KAT'S STATS

Here is how the Hanson Competition stacks up...

The Moffatts may be making a splash somewhere but they are not selling many albums in the U.S.

Moffatts Album - Chapter 1: A New Beginning - #184 (down from #124 last week)

BSB - Millennium - RIAA certified 5 Million units (yikes) in 5 weeks...I Want It That Way is #6 for the second week in a row. Their first album is at #58 and holding at 10 million copies sold.

NSync - #20 and certifed at 7 million this week

Here are a list of awards, etc. Hanson has won/received/accomplished - 1997/1998.

1997:

NARM (National Association of Recorded Music) Awards: 2 for best-selling video - TTMON and best-selling Christmas album

Japanese Music Awards- best-selling newcomers for MON selling 500,000 copies

MTV - Nominated for 1 - Best New Artist

MTV Europe Video Awards - Nominated for 3; won 3 (Best New Artist, Best Duo/Group, Best Song - Mmmbop

Albums:

MON debuted at #9; peaked at #2 (quadruple platinum)

Snowed In debuted at #7 where it peaked, but it was the #1 Christmas Album. (platinum)

Singles:

Mmmbop debuted at # 16; peaked at #1 for 3 weeks on Billboard...as much as 8 weeks on some charts - RIAA certified platinum.

Where's the Love peaked at #6 on Adult Top 40 - BB(airplay only).

IWC2U debuted at #15, peaked at #9 - RIAA certified gold.

MTV - Mmmbop video was #13 for the year.

1998:

American Music Awards - Nominated for 1 - Best New Artist

Grammys - Nominated for 3 - Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Best Duo or Group

MTV - Weird was #1 for 19 weeks plus when Total Request started. Weird was #54 for the year. River was #23 on the Top Summer Total Request video countdown.

Weird peaked at #32 on Adult Top 40 - Billboard (airplay only)

3 Car Garage debuted at #6 where it peaked (platinum)

LFA debuted at number #32 where it peaked (gold).

* General: Released 4 albums - 3 platinum (MON, 3 CAR, Snowed In), 1 gold (I'm sure LFA will catch up soon enough!) MON is quadruple platinum. * Videos: TTMON is quintuple platinum (#1 music video - BB 1998); RTA is platinum.

* Again, there may be lots of left out, I just thought I'd share it with you. These are just neat facts to think about in the interim while we wait for the new album!

* Kathy

For the year end charts for Billboard for top music video (longform): Hanson, TTMON is #1 for the year, BSB's All Access Video is #2, Hanson's RTA is #28, and N'Sync' In the Mix is #29. I think they must do the charts from 12/97 to 12/98. Anyway, its kinda poetic justice, don't you think? As of October (before it fell off the top 40 longform videos) Hanson's TTMON video is quintuple platinum in the USA (500,000 copies sold - 100,000 copies is platinum for a video instead of 1M like a CD).

Also, for the BB 200 albums year-end chart: MON is #41, Snowed In is #81, and 3 Car Garage is #153. Hanson is #5 on the year-end BB charts for Top 200 Album Artists-Duo or Group for their 4 albums released this year and #11 for overall Top 200 Album Artists. Hanson are #50 on the Hot 100 Singles of 1998 for BB.

For Jan. 9, 1999 BB issue, RTA is holding at #7, LFA is at #109.

Album Stats: From Billboard Online. See how quickly Hanson has gone platinum with each of their albums and compare them to the recent releases of today's groups and to 1970s groups. Information is of August 6, 1998. Platinum = 1 million copies sold; gold = 500,000 copies sold.

Hanson:

Middle of Nowhere - Release date: 5/6/97; certified platinum: 7/9/97; certified quadruple platinum (4 million in USA): 12/23/97 Snowed In - Release date: 11/18/97; certified platinum: 12/15/97 3 Car Garage - Release date: 5/12/98; certified platinum: 6/16/98

In 15 months, over 6 million albums sold in USA; over 13 million albums sold worldwide. MON took 2 months to go platinum; Snowed In and 3 Car took 1 month to go platinum. MON took 7 months to go quadruple platinum (4M).

Marilyn Manson:

Antichrist Superstar - Release date: 10/8/96; certified platinum: 12/11/96 Smells Like Children - Release date: 10/20/95; certified platinum: 5/6/98

In 2.5 years, over 2M albums sold in the USA. AS took 2 months to go platinum; SLC took 2 years and 7 months to go platinum.

Bush:

Deconstructed - Release date: 11/11/97: certified gold: 3/6/98 Razorblade Suitcase - Release date: 11/19/96; certified platinum: 2/4/97; certified triple platinum (3 M sold): 7/1/97 Sixteen Stone - Release date: 1/31/95; certified platinum: 7/13/95; certified sextuple platinum ( 6 M sold): 4/16/97

In 3.5 years, over 9.5M albums sold in the USA. Decon took 4 months to go platinum; RS took 3 months to go platinum and 8 months to go triple platinum (3M). 16Stone took 6 months to go platinum and 15 months to go sextuple platinum (6M).

