There were charts I posted somewhere in this thread. The illegal downloads didn't enter the market until mid 2000s, it started to effect the sales significantly from 04 or 05. Acts in the early 2000s still sold millions some even bigger than the 90s such as Linkin Park, Eminem, Norah Jones, Usher even Westlife or Madonna. Not sure who dominated the UK market during that time though.

 

 

Westlife had never had a million selling single... or if you mean overall sales then actually Girls Aloud and Sugababes outsold all those on the singles market with the exception of Westlife and Eminem in the 00s's...

 

Tbh I'm not totally sure what your point is here?

Edited April 30, 20205 yr by Spiceboy

Albums continued to sell in big quantities in the UK in the 2000s, however the UK singles market started to suffer in 2002/3, and was in a really bad state by 2005/6!

Westlife had never had a million selling single... or if you mean overall sales then actually Girls Aloud and Sugababes outsold all those on the singles market with the exception of Westlife and Eminem in the 00s's...

 

Tbh I'm not totally sure what your point is here?

 

My point was there was no technology to capture all views/plays back in the day after we bought them. So today artists have more advantages and it's much easier to be famous globally these days. But at the same time we also can't say that all the artists pre-streaming era had the massive impact just because of sales or hits alone because there were reasons why people bought the records or played the song at the time. All the sales and streams sure reflect the popularity and fame at certain times but only time can reflect the real impact imo.

Albums continued to sell in big quantities in the UK in the 2000s, however the UK singles market started to suffer in 2002/3, and was in a really bad state by 2005/6!

 

Right, what happened in the UK? PCD did very well worldwide with Don't Cha in 2005 though, probably the ringtone/digital download already hit the market.

There were charts I posted somewhere in this thread. The illegal downloads didn't enter the market until mid 2000s, it started to effect the sales significantly from 04 or 05. Acts in the early 2000s still sold millions some even bigger than the 90s such as Linkin Park, Eminem, Norah Jones, Usher even Westlife or Madonna. Not sure who dominated the UK market during that time though.

 

It started effect the sales earlier than that to be honest - I'd say maybe 2001/2. Obviously, there were still big sellers, but that's when I also remember there being constant "lowest selling #1, #10, #40 ever" etc stories starting to appear. Add that the lower sales due to downloads led to stores being more wary of stocking songs that weren't sure to be big sellers and you have a self-playing piano of spiralling sales overall.

 

Right, what happened in the UK? PCD did very well worldwide with Don't Cha in 2005 though, probably the ringtone/digital download already hit the market.

 

I think a lot of smaller markets were quicker to adapt to the falling sales via ringtone/downloads due to necessity. UK probably waited so long to implement it thanks to being a bigger country so they could afford to. The same with streaming, where again, the UK was sort of a late adopter of implementing it to the charts.

Edited May 1, 20205 yr by tommie

Finally the GH is back to a reasonable price of £5.99 and instantly it is straight up to #98 on itunes. Finally that had been annoying me so much!

Oooh that’s great news! Fingers crossed it could give them the boost they need to re-enter the chart again. If they’d had it at £5.99 in the week the GH vinyl came out it would have undoubtedly gone top 200. :(

Finally!

About flipping time! Should be 4.99 really.

I dont have iTunes is it a promotion from itunes or just had the price reduced by the label? Is it promoted on itunes front page with other reduced albums. I hope it is not iTunes reduction and the label that has done it.

It's in a 'Greatest Hits at Great Prices' section (all the albums are £5.99 in the list), so it does seem to be driven by iTunes. I wonder do they have to collaborate with labels to confirm they're okay with the prices before going ahead with the promotion?

 

I hope it sticks at £5.99 and doesn't ever return to £11.99!

Urghhhh it will be back to £11.99 next week knowing our luck 😫

GH up to #87 on UK itunes.

Great to see it climbing. £11.99 was too much.

 

I also see it's climbed the iTunes charts in Australia to #66. It's usually in the Top 200 charts there most weeks.

 

I wonder how many sales you'd need to be in the Top 100 in Aus? I can imagine very few.

Edited May 1, 20205 yr by Spice Girls Net

I'd love to know their updated GH sales In Australia I feel like it is easily double platinum there now but their certs never get updated unless done automatically.

GH up to #58 on UK itunes, I know it is only a handful of sales but so frustrating to think of all the potential sales lost this last 6 months it has been 11.99 not a reasonable price.

Greatest Hits - UK itunes #48

 

Why couldn't this happen the week the vinyl was released in March this year!

Greatest Hits has been doing quite nicely in the UK since its price reduction, hanging around in the Top 50 for the past few days. This certainly shows that if the price is right then it's going to attract casual sales.

 

It'll possibly manage 150 downloads this week, which is certainly an improvement on how much it typically sold per week at £11.99 (in the week of the vinyl release, it only sold 12 downloads). If it had sold 150 downloads that week, it would have been #153 instead of outside the Top 200.

Greatest Hits has been doing quite nicely in the UK since its price reduction, hanging around in the Top 50 for the past few days. This certainly shows that if the price is right then it's going to attract casual sales.

 

It'll possibly manage 150 downloads this week, which is certainly an improvement on how much it typically sold per week at £11.99 (in the week of the vinyl release, it only sold 12 downloads). If it had sold 150 downloads that week, it would have been #153 instead of outside the Top 200.

 

150 is a big improvement compared to just 12. It's a shame the album wasn't £5.99 during the vinyl release week.

Wannabe is #585 in the UK not sure why, it is only a handful of sales but I'm always interested what gives their music a boost.