Posted September 5, 200915 yr The upcoming Beatles remasters could dominate next week's top 20 album chart, it has been claimed. The studio back catalogue of the Liverpool four-piece is being reissued in full on September 9, with the albums available individually and in stereo and mono box sets. Gennaro Castaldo at HMV told the Evening Standard: "We feel there's every chance that The Beatles will dominate the top 20 next week, even with only four days sales compared with other artists. "Chances are Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road will battle it out for the No.1 spot against the current incumbents - the Arctic Monkeys." He added: "All the albums being reissued next week will comfortably make the top 40, which will create a new record for the official charts." The BBC will air number of programmes dedicated to The Beatles on BBC Two and BBC Four next week. Source: Digital Spy I'm not sure if this will happen, but you never know :)
September 6, 200915 yr I can't see that happening at all. Maybe Sgt Peppers might go Top 20; with Abbey Road, The White Album & Revolver in the top 40. But I can't see them challenging for #1. But I would be delighted to be proven wrong.
September 6, 200915 yr Author They all might make it into the top 100, depends how much you need to sell to reach 100, I don't know. I presume boxsets purchased would not count towards a chart position.
September 6, 200915 yr ^ Yes, the box sets would just count as one sale of the box set. A shame they can't count as one sale for each of the studio albums.
September 9, 200915 yr Author Why all the negative comments on bj in the chart forum about the Beatles CD's being re-issued, comments like "my worst nightmare", some people are unbelievable. Its not as if the Beatles are banned, if people want to buy albums by the greatest act ever, then it is a free country last time I looked. It comes across as petty minded, actually bring some competition to the current dull charts. Its only a pity the singles weren't being re-released. I am surprised by some of the more respected posters being of this view ( no names) but you know who you are. :)
September 10, 200915 yr Why all the negative comments on bj in the chart forum about the Beatles CD's being re-issued, comments like "my worst nightmare", some people are unbelievable. Its not as if the Beatles are banned, if people want to buy albums by the greatest act ever, then it is a free country last time I looked. It comes across as petty minded, actually bring some competition to the current dull charts. Its only a pity the singles weren't being re-released. I am surprised by some of the more respected posters being of this view ( no names) but you know who you are. :) Agreed. Especially as one of them (naming no names) was very pleased at Michael Jackson dominating the charts in June. :) Anyways from peaking at the you know whats: Thur UK Midweek Chart - Top 40 only 7. Abbey Road 8. Sgt. Pepper 12. Revolver 13. The Beatles Stereo Boxset 15. Rubber Soul 28. The Beatles 39. Past Masters 45. The Beatles Mono Boxset
September 10, 200915 yr Author Agreed. Especially as one of them (naming no names) :lol: was very pleased at Michael Jackson dominating the charts in June. :) Anyways from peaking at the you know whats: Thur UK Midweek Chart - Top 40 only 7. Abbey Road 8. Sgt. Pepper 12. Revolver 13. The Beatles Stereo Boxset 15. Rubber Soul 28. The Beatles 39. Past Masters 45. The Beatles Mono Boxset And I believe thats from 1 days sales
September 11, 200915 yr Friday's UK Midweek Chart - Top 40 only 7. Abbey Road 8. Sgt. Pepper 9. Revolver 11. Rubber Soul 15. The Beatles Stereo Boxset 24. The Beatles 33. Past Masters 36. Magical Mystery Tour 37. Help! 39. A Hard Day's Night 10 Albums in the Top 40, after two days sales compared to 5 for all other albums is not bad going.
September 11, 200915 yr It's not bad going, but if they don't get a Top 5 album - then it's pretty poor really, especially with album sales so low at the moment.
September 11, 200915 yr It's not bad going, but if they don't get a Top 5 album - then it's pretty poor really, especially with album sales so low at the moment. Why????? The CD in the 1987 Remasters format have been freely available to buy for the past 22 years, hence anyone expected them to top the charts is far off the mark. Plus back in 1987 when the original CD's were released their first week sales hardly set the world on fire either, as they had been available to buy on vinyl or cassette for the previous 17 - 24 years. 1987 Chart CD issues UK chart peak: Please Please Me #32 With The Beatles #40 A Hard Day's Night #30 Beatles For Sale #45 Help! #61 Rubber Soul #60 Revolver #55 Sgt Peppers.. #3 Magical Mystery Tour #52 The Beatles (White Album) #18 Yellow Submarine #62 Abbey Road #30 Let It Be #50 Past Masters Vol 1 #49 Past Masters Vol 2 #46 Hence, these remasters are already doing far better than back in 1987. Plus Beatles fans are all round more likely to be music fans and historically are less obsessive about collecting music for the format/special edition/limited edition than Elvis or Wacko Jacko fans are/were.
September 11, 200915 yr The Beatles' remasters top the charts here, there and everywhere Beatlemania has conquered the world once again with the Fab Four's remastered albums set to reach No 1 from Liverpool to Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 September 2009 10.06 BST The Beatles with Alan Livingston It's 1964 all over again – Beatlemania 2.0 is making its effects felt at cash registers over the world. From Liverpool to Tokyo, buyers are snatching up the Beatles' remastered albums – and even the £170 box sets. In the UK, the Beatles will dominate this week's album charts based on only one day of sales (plus pre-orders). According to the Official Charts Company, Liverpool's finest will have five albums in the top 20 – and 15 in the top 75 – led by Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In their first day on the market, retailers sold more than 6,000 copies of the Beatles stereo box set – helping the expensive package into the UK top 20. "[The Beatles] are likely to dominate the album charts over the next few weeks and set a new record ... for the most albums in the charts by the same artist at any one time," a HMV spokesperson told Billboard. In Germany the box set is the top seller for both Amazon.de and internet retailer JPC. German shops are unable to keep up with demand – and EMI is reportedly back-ordered for weeks. "I suspect that EMI did not expect such a boom in Germany and is now having trouble keeping up with demand," a spokesperson for Hamburg's Hanse-CD told Billboard. It's a similar story in France, where the stereo box set is at No 1 on Amazon, in Canada, where the Beatles occupy the top 15 spots on HMV's charts, and in Japan, where the imported stereo set is HMV Shibuya's biggest seller. "Japan has been hit hard by Beatlemania," said a spokesperson for HMV Japan. The only sign of weakness is in the much-hyped The Beatles: Rock Band video game, which has not even broken into the top 10 on Amazon.co.uk. Rock Band and other deluxe video games have suffered over the last year due to their high price.
