ABBA in the UK Charts, regular updates, etc.

Although 'ABBA Gold' has fallen from No.67 to No.73, (UK), this Week, it has actually sold
more than it did last Week. It sold around 1,260 copies to be at No.67 & it has sold around
1,420 copies to be at No.73.

If it can keep up its average UK Weekly Sales, it looks like it will sell at least 60,000 to
70,000 UK copies by the end of 2017.

Gary - You have to remember that 'Greatest Hits', (1981), by Queen has not really sold
6,180,000 UK copies. It is credited with that Total, but they consist of Sales from 2 other
UK Queen releases - not just those of the 17 Track 1981 Album.

In 2006 The Official UK Charts Company allowed the 1981 'Greatest Hits' Album to have
66,000 Sales added in from a 1994 Double Queen CD and 560,000 Sales added in from a
2000 Triple Queen CD - 'The Platinum Collection'.

So, to find out the real -stand-alone - UK Sales of the 1981 'Greatest Hits' Album, you have
to remove 626,000 Sales from it - as those 626,000 are from 2 other Queen releases.

6,180,000 - 626,000 is 5,554,000. So, the 1981 Album has sold 5,554,000 UK copies - not
6,180,000.

'ABBA Gold' has sold around 5,400,000 UK copies - so far. So the 1981 Queen Album is 'only'
around 154,000 ahead of 'ABBA Gold'. Not the ridiculous 780,000 Sales ahead of 'ABBA Gold',
that you get, if you say that the 1981 Queen 'Greatest Hits' Album is on 6,180,000 UK Sales.

Gary - I'm sorry that I misunderstood the point, that you were making, about 'Greatest Hits' by Queen.
Although both the Queen & ABBA Compilations have been in the Top 100 for several Weeks, this Year, you
are right - the Queen Album is almost always higher in the UK Top 100 than 'ABBA Gold'.

In the latest UK Album Chart, (W/E 25th May 2017), 'ABBA Gold' has risen from No.73 to No.65. It sold
about 1,450 copies, to do that. 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, has risen from No.64 to No.59. That sold about
1,580 copies, to do that. So, the Weekly Sales between both Albums are not very far apart - just 130 more
Queen Sales - than ABBA - this Week.....

ABBA in the latest UK Album Chart -- W/E 13th July 2017

Due to the release of the Double Gold Vinyl Album, 'ABBA Gold' has
re-entered the UK Top 75 at No.57.

It sold around 1,850 copies to do so.

It is its 526th Top 75 Week & 792nd Top 100 Week.

Its 792 Top 100 Weeks are the most by any Album.

Its 526 Top 75 Weeks are 2nd only to 'Legend' by Bob Marley & The Wailers.
That 1984 Album has 536 Top 75 Weeks, & it is at No.31 in the latest UK
Album Chart. (It has 780 Top 100 Weeks. The OCC say 779 Top 100 Weeks).

'Greatest Hits' by Queen has the 3rd most UK Top 75 Weeks - 516, although
it should really be 517, as The OCC misses a Week in 1982. It has 780 Top
100 Weeks - according to The OCC. Which is the same as 'Legend'. It really
has 781 Top 100 Weeks, due to the Week that the OCC miss out, in 1982.

Gold climbs an amazing 36 places in the UK album charts to be number 40.

surely the MM2 effect is to early ?

its highest position for a year, September 8th 2016 at 28.

It's strange how the film has an effect, numerous times on tv and sometimes it has an effect and others nothing at all.  I guess it's potentially a good sign for future chart success.

^^another reason why it's possible More Gold, could be the main album this time around.

Either way it's interesting for chart watchers/ facts to see Gold charting so high again after nearly 5.5 million copies, hard to believe really.

'ABBA Gold' sold around 2,300 UK copies to rise from No.40 to No.32.

It is doing even better in the Scottish Album Chart - No.19, the
Sales Album Chart - No.24, & the Physical Album Chart - No.24.

It is doing not so well in the Download Album Chart - No.55 & the
Streaming Album Chart - not in the Top 100.

'ABBA Gold' has fallen from No.32 to No.39 in the latest UK Album Chart - W/E 28th September 2017.

It sold about 2,000 copies to be at No.39.

It is its 228th Top 40 Week, 529th Top 75 Week & 803rd Top 100 Week.

It is at No.26 in the Sales Album Chart & the Scottish Album Chart. No.27 in the Physical Album Chart.

In the Download Album Chart it is only at No.56 & it is not in the Streaming Album Chart.

