Elvis Presley :: Charts & Sales History

by **brianquinn** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:47 pm

jbnva58 wrote:
brianquinn wrote:
jbnva58 wrote:
brianquinn wrote:'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 131 to 150 on this week's (w/e June 11th) Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and drops from 15 to 22 on the Catalog Album Charts.

Brian
Thanks(belatedly) Brian.
This is indeed a mystery...no doubt this is a great show,but why this,enjoying belated chart sucsess,when there are other(superior) Presley comps out there,like "Elvis '56",for instance?
Hi Jerry,

Your guess is as good as mine. I wrote to Billboard to see if they could throw some light on the matter but did not get a reply. Sony(UK) feel that it is more than likely due to the cheap price.

Brian
Thanks Brian.
I can buy that,but all the Elvis CDs at the Wal Marts Ive checked out are priced the same as AAATG.
Apparently,at WMs I havent been to,there is some kind of push going for this title.
Best.

Hi Jerry,

I must admit I didn't buy the Sony explanation either because as you say other titles are on sale at the same price. However, I was not aware that there was some kind of promotion taking place for AAITG. Would be interesting to get a photograph of any display etc.

Best.

Brian

by **Topicel** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:36 pm

Indeed jbnva59, get snapping but don't get arrested while doing it though. No wandering lenses...Lol.

No, seriously, I have done similar in the past and it is a good idea. Speak with the counter staff and see if Sony/RCA reps are pushing it. Like I've said before, I reckon it is close to gold now because this is a determined effort for a reason.

Your our man on the spot!

Topicel

by **brianquinn** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:08 pm

'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 150 to 154 on this week's (w/e June 18th) Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and rises from 22 to 21 on the Catalog Album Charts.

Brian

by **brianquinn** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:56 pm

'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 154 to 194 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for week-ending 25th June, 2011.

Brian

by **Herkenrath** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 5:45 pm

I have compiled a 6-CD set for my girlfriend featuring classic rock and soul songs, mostly from 1964 to 1970. I am working on an accompanying booklet featuring lyrics, song and artist info as well as pics of the artists. Since I've included 6 Elvis songs from 1968/1969, I am asking folks to tell me about the coolest 6 Elvis pics from that period that I could use? Cheers.

by **brianquinn** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:04 pm

Elvis - Longest Span Of No.1 Albums on Billboard 200 Chart

The following appears in the latest Edition of Billboard Magazine:

Elvis Presley had his first No. 1 46 years, 5 months and three weeks before his last one. The King's first No. 1 album was "Elvis Presley" (first week at No. 1: May 5, 1956) and his most recent No. 1 album was "ELVIS: 30 #1 Hits" (last week at No. 1: Oct. 26, 2002).

Brian

by **Mael** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:56 am

An Afternoon In The Garden re-entered the Billboard 200 this week - at #177 - with 3,087 copies sold. Total sales now stand at 306,183.

(i) As of (late) October last year, the album had scanned a total of 194,552 units.
(ii) A total of 306,183 units had been scanned in the US, as of last Sunday.

--> Consequently, An Afternoon In The Garden sold/scanned approximately 112,000 copies in the past 9 months.

To date, the album has spent 20 weeks on the Catalogue chart and 14 weeks on the Billboard 200. An Afternoon In The Garden is - with quite a margin - the best-selling Elvis album in 2011. Its chart performance and sales are - actually - better than the all the "new" Sony mainstream Elvis releases from the past ~3 years (including Viva Elvis & Elvis 75).

Here is a short summary of how the album has performed on the US charts, since its - quite unexpected - appearance earlier this spring:

Billboard 200
Catalogue chart

02/12 : #166 | #20
02/19 : #137 | #16
02/26 : # ---
03/05 : # ---
03/12 : #37
03/19 : #172 | #28
03/26 : #34
04/02 : #35
04/09 : #50
04/16 : # ---
04/23 : #123 | #12
04/30 : #85 | #8
05/07 : #89 | #8
05/14 : #88 | #9
05/21 : #98 | #13
05/28 : #114 | #13
06/04 : #131 | #15
06/11 : #150 | #22
06/18 : #154 | #21
06/25 : #194 | #32
07/02 : # ---
07/09 : # ---
07/16 : # ---
07/23 : #43
07/30 : #41
08/06 : #177 | #26

Cheers,
Martin

by **Mael** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:38 pm

Last week, the 2CD compilation album ‘The Essential’ re-entered the Swedish album chart at #22. This week, the album rises from #22 to #17. That is the best position the album has been listed on the chart since it left the Top10 back in September 2007! The album has spent five weeks on the chart so far this year, which adds to a total of 34 weeks since its debut in 2007. ‘The Essential’ initially peaked at #1, and stayed in the Top10 for 8 consecutive weeks (#1 for two weeks). It is currently certified Gold in Sweden.

