AC/DC :: Charts & Sales History

[nelson]

No im not trying to inflate anyone sales because it is impossible to know someones actual sales worldwide.... i was just making a point.

You can, if you do some work...

[TIfan]

You can't...its impossible.....record labels don't even know the actual sales, thats why they estimate what artist sold. There are only like 50 countires that count. There are over 200 countries.

[zago]

You can't...its impossible.....record labels don't even know the actual sales, thats why they estimate what artist sold. There are only like 50 countires that count. There are over 200 countries.

150 countries in which 5 copies sold are enough to be #1

[nelson]

You can't...its impossible.....record labels don't even know the actual sales, thats why they estimate what artist sold. There are only like 50 countires that count. There are over 200 countries.

It's possible!
They know the exact figures too, why? They had to pay taxes to government of course, they had independent accountants to audit them.
They won't estimate, but probably PR estimates but not label.

[lostprophet]

UK

3. (1) BLACK ICE (AC/ DC) 2 wks

Source: Hit40UK/Haven Forum

[nelson]

UK

3. (1) BLACK ICE (AC/ DC) 2 wks

Source: Hit40UK/Haven Forum

What a drop. it's a hype?

[RollingBob]

I make it about 33.8k from the following 11 countries for 'Back In Black' this week :

US (BC/Comp) : #1/13.~21.4k
Canada : #20.~1.8k
UK : #45.~3.7k
Germany : #42.~3k
France (BC) : #3.~1.5k
Italy : #30.~800
Holland (BC) : #9.~200
Switz : #36.~550
Sweden : #54.~270
Denmark : #31.~450
Ireland : #58.~140

Euro Top 100 albums : #46.10-15k (~10.4k from the 9 Euro countries above + another, up to, 5k from rest of Europe)
Musiccharts.net World Top 50 : #33.28.6k


Mediatraffic World Top 40 : #23.39k, with the breakdown being,
USA 21.400
Japan ~1.000
UK 4.500
Germany 3.000
France 1.700
Canada 1.900
Australia 300
Italy 700
Holland 150
Switzerland 250
Sweden 150
Denmark 250
Ireland 80
+10% bonus for the countries with no official charts (China, Russia, India etc.) and marginal sales outside the official charts (Norway, Finland, Mexico etc.)

[Dane]

I make it about 33.4k from the following 11 countries for 'Back In Black' this week :

US (BC/Comp) : #1/13.21k

It charted between these too on BB comp. So US sales must be around 21,400:

73 DEF 17 17 12 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 21,432 -7 23,131 1,935,827
11 HOL 16 15 13 JONAS BROTHERS LITTLE BIT LONGER 21,319 -9 23,556 1,037,524

[RollingBob]

~33.8k (thanks Dane)

[freddy5667]

Mediatraffic World Top 40 : #23.39k

There are lots of additional marginal sales in other countries (like Japan, Australia etc.)

[TIfan]

So according to your info mjdangerous.... the best selling females around the world are

1. Madonna
2. Celine Dion
3. Whitney Houston
4. Mariah Carey
5. Barbra Streisand

is this true..(wrong topic I know)

[lostprophet]

UK

3. (1) BLACK ICE (AC/ DC) 2 wks

Sales of 45,152

Source: Haven Forum

[Dane]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/covers ... el_of_rock

That act and the music that goes with it — more than a dozen studio albums of strict blues-riff grammar, lewd vocal snarl and bull-elephant charge — have made AC/DC one of the biggest bands in the world. Their 1980 album, Back in Black, has sold 22 million copies in the U.S. alone. Over the past two years, AC/DC are second only to the Beatles in U.S. catalog sales, and they've sold a combined 23 million albums and DVDs worldwide since 2003, when the band moved from its longtime label, Atlantic, to Sony Music. And AC/DC's new Columbia album, Black Ice, their first studio release in eight years, is poised to be the bestselling rock album of 2008. Advance shipments by Wal-Mart, the album's exclusive retail outlet, to its stores reportedly totaled 2.5 million copies.

