Another week at "1"

[Tim]

For the 8th week,teh Beatles 1 will be at the #1 LP position in the Billboard 200.

[StuSutcliffe]

How cool is that?!! Its now stayed at #1 for two more weeks than even Rubber Soul and Revolver and spent as much time atop the charts as Magical Mystery Tour. Enjoy it while you can Beatlefans, for the time being they have bragging rights as the top selling act of both the second and third millenium!

[darkhorse]

Just for you to know: I live in Chile. We seem to be very beatlemaniac here too: despite the "1" CD arrived here two weeks later than its US releasing (which made it arrive together with Backstreet Boys' "Black & Blue" album), it has been the biggest-selling CD in all the record stores since December 10th. I believe that's about nine or ten weeks at #1. And I can't remember any album being so popular. (Not even the Backstreet Boys' ones).

This is fabulous. New people are discovering The Beatles. Their lives are about to change. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/cool.gif

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"All the world is birthday cake,
so take a piece, but not too much"

[jtal909]

Hold on to your hats, kids!!

[Tim]

The longest LP at #1 for the Beatles is IIRC Pepepr at 15 weeks.

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The Church Beatle will now pass among you,and no foreign coins please.

Caesar of TimBrent.net (http://www.timbrent.net)

[StuSutcliffe]

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like "1" is going to stay at #1 long enough to challenge Sgt. Pepper. I've noticed that most of the mainstream media seem to really dislike the fact that a bunch of old men (their view not mine) are outselling America's beloved teeniebopper bands. They've been waiting for someone to knock them out of the top spot so that they can continue writing shallow fluffy reports about our generation's insipid idols. Thank goodnes Jennifer Lopez is releasing her latest offering this week. Let the media frenzy begin. Someone has to save the universe from the evil grip of a band old enough to be my parents. Why if the Beatles stay there any longer, my generation might actually begin to be inbued with a modicum of culture, taste, and intelligence. We all know that there is just no room for that antiquated way of thinking!

[darkhorse]

Totally agree with you. But "1" is still on top of the charts here in Chile. (Everywhere except on one particular record store where the Backstreet Boys returned to #1).

Let the media think what they want to think. You can't cheat on people. They actually know what is good music (believe it or not, the sales of "1" have demonstrated that fact), and that's why (as someone said in this same discussion forum), "All Things Must Pass", except The Beatles.

(Sorry about the one who said it, I don't remember his/her name). http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/frown.gif

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"All the world is birthday cake,
so take a piece, but not too much"

[Ian Iachimoe]

This info is from the chart forum. Seems like the Beatles rule supremely (again):

TOP UK ALBUM ARTISTS OF 2000:

Sales are shown in millions.

1 Beatles 2.33
2 Robbie Williams 1.93
3 Eminem 1.91
4 Westlife 1.84
5 Madonna 1.46
6 Moby 1.43
7 Texas 1.34
8 The Corrs 1.33
9 Craig David 1.33
10 Whitney Houston 1.17
11 Britney Spears 1.12
12 Coldplay 1.10
13 S Club 7 1.09
14 David Gray 1.08
15 Tom Jones 1.00
16 Ronan Keating 1.00
17 Shania Twain .98
18 Santana .98
19 Travis .97
20 Oasis .97
21 Steps .88
22 Gabrielle .84
23 Elvis Presley .73
24 Savage Garden .72
25 U2 .72
26 Barry White .66
27 Destiny's Child .63
28 All Saints .56
29 Melanie C .56
30 Toploader .55
31 Blur .54
32 Macy Gray .54
33 Abba .51
34 Bon Jovi .50
35 Enya .50
36 Red Hot Chili Peppers .50
37 Stereophonics .48
38 Russell Watson .45
39 UB40 .44
40 Radiohead .44
41 REM .44
42 Queen .43
43 Frank Sinatra .43
44 Elton John .41
45 Dr Dre .41
46 Celine Dion .36
47 Bob Marley & The Wailers .36
48 Cliff Richard .35
49 Andrea Bocelli .35
50 Sonique .34


