The Chart Thread

[Undertaker]

2000 - Album - LoveBoat - 5,800

2005 - Album - Nighbird - 9,467

2007 - Album - Light At The End Of The World - 7,750

I'm quite shocked at these actually. Those sales are very low. They are the last 3 studio albums ( if you discount 'Other Peoples Songs' ) Their first singles perform similar to album sales and are quite credible sales for singles but i still thought their albums sold at least double those figures.

[XTZ1969]

[Undertaker]

2007 - Album - Light At The End Of The World - 7,750
2007 - Single - Sunday Girl - 3,200

Source?

You need to check UKMix, Chart Plus Buzzjack or Haven now. Chart Plus is very good if you can get a free trial. Some figures i got off the Erasure forum when they were released but they have since been deleted because it was against forum rules.

[Undertaker]

Top Selling Album Artists 1984 to 1989

1 - Dire Straits - 6,013
2 - U2 - 5,382
3 - Michael Jackson - 5,191
4 - Madonna - 4,875
5 - Queen - 4,865
6 - Phil Collins - 3,945
7 - Fleetwood Mac - 3,262
8 - Eurythmics - 3,238
9 - Whitney Houston - 2,830
10 - Simply Red - 2,807
11 - Kylie Minogue - 2,745
12 - Bruce Springsteen - 2,711
13 - Pet Shop Boys - 2,618
14 - Chris De Burgh - 2,601
15 - Simple Minds - 2,592
16 - Chris Rea - 2,476
17 - Tina Turner - 2,371
18 - Cliff Richard - 2,253
19 - Wham - 2,184
20 - Erasure - 2,169

Top 60 biggest selling UK Singles artists of all time, *updated for 2006*


Pos. Artist New Total
1 Cliff Richard 21028201
2 Beatles 20799632
3 Elvis Presley 19975200
4 Madonna 15171000
5 Elton John 13832000
6 Michael Jackson 11522500
7 Queen 10364000
8 Abba 10021000
9 Paul McCartney 9800500
10 David Bowie 9395120

11 Rod Stewart 9047152
12 Kylie Minogue 8375000
13 Rolling Stones 8374300
14 Stevie Wonder 7706000
15 Spice Girls 7507213
16 Shakin Stevens 7121900
17 George Michael 7008000
18 Whitney Houston 6993105
19 Bee Gees 6943851
20 Status Quo 6779500

21 Oasis 6594000
22 Boney M 6587018
23 Slade 6530000
24 Olivia Newton John 6493006
25 Blondie 6459200
26 Boyzone 6435711
27 UB40 6027000
28 Tom Jones 5892720
29 Celine Dion 5684000
30 Police 5617175

31 Madness 5567600
32 Robbie Williams 5470000
33 Diana Ross 5423480
34 Westlife 5403000
35 U2 5322000
36 Wham! 5300000
37 Adam Ant 5296965
38 Jam 5105000
39 Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5010000
40 Pet Shop Boys 4979000

41 Duran Duran 4894200
42 Phil Collins 4889059
43 Wet Wet Wet 4888868
44 Everly Brothers 4827957
45 Shadows 4793537
46 Mariah Carey 4775000
47 Gary Glitter 4717834
48 Engelbert Humperdinck 4712407
49 Take That 4666000
50 Bryan Adams 4639000
51 Frank Sinatra 4597630
52 Hollies 4597450
53 Britney Spears 4500000
54 Hot Chocolate 4441955
55 Prince 4429500
56 Janet Jackson 4415000
57 Steps 4408500
58 Donna Summer 4389529
59 Electric Light Orchestra 4241169
60 Erasure 4114500

[homer1972]

From JM'S latest blog:

Now then, this could get interesting. New at Number 24 is the first new single in almost two and half years from the band whose name is attached to that particular genus of chart uselessness - the Depeche Mode Syndrome. Having caused a mini-furore by rubbishing the chart prospects of the Pet Shop Boys (whose single you will note is no longer on the Top 75 and whose album sales are vanishing into the ether, on pretty much the timescale I anticipated), it is something of a relief to note that the long-standing fans of the 'Mode have a slightly more grown up approach to the fate of their idols. The chart return of Gore and Gahan et al is a timely one given that it follows hard on the heels of the Saturdays' smash hit version of their own 'Just Can't Get Enough', even if that particular song dates from an incarnation of the group that is a world away from the brooding dramatists they evolved into. 'Wrong' is the first single to be released from what will be their 12th studio album 'Sounds Of The Universe' and appears to have fallen victim to the great digital divide, selling primarily in physical form to long-standing fans and bypassing most of the younger generation who patronise the online stores. Not since the 1980s has a brand new Depeche Mode track failed to reach the Top 10 upon release, and the single is destined to become their smallest chart single since the ironically titled 'Useless' crept to Number 28 in November 1997 (note that this ignores the limited edition 12-inch 'Something To Do' which charted at Number 75 in December 2004 and doesn't really count as a proper "single"). The difference her is that nobody is pretending that Depeche Mode are a relevant mainstream act, so the failure of the single to enter the national consciousness will not be regarded as any great disaster. Instead let us acknowledge that it is their 45th chart hit in a career that dates back almost exactly 28 years. That's worthy of respect no matter what generation you come from.

http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/cha ... 18th-2009/

[Vince]

@Undertaker: thanks for the stats!!

