Friday, June 17, 2005
Billboard Chart Analysis (BCA)
The 2nd installment of BCA (Billboard Chart Analysis) is 2 days late! All apologies!
As expected Coldplay lands at the top, selling almost three quarters of a million CDs (737,000). (I admit I was one of them!). It was the biggest seller for a rock group since U2's "...Dismantle..." opened with 840,000. The previous Coldplay CD "Rush of blood..." sold 3.8 million since it was released.
Meanwhile back in the UK, they became the 2nd best selling debut in history with over 464,000 units sold. Since the UK market is about 1/4th of the US market, that's a huge number! And in case you were wondering, Oasis is the best selling ever debut in the UK with the 1997 "Be here now" selling almost 700,000.
The Black Eyed Peas are the undisputed #2 with 291,000 - a very good showing indeed.
The #3 spot belongs to the White Stripes with 189,000. Their previous CD "Elephant" sold a very respectable 1.7 million. Bravo!
Shakira shatters the record for biggest debut for a spanish-speaking album with 157,000 units despite being banned at one latino-themed retail chain. Apparently the average dumbsumer has discovered that music is also possible if the lyrics are not in english ;-). Just in case you were wondering, the previous record belonged to Ricky "I'm not Gay" Martin with 65,000 in 2003.
Mariah fans, including internet entity vWayner.com, should be very happy because Mariah is the best selling CD (exclusing this week's new releases) at #5. Not only that but she has a solid 150,000 showing.
Quickies
System of a Down goes ...Down, and down to 86,000 units and #6
Tobby Keith will be teaching a new course at Honkytonk University, "The making of a top 10 CD"
Gwen Stefani and her sexy HP R607 camera remain in the top 10.
Reality TV non-diva Kelly Clarkson remains in the top 10 as well
65,000 Audioslave CDs were sold, enough to keep them at #10, down from #3 and a 34% slider.
Kudos to the Vans Warped tour for releasing a double CD at half the price of a single CD. That's probably why they sold 53,000 at #13.
Other new CDs include Finch (who?), Jodeci (best of), Avenged Sevenfolds (what?), Dream Theater (not a home theater). Last but not least, the lovely Pat Benatar with another greatest hits CD at #47.
Source data from billboard.com
As expected Coldplay lands at the top, selling almost three quarters of a million CDs (737,000). (I admit I was one of them!). It was the biggest seller for a rock group since U2's "...Dismantle..." opened with 840,000. The previous Coldplay CD "Rush of blood..." sold 3.8 million since it was released.
Meanwhile back in the UK, they became the 2nd best selling debut in history with over 464,000 units sold. Since the UK market is about 1/4th of the US market, that's a huge number! And in case you were wondering, Oasis is the best selling ever debut in the UK with the 1997 "Be here now" selling almost 700,000.
The Black Eyed Peas are the undisputed #2 with 291,000 - a very good showing indeed.
The #3 spot belongs to the White Stripes with 189,000. Their previous CD "Elephant" sold a very respectable 1.7 million. Bravo!
Shakira shatters the record for biggest debut for a spanish-speaking album with 157,000 units despite being banned at one latino-themed retail chain. Apparently the average dumbsumer has discovered that music is also possible if the lyrics are not in english ;-). Just in case you were wondering, the previous record belonged to Ricky "I'm not Gay" Martin with 65,000 in 2003.
Mariah fans, including internet entity vWayner.com, should be very happy because Mariah is the best selling CD (exclusing this week's new releases) at #5. Not only that but she has a solid 150,000 showing.
Quickies
Source data from billboard.com
