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Post by The Rubber Ball Man on Sept 7, 2017 7:31:49 GMT
What if No.1s when ABBA were No.2/3 wouldn't be No.1 and ABBA was No.1 in the UK charts?
Waterloo would be No.1 for 4 weeks (2 more weeks)
Mamma Mia - 5 weeks (3 more weeks)
Fernando - 7 weeks (3 more weeks)
Dancing Queen - 7 weeks (1 more week)
Money, Money, Money - 4 weeks
Knowing Me, Knowing You - 7 weeks (2 more weeks)
The Name Of The Game - 4 weeks (No change)
Take A Chance On Me - 6 weeks (3 more weeks)
Chiquitita - 3 weeks
Angeleyes - 1 week
Gimme Gimme Gimme - 1 week
I Have A Dream - 4 weeks
The Winner Takes It All - 3 weeks (1 more week)
Super Trouper - 4 weeks (1 more week)
One Of Us - 3 weeks
ABBA would have 15 No.1s, 63 weeks at No.1 (32 more weeks).
One can only wish!!!
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Post by Liebezeit on Sept 7, 2017 12:08:47 GMT
Going by British charts; if the charts made SOS (#6, 10 weeks), Lay All Your Love on Me (#7, although lower than Alex's title expects, 7 weeks), and Summer Night City (#5, 9 weeks) both #1,
The Beatles and Bohemian Rhapsody would have been a "has been". so ABBA should have a whopping eighteen number-one hits altogether in the United Kingdom.
18 No. 1 hits, 85 weeks in the charts; ditto for the dream statement...
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Post by gary on Sept 7, 2017 17:38:08 GMT
^
19 actually, as Does Your Mother Know was number 4.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 17:50:27 GMT
The Rubber Ball Man - 'Take A Chance On Me' was at No.2 for 2 Weeks in the UK - not 3.
I'm aware that The OCC Site has it at No.2 on W/E 18th March 1978, but they are using
'Music Week' as their source & that Magazine made an error in the Charts that Week.
'Record Mirror' did not make that error & they had ABBA at No.3.
'Music Week' had ABBA staying at No.2 & Blondie, ('Denis'), up from No.5 to No.3.
It should have been ABBA falling from No.2 to No.3 & Blondie rising from No.5 to No.2.
The correct UK Top 10 Weeks of 'Take A Chance On Me': 10-2-1-1-1-2-3-8
The wrong Top 10 Weeks for 'Take A Chance On Me': 10-2-1-1-1-2-2-8
So, 'Denis' by Blondie, reached No.2 & spent 4 Weeks there - not 3 No.2 Weeks.
I've told The OCC about their error but - as so often happens - they have Zero interest
in correcting it.
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Post by gary on Sept 8, 2017 10:05:29 GMT
I always thought that one of the most impressive things about ABBA's run of hits in the UK was how (from Mamma Mia to Super Trouper at least) they were all awarded at least a silver disc. Indeed, the majority of that run were awarded gold discs. It's quite amazing consistency, and the run was only broken when they released the 12-inch-only Lay All Your Love On Me.
(I am aware that The Winner Takes It All didn't get any awards, but that was only due to an oversight. In fact, it should have a gold disc.)
I would guess that only the Beatles ever surpassed that degree of consistency.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 18:08:58 GMT
Gary - 'Waterloo' sold well over 300,000 in 1974 & it should have had a Silver Disk.
For some reason, Epic Records did not apply for one for it. (In 1974 a Silver Disk
Single had to sell 250,000. It has been lowered to 200,000, for many Years now).
As 'Singles' are now available 24/7, 365 Days a Year, many old Tracks are getting
UK Awards, even if they barely touched the UK Top 100. UK Download Sales are counted
from September 2004 to the present day. 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' by Marvin Gaye
& Tammi Terrell was a No.19 USA Hit in 1967. It failed to Chart in the UK. However, in
April 2013 it reached No.80, due to it being in a UK TV Advert. It only spent 1 Week in the
Top 100 - but it had sold over 400,000 on Downloads by August of this Year - and it was
given a UK Gold Disk! So, Tracks no longer even need to reach very high in the UK Charts
to go Silver, (200,000), or Gold, (400,000).
Ed Sheeran only began having UK Hits in June 2011, but in just over 6 Years he has sold
more UK Singles than ABBA, (almost 12 Million), & Queen, (almost 13 Million), have sold
since they both first Charted in 1974 - 43 Years ago. ABBA have 10 UK Gold Singles. Ed
has a massive 20 Gold 'Singles'. With 13 of them going Platinum - 600,000 Sales, & 6 of
those going Multi Platinum. He & The Beatles are the only Acts with 6 UK Million Sellers.
2 of Ed's have sold over 2 Million in the UK. No Beatles Singles reached 2 Million UK Sales.
So, the 'Age Of The Download' makes it far easier for big Acts to get Silver, Gold & Platinum
Awards in the UK. ABBA have Zero UK Platinum Awards, as you had to have a Million Selling
Single to do that, in ABBA's time. Although 'Dancing Queen' has sold over a Million, it did not
do it when ABBA were together. It took Downloads to get it over a Million UK Sales. It should
have a Silver Disk for UK Download Sales since September 2004, but The BPI have yet to give it
one. It has sold over 210,000 UK Downloads in that time & Silver is 200,000.
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