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Canadian sales numbers - GBV - 10-25-2006

from canoe.ca...

Charles beats The Hip, Sarah to No. 1

By JOHN WILLIAMS
Senior Editor, JAM! Showbiz

Gregory Charles

Despite healthy album debuts from The Tragically Hip and Sarah McLachlan, it was a French Canadian artist that made a surprise leap to No. 1 in Canada.

Gregory Charles' second album, "I Think of You," blasted to the top of the charts, racking up an astonishing 109,000 in sales, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan Canada.

The album figures make "I Think of You" the biggest debut in these parts since Coldplay's "X&Y," which sold 105,000 copies in June of 2005.

Trailing well behind was the Hip's 12th disc, "World Container," which checked in at No. 2 with 27,000 in sales, and Sarah McLachlan's Christmas album, "Wintersong," which landed at No. 3, selling 19,000 copies.

All the movement up front bumped Rod Stewart's fifth all-covers disc "Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time" from the No. 1 position down to No. 4.

The Killers' "Sam's Town" sank two spots to No. 5, Evanescence's "The Open Door" dropped from No. 2 to No. 6, and Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds" held steady at No. 7.


Rounding out the Top 10 was Tony Bennett's "Duets: An American Classic" at No. 8, Diana Krall's "From This Moment On" at No. 9, and K-os' "Atlantis: Hymns For Disco" at No. 10.

Other notable debuts included JoJo's "High Road" at No. 12, Diddy's "Press Play" at No. 17, Aerosmith's "The Very Best of Aerosmith" at No. 19, Alain Lefevre's "Moments Musicaux" at No. 35, Dierks Bentley's "Long Trip Alone" at No. 37, and Cradle of Filth's "Thornography" at No. 50.

- sundin13 - 10-25-2006

Please put the link up to the story with the text -- these people have kids to feed.. :wink:

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Not sure about the #'s for IBE, but, on the bright side, 27,000 usually takes the cake on most weeks in Canada.

Update: Just found out that IVL sold 33,000 in its debut week (June '02).

- tigerthelion - 10-25-2006

Long gone are the glory days of the Hip and glorious record sales. I think Phantom Power sold 70,000 or 80,000 in its first week of sales.

- skippy the wonder dog - 10-25-2006

CD sales in general have declined since then.

First week sales of a CD usually reflect (a) the size of the committed fanbase and (b) the effectiveness of the pre-release marketing campaign. Most buyers are buying the album sight unseen, or sound unheard. So it's not surprising that first week sales are roughly in line with IVL.

- direwolf74 - 10-25-2006

Who the hell is Gregory Charles?? Anyways, yeah, the Hip's chart topping days are long gone unfortunately. Universal was probably banking on the hope that Bob Rock could get them back up to Day For Night-ish numbers, hence the non-stop media blitz leading up to it's release. But obviously it didn't happen. Not that record sales really matter anyway. Artists make most of their money from touring and merch sales.

- mrlayance - 10-25-2006

Don't forget about puretracks and iTunes. I don't believe they are counted in these numbers.

- Roy-at-tth - 10-25-2006

wtf? Who is this guy?

oh man.

- Moosehead - 10-25-2006

A lot of casual hip fans (the ones who own a few of the albums, go to the shows but don't hang out on this forum or check thehip.com every day Smile) probably don't even know they have a new album. I mean... with CD players standard in almost every card and mp3 players/ipods everywhere, how many people listen to the radio nowadays? When I do it's mostly talk radio. Hence the attempts to promo on talk radio, The Hour, Hockey Night in Canada ...

Doesn't explain Gregory Charles though ... Smile

- ewallman - 10-26-2006

When Gordie was on Power 97 last week (Winnipeg), someone asked if they pay attention to the CD sales numbers. He said "does anyone even buy CD's anymore"?

- NMAS - 10-26-2006

This Charles guy sold 109,000 records, mainly in Quebec, so clearly people are buying CD's still. The boys aren't as popular as they once were, that is the answer for the lack in sales plain and simple. No need to make excuses, bands just can't keep on the same level for 20 years its just not possible (In terms of popularity).

- tigerthelion - 10-26-2006

NMAS, you're right. The Hip just aren't as popular as they were in the mid to even late 90's. 109,000 sales in the first week for that french guy is mind boggling though. That's astronomically high sales for a week in Canada.

- NMAS - 10-26-2006

tigerthelion Wrote:NMAS, you're right. The Hip just aren't as popular as they were in the mid to even late 90's. 109,000 sales in the first week for that french guy is mind boggling though. That's astronomically high sales for a week in Canada.

109,000 is huge. Good for that guy, good for canadian music. I have no idea what he even sounds like or what type of music it is. His name isn't even french which makes it even more mindboggling

- The Darkest Canuck - 10-26-2006

i'm surprised K-OS isn't doing better after his last album was such a smash...although i didn't hear much about him having a new album until it was already out...

- chris - 10-27-2006

After the show last night some of us had a chance to chat with one of The Hip's managers and he told us that they received their Gold Record last night (50,000 units sold) and that Yer Favourites had one of its biggest weeks last week. I asked how the LiveDownloads/iTunes were selling and he said "fantastically well".

- Rye - 10-27-2006

Didn't TATH sell something ridiculous in its first week like 200,000? I could be wrong but I swear I saw that number on the old Egos and Icons MuchMusic special on The Hip. Anyways, in most cases I've always felt that the first week of CD sales are more indicative of what the public thought of the bands previous album.