Chart run (2007-08-09) : 2-1-1-2-2-3-5-10-19-29-36-38-53-36-25-49-45-55-46-42-36-20-20-24-43-57
Re-entry #01 (2008-03-13) : 55
Re-entry #02 (2008-10-10) : 57
Re-entry #03 (2010-02-19) : 41
Re-entry #04 (2011-02-18) : 36
Re-entry #05 (2011-03-04) : 53
Re-entry #06 (2011-05-20) : 52
Re-entry #07 (2011-07-29) : 22-17

/Martin Arvidsson

by **TIfan** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:14 am

He has released so many albums. He should be near 400 million worldwide.

by **kriss** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:39 pm

Elvis the great performances debuts at no 1 on billboard top music video sales chart this week.

by **TIfan** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:50 pm

His fan base is crazy. Its been decades since he left the world but can still sell anything.

by **blackbird** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:26 am

MOST TOP 10 ALBUMS ON THE BILLBOARD 200

Rolling Stones 36

Frank Sinatra 32

The Beatles 30
Barbra Streisand 30 "Love Is The Answer"

Elvis Presley 27

Bob Dylan 18
Madonna 18 "Celebration"

Paul McCartney 17
Elton John 17 "The Union"

by **cora** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:09 pm

Paul McCartney said: "Elvis has always been on Top... His records always made me feel good. I thought the Beatles had gold records, until I had a private tour of Graceland... the hall of Gold says it all... Elvis has the most Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum sales of all of us.... amazing man... simply amazing
http://www.berwyntalk.com/smf/index.php ... 8.110;wap2

by **cora** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:09 am

elvis has 5 entries in the most download songs
http://www.squidoo.com/top-60-songs
1.) California Rock N Blues - By GW Williams
2.)Rolling In The Deep - By Adele
3.)E.T - By Katy Perry
4.)Just Can't Get Enough - By Black Eyed Peas
5.)I Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
6.)Hey Jude - The Beatles
7.) On The Floor By Jennifer Lopez
8.) Blow - Kesha
9.) Look At Me Now - BY Chris Brown
10.) Monterey Bay Salsa Blues - By GW Williams
11.)Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
12.)Written In The Stars - By Tinie Tempah
13.)The Show Goes On - By Lupe Fiasco
14.)Heart Break Hotel - Elvis
15.)Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
16.)All of The Lights - By Kanye West
17.) Monterey Bay Big Band Jazz - By GW Williams
18.)Jail House Rock - Elvis Presley
19.) Eric Clapton - Layla
20.) For The First Time - Script
21.)Party Rock Anthem - By LMFAO - Lauren Bennett
22.) Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
23.)Firework - By Katy Perry
24.)Backseat - By New Boyz
25.)Rock N The Blues - GW Williams
26.)Honey Bee - By Blake Shelton
27.)Moment 4 Life - By Nicki Minaji & Drake
28.)Price Tag - BY Jessie J
29.)Waltzing The Country Blues Away - GW Williams
30.)Just The Way You Are - By Bruno Mars
31.)Who Says - Selena Gomez
32.)Motivation - By Kelly Rowland
33.)Dirt Road Anthem - By Jason Aldean
34.)I Won't Let Go - By Rascal Flatts
35.)Old Alabama - By Paisley
36.)Have You Ever Been So Lonely - By GW Williams
37.)Coming Home - By Diddy
38.)Country Girl - By Luke Bryan
39.)Go Your Own Way - By Glee on TV
40.)Mean - By Taylor Swift
41.)More - By Usher
42.)On Easter Morning - By GW Williams
43.)Super Bass - By Nicki Minaj
44.)Good Life - By One Republic
45.)Heart Like Mine - By Miranda Lambert
46.)Tomorrow - By Chris Young
47.)My Last - By Big Sean
48.)She Ain't You - By Chris Brown
49.)Suspicious Minds - By Elvis Presley
50.)You Lie - By The Band Perry
51.)Tonight Tonight - BY Hot Chelle Rae
52.)Colder Weather - By Zac Brown Band
53.)Hello - By Martin Solveig
54.)Best Love Song - By T-Pain ,Chris Brown
55.)What Do You Want - By Jerrod Niemann
56.)Tears In Heaven - By Eric Clapton
57.)Poker Face - Lady Gaga
58.)This - Darius Rucker
59.)Songbrid - By Glee
60.)I Do - By Colbie Caillat

by **blackbird** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:36 am

Artist Title Release Date Certification Date Label Award Description Format Category

PRESLEY, ELVIS ELVIS' CHRISTMAS ALBUM November 01, 1970 September 09, 2011 RCA 10.00x MULTI PLATINUM ALBUM SOLO

Certified units in million: 130.5

The first Diamond award for Elvis.

by **thebigham** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:59 pm

^Great news!

by **taz** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:01 pm

This is an important milestone in RIAA certifications for Elvis, his first RIAA diamond award and the first Christmas holiday album to be certified diamond. It is a great achievement. His critiques can no longer state that he does not have a diamond award and belittle his achievements where album sales are concerned; until now nearly every top artist had a diamond award with the exception of Elvis.

