U2 Chart/Sales Statistics - Page 3

STING2 · 02-06-2002, 07:54 PM

Thanks for the ticket price figure. That makes it simple to provide a GROSS figure for the POPMART show there.
There is a lot of speculation and little hard info on what the bands profit was from ZOO TV and POPMART. I do know the tour cost on ZOO TV was 125,000 a day for the outdoor part. The bands GROSS was usually a lot more than this, so the Profit would be a lot greater than 3 million for ZOO TV. I'll have to put together the numbers to come up with the exact stats.
The profit for POPMART was nearly 100 million dollars. The band was promised 100 million dollars though no matter what happened. So it looks like everyone both promoter and band got the profit goal they were after.

STING2 · 03-17-2002, 02:10 PM

U2's_Lil_Irish_Lassie · 03-18-2002, 11:07 AM

Thats UNREAL!!!

Keep up the good work!!

Popmartijn · 09-19-2002, 05:14 PM

I think it's time again for a bump.

*bump*

BigMacPhisto · 09-21-2002, 04:09 PM

I think Doctor Who needs to check some of his stats for the singles and albums charting. I have some conflicting stats for early singles and the charting of Boy and October. I got a large chunk of the following info from U2.com and a few other sources that seemed to have the exact same data that U2.com had plus more. Some of the data was just added from the Doctor's info, but I think he should definitely check through this.

Single US UK Other

U2:3 1/Ireland

A Day Without Me 1/Ireland

I Will Follow 12/Holland

Fire 20

Gloria 23

A Celebration 29

New Year's Day 53 9

Two Hearts Beat As One x 13

Pride 33 2

The Unforgettable Fire 4

With Or Without You 1 6

I Still Haven't Found.... 1 6

Where The Streets Have... 13 4

In God's Country 44 48

Desire 3 1

When Love Comes to Town 68 6

Angel of Harlem 14 9

All I Want Is You 83 4

The Fly 61 1

Mysterious Ways 9 13

One 10 7

Even Better Than The 32 8

Who's Gonna Ride 35 14

Lemon (1 on Australian Charts)

Stay 61 4

Miss Sarajevo x 6

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me 16 2

Discotheque 10 1

Staring at the Sun 26 3

Last Night on Earth 57 10 4 (Canada)

Please X 7 9 (On U.S. Dance Singles Charts)

POPHeart E.P. X 7 4 (Canada)

The Sweetest Thing 63 3 1 (Canada)

Beautiful Day 21 1 1 (On U.S. Dance Charts)

Walk On

Elevation

Stuck In A Moment

Albums US UK

Boy 63 21

October x 11

War 9 3

Under A Blood Red Sky 28 1

The Unforgettable Fire 12 1

Wide Awake in America37 11

The Joshua Tree 1 1

Rattle and Hum 1 1

Achtung Baby 1 1

Zooropa 1 1

The Passengers 76 12

Pop 1 1

Best of 1980-1990 1 1

ATYCLB 3 1

doctorwho · 09-22-2002, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigMacPhisto
I think Doctor Who needs to check some of his stats for the singles and albums charting. I have some conflicting stats for early singles and the charting of Boy and October. I got a large chunk of the following info from U2.com and a few other sources that seemed to have the exact same data that U2.com had plus more. Some of the data was just added from the Doctor's info, but I think he should definitely check through this.

Thanks for the extra info., but could you be more specific.

Also, U2.com is a HORRIBLE source for exact information. This has been proven before (when they wrote something like how JT sold 7 million copies in the U.S., when it's been certified as 10x Platinum).

Also, I have checked many sources and AB did NOT, repeat, NOT hit #1 in the U.K. Some people disbelieve this (for whatever reason) and have personally changed the stat - but it only reached #2.

Lastly, the bulk of my numbers were taken from Billboard. Just like Sting2 has done, back around '95/'96, I went to my school's library and spent several hours looking up information from Billboard about U2's past performances on the charts. I filled in some gaps with an official Billboard book I found at a store. This book also verified the other numbers I found. As such, I'm rather heavily biased for my data.

