ONCP sold 3.300 copies in the US! LOL

[Céline's Blues]

Here is Celine total sales in US according to

SoundScan:

 

Unison - 1.237.000 copies 1xp

Celine Dion - 2.352.000 copies

The colour of my love - 4.495.000 copies 6xp

Dion chante Plamondon - 110.000 copies

The French album - 236.000 copies

Falling into you - 10.728.000 copies 11xp

Let's talk about love - 9.404.000 copies 10xp

S'il suffisait d'aimer - 108.000 copies

These are special times - 4.702.000 copies 5xp

All the way - 7.258.000 copies 7xp

The collector's series - 857.000 copies Gold

A new day has come - 3.206.000 copies 3xp

One heart - 1.753.000 copies 2xp

1 Fille & 4 Types - 22.000 copies

A new day...live in Las Vegas - 396.000 copies Gold

Miracle - 860.000 copies 1xp

On ne change pas - 3.300 copies

 

Celine RIAA:

 

11xp: Falling Into You

10xp: Let's Talk About Love

7xp: All The way

6xp: The Colour of Love

5xp: These Are Special Times

3xp: A New Day has Come

2xp: Celine Dion, One Heart

1xp: Unison, Miracle

Gold: Collector's Series Vol. 1, Live in Las Vegas

 

Total: 49xp

 

Be aware that she has sold about 6-7 millions MORE in the US as these are only stats from ONE main music club. The proper stats would be:

 

ATW: 9xplatinum (over 9 million copies sold)

FIY: 13xplatinum (over 12 million copies sold)

LTAL: 12xplatinum (over 11 million copies sold)

Edited October 9, 2006 at 08:17 PM by siur

[celinefanonline]

oh my only 3300..... should sold more at lease 10000

[pepillo90]

Not bad! It's a french compilation...

[CSCfan]

Not bad!

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You got to be kidding me?!

[Rania]

Of course, he is not kidding. We all know how most of the english-native speakers feel about other languages -no offense intended. Remember "D'eux"? In France became diamond and it brought Celine a government award (sorry, can't remember the exact name) but in England, it was the 1st french album to enter Top 20 or 50 (?) ever! Can't remember! See??

 

Don't look at us CSCfan, you 're a dutch-native speaker, right? I am a greek-native speaker. We are used to listen to two types of music, foreign and "local".

Of course, there are english-native speakers who enjoy foreign music but I don't think that 's the same.

 

Please, no offence intended.

Edited October 9, 2006 at 11:29 PM by Rania

[GoldenLeaf]

That's not so bad for a french compilation

[xo1hrt4celineox]

Of course, he is not kidding. We all know how most of the english-native speakers feel about other languages -no offense intended. Remember "D'eux"? In France became diamond and it brought Celine a government award (sorry, can't remember the exact name) but in England, it was the 1st french album to enter Top 20 or 50 (?) ever! Can't remember! See??

 

Don't look at us CSCfan, you 're a dutch-native speaker, right? I am a greek-native speaker. We are used to listen to two types of music, foreign and "local".

Of course, there are english-native speakers who enjoy foreign music but I don't think that 's the same.

 

Please, no offence intended.

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...and none is taken. It's the absolute truth! Its just the differences in cultures, its sad really that very talented artists who sing in different languages are largely unrecognized by the english-speaking public.

[Clio]

"S'il Suffisait D'aimer" has did well. 108,000 copies are big compared to a french album.

[Love,]

That's quite sad, actually!

[lauracd]

It's good for a french album!

[Ronny83]

It means 3.300 hardcore fans out there in USA. BTW, in the last Ask Billboard's reply the reporter gave more units to OH and Miracle, so I suppose these data are not that accurate, mon siur.

[lordspootnik]

This is due, because celine is neglecting her international fans giving priority to only one category of fans...

 

she was doing better when she first started !!!

>>>>>>>Dion chante Plamondon - 110.000 copies (at that time, she was "closed" to her fans)

>1 Fille & 4 Types - 22.000 copies !!! (close to L.V)

[ahmed]

don't forget that ONCP is a compilation

[JP]

OMG i can't believe..

So that's not all the BIG BIG fans of Celine in US hat buy it, it's little bit strange they don't want all her albums..

[René 2]

It means 3.300 hardcore fans out there in USA. 

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yes, that's it. And even less if we consider the US french community (approximately 100 000 french people in the USA); so, 3.300 is quite awful.

[max24]

It means 3.300 hardcore fans out there in USA.  BTW, in the last Ask Billboard's reply the reporter gave more units to OH and Miracle, so I suppose these data are not that accurate, mon siur. 

