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Now what?! charts summary
This list is being continuously updated. Progress of the album in charts around the world is neatly summarized here.
The first week of Now what?! out in the wild is over and the first official chart positions accounting for both online and offline sales are in.
- Germany: #1 first week, #5 second, #12 third, #22 fourth, #27 fifth, #32 sixth, #37 seventh, #46 eighth, #54 ninth, #58 tenth, #63 eleventh, #73 twelfth, #71 thirteen, #79 fourteen, #77 fifteen, #89 sixteen, #62 (week of Dec 13, Gold Edition).
- Independent albums: #4 in April (up to May 3), #1 in May (May 3-30)
- Austria: #1 first week, #12 second, #23 third, #32 fourth, #59 fifth, #54 sixth
- Czech Republic: #1 first week, #5 second, #8 third, #14 fourth, #20 fifth, #17 sixth, #17 seventh, #23 eighth, #29 ninth, none — tenth, #46 eleventh, #43 twelfth, #46 thirteen, #34 fourteen, #13 fifteen, #3 seventeen (week of Aug 28), #36 eighteen, #45 nineteen
- Switzerland: #2 first week, #10 second, #11 third, #23 fourth, #38 fifth, #46 sixth, #51 seventh, #62 eighth, #54 ninth, #88 tenth, #83 eleventh, #47 twelfth, #54 thirteen, #76 (reentry on week ending Dec 15, 2013, following release of the Gold Edition)
- Norway: #4 first week, #1 second, #2 third, #6 fourth, #13 fifth, #22 sixth, #23 seventh, #34 eigth, #38 (reentry week of Aug 23)
- Poland: #5 first week, #5 second, #8 third, #11 fourth, #14 fifth, #21 sixth, #13 seventh, #14 eighth, #23 ninth, #35 tenth, #41 eleventh, #38 twelfth, #39 thirteen
- Sweden: #7 first week, #13 second, #16 third, #20 fourth, #22 fifth, #37 sixth, #28 seventh, #21 eighth, #26 ninth, #48 tenth, #59 eleventh, #51 twelfth
- Hungary: #7 first week, #8 second, #12 third, #33 fourth, #21 fifth, #27 sixth, #38 eighth, #29 (week of Aug 20th)
- Finland: #8 first week, #13 second, #23 third, #21 fourth, #23 fifth, #32 sixth, #29 seventh, #34 eighth, #48 ninth, none tenth, #44 eleventh, #46 (week of Aug 29)
- Worldwide: #11, first week, #27 second, #40 third
- Netherlands: #12 first week, #48 second, #58 third, #74 fourth
- Italy: #12 first week, #18 second, #26 third, #25 fourth, #33 fifth, #66 sixth, #80 seventh, #72 eighth, #77 ninth, #95 tenth, #92 eleventh, #91 thirteen
- UK:
- Albums Top 100: #19 first week, #69 second, #81 third, #95 fourth
- Rock & Metal Albums: #1 first week, #4 second, #3 third, #7 fourth, #14 fifth, #18 sixth, #16 seventh, #21 eighth, #33 ninth
- Record Store Albums: #5 first week, #17 second, #24 third, #32 fourth
- Scottish Albums chart: #13 first week
- Spain: #19 first week, #30 second week
- France: #23 first week, #57 second, #84 third, #135 fourth, #171 fifth, #195 sixth, #162 seventh
- Physical sales: #19 first week, #44 second, #68 third, #113 fourth, #115 fifth, #136 sixth, #118 seventh, #163 eighth, #188 ninth
- Greece: #20 first week, #21 second, #13 third, #36 fourth, #28 fifth, #43 sixth, #64 seventh
- Denmark: #26 first week, #18 second, #36 third
- Belgium:
- Flemish chart: #33 first week, #37 second, #50 third, #67 fourth, #59 fifth, #77 sixth, #81 seventh, #112 eighth, #111 ninth, #170 tenth, #156 eleventh, #162 twelfth, #149 thirteen, #199 week ending Jan 11 2014
- French chart: #36 first week, #14 second, #34 third, #30 fourth, #34 fifth, #48 sixth, #37 seventh, #53 eighth, #63 ninth, #74 tenth, #78 eleventh, #99 twelfth, #77 thirteen, #88 fourteen, #106 (week of Sep 14), #136 (week of Sep 21), #198 (week of Sep 29), #189 (week of Dec 7), #105 (week of Dec 14)
- Japan (released May 22): #50 first week (1,404 est. sales)
- International albums: #15 first week
- Ireland: #87
- USA: #115 first week, not in Top 200 second week, #110 third
- Hard Rock Albums: #8 first week, #20 second, #7 third
The actual sales numbers are a bit difficult to come by. One source provides weekly global sales with numbers appearing to be not cumulative, therefore missing data for the critical first few days after the release:
Total confirmed sales: 106,000.
Assuming exponential decay in sales, first week (April 26 to May 2) numbers can be estimated at 85 to 90 thousand, with 160-170 thousand cumulative for the first three weeks.
Another source gives slightly different numbers:
- April 28: #40, 19,100
- May 5: #8, 76,200
- May 12: #20, 37,300
- May 19: #34, 27,400
- May 26: #46, 20,000
Total confirmed sales: 180,000.
If you have any confirmed chart positions, please post in the comments, preferably with a prooflink.
Thanks to Ke79, Daniel Bengtsson, Andrey Gusenkov, Bjørn Sund, Mike Eriksson, Ron, laski, Nigel Young, ron, joroz, Giuseppe, Akis, alessandro, Joerg, Apollo, micke, and many, many others for the info.
Special thanks to Esteban, joroz and Nigel Young for continuing updates.
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it is confirmed by ear music #1 in germany….check out the facebook-page of them!
May 6th, 2013 at 19:39This week’s new entries in the German Album charts will be published tomorrow. “Now What?!” will be at Number 1. This has already been confirmed by earMusic/edel via their Facebook page.
May 6th, 2013 at 19:52Some more chart positions:
http://acharts.us/album/77730
And they will be No. 1 in the German charts published this Friday according to the record company:
https://www.facebook.com/earmusicofficial
May 6th, 2013 at 20:10also #19 in Spain
May 6th, 2013 at 20:15#26 Denmark
@1 & @2:
May 6th, 2013 at 20:44(in the interests of good journalism) a claim by the record company is not an independent confirmation. 😉 we’ll wait until tomorrow.
