Kari204 Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Read this on the LA Times Website... "Rock appears a cinch to recapture the (USA's) top spot next week, according to retailers. Coldplay's "X&Y" got off to such a fast start when it went on sale Tuesday that it should easily top next week's sales list, possibly hitting in the 600,000 to 700,000 range." I hope for Coldplay's sake its more like 1 million! also in a different article... "This week, many expect "X&Y," the latest from the English band Coldplay, to be the top seller. But that doesn't necessarily mean huge numbers right away. The band's last album, released when it was less well known, sold nearly 4 million copies, but only 140,000 of those moved during the first week. Executives at EMI Group, Coldplay's label, said they were thinking longer term rather than focusing on immediate payoff. "Retailers love big releases," said Phil Quartararo, president of EMI Music marketing. "And we're excited they are projecting these huge numbers. But we want to be working this album for 18 or 19 months. We can't get distracted by one week." Meanwhile, some say it's not distraction EMI should be worrying about, but the perception of failure that inflated expectations can bring. "If Coldplay sells fewer than 400,000 albums in the first week, everyone will talk about how it's a huge disappointment and that EMI is faltering," said a music executive at a rival company who only spoke on the condition of anonymity. "But that's crazy. 400,000 in one week is great." Opening week mania has another downside, label employees say: the slashed prices that big retailers use to attract customers make it more difficult for the companies to turn a profit. For example, Tower Records is advertising the new Coldplay album for $11.99, significantly less than the $14.92 average retail price of a compact disc in 2004, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America. Other recent albums have debuted at major stores for as low as $9.99. "The discounts get bigger every year," said V2's Gershon. "It's a lot harder to make money at those prices."" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Cool :D Can't wait to see how many records were sold here and in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 My guess is that they sold more than 400.000 albums :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 In the UK at least 400,000 but I'm shooting for 500,000+. In the US, I can't tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I'm wondering how much they sold in the rest of Europe :dizzy2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari204 Posted June 12, 2005 Author Share Posted June 12, 2005 If anyone finds anything about sales across Europe, can you please post it? I am so happy for Coldplay that X&Y is projected to be at 600,000+ in the US. . . especially when a lot of the press is criticizing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Me too. You'll have to try to figure that out I guess. I don't know how to check those numbers. Should still be huge!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 I'll post it if I read it anywhere ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 464,471 That's the UK official total... I think... Tis what I heard anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colduser Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Holy Shit. 740,000+ sold in one week. WOW CHART DATE: 06/13/2005 LAST UPDATE: 06/14/2005 13:58:49 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 740,331 -- X&Y -- 2 THE BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 295,036 -- MONKEY BUSINESS -- 3 THE WHITE STRIPES THIRD MAN/V2 171,348 -- GET BEHIND ME SATAN -- 4 SHAKIRA EPIC 160,037 -- FIJACION ORAL VOL.1 1 5 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJ 151,492 -8% THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 2 6 SYSTEM OF A DOWN AMERICAN/COL 86,415 -26% MEZMERIZE 5 7 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 70,267 -15% LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY 4 8 TOBY KEITH DREAMWORKS NASHVILLE 69,859 -20% HONKEYTONK UNIVERSITY 3 9 AUDIOSLAVE INTERSCOPE/EPIC 65,737 -33% OUT OF EXILE 9 10 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 64,587 -7% BREAKAWAY 6 11 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 63,045 -16% THE MASSACRE 7 12 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 60,599 -19% STAND UP 15 13 KILLERS ISLAND/IDJ 49,591 +2% HOT FUSS 13 14 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 48,132 -15% FEELS LIKE TODAY 8 15 COMMON GEFFEN 46,166 -35% BE 24 16 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 44,410 +13% BE HERE 11 17 THE LONGEST YARD UNIVERSAL 43,680 -34% SOUNDTRACK 10 18 IL DIVO COLUMBIA/CRG 42,185 -37% IL DIVO -- 19 FINCH GEFFEN 41,528 -- SAY HELLO TO SUNSHINE 16 20 MIKE JONES ASYLUM/ATLANTIC 41,088 -12% WHO IS MIKE JONES? 17 21 WEEZER GEFFEN 39,518 -13% MAKE BELIEVE 14 22 GORILLAZ VIRGIN 39,179 -27% DEMON DAYS 20 23 GREEN DAY REPRISE 38,179 -6% AMERICAN IDIOT 23 24 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIVERSAL 37,449 -6% IN BETWEEN DREAMS -- 25 JODECI UNIVERSAL 36,891 -- BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE VERY B.. 19 26 PRETTY RICKY ASYLUM/ATLANTIC 35,759 -14% BLUE STARS 27 27 KEM MOTOWN/UNIVERSAL 35,007 -6% KEM II 18 28 SEETHER WIND-UP 34,619 -19% KARMA & EFFECT 21 29 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 33,903 -16% GOODIES 28 30 ROB THOMAS ATLANTIC/ATL G 32,836 -11% SOMETHING TO BE 29 31 SUGARLAND MCA NASHVILLE 32,445 -4% TWICE THE SPEED OF LIFE 26 32 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL 32,371 -13% TROUBLE -- 33 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 32,234 -- RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 36 34 WILL SMITH INTERSCOPE 31,733 +19% LOST & FOUND 22 35 NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 31,390 -22% WITH TEETH 12 36 OASIS EPIC 31,263 -51% DON'T BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH -- 37 DREAM THEATER ATLANTIC/ATL G 30,532 -- OCTAVARIUM -- 38 2005 WARPED TOUR SIDE ONE DUMMY 29,335 -- VARIOUS -- 39 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 29,286 -- CITY OF EVIL 30 40 DEF LEPPARD ISLAND/IDJ 26,150 -14% ROCK OF AGES: THE DEFINITIVE... -- 41 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJ 25,284 -- FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE 37 42 BOBBY VALENTINO DEF JAM/IDJ 24,446 -6% BOBBY VALENTINO 38 43 3 DOORS DOWN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 21,885 -13% SEVENTEEN DAYS 40 44 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SONY CLASSICAL 21,571 -7% SOUNDTRACK 33 45 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC V18 EPIC 21,215 -22% VARIOUS -- 46 BECK INTERSCOPE 21,166 -- GUERO -- 47 BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 21,092 -- ELEPHUNK 25 48 AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 4 RCA/RMG 20,520 -46% VARIOUS -- 49 MADAGASCAR GEFFEN 20,472 -- SOUNDTRACK 45 50 LIFEHOUSE DREAMWORKS 20,340 -9% LIFEHOUSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodlovindude Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 i know i bought one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racheld Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Stupid backstreet boys BETTER NOT take #1 from them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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