The Greatest Hits chart positions thread

[Hammy]

In the UK this week it's moved back up from 25 to 22.....just can't keep a good band down

[badapple81]

GH at 18 in Australia. 17 weeks in the chart. Platinum.

Contraband at 45. 6 weeks in the chart. Gold.

[bolton]

in us gnr at 25, with 40000 copies

[jarmo]

At #8 in Sweden, up from #21 the previous week.



/jarmo

[Hammy]

Last week in the UK it was number 26 and today it's gone back upto 25 just ain't gonna leave the top 40 for a long while

[ccorn69]

how many total sales so far in the us, how bout uk?

peace 

[Jizzo]

over 1.1 million in the us

[badapple81]

over 1.1 million in the us

Nice big fat juicy pay cheque on the way for Axl & co.

[ccorn69]

over 1.1 million in the us

thanks for the info where did you get the numbers Jizzo, thanks

peace

[bolton]

well,in first six weeks gnr sold more than 500000 copies in usa,i saw that on hitsdailydouble.com,and after that in every other week gnr sold 30000-60000 copies,so gnr sold about 1 milion copies

[nesquick]

I suppose that a lot of people who bough the Greatest Hits are young people, teenagers, who didn't know the band 10 years ago because they were too young aren't they? They heard that Guns n' Roses is a legendary Rock band and so they bough this album to have their Hits. And the album is definitely a success. One of the best selling album of the year right now.
so....you know what?...This is very good for "Chinese Democracy"! 

[bolton]

i agrre with you,Nes,and we have many casual gnr fans whose have afd,and uyi but they didn't buy gh,because they had every gnr album,but they would buy chinese democracy.
and every fan of old rnr will buy chinese democracy
many nin fans will buy

[IndiannaRose]

how many total sales so far in the us, how bout uk?

peace?

The Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits album has sold an estimated 1,029,903 copies so far in the U.S.

[madagas]

How do you know this? RIAA hasn't even certified it Gold yet. Maybe Geffen was waiting for it to hit platinum and do them both at once. It clearly has sold more than 500,000-I don't know about 1 million.

[5thofwhiskey]

How do you know this? RIAA hasn't even certified it Gold yet. Maybe Geffen was waiting for it to hit platinum and do them both at once. It clearly has sold more than 500,000-I don't know about 1 million.

Soundscan supplied these results. Soundscan shows what the customers bought from the stores.

RIAA only shows what the stores bought.

Example: Metallica's St. Anger was certifed 2X platinum a few weeks after it's release. At the same time Soundscan showed they only had sold 1 million units.

If the stores like the way these are selling I would not be suprised if GH'S is 2x's platinum when RIAA certifies it. That will put plenty of GH's on the shelves for customers to buy for the next year.

-5th

[madagas]

Where do you get soundscan's numbers??

[gabble]

Week   1 -- 172,423
Week   2 --   90,168
Week   3 --   91,052
Week   4 --   69,394
Week   5 --   58,420
Week   6 --   53,826
Week   7 --   53,814
Week   8 --   42,774
Week   9 --   40,745
Week 10 --   38,758
Week 11 --   44,904
Week 12 --   40,654
Week 13 --   40,715
Week 14 --   27,062
Week 15 --   25,759
Week 16 --   36,290
Week 17 --   37,376
Week 18 --   33,462
Week 19 --   32,307
Total =    1,029,903 Soundscan

...which is roughly 1.5 x Platinum RIAA.  After Chinese Democracy gets released and they track the Soundscan figures, Geffen will purchase a full audit from the RIAA in order to buy the gold and platinum certificates.  So, don't be surprised if you see multiple certs awarded on one day for it and the back catalogue--which is cheaper in the long run.

Adding to what 5th was saying about St. Anger...Elektra purchased gold, platinum and double-platinum certs on 07/08/03 when, as of 07/07/03, it had only sold 1,073,374 Soundscan.

[5thofwhiskey]

Week? ?1 -- 172,423
Week? ?2 --? ?90,168
Week? ?3 --? ?91,052
Week? ?4 --? ?69,394
Week? ?5 --? ?58,420
Week? ?6 --? ?53,826
Week? ?7 --? ?53,814
Week? ?8 --? ?42,774
Week? ?9 --? ?40,745
Week 10 --? ?38,758
Week 11 --? ?44,904
Week 12 --? ?40,654
Week 13 --? ?40,715
Week 14 --? ?27,062
Week 15 --? ?25,759
Week 16 --? ?36,290
Week 17 --? ?37,376
Week 18 --? ?33,462
Week 19 --? ?32,307
Total =? ? 1,029,903 Soundscan

...which is roughly 1.5 x Platinum RIAA.? After Chinese Democracy gets released and they track the Soundscan figures, Geffen will purchase a full audit from the RIAA in order to buy the gold and platinum certificates.? So, don't be surprised if you see multiple certs awarded on one day for it and the back catalogue--which is cheaper in the long run.

Adding to what 5th was saying about St. Anger...Elektra purchased gold, platinum and double-platinum certs on 07/08/03 when, as of 07/07/03, it had only sold 1,073,374 Soundscan.

Thanks for the numbers Chindem.

Madagas- I think the best place for free Soundscan numbers on a weekly basis is www.hitsdailydouble.com

Also www.metal-sludge.com does a check once in awhile of soundscan figures. Plus they have a past history to look at.

Other than that I think you have to subscribe and that cost $.

-5th

[madagas]

Thanks 5th and Chindem. I was hoping RIAA would update the catalog after GH. Chinese is a fairly uncertain event at this point in time....

[Gunner80]

Pretty good for a band that's supposed to be washed-up.