3 hours ago, Mangø said:

If anything I'd say it's The Beatles who are under-performing this week, I thought a lot more than 7k people would be rushing to buy the latest Anthology! I know it will be a far from perfect comparison but do we know what the previous Anthologies opened with?

First week UK sales

Anthology 1 - 125,000

Anthology 2 - 78,000

Anthology 3 - 52,000

and in 1994 Live at the BBC did 148,000 first week.

18 minutes ago, ben08 said:

First week UK sales

Anthology 1 - 125,000

Anthology 2 - 78,000

Anthology 3 - 52,000

and in 1994 Live at the BBC did 148,000 first week.

OK so I know we're in a different sales climate but surely there should be a few more Beatles collectors out there than the Monday sales figures suggest then! I was definitely expecting it to open with 20-30k at least. Presumably it's available on all physical formats including vinyl?

14 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:

Thats why I'd rather songs weren't reset after Xmas, keep them on acr and let new music take predecent

Especially songs that are over the 3 year threshold (Another Love and Cruel Summer) or have already reached number 1 (Easy On Me)

Just now, Hadji said:

Especially songs that are over the 3 year threshold (Another Love and Cruel Summer) or have already reached number 1 (Easy On Me)

Let's just have a hadji rules chart because your never happy about anything 😂

16 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Presumably it's available on all physical formats including vinyl?

Amazon orders/sales over the last month.

Anthology 4 CD - 1,000 £23

Anthology 4 vinyl – 300 £69

Anthology Box Set CD – 500 £95

Anthology Box Set vinyl – 50 £308

And I assume sales at HMV are similar. On iTunes Anthology 4 now down to no. 22. I assume few streams on Spotify or Amazon Music.

My guess for Anthology 4 was 10,000. We will see on Friday.

6 hours ago, Mangø said:

If anything I'd say it's The Beatles who are under-performing this week, I thought a lot more than 7k people would be rushing to buy the latest Anthology! I know it will be a far from perfect comparison but do we know what the previous Anthologies opened with?

It’s probably over performing when you look at the prices (£310 for the vinyl and £95 for the CD)

3 minutes ago, ___∆___ said:

It’s probably over performing when you look at the prices (£310 for the vinyl and £95 for the CD)

That's the box set though. The individual Anthology is £69 for the vinyl and £23 for the CD as Ben has said above, but yeah this is still very pricy - I must admit I didn't know the physicals were that expensive so based on that, the low sales make more sense!

I was gonna say the prices are prob extortionate!

UPDATE: Amazon now say 2K+ Anthology 4 CD bought in past month.