Posted October 7, 20177 yr I've decided to put down Take That's first top 10 single and then below album (charts where available) to show their breakthrough nation to nation for anyone who's interested! First Top 10 Single Australia: Pray Austria: Back For Good Belgium (Flanders): Could It Be Magic Belgium (Wallonia): Could It Be Magic Brazil: Back For Good Canada: Back For Good Chile: Back For Good China: Patience (before early 00's unknown) Czech Republic: How Deep Is Your Love (1996 chart established/published) Denmark: Everything Changes Finland: Relight My Fire France: Back For Good Germany: Babe Hungary: How Deep Is Your Love (mid 1995 singles chart was established however albums chart running since 1990. Never Forget just missed out at #11 peak) Iceland: Back For Good Ireland: Could It Be Magic (It Only Takes a Minute just missed out on #11 peak) Israel: Could It Be Magic Italy: Sure Latvia: Pray Netherlands: Relight My Fire New Zealand: Back For Good Norway: Pray Poland: Why Can't I Wake Up With You Portugal: Pray Slovakia: Patience (mid 2006 first published) Spain: No Si Aqui No Hay Amor (Love Ain't Here Anymore) Sweden: Babe Switzerland: Babe Taiwan: Shine (1997 onwards published) UK: It Only Takes a Minute USA: Back For Good Zimbabwe: Back For Good (Pray just missed out at #11 peak) Breakthrough Song Tally count by nations Back For Good: 9 nations Pray: 4 nations Babe: 3 nations Could It Be Magic: 3 nations How Deep Is Your Love: 2 nations Patience: 2 nations Relight My Fire: 2 nations Everything Changes: 1 nation It Only Takes a Minute: 1 nation Love Ain't Here Anymore: 1 nation Shine: 1 nation Sure: 1 nation Why Can't I Wake Up With You: 1 nation First Number 1 single Australia: Back For Good Brazil: Back For Good Canada: Back For Good Chile: Back For Good Denmark: Back For Good Germany: Back For Good Hungary: Cry Ireland: Babe Israel: Relight My Fire Italy: How Deep Is Your Love Latvia: Love Ain't Here Anymore Norway: Back For Good Spain: Back For Good Switzerland: Patience UK: Pray First top 10 Album - N/A = Albums charted in nation but none top 10. Highest peak in brackets alongside - Countries not provided either album charts were not published or not yet found for said nation Australia: Nobody Else Austria: Everything Changes Belgium (Flanders): Take That & Party Belgium (Wallonia): Everything Changes Canada: N/A (23) Chile: Nobody Else Czech Republic: Greatest Hits (1996 chart established) Denmark: Everything Changes Finland: Everything Changes France: N/A (13) Germany: Everything Changes Greece: Progress (1997 earliest charts available) Hungary: Everything Changes Iceland: Nobody Else Ireland: Take That & Party Italy: Nobody Else Japan: Nobody Else Netherlands: Everything Changes New Zealand: N/A (21) Norway: Nobody Else Portugal: Nobody Else Spain: Nobody Else Sweden: Nobody Else Switzerland: Everything Changes Taiwan: Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection (1997 onwards published) UK: Take That & Party USA: N/A (69) Zimbabwe: Nobody Else Breakthrough Album Tally count by nations Nobody Else: 10 nations Everything Changes: 8 nations Take That & Party: 3 nations Greatest Hits: 1 nation Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection: 1 nation Progress: 1 nation First Number 1 album Austria: Nobody Else Belgium (Flanders): Nobody Else Denmark: Greatest Hits Finland: Nobody Else Germany: Nobody Else Greece: Progress (1997 earliest charts found) Ireland: Nobody Else Italy: Nobody Else Netherlands: Nobody Else Spain: Greatest Hits Switzerland: Nobody Else Taiwan: Beautiful World (1997 onwards published) UK: Everything Changes What these top 10 breakthrough lists show is that as a band they were on the up in terms of global breakthrough in songs and albums and truly did quit at the top and their highest point. It also shows that the nations that first truly embraced them with chart success from the early Take That & Party album were Belgium, Ireland and Israel outside of the UK. The whole of Europe excluding France they broke with the Everything Changes album and singles as well as Africa, Australia, the Middle East and they were reported in print as 'chart stars all across Asia in 1994' though charts are elusive for the 90's on that continent. Everything Changes album was big in India and South Korea. Definite big hits however in Asia were Pray, Everything Changes, Love Ain't Here Anymore, Back For Good, Never Forget and How Deep Is Your Love haven't come across which others for the 90's. By the time Nobody Else and Back For Good came around in 1995 they were truly global with big chart success now including North and South America. Both continents had not been fully committed to by the band or approached until Back For Good huge success gave reason for promotion and presence on the continents. America and Canada were visited in early 1993 promoting It Only Takes a Minute in these countries. USA the single sank without a trace however in Canada it had a #20 peak though would be over two years until another Canadian hit #1 Back For Good. Pray was released in early 1996 and was modest hit (#55) there. How Deep Is Your Love was a huge hit in South America and in North America in other countries excluding USA & Canada (#80 peak in mid 1996). The bands top 5 most successful countries (information where available) during the 1990's and excluding the UK were: 1.Ireland 2.Belgium (Flanders) 3.Finland 4.Latvia 5.Denmark The bands top 5 most successful countries (information where available) since returning in 2005 and excluding the UK are: 1.Ireland 2.Taiwan 3.Denmark 4.Italy 5.Switzerland Edited October 8, 20177 yr by nirvanamusic
October 8, 20177 yr Author Yes Ireland were the first non British nation to give TT international success followed by Belgium and Israel. Later as explained above TT popularity (i.e top 10 national chart status) caught fire with the Everything Changes cycle for other European nations and further afield. Ireland also comes out top for #1's overall (singles & albums) for nations outside the UK (information where present and only multiple chart toppers listed): Singles #1 1=Ireland/Latvia/Spain: 4 2=Israel: 3 3=Denmark/Germany: 2 Albums #1 1.Ireland: 5 2.Germany: 3 3=Austria/Denmark/Italy/Netherlands: 2 If only those 6 #2 singles had gone to #1 in Ireland also they would have been in double digits! Edited November 22, 20177 yr by nirvanamusic
April 24, 20187 yr Wow, thanks for compiling all of this! It looks like they are more international than people give them credit for then! I'm shocked at their success in Taiwan but that's great for them!
