The Greatest Hits chart positions thread

[ppbebe]

I am sure it took a chunk out of UYI but I think AFD still sells about 3000 or so a week.

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

[audjon]

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

True, very AFD heavy - GH got 3 AFD tracks and only 7 from UYI

 

[madagas]

it doesn't matter, afd is still a classic and sells alot more than uyi-it is a fact. I will try to find a link later but anyone with access to Soundscan or billboard numbers could help.

[ppbebe]

it matters. I assume that the amazing tours in 06 and 07 are in a way helping the sales.

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

True, very AFD heavy - GH got 3 AFD tracks and only 7 from UYI

 

and many covers

who is the dumbass? me of course.

[don_vercetti]

it matters. I assume that the amazing tours in 06 and 07 are in a way helping the sales.

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

True, very AFD heavy - GH got 3 AFD tracks and only 7 from UYI

 

and many covers

who is the dumbass? me of course.

two covers.  And SFTD which of course wasn't on UYI.....

[CheapJon]

it matters. I assume that the amazing tours in 06 and 07 are in a way helping the sales.

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

True, very AFD heavy - GH got 3 AFD tracks and only 7 from UYI

 

and many covers

who is the dumbass? me of course.

two covers.  And SFTD which of course wasn't on UYI.....

LALD, KOHD, AIF, SFTD and SIDHY are 5 covers

[don_vercetti]

it matters. I assume that the amazing tours in 06 and 07 are in a way helping the sales.

You reckon? gh is rather afd heavy with just a few songs from 2 uyi discs.

True, very AFD heavy - GH got 3 AFD tracks and only 7 from UYI

 

and many covers

who is the dumbass? me of course.

two covers.  And SFTD which of course wasn't on UYI.....

LALD, KOHD, AIF, SFTD and SIDHY are 5 covers

Touche.  I failed as a smartass.

[downzy56]

As reported at Yahoo Music:

"For the second week in a row, Jack Johnson's Sleep Through The Static and Michael Jackson's Thriller 25 are the top two albums in the U.S. Or are they?

They are, if you look at the Top Comprehensive Albums chart compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan. Johnson is #1 for the week with sales of 105,000 copies, trailed by Jackson with 63,000 copies. (The gap between the two is wider than it was last week, when just 14,000 copies separated them.)

But Jackson is nowhere to be found on the list of Top Current Albums that is published each week (as The Billboard 200) in Billboard magazine. The top 10 from that chart is reprinted in countless newspapers and websites around the world, including this one. The reason for the omission, as I explained last week, is that Nielsen/SoundScan and Billboard exclude catalog titles-defined as albums that are 18 months old or older-from the main chart. (Continuously running "current" hits are exempted.)

The idea is to make more room on the chart for new albums, which need every break they can get. This week, the rule resulted in 31 older albums being removed from Top Current Albums and shifted over to Top Catalog Albums. Just four of these 31 titles would have ranked in the top 100: Thriller 25, which would have ranked #2; Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits, #63; Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits, #64, and Bob Marley & the Wailers' Legend, #84."

[Ismellbetterthanyou]

Last week if I'm correct: 168 guns n?roses greatest hits 2,963 0 2,969 4,866,516

Will probably hit the 5 million units sold end 2012.

[Alfie Bones]

Last week if I'm correct: 168 guns n?roses greatest hits 2,963 0 2,969 4,866,516

Will probably hit the 5 million units sold end 2012.

All's I can say is that I was one of those 4.8 million. Here's to 150,000 more.

[sworrm]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

[Spirit]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

You're wrong.

Nobody has claimed that Chinese sold 5 million in the US.. That's a worldwide figure.

[sworrm]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

You're wrong.

Nobody has claimed that Chinese sold 5 million in the US.. That's a worldwide figure.

i know i meant there is no way its sold 5 million worldwide, im not bothered or having a pop at anyone i couldnt care less how much its sold i love it and thats all that matters, but the GH is still in the british charts and the american charts and it aint sold that many copies, chinese demo was in and out the charts very quickly in most countries obviously due to lack of promo         

[Bruno Poeys]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

You're wrong.

Nobody has claimed that Chinese sold 5 million in the US.. That's a worldwide figure.

i know i meant there is no way its sold 5 million worldwide, im not bothered or having a pop at anyone i couldnt care less how much its sold i love it and thats all that matters, but the GH is still in the british charts and the american charts and it aint sold that many copies, chinese demo was in and out the charts very quickly in most countries obviously due to lack of promo         

GH collections sell over time... that's why.

[Halo69]

I was 2 of those 5 million! 

Normal cd and shm-cd 

[HBK]

ChinDem. Is Disc UNDERGROUND. Excelent Sales.

[faldor]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

You're wrong.

Nobody has claimed that Chinese sold 5 million in the US.. That's a worldwide figure.

i know i meant there is no way its sold 5 million worldwide, im not bothered or having a pop at anyone i couldnt care less how much its sold i love it and thats all that matters, but the GH is still in the british charts and the american charts and it aint sold that many copies, chinese demo was in and out the charts very quickly in most countries obviously due to lack of promo         

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 4.8 million sales for GH is for the US only.  CD sales of roughly 5 million is worldwide.  Sales in the US, last I heard were less than a million.  So the comparison should be between 4.8 million and less than a million.  Are you doubting CD sold 4+ million outside of the US?  We have to go with what we're told.

[Spirit]

this shows that there is no way chinese democracy sold 5 million it was in the charts for a fraction of the time , i imagine it probably shipped 5 million but sold around 2.5 to 3 mill

You're wrong.

Nobody has claimed that Chinese sold 5 million in the US.. That's a worldwide figure.

i know i meant there is no way its sold 5 million worldwide, im not bothered or having a pop at anyone i couldnt care less how much its sold i love it and thats all that matters, but the GH is still in the british charts and the american charts and it aint sold that many copies, chinese demo was in and out the charts very quickly in most countries obviously due to lack of promo         

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 4.8 million sales for GH is for the US only.  CD sales of roughly 5 million is worldwide.  Sales in the US, last I heard were less than a million.  So the comparison should be between 4.8 million and less than a million.  Are you doubting CD sold 4+ million outside of the US?  We have to go with what we're told.

Exactly, GH has probably (just guessing here) sold around 10 million worldwide.

[WAR41]

Greatest Hits is the #25 top selling album of the last 10 years from March 10, 2002 through the week ending March 11, 2002.  Over 5MM albums sold in the US alone:


25. Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits, 5,161,000. This is the best-selling greatest hits album of the last 10 years, beating out Elvis Presley's Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits (4,805,000) and Michael Jackson's Number Ones (4,753,000). The album contains six top 10 hits, including the chart-topping "Sweet Child O' Mine." Released: March 2004. Top 200 rank: #144.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-top-albums-last-10-years-181452729.html

[jaknudsen]

Wow, that's pretty impressive. Especially beating Michael's compilation considering the boost in sales following his death.