U2 -- Charts & Sales

[Wayne]

U2

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Boy - 3,500,000
October - 3,500,000
War - 10,000,000
Under A Red Blood Sky - 10,000,000
The Unforgottable Fire - 8,000,000
Johua Tree - 28,000,000
Rattle And Hum - 14,600,000
Acthung Baby - 17,500,000
Zooropa - 7,650,000
Pop - 6,900,000
Best Of 1980-1990 - 18,500,000
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - 12,000,000
Best Of 1990-2000 - 7,250,000
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 10,250,000
U2 18 Singles - 5,000,000
No Line On The Horizon - 3,250,000

= 155,900,000

U2 in Australia:

Boy - 35,000
October - 35,000
War - 140,000
Under A Red Blood Sky - 280,000
The Unforgottable Fire - 140,000
Johua Tree - 350,000
Rattle And Hum - 490,000
Acthung Baby - 350,000
Zooropa - 210,000
Pop - 70,000
Best Of 1980-1990 - 560,000
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - 280,000
Best Of 1990-2000 - 140,000
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 280,000
U2 18 Singles - 210,000
No Line On The Horizon - 100,000

Total: 3,670,000

11 #1 albums

CREDIT: HUR from UKMix

Italy (according to M & D):

Johua Tree - 350,000 (1987)
Acthung Baby - 550,000 (1992)
Pop - 400,000 (1997)
Best Of 1980-1990 - 600,000 (1998)
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - 500,000 (2001)
Best Of 1990-2000 - 330,000 (2002)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 400,000 (2004)
U2 18 Singles - 250,000 (2006)
No Line On The Horizon - 150,000 (2009)

Total: 3,460,000

In Brackets, the year up through which these sales go back.

9 #1 albums

CREDIT: HUR from UKMix

Germany

Key: title, peak, weeks at #1, weeks top 10

Johua Tree - #1 (6) (29)
Rattle And Hum - #1 (6) (11)

Key: title, peak, weeks top 10, weeks on chart

Acthung Baby - #2 (6) (56)
Zooropa - #1 (8) (21)
Pop - #1 (5) (30)
Best Of 1980-1990 - #1 (11) (48)
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - #1 (4) (40)
Best Of 1990-2000 - #4 (4) (23)
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - #1 (?) (?)
U2 18 Singles - #2 (?) (?)
No Line On The Horizon - #1 (1) (1)

Sales for Germany

Album certified double gold in Germany (?)

War - 250,000
Under A Red Blood Sky - 500,000
Johua Tree - 1,000,000
Rattle And Hum - 500,000
Acthung Baby - 500,000
Zooropa - 250,000
Pop - 250,000
Best Of 1980-1990 - 500,000
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - 450,000
Best Of 1990-2000 - 150,000
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 300,000
U2 18 Singles - 200,000
No Line On The Horizon - 200,000

Total: 5,050,000

#1 album too, as already stated.

The album enters at #1 in New Zealand. As already posted, it is certified platinum (15,000).

Boy - 15,000
October - 15,000
War - 45,000
Under A Red Blood Sky - 90,000
The Unforgottable Fire - 45,000
Johua Tree - 210,000
Rattle And Hum - 120,000
Acthung Baby - 75,000
Zooropa - 60,000
Pop - 30,000
Best Of 1980-1990 - 135,000
All That You Can't Leave Bekind - 45,000
Best Of 1990-2000 - 75,000
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 45,000
U2 18 Singles - 60,000
No Line On The Horizon - 15,000

Total: 1,080,000

As in Australia, they have 11 #1 albums. A total of 66+ platinum awards. Unbelievable, really.

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U2 album sales in France 2003-2008 according to Gfk:

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 474,398
18 Singles 249,999
Best Of 90/00 143,763
Best Of 80/90 130,105
The Joshua Tree 53,212
War 51,375
All That You Can't Leave Behind 23,752
Achtung Baby 22,683
Under A Blood Red Sky 21,801
Unforgettable Fire 19,921
Boy 15,107
October 14,568
Rattle And Hum 13,822
Zooropa 8,753
Pop 7,892
Under A Blood Red Sky/Boy 4,926
Wide Awake In America/War 3,706
Unforgettable Fire/October 3,409
Wide Awake In America 2,278

Total of 1.265 million albums sold.

GFK tracked sales between 2003-2008.

[Wayne]

Official All-Time U2 Top 40 Singles

Compiled by the OCC.
Broadcast by MTV Two on 17/8/09, repeated by VH1 on 18/8/09.
Ranking by the OCC.
Sales estimates by me - if you have better information, please post in this thread.