[HUR]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/acdc_and_the_gospel_of_rock

That act and the music that goes with it — more than a dozen studio albums of strict blues-riff grammar, lewd vocal snarl and bull-elephant charge — have made AC/DC one of the biggest bands in the world. Their 1980 album, Back in Black, has sold 22 million copies in the U.S. alone. Over the past two years, AC/DC are second only to the Beatles in U.S. catalog sales, and they've sold a combined 23 million albums and DVDs worldwide since 2003, when the band moved from its longtime label, Atlantic, to Sony Music. And AC/DC's new Columbia album, Black Ice, their first studio release in eight years, is poised to be the bestselling rock album of 2008. Advance shipments by Wal-Mart, the album's exclusive retail outlet, to its stores reportedly totaled 2.5 million copies.

Thank you, Dane, some of the sales figures reported in recent months start making sense to me. They were claiming 17-18 million records since 2003 and now 23 million, which is supposed to include the shipments of their recent album...

[Dane]

Either that, or the 17-18 million are albums and 23 include DVDs

[HUR]

Either that, or the 17-18 million are albums and 23 include DVDs

Yes, specially because they sold over 5 million DVDs according to my (humble) estimations...

[innocenteyes]

Australian sales for this week: 33 087. Black Ice's total sales are 124 207 copies.

[MJDangerous]

I haven't post the catalog French chart this week (first week of Black Ice):

#133 Stiff Upper Lip (+60) - Album chart

Midprice Chart

#2 Live (=)
#3 Back In Black (=)
#4 Highway To Hell (+1)
#5 The Razors Edge (+6)
#7 High Voltage (+5)
#9 For Those About To Rock (we Salute You) (=)
#10 If You Want Blood, Youve Got It (+6)
#11 Ballbreaker (+2)
#13 Powerage (+5)
#15 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (+10)
#16 Let There Be Rock (+10)
#18 Flick Of The Switch (+6)
#19 Fly On The Wall (+12)
#21 Blow Up Your Video (NE)
#24 74 Jailbreak (NE)
#30 Who Made Who (NE)

It looks like a special AC/DC chart

[stefan]

Greece
BLACK ICE (AC/ DC)#1

[Dane]

It looks like a special AC/DC chart

Yes, they're all there!
Well, except for boxset "Bonfire".

I wonder what kept them from #1 spot?

[MJDangerous]

It looks like a special AC/DC chart

Yes, they're all there!
Well, except for boxset "Bonfire".

I wonder what kept them from #1 spot?

That's Repenti, by Renan Luce, a new young French singer. The album sold in excess of 600k and was moved to the catalog chart 1 month ago because it is 2 years old, while it was still top 10 only 2 weeks before!

[borderwolf]

It looks like a special AC/DC chart

Is it a record?

[RollingBob]

I haven't post the catalog French chart this week (first week of Black Ice):

#133 Stiff Upper Lip (+60) - Album chart

Midprice Chart

#2 Live (=)
#3 Back In Black (=)
#4 Highway To Hell (+1)
#5 The Razors Edge (+6)
#7 High Voltage (+5)
#9 For Those About To Rock (we Salute You) (=)
#10 If You Want Blood, Youve Got It (+6)
#11 Ballbreaker (+2)
#13 Powerage (+5)
#15 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (+10)
#16 Let There Be Rock (+10)
#18 Flick Of The Switch (+6)
#19 Fly On The Wall (+12)
#21 Blow Up Your Video (NE)
#24 74 Jailbreak (NE)
#30 Who Made Who (NE)

It looks like a special AC/DC chart

Salut MJ, j'espere que vous etes bien. Can we still get the comprehensive chart positions for these & if so where from?

[MJDangerous]

Hi RollingBob, the SNEP was supposed to send it to ChartsInFrance from last week among their charts, but the Comprehensive chart still missing from their files. I'm trying to get it by myself, maybe in the next 1-2 weeks, it is on a good way but nothing safe right now :(

[RollingBob]

Ok, thanks MJ