Posted December 28, 200915 yr 17. Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning (2001) 19. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits (2004) 20. Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning (2000) 22. Robbie Williams - Escapology (2002) 53. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care (2005) ^_^ :wub:
December 28, 200915 yr I was sure robbie would have got a top 10 placing, but he did very well on the chart.
December 28, 200915 yr Is there a source? :unsure: Is it a members' chart in the chart area or is it in a music magazine? :unsure: Nice to know he made it that high though.
December 28, 200915 yr Nice to see Rob having more albums featured in the chart than anyone else :D The top 10 is as expected full of bland MOR supermarket pop as per usual with the UK (and Ireland as well). The Beates totally stand out (mind you Amy's album is very good as well, certaintly diverse), they should be #1 though. Since when did Swing outsel Sing though? It must be a very good catalog seller :lol: Edited December 28, 200915 yr by Scotty
December 28, 200915 yr Nice to see Rob having more albums featured in the chart than anyone else :D The top 10 is as expected full of bland MOR supermarket pop as per usual with the UK (and Ireland as well). The Beates totally stand out (mind you Amy's album is very good as well, certaintly diverse), they should be #1 though. Since when did Swing outsel Sing though? It must be a very good catalog seller :lol: Erm !!! slightly off topic ... Did you see Louis Walsh on the LLS tonight Scotty....he was complaining about not enough irish artists getting radio airplay & he has a point you know.....I never thought I would agree with the guy...... Edited December 28, 200915 yr by staralliance
December 28, 200915 yr Yeah he is right about that, although he is prob mainly complaining about Westlife not being played enough :lol: There is a lack of up coming Irish acts being played. It is just BEP, Cheryl and Lady Gaga non stop :rolleyes:
December 28, 200915 yr Yeah he is right about that, although he is prob mainly complaining about Westlife not being played enough :lol: There is a lack of up coming Irish acts being played. It is just BEP, Cheryl and Lady Gaga non stop :rolleyes: Did you see C De Burger coming on....I switched the channel straight away as that fellow makes me :puke2:
December 29, 200915 yr Are you sure that chart is right or is it just somebody's personal choice... Swing I guess would be No 1 , but IC was definately No 2 so that list does not look right at all..... ( or is it just album sales in the UK :mellow: ) I bet it is ....it just has to be ..... <_<
December 29, 200915 yr It is only for the UK. IC is his best seller globally according to EMI, although that is just studio albums. The Greatest Hits is easily his best seller over with over 8 million sold. I never knew Swing was his best seller this decade now, it mustve been in the last few years. It is quite amazing that an album where only one single was release from, and no promo apart from the Swing gig was done could have sold so much. When you considering Swing music is not that popular in the UK or generally outside the US, what Rob achieved with Swing was quite amazing. It is quite possibly the best selling album of that genre outside the US ever with over 7 million sold globally. I bet his GH overtakes it in the UK soon though.
December 29, 200915 yr Actually I am confused how accurate this chart is. According to Music Week back in June of this year, Sing had outsold Swing by over 50K, so that would mean Swing has zoomed ahead since then. Seems a bit odd as I dont recall it re-entering the charts which it would have to in order to close the difference. :blink:
December 29, 200915 yr Author It is based on sales from 2000-2009 and was announced on Radio 1. I'm certain that it's accurate but I can't explain your dilemma sorry!