Wow, great stuff. This album deserves to be a best-seller.
May 6th, 2013 at 23:25That makes sense:
A sensational good record results in a very good chart number
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May 7th, 2013 at 06:14http://www.media-control.de/deep-purple-mit-siebtem-nummer-eins-album.html
May 7th, 2013 at 09:04In america No#500, Justin beiber #1, “strange ways”.
May 7th, 2013 at 10:29@9 sad but true. Any boy with a goofy hairdo…girl’s voice….Jackson 5 dance moves….and electronic drum can become a musical star here in the USA. The media brainwash listeners into what is hip and what is not. The new DP jams will be a blip on the radar…..yep..pretty sad indeed.
May 7th, 2013 at 13:46As I understand it, NW went # 1 in Czech Republic too. Way to go!
May 7th, 2013 at 16:36In america No#500? that’s why they hardly will tour Usa and they are not in the R’N’R’HOF…
anyway Now What is numer 1 even on the Czech Republic chart…
May 7th, 2013 at 18:45The German Wikipedia entry lists only five other #1 positions for Deep Purple: In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn, and, surprisingly, The House Of Blue Light. Probably a different chart or calculation method. I see that Bananas also did pretty well in Germany.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple
May 7th, 2013 at 20:02@Reinder: “Made in Japan” was also at #1 in Germany. This does not appear in the Wikipedia list, because this only focuses on the studio albums. But it is mentioned there in the live albums list.
May 8th, 2013 at 10:00HOBL is not for everyone the biggest Deep purple fuck up.
May 8th, 2013 at 11:21@ 13 I know for sure MIJ went to #1 in Germany, maybe not counted because it’s a livealbum..?
May 8th, 2013 at 15:18You forgot ” Made in Japan”, who was also No. 1 in Germany ( you have to look under “Livealben”), so with “Now what” we totally got
May 8th, 2013 at 17:12seven No. 1 albums for Deep Purple in Germany right now. Unfortunately, “Perfect Strangers” “only” went No. 2 in 1984 due to strong
competitors namely in person of Sade (“Diamond Life”) and Herbert Grönemeyer (“4630 Bochum”, an album who sold over 2,5 million
copies at the end in Germany which means No. 3 top-selling album of all time).
Reinder – ignore w*k*p*d*a – the previous six German chart-topping albums were In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan, Burn and The House Of Blue Light.
May 8th, 2013 at 20:03Roberto: the record isn’t out for another week in the US.
Nigel: as others have commented, MIJ was listed in another section, so no need to cast aspersions on Wikipedia for that omission.
May 8th, 2013 at 20:58In the United States, there’s no mention of the album yet. Corporate radio/classic rock. Hopefully, it’ll get more attention this summer. As an American, I’m embarrassed by the so-called Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s a beautiful building, but all corporate-controlled. The fans, in America and worldwide, voted for Rush and Deep Purple to be in the Hall. Geddy Lee of Rush says it’s ridiculous Purple didn’t make it. Doesn’t matter, though. Everyone over 40 here knows/loves Purple. Everyone younger than 40 never heard of them.
May 8th, 2013 at 21:05Wikepedia’s Now What page shows it opened at 115 in the USA. If true this is the biggest selling album since Slave and Masters in the USA which opened lower than 115 but peaked around 90. However, I can’t confirm this. If all these charts are true, this is the biggest Purple Album world wide since HOBL.
May 8th, 2013 at 23:2519@ that’s based on the pre-ordering (around 4000 copies) and it gives an impression of how many copies it will sell…
May 9th, 2013 at 11:55https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlY8AjWo27g
Nice clip.
I just thought : why does he not hear stuff from it?
Would that be deleted by the DP company?
I cant find any tracks of the album on YT. Remarkable.
Does that result from intense labour by someone who is appointed just for that?
Is it possible for artists nowadays to reach an agreement with YT to act legally within certain boundaries?
I d understand such an action if it was for some weeks or months just to push sales.
Then again, YT is PROMOTION as well and dl’ing means you dont have the original with the artwork and the lossless quality, so……
It would be interesting to know what it effects in quantities / salesnumbers resulting from actions like these.
How many people go on buy a relatively expensive product instead of downloading or waiting because there is nota complete album on YT?
Like with earlier albums I burn my copy on a rewritable and wait for a cheaper offering, maybe 2nd hand later on.
If that means I miss out on certain special limited editions, ok.
Waiting also means I weed out the ridicilous duplications due to more than 1 edition.
Uptill now , in the end that is, I bought about everything but just waited since Abandon.
Sometimes I postpone even when I find, for instance, a touredition of ROTD(I still only have the vinyl edition, unplayed)for just 10 euro.
Choices.
I ll try to grab both the most interesting editions of ROTD and NOW WHAT when the time comes.
By now I should be able to make a nice sampler of the Airey/Morse era.
I dont know what a regular copy of a DeLuxe edition costs.
I seldomly hear a new album in recent years I really want to own.
Should I really mention that I would act differently alltogether if I could buy a new MK 2 album? : )
May 9th, 2013 at 12:32It is confirmed! The new issue of Billboard ( 18 May 13) has Deep Purple’s new album at 115 on the US charts and #1 on the German Billboard Chart as well. WoW!
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5
May 9th, 2013 at 14:12#12 in Italy
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Really great album and the charts shows exactly that.
May 9th, 2013 at 14:53n. 12 in Italy
May 9th, 2013 at 14:58Hi the album is also n. 12 in Italy.
May 9th, 2013 at 15:06http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Can’t wait for my copy from the U.K. and the best part too, there are so many positive reviews all over the net, although i haven’t seen a copy yet in Australia, but as i write that will change, so i have had a listen to all 12 ‘samples” and from what fans have been suggesting there is a little “Perfect Strangers” a slice of “Perpendicular” i will absolutely go “Bananas” once i receive the album!! Any chart action is always success no matter how many copies it sells! Well done guys!!
