The Beatles -- Charts & Sales

[Wayne]

Quite simply, the Beatles are by far the biggest-selling act in the history of music - they are the only act to have legitimately surpassed 400,000,000 around the world

First of all, we need to dismiss the 1,000,000,000 records claim as pure nonsense. They may surpass half of that, depending on how you count their sales.

When I did my own estimations, I came up with a grand total of 351,500,000+ albums shifted around the world. MJDangerous has conceded himself that their album sales are between 345,000,000-350,000,000, and basil & hanboo both undertook extraordinary studies and came up with totals between 355,000,000-363,000,000.

Thanks to this incredible (http://www.kronemyer.com/Beatles/Beatles%20Sales%201964-1985.pdf) piece of data, we have the Beatles US album sales up until 1985 (they total 74,786,835). We know from Soundscan that the Beatles have sold over 57,000,000 albums since 1991 in the USA. That leaves a gap of 5.5 years (86-mid 91).

74,786,835 + 57,000,000 = 131,786,835

The band is certified as having shipped 130.85mil albums in the USA. Counting double-albums and other missed sales (such as the 86-mid 1991 period), their US total album sales are reckoned to be at 162,500,000 (thanks basil)

[Wayne]

Massive thankyou to Hanboo for his input. This is what he had to say:


Here's some Beatles world album sales info I posted on Dotmusic in 2003.
I've updated some figures.

Offical Beatles US/UK releases

Sales in millions
(world sales, RIAA certified level, title, year of releae)

06.0 01.0 Please Please Me (1963)
06.0 00.5 With The Beatles (1963)
09.0 05.0 Meet The Beatles (1964)
02.0 01.4 Introducing The Beatles (1964)
04.0 02.0 Second Album (1964)
11.0 04.0 A Hard Day's Night (1964)
04.0 02.0 Something New (1964)
02.0 00.5 Story Of The Beatles (1964)
06.0 01.0 Beatles For Sale (1964)
05.0 03.0 Beatles '65 (1965)
04.0 02.0 Beatles VI (1965)
10.0 03.0 Help! (1965)
12.0 06.0 Rubber Soul (1965)
04.0 02.0 Yesterday And Today (1966)
12.0 05.0 Revolver (1966)
05.0 00.0 Collection Of Oldies (1966)
32.5 11.0 Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
12.0 06.0 Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
06.0 01.0 Yellow Submarine (1968)
18.5 09.5 The Beatles (White Album) (Double) (1968)
29.5 12.0 Abbey Road (1969)
05.0 03.0 Hey Jude (1970)
01.0 01.0 The Early Beatles (1970)
10.0 04.0 Let It Be (1970)
20.0 07.5 1962-1966 (Double) (1973)
21.0 08.0 1967-1970 (Double) (1973)
04.0 01.0 Rock & Roll Music (1976)
04.0 01.0 Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
06.0 01.5 Love Songs (Double) (1977)
01.0 00.5 Beatles Rarities (1979)
03.0 00.0 Beatles Ballads-20 Original Tracks (1980)
01.0 01.0 Rock & Roll Music, Vol.1 (1980)
01.0 01.0 Rock & Roll Music, Vol.2 (1980)
01.0 01.0 The Beatles Box (12 LP's) (1981)
02.0 00.5 Reel Music (1982)
05.0 02.0 20 Greatest Hits (1982)
02.0 01.0 Past Masters, Vol. 1 (1988)
02.0 01.0 Past Masters, Vol. 2 (1988)
08.0 02.0 Live At The BBC (Double) (1994)
10.0 04.0 Anthology 1 (Double) (1995)
06.0 02.0 Anthology 2 (Double) (1996)
04.0 01.5 Anthology 3 (Double) (1996)
01.0 00.5 Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)
28.0 10.0 1 (2000)
01.5 01.0 Let It Be - Naked (2003)
00.3 00.3 Capitol Box Volume 1 (2004)

Total world sales official US/UK releases: 348.3 million
Total US certified: 134.2 million (170 m. counting double albums)

Apart from the UK and US releases, which were released all over the world,
most countries issued their own specific Beatles releases, especially before Apple came into being in 1968.
There are at least 50 albums, which were released by record companies like Capitol Canada, Odeon, Electrola, etc.

