USA ALBUM CHARTS...BEATLEMANIA 2.0!
From Billboard:
- 626,000 units detected by Soundscan (up from 21,000 in the previous frame)
- prior to last week, The Beatles' 2009 sales total stood at 635,000
- YTD total now stands at 1,261,000. Total 2008 sales were 1,393,000
- The Beatles have never sold less than 1m per annum in the Soundscan era
Abbey Road 89,000
Sgt. Pepper 74,000
The Beatles 60,000
Rubber Soul 58,000
Revolver 46,000
Help! 39,000
Let It Be 32,000
Past Masters Vols I & II 31,000
Magical Mystery Tour 30,000
A Hard Day's Night 29,000
The Beatles in Stereo 26,000
Please Please Me 23,000
With The Beatles 22,000
Beatles For Sale 21,000
Yellow Submarine 14,000
The Beatles in Mono 12,000
Billboard 200(New Albums)Probably 2 of the Best - Charting Mega Boxes of All Time!
15 The Beatles in Stereo
40 The Beatles in Mono
Comprehensive Albums chart - Top 10(All Albums)5 Top Ten Albums!
3. Abbey Road
5. Sgt. Pepper
7. The Beatles
8. Rubber Soul
10. Revolver
Top Pop Catalog chart - Top 10(Older Albums) 9/10 Top Ten Albums!
1. Abbey Road
2. Sgt. Pepper
3. The Beatles
4. Rubber Soul
5. Revolver
7. Help!
8. Let It Be
9. Past Masters Vols I & II
10. Magical Mystery Tour
(Michael Jackson's "Number Ones" is the sole other title in the Pop Catalog top 10.)
UK ALBUM CHARTS (09-19-09)
RANK/PREVIOUS WK/ALBUM/ARTIST
1 (2) We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
5 (-) Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 17,830
6 (-) Abbey Road 16,507
9 (-) Revolver 14,568
10 (-) Rubber Soul 13,203
21 (-) The Beatles 8,532
24 (-) The Beatles In Stereo 7,671
29 (-) Help 6,150
31 (-) Past Masters 5,748
33 (-) Magical Mystery Tour 5,568
37 (-) A Hard Day's Night 5,528
38 (-) Please Please Me 5,106
49 (-) Let It Be 3,993
51 (-) With The Beatles 3,909
54 (99) 1 3,418
56 (-) Beatles For Sale 3,390
57 (-) The Beatles In Mono 3,305
89 (-) Yellow Submarine 2,043
126,469 ALBUMS SOLD IN 4 DAYS
16 TOP 60 ALBUMS = NEW RECORD
The BEATLES' Stereo (14 Albums) and MONO (10 Albums) Boxes were only counted as 1 sale per box (for chart purposes).
stereo box = 7671 x 14 = 107,394 albums
mono box = 3305 x 10 = 33,050 albums
Thanks to Zeus555.
UK ALBUM CHARTS 09-19-09 CONGRATULATIONS FABS!
BEATLES UK CHART RECORDS IN THE CHART OF W/E 19th SEPTEMBER:
THE FIRST GROUP TO HAVE 4 TOP 10 ALBUMS IN THE SAME CHART
1) They are the first Group - ever - to have 4 Top 10 Albums, in the same Week.The only other Act to manage 4 - or more - was Michael Jackson - earlier in 2009.
He had 5 Top 10 Albums in the Chart of W/E 11th July. Then 6 in the W/E 18th July
Chart. Then 5 in the W/E 25th July Chart. (Until 2009, no Act had ever managed more
than 3 Top 10 Albums at once).
THE FIRST GROUP SINCE 1967 TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO TOP 10 ALBUMS AT ONCE:,
2) The last time, (by a Group), was just over 42 Years ago:,
THE MONKEES
W/E 15th July 1967
No.2 - HEADQUARTERS
No.4 - MORE OF THE MONKEES
No.6 - THE MONKEES
Only 10 Acts have ever managed it. Until now, The Beatles had yet to achieve it.
The only other Groups to manage 3 Top 10 Albums -
George Mitchell Minstrels, (3 Weeks - 1962 - 1963),
The Shadows, (9 Weeks - 1963), The Beach Boys, (2
Weeks - 1966), & The Monkees, (1 Week - 1967).
THE MOST TOP 60 ALBUMS BY THE SAME ACT
3) Elvis Presley had a record 14 Top 60 Albums in the Chart of W/E 10th September 1977.
(3 of them in the Top 10). The Beatles have now beaten that. They have 16 Albums in the
current Top 60. (Michael Jackson had 9 Top 60 Albums in the Charts of W/E 18th July,
(all Top 20), W/E 25th July, (all Top 40), W/E 1st August, (all Top 50), W/E 8th August,
(all Top 50), & W/E 15th August, (all Top 60 - 11 in the Top 75, that Week)
Regards,
Cal aka "Beatle Bob"