Foster The People :: The "Torches" Era

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Postby matugama » Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:03 am

Chart Runs 2011

“Pumped Up Kicks”

Bubbling Under
21 – 10 – 8 – 14 – 6 – 4 – 4 (7 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100
96 – 88 – 86 – 73 – 78 – 74 – 72 – 70 – 65 – 60 – 46 – 38 – 29 – 18 – 13 – 8 – 7 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 5 – 5 – 7 – 7 – 12 – 13 –17 – 18 – 19 – 20 - 19 (36 weeks)

Hot Digital Songs
69 – 73 – 63 – 63 – 58 – 52 – 49 – 33 – 28 – 16 – 13 – 6 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 6 – 4 – 5 – 10 – 13 – 13 – 14 – 20 – 20 – 22 - 17 (33 weeks)

Hot 100 Airplay
74 – 70 – 54 – 40 – 31 – 22 – 16 – 15 – 10 – 10 – 8 – 6 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 4 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 19 – 19 – 23 – 30 – 28 - 29 (26 weeks)

“Helena Beat’

Bubbling Under
21 – (1 week)

“Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)”

Bubbling Under
15 – 8 - 5 (3 weeks)

“Torches”

Top Current Albums
8 – 24 – 39 – 50 – 44 – 44 – 30 – 34 – 32 – 27 – 19 – 15 – 11 – 11 – 12 – 9 – 13 – 14 – 13 – 14 – 12 – 13 – 15 – 21 – 29 – 32 – 35 – 45 – 49 – 44 – 34 - 13 (32 weeks)
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Postby GUS » Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:31 pm

O! Let's contribute to this thread. PUK is probably the breakthrough hit of the year!

BB Hot 100:
#3. Foster The People, "Pumped Up Kicks." The song holds at #3 for the second week in its 19th week on the chart. This is its fourth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #2 (218K).

Digital tracks:
27 3 2 2 FOSTER THE PEOPLE PUMPED UP KICKS 214178 12 190468 1596887

Radio songs:
10 15 9 Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People

The album on BB200:
15 11 11 12 * FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 28682 30 22092 249317
 
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Postby Vampvamp » Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:48 pm

The single sounds like a more dreamy Vampire Weekend song. Does anyone even know how this song got picked up by radio? I just randomly heard it and i loved it but I just thought to myself "Whats this doing on mainstream radio?"
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Postby ginnyfan » Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:49 pm

Love the song, hope it continues the success.
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Postby starshine90 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:42 am

3. FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Pumped Up Kicks: 104.822 (+ 0.614)
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Postby 380sec » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:10 am

Australia:

Torches - 40 (39) 19 weeks on the chart | 9 peak

Pumped Up Kicks - 19 (25) gold (35,000)
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Postby thebigham » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:17 pm

The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA in the US.
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Postby Loki0012 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:58 am

thebigham wrote:The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA in the US.
Wow success!
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Postby Play » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:51 pm

HDD wrote:
-- 49 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 23,708 --
TORCHES
Great that they're hanging around, waiting for SS numbers to leak in a couple of days
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Postby 380sec » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:15 am

Australia:

Torches - 36 (38) gold
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Postby Play » Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:16 am

These sales are great

30 COL 53 56 50 FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 24,045 31 18,361 582,767
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Postby cristy » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:38 pm

Bubbling Under Hot 100

15 NEW 1 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls), Foster The People

:D :D :D
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Postby 380sec » Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:38 pm

Australia:

Torches - 30 (36) gold

Pumped Up Kicks - 14 (16) 2xp
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Postby WiddLe » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:17 pm

Mediatraffic 2011 Year-End Single Charts (Uptated 29.12.2011)

20.Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People
Startime / Columbia - 3.639.000 points
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Postby cristy » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:07 pm

Chart Runs 2011

“Pumped Up Kicks”

Bubbling Under
21 – 10 – 8 – 14 – 6 – 4 – 4 (7 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100
96 – 88 – 86 – 73 – 78 – 74 – 72 – 70 – 65 – 60 – 46 – 38 – 29 – 18 – 13 – 8 – 7 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 5 – 5 – 7 – 7 – 12 – 13 –17 – 18 – 19 – 20 - 19 (36 weeks)

Hot Digital Songs
69 – 73 – 63 – 63 – 58 – 52 – 49 – 33 – 28 – 16 – 13 – 6 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 6 – 4 – 5 – 10 – 13 – 13 – 14 – 20 – 20 – 22 - 17 (33 weeks)

Hot 100 Airplay
74 – 70 – 54 – 40 – 31 – 22 – 16 – 15 – 10 – 10 – 8 – 6 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 4 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 19 – 19 – 23 – 30 – 28 - 29 (26 weeks)

“Helena Beat’

Bubbling Under
21 – (1 week)

“Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)”

Bubbling Under
15 – 8 - 5 (3 weeks)

“Torches”

Top Current Albums
8 – 24 – 39 – 50 – 44 – 44 – 30 – 34 – 32 – 27 – 19 – 15 – 11 – 11 – 12 – 9 – 13 – 14 – 13 – 14 – 12 – 13 – 15 – 21 – 29 – 32 – 35 – 45 – 49 – 44 – 34 - 13 (32 weeks)

I will post the weekly albums sales rundown once last week's figures are available. :wink:
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Postby Alicepotter » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:26 pm

Torches is one of the best album of last year! :D

Update Itunes:

27. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
125. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
141. Don't Stop (Color On the Walls) - Foster the People
368. Helena Beat - Foster the People

PUK Huge HIT! :D :D :D
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Postby Play » Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:18 am

I will post the weekly albums sales rundown once last week's figures are available.
I'm looking forward to it Cristy!
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Postby Alicepotter » Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:24 am