BIGGEST SALES PER WEEK

422,042 1, The Beatles (Dec 30)
319,126 1, The Beatles * (Nov 25)
313,586 Sing When Your Winning, Robbie Williams * (Sep 9)
311,265 Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Oasis * (Mar 11)
305,245 Coast To Coast, Westlife (Dec 30)
295,802 Sing When You're Winnig, Robbie Williams (Dec 30)
283,302 1, The Beatles (Dec 23)
253,553 1, The Beatles (Dec 2)
251,289 1, The Beatles (Dec 16)
245,911 Music, Madonna (Dec 30)


BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS 2000

1 1, Beatles
2 Sing When You're Winning, Robbie Williams
3 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
4 Coast To Coast, Westlife
5 Play, Moby
6 Born To Do It, Craig David
7 The Greatest Hits, Texas
8 Parachutes, Coldplay
9 The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston
10 Music, Madonna
11 White Ladder, David Gray
12 Ronan, Ronan Keating
13 Reload, Tom Jones
14 The Man Who, Travis
15 Rise, Gabrielle
16 In Blue, Corrs
17 7, S Club 7
18 Supernatural, Santana
19 Oops I Did It Again, Britney Spears
20 Come On Over, Shania Twain
21 Affirmation, Savage Garden
22 The Writing's On The Wall, Destiny's Child
23 The Collection, Barry White
24 Northern Star, Melanie C
25 Onka's Big Moka, Toploader
26 Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Oasis
27 Buzz, Steps
28 On How Life Is, Macy Gray
29 Saints & Sinners, All Saints
30 All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2
31 The 50 Greatest Hits, Elvis Presley
32 Westlife, Westlife
33 The Voice, Russell Watson
34 The Best Of, Blur
35 A Day Withput Rain, Enya
36 Baby One More Time, Britney Spears
37 The Very Best Of 1980-2000, UB40
38 Crush, Bon Jovi
39 2001, Dr Dre
40 Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
41 Gold-Greatest Hits, Abba
42 Hear My Cry, Sonique
43 One Night Only-The Greatest Hits, Elton John
44 The Slim Shady LP, Eminem
45 Steptacular, Steps
46 Alone With Everybody, Richard Ashcroft
47 Performance & Cocktails, Stereophonics
48 The Whole Story, Cliff Richard
49 Brand new Day, Sting
50 Kid A, Radiohead

I forgot something:

the new Beatles album "1" spent 9 consecutive weeks at Number One in the UK Album chart. This was the longest consecutive stay at #1 since the Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" managed 12 consecutive weeks from December 1985 to March 1986!!!

Madonna`s "The Immaculate Collection" and the Eurythmics "Greatest Hits" also spent 9 consecutive weeks at the top (in 1990 and 1991)



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In Love all of life's contradictions dissolve and disappear

[darkhorse]

Just to say that "1" is still at #1 in Chile. I read in a local newspaper that it has sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide. I still think that's a great thing! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/cool.gif

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"All the world is birthday cake,
so take a piece, but not too much"

[darkhorse]

Sorry, not "3.2" million copies worldwide.

"32" million copies worldwide. Now THAT's a big thing! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif


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"All the world is birthday cake,
so take a piece, but not too much"

Wow, I'd say that's bigger than Jesus. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

[bearkat77]

Let's not go there again.

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Go where? I just meant they sold more records than Him. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

I am interested though - and nothing more - in the comparison between the number of Bibles sold worldwide (since the Bible is the world's best-selling book) and the number of Beatles records/albums. Not to make a point or anything, just purely for comparison. I think it'd be interesting.

[darkhorse]

If you want to start with that, just think that the Bible was the first book ever printed, so it has been "in the market" for about 500 years. If The Beatles can come close to its sales, they could eventually become the biggest business ever made (OK, maybe along with sex and drugs http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif), since they've been around for just 30 or 40 years.

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"I met a young girl and she gave me a rainbow" (Dylan)

[PennyLane]

In addition, Bible sales are mere estimates. (Records were not kept until fairly recently.) But NW is right, it would be interesting to compare.