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Post by Sean on Oct 19, 2003 8:25:18 GMT -5
This is how it stands as of today: 1. Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' (34 weeks) 2. Neil Diamond 'Hot August Night' (29 weeks) 3. John Farnham 'Whispering Jack' (25 weeks) 4. Shania Twain 'Come On Over', Delta Goodrem 'Innocent Eyes' (20 weeks)  6. Creedence Clearwater Revival 'Cosmo's Factory', Savage Garden 'Savage Garden' (19 weeks) |
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Post by allow that on Oct 19, 2003 10:53:03 GMT -5
Except for both of the #4's, all of these albums are really old. I guess that kind of shows that there's a quicker turn over of #1's right now... which I also think shows people are more about buying the "in-thing" of the moment and whatnot. That's the same trend in USA too... used to be many more long-stays at #1 then there are now. I guess Delta is really huge there to defy that.
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Post by Sean on Oct 19, 2003 18:14:40 GMT -5
Except for both of the #4's, all of these albums are really old. I guess that kind of shows that there's a quicker turn over of #1's right now... which I also think shows people are more about buying the "in-thing" of the moment and whatnot. That's the same trend in USA too... used to be many more long-stays at #1 then there are now. I guess Delta is really huge there to defy that. Yep, Delta's #1 stay is amazing and deserved because it's such a good album. There definitely is a higher turnover these days with a lot of #1 debuts. But we still get quite a few albums staying at #1 for more than 1 or 2 weeks compared to the USA where it seems like every week the #1 is different. The emphasis has become to sell as many copies in week 1 which is IMO at the sacrifice of long term sales and potentially a quality album worthy of sticking around. |
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Post by j on Oct 19, 2003 22:57:32 GMT -5
You didn't say how many weeks at #1 for the 6's.
Let's see - what has been huge in the past 10 years or so? What about The Bodyguard OST, Titanic OST... those must have spent around 10 weeks at #1 too. Thriller? Pink Floyd?
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Post by allow that on Oct 19, 2003 23:10:06 GMT -5
You didn't say how many weeks at #1 for the 6's. Let's see - what has been huge in the past 10 years or so? What about The Bodyguard OST, Titanic OST... those must have spent around 10 weeks at #1 too. Thriller? Pink Floyd? Or The Lion King OST... that was another chart-topper in the US for forever. What about Madonna/Janet/Mariah? And since it is Australia, Kylie? |
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Post by Sean on Oct 19, 2003 23:48:32 GMT -5
The albums in 6th place were #1 for 19 weeks.
Not too sure about the other albums you guys asked about.
At 18 weeks we have Mariah Carey's "Music Box" and Boz Scaggs' "Silk Degree".
Delta is the longest running #1 Aussie female by a mile... the nearest is Kylie Minogue with "Fever" which was #1 for 5 weeks. Note that Delta has already outsold Kylie as Delta is 7 times platinum (and still going strong obviously) while "Fever" went 6 times platinum.
The Bodyguard and The Titanic were def. at #1 for awhile but I don't think close to the calibre of 20 weeks.
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Post by pophector on Oct 20, 2003 8:53:28 GMT -5
Correction: Fever went 7X Platinum in OZ as well :)
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Post by Sean on Oct 20, 2003 18:26:18 GMT -5
Correction: Fever went 7X Platinum in OZ as well :) Ah well Goodrem will be 8 times platinum within weeks! |
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Post by Sean on Oct 26, 2003 19:13:13 GMT -5
Delta goes 8 times platinum this week as predicted (well, sooner than predicted) and is now in outright 4th spot for longest running #1 album.
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