If you can cite an exact chart source that contradicts what I wrote, then I'll happily update my info.

mike63 · 09-22-2002, 04:51 AM

Yes - Achtung only got to number 2 in the UK - a certain Michael Jackson stoppoing it debut at number 1. In addition, UABRS also only hit number 2 - kept from the top spot by Duran Duran. However, WAR did debut at number 1.

Mike

STING2 · 09-22-2002, 03:22 PM

October made it to #104 in the USA and spent 15 weeks on the Billboard chart back in its first chart run in 1981/1982. I believe that War only made it to #12. But interestingly, I have a book which shows the top 20 positions on billboard for every week during 1983, and it does show WAR making it to #9. But this conflicts with other data, Billboard chart and fact books, which list it only making it to #12. I'll probably have to go look at the old Billboard magazines to confirm what the case actually is on this one.

BigMacPhisto · 09-23-2002, 07:25 PM

Coolness all. Very hip to know where October ranked on the charts.

Vox02 · 09-23-2002, 09:01 PM

According to Pimm's book, October entered the Billboard 200 at #181. This seems the lowest chart entry by any U2 album, correct?

Vox

STING2 · 09-24-2002, 03:44 AM

I think so. U2 really did have to play to earn enough money for dinner back then.

Popmartijn · 12-02-2002, 04:53 PM

And up this thread bumps.

Some new information:
According to STING2's calculations ATYCLB has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. There was also a report recently that TBO1980-1990 has sold 16 million copies worldwide, but I'm not sure it's totally accurate. It his certified for 6 million copies in Europe, however, and twice double platinum in the USA (which will go in the reports as being 4 million sold to stores).

Marty

mike63 · 12-02-2002, 06:12 PM

According to the record company -a nd this is something I reported at the time - the first Best Of sold in excess of 13.6million worldwide.

The recent CBS press release - advertising the Beautiful Day screening - put total album sales at over 115 million worldwide.

Mike

Popmartijn · 12-03-2002, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mike63
According to the record company -a nd this is something I reported at the time - the first Best Of sold in excess of 13.6million worldwide.

The recent CBS press release - advertising the Beautiful Day screening - put total album sales at over 115 million worldwide.

Mike

According to this article, originally found by doctorwho, the first Best Of... has sold 16 million copies worldwide. This is again the issue whether we should go with the figures on U2.com, which are not always correct, or with figures reported by journalists. Whatever the exact figure, be it 14 or 16 million, that compilation has sold a lot.

C ya!

Marty

STING2 · 01-05-2003, 02:43 PM

03-17-2002, 02:10 PM	#32
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,877 Local Time: 02:01 PM	Bump

09-21-2002, 04:09 PM	#35
BigMacPhisto Refugee Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 2,497 Local Time: 07:01 AM	I think Doctor Who needs to check some of his stats for the singles and albums charting. I have some conflicting stats for early singles and the charting of Boy and October. I got a large chunk of the following info from U2.com and a few other sources that seemed to have the exact same data that U2.com had plus more. Some of the data was just added from the Doctor's info, but I think he should definitely check through this. Single US UK Other U2:3 1/Ireland A Day Without Me 1/Ireland I Will Follow 12/Holland Fire 20 Gloria 23 A Celebration 29 New Year's Day 53 9 Two Hearts Beat As One x 13 Pride 33 2 The Unforgettable Fire 4 With Or Without You 1 6 I Still Haven't Found.... 1 6 Where The Streets Have... 13 4 In God's Country 44 48 Desire 3 1 When Love Comes to Town 68 6 Angel of Harlem 14 9 All I Want Is You 83 4 The Fly 61 1 Mysterious Ways 9 13 One 10 7 Even Better Than The 32 8 Who's Gonna Ride 35 14 Lemon (1 on Australian Charts) Stay 61 4 Miss Sarajevo x 6 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me 16 2 Discotheque 10 1 Staring at the Sun 26 3 Last Night on Earth 57 10 4 (Canada) Please X 7 9 (On U.S. Dance Singles Charts) POPHeart E.P. X 7 4 (Canada) The Sweetest Thing 63 3 1 (Canada) Beautiful Day 21 1 1 (On U.S. Dance Charts) Walk On Elevation Stuck In A Moment Albums US UK Boy 63 21 October x 11 War 9 3 Under A Blood Red Sky 28 1 The Unforgettable Fire 12 1 Wide Awake in America37 11 The Joshua Tree 1 1 Rattle and Hum 1 1 Achtung Baby 1 1 Zooropa 1 1 The Passengers 76 12 Pop 1 1 Best of 1980-1990 1 1 ATYCLB 3 1 Last edited by BigMacPhisto; 09-21-2002 at 04:10 PM.