These are the most successful ones:

(sales in million, title)

2.0 Beatles in Italy
1.0 The Beatles Nr. 1-5 (1964 Mexican LPs)[/b]
1.0 The Beatles In The Beginning (ca. 1960)
1.0 Live At The Star Club Albums
1.0 Beatles Beat
1.0 20 Golden Hits
0.5 Greatest Hits (1965)
0.5 Beatles First
0.4 Songs, Pictures & Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles
0.3 14 Plus Grands Succes (1965)
0.2 Beatles Tapes

These 12 sold about 10 million. If we take an average of 100,000 for the other 48 albums, we reach a total of about 15 million.

Total world sales official US/UK releases: 348 million
Total world sales foreign releases: 15 million

Grand total: 363 million

[Wayne]

Thankyou to Basil for his input

Part Six - UK Album Sales

Most of these figures come from Fedepeti and Miguel

Original Studio Albums

Please Please Me - 600,000
Fedepeti figures are not dated but look to be quite old - possibly just for the 1960's only. So,this figure looks too low, given it's huge chart performance, continuous availability for 42 years and CD sales since 1987.

With the Beatles - 1,500,000

A Hard Day's Night - 2,000,000

Beatles For Sale - 800,000
This figure seems too low/out of date

Help - 700,000
Too low again?

Rubber Soul - 2,500,000
Miguel's figures are more recent - from Q magazine in 1997. Fedepeti's figure was 800,000 which makes me think they are definitely 60's figures.

Revolver - 1,750,000

Sgt Pepper - 5,329,000
The UK's biggest selling album - sales up to September 2005

The Beatles - 2,200,000

Yellow Submarine
Don't know. Probably less than 1m.

Abbey Road - 3,200,000

Let It Be - 1,000,000

Compilations

1962-1966
1967-1970
Both of these "shipped" 300,000 back in 1973. Sales of both likely well over 1m.

Beatles One - 2,600,000

CD Era Releases

Magical Mystery Tour
Shipped 100,000 in CD format. Earlier Import and some UK sales from belated 1976 vinyl release.

Past Masters Vol 1
Past Masters Vol 2
No certification. Must be 100,000 each after 17 years on CD and these are essential to any fan to complete their collection

Studio Box (15CD's)
No figures. Perhaps 10-20,000

At the Beeb
Shipped 600,000. Sold 590,000 in it's first year.

Anthology One
Shipped 600,000.

Anthology Two
Shipped 300,000

Anthology Three
Shipped 100,000. Sold 140,000 in first year.

Yellow Submarine Songtrack
Shipped 100,000. Sold 68,000 in first year.

Let It Be - Naked
Shipped 100,000. Sold 216,000 in first year.

Capitol Box Vol 1
Very low sales in the UK

Other Compilations/Exploitation - not on CD

Collection of Beatles Oldies
No figures. 100,000??

Rock n Roll Music
Shipped 100,000

Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Shipped 100,000 in first year and TV advertised. Must have sold a lot more.

Love Songs
Shipped 100,000

Rarities
Shipped 60,000

Ballads
Shipped 100,000

20 Greatest Hits
Shipped 300,000. Could have sold up to 1,000,000

Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan
Shipped 100,000

Hey Jude
Low sales, sold more on import before 1979 vinyl release.

So there's a lot we don't know about UK Sales. EMI know, but it's a secret!

I estimate that in the 24 years from 1963-1986, they sold 29 million albums.

Part Five - The Beatles UK Albums Sales 1984-2004

following the release of 20 Greatest Hits in 1982, there were no new re-issues until 1987

1984 - total sales - 125,000

1985 - total sales - 175,000

amazing catalogue sales all on vinyl/cassette only

1986 - sales were less than 102,000

1987 - total sales - 507,000

13 studio albums are released on CD for the first time.
Sgt Pepper sold 170,000. So the other 12 albums did 337,000 between them.

1988 - total sales - 285,000

Past Masters Vols 1 and 2 were released and the CD re-issues carried on selling.

1989 - total sales - 256,000

all catalogue sales.


1990 - no figure

we have an end of year chart without sales which indicates sales of less than 200,000 - all catalogue titles

1991 - no figure

The band were 55 on the end of year chart, indicating sales of around 275,000 - all catalogue titles

1992 - no figure

The band were 38 on the end of year chart, indicating sales of around 300,000 - all catalogue sales boosted by 25th anniversary of Sgt Pepper.

