glyn
Trash Man
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Post by glyn on Jul 29, 2007 11:55:16 GMT -5
The album chart along with sales are as follows: 01 Paul Potts 75,494 02 Timbaland 22,136 03 Mika 18,336 04 Kings Of Leon 17,084 05 Travelling Wiburys 16,618 06 Amy Winehouse 14,767 07 Mark Ronson 14,270 08 Take That 14270 09 Enemy 13,919 10 Rihanna 13,597 11 Garbage 13,372 Gotta say I was gutted at the placing. Especially as it was doing so well in the midweeks, but i suppose that 13,372 isn't too bad. What makes matters worse is that there is a shitty opera singer at #1 who is only there due to the fact he was on britains got talant. TALENT? bollocks, nobody will remember him in 6 months time. Grrrrrrr makes me so angry Rant over ;D
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Post by ghosts of joy on Jul 29, 2007 12:02:27 GMT -5
Damn. That's disappointing. I just wonder how it's going to register on the Billboard 200 considering the difficulty most of us had finding it in stores. *crosses fingers*
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Post by Hangin' With The Bichard on Jul 29, 2007 12:37:28 GMT -5
11 is hardly a bad placing.
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Post by Mysteron on Jul 29, 2007 12:40:10 GMT -5
its not bad, lets just hope it doesnt slide down too fast
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 12:40:32 GMT -5
#11 in the UK album chart with minimal promo? I'm quite happy (although dissapointed following the midweek) with that placing. Put this into perspective - neither of Gwens albums debuted that high in the UK (thatll cheer up the Gwen bashers if nothing else) lol
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Post by Mysteron on Jul 29, 2007 12:41:52 GMT -5
^ lol, infact i think No Doubt havent done nearly as well as Garbage have done in the UK or Europe right?
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 12:50:01 GMT -5
No, I think No Doubt have sold more records. ND have had a four week #1 single (Dont speak) and I'm pretty sure theyve sold just a bit more record than Garbage. Could be wrong on that though.
Absolute Garbage is not only this weeks highest new entry on the UK album chart (following both V2.0 and BLM) it is also the only new album to debut in this weeks Top 40.
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Post by ghosts of joy on Jul 29, 2007 12:58:54 GMT -5
Given the "minimal" promotion, I should be pleased that it ranked as high as it did. I suppose I just wish it could've made it up one... more... number...
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Post by Vow2cutUup on Jul 29, 2007 14:12:45 GMT -5
Given the "minimal" promotion, I should be pleased that it ranked as high as it did. I suppose I just wish it could've made it up one... more... number... I wished the same. At least in the top 10 I hope it does as good as the UK here in the US, but it's doubtful. I could see it palcing maybe in the 20's, but who knows. Someone should look at hits daily double's numbers...To get an idea. I play AG loud in my car wherever I go, so I'm doing my own promo, lol
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 14:35:57 GMT -5
UK Sales info from MusicWeek:
Tell Me Where It Hurts, the only new track on Garbage’s hits compilation, peaked at number 50 but the album itself fares much better, debuting at number 11 on sales of 13,372. Aiming to become the band’s fifth Top 10 album, it must be fancied to beat the sales of its immediate predecessor, Bleed Like Me. Garbage albums have suffered a spiralling decline in sales thus far with their self-titled 1995 debut selling 696,865 copies, followed by Version 2.0 (1998, 576,705 sales), Beautiful Garbage (2001, 121,397), and Bleed Like Me (2005, 84,339).
Garbage also debuted on the UK charts at #12 with first week sales of 9,409, Version 2.0 topped the chart with 32,000 sales, BeautifulGarbage at #6 with 25,000 sales and Bleed Like Me at #4 with sales of 29,000.
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 14:43:01 GMT -5
1,492,678 album sales in the United Kingdom.
Garbage is double platinum for shipments of more than 600,000 copies Version 2.0 is double platinum for shipments, but not sales, of more than 600, 000 copies BG is certified gold for sales of more than 100,000 copies BLM is silver selling (60,000+) but hasn't been certified at all. I saw a Virgin megastores press for BLM saying is was Gold-selling back in 2005, must've meant shipped units.