May 10th, 2013 at 08:18Scotland last week: 13
Scottish Albums Top 40 – 11th May 2013
http://www.officialcharts.com/scottish-albums-chart/
UK Record Store Albums: 5
Official Record Store Albums Top 40 – 11th May 2013
http://www.officialcharts.com/record-store-albums-chart/
It is absent from the latest official UK midweek chart Top 40 (it was 11 last midweek, so 19 for the full week showed that its sales were already declining http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rudimental-look-set-to-find-a-home-at-the-top-of-the-official-albums-chart-2194/)
May 10th, 2013 at 09:46I know times have changed but by my reckoning the Number 19 position in UK is the highest chart placing in this country since ‘The House of Blue light’, when you consider that DP get very little mainstream media coverage it’s no mean feat.
May 10th, 2013 at 10:16Hi everyone the album is also number 20 in Greece so far!
May 10th, 2013 at 10:22http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html
#20 in Greece
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
May 10th, 2013 at 12:22wow : n. 1 in finland !!!!! (second week from issue)
http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2
May 10th, 2013 at 16:25I am shocked in a good way. Now What?! on 1st place (week 19) in Norway!!! Can’t almost believe its true?! Its time for Norwegian radio channels to play some songs from this album, now that it is on 1st place! I hope the radio channels take notice of Deep Purple’s position on this chart, as it is the official top 40 album chart.
May 10th, 2013 at 16:5636th in its first week in the French side of the Belgian charts (33 was in Flanders, sorry, we’re complicated !), it’s now 14th.
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
May 10th, 2013 at 21:00No. 5 in Poland:
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
May 10th, 2013 at 21:00Apollo @36:
May 10th, 2013 at 22:59complicated indeed! 😉 thanks for clarifying this.
Sweden: Down from 7 to 13.
Ireland: Was 87. Now out of the Top 100.
You missed @29:
May 11th, 2013 at 00:50Scotland: 13
Still waiting in Australia,it doesn’t take that long to send some cds down here,its killing me hearing how good it sounds,oh well back to you tube.
May 11th, 2013 at 05:04-yes, “its good to be king…” finally, some well-deserved recognition of a band that prove it has gone “Above and Beyond” the shadow of Blackmore and Jon. it is heartening to hear the heart and soul on Jon on may tracks, and as a Purple fan, I am glad to hear an album with much dept and creativity. Shine on uncommon men.
May 11th, 2013 at 08:34It have moved up secon week in Denmark too, from # 26 to # 18.
May 11th, 2013 at 10:08Sorry, no. 11 globally!
May 11th, 2013 at 12:13http://acharts.us/world_albums_top_40
Accoring to World Album top 40, Now What is #11 globally!
http://acharts.us/world_albums_top_40
May 11th, 2013 at 12:13Can someone tell us how many actual copies have been sold world wide? Saying it’s # 1 here and # 2 there really does not tell us much. # 1 in one country may only mean 500 copies where as # 18 in another country might mean 30,000 copies. I know it might be difficult to come up with a number but it’s something I would like to know.
May 11th, 2013 at 13:35I can’t see the album staying in the charts unless it gets radio and tv exposure. Are any of the new songs on the radio?
May 11th, 2013 at 18:45All the time in the world, filmed in Ischgl, Austria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTVrCOixC0
Sounds nice 🙂
May 12th, 2013 at 09:17Shaun @39 it’s finally out now in Australia, it took awhile, the original release date was 28-29th April we had to wait 2 weeks, it’s worth it though
May 12th, 2013 at 09:31@47, I haven’t got mine yet. So I repeat the words of Shaun @39 “it doesn’t take that long to send some cds down here’.
May 12th, 2013 at 10:53If bands / labels don’t want their stuff downloaded illegaly, then make it available, please!!!!
Hungary # 7.
May 12th, 2013 at 12:14@44 “51.000” according to http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm
May 12th, 2013 at 17:20I’d also be interested in the raw numbers. Nice as those chart numbers are, I am hoping for the band to recoup so they’ll make another record in a year or two instead of making us wait forever…
May 12th, 2013 at 17:54NW?! in the UK charts:
Top 100 Albums: from 19 to 69
Rock & Metal Albums: from 1 to 4
Record Store Albums: from 5 to 17
Scottish Albums: from 13 to nowhere!
Spain: from 19 to 30
May 12th, 2013 at 18:05Latest charts (unconfirmed)
38 in Afganistan
May 12th, 2013 at 19:2617 in Namibia
8 in Antigua y Barbuda
31 in Anguila
4 in Azerbaiyan
In Finland last week #8, in this week #13, BUT last week it was the highest ranking non-Finnish album, and this week the second highest. In a some reason, nowadays Finnish music totally dominates in the offical list.
May 12th, 2013 at 19:55From two days the album climbing Amazon US charts (amazon.com). It was way outside top 100 few days ago, but from Saturday is in top 70 and at the moment is on number 62.
I hope that will put Now What in at least top 100 or higher in the billboard 200 this week.
May 13th, 2013 at 11:11greece 21 second week 😉
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
May 13th, 2013 at 18:20All The Time In The World was played on the radio program for the Norwegian Top 40 Album Chart on the radio channel NRK P3 on Sunday 12.05.13. Proof here http://radio.nrk.no/serie/vg-lista-topp-40/mynf09001913/12-05-2013 . The song can be heard at the end of the program, at 01:55:20
May 13th, 2013 at 21:46German people were always with perfect taste for good music, since before Beethoven and from then onwards. 🙂
May 14th, 2013 at 09:00Ludwig van Beethoven came from Limburg, a part in the north of Belgium.
May 14th, 2013 at 10:04Which boundaries are next to …..Limburg….in The Netherlands that is.
Appearantly I ve been misinformed way back.
No info on Limburg in here.
But he remains half Belgian/half German.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
May 14th, 2013 at 10:08HZ: You don’t get any German TV or radio, do you?
It would seem from the numbers, that the USA is still the second or third market for DP, despite the pityful chart showing in the US charts. My guesstimate would be Germany 25,000; UK 5-10,000 USA 5000 and then all the other markets. But if anyone has, like, actual data, I’d be interested in seeing it.
May 14th, 2013 at 10:22Here in the USA the media continually cram the latest “Fad” in music at everyone no matter how untalented or crappy it is. Purple havn’t got a chance here.
