Posted May 27, 20241 yr A post in the Alesha thread made me think, what albums like The Alesha Show rose to their peak weeks/months/years after release? Some that spring to mind: Christina Aguilera - Stripped (entered at #13, peaked at #2 I think after Beautiful) Saturdays - Chasing Lights (entered at #11, peaked at #9 during Issues’ release) Beyoncé - I Am… Sasha Fierce (entered at #10, peaked at #2 the following summer)
May 28, 20241 yr Some of the biggest albums of the 2000s climbed to their peaks. James Blunt-Back To Bedlam Dido-No Angel Amy Winehouse-Back To Black David Gray-White Ladder Scissor Sisters-Scissor Sisters These albums also took their time. P!nk-M!ssundaztood Maroon 5-Songs About Jane Anastacia-Not That Kind Anastacia-Freak Of Nature Gwen Stefani-Love, Angel, Music, Baby There are loads more, it was fairly common. There was long term interest for albums back then unlike these days.
May 28, 20241 yr 'Breakaway' took almost half a year to climb to it's peak of #3 (24 weeks after release!)
May 28, 20241 yr Damien Rice - O Released in February 2002 First charted (#91) in July 2003 First reached its #8 peak in July 2004 Reached same peak again in January 2005
May 28, 20241 yr Moby - Play Entered at #33 in May 1999, dropped out of the top 40 afterwards. Eventually re-entered the top 40 in January 2000 before finally making a five week run at #1 from April 2000
May 28, 20241 yr A post in the Alesha thread made me think, what albums like The Alesha Show rose to their peak weeks/months/years after release? Some that spring to mind: Christina Aguilera - Stripped (entered at #13, peaked at #2 I think after Beautiful) Actually entered at #19!
May 28, 20241 yr Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby Initially entered at #14 and dropped quickly, entered the top 10 in the new year and stabilised then eventually peaked at #4 in May after the third single (Hollaback Girl)!
May 28, 20241 yr Author Actually entered at #19! Oh so it originally charted lower than her debut :o never knew LAMB was a slower seller! Also, I think Rated R entered at #17 or something and later peaked at #9 (around Rude Boy maybe).
May 28, 20241 yr Maroon 5 only recently got a new peak of number 28 with the singles album as for years it had a peak of number 35.
May 28, 20241 yr Moby's Play was quite a big one, entering at #33 and falling out very quickly before re-entering at the beginning of 2000 and spending 5 weeks at #1 almost a year later. Melanie C's Nothern Star originally entered at #10 and performed modestly before dropping out, then in 2000 re-entered and sold very healthily throughout the year before reaching a peak of #4 in August. I guess on the subject of Gwen we could count her second album, originally entering at #26 during the Christmas rush and then peaking at #14 when 'The Sweet Escape' (single) was released. I think you could say that single saved the album from being a complete disaster for her!
May 29, 20241 yr Kaiser Chiefs - Employment (entered at #3 in March 2005, peaked at #2 almost a year later on its 50th week) Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall and Eminem - The Slim Shady LP both entered at #12 in 1999 and peaked at #10 in 2000 after more than a year
May 29, 20241 yr I miss when albums performed like this in the chart... it could be quite exciting to follow an album's progress back then! Particularly if they started off modestly and ended up becoming massive. Chart runs of many of the albums mentioned here (and some I thought of) up to the point that they finally reached their peak position: Alesha Dixon - The Alesha Show 26-45-51-54-55-85-64-50-44-21-12-16-17-14-15-22-23-28-39-41-41-54-52-27-12-11... Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 3-10-26-34-41-41-27-20-16-2-1... Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (The Deluxe Edition) 22-33-37-45-32-25-9-15-25-26-30-35-30-21-14-3-1... Anastacia - Not That Kind 50-54-68-65-80-81-93-101-98-91-91-85-84-75-55-24-6-3-2... Anastacia - Freak of Nature 14-19-15-15-9-7-8-9-13-18-24-28-13-12-13-14-10-11-10-7-5-4... Avril Lavigne - Let Go 173-166-118-91-50-27-23-8-8-7-8-12-13-18-17-12-10-7-7-7-4-1... Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce 10-21-23-24-9-8-9-10-8-7-7-9-12-12-11-11-15-19-16-10-10-7-3-4-5-7-10-8-14-15-25-25-31-31-24-19-12-5-2... Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time 8-5-8-4-6-11-19-19-19-22-15-16-15-15-14-8-11-10-11-11-14-14-14-16-19-17-16-17-19-21-17-15-13-12-18-19-21-23-23-26-27-25-10-7-5-5-2... Britney Spears - In the Zone 14-37-51-59-65-62-50-61-61-45-20-17-17-15-15-18-18-28-33-37-35-40-52-60-36-28-30-25-22-27-32-21-19-13... Christina Aguilera - Stripped 19-29-40-50-53-60-61-55-52-36-27-13-6-4-6-4-7-6-2... Damien Rice - O 91-123-122-64-79-104-120-96-72-52-66-47-49-42-30-26-23-31-38-53-69-95-109-90-84-84-68-56-51-52-46-55-65-67-31-28-30-53-60-81-94-104-118-109-44-26-43-46-60-64-55-48-23-14-8... David Gray - White Ladder 69-44-32-23-16-13-13-7-4-2-3-4-4-5-4-6-6-7-7-4-5-8-9-10-5-4-7-11-15-21-21-19-16-13-12-12-14-13-15-16-13-16-13-7-4-4-5-7-8-9-11-14-16-13-21-23-28-26-26-30-31-20-8-6-2-1... Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall 12-18-23-29-30-33-45-56-58-64-42-34-29-24-32-39-47-53-63-67-64-58-64-62-59-69-85-123-140-172-114-98-75-55-47-46-32-14-15-19-23-27-34-47-43-53-62-66-53-42-29-23-17-11-12-16-17-18-21-27-36-42-52-56-58-59-58-59-31-26-15-14-13-14-10... Dido - No Angel 50-66-70-65-71-59-63-60-53-44-36-26-11-5-9-1... Eminem - The Slim Shady LP 12-22-32-37-52-70-92-104-142-138-83-60-53-51-39-41-24-19-15-18-20-23-27-37-56-57-46-55-67-75-81-49-55-70-87-83-73-48-48-50-54-52-64-86-100-66-61-61-69-68-74-65-63-64-57-42-29-26-30-25-28-34-28-17-16-18-17-10... Gwen Stefani - Love. Angel. Music. Baby. 14-30-35-31-32-28-25-18-10-15-20-21-11-15-22-12-7-7-7-8-11-15-8-7-4... Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape 26-48-48-41-66-80-98-61-61-50-47-29-14... James Blunt - Back to Bedlam 138-56-81-73-79-88-71-53-34-16-11-4-5-4-3-2-2-1... Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions 144-143-144-130-132-89-47-30-14-4... Justin Timberlake - Justified 6-22-39-52-59-60-56-53-26-8-2-1... Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 3-6-8-14-9-10-8-7-9-7-9-7-7-9-13-19-7-4-4-5-4-4-3-3-4-5-7-7-14-16-15-14-16-12-14-21-13-13-18-14-18-16-7-3-5-8-10-6-7-2... Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 10-17-21-20-11-11-8-9-9-9-9-6-8-12-7-7-11-9-7-9-9-8-8-3... Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane 59-30-33-50-52-68-77-87-89-72-48-32-7-5-4-2-5-12-12-10-15-24-22-35-26-21-13-10-7-2-1... Melanie C - Northern Star 10-18-34-41-40-38-28-30-34-35-37-43-55-77-89-112-91-59-34-21-13-12-10-12-5-7-11-15-16-20-29-37-49-54-58-51-48-41-28-24-20-20-16-17-4... Moby - Play 33-55-81-141-167-180-(out for 2 weeks)-191-171-197-(out for 8 weeks)-99-101-71-57-62-69-99-109-139-144-142-121-118-95-72-44-36-31-19-16-15-7-9-7-5-2-2-1... Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More 11-30-49-60-61-53-62-64-49-45-39-33-20-7-9-10-7-10-17-18-10-7-13-9-10-9-7-11-18-22-16-13-23-20-15-13-10-10-8-9-6-7-9-9-11-12-7-4-8-11-9-6-3-6-12-20-33-42-39-46-45-42-44-36-6-5-5-11-13-14-15-2... P!nk - M!ssundaztood 162-(out for 1 week)-197-155-162-132-112-196-(out for 1 week)-4-5-11-17-25-34-40-51-64-57-39-27-23-14-12-7-9-10-10-19-14-14-22-26-31-22-23-14-10-6-6-5-5-4-3-4-5-6-9-7-9-8-6-6-5-6-5-3-3-2... Rihanna - Rated R 16-19-19-20-18-24-31-34-30-27-32-31-26-16-9... Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens 11-29-45-73-135-145-158-155-104-63-32-21-18-12-3-3-3-2-3-4-4-6-5-4-4-4-3-1... The Saturdays - Chasing Lights 11-21-37-59-88-85-84-80-87-63-36-14-9... Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 11-20-28-32-34-37-43-22-10-10-5-8-6-6-8-9-9-8-12-5-2-1... Sugababes - One Touch 77-80-67-58-55-42-36-44-50-58-76-107-197-(out for 2 weeks)-120-111-105-71-47-26...
May 29, 20241 yr Author Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 3-10-26-34-41-41-27-20-16-2-1... :o never knew this quickly fell out the top 40 originally!! Didn’t realise those SS, Justin, Avril and Pink albums rose to their peaks!!
May 29, 20241 yr Re Amy… I think it was released not too long before Christmas so it initially was dwarfed by the higher profile releases before bouncing back. I remember at the time buying it and being chuffed that it debuted as high as #3. Never in a million years would I have guessed what it would go on to achieve
May 29, 20241 yr Just remembered that #26 isn't actually Sugababes - One Touch's peak anymore. It reached a new high of #18 in 2021 - 20 years and 6 months on from the original #26 peak! *.*
May 29, 20241 yr Author Just remembered that #26 isn't actually Sugababes - One Touch's peak anymore. It reached a new high of #18 in 2021 - 20 years and 6 months on from the original #26 peak! *.* How come? That’s so random :lol:
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