cjh wrote:
here's the current change in sales of some of the performers after Live 8.
1. Pink Floyd ‘Echoes - Best Of’ 1343%
2. The Who ‘Then & Now’ 863%
3. Annie Lennox ‘Eurythmics Greatest Hits’ 500%
4. Dido ‘Life for Rent’ 412%
5. Razorlight ‘Up all Night’ 335%
6. Robbie Williams ‘Greatest Hits’ 320%
7. Joss Stone ‘Mind, Body & Soul’ 309%
8. Sting ‘Greatest Hits’ 300%
9. Travis ‘Singles’ 268%
10. Madonna ‘Immaculate Collection’ 200%
11. Scissor Sisters ‘Scissor Sisters’ 174%
12. Mariah Carey ‘Greatest Hits’ 170%
13. Snoop Dogg ‘Rhythm & Gangsta’ 166%
14. The Killers ‘Hot Fuss’ 131%
15. U2 ‘Best Of: 1990 - 2000’ 116%
16. Elton John ‘Greatest Hits 1970 – 2002’ 111%
17. Keane ‘Hopes & Fears’ 101%
18. The Beatles ‘Number 1s’ 71%
19. Snow Patrol ‘Final Straw’ 69%
20. REM ‘Reveal’ 50%
21. Stereophonics ‘Language, Sex, Violence, Other’ 36%
22. Coldplay ‘X&Y’ 3%
23. The Libertines ‘Up The Bracket’ -35%
These figures actually came from the shop I work in. They are somewhat misleading. TheY're based on the sales from Sunday just gone (3 July) against the sunday before (26 June). So, for example, REM sold 2 copies last week and 3 copies this week, hence 50% sales increase. If they'd based them on the Friday before then they wouldn't be nearly as impressive.
I'm not doubting that the bands will profit from Live 8, but these are just a bunch of sensationalist figures to keep the newspapers happy.