The Beatles :: Charts & Sales History

[blackbird]

Hits Daily Double 12/06/2012

37 BEATLES Yellow Submarine Songtrack 9,161

This figure is some way above the Soundscan total, can anyone explain why? Am I missing something?

Looks like they did just some guesswork.

[blackbird]

Siobhan Roberts
Victor Spinetti: Among The Beatles

[bigred]

Some various updated soundscan totals:
As of 6/10/12 A Hard Days Night 1,476,078
5/6/12 Help 1,546,198
1/1/12 Rubber Soul 2,758,741
5/13/12 Revolver 2,315,605
1/1/12 Pepper 4,416,839
6/10/12 Magical Mystery 1,871,736
1/1/12 White Album 3,776,712
6/10/12 Abbey Road 4,836,659
6/10/12 Let It Be 1,500,616
6/10/12 "1" 12,061,133
1/15/11 67-70 2,790,287
1/15/11 62-66 2,386,674
6/10/12 Yellow Sub Songtrack 854,010

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I check out a site called greasy lake from time to time that posts beatles sales figures,and for the Yellow Sub Songtrack,they show: Yellow Submarine Songtrack...Gold 920,000,868k-SScanOct2010.

[blackbird]

:lol: I check out a site called greasy lake from time to time that posts beatles sales figures,and for the Yellow Sub Songtrack,they show: Yellow Submarine Songtrack...Gold 920,000,868k-SScanOct2010.

Do they apply some math to the SoundScan figures?
Perhaps you can post a link to that site?

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:lol: I check out a site called greasy lake from time to time that posts beatles sales figures,and for the Yellow Sub Songtrack,they show: Yellow Submarine Songtrack...Gold 920,000,868k-SScanOct2010.

Do they apply some math to the SoundScan figures?
Perhaps you can post a link to that site?

Here you go:

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/i ... th-brooks/

[blackbird]

Gordon Thompson
The Beatles at EMI: The Contract, 18 June 1962

[blackbird]

:lol: I check out a site called greasy lake from time to time that posts beatles sales figures,and for the Yellow Sub Songtrack,they show: Yellow Submarine Songtrack...Gold 920,000,868k-SScanOct2010.

Do they apply some math to the SoundScan figures?
Perhaps you can post a link to that site?

Here you go:

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/i ... th-brooks/

Thanks!
At first sight the SoundScan figures listed are compatible with the ones we use here (with the known exception of YSS).

[bigred]

:lol: I check out a site called greasy lake from time to time that posts beatles sales figures,and for the Yellow Sub Songtrack,they show: Yellow Submarine Songtrack...Gold 920,000,868k-SScanOct2010.

Do they apply some math to the SoundScan figures?
Perhaps you can post a link to that site?

Here you go:

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circuit/i ... th-brooks/

Thanks!
At first sight the SoundScan figures listed are compatible with the ones we use here (with the known exception of YSS).

Yeah, he basically takes Kronemyer figures which go up to 1985,adds Soundscan figures from 1991 to today,and then I believe he guestimates what a album sold from 1986-1991,and totals them all up.He's probably pretty acurate (although I feel a little low for Pepper and Abbey Road).

[blackbird]

Top 100 Albumes in Spain Week 24: 11/06/2012 - 17/06/2012

TW | LW | WOC | Artist | Title
82 99 32 The Beatles 1

[brian05]

Obviously the total reported here for October 2010 with 867,853 copies sold were wrong.
The figure 818,735 for week 15 in 2009 seems to fit together with the actual total.

Was the 867,853 figure for re-mastered Yellow Submarine and not the Songtrack version?

[blackbird]

Obviously the total reported here for October 2010 with 867,853 copies sold were wrong.
The figure 818,735 for week 15 in 2009 seems to fit together with the actual total.

Was the 867,853 figure for re-mastered Yellow Submarine and not the Songtrack version?

No, SoundScan figure for the Yellow Submarine album was 528,519 for week 46/2009.

[brian05]

Did IWTHYH really sell 5m in US? Click here.

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Did IWTHYH really sell 5m in US? Click here.

Acording to the 5/23/64 edition of Billboard, sales were fast approaching 4 million. Nearly 5 million by September 1968? You Betcha

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http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... d&_sacat=0

Heres 339 IWTHYH related items alone on ebay U.S.
Unfortunately,singles in the U.S.could not be certified beyond "million seller status" until 1968.

