These are based on posted figures, combined with my own estimates :

 

Pos Singles Albums

1 92895 93864

2 64512 58086

3 45377 42311

4 38954 36241

5 34558 31954

 

10 22272 21751

 

15 15779 16476

 

20 12419 12807

 

25 10306 10704

 

30 8698 8772

 

40 6417 6622

 

50 4978 5201

 

75 3036 3187

 

100 2178 2315

 

125 1680 1805

 

150 1364 1450

 

175 1151 1186

 

200 990 980

 

I would have thought that singles would have sold more throught the chart positions, but single sales seem to drop off faster then album sales, hence from 15 onwards album sales are higher. I'd imagine that next year singles will sell more throughout the chart.

Jesus christ, those are almost identical throughout - an almost perfect correlation!!

 

I'm not sure why I find that surprising, perhaps is just that I didn't expect them to be exactly the same.

 

This is probably the cross-over point - from now onwards (at least for the foreseeable future) single sales at all positions will be higher than album sales (at that corresponding position).

I would have thought that singles would have sold more throught the chart positions, but single sales seem to drop off faster then album sales, hence from 15 onwards album sales are higher. I'd imagine that next year singles will sell more throughout the chart.

But from vidcapper's figures it looks as if singles are higher from position 200 onwards, which isn't surprising given the download effect meaning so many singles are available for purchase for low prices ...

I would have thought that singles would have sold more throught the chart positions, but single sales seem to drop off faster then album sales, hence from 15 onwards album sales are higher. I'd imagine that next year singles will sell more throughout the chart.

 

Until the Xmas albums rush, singles *were* ahead for most positions.

 

On normal weeks, album sales drop off more quickly than singles, especially for the highest positions.

Until the Xmas albums rush, singles *were* ahead for most positions.

 

On normal weeks, album sales drop off more quickly than singles, especially for the highest positions.

 

I figured that, I didn't expect album sales to be as high as they were during the xmas period. Album sales didn't fall that much last year (4% decline?), but is that because there was an extra chart week (53 in total) last year? Normally there's 52 weeks.

These are based on posted figures, combined with my own estimates :

 

Pos Singles Albums

1 92895 93864

 

What would be the average sales at #1 if you took out the last 2 weeks of the year, ie, X Factor ??

 

 

What would be the average sales at #1 if you took out the last 2 weeks of the year, ie, X Factor ??

 

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