Since the above audit for the Garbage albums has been carried out, the BPI might certfy BLM in the coming weeks.
Also, just to put some perspective on the AG compilation - it might have started out a slow week, keeping AG in the Top 5 until the weekend, AG has sold in one week already a sixth of BLM's total UK sales.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 29, 2007 14:48:48 GMT -5
Actually, I've seen higher #s listed for both the debut & 2.0 from Music Week. I'm sure 2.0 is actually over 600k in the UK. Anyway, I'm disappointed they dropped from the Top 5 & just missed the Top 10. The weekend changes things a lot.
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Post by Modern Method. on Jul 29, 2007 15:26:04 GMT -5
I think it's a good position.
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 15:30:43 GMT -5
I just noticed Absolute Garbage missed the Top 10 by 225 copies....... :-(
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Post by Modern Method. on Jul 29, 2007 15:32:26 GMT -5
I just noticed Absolute Garbage missed the Top 10 by 25 copies....... :-( Yeah, its quite cruddy!
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 15:35:09 GMT -5
Lol, I had to edit that post I missed out a 2 - only 25 copies would be even more gutting!
Does anyone have the singles Top75-200 singles chart? Is Tell Me Where It Hurts still in the top 200?
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Post by hammeringinhead on Jul 29, 2007 16:05:11 GMT -5
well, i was pleasantly surprised at the mid week point that garbage was #4, though obviously its dissappointing that they dropped to #11. But what do you expect? there has been very little promotion on garbage's end, plus all these nasty reviews flooded out that garbage sounds too dated. all us hardcore fans went out and bought the album (probably all 3 versions), and it is a decent showing, but now the album will fall hard and fast off the charts, because there is nothing pushing this album. i doubt the music dvd counted towards the overall sales, i wonder if there is a separate chart for dvds/music dvds.
i wonder what garbage was expecting with this album? they couldn't have expected a top 5 album, especially since there was no leg work. I bet they will be excited that there are some hardore G fans still out there, hopefully it will get them thinking more about Garbage's future.
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Post by oscillations. on Jul 29, 2007 16:11:44 GMT -5
Up through Friday, they were still #4. Saturday apparently has a huge impact on the overall week, and the releases that thrive commercially are of the pedestrian variety. :/
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Post by youlooksofine2007 on Jul 29, 2007 16:17:40 GMT -5
I hope it will rise up next week into the top ten. It should, they deserve it... The remastered versions are excellent, their new song is beautiful and the "Bad Boyfriend"&"It's All Over But The Crying" RMX are amazing!!! Just wished that they included "All the Good In This Life" as a bonus-track on the CD as well...I love this b-side ;-)..
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Post by acereject on Jul 29, 2007 16:36:09 GMT -5
Friday and Saturday sales are usually people catching up on the previous charts big sellers - I've noticed thats when consistent sellers catch up with debuting releases.
Garbage always do better in the midweeks due to their hardcore fans rushing out on Monday morning (like me - outside HMV at 8.45am for each single since "Push It") to buy the multi-formats, and people grabbing copies to punt on eBay to international fans. If you notice second week chart results Garbage almost always drop off the charts straight away. Push It plunged 20 places from it's #9 peak, a few others around 40 places following their debut. Stupid Girl was the only song to stay more than a week in the top 10 (no surprise there really). WDYLM, TWINE and Cherry Lips all had longer legs hanging around and dropping at a slower trajectory than most G singles.
Let's face it - Garbage have used multi-formatting to gain charts all along... no shame in that - everybody does it. Garbage just did it classier than most.
Singles such as Shut Your Mouth were blatant formatting successes.
On some occasions it didn't work (BUTG, SINTE, TMWIH) and on some the opportunity was squandered (TWINE shoulda been a 2 cd set it would have Top 10'd it; and although it probably wouldn't have saved Androgyny... who wanted to buy a 12" with two tracks already on the CD singles).
Bleed Like Me, I have no doubt woulda debuted at #1 here had there been a second format - like a DOUBLE LP or a bonus disc edition. Instead it was issued on a single CD and that was that. All 3 preceding albums were issued on FIVE formats here in the UK; beautifulgarbage where all 5 formats were released on the same day.
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