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Post by HWI on Aug 22, 2003 21:50:05 GMT
22nd August 2003.
Pure is top of the New Zealand Pop Charts for the fourth week.
It is also top of the HMV Classical Chart in Australia (also for the fourth week)
It is at no. 12 in the Aria Pop Chart in Australia
In Hong Kong, Pure is at no. 2 in the HMV Classical Chart for the third week.
The song "Beat Of Your Heart" is at no. 4 at radio.
Pure will be released in the UK on September 15th. It currently stands as the no. 1 Classical pre-order album at Amazon.
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Post by HWI on Aug 27, 2003 9:26:58 GMT
27th August 2003.
Pure is spending it's FIFTH week at the top of the HMV Classical Chart in Australia.
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Post by HWI on Sept 2, 2003 0:24:23 GMT
Pure has spent SIX WEEKS at the top of the Australian HMV Clasical Chart. Warmest congratulations to Hayley for a wonderful achievement.  |
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Post by HWI on Nov 24, 2003 20:38:04 GMT
As it says in the News Fader on the home page, PURE has gone 5 TIMES PLATINUM in New Zealand. This represents sales of 75,000 which, with a population of less than 4,000,000 is the equivalent of 1 in 53 people owning a copy.
Sincerest and most heartfelt congratulations to Hayley for a magnificent result.
Keith.
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Post by HWI on Nov 26, 2003 23:37:56 GMT
And another update.
PURE HAS NOW ACHIEVED SIX TIMES PLATINUM IN NEW ZEALAND.
It just keeps getting better. Congratulations Hayley.
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Post by stevemacdonald on Jan 14, 2004 5:00:35 GMT
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Post by roger on Nov 24, 2004 21:20:41 GMT
According to the handout we were given at last night's UNICEF concert in London, Pure has now sold in excess of 2,000,000 copies worldwide.
Congratulations Hayley!
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Post by Dave on Nov 24, 2004 22:19:56 GMT
According to the handout we were given at last night's UNICEF concert in London, Pure has now sold in excess of 2,000,000 copies worldwide. Congratulations Hayley! Yes indeed, thanks for the info, Roger! I am, however, sceptical of Decca these days - they tend to quote figures for CDs shipped from the warehouse to shops, not the true "over the counter" sales! Two million shipments sounds highly likely now shops are stocking up for Christmas - across the counter it's much less likely. Could you possibly quote the relevant sentence(s) from the UNICEF handout? So I can try to read between their lines you see! Pretty please?  I noticed that on Des & Mel today they introduced Hayley as having sold over a million CDs in the UK. She hasn't - it's more like 700 to 800 thousand (I have a contact who gets occasional access to Official Charts Company sales figures). Even a million "shipments" is unlikely because Pure would have already been declared triple platinum and I don't think it has (as of last Friday). Of course, if they include all CDs on which Hayley has a song or two(compilations) it's a different ballgame... Decca's publicists make me chuckle sometimes but full marks to them for trying, I love it! |
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Post by roger on Nov 25, 2004 8:36:45 GMT
Yes indeed, thanks for the info, Roger! Could you possibly quote the relevant sentence(s) from the UNICEF handout? So I can try to read between their lines you see! Pretty please? Certainly Dave: "The appointement [as UNICEF Ambassador] coincided with the release of her first international album Pure, which, having gone on to sell over two million copies worldwide, has broken all sorts of previous sales records around the world." |
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Post by HWI on Nov 25, 2004 10:54:28 GMT
Hi Dave,
I would just like to add that, on Tuesday evening, Giselle told us that she had typed up the sheet from text given to her by Steve Abbott. I have a very strong feeling, therefore, that the worldwide figures are pretty accurate.
Keith.
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Post by Dave on Nov 25, 2004 14:24:29 GMT
Thanks for the update Roger and Keith! I've never doubted the "sales" figures given out by Decca and by Steve, I am sure they are and always have been correct but they probably mean "sold by Decca to shops", which is always a lot higher than actual retail sales. It's great news that over 2 million have now been sold (presumably to shops) worldwide, as it means Pure must be close to going Gold in the US (500K shipped to shops) and Triple Platinum in the UK (900K shipped), but neither of these has yet been claimed. Even when they do, retail sales will take a while to catch up but Christmas will help quite a lot! I'll do a sales update in the other thread when I can get hold of some more figures but at present it looks like retail sales for Pure are somewhere around 1.5 million worldwide (700K UK) and shipments to shops 2 million+ worldwide (800K to 900K, UK). I am hoping for the announcement of Triple Platinum in the UK sometime in the next month, and possibly a Gold in the US and Germany, which would tend to confirm my estimates - fingers crossed Cheers, Dave |
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