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Elvis By Request CD : On The Australian State Charts
Week |
NSW/ACT |
VIC/TAS |
QLD |
SA |
WA |
National |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
33 |
9 |
3 |
14 |
19 |
13 |
14 |
27 |
14 |
4 |
34 |
37 |
31 |
35 |
38 |
33 |
5 |
43 |
44 |
45 |
41 |
54 |
42 |
6 |
58 |
68 |
57 |
53 |
70 |
66 |
7 |
75 |
90 |
74 |
53 |
81 |
72 |
8 |
83 |
88 |
78 |
63 |
71 |
80 |
9 |
106 |
134 |
90 |
68 |
98 |
98 |
The results to-date - at week five - mirror in some ways those for the Elvis Presley : 50 Australian Top Ten Hits 1956-1977. While 'Elvis By Request' has a better first two weeks (#4 & #9), and an average of 20.4 from the five weeks, the 'Top Ten Hits' has a better 3rd to 5th weeks with an average of 21.2 from its first five weeks.
However this is for interest only, such statistics can be ms-leading. It is much harder to obtain a high chart position in August than in January due to there being a LOT more titles being released. EBR has the potential advantage of still being 'current' for Christmas sales, and Sony do have planned promotions in November to give the album a boost in sales and momentum into December, something 'The Top Ten Hits' did not have.
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The relevance of each state
Western Australia [WA] (10%) and South Australia [SA] (7%) have much smaller populations (see below) than [QLD] Queensland and the other combined states of [NSW/ACT] and [VIC/TAS].
So these two states have a much smaller impact on total sales, and therefore the national chart.
This explains why with the much lower chart position in [WA] the national chart result was still No. 4.
In addition Western Australia [WA] is a huge part of Australia in land mass, as you can see from the image below. so making advertising even less viable. Clearly Sony do not do a lot based on the results we present for both Elvis By Request The Australian Edition CD and Elvis Presley : 50 Australia Top Ten Hits 1956-1977.
Population per Australian State and/or Territory
- [NSW] New South Wales 7,247,700 32.23%
- [VIC] Victoria 5,574,500 24.79%
- [QLD] Queensland 4,513,000 20.7%
- [WA] Western Australia 2,387,200 10.61%
- [SA] South Australia 1,645,000 7.31%
- [TAS] Tasmania 511,700 2.28%
- [ACT] Australian Capital Territory 370,700 1.64%
- Northern Territory 232,400 1.03%
- Australian Antarctic Territory 1,000 0.0%
- Jervis Bay Territory 495 0.0%
Total : Australia : 22,485,300
Read ARIA's example of How the ARIA State and National Charts Work
Elvis Presley's Australian Chart Album's 1965-2010
For The Billionth And The Last Time - Lifting the Lid on the King's record sales
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