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Topic: Stones Billboard Christmas Update: "Forty Licks" hot in sales! Return to archive
12-26-03 07:09 PM
Soldatti The Christmas chart of this week has good news: "Forty Licks" sold strong last week with 18,000 copies according to Soundscan.
"Hot Rocks" is also #199 on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog with sales of 5,000 copies.
"Four Flicks" is still #1 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos. I don't have the sales of last week but were over 10,000 copies.

Here is the question: Why "Four Flicks" not was also edited as live CD?. The albums are selling more than the DVD's, just look the numbers...

Here are the charts positions for the week ending Jan. 3, 2004:

The Billboard 200 - Forty Licks - #160 (45 wks on chart)
Billboard Comprehensive Music Albums - Forty Licks - #183
Billboard Top Pop Catalog - Hot Rocks - #199
Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos - Four Flicks - #1 (6 wks on chart)
Hot 100 Singles Sales - Sympathy For The Devil - #49 (14 wks on chart)
Hot Dance Music / Club Play - Sympathy For The Devil - #43 (8 wks on chart)
Hot Dance Singles Sales - Sympathy For The Devil - #6 (14 wks on chart)

Sales for the week of Dec. 15 - Dec. 21 according to Soundscan:

Forty Licks - 18,000 (2.262,000 total)
Four Flicks - 10,000 (approx.) (147,000 total approx.)
Sympathy For The Devil - 1000 - (29,500 total)

Here the Stones albums most sold on Christmas:
Top 5 Positions
Forty Licks - 18,000
Hot Rocks - 4.800
Let It Bleed - 3.500
Sticky Fingers - 2.800
Tattoo You - 2.500

PS: thanks to my friend Melissa for the sales info
12-26-03 08:32 PM
Some Guy Cool
12-27-03 09:18 AM
exilestones@netscape I guess all of the bad press for the Stones/best buy wasn't so bad since 4 Flicks is still #1?
12-27-03 10:49 AM
Monkey Woman In fact, I guess all the brouhaha about that exclusive deal was good publicity for FF! One might even accuse the Stones of wanting to get an uproar in order that their last release didn't go unnoticed. It's a mean old world... And music business is as tough as it gets.
12-27-03 11:35 AM
glencar I can't believe that Hot Rocks still sells with 40 Licks on the market. 40 Licks supplants Hot Rocks IMO.