1993 - 504,000

The Red and Blue compilations were released selling about 350,000 between them. Sgt Pepper sold 57,000 - the remaining 97,000 being catalogue sales.

1994 - 798,000

Live at the BBC released selling about 550,000. Sgt Pepper sold 47,000 with the catalogue selling about 201,000.

By march of 1995, the BBC album had sold 590,000.

1995 - 1,080,000

Anthology One released selling about 500,000. Sgt Pepper sold 61,000. Remaining catalogue sold 519,000.

1996 - 840,000

Anthology Two and Three released selling 200,000 and 140,000 respectively. Sgt Pepper sold 70,000. Remaining catalogue sold 430,000.

1997 - 550,000

Sgt Pepper sold 74,000. The remaining 476,000 was all catalogue sales.

1998 - 560,000

Sgt Pepper sold 106,000. The remaining 454,000 was all catalogue sales.

1999 - 588,000

Yellow Submarine Songtrack released selling 67,000, Sgt Pepper sold 85,000 leaving catalogue sales of 436,000.

2000 - 2,333,272

Beatles One released selling 1,850,000 and Sgt Pepper sold 61,000, so catalogue sales were 422,000.

2001 - 730,000

All catalogue sales, with One selling 402,000, Sgt Pepper 51,000 and the rest 277,000.

2002 - no figure.

Sales were less than 400,000, with One selling about 125,000 and Sgt Pepper 45,000.

2003 - 597,000

Let It Be - Naked released selling 216,000. One sold 110,000 and Sgt Pepper 40,000 leaving catalogue sales of 231,000.

2004 - no figure

Sales were less than 430,000. One sold 93,000 and Sgt Pepper 33,000.


So in the 21 years from 1987-2004 they sold between 10,766,000 and 11,427,000 albums in the UK, with The Beatles One selling over 2.5m.


In total, the Beatles are estimated to have shifted around 40,000,000+ albums in the UK - the biggest tally of all time

[Gillyberto]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

HUGE sales, for such a crap band.... respect to them though! :P

[Nichu94]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

HUGE sales, for such a crap band.... respect to them though! :P

Crap band?? :?

[aShLEy]

lol @ Crap! Love the beatles! Hey Jude and Yesterday are two of my fav songs ever, love them! :D

Total pioneers of Popular music, they totally redefined the music business!

[Wayne]

FAB FOUR COUNTDOWN: Plenty of buzzing over how Billboard and Soundscan will handle sales of Capitol/EMI's Beatles catalog, which hits retail on Sept. 9, day and date with MTV/Harmonix's much-anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band game. Will they follow the absurd precedent they've set with Michael Jackson, counting them on their regular charts in every country around the world except the U.S., where they are listed on the catalog tally? Enquiring minds want to know. (8/3p)

www.hitsdailydouble.com (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com)

[Wayne]

According to Billboard, The Beatles sold 600 million albums.
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/beatles ... 4291.story (http://www.billboard.com/#/news/beatles-rock-band-song-list-revealed-1004004291.story)

[Wayne]

UK sales of LOVE now stand at 818,636

Thanks Haven!

[AyuM]

The Beatles' sales were staggeringly phenomenal. They broke every single record existing. Also, their music impacted our culture so much. Madonna and MJ wouldn't exist if it weren't for them! 8-)

[Wayne]

According to Billboard, yesterday almost 6000 stereo box sets were sold in the UK.
Because each box contains 14 albums, albums and NOT CDs (those 14 albums correspond to 16 CDs), we can conclude that, just from this box set, 84,000 (84k) Beatles' albums were sold.

Thanks Edu

[Wayne]

In Japanese daily chart 11/09/2009:

#7 Stereo Box Set - 14,096
#11 Mono Box Set
#12 Abbey Road
#18 Let It Be
#20 Past Masters
#23 White Albums
#24 Sgt Pepper's
#25 Please Please Me
#26 Rubber Soul
#28 Help
#29 Revolver
#30 A Hard Day's Night

[Wayne]

Here are their positions and sales in Australia after 2 days of sales thanks to Undercover:

38. The Beatles – 1399 units
42. Abbey Road – 1312 units
44. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1214 units
54. The Stereo Box – 901 units
76. Revolver – 680 units
78. Past Masters – 637 units
82. Rubber Soul – 599 units
91: 1: 519 units
100. Let It Be – 483 units
106. A Hard Day’s Night – 443 units
107. Magical Mystery Tour – 442 units

[stevyy]

the Beatles are the most "important" music group ever.. thats what their sales indicate.

