Posted November 16, 201014 yr The entire back catalogue was released on iTunes at 14.30 today. We're finally going to find out what impact this has on the charts.
November 16, 201014 yr THIS IS f***ING FUNNY. $h!tty itunes files of The Beatles: $150 CD box set, physical art work, lossless music files, $130 why people use that awful itunes service is beyond me.
November 17, 201014 yr Beatles break into top 100 on iTunes The Beatles have broken into the top 100 on iTunes on the day their back catalogue became available to download. The Beatles finally joined the digital revolution by making their music available for download through Apple’s iTunes store on Tuesday. It was the first time that music fans had been able to buy digital versions of their favourite Beatles tracks and immediately it proved popular. A total of 11 songs were in the top 200 with Hey Jude the highest entry at number 84. Individual tracks are available from Apple’s iTunes store for 99p per song, and can be copied to an iPhone, iPod, iPad or other MP3 player, and music fans can also buy and download entire albums, complete with sleeve notes, album artwork and even videos featuring the Fab Four. But most albums cost significantly more to download than they do to buy as physical CDs. The White Album, for instance, will set music fans back £17.99 on iTunes, but only £12.99 from Amazon and £14.29 from Play.com. Purchasing the entire Beatles back catalogue will cost £125. The agreement between Apple and The Beatles marks the end of a long courtship, during which Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive and a huge Beatles fan, tried to persuade the group to license its music to Apple’s download service. The Beatles have been notable absentees from the digital music revolution, and it was initially thought that a trademark dispute between Apple Inc, the technology company, and Apple Corps, the Beatles' label, could be to blame, though that legal wrangle was settled in 2007. Sir Paul McCartney said in 2008 that he “really hoped” a deal would happen, but hinted that negotiations between Apple Corps, Apple Inc and EMI were more complicated than previously thought. Some had speculated that the remaining members of the group did not want to sell their songs as individual tracks, and instead would only license their music to download sites if they were sold as complete albums. The news of the deal between Apple and The Beatles got a mixed reaction from music fans. Many people pointed out that they had already “ripped” their Beatles CDs to their computer to transfer on to their music player and mobile phone. "It has taken so long to get The Beatles on iTunes, and for that reason, it feels like a bigger deal than perhaps it should be," said Stuart Dredge, an online music expert with Music Ally. "The Fab Four's back catalogue will undoubtedly be popular in digital form, but once the initial sales spike passes, the music industry will be more interested in Apple's plans to evolve iTunes beyond a pure a-la-carte download store." The Beatles can expect the buying frency to continue. In September 2009, when the remastered Beatles albums were released they shattered chart records around the world, selling more than 2.25 million copies within days of release in North America, the UK and Japan. Released as individual albums and box sets on 9 September they brought in s fortune. Figures from record company EMI show UK sales of the digitally remastered albums e exceeded 354,000 in 11 days of release. Hard figures for the money made by the Beatles from their music are hard to come by. It is estimated that they made £55 million during the group’s lifetime, but since then their reputation has grown ever stronger, and every time an album is remastered or released in a new format, the sales shoot up. The digital remastering of their catalogue last year, for example, took their total album sales to nearly 9 million, while the repackaging of their number ones in 2000 sold more than seven million in the US alone. Source: Daily Telegraph
November 17, 201014 yr This long drawn out saga has gone on for years, and it took me by surprise when I heard the news today, to quote a line from one of their songs :D . I was never very sure whether it would make much of an impact on the charts, as much as I would like it to, I just think it would alienate all the younger generation, especially on this site who can't seem to wait for the updates on Itunes as if it were their next fix. Jesus, get a life. To be honest it is just another media for their music to be bought. Since I already own their back catalogue, I don't see myself downloading anything soon. But never say never.
November 18, 201014 yr http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/brian91/BeatlesITunes.jpg Well this photo shows that it really has happened, it may have taken years, and some of us thought it would never happen. Looks like it will make a little impact on the I-tune charts for singles & albums, and may help them chart on the official charts over the next few weeks, both here and in the USA. Credit to Mikey, in the chart forum....... Thursday Update Top 75 Only Beatles chart invasion continues 10:57 | Thursday November 18, 2010 Source: MW A total of 29 Beatles songs appear in the OCC top 200 midweek sales flashes today, led by Hey Jude at 48. Singles There are four songs within the top 75: Hey Jude at 48; Twist And Shout at 52; Let It Be at 53 and Here Comes The Sun at 69, with a further three in the top 100. Meanwhile, iTunes.co.uk, which has an exclusive deal to sell Beatles downloads until 2011, has 63 of the band’s tracks in its top 200, with Hey Jude leading the way at 25. Albums On the albums front, iTunes.co.uk has The Beatles 1967-70 best of at six, with Sergeant Pepper at nine and 1962-66 at ten. Beatles – Singles Hey Jude 40+8 Twist & Shout 50+2 Let It Be 50+3 Here Comes The Sun 60+9 In My Life 80+7 Come Together 80+10 Yesterday 90+3 22 other tracks in top 200 Beatles – Albums Red 30+10 Blue 30+12 Latest I Tune singles positions as of 18 November 26 Hey Jude 37 Twist and Shout 41 Let it Be 48 Here comes the Sun 59 Twist and Shout ( not sure why it appears twice!!!) 68 I saw her standing there 69 In my life 72 Blackbird 79 Come Together 87 Let it Be 88 A day in the Life 91 Help 96 Hey Jude ( again?) 97 Eleanor Rigby Not bad considering these tracks are over 40 years old, and have been released many times in different formats through the years. It shows that quality counts.
November 22, 201014 yr Actual chart positions week ending 27 Nov 2010 Singles: 40 R 1 The Beatles Hey Jude 46 R 1 The Beatles Let It Be 48 N 1 The Beatles Twist And Shout 64 N 1 The Beatles Here Comes The Sun 78 N 1 The Beatles In My Life 83 N 1 The Beatles Come Together 86 R 8 The Beatles Yesterday 90 N 1 The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There 94 N 1 The Beatles Eleanor Rigby 99 R 21 The Beatles Help! Edited November 22, 201014 yr by brian91
November 23, 201014 yr Beatles Sells 2 Million Songs in First Week on iTunes http://www.billboard.com/news/beatles-sell...tory?tag=hpfeed
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