May 14th, 2013 at 12:12I have an order on Amazon placed a month ago. But when I phoned a local record store they advised they had it in. Hurried to the store and from the first note until the very last was blown away. Many albums take time to grow on the listener. I knew straight away that this was to be an exception. Smile ear to ear and played again after the end. And i am playing it again. And again. And again. Headphones last night to capture every last nuance. Many comments here sum up a large majority of thumbs up. Ezrin is a freak. Don Airey’s playing is off of the charts. Great testament to Sir Jon. Steve usual tasteful playing, with Ezrin keeping him on a leash, not too short but perfect for the song structures and overall cohesiveness of the record. I find Gillan’s voice to be superb and the rhythm kings Ian and Roger the usual superlative duo.
Each and every album stands on its own. From Shades through to Now What ?! and the host of those who were in Purple past and present, It’s all good. The Purple vibe continues.
I pray this is not the final chapter….
Peace,
May 14th, 2013 at 13:58Ted
No. 5 in Germany in the second week:
http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Charts-Deutschland-KW-20-Reinhard-Mey-KC-Rebell-Caro-Emerald-auf-dem-Podest-mit-Videos
May 14th, 2013 at 19:20I love this album. Been there through all the years, and this is simply an amazing album. They should achieve considerable praise in the U.S. if there is any justice. I am so damned proud to be a Purple fan.
May 15th, 2013 at 02:34No. 5 in Czech Republic in second week.
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/
May 15th, 2013 at 11:18Sweden down to #13 in the second week
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130510
May 15th, 2013 at 12:14Switzerland #10 in the second week
http://www.hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a&date=20130519&year=2013
May 15th, 2013 at 12:19Czech Republic #5 in the second week
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P
May 15th, 2013 at 12:32Hungary #8 in the second week # 7 in the first
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
May 15th, 2013 at 12:37France #44 in the second week
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=536193
May 15th, 2013 at 13:11No 12 in Austria in last week.
May 15th, 2013 at 16:39http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/album/
#18 in Italy in the second week
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
As I can see its out of Billboard 200 in the second week, which is a real shame for such an exellent album. But probably in US the music audience is completely different from the rest of the world.
May 16th, 2013 at 13:5461
I learnt this week that these kinda problems, talking Internet here, can be evaded by using Proxy for example.
May 17th, 2013 at 11:015th in Poland in second week
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=806&lang=
May 17th, 2013 at 12:15Also Third on Norwegian charts in third week
May 17th, 2013 at 12:16Oh, it seems that I forgot about the link. Here it is:
May 17th, 2013 at 12:17http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/20
Even more charts:
http://danishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
No 36 in Denmark
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
No 50 in Belgium (Flemich charts)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
No 34 in Belgium (French charts)
And one more thing – in Greece in second week Now What was 21st no 20th.
May 17th, 2013 at 12:24It fell out of the US Billboard charts after entering at a respectable 115 for the band, I would not be surprised to see it re-enter the charts next week. At amazon.com it is now top 40 and have been top 100 for a while. It keeps climbing. If amazon is a good indicator, and I think it is, the new Purple album is doing ok.
May 17th, 2013 at 12:30/France: unfortunately, the official second week position of NW is n° 57 (not 44 — those are just so-called “physical” sales). n°23 position in first week correctly refers to physical sales+legal downloads.
http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/albums.php,p3
May 18th, 2013 at 06:03No 81 in current week in UK.
May 19th, 2013 at 18:04Checking the UK rock album chart, they are as noted no 3 up 1, overtaking Joe Satriani who is down 6 to 8.
However, apparently neither Bat out of Hell nor Best of Bon Jovi is a Rock album – both are listed above Deep Purple on the Album Chart. Oddly Tubular Bells is a rock album.
Categories, don;t you just love them.
Marcus
May 19th, 2013 at 21:14NW?! in the official UK charts:
May 20th, 2013 at 04:55Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24
Regarding sales, you wrote:
“before May 3: ???
week of May 3-9: 51,000
week of May 10-16: 30,000
Assuming exponential decay in sales, first week (April 26 to May 2) numbers can be estimated at 85 to 90 thousand, with 160-170 thousand cumulative for the first three weeks.”
Ditch your “85 to 90 thousand” – that misses the point of how charts are measured and reported!!! Charts are always in arrears, Purple were never going to be in the charts for any week to 2nd May, as that was its first week on sale. Look at Germany – one of the first countries to see the album but has only had two charts as yet. Yesterday’s UK chart carries a week ending date of 25th May – the week that it is current (19th to 25th), not the week’s sales that it measured (12th-18th).
The 51,000 relates to the first week of chart action. There is no uniform week ending date. Some are published a day after the week to which they relate (UK), Germany’s is published 8 days after the week to which sales they relate.
You also wrote:
“with numbers appearing to be not cumulative,”
Obviously, because charts are of sales in any given week in isolation (not cumulative sales).
May 20th, 2013 at 05:24Nigel:
May 20th, 2013 at 22:58the charts are in arrears, but not *that much* in arrears. e.g. chart posted on may 4 (http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week19-2013.htm) already has several albums which were released on april 23 pretty high up, but not purple, which started appearing on april 26. so still don’t think 51,000 includes all the sales from the very beginning, albeit my estimate of 85-90,000 is definitely overly optimistic. the true number must be under 20,000 as that was the chart cutoff figure for week 19.
#13 in Greece week 3
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
May 21st, 2013 at 06:38#16 in Sweden week 3
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130517
May 21st, 2013 at 10:49Sweden -3rd week – #16 http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
May 21st, 2013 at 11:42A couple of examples, two extremes:
UK (Sunday to Saturday sales; published following day)
Sales week — Chart week — Position
28/4 to 04/5 — 05/5 to 11/5 — 19
05/5 to 11/5 — 12/5 to 18/5 — 69
12/5 to 18/5 — 19/5 to 25/5 — 81
19/5 to 25/5 — 26/5 to 01/6 —
Germany (Friday to Thursday sales; published 8 days later – trade get to know sooner)
Sales week — Chart week — Position
26/4 to 02/5 — 10/5 to 16/5 — 1
03/5 to 09/5 — 17/5 to 23/5 — 5
10/5 to 16/5 — 24/5 to 30/5 — TBA
17/5 to 23/5 — 31/5 to 06/6 —
No sales unaccounted for.
