind at number two with Patience
selling 35,164 copies.
Added to its first week tally of 571,253, that means A Moment Like This’
sales to date are 699,330, placing it well behind Gnarls Barkley’s
Crazy (819,553 sales) in the 2006 rankings, further still behind same
stage sales of 874,444 for 2005 X Factor winner Shayne Ward’s debut
single That’s My Goal, and even further behind the 1,458,756 copies
Spears’ debut eventually sold.
A number one US hit for first American Idol Kelly Clarkson in 2002, A
Moment Like This was penned by Swede Jorgen Elofsson and Scot John Reid,
former leader of Nightcrawlers. A Moment Like This is Reid’s second UK
number one but Elofsson’s eighth - they co-wrote Unbreakable for
Westlife, and Elofsson also wrote the group’s I’ll Let You Go, Fool
Again and My Love, as well as Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) for Gareth
Gates, Evergreen for Will Young and the aforementioned That’s My Goal
for Shayne Ward.
With 7-inch picture disc, CD and DVD editions all featuring exclusive
live tracks, Iron Maiden celebrate the success of their tour in support
of latest album A Matter Of Life And Death with the single Different
World. Debuting at number three on sales of 16,352, it’s the veteran
metal band’s 32nd hit in 27 years as a chart force, and arrives 16
years to the week after they secured their only number one with Bring
Your Daughter To The Slaughter. A Matter Of Life And Death topped the
100,000 sales mark on New Year’s Eve.
39 years after Syd Barrett’s song See Emily Play earned Pink Floyd
their first chart hit, peaking at number 20, former band member David
Gilmour’s live recordings of the song - recorded as a salute and
tribute to Barrett who died six months ago, and featuring vocals from
David Bowie and fellow Floyd alumnus, Rick Wright - debuts at number 19
on sales of 7,582. Gilmour’s only previous chart records outside the
band, On An Island and Smile, both peaked at number 72 in 2006.
Year-end round-ups on TV and radio have helped many of 2006’s biggest
singles and albums to reclaim lost ground this week but no-one has
benefited more than Justin Timberlake, who rebounds 18-14 with latest
single My Love and 53-30 with SexyBack, his first solo chart-topper
which has thus far spent 20 weeks on the chart and sold 239,234 copies.
The album that spawned them both, FutureSex/LoveSounds, has been in the
Top 30 ever since its release in September, and climbs 23-22 this week
on sales of 28,768, taking its 16 week cume to 550,989.
While follow-up Land Of A Thousand Words plunges 60-100 with sales off
36.8% at 1,168, Scissor Sisters I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ rebounds
27-16, securing its highest placing for eight weeks on sales up 74.5% at
9,574. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ has so far spent 18 weeks in the
Top 40, selling more than 353,373 copies. Both of the tracks mentioned
above are from Scissor Sisters’ second album Ta-Dah!, which sold
1,127,332 copies in the last 15 weeks of 2006, to emerge as the year’s
second biggest seller.
An Iranian based in Washington DC, Sharam is half of Deep Dish, who have
snared four Top 40 hits to date, most recently reaching number 14 in
April 2006, with a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams featuring a cameo
new vocal from Mac’s Stevie Nicks. Sharam’s first solo hit is PATT
(Party All The Time), which jumps 36-8 this week on sales of 11,286.
It’s a cover of a 1985 recording by actor Eddie Murphy, which flopped
here but reached number two in America. It was written by Canadian
funkster Rick James, who also penned Superfreak, which was a number
seven hit for BeatFreakz just two months ago.
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Singles
01 Leona 128,077
02 Take That 35,164
03 Iron Maiden 16,352
08 Sharam 11,286
16 Scissor Sisters IDFLD 9,574
19 David Gimour 7,582
100 Scissor Sisters LOATW 1,168
Albums
01 Take That 104,302
02 Oasis 61,922
03 Snow Patrol 60,931
04 Razorlight 57,358
05 Beatles 52,377
06 Pink 51,100
07 Westlife 50,516
08 James Morrison 49,369
09 U2 47,597
10 George Michael 45,806
19 Kasabian 31,903
22 Justin Timberlake 28,768
32 Weatlife – Unbreakable 19,850
34 PCD 17,615
66 Pendulum 9,804
With thanks to Mikey @ buzzjack
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)
Chris Brown
> highest placing for 16 weeks. Its continued popularity owes a lot the
> band's latest and most successful single Chasing Cars, which ranks
> 14th for 2006 with sales of 210,606 copies.
I know I'm about a fortnight late here, but I can't believe nobody else
spotted the mistake here.
> Never likely to challenge the success of their 2000 hits blockbuster 1
> let alone their all-time piledriver Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
> Band, The Beatles' 'mash-up' set Love has nevertheless performed
> admirably so far.
Actually, I wouldn't be amazed if 1 overtook Sgt Pepper at some stage,
since Pepper obviously had quite a head start. Mind you, if those
remasters come out this year a lot of us will be rebuying it.
Incidentally, I actually listened to the 1 album for the first time
while I was on holiday. It was a surprisingly moving experience.
Chris
Paul Hyett
<extrem...@yahoo.com> wrote :
>> Eyes Open climbs 7-3 this week, achieving its
>> highest placing for 16 weeks. Its continued popularity owes a lot the
>> band's latest and most successful single Chasing Cars, which ranks
>> 14th for 2006 with sales of 210,606 copies.
>
>I know I'm about a fortnight late here, but I can't believe nobody else
>spotted the mistake here.
Maybe they were taking of 'most successful' in terms of sales, rather
than peak chart position?
Chris Brown
"Paul Hyett" <vidc...@invalid83261.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3y6V8nF4...@blueyonder.co.uk...
> In uk.music.charts on Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Chris Brown
> <extrem...@yahoo.com> wrote :
>
>>> Eyes Open climbs 7-3 this week, achieving its
>>> highest placing for 16 weeks. Its continued popularity owes a lot the
>>> band's latest and most successful single Chasing Cars, which ranks
>>> 14th for 2006 with sales of 210,606 copies.
>>
>>I know I'm about a fortnight late here, but I can't believe nobody else
>>spotted the mistake here.
>
> Maybe they were taking of 'most successful' in terms of sales, rather than
> peak chart position?
I'm sure they were, but it's not their latest single.
Chris
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