I will buy one of their remastered albums tomorrow..

[Wayne]

UK:

1 (2) We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

5 (-) Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 17,830
6 (-) Abbey Road 16,507
9 (-) Revolver 14,568
10 (-) Rubber Soul 13,203
21 (-) The Beatles 8,532
24 (-) The Beatles In Stereo 7,671
29 (-) Help 6,150
31 (-) Past Masters 5,748
33 (-) Magical Mystery Tour 5,568
37 (-) A Hard Day's Night 5,528
38 (-) Please Please Me 5,106
49 (-) Let It Be 3,993
51 (-) With The Beatles 3,909
54 (99) 1 3,418
56 (-) Beatles For Sale 3,390
57 (-) The Beatles In Mono 3,305
89 (-) Yellow Submarine 2,043

[Wayne]

BEATLES UK CHART RECORDS IN THE CHART OF W/E 19th SEPTEMBER:,

THE FIRST GROUP TO HAVE 4 TOP 10 ALBUMS IN THE SAME CHART

1) They are the first Group - ever - to have 4 Top 10 Albums, in the same Week.
The only other Act to manage 4 - or more - was Michael Jackson - earlier in 2009.
He had 5 Top 10 Albums in the Chart of W/E 11th July. Then 6 in the W/E 18th July
Chart. Then 5 in the W/E 25th July Chart. (Until 2009, no Act had ever managed more
than 3 Top 10 Albums at once).

THE FIRST GROUP SINCE 1967 TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO TOP 10 ALBUMS AT ONCE:,

2) The last time, (by a Group), was just over 42 Years ago:,

THE MONKEES

W/E 15th July 1967

No.2 - HEADQUARTERS
No.4 - MORE OF THE MONKEES
No.6 - THE MONKEES

Only 10 Acts have ever managed it. Until now, The Beatles had yet to achieve it.

The only other Groups to manage 3 Top 10 Albums -
George Mitchell Minstrels, (3 Weeks - 1962 - 1963),
The Shadows, (9 Weeks - 1963), The Beach Boys, (2
Weeks - 1966), & The Monkees, (1 Week - 1967).

THE MOST TOP 60 ALBUMS BY THE SAME ACT

3) Elvis Presley had a record 14 Top 60 Albums in the Chart of W/E 10th September 1977.
(3 of them in the Top 10). The Beatles have now beaten that. They have 16 Albums in the
current Top 60. (Michael Jackson had 9 Top 60 Albums in the Charts of W/E 18th July,
(all Top 20), W/E 25th July, (all Top 40), W/E 1st August, (all Top 50), W/E 8th August,
(all Top 50), & W/E 15th August, (all Top 60 - 11 in the Top 75, that Week).

Thanks to Zeus555

[HeatSeeker]

I have never listened to one of their songs :lol:

[Wayne]

Thanks irishguy28

From Music Week's 50th anniversary supplement (referring to UK sales figures):

Top 10 Singles Artists 1959-2009
1 The Beatles 20,821,000
2 Cliff Richard 20,183,000
3 Madonna 16,793,000
4 Elvis Presley 15,824,000
5 Elton John 14,099,000
6 Michael Jackson 13,808,000
7 Queen 11,493,000
8 Abba 10,812,000
9 Paul McCartney 10,034,000
10 David Bowie 10,012,000

Note the following, though: Elvis' career began before September 1959. His career tally is actually 20,918,000 - so in terms of overall sales in the UK, madonna would be pushed down a slot to Number 4.