May 21st, 2013 at 17:57Another 3rd week positions:
May 21st, 2013 at 18:08Finland – #23 – http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Czech Republic – #8 – http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/
Switzerland – 3rd week – #11 -http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
May 22nd, 2013 at 09:58Spain – seems to be dropped off the charts – http://www.elportaldemusica.es/albumes.php
the album seems that has became gold in russia (25.000 copies,,with n.3 as highest position in the charts)
http://www.bravewords.com/news/204369
May 22nd, 2013 at 11:00“Classic Today Hit Parade, the official classification of Capital Radio, with songs destined to become the new classics. A Top 10 conducted by Fabio Arboit….” I’m not sure about the science behind this genre chart of sorts, if any, but All The Time In The World is at number one… http://www.capital.it/capital/musica/classic-today
May 22nd, 2013 at 14:46#11 in Switzerland in third week.
May 22nd, 2013 at 16:10http://www.hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a&date=20130526&year=2013
#13 in Hungary in third week
May 22nd, 2013 at 16:12http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
?! apparently went Gold in Russia after just three weeks!
May 22nd, 2013 at 16:1625000 copies in russia! Turn to gold album!
May 22nd, 2013 at 17:51Whoa! Deep Purple are back on Billboard charts! #110 in third week.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:18http://www.billboard.com/artist/300672/deep-purple/chart?f=305
Purple is back on the Billboard charts in the USA at 110 this week. I had a feeling this would happen. Since the VP video, their sales on Amazon USA has been as high as 37 and consistently in top 100.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=5
Unfortunately it appears they are not doing “That Metal Show.” That would have been another big boost. It was ripe for a 1 hour Purple show. The shows were tapped in May so I have no idea why Purple’s management did not dispatch at least Steve, Roger and Ian Gillan.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:30Also, #7 in Hard rock chart this week just behind Joe Satriani (Billboard USA 1 June). Apparently Purple was number 20 last week.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:43# 12 in Germany in third week :
May 23rd, 2013 at 16:41http://canna.to/canna/alben.php
Does anybody have confirmed numbers – albums sold – for all studio albums after Perfect Strangers. HOBL, SM, TBRO, Purp, Abandon, Bananas and ROTD?? I saw folks posting previously that ROTD sold over a million world wide and Bananas 500K. If so, why does the band openly state that there is no money in making albums?
May 24th, 2013 at 01:10In its third week, NW?! reentered the U.S. Billboard charts at 110 (higher than the first week).
May 24th, 2013 at 01:12http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2
norway week 4: #6
May 24th, 2013 at 12:26#8 in Poland in third week.
May 24th, 2013 at 12:56http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=807&lang=
# 12 in Germany in third week
May 24th, 2013 at 13:51http://www.viva.tv/charts/17-viva-album-top-50
#67 in Flemish Charts (4th week)
May 24th, 2013 at 13:58http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
#30 in Belgium French Charts (4th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
#26 in Italy (3rd week)
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Also #6 in Norway (4th week)
May 24th, 2013 at 14:01http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2
#23 in Austria (3rd week)
May 24th, 2013 at 14:05http://www.austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130524
NOW What?! down to number 12 in Germany, third week.
May 24th, 2013 at 15:39# 12 in Germany in the third week:
http://www.mtv.de/charts/4-album-top-50
May 24th, 2013 at 16:33According to Mediatraffic website, band sold another 25000 units in last week.
May 25th, 2013 at 11:04http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm
NW!? is a good album from the first song until the sixth song
May 26th, 2013 at 11:32from the seventh to the last song … Blood From A Stone, Uncommon Man, Apres Vous, All The Time In The World, Vincent Price … brilliant
NW?! in the official UK charts:
May 26th, 2013 at 19:29Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32
Scottish Albums:
13 and then gone
Regarding:
“May 3: ??? (between 0 and 20,000)
May 10: 51,000
May 17: 30,000
May 24: 25,000”
This still misses the point of a week’s chart being for the previous week’s sales (even later in Germany).
Germany ——————————————- UK —————————————————- Global
May 26th, 2013 at 20:10Sales week – Chart week — Position – Sales week – Chart week — Position – Pos/Sales
26/4 to 02/5 10/5 to 16/5 — 1 ——— 28/4 to 04/5 – 05/5 to 11/5 – 19 ——— 11 51,000
03/5 to 09/5 17/5 to 23/5 — 5 ——— 05/5 to 11/5 – 12/5 to 18/5 – 69 ——— 27 30,000
10/5 to 16/5 24/5 to 30/5 — 12 ——— 12/5 to 18/5 – 19/5 to 25/5 – 81 ——— 40 25,000
17/5 to 23/5 31/5 to 06/6 — TBA —— 19/5 to 25/5 – 26/5 to 01/6 – 95 ——— TBA (TBA)
France 3rd week – #84- http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/albums.php,p5
May 27th, 2013 at 09:50?! enters at #3 in Japan.
May 28th, 2013 at 19:17the album seems that has entered Japanese International album charts at n. 3 !
http://www.bravewords.com/news/204715
May 28th, 2013 at 21:47Nigel @118:
ok, ok, you’ve convinced me about germany and uk. but can you account for all the countries like that?
e.g. it looks like russian sales are not included in mediatraffik.de’s numbers because they have no official charts (notwithstanding the recent claim of #3 and 25,000):
my point is, the numbers quoted by mediatraffik are estimates and should not be taken as the whole truth and nothing but the truth. that’s why my disclaimer of <20,000 in the first week. we just don’t know for sure. and probably will never know.
May 28th, 2013 at 23:04The album release dates were fixed to maximize the sales in the first week. The 51k IS the first week’s sales. My point is there is no territory where initial sales fell-down-the-back-of-the-settee. IF you could find a territory where they entered the chart ‘a week late’, you might be on to something but I doubt you’ll find such a beast. (DPAS were knocking out copies Thu-Fri-Sat prior to its release to get them to people for the Monday – I don’t know if those counted in any UK chart return stats. Oh and about three copies in Denmark got out early.)