[blackbird]

:lol: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... d&_sacat=0

Heres 339 IWTHYH related items alone on ebay U.S.
Unfortunately,singles in the U.S.could not be certified beyond "million seller status" until 1968.

Along with the 50th anniversary Capitol Records should sit down and reexamine not only The Beatles' album certifications but also the single certifications - as it was done with the Elvis sales.

[blackbird]

Top Albums France Week 23: 04/06/2012 - 10/06/2012

TW | LW | WOC | Artist | Title
183 re 4 The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack

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:lol: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... d&_sacat=0

Heres 339 IWTHYH related items alone on ebay U.S.
Unfortunately,singles in the U.S.could not be certified beyond "million seller status" until 1968.

Along with the 50th anniversary Capitol Records should sit down and reexamine not only The Beatles' album certifications but also the single certifications - as it was done with the Elvis sales.

I don't know, thats actually asking Capitol Records to put out some effort.Seriously,I would love to see each single get evaluated sales wise,in particular the pre 1968 titles.A lot of their later singles ARE certified as 2 million sellers.

[brian05]

Acording to the 5/23/64 edition of Billboard, sales were fast approaching 4 million. Nearly 5 million by September 1968? You Betcha

I gave a scan of that advert a year or so ago. Remember that Topicel said approaching 4m could mean it's sales were 3.4m. Then he used returns to bring it down to 3m.

Click hereto see the advert.

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Acording to the 5/23/64 edition of Billboard, sales were fast approaching 4 million. Nearly 5 million by September 1968? You Betcha

I gave a scan of that advert a year or so ago. Remember that Topicel said approaching 4m could mean it's sales were 3.4m. Then he used returns to bring it down to 3m.

Well,at least he didn't bring it down to 50,000.I will repeat here again what I posted a couple of years ago.I have been a collector/dealer of 50's/60's records for over 33 years,have looked at/appraised a ton of record colections over the years,and without a doubt,if theres one single that just keeps on poping up over and over and over again,its good ole capitol 5112 IWTHYH.Far more then any other single,which leads me to the conclusion that if theres so many old copies out there,then by golly it jusy might have really sold what capitol said it did.Just something to take into consideration.

[stevieb]

Yellow Sub is indeed at no. 18 on US.
I use this web site,

http://www.livepopbars.com/av.php?Regio ... 1&Chart=31

It gives the top 100 albums and the top 1022 tracks, and is regularly updated.

Macca did 5 songs at the concert.
Magical mystery tour
All my loving
Live and let die
Let it be
Ob la di ob la da

The final part of the concert had 17m viewers on BBC.

Wow, what a great website!

Not looking too good in Cyprus though.

Things are looking up today, despite the shaky Cypriot economy:
38 Rubber Soul
39 AHDN
71 Abbey Road

[blackbird]

The Recording Industry in Japan - RIAJ Yearbook 2012
Global Sales of Recorded Music by Country in 2010

Country | Retail Value US$ (millions) | Value of Purchase per Person (US$) | Market Share
Japan - 4,096.9 - 32.3 - 25.4%
U.S.A. - 3,635.2 - 11.7 - 22.5%
Germany - 1,713.6 - 20.8 - 10.6%
U.K. - 1,388.1 - 22.3 - 8.6%
France - 999.6 - 15.4 - 6.2%

[brian05]

Do you know that a Beatles LP selling at 32 shillings in 1963 is now worth £26.93 in 2012 due to inflation.
So all Beatles sales from 1963 should be increased by a factor of 16. Puts Adeles' sales in perspective!

And don't forget the increase in the record buying market in the UK since 1963.

And a single costing 6/8 in 1963 is now worth £5.61 compared to today's downloads at 59p, 79p and 99p.

[stevieb]

Do you know that a Beatles LP selling at 32 shillings in 1963 is now worth £26.93 in 2012 due to inflation.
So all Beatles sales from 1963 should be increased by a factor of 16. Puts Adeles' sales in perspective!

And don't forget the increase in the record buying market in the UK since 1963.

And a single costing 6/8 in 1963 is now worth £5.61 compared to today's downloads at 59p, 79p and 99p.

And disposable income was generally less than it is today, and you had to leave your house to go and purchase music, not press a few buttons on a computer.

[blackbird]

June 2012 by Jeff Cazanov and Greg Feo
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