[Wayne]

CHART DATE: 09/14/2009
LAST UPDATE: 09/14/2009 17:44:22
NOW IN: 68.46%


-- 6 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 36,117
ABBEY ROAD
-- 8 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 33,655
BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM)
-- 11 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 31,388
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
-- 16 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 22,794
REVOLVER
-- 17 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 21,462
RUBBER SOUL
-- 22 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 17,187
PAST MASTERS 1 & 2
-- 23 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 17,155
HARD DAY'S NIGHT
-- 25 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 16,943
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
-- 26 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 16,868
LET IT BE
-- 27 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 16,666
HELP!
-- 33 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 13,221
PLEASE PLEASE ME
-- 34 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 12,615
FOR SALE
-- 36 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 11,932
WITH THE BEATLES
-- 47 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 7,995
1S

[Wayne]

UK Top 200 Albums

13. (05) Sgt. Pepper
14. (06) Abbey Road
17. (09) Revolver
19. (10) Rubber Soul
32. (21) The Beatles
39. (29) Help!
43. (31) Past Masters
45. (37) A Hard Day's Night
49. (33) Magical Mystery Tour
55. (38) Please Please Me
63. (49) Let It Be
64. (51) With The Beatles
70. (56) Beatles For Sale
83. (54) 1
111. (24) The Beatles In Stereo
118. (89) Yellow Submarine
199. (57) The Beatles In Mono

The Top 12 UK Album Acts (To W/E 26th September)

The Beatles add 13 more Weeks, & are able to rise
from 3rd to 2nd place. Michael Jackson gets 5 more
Weeks, & rises above Simon & Garfunkel, & Madonna.

(2009 Weeks - since W/E 10th January - in Brackets)

1) Queen - 1421 (0)
2) The Beatles - 1344 (35)
3) Elvis Presley - 1333 (0)
4) U2 - 1234 (45)
5) Dire Straits - 1146 (0)
6) Michael Jackson - 1139 (111)
7) Madonna - 1137 (0)
8) Simon & Garfunkel - 1135 (7)
9) David Bowie - 1026 (0)
10) Elton John - 1013 (0)
11) ABBA - 998 (41)
12) Rod Stewart - 988 (5)

Thanks Zeus555

[Wayne]

They are looking at quite an unhealthy drop 2nd week for a lot of their records :?

[Wayne]

More Than 2.25 Million CDs Sold During First Week in North America, UK, Japan
LONDON, Sept. 22

Underlining their timeless appeal and unique status in music, The Beatles have broken multiple chart records around the world following the September 9, 2009 (9-9-09) CD release of their digitally re-mastered catalogue. In the major music markets of North America, Japan and the UK, consumers purchased more than 2.25 million copies of The Beatles' re-mastered albums, individually and in two multiple-CD boxed sets, one in stereo and one in mono, during the first five days of release (excluding non-traditional retail outlets whose sales are not tracked by the chart compilers).
The Beatles' original UK studio albums were re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.
The most popular band of the 20th century, The Beatles are beloved by music fans in the 21st century, as evidenced by their current unparalleled global chart performance:

• US: During the first five days of release, consumers purchased more than one million copies of re-mastered Beatles titles, and the individual CD and boxed sets debuted strongly across multiple Billboard charts.
o On Billboard's Comprehensive Albums chart, which lists the most popular album releases in the US, including current and catalogue titles, The Beatles set a new record for the most simultaneous titles by a single artist (18), including five of the top 10 and nine of the top 20.
o On the Pop Catalog chart, The Beatles achieved another new Billboard chart first for the most simultaneous titles in the top 50 (16), a record they previously set themselves with 12 titles in December 1995. The Beatles have nine of the chart's top 10 titles, and all 14 re-mastered CDs are in the top 20, led by 'Abbey Road' at number one and 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' at number two.
o On the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, 'The Beatles' stereo boxed set debuted at number 15, and 'The Beatles in Mono' limited edition boxed set debuted at number 40.

• UK: In last week's chart, The Beatles had four titles in the top 10, seven in the top 40 and 16 in the top 75, including both the stereo and mono boxes, as well as 2000's 'Beatles 1' compilation. This set a new record for the most simultaneous albums in the UK charts according to the UK Official Charts Company. In this week's UK chart, The Beatles have 13 albums in the top 75. A further 84,000 CDs were sold last week, bringing their total sales of the re-masters to more than 354,000 in 11 days and their total UK sales this decade to 6,755,000.

• Japan: All 14 re-mastered titles and boxed sets debuted in the top 25 of the international chart, including seven of the top 10, led by the stereo boxed set at number two, the mono boxed set at number three, 'Abbey Road' at four and 'Let It Be' at six. Across all titles and box sets, more than 840,000 albums were purchased by consumers in Japan in the first three days of sales.

