”Confessions” and ”Hung Up” going up in the world charts
• USA
“Confessions” goes up six places from #21 to #15 in the Billboard Top 200 (Issue dated January 21) selling 47,064 copies (-19% compared to the week before) per Nielsen Soundscan. The total in the US so far is of 1,149,866 copies sold.
Billboard Top 200 Albums
(December 3-2005) 1-4-8-13-15-17-21-15-
• CANADA
“Confessions” goes up from #3 to #2 according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album sold about 10,000 copies last week, making a total of about 280,000 units.
Top 100 Albums
(November 2005) 1-2-3-4-4-3-3-2-
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• ARGENTINA Top 20 Albums (weekly, based on shipped copies, by CAPIF) Up to #2. (November 19-2005) 2-30-2-3-6-2- • CHILE • ECUADOR • ICELAND • JAPAN |
• SPAIN Album and single remain steady at #6 and #1 respectively. Top 100 Albums (November 20-2005) 1-3-3-3-4-5-6-6- Top 20 Singles Sales (November 13-2005) 1-1-1-1-1-3-3-1-1- • GREECE |
“Confessions” sells 47,448 copie, bringing the total to 259,302 copies according to Oricon.>br>
The album is now eligible for Platinum (250,000), but has not been certified by RIAJ (Recording Industry Association Of Japan) yet.
Top 300 Comprehensive Albums (Local & Intern. Acts)
Down to #13.
(November 28-2005) 5-7-6-8-11-9-13-
Top 30 International Albums
Down to #3.
(November 28-2005) 1-2-3-3-3-2-3-
• SOUTH-KOREA
In the week January 4-10, “Confessions” sold 580 copies (580 CDs + 0 cassettes) according to sale figures by RIAK (Recording Industry Association Of Korea) and goes up from #10 to #9 in the Top 20 Pop English Album Chart.