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  1. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:Funny... I was just reading an article on MSN.com from the business insider on the 30 best-selling music artists of all time, ranked by platinum albums... U2 ranks at #20 with 16 platinum (12 of which are multi platinum, or diamond) which basically means, even what we (or they) consider to be the poorest efforts have all sold more than most bands ever dream of selling. (October and NLOTH both sold at least 1 million - a feat most bands would kill for)

    The only album not to break a million was SOI, which is no surprise given it's delivery and the state of physical sales when it was released...
    That's one of the things that kinda annoys me about SOI because even though most of us thought it was at least a decent album ( I thought it was very good) the sales look terrible and in years to come the fact they gave it away won't matter to people so it's basically ruined the consistency they had in big selling albums. Don't get me wrong I wasn't one of the people complaining about the free give away I just think it's a shame in terms of for records and statistics.
  2. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    That's one of the things that kinda annoys me about SOI because even though most of us thought it was at least a decent album ( I thought it was very good) the sales look terrible and in years to come the fact they gave it away won't matter to people so it's basically ruined the consistency they had in big selling albums. Don't get me wrong I wasn't one of the people complaining about the free give away I just think it's a shame in terms of for records and statistics.
    Sales figures have been so watered down since the digital format, it's hard to say. Technically, itunes paid for the record to give it away, so you might say that those who downloaded could/should (and for all I know, may have) count as sales. And then there are still smaller mom & pop outlets that don't report to soundscan, so you don't know how many units are being lost out there... In time, it'll hit platinum and that will be all that matters.
  3. Originally posted by peatiedog:I see Bono wears his claddagh ring facing opposite of the way it should face when you are married.. Does anyone know why he is wearing it this way?
  4. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    Sales figures have been so watered down since the digital format, it's hard to say. Technically, itunes paid for the record to give it away, so you might say that those who downloaded could/should (and for all I know, may have) count as sales. And then there are still smaller mom & pop outlets that don't report to soundscan, so you don't know how many units are being lost out there... In time, it'll hit platinum and that will be all that matters.
    Yeah well I hope it hits platinum like it deserves. Too good an album to be there lowest on sales. Will be interesting to see SOE sales figures, obviously depends on how they release that as well but I'd like to see it going number 1 at least.
  5. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    Yeah well I hope it hits platinum like it deserves. Too good an album to be there lowest on sales. Will be interesting to see SOE sales figures, obviously depends on how they release that as well but I'd like to see it going number 1 at least.
    #1 is another one of those things that doesn't hold the same weight it once did, either...
  6. True but I still think it's cool to be able to say our band is number 1 again. Ultimately though as long as I enjoy it, chart position isn't that important just an added bonus. Achtung baby never even got #1 due to strong competition (Michael Jackson was it?) yet zooropa was one of there lowest selling albums and did achieve number 1. I love both btw but prefer Achtung baby as do most of us I believe.
    UK chart positions btw.
  7. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    True but I still think it's cool to be able to say our band is number 1 again. Ultimately though as long as I enjoy it, chart position isn't that important just an added bonus. Achtung baby never even got #1 due to strong competition (Michael Jackson was it?) yet zooropa was one of there lowest selling albums and did achieve number 1. I love both btw but prefer Achtung baby as do most of us I believe.
    UK chart positions btw.
    AB did hit #1 in US....
  8. You must have better taste over there. In fairness it hit #1 just about everywhere except the UK where it got to #2. I still think it sold well though, will need to have a look and see what beat it but I'm sure it was Michael Jackson which would make sense as he's one of the highest selling artists in the world. Wonder what zooropa beat to claim top spot.
  9. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    You must have better taste over there. In fairness it hit #1 just about everywhere except the UK where it got to #2. I still think it sold well though, will need to have a look and see what beat it but I'm sure it was Michael Jackson which would make sense as he's one of the highest selling artists in the world. Wonder what zooropa beat to claim top spot.
    Well, in fairness... ATYCLB only hit #3 here and #1 most everywhere else... but it won 7 Grammys. I'll take those babies over #1 any day!
  10. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    Well, in fairness... ATYCLB only hit #3 here and #1 most everywhere else... but it won 7 Grammys. I'll take those babies over #1 any day!
    Yeah seeing u2 win at the Grammys is very impressive also. It is quite an interesting thing to look into in general the difference between u2 success in the US and UK charts, singles as well give a great pointer to the differences between the two.
  12. I guess that's partly but not completely down to population as you'd expect an album that was received well in both the US and UK to sell more in the states. I was just looking through the singles chart history and its crazy how relatively unsuccessful they've been in the US. Then there's baffling things like ISHFWILF and WOWY reaching #1 in the US when they only reached 6 and 4 in the UK then Streets reached 4 in the uk only making 13 in the US. Bizarre but then I don't know how sales figures stack up to compared to chart positions.
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