• Canada: The Beatles have 15 of the top 20 catalogue titles including all of the top 11. The stereo boxed set is a new entry in the current albums chart at number four, the highest debut for a boxed set in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales. Cumulative sales across all titles were just under 160,000 over the counter.

• France: All 14 of the re-mastered titles and boxed sets entered the latest album chart, including three in the top 10, led by 'Abbey Road' at number four, a new record for the most original studio albums in the French album chart in one week.

• Italy: The Beatles have 17 titles in the current chart - all 14 re-mastered titles, the two boxed sets, plus the '1' compilation, a record for the most simultaneous entries in the album chart.

• Belgium: With 17 entries in the current chart - the 14 re-mastered titles, two boxed sets and '1' compilation - The Beatles have set a new record for the most simultaneous albums in the Belgian chart as confirmed by chart compiler Ultrapop.

• Sweden: The Beatles have 16 titles simultaneously in the top 60, led by 'Abbey Road' at number six. Local industry body IFPI have confirmed that this is a record for the Swedish charts.

• Argentina: Seven of the current top 10 albums are Beatles re-masters, led by 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at number two, 'Abbey Road' at number three and 'The Beatles' (The White Album) at number four. All 14 re-mastered titles are in the top 20 and the boxed sets are at numbers 73 and 74 in the chart.

• Spain: 13 Beatles albums plus both boxed sets debuted in the latest chart, a record for a single artist. The combined sales of the boxed sets places them at number four in the chart.

• Poland: All 14 re-mastered albums and two boxed sets debuted in the current top 100, led by 'Abbey Road' at six. This is a record for the highest number of simultaneous entries in the Polish chart.

• Switzerland: 14 Beatles titles, including the stereo boxed set, debuted in the most recent album chart, a record for the most simultaneous titles in the album chart.

• Denmark: The latest album chart includes 15 re-mastered Beatles titles, plus the '1'compilation, including four of the top 20.

• Australia: The Beatles have 14 titles in the current chart, including the '1' compilation.

• Germany: The combined sales of the stereo and mono boxed sets, with one boxed set counted as one unit sale, places them as the number three best seller in the latest chart.

• Austria: The current top 75 contains 12 re-mastered titles plus the stereo boxed set.

• Portugal: The re-mastered titles occupy 11 places in the current top 30 album chart, including three of the top 10.

• Norway: The combined stereo and mono boxed sets debut at number three with a further 12 re-mastered titles in the top 100.

• Colombia: Half of the current top 10 albums are Beatles re-mastered titles.

• Korea: During the first sales week The Beatles occupied 16 out of the top 17 spots in Korea's Hottracks album chart.

SOURCE EMI Music / Apple Corps Ltd.

From Billboard. Never less than 1 million from 1992.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3945447090_5d23cfc54f.jpg

[Wayne]

10/3 Catalog chart:

The Beatles' Abbey Road is the #1 catalog album for the second straight week. The classic sold 50,000 copies.

[Wayne]

UK Top 40 positions:

SPLHCB - #31
Abbey Road - 33
Revolber - 40

[Wayne]

The Beatles - Remasters: BRAZIL

The Beatles - Beatles For Sales (Remastered Version)
AA8000

The Beatles - With The Beatles (Remastered Version)
AA7000


The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered Version)
AA7000

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Remastered Version)
AA7000

The Beatles - Past Masters (Remastered Version)
AA15000

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered Version)
AA12000

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (Remastered Version)
AA9000

The Beatles - Abbey Road (Remastered Version)
AA17000

The Beatles - Revolver (Remastered Version)
AA10000

Madonna - Celebration: The Video Collection (DVD)
AA20000

[Wayne]

From www.hitsdailydouble.com (http://www.hitsdailydouble.com).

LW TW Artist Label Sales, %change album title
7 16 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 30,938 -39% - ABBEY ROAD
11 23 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 23,366 -44% - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
17 24 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 21,522 -27% - BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM)
16 32 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 16,435 -45% - RUBBER SOUL
21 36 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 15,066 -37% - REVOLVER
29 47 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 12,285 -34% - PAST MASTERS 1 & 2

[Wayne]

The Beatles have sold around 6.5m CD's since 09/09/09! :o Incredible

[Wayne]

New Australian accreditations:

The Beatles 1


10x PLATINUM
The Beatles 1962-1966


5x PLATINUM
The Beatles 1967-1970


5x PLATINUM
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night


GOLD
The Beatles Abbey Road


3x PLATINUM
The Beatles Beatles For Sale


GOLD
The Beatles Help!