 

Here are the current numbers (SoundScan figures + BMG Club sales):

 

Unison - 1.237.000

Celine Dion - 2.976.000

The Colour Of My Love - 4.501.000

Dion Chante Plamondon - 110.000

A L'Olympia - 6.400

The French Album - 238.000

Falling Into You - 11.724.000

Live A Paris - 11.000

Let's Talk About Love - 10.525.000

These Are Special Times - 4.707.000

S'il Suffisait D'aimer - 108.000

Au Coeur Du Stade - 8.900

All The Way...A Decade Of Song - 8.400.000

The Collector's Series Volume One - 860.000

A New Day Has Come - 3.206.000

One Heart - 1.753.000

1 Fille & 4 Types - 23.000

A New Day...Live In Las Vegas - 453.000

Miracle - 960.000

On Ne Change Pas - 3.300

Edited October 11, 2006 at 08:30 AM by max24

[isurrender]

This is due, because celine is neglecting her international fans giving priority to only one category of fans...

 

she was doing better when she first started !!!

>>>>>>>Dion chante Plamondon - 110.000 copies (at that time, she was "closed" to her fans)

>1 Fille & 4 Types - 22.000 copies !!! (close to L.V)

 

How can you compare numbers from early 90 with current figures? In almost 20 years, music market has changer a lot...

 

Plus remember that this compilation had bad publicity... plus it's a compilation , plus it's a double-disc.

 

And even less if we consider the US french community (approximately 100 000 french people in the USA); so, 3.300 is quite awful.

 

Here in Belgium,the french community is about 5,000,000 people... and when you sell 25.000 copies of an album (gold disc ) , it's a big success...

 

So 3,300 copies for 100.000 people, it's very good !

Edited October 11, 2006 at 09:28 AM by isurrender

[Bellamy]

It means 3.300 hardcore fans out there in USA. 

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We almost have as many US fans here. Are all the hardcore USA fans in our forum already?

[Céline's Blues]

The point is ONCP wasn't really released in the US, was it? It's just avaiable as import.

[René 2]

It means 3.300 hardcore fans out there in USA. 

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We almost have as many US fans here. Are all the hardcore USA fans in our forum already?

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maybe

[max24]

The point is ONCP wasn't really released in the US, was it? It's just avaiable as import.

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It was a regural release. Only her French live albums were imports.

 

The main reason of low sales is the fact that our Celine isn't so popular anymore. And there was a problem that SonyBMG released some CDs with computer viruses and that included On Ne Change Pas.

[Bellamy]

It is a regular release, though most of them were recalled due to the XPC rookit.

[Davey84]

It is a regular release, though most of them were recalled due to the XPC rookit. 

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that might have something to do with it!

 

also the US release isn't that beautiful as the european release... the cd's are plain, not like a vynil and cd- disc

[kdw123]

Unfortunately Celine is not popular in the US anymore. I love her and wish that she was, but ever since she took her break at the end of 1999, most people don't know anything about her. Yea she has been on TV a few times...even in her own TV special...but that's about it. Every time I go to Vegas to see her, people ask me: "What does she sing...I haven't heard anything new from her in a long time?" - which is true to some extent, but this goes back to when HYEBIL was on the radio. Also "Is she is Vegas?" "Where does she sing in Vegas?" Many people in the US do not even know that she has a regular gig at Caesars Palace. And they do not know when she has new CD released because there is little to no promotion. I would say there was 0% promotion in the US for ONCP. Plus the "virus" situation with the CD. And the decrease in CD sales all together since lots of people download and bootleg. And not to mention that most people in the US do not want to listen to a song that they do not understand.

 

Hopefully Celine, Rene, and Sony will really promote her next CDs with a lot of promotions, concerts, and radio play.....and no computer viruses on the CD.

[ByuSmurf]

It is a regular release, though most of them were recalled due to the XPC rookit. 

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They recalled all the CDs sold in the US! I have one... but I've got a STICKER on it saying DO NOT PLAY in COMPUTER!! SPYWARE ATTACHED!!

 

I had to hunt like a bassett hound just to find the one I got the day it was released!

 

ALSO... they never re- released the album here WITHOUT the spyware.

[Bellamy]

They recalled all the CDs sold in the US!  I have one... but I've got a STICKER on it saying DO NOT PLAY in COMPUTER!!  SPYWARE ATTACHED!!

 

I had to hunt like a bassett hound just to find the one I got the day it was released! 

 

ALSO... they never re- released the album here WITHOUT the spyware.

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STUPID SONY MUSIC!!!

