artist stats Coldplay's 'Moon Music' scores biggest British act debut in the UK since Adele's '30'

[gustavothehuman]

Edited October 7 by gustavothehuman

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Awesome! So much for flopping!! Hoping for a top 10 debut in USA as well.

 

[Popboi.]

160k in 3 days  Jesus 

[Mark Rih]

Love the legends but which kind of bundles are they using  

[UnusualBoy]

160k is insane

[prézli]

But ATRL told me they're flopping???

[Nefertiti0]

160,880 units - 140,967 physicals, 17,157 downloads, 2,756 streaming

[Green]

amazing numbers 

 

Those numbers would be more than enough to debut at #1 in the US too   

[Starkboy]

hmmm are they selling the albums with tour tickets cause the math isn't mathing

 

these insane physical numbers and abysmal streams

[zach]

Wasn't there just a thread of someone calling this album a flop?  

[Paddy]

33 minutes ago, Mark Rih said:

Love the legends but which kind of bundles are they using  

They had signed bundles for ages, at first available to all, then sold out in EU store but available in the UK store until the release tbh. Signed items were limited to bundles of vinyl, CD and possibly the download as well, not sure. I hope they'll manage to ship them all, I'm still waiting for confirmation of dispatch, and one of my packages has been stuck for ages in the wrong country... also Blood Records had an exclusive vinyl so that was immediately 5000 sales, and Amazon has exclusive vinyl. And having a very successful tour in UK now also helped with pre-orders as people were able to pre-order as they were waiting for the show to start. They don't have to be a streaming force once they have a fanbase willing to pay and buy physicals.

[40_L3VE]

1 hour ago, Mark Rih said:

Love the legends but which kind of bundles are they using  

 

Wembley tickets.

[Elusive Chanteuse]

1 hour ago, Starkboy said:

hmmm are they selling the albums with tour tickets cause the math isn't mathing

 

these insane physical numbers and abysmal streams

Why is that strange? Fans of legacy acts buy albums no? 

[Liafen]

I mean it makes sense, the 10xWembley pre-sale was open to people who have pre-ordered the album prior. I imagine lots of people bought it purely because of that incentive. 

[alestevens]

Yes TINI, yes sales

[OrgVisual]

13 hours ago, Starkboy said:

hmmm are they selling the albums with tour tickets cause the math isn't mathing

 

these insane physical numbers and abysmal streams

They kind of did

 

The scam is working

[Richie.Valdez]

Oh.. tickets bundle?  .

 

I believe Billboard forbid those.

[Katamari]

On 10/7/2024 at 1:19 PM, Starkboy said:

hmmm are they selling the albums with tour tickets cause the math isn't mathing

 

these insane physical numbers and abysmal streams

Honestly the packaging is real nice I might get a vinyl and cd  

[Liafen]

1 hour ago, Richie.Valdez said:

Oh.. tickets bundle?  .

 

I believe Billboard forbid those.

well not really, they just heavily incentivized pre-orders for the album by locking 900k tickets behind a pre-sale available to those who bought the alberm

[MP3]

Not bad for a bland boring generic band as some are claiming 

[gustavothehuman]

3 minutes ago, Liafen said:

well not really, they just heavily incentivized pre-orders for the album by locking 900k tickets behind a pre-sale available to those who bought the alberm

Buying the album was not mandatory, you could just sign up to their newsletter. I think what you're suggesting is illegal in the UK 

[Liafen]

14 minutes ago, gustavothehuman said:

Buying the album was not mandatory, you could just sign up to their newsletter. I think what you're suggesting is illegal in the UK 

Well, maybe a purchase wasn't necessary, but that wasn't made clear at all in their newsletter (and I suppose anywhere else, either):

 

This is what I got:

 

Spoiler

WEMBLEY & HULL SHOWS ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST 2025 PRE-ORDER NOW FOR FiRST ACCESS   The band have just announced August 2025 shows at London's Wembley Stadium and Hull's Craven Park Stadium. These are the only UK/European cities where they will perform next year.

Get exclusive first access to tickets by ordering the new album, Moon Music, from the official Coldplay UK or EU Stores before 11.59pm BST on Tuesday, September 24.   All those who have already pre-ordered the album from the Coldplay UK or EU Stores will automatically be eligible for the presale, which begins on Thursday, September 26 at 9am BST. The general sale will take place at 9am BST on Friday, September 27

 

[unclefloprry]

On 10/7/2024 at 11:15 AM, prézli said:

But ATRL told me they're flopping???

They are, the second week drop will be a disaster. Only 3K streaming units 

[gustavothehuman]

28 minutes ago, unclefloprry said:

They are, the second week drop will be a disaster. Only 3K streaming units 

You realize Katy debuted at #6 with less than 10k units right? The album will still chart for some weeks based on sales alone.

[gustavothehuman]

With that said, I don't get why people expect Coldplay to have a smash album in 2024. They're a 27 year old band in a landscape dominated by solo artists