Posted June 29, 200718 yr does anyone know how much coast to coast sold in its first week by westlife and in the same week how much did forever by the spice girls sell,both bands released new albums the same day and westlife got to number 1 but im trying to find out by how much
June 29, 200718 yr http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1020090.stm Westlife triumph in album battle Source: bbc.co.uk Record-breaking Irish pop stars Westlife have triumphed in the head-to-head battle with the Spice Girls for the number one album spot. The five lads notched up an impressive 234,000 sales of their album Coast To Coast, compared to 71,000 sales of the Spice Girl's third album Forever. The group, who last week became the first act to achieve number ones with their first seven singles, celebrated their album success with their families in Sligo and Dublin. Band member Kian Egan said: "We would like to give a huge thanks to all our fans for being so supportive and helping us to achieve this very personal goal." Their reign at the top is likely to be short-lived due to the release of The Beatles Greatest Hits Album 1 on Monday. The Spice Girls kept a relatively low profile after the release of their album last Monday, with little in the way of promotion. But Westlife embarked on a exhausting 36-hour album signing tour that took them from Glasgow through Manchester, Birmingham and onto London. Critics The boy's clean cut image was even tarnished slightly during the campaign when band-member Bryan McFadden accused the girls of being past it. "Their first two albums, people loved them but now they're just trying to be Destiny's Child, or TLC or something. They just don't have it any more," he said. Although Spice Girls sales were still strong, critics will use their inability to make it to the top as evidence they are not the force they once were. But the Spice Girls are not likely to lose out in the long run, with record shops predicting their album will be a consistent seller over time. They have failed to make it to number one with only one previous release, their seventh single Stop in 1998, which stalled at number two. Their first single Wannabe went to number two in its first week on the chart in 1996, but jumped a position the following week. Westlife's self-titled first album also entered the charts at number two when it was released in December 1999, but failed to reach the top slot. It has sold more than five million copies worldwide.
June 29, 200718 yr Well the record shops were wrong as Forever wasn't a consistent seller. Edited June 29, 200718 yr by coolchris
June 29, 200718 yr Forever was an awful flop :lol: Only about 1 Million Worldwide. Compared to their MASSIVE 23 Million for the debut.
June 30, 200718 yr erhm i think forever sold like 2.3 million worldwide and plus it was a better album than westlife's coast to coast it would have sold more if the girls would have released more singles off of it.
June 30, 200718 yr I don't think Forever is that good to be honest. Apart from Let Love Lead the Way, Goodbye and Tell Me Why. I don't really like the album. The other two were classics!
June 30, 200718 yr Well the record shops were wrong as Forever wasn't a consistent seller. True, but to be fair they only released one double a-side single from Forever.
June 30, 200718 yr its bloody disgusting lol, forever is a brilliant album. so underated yes, but COAST TO COAST is the Westlife album that have sold more in UK and in the rest of the world ^_^
June 30, 200718 yr this is just inviting Char1s to spin the thread to make Westlife look like gods, you have been warned ;)
June 30, 200718 yr this is just inviting Char1s to spin the thread to make Westlife look like gods, you have been warned ;) :lol:
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