[Fugitive1979]

Having caused a mini-furore by rubbishing the chart prospects of the Pet Shop Boys (whose single you will note is no longer on the Top 75 and whose album sales are vanishing into the ether, on pretty much the timescale I anticipated), it is something of a relief to note that the long-standing fans of the 'Mode have a slightly more grown up approach to the fate of their idols.

Go and take a flying f*** to yourself, Mastertool!

[Blogo]

From JM'S latest blog:

Now then, this could get interesting. New at Number 24 is the first new single in almost two and half years from the band whose name is attached to that particular genus of chart uselessness - the Depeche Mode Syndrome. Having caused a mini-furore by rubbishing the chart prospects of the Pet Shop Boys (whose single you will note is no longer on the Top 75 and whose album sales are vanishing into the ether, on pretty much the timescale I anticipated), it is something of a relief to note that the long-standing fans of the 'Mode have a slightly more grown up approach to the fate of their idols. The chart return of Gore and Gahan et al is a timely one given that it follows hard on the heels of the Saturdays' smash hit version of their own 'Just Can't Get Enough', even if that particular song dates from an incarnation of the group that is a world away from the brooding dramatists they evolved into. 'Wrong' is the first single to be released from what will be their 12th studio album 'Sounds Of The Universe' and appears to have fallen victim to the great digital divide, selling primarily in physical form to long-standing fans and bypassing most of the younger generation who patronise the online stores. Not since the 1980s has a brand new Depeche Mode track failed to reach the Top 10 upon release, and the single is destined to become their smallest chart single since the ironically titled 'Useless' crept to Number 28 in November 1997 (note that this ignores the limited edition 12-inch 'Something To Do' which charted at Number 75 in December 2004 and doesn't really count as a proper "single"). The difference her is that nobody is pretending that Depeche Mode are a relevant mainstream act, so the failure of the single to enter the national consciousness will not be regarded as any great disaster. Instead let us acknowledge that it is their 45th chart hit in a career that dates back almost exactly 28 years. That's worthy of respect no matter what generation you come from.

http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/cha ... 18th-2009/

What a tw*t Masturbate is..

[Undertaker]

The last sentence is a classic. He's just gone and made himself look as two faced as we all knew he was.

Whats actually hilarious, is the fact that he's stressing out over the reaction of PSB fans. Touched a nerve, i gather

[Undertaker]

Top Selling Album Artists 1984 to 1989

1 - Dire Straits - 6,013
2 - U2 - 5,382
3 - Michael Jackson - 5,191
4 - Madonna - 4,875
5 - Queen - 4,865
6 - Phil Collins - 3,945
7 - Fleetwood Mac - 3,262
8 - Eurythmics - 3,238
9 - Whitney Houston - 2,830
10 - Simply Red - 2,807
11 - Kylie Minogue - 2,745
12 - Bruce Springsteen - 2,711
13 - Pet Shop Boys - 2,618
14 - Chris De Burgh - 2,601
15 - Simple Minds - 2,592
16 - Chris Rea - 2,476
17 - Tina Turner - 2,371
18 - Cliff Richard - 2,253
19 - Wham - 2,184
20 - Erasure - 2,169

Pleasantly surprised to see Chris Rea in this chart. Road To Hell is a fantastic album.

[Patrick Bateman]

The last sentence is a classic. He's just gone and made himself look as two faced as we all knew he was.

Whats actually hilarious, is the fact that he's stressing out over the reaction of PSB fans. Touched a nerve, i gather

His personal website appears to be down now. I wonder if it was all the childish abuse he got from PSB fans?

The bloke really is tragic. Who cares about the singles chart apart from twelve-year-old girls?

[DJ_Couture]

Pleasantly surprised to see Chris Rea in this chart. Road To Hell is a fantastic album.

I think he was a bit of a slow burning yuppie sensation. Most of his albums prior to Dancing With Strangers did not chart that high, but they stayed in the charts and re-entered while his subsequent work enjoyed success, giving them longevity.

[XTZ1969]

[homer1972]

Daniel O'Donnell sold more albums than PSB in the nineties!?

[Patrick Bateman]

Daniel O'Donnell sold more albums than PSB in the nineties!?

Fred West sold more than Erasure.