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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2010 14:15:22 GMT -5
Abbey Road is up to #3 on iTunes album chart.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 21, 2010 14:21:35 GMT -5
Abbey Road is up to #3 on iTunes album chart. okay now that's impressive. On the other side of things, "Yellow Submarine" is down to #97. After five days, there are 32 Beatles songs in the over-all Top 200. Could be better, could be worse.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2010 14:36:27 GMT -5
Abbey Road is up to #3 on iTunes album chart. okay now that's impressive. On the other side of things, "Yellow Submarine" is down to #97. After five days, there are 32 Beatles songs in the over-all Top 200. Could be better, could be worse. Abbey Road, for whatever reason, seems to be the most popular Beatles' album whether digitially or in catalog album sales in stores. Yellow Submarine not too suprisingly, is usually one of the least, if not the least popular, so its iTunes ranking doesn't surprise me. It never rose any higher than #49 from what I could tell. It might have something to do with the fact that only four songs on the Yellow Submarine album are actually Beatles' originals, and most of them are considered sub-par by Beatles' standards. The other two songs are repeats of the title song and All You Need Is Love. The rest of the album is all orchesta music by George Martin, the Beatles' producer. At their height a few days ago, I counted over 60 Beatles songs in the top 200 on iTunes. But now they have inevitably started to drop. What would have really been interesting to see is what would have happened to the iTunes charts if iTunes had been able to add the Beatles at the same time the remastered CD's came out in 2009. I suspect the impact would have been considerably greater. Alas, we will never know. Still, I don't think the Beatles' songs or albums did too shabbily this week considering they are all between forty and fifty years old, and the content on them has been heard countless times in many formats over the years already.
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Post by pnobelysk on Nov 21, 2010 14:44:04 GMT -5
of course they didnt do bad. they did great. prbly some huge profit.
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Post by Fresh on Nov 22, 2010 9:24:11 GMT -5
UK Chart - 2010-11-27
32 x The Beatles
40 HEY JUDE 46 LET IT BE 48 TWIST AND SHOUT 64 HERE COMES THE SUN 78 IN MY LIFE 83 COME TOGETHER 86 YESTERDAY 90 I SAW HER STANDING THERE 94 ELEANOR RIGBY 99 HELP 105 A DAY IN THE LIFE 110 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER 112 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 117 PENNY LANE 118 BLACKBIRD 119 I AM THE WALRUS 120 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS 125 WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS 126 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD 129 A HARD DAYS NIGHT 132 YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY 135 NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) 136 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS 137 TICKET TO RIDE 152 LOVE ME DO 161 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND 172 BACK IN THE USSR 177 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE 185 AND I LOVE HER 190 HELLO GOODBYE 192 REVOLUTION 197 ALL MY LOVING
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Post by Rodze on Nov 22, 2010 10:18:27 GMT -5
What are the rules for the Hot 100 Recurrents? Does it still exist?
The Beatles should dominate the new digital songs Rock chart, too, if they are allowed to.
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Post by BlueSwan on Nov 22, 2010 13:46:58 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I don't think the impact will be THAT huge and certainly nothing compared to Michael Jackson last year. The vast majority of people interested in The Beatles will have their CD's already and surely it ain't that hard to import your CD's to itunes. Sure a bunch of their hits will make the digital tracks chart for a couple of weeks but I'm positive that they won't dominate the upper regions of the chart. Suggestions that the Beatles would have the entire top 10 to themselves are ridiculous, which I'm sure will finally be proven now, but we'll see. How right I was. If anything, I thought the impact would have been slightly bigger than it turned out to be. Especially in the UK. For the biggest band of all time being heavily promoted on the biggest download outlet to only JUST score ONE top 40 hit (at #40) is quite poor. I was expecting at least a handful, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2010 13:53:54 GMT -5
Abbey Road, for whatever reason, seems to be the most popular Beatles' album whether digitially or in catalog album sales in stores. Abbey Road sells well as an album because the medley really needs to be played in order to be appreciated, so it's not worth cherry-picking songs. Very good point.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 23, 2010 17:11:30 GMT -5
