You're right Pippa, they have come back after 4 years with a #1 single and album which is fantastic. Maybe the album will pick up over the weekend

Sales figures are disappointing compared to other albums they've done, but probably higher than some people were expecting. They've been quite busy promoting lately so that will help hopefully.

 

They'll be live on Heart radio at 8am to 10am today and are on Strictly Come Dancing (to be aired this weekend). They'll be on the BBC Music Awards, and their concert with Radio 2 will be aired 18th December online, on radio 2, and on the Red Button. That's only the things I'm aware of.

 

*Edit If you missed the Heart interview this morning, it's available here. They'll be back on Heart for Emma Bunton's show tonight (5pm to 7pm). Hopefully that'll go on the website too.

 

*Edit I originally said they'd be on Strictly Come Dancing on the weekend, but the article I'd read that on was wrong. Maybe they're on another week instead.

Edited December 8, 201410 yr by SLF

We know the album debuted at #10 in Ireland and it's also gone in at #64 in the Netherlands where their album chartings look like this:

 

Netherlands

 

Greatest Hits: 1 (3 weeks) 1996 25 weeks PL

Nobody Else: 1 (1 week) 1995 20 weeks G

Everything Changes: 3 1993 52 weeks PL

Progress: 4 2010 27 weeks PL

Take That & Party: 21 1994 (year charted) 11 weeks

Beautiful World: 33 2006 18 weeks

III: 64 2014

The Circus: 68 2008 2 weeks

 

What this shows is that in Holland they clearly prefer Take That as a 5 with Robbie.

Edited December 10, 201410 yr by nirvanamusic

I have mentioned it already that Europe had not even bought the very good Circus. They are not in boybands in general and not in TT without Robbie. III od not such a good album either. I agree with the German reviews. I am wondering though about the UK. I thought they would sell more

I think its starting to become clear this album wont meet the success of the previous albums, but those albums reached exceptional sales,for any artist to sell 2 million copies of any album is brilliant. Take That done it four times from the ultimate collection to progress. I think we knew those sales would not always last especialy as album sales are declining in general. Its hard to call now what total sales for the album will be, i think how it sells until the end of the year will be a big indicator. At worst i think it will overall manage double platinum and while that is down hugely on previous albums there is not many groups/artists 25 years into their career having number 1 selling singles, number 1 albums and reaching double platinum, strong dvd sales and exceptional concert sales.

They will always be a classy life band, maybe the best, It is not about the 25 years either Has anyone listened o Rob's 'Under the radar'? This is the hell of an album and it only consists of sides. Progress was fantastic, the Circus, too. But this album sounds cheap, more like 1D than three great songwriters.

If it would not be TT and the massive promotion it would have not go anywhere.

The 2016 album will be a success again, because of the 25 years and Gary will sell solo, as Thatters are faithful. But the casual buyer has to be convinced again

 

I actually really like III. Definitely better than Progress imo

Robbie's album sounds exactly how you would expect - nice but filler, none of these songs made any of his albums for a good reason

 

N.B - they were amazing last night at the Jingle Bell Ball. Everyone I overheard were raving about them, some saying how they became fans after that set

Edited December 7, 201410 yr by jay727

:wub: love robbie's new album tbh. Under The Radar is great. III is outstanding though. I'm so happy with the sound and direction of the album. Only that Gary sings 75% of all the tracks irks me a little, because i'm #teamHoward.

 

Mark's songs are all amazing, especially Do It All For Love. Such a smash. I just downloaded the 2 additional tracks from the deluxe (Fall down at your feet and if it's not love) they are good too. III is a great album and I hope it goes at least triple platinum in the UK. If they sell as much as Ed Sheeran did up till now then they've totally smashed again. Nobody sells like TT.

 

The new tour in 2015 should be smashing hard as well. TT have long become the biggest live act ever.

How many album did Ed sell? Plus he also sells big time everywhere else. There must be a reason that TT3/4 don't sell in Europe

Take That go straight in at #1 in the UK with nearly 145,000 copies sold this week. That's still mightly impressive considering the 4 year gap between records, the much lower sales climate than in 2010 and a lack of TV special which they had for the last two records (TT come to town and LBDS). They have also outsold 1D which although isn't that surprising...it's still a great stat

 

- not to mention they have their first number 1 single in 6 years! So I would definitely consider this era a success so far!

Edited December 7, 201410 yr by jay727

Great that they have achieved their 7th number 1 album although i woul argue 8 as progressed also went number 1 on its own merit,but the chart books probably wont count that. The sales for 3 are not as good as i had hoped before the release but it has done well and achieving both a number 1 single and album is a great start to the era.

At this stage i am hoping the album will sell good this week and the remainder of the Christmas period. The Strictly Come Dancing performance should boost sales. I had hoped they would also be on the X Factor final but that is not happening now, thankfully Olly Murs is as id like him to do well too.

Yeah I had hoped for an XF performance but it's clear that Simon doesn't like Gary. Funny that he blamed Gary for the low ratings on XF when they are even lower this year despite him sitting on the panel

How much do people think III will sell in its second week? I'm predicting maybe 80-90k and a top3 position. I don't think it will hold onto the no1 album slot.

Aren't the usual albums these days not only trigger for the tours? If they sold 150,000 week one and will continue with 80.000 slowly decreasing, they might sell 500,000 in the UK and maybe 60,000 in the rest of Europe. But the tour in the UK sold very well. So the album is not that important, but to see the act. I am wondering if they will really tour Europe next year.

They are touring Europe in September and October 2015. They just havent released the precise dates and venues yet.

 

Great to see These Days selling another 45,000 copies last week taking them over the 100,000 mark. Xmas will hopefully boost the album to hopefully over 100,000 each week now up to the end of December

Edited December 8, 201410 yr by jay727

where do they have released European dates? They have not left any impression last week in Holland

Germany the single has moved up to #72 and the album has debuted at #26 where their album chartings look like this:

 

Germany

 

Greatest Hits: 1 (6 weeks) 1996 28 weeks PL

Progress: 1 (1 week) 2010 43 weeks PL

Nobody Else: 1 (1 week) 1995 28 weeks G

Beautiful World: 2 2006 35 weeks PL

Everything Changes: 4 1993 53 weeks PL

The Circus: 14 2008 13 weeks

III: 26 2014

Take That and Party: 28 1992 26 weeks

Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection: 91 2005 3 weeks

Edited December 10, 201410 yr by nirvanamusic

I've been trying to get into this album for the past week as I love TT, but in all honesty it's just bland and lacks any potential classics :-(

Germany the single has moved up to #72 and the album has debuted at #26 where their album chartings look like this:

 

Greatest Hits: 1 (6 weeks) 1996 28 weeks PL

Progress: 1 (1 week) 2010 43 weeks PL

Nobody Else: 1 (1 week) 1995 28 weeks G

Beautiful World: 2 2006 35 weeks PL

Everything Changes: 4 1993 53 weeks PL

The Circus: 14 2008 13 weeks

III: 26 2014

Take That and Party: 28 1992 26 weeks

Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection: 91 2005 3 weeks

 

 

Not too bad album wise seeing as they haven't done any promotion over there yet. Gary did a couple of performances of SISYL and it went top 10 so hopefully this will be the same

Edited December 9, 201410 yr by jay727