May 29th, 2013 at 00:28The only oddity was a UK release on a Friday for ATTITW and HTP, giving them just Friday/Saturday on sale. UK singles are usually available as downloads on Sundays and physical copies from Mondays.
Russia is still a law unto itself. 🙂
Your:
May 3: ??? (between 0 and 20,000)
May 10: 51,000
May 17: 30,000
May 24: 25,000
Should be:
May 3: 51,000
May 10: 30,000
May 17: 25,000
May 24 TBA (but we may never know, unless Japan and USA make a difference)
#118
Thanks for sharing that. Great focus on the ?! release here. Purple definitely is getting some good acknowledgement for a change. ‘Bout time?!
Ch-BeerZ?!
May 29th, 2013 at 00:51First… sorry for my English
There is another source (I have been checkin’ it for years) that shows a diferent amount of sales. Here is the link:
http://www.musicharts.net/index.php?cat=charts&chid=0
That’s the link for the sales of the week from 6-5-13 to 12-5-13; you can check previous weeks too. The data that offers this page are as follow:
week 22-4-13 28-4-13 nº 40 worlwide 19.100
week 29-4-13 5-5-13 nº 8 worlwide 76.200
week 6-5-13 12-5-13 nº 20 worlwide 37.300
As you can see, the numbers are slighty better… ( 132.600 sold!)… not that bad…
May 29th, 2013 at 07:35According to the sales in Norway, they should be near “gold” there by now.
Maybe they can reach “gold” in Germany and Finland, too.
May 29th, 2013 at 22:12according to this site
http://www.musicharts.net/index.php?cat=charts&chid=0
now what has 132600 copies sold up to 12.05
May 30th, 2013 at 09:32Italian charts 4th week from 26 to n.25
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
switzerland n.23
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
austria n. 32
http://www.austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=a
sweden n.20
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
poland n.11
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
czech republic n.14
May 31st, 2013 at 14:32http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P
Japan #50 week 1
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2013-06-03/more/6/
After some research looks like that Oricon chart is the official chart in Japan.
I don’t know what means “Japanese international album chart” in which the album is #3 according to official facebook page of the band.
Probably this chart exclude japanese artists?
It would be nice if someone from Japan make some explanations so to be clear for all of us.
May 31st, 2013 at 14:45Also
#22 in Germany
http://www.mtv.de/charts/4-album-top-50
#13 in Norway
http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/22
#33 in Hungary
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
#21 in Finland
http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201321
#74 in Netherlands
http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F!&cat=a
#135 in France
http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Deep-Purple-/Now-What–ac28746.html
#36 in Greece
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
#59 in Belgium (Flemish)
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
#34 in Belgium (French)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
That’s it!!!
June 1st, 2013 at 09:07ROTD over one million copies sold pratically without charting while NOW WHAT?! just around 130.000 copies (for the moment) charting so high…that’s strange…
June 1st, 2013 at 13:43@126
June 1st, 2013 at 18:17according to our japanese expert, it’s actually #15 in the international (‘western’) albums chart. see link in the article.
http://www.musicharts.net/index.php?cat=charts&chid=0
another 27.400 units sold on 4th week
What about RotD selling over one million copies, I think it’s one of the biggest jokes DP members has ever said.
June 2nd, 2013 at 00:36@ 129 Nick, does your japanese expert have the historical charts positions for deep purple?
June 2nd, 2013 at 15:23It would be interesting to see how they have done through the years.
@131
June 3rd, 2013 at 04:03here it is:
NW?! in (and out of) the official UK charts:
June 3rd, 2013 at 05:52Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95 (and then gone)
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7 to 14
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32 (and then gone)
@ Thanks!
June 3rd, 2013 at 18:14HUNGARY THIS WEEK 34 TO 21 !!
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
June 6th, 2013 at 07:52Independent charts: “KC Rebell behind Deep Purple … the British rock pioneers Deep Purple and their album “Now What?” slides from four to one.”
June 6th, 2013 at 08:20http://www.media-control.de/independent-charts-kc-rebell-hinter-deep-purple.html
# 27 in Germany in fifth week:
June 6th, 2013 at 20:51http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35349-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-23-13.html
Current charts positions
Germany – no.27
http://www.mtv.de/charts/4-album-top-50
Austria – no.59
http://www.austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130607
Czech Republic – no.20
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/
Switzerland – no.38
http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130609
Norway – no.22
http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/23
Poland – no.14
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Sweden – no.22
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130531
Hungary – no.21
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
Finland – no.23
http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201322
The Netherlands – out of top100
Italy – no.34
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
France – no.171 (physique chart – 115)
http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Deep-Purple-/Now-What–ac28746.html
Greece – no.28
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
Belgian charts will be available tomorrow.
June 7th, 2013 at 11:51NW?! in (and out of) the official UK charts:
Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95 (and then gone)
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7 to 14 to 18*
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32 (and then gone)
* with Copenhagen 1972 a new entry at 19
Smoke On The Water, a re-entry, at number 15.
June 10th, 2013 at 02:55http://www.officialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/
http://www.musicharts.net/index.php?cat=charts&chid=0
Another 20.000
June 10th, 2013 at 09:23After five weeks in the charts in Poland, Mystic Production’s facebook page says the album has gone Gold.
June 11th, 2013 at 09:29Current charts positions:
June 14th, 2013 at 12:19Germany – no.32
http://www.mtv.de/charts/4-album-top-50
Austria – no.54
http://www.austriancharts.at/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130614
Czech Rep. – no.17
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/
Switzerland – no.46
http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130616
Norway – no.23
http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/24
Poland – no.21
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Sweden – no.37
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130607
Hungary – no.27
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
Finland – no.32
http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201323
Italy – no.66
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
France – no.195
http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Deep-Purple-/Now-What–ac28746.html
Greece – no.43
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
Belgium (Flemish) – no.77 (6th week) then no.81(seventh week)
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Belgium (France) – no.48(6th week) then no.37 (7th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
NW?! in (and out of) the official UK charts:
Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95 (and then gone)
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7 to 14 to 18* to 16
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32 (and then gone)
* with Copenhagen 1972 a new entry at 19 (and then gone)
Smoke On The Water, a re-entry last week at number 15, up to 13.