GOLD
The Beatles Let It Be


PLATINUM
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour


PLATINUM
The Beatles Past Masters Volume 1


GOLD
The Beatles Past Masters Volume 2


GOLD
The Beatles Please Please Me


GOLD
The Beatles Revolver


PLATINUM
The Beatles Rubber Soul


PLATINUM
The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band


4x PLATINUM
The Beatles The Beatles


2x PLATINUM
The Beatles The Beatles


2x PLATINUM
The Beatles With The Beatles


GOLD
The Beatles With The Beatles

[Wayne]

UK chart 25/10/09
103. (128) SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (Beatles)
105. (123) REVOLVER (Beatles)
109. (134) ABBEY ROAD (Beatles)
122. (159) THE BEATLES (Beatles)
127. (157) RUBBER SOUL (Beatles)
164. (RE) LET IT BE (Beatles)
167. (RE) HELP (Beatles)
182. (193) THE BEATLES IN STEREO (Beatles)
187. (RE) WITH THE BEATLES (Beatles)
192. (RE) PLEASE PLEASE ME (Beatles)

and on the Billboard Catalog chart,
4 White Album (260 weeks on chart)
5 Abbey Road (343 weeks on chart)
8 Pepper (400 weeks on chart)
10 Past Masters (7 weeks on chart)
12 Rubber Soul (100 weeks on chart)
14 Revolver (117 weeks on chart)
25 Magical Mystery (118 weeks on chart)
36 Help (59 weeks on chart)
37 Hard Day’s Night (60 weeks on chart)
50 Please please me (9 weeks on chart)

also,
22 (34) One (444 weeks on chart)
45 (-) LOVE (113 weeks on chart)

[Wayne]

Week 10...
Revolver: 659,000
Pepper: 798,000
White Album: 753,000
Abbey Road: 820,000 worldwide

[Wayne]

Hits Daily Double USA:

-- 31 JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONE CAPITOL/EMI 12,129 --
DOUBLE FANTASY STRIPPED DOWN

[Wayne]

Have you seen this? :o

UK itunes:

110. Hey Jude - The Beatles
127. Twist and Shout - The Beatles
128. Twist and Shout - The Beatles
131. Let It Be - The Beatles
177. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
198. Blackbird - The Beatles
202. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
225. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
226. Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
236. Come Together - The Beatles
246. A Day In the Life - The Beatles
259. Help! - The Beatles
260. In My Life - The Beatles
264. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
272. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
278. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
279. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
282. Yesterday - The Beatles
312. Let It Be - The Beatles
326. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
327. Penny Lane - The Beatles
348. Hey Jude - The Beatles
349. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
362. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
363. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
364. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
365. Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
374. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
390. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
410. Come Together - The Beatles
411. With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
412. Helter Skelter - The Beatles
413. Hey Jude - The Beatles
418. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
419. Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
431. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
443. Help! - The Beatles
450. Yesterday - The Beatles
451. And I Love Her - The Beatles
467. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
468. Yesterday - The Beatles
482. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
483. In My Life - The Beatles
500. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
501. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
502. Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
503. Drive My Car - The Beatles
513. Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
514. Penny Lane - The Beatles
536. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
555. With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
556. I Should Have Known Better - The Beatles
572. Let It Be - The Beatles
573. Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
588. Revolution - The Beatles
607. Penny Lane - The Beatles
608. Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
609. She Loves You (Mono Version) - The Beatles
637. Something - The Beatles
638. She's Leaving Home - The Beatles
639. Please Mister Postman - The Beatles
640. All My Loving - The Beatles
641. Love Me Do - The Beatles
642. Dear Prudence - The Beatles
660. Got to Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
661. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
680. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
681. Across the Universe - The Beatles
682. When I'm Sixty-Four - The Beatles
683. If I Fell - The Beatles
684. Come Together - The Beatles
685. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
686. I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
720. You're Going to Lose That Girl - The Beatles
721. I'll Follow the Sun - The Beatles
722. Money (That's What I Want) - The Beatles
723. Please Please Me - The Beatles
724. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
725. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
757. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
777. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
778. In My Life - The Beatles
779. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
780. The Fool On the Hill - The Beatles
781. Nowhere Man - The Beatles
782. Things We Said Today - The Beatles
783. Let It Be - The Beatles
784. Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
785. Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
817. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
818. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
819. The Night Before - The Beatles
820. Taxman - The Beatles
821. Rain - The Beatles
861. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles
862. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
863. Get Back - The Beatles
864. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
865. Help! - The Beatles
912. Baby, You're a Rich Man - The Beatles
913. Michelle - The Beatles
914. Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
915. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
916. A Day In the Life - The Beatles
917. Love Me Do (Mono Version) - The Beatles
960. We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
961. Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles

