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Which one was more succesful

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LaMan said on June 18, 2005 15:49:

HAND or RS?

animalkingdom said on June 18, 2005 17:04:

I think it’s fair to say Have A Nice Day sold more.
Even the singles sold better, two bigger hits (WICF & Stars) whereas Room Service contained only one “true” hit single.

LaMan said on June 18, 2005 21:44:

Was HAND Spanish version sold everywhere? Is it worth buying?

ATLTK said on June 18, 2005 23:40:

yes!!!

ally77 said on June 19, 2005 01:08:

I’ve never played mine...

Bunio said on June 19, 2005 10:49:

Stars single was a hit? Since when?

I think that singles from RS were better. They all did quite good at polish charts. From HAND only WICF was a real hit in poland.

Staffany said on June 20, 2005 01:40:

Polish chart is not decisive when we are talking about global success. Polish market is very small...

MiracleMan said on June 20, 2005 02:48:

Nevermind. Sorry to bother.

per_mson said on June 20, 2005 09:36:

I personally don’t like anything Roxette did in Spanish, so I wouldn’t buy the HAND with the extra tracks if I didn’t collect.

coyboyusa said on June 20, 2005 13:28:

hand sold more copies, rs did better in the swedish charts it been their only swedish number one album ever

rox-kuryliw said on June 20, 2005 13:54:

roxette have only ever had 1 num 1 album in sweden ? hand did better with huge success of wicf

alexandre100 said on June 20, 2005 21:04:

It’s a bit curious how much success Roxette gets in small markets (for example, “The Centre Of The Heart” climbed to the first position in Argentina)...

Bunio said on June 20, 2005 22:08:

@Staffany - i know that, it was just an example.

Show me the country where Stars was a hit. I think it would be better for this track to keep the guitar version from demo.

Staffany said on June 20, 2005 22:17:

I was not talking about Stars... but it’s more popular than Real Sugar...

coyboyusa said on June 20, 2005 23:41:

i thought stars charted well in germany?

Starrox said on June 21, 2005 00:48:

Yeah, from what I remember, Stars made it to #23 in the German Top 100 Single Charts - if that’s not good enough to be considered a hit, then I don’t know what is!

abysmo said on June 21, 2005 06:55:

German singles charts
http://roxroom.wz.cz/charts.htm#tab12
Stars was greatest Roxette hit in Germany since Sleeping...

Staffany said on June 21, 2005 08:23:

@abysmo:

Can you let me know what is each crosstable about? Some I understand, some not. I’d like to know more.

Thanks!

Roxette-atic said on June 21, 2005 09:50:

@coyboyusa: where did you heard that Room Service was Roxette only album #1 here in sweden??
Trust me, I live in sweden, and Ive been following the charts since the Joyride-days. In fact, all Roxette albums have reached #1 here in sweden except for DBU95(#2), BEE(?), ,TBH(#5) and TPH(#16). Look Sharp!, Joyride, Tourism, C!B!B!, HAND and off course Room Service were all #1s!!
The only starnge thing I think its that Roxette has only been #1 with 3 singles, Joyride, Sleeping In My Car and The Centre Of The Heart.

abysmo said on June 21, 2005 14:24:

Highest national chart positions of singles
Highest national chart positions of albums
Weekly positions in Swedish album chart
Annual singles chart
Annual album chart
Highest chart positions in Swedish single chart
Weekly comparsion in Swedish album chart
Highest chart positions in UK single chart
Highest chart positions in UK album chart
Weekly positions in Czech album chart
Czech airplay chart (here´s no singles chart, because no singles has been released in CZ, except Wish I Could Fly)
Highest chart positions in German single chart
Highest chart positions in German single chart
Highest positions in Switzerland, Norway and Finland
Highest chart positions in Japan single chart
Highest chart positions in Japan album chart
Weekly comparsion in Swedish album chart

I´ll be struggle to add these english titles on the site for non czech fans.

LaMan said on June 21, 2005 18:46:

TCOTH number 1 in Argentina! Wow. I didn´t know it did that well.

Staffany said on June 21, 2005 19:30:

@abysmo:

Thank you very much. Now I understand almost everything, except the tables like:

“Umístìní alb Roxette ve švédské albové hitparádì”
What is Týdnù and Týden? I don’t understand those numbers in that tables...

You forgot to mention “The Change”. It was #18 album of 2004 in Sweden!

abysmo said on June 22, 2005 09:29:

2 Staffany

“Umístìní alb Roxette ve švédské albové hitparádě” - Weekly positions of albums in swedish album chart, week by week.
“Týdnů” mean how many weeks spent album in chart, so it started with 1 and continue 2, 3 and ...
“Týden” is number of week, for example, CBB released April 11th 1994, which is week 15, TBH released November 7th 2002, which is week 46.

The Change - I´ll see on IFPI.se and add. Thanks for tip.

I´ll add The Change (18), FFF (1), GT25 (12) and Mazarin (13).

James_Earp said on June 22, 2005 14:25:

@Bunio

Well it went right in to the first place on “Tracks” wich is the biggest radiochart show in Sweden and it was nr 34 on the yearly list. It was maybee not a “super” hit but it was a hit. At least in Sweden.