Posted January 3, 200917 yr Using the weekly figures posted here/elsewhere : #1's sold 67k/week on average - however, if you exclude XF/Charity figures, the average drops to 49k...
January 3, 200917 yr Author how does that compare with 07 or 06? out of intrest :) Very rough estimates : '07 : 55k, 49k '06 : 56k, 41k '05 : 81k, 59k
January 3, 200917 yr Guesses for future years 2009 : 60K, 55K 2010 : 73K, 70K 2011 : 90K, 90K 2012 : 110K, 110K
January 3, 200917 yr Guesses for future years 2009 : 60K, 55K 2010 : 73K, 70K 2011 : 90K, 90K 2012 : 110K, 110K My guesses including charity stuff. 2005 81k 2006 56k 2007 55k 2008 67k 2009 54k 2010 75k 2011 99k 2012 89k 2013 68k Hopefully BJ still exists in 2013 and then we'll see :P. Lack of returning acts will drag 2009 down, despite the relatively healthy sales atm.
January 3, 200917 yr My guesses including charity stuff. 2005 81k 2006 56k 2007 55k 2008 67k 2009 54k 2010 75k 2011 99k 2012 89k 2013 68k Hopefully BJ still exists in 2013 and then we'll see :P. Lack of returning acts will drag 2009 down, despite the relatively healthy sales atm. LOL Harve, do you have a cystal ball? :o I have some questions :P
January 3, 200917 yr Yeah single sales have improved a lot this year! Average Single 2008 Sales: No1 67,843 No2 35,214 No3 29,218
January 3, 200917 yr Author Very rough estimates : '07 : 55k, 49k '06 : 56k, 41k '05 : 81k, 59k Been doing some more thorough calculations, and come up with some stats : Since 2004, the average weekly sale for :- XF/Charity #1 = 147.7k Ordinary #1 = 50.8K Combined = 66.4k Over this period, the #1 has been an XF/Charity song for about 1 week in 6. Updating my above rough estimates by year : 2004 : 71k all, 58.9 excl.charity/XF 2005 : 81.2k, 55.2k 2006 : 56.1k, 44.6k 2007 : 55.4k, 47.9k 2008 : 67.8k, 47.7k The static figure for 'ordinary' #1's for the last two years, backs up the general opinion - that the rule change allowing *all* downloads to count is helping weekly sales figures from the bottom of the chart upwards. It hasn't quite yet reached the very top yet, but the beneficial effect seems to have reached as high as #4-#5, possibly even #3. By the end of this year, I would expect it to encompass the whole chart, though.
January 4, 200917 yr The static figure for 'ordinary' #1's for the last two years, backs up the general opinion - that the rule change allowing *all* downloads to count is helping weekly sales figures from the bottom of the chart upwards. It hasn't quite yet reached the very top yet, but the beneficial effect seems to have reached as high as #4-#5, possibly even #3. By the end of this year, I would expect it to encompass the whole chart, though. Yes, though i think total record sales have peaked and will go down next year because of the economy and the most uneventful year as in returning artists i can think of for many years (not that i know of many, my musical knowledge stretches back to 2006 :P). Not sure what will happen after, its a bit too far into the future.
January 4, 200917 yr average number one sales since 1991 (from www.zobbel.de) 1991: 75,300 1992: 59,350 1993: 68,250 1994: 86,250 1995: 122,775 1996: 145,050 1997: 218,300 1998: 140,700 1999: 159,100 2000: 118,694 2001: 121,738 2002: 144,300 2003: 70,169 2004: 71,400 2005: 82,450 2006: 55,975 2007: 55,363 2008: 67,843 The 2008 figure is taken from ej87's post above. The 1997 figure is inflated due to Elton John's Candle 97 sales but even with that taken out average sales would be well over 150,000 per week. The 2002 rebound is due to Will Young / Gareth Gates and the 2005 rebound is probably down to Shayne Ward.
January 4, 200917 yr Author average number one sales since 1991 (from www.zobbel.de) 1991: 75,300 1992: 59,350 1993: 68,250 1994: 86,250 1995: 122,775 1996: 145,050 1997: 218,300 1998: 140,700 1999: 159,100 2000: 118,694 2001: 121,738 2002: 144,300 2003: 70,169 2004: 71,400 2005: 82,450 2006: 55,975 2007: 55,363 2008: 67,843 The 2008 figure is taken from ej87's post above. The 1997 figure is inflated due to Elton John's Candle 97 sales but even with that taken out average sales would be well over 150,000 per week. The 2002 rebound is due to Will Young / Gareth Gates and the 2005 rebound is probably down to Shayne Ward. Of course, you can't mention Shayne Ward's contriution to 2005, without mentioning Leona's to 2006, or Alexandra Burke's in 2008 - but of course that was the whole point of my earlier post specifically excluding such exceptional figures....
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