The Beatles domination on UK itunes is ridiculous!

[HeatSeeker]

^ If you think that's impressive, check out US iTunes. 19 songs in the top 100 and 233 in the top 1,000.

[Wayne]

From Music Week,

32 Beatles recordings make the Top 200, with four of them in the published Top 75. Hey Jude leads the way at number 40 (7,006 sales), followed by Let It Be (number 46, 5,801 sales), Twist And Shout (number 48, 5,633 sales, and Here Comes The Sun (number 64, 4,195 sales).

Overall, some 132,649 Beatles tracks were sold. 12,268 Beatles albums were also downloaded, against 19,256 Beatles CDs and 97 LPs.

Grand total: 164,270

The least popular Beatles track? Surprisingly, not the extremely lengthy, avant garde Revolution Number 9, which sold 48 copies, but the Rubber Soul song What Goes On?. Written by Lennon, McCartney and Starr, it was one of drummer Ringo’s rare lead vocals, and attracted just 14 downloads last week.

[Wayne]

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH: The Beatles sold a reported 450k digital albums worldwide and more than 2 million individual song downloads since their iTunes launch last week. As we reported earlier (see Rumor Mill item below), the Fab Four moved a total of 310k albums (including the 16-disc box set) in the U.S. alone, which means nearly 2/3 of all Beatles digital sales were in the Colonies. The best-seller was Abbey Road, the only album to crack HITS’ Top 50 this week, with around 16k. (11/23p)


Beatles Sells 2 Million Songs in First Week on iTunes
Billboard.com

The initial Beatles sales figures are in: More than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold on iTunes worldwide, according to Apple, since the Beatles catalog was made available Tuesday (Nov. 16). In U.S. the best-selling album was "Abbey Road" and best-selling song was "Here Comes the Sun."

Of that tally, U.S. album sales totaled 119,000 units, which included 13,000 digital box sets, while individual digital track sales reached 1.4 million, according to industry sources. Each digital box set included 13 studio albums, the two-volume "Past Masters" compilation and the "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film. Sources say the U.S. album sales tally of 119,000 counts each box set as one unit, while Apple's worldwide album sales tally counts each box set as multiple sales units, although it wasn't immediately clear how many units each box set accounted for.

The Fab Four's debut-week sales on iTunes compare favorably with the first-week sales of previous iTunes holdouts. When Led Zeppelin's catalog made its digital debut in November 2007, the band generated total U.S. digital album sales of 47,000 units, which included sales of 33,000 units of the two-volume hits compilation "Mothership," which was released the same week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Led Zeppelin's first-week individual track sales totaled 300,000, according to SoundScan.

But these numbers also show that digital music consumers aren't necessarily holding their breath to pounce on buying music when holdouts finally join the fray. Led Zeppelin's entire catalog may have generated digital track sales of 300,000, but Eminem's digital track "Not Afraid" alone sold 379,000 units in the its debut week ended May 9, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

First-week digital track sales for superstar acts this year typically ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 per title, while digital album sales ranged anywhere from 40,000 to 278,000 for Taylor Swift's blockbuster third album "Speak Now."

The Beatles' debut on iTunes was accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, including prominent homepage placement on iTunes and TV spots that aired during Sunday's American Music Awards broadcast on ABC, Sunday Night Football on NBC and other prime-time programming.

Sources say the Beatles/iTunes media campaign is expected to kick into high gear this for Black Friday, with expanded TV advertising in the U.S. and full-page ads in the "Wall Street Journal" and the "New York Times."Pretty awesome achievement! :)