"Taking Chances" ALBUM on the charts

[RLAAMJR.]

I just asked an employee in local music store here in the Philippines about getting an advance order of Celine Dion's "These Are Special Times" Christmas album ( cos i wanna pay in advance to buy 2 ) and she told me it's not possible 'cos they can't really order the Celine's previous albums from Sony. I wonder why? Edited December 5, 2007 at 07:56 AM by RLAAMJR.

[Prince Whiskers]

Wait, 1.3M people illegally downloaded TCH??!!! Has Alicia's "As I Am" experienced anything like that? Or was it given much better protection by Sony?

[VinnyT.]

Italy album from #8 to #15

[isurrender]

TC is out of most of the european top10 charts (Uk, Italy, Germany, France, Spain...)

 

Sad!

[thevoice]

well with a weak first single it's not really a suprise....

[celinesounds]

Portugal # 22

 

 

alicia # 8

Edited December 5, 2007 at 10:55 AM by celinemariedion

[sgcpc]

wow!!!~~~ after 2 weeks, celine is still doing strong, and improving !!! damn!!! go celine!!! u rock

[isurrender]

There's something I don't understand with Japan.

 

Are there 2 official charts?

 

I mean there is Oricon and Soundscan.

 

On the Orican chart, she is #15 with a little more than 51.000 copies.

 

But on the other hand, she is also on the Soundscan chart @ # 9 (-3) with a total of 40,264 copies.

 

http://www.phileweb.com/products/cd-top20/2007/1052.html

 

So what's right? Have we add this two numbers ?

[tal-sh2]

Where have you seen that TC has 1.3 million illegal downloads? Edited December 5, 2007 at 01:27 PM by tal-sh2

[Fran]

In Spain the album drops to the 19th http://www.promusicae.org/listassemanales/...eek%2048%20.pdf anyway Céline is the 1st non-spanish singer on the chart.

[manilou]

Could someone explain to me why the Tour will increase her sales?

[fabtasticfoo]

Wait, 1.3M people illegally downloaded TCH??!!! Has Alicia's "As I Am" experienced anything like that? Or was it given much better protection by Sony?

 

And what kind of "protection" do you imagine Sony could have offered Alicia? More rootkits? Or perhaps special attention when filing those highly effective lawsuits against college kids?

 

Over the last decade, Sony has demonstrated total ineptitude in all their efforts to deal with the challenges presented by file sharing. I'd sure like them to recognize that there will always be people copying music illegally. All attempts to add "protection" have just made their product less desirable and driven away customers. The only solution to this mess to offer a product that's appealing to as many people as possible.

 

EMI and Universal are finally catching on. Too bad Celine's signed to the most backwards label of them all. Hopefully, Sony BMG will figure it out before it's too late.

[Ted]

Celine is #8 again this week. She didn't sell 100,000 (• This week: The top five albums sell more than 100,000 copies). I don't know how many she sold. It might be close to 100,000.

 

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

But there is good news

 

Top Pop Catalog Albums

 

Sales data provided and compiled from Nielsen SoundScan

*1 4 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA The Lost Christmas Eve (Lava / AG)

*2 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 3 (EMI / Universal / Zomba / Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group / Sony Music)

*3 17 CELTIC WOMAN A Christmas Celebration (Manhattan / BLG)

*4 6 MICHAEL BUBLE Let It Snow! (EP) (143 / Reprise / Warner Bros.)

*5 16 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Eve And Other Stories (Lava / AG)

*6 15 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) (Fantasy / Concord)

*7 25 FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN & SAMMY DAVIS JR Christmas With The Rat Pack (Capitol )

*8 22 IL DIVO The Christmas Collection (SYCO / Columbia / Sony Music)

9 13 POINT OF GRACE Winter Wonderland (Word-Curb / Warner Bros.)

*10 21 CELINE DION These Are Special Times (550 Music / Epic / Sony Music

Edited December 5, 2007 at 04:11 PM by Ted

[Nando Férri]

Celine is #8 again this week. She didn't sell 100,000 (• This week: The top five albums sell more than 100,000 copies). I don't know how many she sold. It might be close to 100,000.

 

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

But there is good news

 

Top Pop Catalog Albums

 

Sales data provided and compiled from Nielsen SoundScan

*1 4 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA The Lost Christmas Eve (Lava / AG)

*2 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 3 (EMI / Universal / Zomba / Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group / Sony Music)

*3 17 CELTIC WOMAN A Christmas Celebration (Manhattan / BLG)

*4 6 MICHAEL BUBLE Let It Snow! (EP) (143 / Reprise / Warner Bros.)

*5 16 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Eve And Other Stories (Lava / AG)

*6 15 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) (Fantasy / Concord)

*7 25 FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN & SAMMY DAVIS JR Christmas With The Rat Pack (Capitol )

*8 22 IL DIVO The Christmas Collection (SYCO / Columbia / Sony Music)

9 13 POINT OF GRACE Winter Wonderland (Word-Curb / Warner Bros.)

*10 21 CELINE DION These Are Special Times (550 Music / Epic / Sony Music

On this topic we already have her position and the numbers shw sold this week. It's ALMOST 100,000

[RLAAMJR.]

Celine is #8 again this week. She didn't sell 100,000 (• This week: The top five albums sell more than 100,000 copies). I don't know how many she sold. It might be close to 100,000.

 

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

But there is good news

 

Top Pop Catalog Albums

 

Sales data provided and compiled from Nielsen SoundScan

*1 4 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA The Lost Christmas Eve (Lava / AG)

*2 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 3 (EMI / Universal / Zomba / Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group / Sony Music)

*3 17 CELTIC WOMAN A Christmas Celebration (Manhattan / BLG)

*4 6 MICHAEL BUBLE Let It Snow! (EP) (143 / Reprise / Warner Bros.)

