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Post by Dave on May 21, 2004 13:53:01 GMT
Charts now updated here.So, Pure re-enters the US charts and goes up in the Canadian and Irish classical charts. The slide continues in the NZ chart (everyone must have a copy by now) and in the UK - where Pure may slip out of the top 200 altogether in next week's chart. It will be interesting to see how much of a boost Hayley's Classical Brits appearance can give for the charts published in 2 or 3 weeks' time. Katherine Jenkins is still the only 'artist' ahead of Hayley in the new UK Classic FM chart but three compilations or soundtracks are now ahead, Pure was in the top 3 for 34 consecutive weeks
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Post by Dave on May 23, 2004 23:23:26 GMT
A quick charts update Sunday 23rd May (full update, Thursday):
UK: Pure retains no. 2 in the new Classical Artist chart.
US: Pure has cumulative sales to date of 45,358 (after 6 weeks).
Japan: Pure is down to 296 in the top 300 and Amazing Grace retains number 2 in the International singles chart.
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Post by Dave on May 27, 2004 19:46:58 GMT
Hayley's current chart positions 27th May 2004, updated 2nd June, in blue. --Position-- Total Country Chart TW
[/u] (LW) High Weeks Comments[/i] PUREUnited States Billboard 200 Album 159 (114) 70 5 United States Classical Crossover 2 (2) 2 7 United States Internet Album Sales 5 (-) 5 1? Look! ' Canada Classical 7 (4) 4 7 ' New Zealand Top 40 Albums 17 (22) 1 42 Now 11x Platinum! Australia HMV Classical top 10 -- (--) 1 39 ' Japan Top 300 Albums 296 (216) 27 25 ' United Kingdom Top 200 Albums -- (--) 7 *35 Now 2 weeks out of chart. *24 in top 75 United Kingdom Classical Artist 1 (2) 1 37 United Kingdom Classic FM 7 (5) 1 36 5 compilations/soundtracks in top 7! ' Ireland Classical top 10 -- (5) *2 ?? ' AMAZING GRACEJapan Internat. Singles 2 (2) 1 29 Avril Lavigne is still top[/PRE][/SIZE] This week, Hayley's sales held up a bit better than last time she surged - total sales are now over 50,000. And look - number 5 in Internet sales (actual sales counted by Soundscan for Billboard). This shows the chart rankings published by Amazon and B&N do have some value and aren't made up! There's a strange mixture in the Internet top 10, half are big sellers in the top 20 of the main chart, the others are all below 100, with one below 200. I'm trying to figure out why - and what this means for Hayley's future prospects. It's probably good news!
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Post by Dave on May 28, 2004 15:33:13 GMT
UK/Irish classical charts update - Compilation/soundtrack madness!Pure is down to 7 in the new Classic FM chart but the only artist ahead of Hayley is Katherine Jenkins (at 4) - so Hayley's still 2nd in the Classical Artist chart. The rest are compilations and sound tracks Pure's slipped out of the Irish classical chart again, this week.
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Post by Dave on May 30, 2004 19:45:56 GMT
Great News - Hayley is back at the top of the UK Classical Artist chart!, ahead of Katherine Jenkins, Emma Johnson and Karl Jenkins. This is the THIRD TIME Pure has regained the top position in the Classical Artist Chart, all from different artists (Bryn Terfel, Duel and now, Katherine Jenkins) It's also over 8 months now since Pure released in the UK... you can't keep a good 'un down for long! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifThe Classic FM chart will probably be a different matter - all those pesky compilations and soundtracks!
