"Taking Chances" ALBUM on the charts

[Salla]

Finland : #7 (Alicia is #20)

 

Where did you get that?

It's #19 on the official Finnish chart:

http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/albumit.php

It's pretty good with almost no promo at all.

[nano]

It's very good... :yes:

[isurrender]

Finland : #7 (Alicia is #20)

 

Where did you get that?

It's #19 on the official Finnish chart:

http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/albumit.php

It's pretty good with almost no promo at all.

 

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/communaute/i...showtopic=19155

[nickah79]

Everyone needs to just calm down. She came in at #3. For little promotion, that's not half bad. I mean, she hasn't really been in the public eye for quite some time with being in Vegas for four years now. Plus she doesn't have a hit on the radio. And I'm telling you ... I bet a lot of people are still learning that she has a new album out.

 

Everyone just needs to take a moment and close his/her eyes and think happy, peaceful thoughts. This is not a nightmare nor is it the end of the world nor is it the end of the road for Celine.

 

Edited November 21, 2007 at 09:15 PM by nickah79

[Salla]

Finland : #7 (Alicia is #20)

 

Where did you get that?

It's #19 on the official Finnish chart:

http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/albumit.php

It's pretty good with almost no promo at all.

 

http://www.chartsinfrance.net/communaute/i...showtopic=19155

 

That's definetly not the Finnish chart, looks more like Norwegian.

[Teodora]

I think we should stop worring so much about chart position and just enjoy this amazing album. Sony needs a better marketing team, sales don't depend on the quality of the music, but on the promotion. About Alicia: first, she sells mainly in the US. She doesn't have the world wide fan base Celine does. If she had to lose the first chart position to somebody, I'm glad it's Alicia, she's a great too. Does she have what it takes to still be in the business 26 years from now? I doubt it. This is like when Norah Jones first appeared and everyone was so hyped and she sold like crazy and they gave her a billion Grammies... and where is she now? I know she's got a new album out this year, but let's be honest... She'll be gone in a blink of an eye...

Like some of you said above, it's an amazing thing what Celine does, considering she's not a native English speaker. More than that, she's a native French speaker and there have always been frictions between the two cultures. Even more, she Canadian... If I had a penny for every stupid jokes about Canadians I heard in American movies, series, TV shows.... media in general... Celine's greatest success is the fact she's above all cultural, national etc problems. She sends out a multi-cultural message, just by doing what she's doing and that's amazing. And she's raising her son in that spirit too. I could not be prouder of her, no matter if her album gets to number one or not.

[LuisMa]

From Hits Daily Double:

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/hitslist/hitslist.html

Edited November 21, 2007 at 10:37 PM by luisma4

[Shaun]

I think it's a decent result in the US, just look at the competition this week!

 

Add to that Celine has not had widespread support or exposure from the lead off single! It's a stunning result but the key now is sustained sales.

[mebe]

CELINE #1 IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

79 000 copies sold (48 000 in Quebec only)

This is the best first week sales for 2007...beating D'elles release (72 000 copies).

So she has the 2 best first weeks sales for 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!

[kidkidkidkid]

Alicia Keys storms The Billboard 200 this week with "As I Am" (J), which debuts at No. 1 after selling 742,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's the best sales week for a solo female artist since Norah Jones' "Feels Like Home" shifted 1 million copies in 2004.

 

In a week where every top 10 album shifted more than 100,000 units, Josh Groban's "Noel" (143/Reprise) zooms 6-2 with a 93% increase to 223,000. Celine Dion's "Taking Chances" (Columbia), her first new pop album in four years, opens at No. 3 with 214,000. The multi-label, multi-artist "Now 26" collection is new at No. 4 with 208,000, the third lowest opening tally for the "Now" line.

 

~billboard.com

[idroveallnight]

How in the hell did Alicia sell 742,000 copies? That's unbelievable. She sold half a million more copies than Celine and I saw much more exposure from Celine than her last week. The problem is that Celine isn't getting enough radio attention. It seems like all her releases since 2002 were released in vain (no Grammy nominations, no top 10 hits). What's wrong with the world???

[Ororo Munroe]

CELINE #1 IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

79 000 copies sold (48 000 in Quebec only)

This is the best first week sales for 2007...beating D'elles release (72 000 copies).

So she has the 2 best first weeks sales for 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!

 

 

I'm so happy

[LuisMa]

Me too! Great news!

[Ororo Munroe]

Us 214 000

Canada 79 000

UK 55 000

France 30 000

Japan 35 000

Rest of World ?

