Popular Problems - Various Chart Positions

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BlizzardofIce wrote:Straight into number 1 in Norway:

http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2

(looks like the newspaper couldn't stand the cover, though)

And his chart history in Norway:
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Canada
#1
http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-10 ... ian-albums

United States
#15
http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-10 ... lboard-200

Other U.S. Billboard charts:
#1 - Folk Albums
#4 - Top Rock Albums
#6 - Tastemaker Albums
#20 - Digital Albums
LC - #72 - Artist 100
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Thanks for the news from Europe, friends!

Norway
#1
http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/ ... 014/uke/40

France
#2
http://www.charly1300.com/forums/viewto ... f=7&t=8457
17 285 copies
(We Go Home - debut at #178)

Spain
#3
http://www.elportaldemusica.es/historico.php (week 39)

Poland
#3
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=888&lang=en
(the album is marked with a "golden award" symbol)

Germany
#4
http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-10 ... man-albums

* * *

ALMOST LIKE THE BLUES

France
#133
(previous week: debut at #145)
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Global Album Chart
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week41-2014.htm
week 41 / 2014 - October 11
the top-selling albums according to global
sales figures and national album charts
issue date: October 3, 2014

1. (new) Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa - Cheek To Cheek
Interscope - 202.000 - 1 weeks at No.1 - Hot Shot Debut

2. (week 2) Barbra Streisand - Partners
Columbia - 199.000

3. (new) Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Infectious Music - 159.000

4. (new) Kenny Chesney - The Big Revival
Capitol Nashville - 135.000

5. (new) Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Columbia - 123.000


Old Ideas have debuted at #3 two years ago: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=31441
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From the official site:
LEONARD COHEN’S ‘POPULAR PROBLEMS’ TOPS THE CHARTS AROUND THE WORLD

‘Popular Problems’ Hits Number One in 29 Countries

(Toronto, ON – October 1, 2014) The reverence and acclaim for Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems, is undeniable as the album reached No. 1 in 29 countries on the iTunes chart. The album awarded Cohen his first ever No. 1 album in Austria and Switzerland and also topped the charts in Belgium, Canada, Holland and Portugal, and was the best-selling album of the week in Israel. Also, Popular Problems was Top 5 in an additional 15 countries.
Second week:

Belgium (Flanders)
#1
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp ... e=20141004
(We Go Home - #57)

Belgium (Wallonia)
#2
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp ... e=20141004
(We Go Home - #101)

Ireland
#2
http://acharts.us/ireland_albums_top_100/2014/40

Netherlands
#3
http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp ... e=20141004

Still waiting for any confirmation from Portugal.
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http://www.mediatraffic.de/index.htm

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Alt-J rocket to the number one spot
Monday, September 29, 2014
by Alan Jones, London
Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen was 80 eight days ago, and released 13th studio album Popular Problems the following day. Debuting at number five (21,978 sales) it delivers only the fourth Top 10 album of famously depressive Cohen's career - second album Songs From A Room
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Denmark
#1
http://www.hitlisten.nu/default.asp?w=39&y=2014
Meanwhile, Almost Like the Blues dropped out of the singles chart.

New Zealand
#1
http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2576

Hungary
#6
http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/ke ... um-szerint (week 39)

Czech Republic
still no Popular Problems in the chart;
"Essential" at #78 (its chart history)
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iTunes charts is a very specific question, but I can't ignore this fact:

iTunes Russia
#7
September 22-28
http://lenta.ru/news/2014/10/01/itunesweeklychart/
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#2 in the official list of best selling albums in Finland:
http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen- ... it/2014/39
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http://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/new ... DDA8VetlD1
Leonard Cohen tops the carts around the world
Published on Saturday, 4 October, 2014 - 10:12

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The reverence and acclaim for Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems, is undeniable as the album reached No. 1 in 29 countries on the iTunes chart. The album awarded Cohen his first ever No. 1 album in Austria and Switzerland and also topped the charts in Belgium, Canada, Holland and Portugal, and was the best-selling album of the week in Israel. Also, Popular Problems was Top 5 in an additional 15 countries.

Popular Problems, Cohen's 13th studio album, arrived in stores two days after his 80th birthday. The album gets down into the avenues of our dreams and sets a new tone and speed of hope and despair, grief and joy. Receiving 5 star reviews and album of the week nods worldwide, Popular Problems has earned its place amongst Cohen’s most respected works.

The Mail (UK) - 5 Star review, “a paradoxical crowd pleaser”; “the subject matter is heavy but the tone, as usual, is capable of levity.”
The Telegraph (UK) - 5 Star review, “at the age of 80, Leonard Cohen has created a masterpiece.”
The Sun (Canada) - Album of the Week, “it’s another slate of smart, sublime and sometimes hilariously horny song-poems about sex and love, sin and salvation, death and loneliness, war and horror.”

Popular Problems, in collaboration with co-writer Patrick Leonard, is a masterpiece from the ever-fresh imagination of a musical legend whose songs continue to captivate new listeners and devoted fans.

Revisit Leonard Cohen’s Incredible Legacy on www.LeonardCohen.com
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Global Album Chart
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week42-2014.htm
week 42 / 2014 - October 18

1. (week 3) Barbra Streisand - Partners
Columbia - 127.000 - 2 weeks at No.1

2. (new) Blake Shelton - Bringing Back The Sunshine
Warner Bros. Nashville - 109.000 - Hot Shot Debut

3. (new) Prince - Art Official Age
New Power Generation - 108.000

4. (week 2) Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa - Cheek To Cheek
Interscope - 101.000

5. (new) Lady Antebellum - 747
Capitol Nashville - 82.000

6. (week 2) Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
Columbia - 76.000


Two weeks = 199.000 copies!
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Two weeks in row at #1 in Croatia, this time not only in foreign releases, but in "combined" (foreign + domestic artists) as well, according to official list Top of the Shops by Croatia Discography Union (HDU) at http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?w ... ls&id=2792 (album page; list itself for 2nd week at http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=lista&kat=3)

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