It didn't reach platinum.

 

Anyone have the exact (or rough) sales for this album? I was sure it had scraped past 300k.

I'm pretty sure it didn't, sadly. Something around 250k? I could be wrong though, I just remember constantly checking for updates and being disappointed with the sales/positions. I always presumed the single would have got it top ten... until 4 In The Morning completely derailed it.

Justin Timberlake - Justified

 

'Like I Love You' #2

 

16/11/2002 6

23/11/2002 22

30/11/2002 39

07/12/2002 52

14/12/2002 59

21/12/2002 60

28/12/2002 56

04/01/2003 53

11/01/2003 26

18/01/2003 8

25/01/2003 2

01/02/2003 1

08/02/2003 1

 

'Cry Me A River' #2

 

15/02/2003 2

22/02/2003 2

01/03/2003 1

08/03/2003 3

15/03/2003 6

22/03/2003 7

29/03/2003 10

05/04/2003 14

12/04/2003 12

19/04/2003 7

26/04/2003 3

03/05/2003 2

10/05/2003 1

17/05/2003 2

24/05/2003 1

 

'Rock Your Body' #2

 

31/05/2003 1

07/06/2003 1

 

Whilst debut single 'Like I Love You' did buger all for 'Justified', follow up singles 'Cry Me A River' and 'Rock Your Body' clearly had a much stronger impacts on the album sales.

Edited July 30, 201014 yr by Hitstastic

The Saturdays - Chasing Lights was saved following the release of Issues when it actually peaked

The Saturdays - Chasing Lights was saved following the release of Issues when it actually peaked

 

Yeah, definitely. It did around the same as Wordshaker did initially but was saved with the second single, unlike Wordshaker.

I think an amazing example of this is Shania Twains album Come On Over. It peaked at 15 initially and spawned 3 top twenty hits (You're Still the One, When and From This Moment On), but it wasnt until single #4 That Dont Impress Me Much was released that she hit the stratosphere lol. Just look at this chart run...

 

Date of entry: 21/03/1998

15-21-27-29-32-33-32-35-42-47-45-47-44-36-29-30-36-41-44-36-42-45-53-55-63

(25 wks)

 

Re-entry #1: 24/10/1998

65

(1 wk)

 

Re-entry #2: 05/12/1998

65-65-61-61-69-0-68-72

(7 wks)

 

Re-entry #3: 13/03/1999

63-75-0-70-0-66-47-40-34-21-23-29-3-3-3-4-4-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-2- 3-2-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-3-2-2-5-8-8-6-5-8-10-7-8-9-9-13-11-18-21-19-20-21-20 -24-30-28-33-34-31-29-32-36-36-42-52-48-51-51-61-60-56-67-0-74-68-71-72-0-70-68-74

(95 wks)

 

Re-entry #4: 05/01/2002

41-18-29-36-45-66

(6 wks)

 

Re-entry #5: 06/04/2002

50-43-54-74

(4 wks)

 

Total weeks: 138 (12 weeks at #2, 11 weeks at #1, 14 weeks at #3)

 

If I remember correctly, Whitney Houston's 1999 comeback album My Love Is Your Love performed pretty poorly prior to the release of the title track as second single. I may be wrong, but I think it debuted outside the top 20 and, despite the gold-selling first single It's Not Right But It's Okay (her biggest single in years), didn't make much of an impact until My Love Is Your Love started picking up airplay a few months later. I remember it climbed into the top 5 (peaking maybe at number four, I think) and went multi-platinum. Go, girl!

 

When You Believe was the first single - the album made its debut at no.27 in the UK, and quickly slipped as low as no.71, before eventually climbing to no.4 :D

 

When You Believe was the first single - the album made its debut at no.27 in the UK, and quickly slipped as low as no.71, before eventually climbing to no.4 :D

 

No wonder the album entered at #27!!! :lol: That song almost put me off music until the next video was played on MTV.

Does In The Zone counts?

 

Firstly it's peaked @ #14, then falled down for a many weeks, and when toxic & everytime bombed the single charts, album goes up again and in final has peaked @ #13 and it had very long chART RUN..

Does In The Zone counts?

 

Firstly it's peaked @ #14, then falled down for a many weeks, and when toxic & everytime bombed the single charts, album goes up again and in final has peaked @ #13 and it had very long chART RUN..