June 16th, 2013 at 21:08http://www.officialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/
Minor detail:
June 16th, 2013 at 21:18Rock & Metal Albums: #1 first week, #4 second, #3 third, #7 fourth, #14 fifth, #19 sixth
should say:
Rock & Metal Albums: #1 first week, #4 second, #3 third, #7 fourth, #14 fifth, #18 sixth
Some updates
Sweden #28 week 7
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130614
Switzerland #51 week 7
http://hitparade.ch/weekchart.asp?cat=a&date=20130623&year=2013
Finland #29 week 7
June 19th, 2013 at 14:53http://finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201324
# 37 in Germany in seventh week:
June 20th, 2013 at 17:25http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35410-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-25-13.html
80 in Italy (seventh week)
June 21st, 2013 at 12:41http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
64 in Greece (seventh week)
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
# 34 in Norway (8th week)
June 21st, 2013 at 12:42http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/25
Also #17 in Czech Republic (seventh week)
June 21st, 2013 at 12:48http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
and #13 in Poland (seventh week)
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
more updates week 7
Greece #64
http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html
Italy #80
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Czech Republic #17
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
Poland #13
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
week 8
Norway #34
June 21st, 2013 at 14:55http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/2013/uke/25
Sweden week 8 #21
June 22nd, 2013 at 11:41http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130621
New charts positions
France – 7th week – #162
June 22nd, 2013 at 12:59http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Deep-Purple-/Now-What–ac28746.html
Belgium (Flemish) – 8th week – 112
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Belgium (France) – 8th week – #53
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
NW?! in (and out of) the official UK charts:
Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95 (and then gone)
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7 to 14 to 18 to 16 to 21
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32 (and then gone)
Smoke On The Water, a re-entry at number 15, up to 13, up to 11
June 24th, 2013 at 09:03http://www.officialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/
Finland week 8
#34
June 24th, 2013 at 10:45http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201325
# 46 in Germany in eighth week:
June 27th, 2013 at 14:33http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35449-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-26-13.html
Czech Republic 8th week n.23
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
Poland 8th week n.14
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Hungary 7th week n.38
http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2013/05/10/now-what-charts-summary/
Italy 8th week n.72
June 28th, 2013 at 07:33http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Czech Rep – #23 (8th week)
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
Switzerland – #62 (8th week)
http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&date=20130630&year=2013
Poland – #14 (8th week)
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Hungary – #38 (re-entry in 8th week)
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
Italy – #72 (8th week)
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Belgium (Flemish) – #111 (9th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Belgium (France) – #63 (9th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Greece, France, Norway – dropped out the charts
June 28th, 2013 at 13:46Sweden week 9
#26
June 30th, 2013 at 09:01http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=2013&date=20130628&cat=a
Finland week 9 #48
http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201326
July 2nd, 2013 at 17:03NW?! in (and out of) the official UK charts:
Top 100 Albums:
from 19 to 69 to 81 to 95 (and then gone)
Rock & Metal Albums:
from 1 to 4 to 3 to 7 to 14 to 18 to 16 to 21 to 33
Record Store Albums:
from 5 to 17 to 24 to 32 (and then gone)
Smoke On The Water, a re-entry at number 15, up to 13, up to 11 (and then gone)
July 3rd, 2013 at 02:22http://www.officialcharts.com/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/
Switzerland week 9 #54
http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&date=20130707&year=2013
July 3rd, 2013 at 11:26some updates
France Physical sales:
week 4 113
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=541089
week 5 115
July 4th, 2013 at 16:43http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=543138
week 6 136
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=546226
week 7 118
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=548555
week 8 163
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=550510
week 9 188
http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-256595-Albums-physiques.html?cid=553155
#54 in Germany in ninth week:
July 5th, 2013 at 09:31http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35479-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-27-13.html
Germany week 9 #54
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35479-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-27-13.html
July 5th, 2013 at 11:19Italy – #77 (9th week)
July 6th, 2013 at 09:52http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Hungary – out of charts
Poland – #23 (9th week)
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Belgium (Flemish) – #170 (10th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Belgium (France) – #74 (10th week)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
Any updates on the total sales gobaly?
July 7th, 2013 at 22:13Is it possible to find an estimate number of sales for all albums?
July 7th, 2013 at 22:25Regards.
Sweden week 10 #48
http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130705
July 8th, 2013 at 06:41Germany week 10 #58
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35525-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-28-13.html
July 11th, 2013 at 13:58Does anyone have information about certification in Norway? In post 123 Emilio Urdapilleta said that the band is close to “gold” and that was more than 40 days ago.
Strange is also the fact that the golden certification in Poland is not published on the ZPAV site (http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php ) one month after have been announced on the band’s facebook site.
July 11th, 2013 at 14:28joroz @170:
we have learnt the hard way to take with a big grain of salt any sales claims the record company makes 😉
July 11th, 2013 at 22:21Probably the record company doesn’t feel the necessity to proof the certification, which I think it’s a shame.
July 12th, 2013 at 12:27#88 in Switzerland (10th)
July 15th, 2013 at 12:28http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130714
#35 in Poland (10th)
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
#59 in Sweden (11th)
http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=20130712
#156 in Belgium (Fl) (11th)
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
#78 in Belgium (Fr) (11th)
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
And in Finland they’re back on the charts!
#44th in the 11th week.
http://www.finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201328
Also (10th week) in Italy NW is at 90th
July 15th, 2013 at 12:30http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Germany week 11 #63
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35567-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-29-13.html
Switzerland week 11 #83
http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Sweden week 12 #51
http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Belgium (French) week 12 #99
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Poland week 11 #41
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Italy week 11 #92
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Czech Republic back in charts at #46 week 11
July 22nd, 2013 at 10:38http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
Switzerland week 12 #47
That’s a big climb in the chart from 83 to 47 in its twelfth week
http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
July 24th, 2013 at 10:51Germany week 12 #73
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35598-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-30-13.html
Czech Republic week 12 #43
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
July 26th, 2013 at 07:47Poland week 12 #38
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Belgium week 13 French chart #77
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
Belgium week 13 Flemish chart #162
July 29th, 2013 at 08:36http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
#38 in Poland (12th week)
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
#162 in Belgium (Fl) re-entry
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
#77 in Belgium (France) in 13th week
July 29th, 2013 at 12:55http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Switzerland week 13 #54
http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Czech Republic week 13 #46
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
July 31st, 2013 at 08:14180K without significant U.S. sales isn’t half bad. If they could get on Leno or Letterman and show the Vincent Price video to a larger audience…I seriously think it would sell pretty well here in the states too….