www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i39b5c49ccd74a21f4f151c9cffb24204Beatles Sales On iTunes Top 450K November 23, 2010 - Digital and Mobile By Billboard staff The initial Beatles sales figures are in: More than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold on iTunes worldwide, according to Apple, since the Beatles catalog was made available Tuesday (Nov. 16). In U.S. the best-selling album was "Abbey Road" and best-selling song was "Here Comes the Sun." Of that tally, U.S. album sales totaled 119,000 units, which included 13,000 digital box sets, while individual digital track sales reached 1.4 million, according to industry sources. Each digital box set included 13 studio albums, the two-volume “Past Masters” compilation and the “Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964” concert film. Sources say the U.S. album sales tally of 119,000 counts each box set as one unit, while Apple’s worldwide album sales tally counts each box set as multiple sales units, although it wasn’t immediately clear how many units each box set accounted for. The Fab Four’s debut-week sales on iTunes compare favorably with the first-week sales of previous iTunes holdouts. When Led Zeppelin’s catalog made its digital debut in November 2007, the band generated total U.S. digital album sales of 47,000 units, which included sales of 33,000 units of the two-volume hits compilation “Mothership,” which was released the same week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Led Zeppelin’s first-week individual track sales totaled 300,000, according to SoundScan. But these numbers also show that digital music consumers aren't necessarily holding their breath to pounce on buying music when holdouts finally join the fray. Led Zeppelin's entire catalog may have generated digital track sales of 300,000, but Eminem’s digital track “Not Afraid” alone sold 379,000 units in the its debut week ended May 9, according to Nielsen SoundScan. First-week digital track sales for superstar acts this year typically ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 per title, while digital album sales ranged anywhere from 40,000 to 278,000 for Taylor Swift’s blockbuster third album “Speak Now.” The Beatles’ debut on iTunes was accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, including prominent homepage placement on iTunes and TV spots that aired during Sunday’s American Music Awards broadcast on ABC, Sunday Night Football on NBC and other prime-time programming. The iTunes marketing efforts likely helped boost overall sales of Beatles albums. During the week ended Nov. 14 (i.e. the week before the Nov. 16 debut of the Fabs’ iTunes debut), U.S. sales of Beatles albums totaled 20,000, while year-to-date, sales have averaged 23,000 a week, according to SoundScan. Also helping boost sales of Beatles titles was Amazon’s aggressive discounting of all Beatles albums during the same week as their exclusive digital debut on iTunes. Amazon priced single-CD albums at $7.99, the double-disc album known as the “White Album” at $11.99 and EMI’s stereo and mono box sets at $130 each. By contrast, iTunes is selling individual Beatles albums for $12.99 each, the “White Album” for $19.99 and the digital box set for $150. Sources say the Beatles/iTunes media campaign is expected to kick into high gear this for Black Friday, with expanded TV advertising in the U.S. and full-page ads in the “Wall Street Journal” and the “New York Times.”
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Post by pnobelysk on Nov 23, 2010 18:14:31 GMT -5
they still shouldve done a glee beatles week, and beatles dancing with the stars week. thats some majoy promo
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Post by slicknickshady on Nov 23, 2010 18:30:05 GMT -5
I do wonder who the next major artist will be to join iTunes.
ACDC, Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Bob Seger, Def Leppard, and The BEST BAND OF ALL TIME "TOOL".
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 23, 2010 22:08:00 GMT -5
I do wonder who the next major artist will be to join iTunes. ACDC, Garth Brooks, Kid Rock, Bob Seger, Def Leppard, and The BEST BAND OF ALL TIME "TOOL". I think they'll all cave eventually, except Tool. I'm really pleasantly surprised by the 1.4 million digital songs total (even though its barely half of MJ's record-shattering 2.6 million I was sort of expecting worse), but disappointed by the 119,000 albums. I wish the Box Set counted as a sale for each album, as that would more than double the sales total, and more accurately reflect how well they actually did.
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Post by slicknickshady on Nov 23, 2010 23:15:33 GMT -5
Well, Garth Brooks has been a big seller. So imo he will be the first.
I think ACDC, Seger, and Def Leppard will as well.
But i don't see Kid Rock or Tool ever allowing it. From what i have seen from Kid Rock he despises iTunes. What i read from Tool is they will do Digital for there next album but it will probably be something like off there website where people can download it in the highest quality.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 23:17:23 GMT -5
Although Kid Rock has made his music available digitally, just not itunes
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 23, 2010 23:26:54 GMT -5
Although Kid Rock has made his music available digitally, just not itunes Rhapsody and Amazon, right? so what's the beef with iTunes?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2010 15:58:39 GMT -5
Chart Watch Extra: Across The Digital Universe Posted 15 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch Shareretweet
The Beatles were late to the digital "Revolution," but they're "Here, There and Everywhere" on the digital charts in the week after they finally allowed their music to be sold digitally. Forty seven Beatles songs enter the Hot Digital Songs chart this week, while 17 of the group's albums enter the Top Digital Albums chart.