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Post by robin on May 31, 2004 11:28:42 GMT
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Post by Dave on Jun 2, 2004 2:28:01 GMT
After 42 weeks in the NZ album chart, Pure has just gone ELEVEN times platinum [/Color] (165,000 shipped to stores). Up this week from 22 to 17, it is currently the biggest selling album in the NZ charts and must be getting quite close to the biggest selling album ever (it's about the 3rd all-time best seller there, if I recall correctly). NZ has a population of only 4 million and there are 1.4 million households there. So one NZ household in 9 now owns a copy of Pure
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Post by Dave on Jun 3, 2004 18:24:33 GMT
Hayley's current chart positions 3rd June 2004, UPDATED 4th June. --Position-- Total Country Chart TW
[/u] (LW) High Weeks Comments[/i] PUREUnited States Billboard 200 Album -- (159) 70 5 Dropped out of top 200. United States Classical Crossover 2 (2) 2 8 8th consecutive week at no. 2. United States Internet Album Sales -- (5) 5 1 Dropped out of top 20. ' Canada Classical 6 (*6) 4 8 *corrected and updated. ' New Zealand Top 40 Albums 17 (22) 1 42 Now 11x Platinum! Australia HMV Classical top 10 -- (--) 1 39 ' Japan Top 300 Albums 296 (216) 27 25 Not yet updated. ' United Kingdom Top 200 Albums -- (--) 7 *35 Now 2 weeks out of chart. *24 in top 75 United Kingdom Classical Artist 1 (2) 1 37 Back at the top![/b] United Kingdom Classic FM 6 (7) 1 37 UPDATED. Top 5 are soundtracks & compilations ' Ireland Classical top 10 -- (--) *2 ?? UPDATED.' AMAZING GRACEJapan Internat. Singles 2 (2) 1 29 Avril Lavigne is still top[/PRE][/SIZE] In the US, Pure has dropped out of the BB 200 chart again but continues to do well in the classical crossover chart. Internet sales are always volatile and Hayley is out of that, too, having been around the 50 to 100 mark at Amazon and in the 30s at Barnes & Noble for the last week or so. In the UK, Pure is still out of the top 200 but got back to the top of the classical artist chart as Katherine Jenkins' sales dropped. There's still plenty of tough competition from classical compilations and soundtracks, though, so it won't reach the top of Classic FMs chart tomorrow. Next week should be better, the Classical Brit effect has increased sales of Pure - but also, apparently, Amici Forever and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top! Congratulations are in order for the extra platinum in NZ - 11x now (165,000 shipments)
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Post by Dave on Jun 7, 2004 22:27:01 GMT
Quick Charts update Edit - update in blue belowPure has beaten off the attack from Opera Band after the Classical Brits - but is down to no. 2 in the UK Classical Artist Chart. Knocked off the top by... wait for it... the magnificent Mario Lanza! His latest posthumous 2CD collection "The Definitive Collection" entered the UK pop chart at number 48! The odd thing about this is it's been absolutely nowhere at Amazon.co.uk for the last week (rank 995 earlier today) and completely fooled me as Pure and Opera Band have been between 50 and 150 throughout. Why? Because Amazon have it listed with the WRONG TITLE "Best of... "[Mario Lanza] and even HMV, Woollies etc have it as "Be My Love: The Definitive Collection". So people searching Amazon can't locate it and have trouble in many other outlets, too. Goodness knows how high it would have entered if they'd all got it right. The moral for record companies - do NOT change album titles in mid-stream! So there - useless information maybe, but an interesting day for me trying to sort it all out! EDIT - UPDATE
UK Pop Chart positions of the top 4 classical ARTIST CDs:
048 Mario Lanza (New) 137 Hayley (re-entry) 171 Craig Armstrong - Piana Works (New) 174 Amici Forever - Opera Band (re-entry)
Full updates - Thursday.