 

Yeah, I'd say so. It did drop massively after the first week and rebounded, re-peaked and sold a big amount in the longrun.

Thriller by Michael Jackson.

 

When first released it entered the chart at #29, climbed to #15 but was soon down to #36. Then the label began promoting Billie Jean, the album began to climb back up the chart and then reached #1 at the same time as Billie Jean was at #1. The album then spent 8 months in the top 10...

 

Its early chart run...

 

29-15-19-19-36-31-30-19-13-11- 5-2-1

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

 

Entered at #2 in June 1984 before quickly falling down the charts, falling as low as #79 at Christmas 1984. Then Dancing In the dark was repromoted, re-entered the singles chart and the album was #1 in February 1985. It then spent much of 1985 in the top 10 with another spell at #1 in summer 1985.

 

 

Its still was a bit of a flop album but it defenetly did better on the second single release - Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World.

When it was released Return The Favour it got to #62 but re-peaked at #22 when Knock You Down took effect.

Loads of 90's MOR

 

Elton John Sleeping With The Past

 

23/09/1989 6-11-20-29-44-44-60-66-72-OUT

16/06/1990 64-54-54-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-3-5-6-6-7-10-14-17-28-45-63-67-61-68-65-68-63-73-74-

 

saved by Sacrifice

 

Céline Dion The Color Of My Love

 

05/03/1994 10-17-26-41-

24/12/1994 72-62-48-13-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-1-2-2-4-5-5-8-3-6-3-4-3-7-5-5-4-6-9-11-etc

 

saved by Think Twice

 

 

Both David Gray White Ladder and Dido No Angel were originally released in 1999 but didn't reach No1 until 2001. :o

White Ladder reached #1 in its 66th consecutive chart week, a chart record. In addition no other album in chart history has sold as many copies (1,520,000) prior to first reaching #1.

Like A Virgin by Madonna. Started out so low, but with each single released it kept getting higher. When she released 'Angel' it finally peaked at number 1

White Ladder reached #1 in its 66th consecutive chart week, a chart record. In addition no other album in chart history has sold as many copies (1,520,000) prior to first reaching #1.

 

That's impressive and one of my favourite piece of trivia.

 

My favourite example of those is R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory. The album debuted at #41 and climbed to #10 (Ignition Remix) and stayed there for three weeks. It was also a start of a new era for him: successful GH and another Top 10 album (Double Up).

 

Also singles are not always the only saviours: Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid reclimbed due to the Mercury Prize and it's close to triple platinum now I think. Amazing for such a non-commercial album without big hits.

 

The Corrs' Forgiven, Not Forgotten peaked at no. 2 three years after album was first released.

 

Stereophonics' Word Gets Around returned into Top 10 also three years after it debuted and peaked at no. 6

 

Both were "saved" by huge second album.

Edited July 31, 201014 yr by SKOB

That's impressive and one of my favourite piece of trivia.

 

My favourite example of those is R. Kelly's Chocolate Factory. The album debuted at #41 and climbed to #10 (Ignition Remix) and stayed there for three weeks. It was also a start of a new era for him: successful GH and another Top 10 album (Double Up).

 

Also singles are not always the only saviours: Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid reclimbed due to the Mercury Prize and it's close to triple platinum now I think. Amazing for such a non-commercial album without big hits.

The Corrs' Forgiven, Not Forgotten peaked at no. 2 three years after album was first released.

 

Stereophonics' Word Gets Around returned into Top 10 also three years after it debuted and peaked at no. 6

 

Both were "saved" by huge second album.

 

I was one of the hundreds of thousands who bought this in 1999 after seeing it for a fiver in the Virgin sale having fallen under the spell of Talk On Corners. Seriously incredible debut album which I still listen to maybe once a month at least 15 years since it's release :wub: The album chart where they held down #1 and #2 simultaneously was my favourite ever chart.

Is that the last time the same act has Top 2 albums simultaneously?

Damn, I'm good at going off-topic :P Nevermind

Edited July 31, 201014 yr by SKOB

Is that the last time the same act has Top 2 albums simultaneously?

Damn, I'm good at going off-topic :P Nevermind

 

I believe so. Michael Jackson held down four of the top five last summer simultaneously but never both #1 and #2.