ABBA :: Charts & Sales History

[lautert]

How can When You Danced With Me enter the UK charts but is sold less than I Can Be That Woman? Video streaming? Audio streaming? I have noticed a few odd things like this before.

Maybe radio airplay. This song is being played every day in Germany.

[zeus555]

If I'm correct even in Italy is Voyage their highest position for a studio album with #6.

Yes. 'Voyage's No.6 Position in Italy, is ABBA's highest, for a Studio Album there.
'ABBA' was a No.9 Album. 'Super Trouper' reached No.10. ABBA's highest Peak,
in the Italian Album Chart, was No.2 for 'Gold' in 1992.

Zeus555

[Nomore]

I know people don’t like I Can Be That woman but it was the first to grab me and pull me in ... it is gritty and real and something new for Abba with its “screw you” sentiment to of middle aged relationships floundering on alcohol and missed chances. The dog inclusion added to the childless situation and was especially poignant .
I love When You Danced With me it’s so rich and affluent with its melody and charm but a dose of reality was most welcome also the diversity here is breathtaking and even the critics didn’t get that .

[Nameless]

Nomore - I Can Be That Woman too. It is VERY Country. It would be nice seeing it do well in the US Country charts!

Graves - thanks for info on French sales.

Lautert - radio play not included in UK Charts. So probably dowm to Streaming.

Voyage did better in Italy and France than I expected.

That's me finished for rhe day Voyage chart watching. Having my dinner, a beer or two and playing Voyage.

Night all.

[Benny]

UK

ABBA - Voyage (Polar Music/Polydor)
This week’s sales: 203,909 | Physical: 182,566 | Downloads: 16,626 |
Streams: 4,717 | Total sales to date: 203,909 |

https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...1#post10758370

[Benny]

In France, with sales of 38.598 (37.500 of which were physical and digital), 'Voyage' had the third highest opening week of the year after Les Enfoirés (118.000 sales - "A côté de vous") et SCH (63.000 sales - "JVLIVS II").

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Abba/news-119405.html

This is also their first studio allbum to ever hit number one in France.

[Nomore]

Thanks Nameless always appreciate your input . Have a great night

[zeus555]

With 'Voyage' at No.1 and 'Gold' at No.9, ABBA have 2 simultaneous
UK Top 10 Albums, for the 1st time in almost 45 Years.

The 2 1977 Albums, were at the same Positions, as the 2 2021 Albums.

W/E 21st May 1977 -- (44 Years and 6 Months ago)

No.1 -- 'Arrival'

No.9 -- 'Greatest Hits'

So, in both cases, the No.1 ABBA Album, was a Studio one, and the No.9 Album was a 'Hits' one.


Zeus555

[Nomore]

Amazing stats Zeus ... history on repetition

[brian05]

Voyage has gone up to no. 2 in UK iTunes chart.

[Wayne]

Incredible first week sales!

[LostAvenger]

Hits Daily Double's final US predictions:

LW	TW	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL	TOTAL	CHANGE	ALBUMS	TEA	SEA
-- 1 SUMMER WALKER | STILL OVER IT LVRN/INTERSCOPE			177,470	--	12,605	980	163,886
-- 2 ABBA | VOYAGE CAPITOL			79,042	--	74,884	391	3,767

https://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Great figures, hoping for 80K on Billboard's final report.

[Carlocc71]

Hits Daily Double's final US predictions:

LW	TW	ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL	TOTAL	CHANGE	ALBUMS	TEA	SEA
-- 1 SUMMER WALKER | STILL OVER IT LVRN/INTERSCOPE			177,470	--	12,605	980	163,886
-- 2 ABBA | VOYAGE CAPITOL			79,042	--	74,884	391	3,767

https://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

Great figures, hoping for 80K on Billboard's final report.

So on physical sales Abba lead by a high margin!

[lautert]

So on physical sales Abba lead by a high margin!

Their biggest challenge in the USA was streaming, but they will be for sure #1 on the sale charts, although number #2 in the general one..

[lautert]

About Germany, I remember reading in another forum the 200k info days before and no one believed on the guy, someone even commented about here and it turned out to be true

[Benny]

About Germany, I remember reading in another forum the 200k info days before and no one believed on the guy, someone even commented about here and it turned out to be true

Yes but the info wasn't 100% correct though. It said:

Someone on Buzzjack posted that Voyage is the first album in history with 200k+ copies sold in 1 day in Germany. Can anyone confirm this?

That was on Monday. The figure of 200k+ turned out to be true but for the whole week not one day.

[MusicLover88]

Legends only

[MusicLover88]

Pleasantly surprised at the #1 in France, I was convinced they’d get screwed over by streaming.

Italy never having been a particularly strong market for ABBA makes no sense to me? Surely they like pop?

[Carlocc71]

Their biggest challenge in the USA was streaming, but they will be for sure #1 on the sale charts, although number #2 in the general one..

Great achievement
not complaining, streaming is here
They sold so much more albums than the official no 1
Very pleased

[MusicLover88]

New Zealand
1 (NEW) Voyage

[theMathematician]

My initial prediction for ABBA was 200k+. I was heavily confused when I saw Ed Sheeran's numbers, and had doubts whether that prediction for ABBA was still realistic. Therefore, I'm extremely pleased to see ABBA actually being able to score such high numbers in the UK, which, ironically, is the best weekly result since Ed Sheeran's 'Divide'.

[Mikerocha]

Do we know numbers for Sweden? I’m curious about their home country

[autumnwind]

Amazing stats Zeus ... history on repetition

The History book on the shelf is always repeating itself indeed.

[autumnwind]

In France, with sales of 38.598 (37.500 of which were physical and digital), 'Voyage' had the third highest opening week of the year after Les Enfoirés (118.000 sales - "A côté de vous") et SCH (63.000 sales - "JVLIVS II").

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Abba/news-119405.html

This is also their first studio allbum to ever hit number one in France.

The first no.1 in france is absolutely fabulous. I thought their voulez vous went up to no.1. But maybe didn't?
finally no.1 in france.

[Benny]

Pleasantly surprised at the #1 in France, I was convinced they’d get screwed over by streaming.

Italy never having been a particularly strong market for ABBA makes no to me? Surely they like pop?

In the 70s, ABBA went to Italy once or twice for promotion and apparently everything was so chaotic there that they didn't bother to return. They never had neither a number one album nor a number one single, their biggest hit was 'SOS' which peaked at number 2 in 1976.