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Post by Dave on Jun 10, 2004 16:17:18 GMT
Hayley's current chart positions 10th June 2004, updated 11th & 12th June in blue --Position-- Total Country Chart TW
[/u] (LW) High Weeks Comments[/i] PUREUnited States Billboard 200 Album -- (--) 5 United States Classical Crossover 2 (2) 2 9 9th consecutive week at no. 2. United States Internet Album Sales -- (--) 5 1 ' Canada Classical 5 (6) 4 9 Updated ' New Zealand Top 40 Albums 25 (17) 1 43 Now 11x Platinum. Australia HMV Classical top 10 -- (--) 1 39 ' Japan Top 300 Albums 296 (216) 27 25 This a couple of weeks out of date. ' United Kingdom Top 200 Albums 137 (--) 7 *36 Re-entry! *24 in top 75 United Kingdom Classical Artist 2 (1) 1 38 Mario Lanza is top. United Kingdom Classic FM 5 (6) 1 38 Hayley at no. 1 again... or is she? (see below) ' Ireland Classical top 10 -- (--) *2 ?? ' AMAZING GRACEJapan Internat. Singles 2 (2) 1 29 Avril Lavigne is still top[/PRE][/SIZE] Everything is up to date, unless otherwise stated. UK Classic FM Chart: Pure is kept at no. 5 by three compilations/soundtracks - and Mario Lanza. But even he cannot make the top in spite of crashing into the pop chart at 48. So the top CD is... "The Number One Opera Album 2004". Guess who is track 5 on that CD? Hayley, singing "In Trutina" i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif
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Post by Dave on Jun 14, 2004 13:05:04 GMT
Latest UK charts 13th June: UPDATED 15 June.[/Color] Hayley remains at no. 2 in the Classical Artist Chart, just ahead of Amici Forever. Pure has now been in the top 2 for NINE months. Mario Lanza is top.
Pure survived in the UK top 200, it's at 168. Everything below Pure in the Classical Artist chart dropped out of the top 200 Full update on Thursday.
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Post by Dave on Jun 18, 2004 0:17:59 GMT
Hayley's current chart positions 17th June 2004, Updated 18th June --Position-- Total Country Chart TW
[/u] (LW) High Weeks Comments[/i] PUREUnited States Billboard 200 Album -- (--) 5 United States Classical Crossover 2 (2) 2 10 10th consecutive week at no. 2. United States Internet Album Sales -- (--) 5 1 ' Canada Classical 5 (5) 4 10 ' New Zealand Top 40 Albums 21 (25) 1 44 Currently 11x Platinum. Australia HMV Classical top 10 -- (--) 1 39 ' Japan Top 300 Albums -- (--) 27 25 Updated - dropped out of chart.' United Kingdom Top 200 Albums 168 (137) 7 *37 *24 in top 75 United Kingdom Classical Artist 2 (2) 1 39 Mario Lanza is still top. United Kingdom Classic FM 5 (5) 1 39 Updated. Ireland Classical top 10 -- (--) *2 ?? Updated.' AMAZING GRACEJapan Internat. Singles 1 (3) 1 30 UPDATED. BACK TO THE TOP![/b] [/PRE][/SIZE] Everything is now up to date. This week's big news - Amazing Grace is back at the top of the Japanese International Singles Chart after 30 weeks in the chart. Amazing! Hayley is ahead of Avril Lavigne, Slipknot and Britney Spears.
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Post by Dave on Jun 20, 2004 23:26:50 GMT
Hayley remains at number 2 in the UK Classical Artist chart issued 20th June, with Mario Lanza top and Amici Forever at 3. I won't know if Pure remains in the top 200 pop albums for a couple of days. Full update Thursday.
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Post by HWI on Jun 20, 2004 23:40:07 GMT
Hi dave, As usual, the information is fascinating. This would be even more interesting if there was any way we could put a sales figure to these details. Surely, she must be moving towards triple platinum by now. Keith.
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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2004 0:44:08 GMT
Hi dave, As usual, the information is fascinating. This would be even more interesting if there was any way we could put a sales figure to these details. . There is. Well estimates, anyway, as the weekly sales figures are rarely published outside the music industry, except for a few of the top pop chart albums. Surely, she must be moving towards triple platinum by now. Keith. I did a recent estimate that came out at around 800,000 across-the-counter sales of Pure in the UK. We are obviously closer to 3X platinum that that though, as the platinum awards include unsold albums in shops. The trouble is, when Pure is dropping towards the bottom of the top 200 UK pop chart, weekly sales are something like 1,000 to 2,000 a week at most, so there won't be many sitting unsold in shops. What would they stock? A month's worth of sales? I don't know exactly but I don't think it would be enough to take it upto, say, 850,000 unless some stores are sitting on huge unsold stocks from early this year - unlikely as both my local Tesco and Woolworths currently have NO stocks of Pure. Would a new "sales" thread be useful, Keith? I could update my sales estimates reasonably accurately for most places where Pure has been released.
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