December 29, 200915 yr Actually I am confused how accurate this chart is. According to Music Week back in June of this year, Sing had outsold Swing by over 50K, so that would mean Swing has zoomed ahead since then. Seems a bit odd as I dont recall it re-entering the charts which it would have to in order to close the difference. :blink: Where is the data wrong? :blink: I've Been Expecting You 2,563,411 Sing When You're Winning 2,246,645 Swing When You're Winning 2,188,385 Escapology 2,049,281 Life Thru A Lens 2,081,049 Intensive Care 1,610,494 Greatest Hits 2,117,949 http://fatherandy2.proboards.com/index.cgi...9333&page=2
December 29, 200915 yr Where is the data wrong? :blink: I've Been Expecting You 2,563,411 Sing When You're Winning 2,246,645 Swing When You're Winning 2,188,385 Escapology 2,049,281 Life Thru A Lens 2,081,049 Intensive Care 1,610,494 Greatest Hits 2,117,949 http://fatherandy2.proboards.com/index.cgi...9333&page=2 Yes, those are sales up till June of this year, however on this end of decade chart, Swing is ahead of Sing, which I am confused by. :lol: Also another reason why I find this odd is that we have the exact figures for the King Of Leon album of 2,239,640 but yet Sing When your Winning is 2 places behind it with 2,246,645 from June. It should be near 2,250,000 now, yet it is behind KOL. Makes no sence. :unsure: When we look at exact up to date sales of certain albums above and behind his albums then we get a rough estimate of min sales up to now would be: 15. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (2006) 2,276,000 (Sep) 2,280,000 16. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 2,261,501 (June) 2,265,000 17. Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning (2001) 2,188,385 (June) 2,240,000 18. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (2008) 2,239,640 19. Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits (2004) 2,117,949 (June) 2,200,000 20. Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning 2,246,645 (June) 2,250,000 21 ROCKFERRY - Duffy (2008) - 2,160,000 22 ESCAPOLOGY - Robbie Williams (2002) 2,049,281 (June) 2,053,000 So that means Swing sold over 50K since June, which I find hard to believe as I dont recall it re-entering the charts. :wacko: Looking around chart forums it seems this is not the only problem with this list. Susan Boyle is 2 places higher tha the BEP Elephunk album despite it selling more. So the list is not perfect sadly. Edited December 29, 200915 yr by Scotty
December 29, 200915 yr Here's a link to Billboard.com referring to the Radio 1 chart. http://www.billboard.com/news/james-blunt-...004055714.story James Blunt?!? SRSLY??! :unsure:
December 30, 200915 yr James Blunt makes decade's best-selling albumWithout it, we would never have had You're Beautiful. But while Back to Bedlam was the UK's noughties favourite, Robbie Williams sold most CDs overall Sean Michaels - Wednesday 30 December 2009 The markets will crash, the seas will rise, and the Four Horsemen will surely approacheth, because it's official – James Blunt's Back to Bedlam was the UK's bestselling album of the decade. Blunt's 2004 debut, seen by some as an easy-listening masterpiece, by others as a banal and soppy travesty, beat out Dido's No Angel and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black to be named the noughties' most successful release by the Official Charts Company. In the United States, Americans had the decency to make the Beatles' compilation disc, 1, top of their 10-year chart. In Britain, however, the Fabs only came in at number six with the rest of the UK's top 10 filled by Leona Lewis, David Gray, Coldplay, Scissor Sisters, Take That, and one more Dido record. While James Blunt has every reason to celebrate, he was not in fact the decade's most successful act. Counting across releases, and including back-catalogue sales, according to Music Week the trophy belongs to Robbie Williams. The former Take That singer sold 12.18m albums between 1 January 2000 and 26 September 2009 (when data was last tabulated), followed by Westlife at 10.14m, Coldplay at 9.12m and Eminem at 8.01m. Eminem also topped the Americans' 10 year sales list, edging out the Beatles. Williams is also the artist with the most albums – five – in the noughties' top 100. Putting the list into further perspective, Susan Boyle's recent (albeit record-breaking) debut is already at number 56. For better and for worse, Blunt gets to have the smuggest grin on his face. When Back to Bedlam was released in 2004, first-week sales were just 482. It didn't crack the UK albums chart until the following year, when radio plays of You're Beautiful drove the maudlin ballad deep into Britain's collective consciousness. That song – and the album from which it's taken – went on to sell more than 3m copies in the UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/3...blunt-top-album Congratulations to James Blunt! Bravo Robbie!!! Happy New Year! :)