[nico robin]

Of course, he is not kidding. We all know how most of the english-native speakers feel about other languages -no offense intended. Remember "D'eux"? In France became diamond and it brought Celine a government award (sorry, can't remember the exact name) but in England, it was the 1st french album to enter Top 20 or 50 (?) ever! Can't remember! See??

 

Don't look at us CSCfan, you 're a dutch-native speaker, right? I am a greek-native speaker. We are used to listen to two types of music, foreign and "local".

Of course, there are english-native speakers who enjoy foreign music but I don't think that 's the same.

 

Please, no offence intended.

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...and none is taken. It's the absolute truth! Its just the differences in cultures, its sad really that very talented artists who sing in different languages are largely unrecognized by the english-speaking public.

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that is so true, the diference of cultures, i have to say her french albums are not my favs coz i don't understand anything so i prefer her english albums, but only 3.300 copies??

 

Unfortunately Celine is not popular in the US anymore.  I love her and wish that she was, but ever since she took her break at the end of 1999, most people don't know anything about her.  Yea she has been on TV a few times...even in her own TV special...but that's about it.  Every time I go to Vegas to see her, people ask me:  "What does she sing...I haven't heard anything new from her in a long time?" - which is true to some extent, but this goes back to when HYEBIL was on the radio.  Also "Is she is Vegas?"  "Where does she sing in Vegas?"  Many people in the US do not even know that she has a regular gig at Caesars Palace.  And they do not know when she has new CD released because there is little to no promotion.    I would say there was 0% promotion in the US for ONCP.    Plus the "virus" situation with the CD.  And the decrease in CD sales all together since lots of people download and bootleg.  And not to mention that most people in the US do not want to listen to a song that they do not understand. 

 

Hopefully Celine, Rene, and Sony will really promote her next CDs with a lot of promotions, concerts, and radio play.....and no computer viruses on the CD.

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imagine if she is not longer popular in the Us, then in mexico noone talks about her (except us, her fans hehe)there is no promotion for her CDs,nothing! i didn't know about the ONCP album,until i fonud it in internet, and i went to a store and i found the album(i buy it ) but i had no idea about it

[Bellamy]

that is so true, the diference of cultures, i have to say her french albums are not my favs coz i don't understand anything so i prefer her english albums, but only 3.300 copies??  

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ONCP album is a different case, cause all CDs were recalled cause of the XPC rookit, and never released again in the US. Or it should sell at least 10k I think. I still remember when they count how many copies of ONCP XPC version need to be recalled in the US, the number is close to 3,300. I think they stopped sell this album from the second week it get released. I'm not sure if the recalled CDs still count as sold or not.

[max24]

You all focus on US market, but look at others, like UK. Albums like D'eux or S'il Suffisait D'aimer entered Top 20 in there and were certified gold!

 

And later? 1 Fille & 4 Types or On Ne Change Pas did not chart, not mentioning certifications. And I checked Top 200 albums chart, not just Top 20.

Edited October 12, 2006 at 09:27 AM by max24

[isurrender]

I don't see it as a drama. It's logical. When you checked the top200, I don't think you saw any french album!

 

D'eux and SSDA entered the charts only because of the success of The colour of my love and Let's talk about love.

 

Now UK and Céline are 2 separate things ! lol... But she is still doing well there I think !

 

I mean.. look at the results of "B-Day "of Beyoncé... Beyonce is one of the new generation of Diva. Her first album was a huuuuuuuuuuuuge success there... and her second album is a big flop ! She dropped from 3 to 19 on one week ! One week in the top 10 !

 

Even Miracle did better without any promotion or single.

 

Céline can't remain the best seller every year... no other artist can... she had already her success period! So stop complaining about the fact that she is not selling a lot or she isn't so popular anymore : it's logical. Céline has already had so much luck with 2 albums selling over 30.000.000 copies (no other female artist did it ) and others selling almost 20.000.000 copies. 2 of her french albums entered charts in uk... it's already quite an achievement for the french language!

 

Plus nobody can sell so much nowadays... the best selling album of the year is probably Madonna.. and she sold how many? 8.000.000 copies ? We are far from 30.000.000 units.

 

It's useless to compare figures of the 90's with now cos nobody can sell so much every year ( U2, Streisand... do they still sell a lot now?? no !!) and because of downloading.

 

I even think Céline has still big success when you see the lack of promotion everywhere !

 

Plus I'm proud of the success of 1f4t everywhere.. coz it was released incognito and it managed to enter charts in Portugal, Italy and so on... it's one of the last major success for a french album ! 23.000 copies in the States is good.. I don't think "Carla Bruni" sold so many albums there even if she was on the cover of Rolling Stone and had a very good review in it!