I don’t know how they managed to find the extra sales because BMG (now Sony Music after merger) had reported that 1 million album sales were disqualified under the RIAA rules regarding album sales. It would be interesting to find out where the extra album sales came from to qualify for the diamond award.

by **brianquinn** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:15 pm

I have been campaigning for about a year to get Elvis' Christmas Album(1970 version) upgraded to Diamond status. Recently, I informed Scott Williams (Marketing Director) at EPE of the situation regarding it being deleted from the current catalog with over 9 million sales. He was not aware of the situation and promised to get in touch with SONY to get it re-released and upgraded to Diamond status if that was at all possible. Obviously a bit of badgering has paid off. I suspect SONY has re-released it and 'shipped' enough copies to cater for sales over the next couple of Christmases. Naturally,I am very pleased about this.

Brian

by **kriss** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:43 pm

Thanks Brian.

by **blackbird** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:41 pm

Some more RIAA certifications for Elvis albums

Album - Release Date - Certification Date - Award Description
ELVIS SINGS FOR KIDS - January 01, 1978 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
MAHALO FROM ELVIS - January 01, 1978 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
HE VERY BEST OF LOVE - January 01, 2001 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
ELVIS IN PERSON - November 01, 1970 - September 15, 2011 - PLATINUM
I GOT LUCKY - January 01, 1971 - September 15, 2011 - PLATINUM

Certified units in million: 133

Artist tallies:
89 Gold
50 Platinum
25 Multi-Platinum

by **brianquinn** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:24 am

blackbird wrote:Some more RIAA certifications for Elvis albums

Album - Release Date - Certification Date - Award Description
ELVIS SINGS FOR KIDS - January 01, 1978 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
MAHALO FROM ELVIS - January 01, 1978 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
HE VERY BEST OF LOVE - January 01, 2001 - September 15, 2011 - GOLD
ELVIS IN PERSON - November 01, 1970 - September 15, 2011 - PLATINUM
I GOT LUCKY - January 01, 1971 - September 15, 2011 - PLATINUM

Certified units in million: 133

Artist tallies:
89 Gold
50 Platinum
25 Multi-Platinum

Thanks Blackbird. The news gets better and better. Further, as of December, 2010 'Elvis' Christmas Duets' album had sold 431,000 copies - just 69,000 copies short of a GOLD Award. I expect this to be achieved very soon - perhaps by early 2012 following the Christmas sales.

Brian

by **Herkenrath** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:55 am

I just read something very funny in the review of the 2004 FTD "Harum Scarum":

Exotic Elvis - 'Harum Scarum' (Feb 1965. 25 tracks, 66 mins)

The Many Elvis fans deluxe gatefold sleeve packaging contains some excellent photos and rare publicity stills. It was during this period in his life that Elvis had considered becoming a monk and started visiting the spiritual 'Self-Realization Fellowship'. If you had seen the pre-production script of 'Harum Scarum' you would have probably done the same!

Good ole Elvis.

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/harumscarum.html

by **blackbird** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:37 am

When the Beatles met Elvis, and John Lennon put his idol's nose out of joint

by **kriss** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:04 pm

SoundScan Week Ending October 23, 2011

An Afternoon In The Garden 354,349.

by **Herkenrath** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:56 am

Recently I checked out Presley's movie soundtracks of the 1960s. Someone who bought the Double feature releases back in the 1990s made copies for me about 6 years ago. While I gave them a listen back then, I wasn't too impressed with what I heard.

But recently I got back to them and there are many songs which grew on me.

A while back I made a list of my favorite Elvis songs of the 1960s (87 songs, most of them non-soundtrack). If I'd redo that list, I'd probably add about 20-25 movie songs! Among my absolute favorites are "One Track Heart", "Pocketful of Rainbows", "Big Love, Big Heartacke", "Let's Forget About The Stars", "The Girl I Never Loved", "Am I Ready?", "I Got Lucky" (with the long intro), "Home Is Where The Heart Is", "Because Of Love", "There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon", "Happy Ending", "Roustabout", Let's Be Friends", "You Don't Know Me", "Wonderful World", "Change Of Habit", "Almost In Love", "Cotton Candy Land", "Do The Vega", "How Would You Like To Be" and "All That I Am".

I think the 1995 "Best of Film Soundtracks" compilation "Command Performances" left out a lot of the best songs Presley recorded during the 1960s!

Also, some of his finest ballads have been songs for movies but they almost never feature on the usual "Romantic Elvis" or "Ballads" compilations which BMG/RCA release ritually ("All That I Am", "The Girl I Never Loved", "Am I Ready?", "Home Is Where The Heart Is", "You Don't Know Me", "Because of Love").