Do the Circus sales include the live version or just the original release?

The Dream of Christmas has very underwhelming sales.

Original, I imagine. The live version was a DVD release only.

The unplugged version I'm almost sure is double platinum which was counted separately to the original album.

First week sales:

 

168,954 - Beautiful World

144,538 - III

113,211 - Wonderland

105,721 - Odyssey

116,163 - This Life

 

A total of 2,940,045 for Beautiful World as of last week. It had sold 2,932,124 as of May so it has accumulated 7,921 sales since then.

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by Hassaan

Beautiful World had some huge weekly sales outside of its release week.

A total of 2,940,045 for Beautiful World as of last week. It had sold 2,932,124 as of May so it has accumulated 7,921 sales since then.

 

It will be fantastic when Beautiful World finally goes over 3 million and becomes 10x Platinum. The equivalent of Diamond in America and Canada. (10x)

 

I would love Take That & Party, Nobody Else and Wonderland to all creep over into next sales certification as I believe all three should be higher. For the first two they were succesful by the standards of the day. I just think they should be higher to fall more in line with their post reunion sales.

 

I think what would help both 'Take That & Party' and 'Nobody Else' is if they put the hit single versions of 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Never Forget' in place of the original album versions.

Edited December 3, 20231 yr by nirvanamusic

Beautiful World had some huge weekly sales outside of its release week.

Yep, 443k in Christmas week.

It will be fantastic when Beautiful World finally goes over 3 million and becomes 10x Platinum. The equivalent of Diamond in America and Canada. (10x)

 

I would love Take That & Party, Nobody Else and Wonderland to all creep over into next sales certification as I believe all three should be higher. For the first two they were succesful by the standards of the day. I just think they should be higher to fall more in line with their post reunion sales.

 

I think what would help both 'Take That & Party' and 'Nobody Else' is if they put the hit single versions of 'Could It Be Magic' and 'Never Forget' in place of the original album versions.

Get the albums pushed on vinyl would be a big help.

 

That is a great idea, didn't think about vinyl.

They really should start working on that as I think they would grab decent vinyl sales.

Maybe it will happen for anniversaries.

Rule The World is now Take That's most succesful song in the UK having crossed into 3x Platinum and 1.8 million sales.

 

The song which kept it at number 2 for weeks, Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis is on 2 million UK sales. Another case of Band Aid and Last Christmas!

 

Take That & Solo:

 

UK Singles - Platinum+

 

Triple Platinum: Over 1.8 million copies sold.

 

Angels (1997) Robbie

Rule The World (2007) Take That

 

Double Platinum: Over 1.2 million copies sold.

 

Back For Good (1995) Take That

Rock DJ (2000) Robbie

Patience (2006) Take That

Shine (2007) Take That

 

Platinum: Over 600,000 copies sold.

 

Babe (1993) Take That

Never Forget (1995) Take That

How Deep Is Your Love (1996) Take That

Let Me Entertain You (1998) Robbie

Millennium (1998) Robbie

She's The One/It's Only Us (1999) Robbie

Feel (2002) Robbie

Greatest Day (2008) Take That

The Flood (2010) Take That

Candy (2012) Robbie

Let Me Go (2013) Gary

These Days (2014) Take That

 

Gold: Over 400,000 copies sold.

 

Pray (1993) Take That

Everything Changes (1994) Take That

Forever Love (1996) Gary

Eternity/The Road To Mandalay (2001) Robbie

Somethin' Stupid (2001) Robbie

Sing (2012) Gary

Love My Life (2016) Robbie

 

Silver: Over 200,000 copies sold.

 

A Million Love Songs (1992) Take That

Could It Be Magic (1992) Take That

Why Can't I Wake Up With You (1993) Take That

Relight My Fire (1993) Take That

Love Ain't Here Anymore (1994) Take That

Sure (1994) Take That

Freedom (1996) Robbie

Child (1996) Mark

Love Won't Wait (1997) Gary

Old Before I Die (1997) Robbie

No Regrets (1998) Robbie

Strong (1999) Robbie

Kids (2000) Robbie

Supreme (2000) Robbie

Come Undone (2003) Robbie

Tripping (2005) Robbie

Up All Night (2009) Take That

Said It All (2009) Take That

Bodies (2009) Robbie

You Know Me (2009) Robbie

Shame (2010) Robbie & Gary

Kidz (2011) Take That

Cry (2016) Take That

Giants (2017) Take That

 

Albums - Over 300,000 (Platinum) referenced.

