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[nirvanamusic]

For the longest time I've been interested in which studio albums by Take That are most popular especially outside of Europe and on different continents.
The hardest to find are Africa, Asia and South America so I decided the best way to find out would be to surf through their countries iTunes store instead!

I've also done the percentage for that continent based on 90's and 00's share of the data and at the bottom linking both threads of singles/albums for overall.

I'll start with:

AFRICA

Botswana: Nobody Else
Cape Verde: Wonderland
Egypt: Wonderland
Ghana: III
Kenya: III
Mauritius: Wonderland
Nambia: Progress
Nigeria: Progress
South Africa: III
Uganda: Progress
Zimbabwe: Progress

continent album count:

Progress: 4
III: 3
Wonderland: 3
Nobody Else: 1

AFRICA TT album split: (90's) 9% / (00's) 91%

ASIA

Azerbaijan: Everything Changes
China: Beautiful World
Hong Kong: Take That & Party
India: III
Indonesia: Progress
Israel: Wonderland
Japan: Progress
Kazakhstan: Everything Changes
Lebanon: Everything Changes
Macau: III
Malaysia: III
Mongolia: Nobody Else
Oman: III
Philippines: III
Qatar: III
Saudi Arabia: III
Singapore: III
Sri Lanka: III
Taiwan: III
Thailand: Beautiful World
UAE: III
Vietnam: Wonderland

continent album count:

III: 11
Everything Changes: 3
Beautiful World: 2
Progress: 2
Wonderland: 2
Nobody Else: 1
Take That & Party: 1

ASIA TT album split: (90's) 23% / (00's) 77%

AUSTRALASIA

Australia: Nobody Else
New Zealand: Progress
Papua New Guinea: Wonderland

continent album count:

Nobody Else: 1
Progress: 1
Wonderland: 1

AUSTRALASIA TT album split: (90's) 33% / (00's) 67%

EUROPE

Austria: Progress
Belarus: III
Belgium: Progress
Bulgaria: Progress
Croatia: Progress
Cyprus: Everything Changes
Czech Republic: Progress
Denmark: Progress
Estonia: Everything Changes
Finland: Beautiful World
France: Progress
Germany: Progress
Greece: Beautiful World
Hungary: Wonderland
Ireland: Progress
Italy: Progress
Latvia: Progress
Lithuania: III
Luxembourg: Progress
Malta: Everything Changes
Netherlands: Progress
Norway: Progress
Poland: Progress
Portugal: Progress
Romania: Progress
Russia: Progress
Slovakia: Everything Changes
Slovenia: Progress
Spain: Progress
Sweden: Progress
Switzerland: Progress
Turkey: Progress
Ukraine: Wonderland
UK: Progress

continent album count:

Progress: 24
Everything Changes: 4
Beautiful World: 2
III: 2
Wonderland: 2

EUROPE TT album split: (90's) 12% / (00's) 88%

NORTH AMERICA

Antigua and Barbuda: Beautiful World
Canada: Progress
Costa Rica: Beautiful World
Mexico: Progress
Panama: III
USA: III

continent album count:

Beautiful World: 2
Progress: 2
III: 2

NORTH AMERICA TT album split: (90's) 0% / (00's) 100%

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina: III
Bolivia: Nobody Else
Brazil: Progress
Cayman Islands: Progress
Chile: Nobody Else
Colombia: Beautiful World
Ecuador: Progress
Paraguay: Nobody Else
Peru: Wonderland
Venezuela: Beautiful World

continent album count:

Nobody Else: 3
Progress: 3
Beautiful World: 2
III: 1
Wonderland: 1

SOUTH AMERICA TT album split: (90's) 30% / (00's) 70%

Total album count for AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA and SOUTH AMERICA.

Progress: 36
III: 19
Wonderland: 9
Beautiful World: 8
Everything Changes: 7
Nobody Else: 7
Take That & Party: 1

TOTAL GLOBAL TT album split: (90's) 18% (00's) 82%

Most popular album by continents:

AFRICA: Progress
ASIA: III
AUSTRALASIA: Nobody Else / Progress / Wonderland
EUROPE: Progress
NORTH AMERICA: Beautiful World / Progress / III
SOUTH AMERICA: Nobody Else / Progress

Continents ranked 1-6 based on overall album percentage supporting Take That's 2006 return:

1. NORTH AMERICA
2. AFRICA
3. EUROPE
4. ASIA
5. SOUTH AMERICA
6. AUSTRALASIA

Continent overall percentage single/album threads combined:

AFRICA: (90's) 30% (00's) 70%
ASIA: (90's) 43% (00's) 57%
AUSTRALASIA: (90's) 67% (00's) 33%
EUROPE: (90's) 12% (00's) 88%
NORTH AMERICA: (90's) 52% (00's) 48%
SOUTH AMERICA: (90's) 55% (00's) 45%

Overall with single/album percentage factored in ranking 1-6 of continents since 2006 Take That return

1. EUROPE
2. AFRICA
3. ASIA
4. NORTH AMERICA
5. SOUTH AMERICA
6. AUSTRALASIA

This post has been edited by nirvanamusic: 26th February 2018, 03:07 PM