YEC Sales EUA:

37 – 628,000 – TORCHES – Foster The People

Great! :D :D
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Postby Play » Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:24 pm

Billboard

Torches moves 35-14 with 32,000 sold (down 24% overall but up 94% in download sales)
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Postby cristy » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:06 pm

Week || Chart Position || Weekly Sales || Change % || Total Sales


Week 01: #08 || 33.352 || .0 % || 33.500
Week 02: #25 || 13.900 || -20% || 47.500
Week 03: #40 || 11.100 || -6 % || 58.600
Week 04: #57 || 10.400 || -6 % || 69.000
Week 05: #48 || 9.790 || -6 %|| 78.790
Week 06: #46 || 11.368 || 16 % || 90.074
Week 07: #31 || 10.949 || 4 % || 101.023
Week 08: #35 || 11.197 || 2 % || 112.220
Week 09: #34 || 12.404 || 11 % || 124.624
Week 10: #28 || 13.756 || 11 % || 138.380
Week 11: #20 || 16.979 || 6 % || 155.359
Week 12: #15 || 20.923 || 23 % || 176.282
Week 13: #11 || 22.261 || 6 % || 198.543
Week 14: #11 || 22.053 || -1 % || 220.596
Week 15: #12 || 28.682 || 30 % || 249.317
Week 16: #10 || 24.638 ||-14 % || 273.955
Week 17: #14 || 24.723 || .0 % || 298.678
Week 18: #14 || 22.739 || -8 % || 321.417
Week 19: #15 || 22.586 || -1 % || 344.003
Week 20: #14 || 23.098 || 2 % || 367.101
Week 21: #12 || 27.379 || 19 % || 394.480
Week 22: #13 || 22.966 || -16 % || 417.446
Week 23: #15 || 20.370 || -11 % || 437.816
Week 24: #21 || 20.566 || 1 % || 458.382
Week 25: #29 || 18.108 || -12 % || 476.490
Week 26: #33 || 18.550 || 2 % || 495.040
Week 27: #35 || 29.152 || 57 % || 524.192
Week 28: #53 || 16.169 || -45 % || 540.361
Week 29: #56 || 18.361 || 14 % || 558.722
Week 30: #50 || 24.045 || 31 % || 582.767
Week 31: #35 || 41.811 || 71 % || 624.578
Week 32: #14 || 31.625 || -24 % || 656.203


A few other interesting facts:
'Torches' ended 10th on the best selling digital albums of the year list, selling 294.000 copies digitally. :o

Total figures (so far):
'Pumped Up Kicks' - 3.757.373
'Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)' - 146.378

Couldn't find figures for 'Helena Beat'. :(
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Postby 380sec » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:47 am

Australia:

Torches - 24 (30) gold

Pumped Up Kicks - 12 (14) 2xp

ARIA, End of Year Charts:

Top 100 Albums:

Torches - 35

Top 100 Singles:

Pumped Up Kicks - 23
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Postby Alicepotter » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:35 pm

cristy wrote:Week || Chart Position || Weekly Sales || Change % || Total Sales

Week 01: #08 || 33.352 || .0 % || 33.500
Week 02: #25 || 13.900 || -20% || 47.500
Week 03: #40 || 11.100 || -6 % || 58.600
Week 04: #57 || 10.400 || -6 % || 69.000
Week 05: #48 || 9.790 || -6 %|| 78.790
Week 06: #46 || 11.368 || 16 % || 90.074
Week 07: #31 || 10.949 || 4 % || 101.023
Week 08: #35 || 11.197 || 2 % || 112.220
Week 09: #34 || 12.404 || 11 % || 124.624
Week 10: #28 || 13.756 || 11 % || 138.380
Week 11: #20 || 16.979 || 6 % || 155.359
Week 12: #15 || 20.923 || 23 % || 176.282
Week 13: #11 || 22.261 || 6 % || 198.543
Week 14: #11 || 22.053 || -1 % || 220.596
Week 15: #12 || 28.682 || 30 % || 249.317
Week 16: #10 || 24.638 ||-14 % || 273.955
Week 17: #14 || 24.723 || .0 % || 298.678
Week 18: #14 || 22.739 || -8 % || 321.417
Week 19: #15 || 22.586 || -1 % || 344.003
Week 20: #14 || 23.098 || 2 % || 367.101
Week 21: #12 || 27.379 || 19 % || 394.480
Week 22: #13 || 22.966 || -16 % || 417.446
Week 23: #15 || 20.370 || -11 % || 437.816
Week 24: #21 || 20.566 || 1 % || 458.382
Week 25: #29 || 18.108 || -12 % || 476.490
Week 26: #33 || 18.550 || 2 % || 495.040
Week 27: #35 || 29.152 || 57 % || 524.192
Week 28: #53 || 16.169 || -45 % || 540.361
Week 29: #56 || 18.361 || 14 % || 558.722
Week 30: #50 || 24.045 || 31 % || 582.767
Week 31: #35 || 41.811 || 71 % || 624.578
Week 32: #14 || 31.625 || -24 % || 656.203

A few other interesting facts:
'Torches' ended 10th on the best selling digital albums of the year list, selling 294.000 copies digitally. :o

Total figures (so far):
'Pumped Up Kicks' - 3.757.373
'Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)' - 146.378

Couldn't find figures for 'Helena Beat'. :(
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Postby Alicepotter » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:51 pm

FOSTER THE PEOPLE -Don't Stop (Color On The Walls= 6.635 (+0.216)

Gooooo! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby nickf1 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:11 pm

Don't Stop needs to be huge!
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Postby arab » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:16 pm

Australia

12(24) Torches

02(12) Pumped Up Kicks ***New Peak*** -> previous peak - #7
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