09-22-2002, 04:51 AM	#37
mike63 The Fly Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Greenfield, Saddleworth, Lancs, UK Posts: 200 Local Time: 02:01 PM	UK positions Yes - Achtung only got to number 2 in the UK - a certain Michael Jackson stoppoing it debut at number 1. In addition, UABRS also only hit number 2 - kept from the top spot by Duran Duran. However, WAR did debut at number 1. Mike

12-02-2002, 06:12 PM	#43
mike63 The Fly Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Greenfield, Saddleworth, Lancs, UK Posts: 200 Local Time: 02:01 PM	1st Best Of According to the record company -a nd this is something I reported at the time - the first Best Of sold in excess of 13.6million worldwide. The recent CBS press release - advertising the Beautiful Day screening - put total album sales at over 115 million worldwide. Mike

01-05-2003, 02:43 PM	#45
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,877 Local Time: 02:01 PM	Bump

02-06-2002, 07:54 PM	#31
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,877 Local Time: 02:01 PM	Thanks for the ticket price figure. That makes it simple to provide a GROSS figure for the POPMART show there. There is a lot of speculation and little hard info on what the bands profit was from ZOO TV and POPMART. I do know the tour cost on ZOO TV was 125,000 a day for the outdoor part. The bands GROSS was usually a lot more than this, so the Profit would be a lot greater than 3 million for ZOO TV. I'll have to put together the numbers to come up with the exact stats. The profit for POPMART was nearly 100 million dollars. The band was promised 100 million dollars though no matter what happened. So it looks like everyone both promoter and band got the profit goal they were after.

03-18-2002, 11:07 AM	#33
U2's_Lil_Irish_Lassie Babyface Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 0 Local Time: 02:01 PM	Thats UNREAL!!! Keep up the good work!!

09-19-2002, 05:14 PM	#34
Popmartijn Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 24,572 Local Time: 03:01 PM	I think it's time again for a bump. bump

09-22-2002, 03:22 PM	#38
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,877 Local Time: 02:01 PM	October made it to #104 in the USA and spent 15 weeks on the Billboard chart back in its first chart run in 1981/1982. I believe that War only made it to #12. But interestingly, I have a book which shows the top 20 positions on billboard for every week during 1983, and it does show WAR making it to #9. But this conflicts with other data, Billboard chart and fact books, which list it only making it to #12. I'll probably have to go look at the old Billboard magazines to confirm what the case actually is on this one.

09-23-2002, 07:25 PM	#39
BigMacPhisto Refugee Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 2,497 Local Time: 07:01 AM	Coolness all. Very hip to know where October ranked on the charts.

09-23-2002, 09:01 PM	#40
Vox02 War Child Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 514 Local Time: 03:01 PM	According to Pimm's book, October entered the Billboard 200 at #181. This seems the lowest chart entry by any U2 album, correct? Vox

09-24-2002, 03:44 AM	#41
STING2 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,877 Local Time: 02:01 PM	I think so. U2 really did have to play to earn enough money for dinner back then.

12-02-2002, 04:53 PM	#42
Popmartijn Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 24,572 Local Time: 03:01 PM	And up this thread bumps. Some new information: According to STING2's calculations ATYCLB has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. There was also a report recently that TBO1980-1990 has sold 16 million copies worldwide, but I'm not sure it's totally accurate. It his certified for 6 million copies in Europe, however, and twice double platinum in the USA (which will go in the reports as being 4 million sold to stores). Marty

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