August 1st, 2013 at 19:19Germany week 13 #71
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35639-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-31-13.html
August 2nd, 2013 at 07:37Poland week 13 #39
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=en
Italy re-entry #91
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
Hungary re-entry #26
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
Belgium (Fl) #149 week 14
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Belgium (France) #88 week 14
August 5th, 2013 at 07:24http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
In Italy this week Now What?! has re-entered in the chart at n.91
http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php
August 5th, 2013 at 09:19Poland week 13th – #39
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp
Belgium (Fl) week 14th – #149
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Belgium (Fr) week 14th – #88
August 5th, 2013 at 10:18http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
Czech Republic week 14 #34
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
August 6th, 2013 at 13:42Germany, week 14: #79
(source: Musikmarkt magazine)
August 9th, 2013 at 06:36Germany week 13 #79
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35694-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-32-13.html
August 9th, 2013 at 07:33Sorry week 14
Germany week 14 #79
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/35694-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-32-13.html
August 9th, 2013 at 07:34Germany, week 15: #77
(source Musikmarkt Magazine)
August 16th, 2013 at 08:02Now What re-enters top 20 in Czech Rep. at #13.
August 16th, 2013 at 11:01Now What re-enters in Hungary at #29.
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista
August 20th, 2013 at 14:51joroz @192:
August 23rd, 2013 at 18:07something else is at #29 and ?! is nowhere to be seen…
Germany, week 16: #89
(source: Musikmarkt magazine)
August 23rd, 2013 at 20:55So…how many copies selling?
August 24th, 2013 at 16:55Nick Soveiko @193:
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-lista-es-datum-szerint
1. Choose top 40 album (the first from list)
2. Choose 2013
3. Choose 32 (the week number)
and you will see now what on position 29.
Probably at the time when you saw it the chart was updated.
August 26th, 2013 at 11:43after four months in the charts Now What still rocks.
#3 in Czech republic week 17
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
August 28th, 2013 at 09:07and re-enters in Finland this week at #46
http://finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2013&date=201334
August 29th, 2013 at 07:44By now, Now What *probably* is already Gold in:
Norway
Switzerland
Russia
Poland
Germany
And maybe, if any luck, Silver at the UK.
Why the band doesn’t certify their sales? Any band but Deep Purple does it periodically.
September 1st, 2013 at 16:13#36 in Czech republic week 18
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
September 4th, 2013 at 08:40#45 in Czech republic week 19
http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=151352&sec=bb439a6e0c951d028364ac0236263221
September 11th, 2013 at 07:35I am sick of American radio stations. I am an American citizen and it pains me when they play Deep Purple music because its always smoke on the water, hush, woman from Tokyo and that’s it. No playing of anything on now what, abandon and perpendicular let alone all the other albums. No wonder the new album is not in the top 10 and going platinum in the US. and to think that Deep Purple is not in the rock and roll hall of fame is a joke because Deep Purple is the greatest band of all time.
September 12th, 2013 at 14:33Re-enter in Belgium (Fr) #106
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
September 14th, 2013 at 15:47I’m from Michigan. The president of Eagle Rock Entertainment sent Purple’s “Now What” CD to a Grand Rapids “classic rock” program director, and he has yet to even play it. The program director has been brainwashed by corporate radio that the listeners don’t want to hear any new music.
September 15th, 2013 at 01:51Classic Rock magazine says in the publication below that “Now What” sales exceeded 250 000 copies
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/deep-purple-announce-new-single-limited-edition-album/
September 18th, 2013 at 14:42Belgium (Fr) #136 week 20
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
September 21st, 2013 at 05:29Belgium (Fr) #198 week 21
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a#
September 29th, 2013 at 07:04What about Argentina? Purple have sold loads of records down there.
October 1st, 2013 at 15:36According to the official facebook page of the band Now What is gold in Czech Republic.
In Czech Republic gold status means 2500 copies for international artist http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/international-award-levels.pdf
October 7th, 2013 at 08:38Now What ?! is now officially GOLD in Germany. Congrats to Deep Purple.
http://www.ear-music.net/en/news/details/now-what-by-deep-purple-has-just-reached-gold-status-in-germany/
October 29th, 2013 at 20:27That’s great news 🙂
October 30th, 2013 at 07:54again in the charts
Switzerland #76
http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Belgium #186
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
Also on facebook site of the band is written that the album is on German top 40 again but at the moment I can’t give link to prove that
December 12th, 2013 at 08:20Here’s the link for the re-entering in German charts on #62
http://www.rockhard.de/news/newsarchiv/newsansicht/36549-deutsche-albumcharts-kw-50-13.html
December 16th, 2013 at 13:25The gold edition have entered the swedish hardrock chart at #11. It also did one week in the UK rock chart, but was gone when I checked it for position. It was top 20 anyway.
December 18th, 2013 at 08:49Can you believe this Now What is in the charts in 2014 🙂
Belgium 04/01/2014 #171
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Now+What%3F%21&cat=a
January 7th, 2014 at 15:07Out of all of the great topics posted on this wonderful Site, i must say chart Stats do Zero for me (wait, Zero… thats a stat too!) I guess someone has to be a bean counter. I would rather read about the great merits of actual Music. Let’s not forget, Pop Music charts are full of reprehensible drivel like (c)Rap!
January 7th, 2014 at 18:14I guess if someone is not interested in something just does not read about it.
January 8th, 2014 at 12:49Number 4 in the UK. That’s quite impressive for the first three days’ sales.
April 11th, 2017 at 00:06(NOW What?! made it to 11 or 12 on its first half week, but only 19 for the first full week.)
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart-update/
https://twitter.com/officialcharts/status/851497514675171329
April 11th, 2017 at 16:06