September 11, 200915 yr Author I am pleasantly surprised that possibly 3 and maybe 4 might make the top 10, plus all the others could make the top 40. As you rightly say, anyone could have and probably has already bought the albums either on Vinyl (like me) and CD (like me), and it must be mostly them that are once again buying the new updated version. I must own up to buying Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper today :)
September 13, 200915 yr UK Chart Positions & Sales: 5 Beatles [sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band] 17,830 6 Beatles [Abbey Road] 16,507 9 Beatles [Revolver] 14,568 10 Beatles [Rubber Soul] 13,203 21 Beatles [The Beatles] 8,532 24 Beatles [The Beatles In Stereo] 7,671 29 Beatles [Help] 6,150 31 Beatles [Past Masters] 5,748 33 Beatles [Magical Mystery Tour] 5,568 37 Beatles [A Hard Day's Night] 5,528 38 Beatles [Please Please Me] 5,106 49 Beatles [Let It Be] 3,993 51 Beatles [With The Beatles] 3,909 54 Beatles [1] 3,418 56 Beatles [beatles For Sale] 3,390 57 Beatles [The Beatles In Mono] 3,305 89 Beatles [Yellow Submarine] 2,043 126,469 sales = pretty good going.
September 13, 200915 yr Irish Charts Top 100 (which captures sales from Friday to Thursday (2 days sales)) - 13 THE BEATLES IN STEREO - 19 ABBEY ROAD - 22 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 28 REVOLVER - 31 THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM) - 64 RUBBER SOUL - 93 LET IT BE - 99 PAST MASTERS
September 13, 200915 yr Judging by the UK mids and the Irish charts the stereo boxed set's sales were obviously far more concentrated on Wednesday than the individual albums. Having bough said boxed set on Wednesday I now feel very predictable :lol:
September 13, 200915 yr Author UK Chart Positions & Sales: 5 Beatles [sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band] 17,830 6 Beatles [Abbey Road] 16,507 9 Beatles [Revolver] 14,568 10 Beatles [Rubber Soul] 13,203 21 Beatles [The Beatles] 8,532 24 Beatles [The Beatles In Stereo] 7,671 29 Beatles [Help] 6,150 31 Beatles [Past Masters] 5,748 33 Beatles [Magical Mystery Tour] 5,568 37 Beatles [A Hard Day's Night] 5,528 38 Beatles [Please Please Me] 5,106 49 Beatles [Let It Be] 3,993 51 Beatles [With The Beatles] 3,909 54 Beatles [1] 3,418 56 Beatles [beatles For Sale] 3,390 57 Beatles [The Beatles In Mono] 3,305 89 Beatles [Yellow Submarine] 2,043 126,469 sales = pretty good going. Pretty incredible really, considering only 4 days sales. Wonder if they will hold their positions next week on 7 days sales?
September 14, 200915 yr Australia's ARIA album chart (Top 50 albums): 41 (Re) The Beatles 44 (Re) Abbey Road 47 (Re) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
September 15, 200915 yr New Zealand's RIANZ Album chart (Top 40): #8 Abbey Road #12 Sgt Pepper's #20 Revolver #22 Stereo Box Set #23 White Album #25 Rubber Soul #28 A Hard Day's Night #29 Let It Be #32 Please Please Me #33 Past Masters #35 Help! #37 Magical Mystery Tour #40 Beatles For Sale God bless the land that gave the world the very Beatley Finn Brothers - Neil & Tim. (Crowded House, Split Enz).
September 17, 200915 yr Japan 9-21 Album Chart 6 - 35,262 - 35,262 - The Beatles Stereo Box 10 - 20,769 - 20,769 - The Beatles Mono Box 12 - 14,004 - 14,004 - Abbey Road 18 - 9,134 - 9,134 - Let It Be 21 - 8,150 - 8,150 - The Beatles 22 - 7,977 - 7,977 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 23 - 7,726 - 7,726 - Past Masters Vol.1 & 2 26 - 7,128 - 7,128 - Rubber Soul 27 - 6,774 - 6,774 - Revolver 28 - 6,712 - 6,712 - Please Please Me 31 - 5,801 - 5,801 - Help! 34 - 5,653 - 5,653 - A Hard Days' Night 36 - 5,384 - 5,384 - Magical Mystery Tour 38 - 4,760 - 4,760 - With The Beatles 43 - 4,076 - 4,076 - Beatles For Sale 60 - 2,827 - 2,827 - Yellow Submarine
September 17, 200915 yr Argentina Album chart: 2 - - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 3 - - Abbey Road 4 - - Album Blanco :lol: 7 - - Please Please Me 8 - - Let it Be 9 - - Yellow Submarine 10 - - Help! 11 - - Rubber Soul 12 - - Revolver 13 - - Magical Mystery Tour 14 - - A Hard Day's Night 15 - - Past Masters (volumes 1 & 2) 16 - - Beatles For Sale 17 - - With The Beatles
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