The Album in the world's chats list

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

Maxi-saxi - 23.10.2007, 04:07

It would be nice to see the release chart. But I don't think it will.

Mind you I was wrong about Number Ones and it spent 7 weeks at number 1 here over Christmas last year.

Here's hoping

Maxi-saxi

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

lemmon - 26.10.2007, 23:18

Ofcourse it won't chart; anyone can see this.

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

kitty-cat - 26.10.2007, 23:39

Why shouldnt tha Album chart? god people are so negative.

gill xx

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

onlyabba4me - 27.10.2007, 18:44

I have just checked how the Deluxe Edition
of 'Arrival' did in various Countries. I do not
know if it reached the Swedish Catalogue Album
Chart, but it certainly did NOT get into their main
Top 100 Album Chart.

The ONLY Album Charts where it was a 2006
Hit were:,

1) Estonia - not sure where it reached in their Top
100 - but, everything by ABBA Charts there.

2) The Netherlands - No.87 in their Top 100.

3) The UK - No.197 in our Top 200 - but only the
Top 75 counts in the UK, & only a Top 100 can be
easily looked at - you have to subscribe to 'ChartsPlus'
- an expensive Magazine - to see the Top 200.

The Deluxe 'Arrival' entered at No.197, in the Chart
of the Week Ending 28th October 2006. It sold about
2,000 copies, to do that. Then it dropped off the Top
200 - never to return. I am told that it has sold about
3,500 copies, since it came out in the UK, a Year ago.
Bear in mind that over 60 Million people live in the
UK.....

Since 1994, 'Arrival' has sold 74,000 in the UK, but
several old Beatles Albums have sold 500,000 to 700,000
UK copies in that time. ABBA are seen as a Singles
Act by many people, & it is very hard to sell their
old Studio Albums. It was fine when they were together,
as they had the means to attract people to those Albums
- they released Singles off them. But, that does not happen
anymore, so the Albums are just put out again - to sink
or swim - and they usually sink!

Believe me, The Album' (2007 Edition), is NOT going
to Chart in many Countries. 'Arrival' was always seen as
a better ABBA Album, by most people, & if that did not
do well, in 2006, why should 'The Album', do better in
2007?

As usual, Estonia, is enthusiastic - the Deluxe 'The Album'
entered at No.21 there, & it has just jumped from 21 to
No.6. It will not come close to doing as well as that, in any
other Country.

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

Maxi-saxi - 29.10.2007, 04:58

That's great news about The Album deluxe edition in Estonia.

Number 6


Maxi-saxi :D

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

Toggler - 31.10.2007, 00:47
Abba The Album Deluxe / Abba Gold
As Dave said, it will be good to at least see the 'new' Abba album in the shops...

By the way, my local HMV shop is selling both the British and USA versions of 'Abba Gold' at the moment for some reason - same track-listing although I suspect the USA version still has the shortened versions of 'Voulez-Vous' and 'The Name Of The Game'....

cheers

Toggler

Re: The Album in the world's chats list

Toggler - 14.11.2007, 02:03
Reduced prices for Abba CDs
I've also noticed that the prices for some Abba CDs have come down quite a bit recently in some stores.

My local Woolworths is selling 'Abba Gold' for £6 - whilst the 'Number Ones' single-disc CD is £5 at Virgin.....

Also, the Frida '4xCD 1xDVD' set is on sale at HMV for £47 which is not too bad for 4 great albums and a 3-hour DVD...

cheers

Toggler