 

10x Platinum: Over 3 million copies sold.

 

I've Been Expecting You (1998) Robbie

 

9x Platinum: Over 2.7 million copies sold.

 

Beautiful World (2006) Take That

 

8x Platinum: Over 2.4 million copies sold.

 

Life Thru A Lens (1997) Robbie

Sing When You're Winning (2000) Robbie

Swing When You're Winning (2001) Robbie

Greatest Hits (2004) Robbie

Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection (2005) Take That

Progress (2010) Take That

 

7x Platinum: Over 2.1 million copies sold

 

Escapology (2002) Robbie

The Circus (2008) Take That

 

5x Platinum: Over 1.5 million copies sold

 

Intensive Care (2005) Robbie

 

4x Platinum: Over 1.2 million copies sold

 

Everything Changes (1993) Take That

Greatest Hits (1996) Take That

 

3x Platinum: Over 900,000 copies sold

 

Reality Killed The Video Star (2009) Robbie

 

2x Platinum: Over 600,000 copies sold

 

Take That & Party (1992) Take That

Nobody Else (1995) Take That

Live At Knebworth (2003) Robbie

Rudebox (2006) Robbie

In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 (2010) Robbie

Swings Both Ways (2013) Robbie

Since I Saw You Last (2013) Gary

 

Platinum: Over 300,000 copies sold

 

Open Road (1997) Gary

The Greatest Day – Take That Present: The Circus Live (2009) Take That

Take The Crown (2012) Robbie

III (2014) Take That

The Heavy Entertainment Show (2016) Robbie

Odyssey (2018) Take That

Edited July 19, 2024Jul 19 by nirvanamusic

Im happy rule the world is now their best selling as i love it myself and much prefer it to back for good. Huge shame it never made number 1 in the charts though.

Out of interest, here are all the boyband singles (New Kids onwards) which have gone Double Platinum or higher in the UK.

 

UK Singles - Platinum+

 

 

Triple Platinum: Over 1.8 million copies sold.

 

I Want It That Way (1999) Backstreet Boys.

Rule The World (2007) Take That.

What Makes You Beautiful (2011) One Direction.

 

Double Platinum: Over 1.2 million copies sold.

 

Stay Another Day (1994) East 17.

Back For Good (1995) Take That.

Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (1997) Backstreet Boys.

No Matter What (1998) Boyzone.

Keep On Movin' (1999) Five.

Uptown Girl (2001) Westlife.

Patience (2006) Take That.

Shine (2007) Take That.

Glad You Came (2011) The Wanted.

Little Things (2012) One Direction.

Story Of My Life (2013) One Direction.

Night Changes (2014) One Direction.

Steal My Girl (2014) One Direction.

Drag Me Down (2015) One Direction.

History (2015) One Direction.

Reggaeton Lento (2017) CNCO & Little Mix.

Sucker (2019) Jonas Brothers.

 

While One Direction has sold a lot of singles (14.4 million to Take That's 13.2) they are far behind on album sales (4.4 million to Take That's 14.4 million)

 

Overall UK sales currently are:

 

Take That: 28 million.

Westlife: 22.3 million.

One Direction: 18.9 million.

Boyzone: 14.3 million.

 

These are the only four boybands currently to have cumulatively crossed 10 million sales in the UK. Take That and Westlife being the only two to have gone over 10 million in both albums and singles separately.

Edited July 19, 2024Jul 19 by nirvanamusic

Take That with 27 million is incredible and they will hold top position for years to come.

Shine has crossed over 1.2 million sales (Double Platinum) in the UK. It is their fourth song to cross this mark. I think in time Never Forget, Greatest Day, and The Flood will do the same.

That's great for shine, the flood and never forget deserve it to happen aswell as both are brilliant but they are a long way off.

Everything Changes (single) has finally gone Gold (400,000 sales) today so hopefully more of their back catalogue will reach higher certs in time.

 

This means the song is more popular now than Relight My Fire, A Million Love Songs, Could It Be Magic, and Sure.

 

Thoughts on reasons?

Edited June 7, 20241 yr by nirvanamusic

A million love songs is one I'd have thought would more ahead of everything changes.

I like everything changes but prefer both relight my fire and a million love songs.

Sure is one of my fave singles from their older stuff.

Kidz has been certified Silver status for over 200,000 sales/streams in the UK today.

Thats fairly ok for kidz as it didnt do great in the charts, its a good song though so im happy to see it certified.