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Archive 1

Copies and chart positions of the singles

Because I reverted the page twice today, the reason for the revert.

The following points about the sales figures are unclear:

Cradle:

There is a news story at http://www.thesoundstation.org.uk/jsp/8-14/news/8-14_Atomic_Kitten_Cradle.jsp claiming that the single went to #1 in Asia and there is a comment at amazon left by somebody that it went to #1 in Japan. However the official Tokio Hot 100 http://www.sound.jp/tnsn/az/tokio-bpm_f.html does not list single as ever gone to #1 nor is it found at the Top 10 lists of 2001. There are local charts in Japan so there is a chance that it went to #1 there, but the story about #1 for Cradle in Japan is still unproven. And the 1,800,000 sales figure seems far too high. On the official OMD site (because Atomic Kitten was a project by OMD) it makes no mentioning of it whatsoever even though Andy lists every hit and sales figure when he was still involved with the band.

Feels So Good: There is a 1,500,000 figure on the internet on unofficial publications, but Right Now sold 1,200,000 and was the best selling album, so there is doubt about the 1,500,000. It has been reset to 600,000 which is the only direct source I could find, however there is mentioning that it was close to tripple platinum, so a more up-to-date figure can be around (or over) 750,000. Still 1,500,000 is too high. (P.S. The 1,500,000 was initially added by me and I hereby stand corrected)

Atomic Kitten (US album): There is a 2,000,000 figure on the internet, but it never charted on the Billboard Album Top 100 and the girls were send to the US because it failed to chart upon release. This once again makes that 2,000,000 figure unreliable. I couldn't find any other figures so it is currently left blank.

Not every other item could be checked, however the other items are in balance with the amounts known, so I give them the benefit of the doubt, but the three items mentioned above are not in balance.

KittenKlub 22:12, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

- That can't be true. Atomic Kitten didnt sell THAT many copies, whatta joke. - JC

Atomic Kitten released in New Zealand?

Could the self-titled album been released in New Zealand as well as the US? Compare: New Zealand Top 50 Albums of 2003 -- Ianiceboy 01:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

More on the Chart stuff

Since Liz's official biography mentions 8 million sold (even though the bio can be outdated), it is now clear that the World Wide Sales stuff is unreliable and cannot be verified and goes waaaay beyond 8 million. So I somehow think that Liz McClarnon is more honest and reliable in this case. The old table is pasted here for historical reference in case some figures are correct and the column about WW sales is removed from the article.

Date Title UK Chart[1] UK Copies Certification Worldwide sales Comments
March 16, 2000 Right Now [2] #1 ~600,000 [3] 2x Platinum 3,500,000 Reissued featuring Jenny Frost on June 8, 2001
September 9, 2002 Feels So Good #1 ~600,000 [14] [4] 2x Platinum [5] 6,450,000  
April 22, 2003 Atomic Kitten - unk.     US only
November 10, 2003 Ladies Night #5 ~300,000 [14] Platinum 2,321,879  
April 5, 2004 Greatest Hits #5 ~100,000 [14] Gold [6] 4,000,000  
May 2, 2005 The Collection - 83,781 unk.   UK only

^ [13] All chart data refers to the United Kingdom unless noted otherwise

^ [14] The first album Right Now sales is only the reissue album with Jenny Frost.

^ [15] Figures from Chartwatch. Last update: 12 October 2004

Date Title United Kingdom[7] Worldwide[8] Certification Comments
# Copies # Copies
From: Right Now
1999 "Right Now" #10 120,000   200,000    
2000 "See Ya" #6 104,000   320,000 Silver  
2000 "Cradle"       400,000    
2000 "I Want Your Love" #10 72,000 unk 215,000 Silver  
2000 "Follow Me" #20 44,000   60,000    
2001 "Whole Again" #1 (4 weeks) 934,600 [9] #8 3,015,000 Platinum  
2001 "Eternal Flame" #1 (2 weeks) ~400,000 [20] #12 2,116,000 Gold  
2001 "You Are" #31 (NL)     80,000   NZ, Aus & EU only
From: Feels So Good
2002 "It's OK!" #3 ~200,000 [20] #20 600,000 Silver  
2002 "Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" #1 (3 weeks) ~400,000 [20] #6 2,345,000 Gold  
2002 "The Last Goodbye/Be With You" #2 210,000 #10 732,000 Gold  
2003 "Love Doesn't Have To Hurt" #4 140,000 #28 250,000 Silver  
From: Ladies Night
2003 "If You Come To Me" #3 180,000 #15 450,000 Gold  
2003 "Ladies Night" #8 150,000 #30 372,000 Silver  
Reissues
2004 "Someone Like Me/Right Now 2004" #8 75,000 #45 230,000   Re-issue
2005 "Cradle 2005" #10 32,000 #60 180,000 Silver Charity reissue
2006 "All Together Now" #16 (Germany) [10]         FIFA World Cup release
^ [19] All chart data refers to the United Kingdom unless noted otherwise

^ [20] World Singles Official Top 100

^ [21] Figures from Chartwatch Last updated: 12 October 2004

Please do not modify the figures which are referenced without providing references even though some are outdated.

Fansites

The following fansites were added with the edit summary There is no reason or need to remove all fansites

  • http://www.lewscomputers.co.uk/atomickittenactive/
  • http://www.atomic-kitten.com/

The reason they were removed is that Wikipedia's external links guideline and WP:NOT policy prohibit linking to more than one fansite. I've retained the link to http://www.atomic-kitten.com/, since judging by forum traffic it's the more prominent site. --Muchness 09:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)