*5 16 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Christmas Eve And Other Stories (Lava / AG)

*6 15 VINCE GUARALDI TRIO A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) (Fantasy / Concord)

*7 25 FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN & SAMMY DAVIS JR Christmas With The Rat Pack (Capitol )

*8 22 IL DIVO The Christmas Collection (SYCO / Columbia / Sony Music)

9 13 POINT OF GRACE Winter Wonderland (Word-Curb / Warner Bros.)

*10 21 CELINE DION These Are Special Times (550 Music / Epic / Sony Music

 

 

Yehey! Let's continue buying Celine's Christmas album Celine Dion fans!

[Ted]

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

She sold 93,000. Carrie Underwood and Celine have less sold on Soundscan then on Hits Double.

[VinnyT.]

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

She sold 93,000. Carrie Underwood and Celine have less sold on Soundscan then on Hits Double.

it's the same more or less

hits: 11 7 CELINE DION COLUMBIA 93,655 -20%

TAKING CHANCES

 

thanks for the info

[LuisMa]

Wooooo! Great for These Are Special Times. It's blasting onto the Top 10 again. And "Taking Chances" is doing exceptionally well.

[rhapsodion]

There's something I don't understand with Japan.

 

Are there 2 official charts?

 

I mean there is Oricon and Soundscan.

 

On the Orican chart, she is #15 with a little more than 51.000 copies.

 

But on the other hand, she is also on the Soundscan chart @ # 9 (-3) with a total of 40,264 copies.

 

http://www.phileweb.com/products/cd-top20/2007/1052.html

 

So what's right? Have we add this two numbers ?

 

That chart where she is at #9 is actually the chart for "Western albums", in other words, albums with songs that aren't Japanese. As for the sales figures difference, I guess it's could be the result of reporting system just like Hits Daily Double and SoundsScan US.

[x_celinedion]

Well, I checked yesterday for here in America where she stands for Taking Chances but when I looked on the Billboard site, the album has been bumped down to number eight. I started freaking out in class, seeing as though she was number three last week and on top of that apparently High School Musical 2's Soundtrack is beating her out, caused me to flip like you have no idea. I was like "DUDE WHAT'S THIS!?" Otherwise, I think she is doing such a great job now if only America would lighten up.

 

Not to mention I'm in class right now. Wow I am getting so much work done!

[Ted]

Celine is #2 in Canada. She sold 39,000 to Josh's 46,000. That's not too bad.

 

Groban, Dion battle for No. 1

 

By JOHN WILLIAMS

Senior Editor, JAM! Showbiz

 

A holiday battle is taking shape at the top of the Canadian album charts.

 

Josh Groban's Christmas disc "Noel" bumped Celine Dion's "Taking Chances" out of the No. 1 spot this week, racking up 46,000 in sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures.

 

Groban also grabbed the No. 1 spot south of the border, selling 539,000 copies of "Noel" in the U.S.

 

Back here, Celine slipped to No. 2, but still sold a healthy 39,000 copies of her latest effort.

 

Anne Murray's "Duets, Friends & Legends" climbed up two positions to No. 3, "MuchDance 2008" was locked in at No. 4, and Paul Potts' "Once Chance" rose up three to No. 5.

 

The movement up front forced Alicia Keys' "As I Am" down from No. 3 to No. 6, while the French disc "Grands Class" skyrocketed 73 notches to No. 7.

 

 

Rounding out the top 10 was Garth Brooks' "Ultimate Hits" at No. 8, Francois Perusse's "L'Album du Peuple Tome" at No. 9, and "Big Shiny Tunes 12" at No. 10.

Edited December 5, 2007 at 06:11 PM by Ted

[Shaun]

Still really healthy sales in Canada!!!

[celinemanic]

It couldn't be different, Canada is her country after all. She has done so many things for Canada...

[LuisMa]

Well, Celine's name is totally related to the Top 3 albums in Canada, as she's Josh Groban's friend, has her own at 2, and appears on the number 3 album by Anne Murray.

[Fredy]

The album sold 119,000 so far in the UK, which isn't really bad.

[boyblackuk]

The album sold 119,000 so far in the UK, which isn't really bad.

 

Another Gold Record in the UK. this is Celines 13th Gold record in the uk, most of which have went multiplatinum. Well Done Celine

[sgcpc]

There's something I don't understand with Japan.

 

Are there 2 official charts?

 

I mean there is Oricon and Soundscan.

 

On the Orican chart, she is #15 with a little more than 51.000 copies.

 

But on the other hand, she is also on the Soundscan chart @ # 9 (-3) with a total of 40,264 copies.

 

http://www.phileweb.com/products/cd-top20/2007/1052.html

 

So what's right? Have we add this two numbers ?

 

ppl in japan tend to use oricon more often, and i dunno which one to trust either but they dont make much differences anyway

[LuisMa]

"Taking Chances" has been certified Platinum in Switzerland.

[Jeffieboi]

8 8 CELINE DION Taking Chances (Columbia / Sony Music)

 

She sold 93,000. Carrie Underwood and Celine have less sold on Soundscan then on Hits Double.

 

YAY my two favorite singers! Anyway, #8 isn't bad at all considering how little promotion the album is getting. I heard "Taking Chances" on a preview for "The Biggest Loser" on NBC so there's some more promotion.

[tal-sh2]

Guys, don't you think that when the second single hit the album will sell more?

Be more optimistic, please.