1 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) {1984} : 400k
2 - With Or Without You {1987} : 375k
3 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me {1995} : 360k
4 - Sweetest Thing {1998} : 275k
5 - Beautiful Day {2000} : 240k
6 - Take Me To The Clouds Above [LMC] {2004} : 230k
7 - Discotheque {1997} : 230k
8 - Desire {1988} : 220k
9 - Stay (Faraway So Close) {1993} : 200k
10 - Even Better Than The Real Thing {1992} : 195k
11 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For {1987} : 190k
12 - The Fly {1991} : 185k
13 - Unforgettable Fire {1985} : 180k
14 - Theme From Mission:Impossible [ACLM] {1996} : 175k
15 - One {1992} : 165k
16 - One [MJB] {2006} : 160k
17 - Vertigo {2004} : 150k
18 - Where The Streets Have No Name {1987} : 135k
19 - Miss Sarajevo [Pass] {1995} : 130k
20 - All I Want Is You {1989} : 130k
21 - New Year's Day {1983} : 125k
22 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of {2001} : 110k
23 - In A Lifetime [CwB] {1986} : 110k
24 - When Love Comes To Town {1989} : 105k
25 - Staring At The Sun {1997} : 105k
26 - Elevation {2001} : 105k
27 - Goldeneye [TT] {1995} : 105k
28 - Electrical Storm {2002} : 105k
29 - Angel Of Harlem {1988} : 100k
30 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own {2005} : 100k
31 - Mysterious Ways {1991} : 100k
32 - Please {1997} : 100k
33 - Two Hearts Beat As One {1983} : 95k
34 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses {1992} : 90k
35 - Last Night On Earth {1997} : 85k
36 - If God Would Send His Angels {1997} : 85k
37 - Saints Are Coming [GD] {2006} : 80k
38 - City Of Blinding Lights {2005} : 75k
39 - Walk On {2001} : 60k
40 - All Because Of You {2005} : 50k

All singles credited to U2 except:-
LMC = LMC vs. U2
ACLM = Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
MJB = Mary J Blige & U2
Pass = Passengers
CwB = Clannad with Bono
BBK = U2 & BB King
TT = Tina Turner (track written by Bono & The Edge)
GD = U2 & Green Day


My own guess at the next 10 is as follows:-

41 - Fire {1981} : 45k
42 - New Year's Dub [MvU2] {2001} : 35k
43 - New Day [WJfB] {1999} : 30k
44 - Windows In The Skies {2007} : 30k
45 - Get On Your Boots {2009} : 25k
46 - In God's Country {1987} : 20k
47 - A Celebration {1982} : 20k
48 - Gloria {1981} : 15k
49 - Magnificent {2009} : 10k
50 - In The Name Of The Father {1994} : 10k

MvU2 = Musique vs. U2
WJfB = Wyclef Jean
BGF = Bono & Gavin Friday

Singles probably selling less than 10k:-
11 O'Clock Tick Tock; A Day Without Me; I Will Follow {all 1980}; I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight {2009}; and Heroine {1986} from the soundtrack to Captive by The Edge and Sinead O'Connor.

[b]U2 All-Time Singles Sales

Using the estimates I have posted above, and totalling all singles which credit U2 (including LMC vs U2 and Musique vs U2), gives career U2 singles sales of about 5,900k.

This can be sense-checked as follows:-
4,665k - sales 1980-2003 (UK's all-time Top 50 singles acts)
330k - sales 2004 (MW year end #24)
190k - sales 2005 (MW year end #34)
240k - the two 2006 collaborations (Mary J Blige & Green Day)
30k - Windows In The Skies (2007)
40k - the 3 singles from No Line On The Horizon (2009)
120k - digital sales of With Or Without You 2005-2009 (MW June 2009)
285k - digital sales of other back catalogue singles 2005-2009 (= balancing figure)
[b]5,900k

Thanks to shireblogger for this fantastic data. It more or less fits with my ~6m total UK single sales estimate for U2! :D

[Wayne]

Nederland

20 NEW 1
U2
The Unforgettable Fire (25th Anniversary Edition)

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Belgium

Flanders:
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44 NEW 1
U2
The Unforgettable Fire

53 54 34
U2
No Line On The Horizon

Wallony:
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46 NEW 1
U2
The Unforgettable Fire

57 55 35
U2
No Line On The Horizon

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[Wayne]

U2 RIAA

Boy 1xp
October 1xp
War 4xp
Under A Blood Red Sky 3xp
The Unforgettable Fire 3xp
Wide Awake in America 1xp
The Joshua Tree 10xp
Rattle and Hum 5xp
Achtung Baby 8xp
Zooropa 2xp
Pop 1xp
The Best of 1980-1990/B-Sides 2xp
The Best of 1980-1990 2xp
All That You Can’t Leave Behind 4xp
The Best of 1990-2000/B-Sides No cert
The Best of 1990-2000 1xp
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 3xp
U218 No cert
No Line on the Horizon 1xp *new*

Total: 52xp