In the Irish Album Chart it rises from No.64 to No.29 - in its 453rd Top 100 Week.

For those that like stats.

Dancing Queen latest sales figures here in the UK up to October 2017 are . 1,252 475 of which 119,187 are downloads or streaming,
making DQ 157th best selling single in the UK.

latest figures from the official charts company.

Gold jumps 18 places to 39 this week in the UK album charts

Out of curiosity...

in the UK mid week album charts....


ABBA The Album, makes an entry at 89.

I assume its vinyl sales only of the new release, whether it will make the official top 75 is doubtful, but should make a high new entry in the vinyl charts.

Gold is at 62
Piano is at 63

3 related albums in the same chart... not bad going...

'ABBA Gold' has fallen from No.57 to No.62 in today's UK Album Chart - W/E 16th November 2017.
It sold about 1,700 copies to be at No.62. (It has fallen from No.43 to No.52 in the Sales Album
Chart, which used to be the 'Official' Chart, until The OCC started the current Album Chart, in which
Streaming & Downloads are also added in. ABBA are at a disadvantage, as they are not big in either
of the new factors - certainly not with Streaming).

'The Album' is not in the 'Main', ('Official'), Top 100 Albums. It was at No.89 in Monday's Mid Week Chart.
It is a New Entry in the Sales Chart - at No.88. It can't have sold many copies, as it has only managed to
enter at No.26 in the Vinyl Album Chart, & Sales in that Chart are rarely big. (The Vinyl 'ABBA Gold' went
in at No.4 in the Vinyl Chart, earlier in 2017).

In the Vinyl Singles Chart, 'Eagle' is in at No.2, 'The Name Of The Game' is in at No.3, & 'Take A Chance On Me'
is in at No.4. They are beaten by 'Oh, Pretty Woman', by Roy Orbison, which is in at No.1. The same Top 4 Vinyl
Singles are New Entries in the 'Physical' Singles Chart. However, as CD Singles no longer exist, Vinyl Singles only
need to sell a few 100 copies, to enter in those Charts. The Vinyl 'Dancing Queen' is a re-entry, at No.59, in the
Physical Singles Chart. It is its 17th Week in that Top 60, and it Peaked at No.4. 'Knowing Me, Knowing You' is a
re-entry at No.88, in its 18th Chart Week. That Peaked at No.5 in that Chart. 'Fernando' Peaked at No.2 in that
Chart & it is a New Entry at No.90, in its 17th Chart Week. 

'EAGLE' - It is the 1st time that 'Eagle' has been in any UK Singles Charts. This is - of course - due to Epic Records not
releasing it, in the UK, (or Ireland), in 1978. It would have easily been another UK Top 5 Hit for ABBA. (In Ireland too).

Gary - I think that Epic Records became very complacent, when 'The Album' reached a UK Million Sale, in 1978.
It sold much faster than either 'Greatest Hits' or 'Arrival' - although it sold no-where near as well, as those two
Albums, in the long run. It had been selling so fast, that Epic saw no need to release 'Eagle' off it, to 'feed' the
Sales of 'The Album'. They decided that 'The Album' did not need any further 'help' to sell.

It was a mistake. Not releasing 'Eagle' cost ABBA a UK Top 5 Hit. It also meant that Sales of
'The Album' began to fade away. It 'only' spent 25 Weeks in the UK Top 10. It sounds a lot, but
not when ABBA's 2 previous Albums had been in the Top 10 for longer - 'Greatest Hits' - 49 Weeks,
and 'Arrival' - 34 Weeks. Had 'Eagle' been a May 1978 Single, 'The Album' would have spent at least
30 Weeks in the UK Top 10.

So Epic Records should have released 'Eagle' in the UK. It was not the first time that they made
an error over ABBA. When 'Ring Ring' only reached No.32, in 1974, they should have quickly released
'Honey Honey'. Instead, they just let 'Ring Ring' fall out of the UK Charts and they watched the UK Duo,
Sweet Dreams, reach No.10 with their cover of it. ABBA were absolutely furious. Epic Records were not
very adventurous. When ABBA became huge, in the UK, in 1976, they should have re-issued 'S.O.S.'.
Its No.6 Peak in 1975, was nowhere near as well as it should have done. Had they re-issued it in 1976,
it would have been a Top 3 UK Hit. (In 1984, 'Holiday' reached No.6, for Madonna. When she became
huge, in 1985, her Record Company re-issued it & it reached No.2 this time. Epic should have done
that with 'S.O.S.', in 1976, but they always played it too safe with ABBA. They had no imagination).