 

500/600 K

[LuisMa]

From Billboard Chart Alert:

 

Celine Dion's return to the pop scene, "Taking Chances," bows at No. 3 with 214,000. Her last proper studio album was 2003's "One Heart," which started at No. 2 with 432,000. (Since then she has released a number of French-language sets, a live album from her Las Vegas show and a concept album with baby photographer Anne Geddes.) ... The "Now 26" compilation begins at No. 4 with 208,000. It's the third lowest opening sum for the regular "Now" line of albums ... A few steps down the chart, Led Zeppelin's "Mothership" hits collection bows with 136,000 at No. 7. Digital downloads of the album accounted for 25% of the set's first week sales. The band's catalog debuted digitally on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Over on Top Digital Albums, the iTunes-exclusive "The Complete Led Zeppelin" set, priced at $99.99, debuts at No. 12 with nearly 5,000.

[mike_z]

TAKING CHANCES debuted at #8 in ARGENTINA!

 

not bad AT ALL, higher than Alicia and the Spice Girls!

 

link:

 

http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESCS&CO=6

[Shaun]

Celine's #6 in the UK midweeks, not a bad result. About 16,000 copies sold so far.

[fabtasticfoo]

CELINE #1 IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

79 000 copies sold (48 000 in Quebec only)

This is the best first week sales for 2007...beating D'elles release (72 000 copies).

So she has the 2 best first weeks sales for 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!

 

That's awesome news! Where did you find it?

 

Note that, as a portion of the population, Celine's first-week sales in Canada are equivalent to Alicia's in the US. Even without Quebec, they're still twice as strong as Celine's own US sales.

 

That's something to chew on, for those who read a little too much into that silly Halifax flap...

[mebe]

CELINE #1 IN CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

79 000 copies sold (48 000 in Quebec only)

This is the best first week sales for 2007...beating D'elles release (72 000 copies).

So she has the 2 best first weeks sales for 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!

 

That's awesome news! Where did you find it?

 

Note that, as a portion of the population, Celine's first-week sales in Canada are equivalent to Alicia's in the US. Even without Quebec, they're still twice as strong as Celine's own US sales.

 

That's something to chew on, for those who read a little too much into that silly Halifax flap...

 

I heard the news on TV (Radio-Canada).

Celine sol 31 000 outside of Quebec which is also very good. Even without Quebec it would be one of the best first week sales of 2007.

[GoldenLeaf]

So for the first week I bet she sold 500 000 (maybe even a little more) worldwide!

[boyblackuk]

Overall Celine has had the best results this week, its only the US sales for Alicia that will stop Celine being no1 on the UWC but she will definately be No 2 CELINE IS STILL ON TOP

[Prince Whiskers]

First of all, let me just say this:

 

DRAMA on the forum>>>> DRAMA in a Celine Dion ballad

 

 

It's sooooooooooooo obvious that this album needs a radio hit and TC was quite an unwise choice as the first single bec. it doesn't have that X-factor that would instantly blow away the average listener and more importantly, it lacks the drama that Celine's big vocals never fail to feed on. ONLY pop ballads are outmoded, folks. Celine's voice is for all times!!!!

 

What she needs to make a bonafide comeback on the radio are not songs that attempt to pass her off as "cool" or "fresh" (EOM/CFTF) but MODERN sounds that KEEP IN MIND the fact that she's still the world's best vocalist. ( IGNL feat. Ne-Yo/ FA/ Alone and This Time on AC). Her voice has always been her strongest point and the one thing that still separates her from the rest, so why abandon it now? For her to sideline her dramatic songs will be alienating to her millions of traditional fans, those people who'd be wanting to buy the CD and not illegally download it somewhere.

[Ronny83]

Celine's #6 in the UK midweeks, not a bad result. About 16,000 copies sold so far.

That's amazing. Thank you for the info, Shaun.

[Fran]

In Spain with the 8th place she sold about 20.000 copies!

[thevoice]

celine won't have the #1 album in europ for sure ...leona sold much more - only in the u.k but still much more across europ...let's hope for a #2 debut

[Dionesque]

Congrats Céline!!!

 

Great debut in Canada!!! :clap: :clapl

[baton1]

My Celine

[Andrei Dion]

great positions

[speedy]

79.000 in Canda is a such big number!!!!!!

 

And 20.000 in Spain is really amazing!!!

 

:clap:

[max24]

Celine on this week BILLBOARD charts:

 

ALBUMS

The Billboard 200

Taking Chances 3 (new)

Top Internet Albums

Taking Chances 1 (new)

Top Digital Albums

Taking Chances 5 (new)

Billboard Comprehensive Albums

Taking Chances 3 (new)

These Are Special Times 90 (189)

Top Pop Catalog

These Are Special Times 10 (29)

All The Way...A Decade Of Song 19 (re)

Top Holiday Albums

These Are Special Times 16 (27)

 

SINGLES

The Billboard Hot 100

Taking Chances 54 (new)

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

Taking Chances 11 (11)

Hot Digital Tracks

Taking Chances 20 (new)

Hot Digital Songs

Taking Chances 26 (new)

Alone 81 (new)

Canadian Hot 100

Taking Chances 10 (28)

Alone 57 (new)

 

And that's not all. I don't have access to all charts. So you can add more Billboard charts if you know them.