The Beatles sold 144,000 albums (119,000 digital albums and 25,000 CDs) in the U.S. during the week that ended Nov. 21, up from a total of just 20K the week before, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. The band sold 1.4 million individual tracks in the U.S. during the week, according to Billboard. Worldwide, the band sold more than 2 million individual tracks, according to Apple.
This is the biggest splash that any artist has made on the digital charts since Michael Jackson's posthumous sales spurt in June 2009. In the week after his death, 49 of his songs invaded Hot Digital Songs, while 17 of his albums were listed on Top Digital Albums. But while the total numbers are very similar, Jackson's songs and albums ranked much higher on the lists. Jackson had six of the top 10 on both Hot Digital Songs and Top Digital Albums. By contrast, the Beatles have only one album in the digital top 10 (Abbey Road at #8). Their top title on Hot Digital Songs is "Let It Be" at #26.
This surpasses the chart influx when the last major digital holdout, Led Zeppelin, finally came to the digital party three years ago this week. In the week ending Nov. 18, 2007, 14 of the band's songs invaded Hot Digital Songs. Seven of the band's albums, including the then-new release Mothership, entered Top Digital Albums (which was then a top 50 list).
The 10 hottest Beatles songs (and their digital sales tallies for the week) were "Let It Be" (63K), "Here Comes The Sun" (55K), "In My Life" (45K), "Hey Jude" (38K), "Come Together" (38K), "Yesterday" (34K), "Blackbird" (32K), "Twist And Shout" (30K), "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (27K) and "With A Little Help From My Friends" (26K).
Half of these 10 songs ("Here Comes The Sun," "In My Life," "Blackbird," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "With A Little Help From My Friends") weren't released as singles by the Beatles (while they were a current act). It's hard to imagine another act where their non-single album tracks are as widely known.
As a bonus, here are the 10 next hottest Beatles songs (and their digital sales tallies for the week): "I Saw Her Standing There" (25K), "Eleanor Rigby" (24K), "All You Need Is Love" (23K), "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (22K), "Help!" (21K), "A Day In The Life" (21K), "Revolution" (20K), "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (19K), "Strawberry Fields Forever" (19K) and "Can't Buy Me Love" (19K).
Again, three of these 10 songs ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," "A Day In The Life" and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds") weren't released as singles by the Beatles (while they were a current act). Four of these other songs were released as B sides, but managed to become widely known in their own right. "I Saw Her Standing There" was the B side of "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The superb "Eleanor Rigby" was the B side of "Yellow Submarine" (if you can believe that). "Revolution" was the B side of "Hey Jude." "Strawberry Fields Forever" was the B side of "Penny Lane."
The 10 hottest Beatles albums (and their digital sales tallies for the week) were Abbey Road (16K), The Beatles In Stereo (13K), The Beatles (better known as The White Album, 12K), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (11K), The Beatles/1967-1970 (9K), The Beatles/1962-1966 (8K), Rubber Soul (8K), Revolver (6K), Magical Mystery Tour (6K) and Let It Be (5K). The Beatles In Stereo is a 16-CD box set. 1967-1970 and 1962-1966 are the so-called Blue and Red greatest hits albums which were released in 1973.
In August, Rolling Stone published a special issue in which its critics ranked the top 100 Beatles songs. Here's the top 10 from that list. (In parentheses, I show where the song ranks among all Beatles songs on this week's Hot Digital Songs chart.) This will give you a sense of how critics' picks (the first number) compare with the fans' choices (the second). #1: "A Day In The Life" (#16). #2: "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (#23). #3: "Strawberry Fields Forever" (#19), #4: "Yesterday" (#6), #5: "In My Life" (#3), #6: "Something" (#25), #7: "Hey Jude" (#4). #8: "Let It Be" (#1). #9: "Come Together" (#5). #10: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (#9).
As you can see, six songs appeared in the top 10 for both fans and critics. (It's possible that the critics' list, so recently published, had an impact on fan purchases.)
The Beatles' digital bow was accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, including TV spots that aired during Sunday Night Football and the American Music Awards, among other shows. The campaign will continue with expanded TV advertising and full-page ads in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal linked to "Black Friday" shopping.
Billboard reports that Amazon.com discounted all Beatles CDs during the week that they made their exclusive digital bow on iTunes. Amazon priced single-CD albums at $7.99, the double-disk White Album at $11.99 and the elaborate Beatles In Stereo and Beatles In Mono box sets at $130 each. By comparison, iTunes is selling individual Beatles album for $12.99 each, the White Album for $19.99 and the digital box set for $150.
Here's the detail on Michael Jackson's posthumous showing on the digital charts for the week ending June 28, 2009. (He died on June 25 of that year.) His tally of 49 hits on Hot Digital Songs included 38 solo hits, 10 songs with his brothers as the Jackson 5 (later the Jacksons) and one duet with Paul McCartney. His tally of 17 albums on Top Digital Albums included 13 solo albums and four albums with his brothers.
Led Zeppelin sold 300,000 digital tracks and 47,000 digital albums in the week that they joined the digital parade three years ago, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. The album tally includes 33,000 digital copies of Mothership, which was released that week. It remains to be seen if this will be more than a short-lived surge for the Beatles. Some argue that the Beatles should have made their digital debut a few years ago; that it was naïve to think that fans would wait for this official release to download this prized material. With the Beatles finally joining the digital revolution, the list of high-level digital holdouts has lost its biggest name. But there are still some prominent holdouts, including AC/DC, Garth Brooks, Def Leppard, Bob Seger, Tool and Kid Rock (who allows entire albums to be digitally, just not individual songs). Which of these acts will be next to join the digital party? Place your bets.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 24, 2010 16:11:02 GMT -5
I wonder if Christmas Gift Cards will give them a sort of second wind...
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Post by fridayteenage on Nov 24, 2010 16:37:36 GMT -5
Worldwide, from EW:
The Beatles have sold more than 2 million songs and 450,000 albums in just their first week on iTunes. 1. “Here Comes the Sun” 2. “Come Together” 3. “Let it Be” 4. “In My Life” 5. “Blackbird” 6. “Something” 7. “With a Little Help From My Friends” 8. “Yesterday” 9. “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” 10. “Dear Prudence”
Something, Lucy, and Prudence were bigger internationally than stateside I suppose.
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Post by pnobelysk on Nov 24, 2010 23:33:32 GMT -5
I wonder if Christmas Gift Cards will give them a sort of second wind... i bet thats a good hunch
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 25, 2010 10:23:52 GMT -5
^^ well in the meantime, sales seem to have stabilized. The 8 remaining songs in the top 200 have all shown slight rank increases (about 2 places for each), and a ninth song, "Yesterday," has re-entered the chart.
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Post by pnobelysk on Nov 25, 2010 10:31:12 GMT -5
the gift card rush will really help them, especially with older crowds getting their first ipods
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 25, 2010 11:20:09 GMT -5
the gift card rush will really help them, especially with older crowds getting their first ipods Great point! "Something" has re-entered the top 200. "Here Comes the Sun" is up to #73, four spots higher than its previous low. "Abbey Road" is up three spots to #12. It looks like this release is gonna have much better longevity than I thought. Eight Beatles songs would have charted on the Hot 100 this week if eligible.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Jan 12, 2011 8:03:44 GMT -5
After 9 weeks, here's how they look on US iTunes:
Overall Songs: 199. Here Comes the Sun
Overall Albums: 82. Abbey Road 152. The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue album) 166. The Beatles (White album) 176. The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red album)
Rock Songs: 7. Here Comes the Sun 8. Let it Be 24. Hey Jude 46. Come Together 74. Yesterday 90. Revolution 105. Blackbird 106. Twist and Shout 110. In My Life 141. All You Need is Love 185. I Saw Her Standing There
Rock Albums: 8. Abbey Road 22. Blue Album 23. White Album 27. Red Album 36. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 45. Complete Box Set 58. Rubber Soul 86. Revolver 97. Magical Mystery Tour 115. Let it Be 147. A Hard Day's Night
Total Digital Sales: 1. Let it Be 211,418 2. Here Comes the Sun 166,798 3. Hey Jude 125,859
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 17:48:10 GMT -5
Not bad for a bunch of music that is all over 40 years old and that has already sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide on vinyl, tape and CD previously.
Only the Beatles.
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