New Kids on the Block:

Hangin' Tough: Release date: 3/18/88; platinum: 3/29/89; certified octuple platinum (8 M sold): 5/2/90 New Kids on the Block: Release date: _______; platinum: 11/3/89; certified triple platinum (3M):11/6/90 Step by Step: Release date: 6/1/90; platinum: 8/1/90; certified triple platinum (3M): 8/1/90 Merry Christmas: Release date: ________; platinum: 11/17/89; certified double platinum (2M): 12/13/89

In 9.5 years, over 15M albums sold in the USA. HT took 1 year to go platinum - 2 years and 2 months to go octuple platinum (8M). SxS took 2 months to go triple platinum.

Nirvana:

Album's released before Kurt Cobain's death: Nevermind - Release date: 9/24/91; platinum: 11/27/91; certified 9M:10/25/96 In Utero - Release date: 9/21/93; platinum: 11/30/93; certified 5M sold: 10/25/96

In 5 years, over 14M albums sold in the USA. Nevermind took 2 months to go platinum and 5 years and 1 month to sell 9M. In Utero took 2 months to go platinum and 3 years and 1 month to sell 3M.

Pearl Jam:

Yield - Release date: 1/27/98; platinum: 3/13/98 Vitalogy - Release date: 11/15/94; platinum - 4M: 2/2/95; 5M sold: 10/13/95 Vs. - Release date: 10/5/93; platinum - 5 M sold: 1/6/94; 6M sold: 3/16/95 Ten - Release date: 8/20/91; platinum: 5/5/92; 10M sold: 11/27/96

In 7 years, over 22M albums sold in the USA. Y took 2 months to go platinum. Vitalogy took 3 months to sell 4M. Vs. took 3 months to sell 5M. Ten took 9 months to go platinum and 5 years and 3 months to sell 10M.

More to come with the groups of the 1970s........

How does Hanson stack up against all those groups of yesteryear that they have been compared to? I've compared Platinum and gold singles, #1 Hits, and # of Top 40 hits. I am comparing Hanson to The Beatles, The Beach Boys, New Kids on the Block, The Jackson 5, The Osmonds, and The Partridge Family. Since some of you are around my age (31), I thought ya'll might find this interesting. Hope so!

Again, these are only statistics for the groups listed above and Hanson depending on available RIAA certifications in that particular year; there probably are groups or singular artists which are not included that may surpass all or some of the items listed below. Well, here's a look at some of the statistics according to Billboard Top 40 Hits (1992) and the Billboard Book of #1 Hits (1997) and Billboard online.

Gold singles certification began in 1958; platinum singles certifications began in 1976.

Platinum singles :

Ranking of platinum singles by weeks at #1 or highest peak:

  • 1) Hanson - Mmmbop (was #1 for 3 weeks on the Hot 100 in 1997- 4 weeks at #1 on Hot 100 airplay charts, and I've heard 8 weeks on Rick Dees/Casey Kasem)
  • 2) New Kids on the Block - Step by Step (#1 for 3 weeks in 1990)
  • 3 - Tie) New Kids on the Block - Hangin Tough (#1 for 1 week in 1989) The Beach Boys - Kokomo (#1 for 1 week in 1988)
  • 4) Jackson 5 - Enjoy Yourself (peaked at #6 in 1976)
  • 5) Jackson 5 - Shake Your Body Down to the Ground (peaked at #7 in 1979)

    Ranking of artists by Number of platinum singles:

  • 1) New Kids on the Block - 2 platinum singles
  • 2) Jackson 5 - 2 platinum singles
  • 3) Hanson - 1 platinum single
  • 4) The Beach Boys - 1 platinum single

    Gold singles :

    Ranking of gold singles by weeks at #1 or highest peak:

  • 1) Hey Jude - The Beatles (9 weeks at #1)
  • 2) I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (7 weeks at #1)
  • 3) Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles; Get Back - The Beatles; One Bad Apple - The Osmonds( each spent 5 weeks at #1)
  • 4) Yesterday - The Beatles (4 weeks at #1)
  • 5) Mmmbop - Hanson (3 weeks at #1); We Can Work It Out - The Beatles; Hello Goodbye - The Beatles; I Feel Fine - The Beatles; Help! - The Beatles; Step by Step - New Kids on the Bock; I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family(each spent 3 weeks at #1)
  • 6) A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles; Eight Days A Week - The Beatles; Paperback Writer - The Beatles; Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys; Come Together - The Beatles (each spent 2 weeks at #1)
  • 7) Penny Lane - The Beatles; All You Need Is Love - The Beatles; Come Together - The Beatles; Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys; Kokomo - The Beach Boys; I'll Be Loving You Forever - New Kids on the Block; Hangin' Tough - New Kids on the Block; Ticket To Ride - The Beatles ( each spent 1 week at #1)
  • 8) Yellow Submarine - The Beatles; Cover Girl - New Kids on the Block (each peaked at #2)
  • 9) Nowhere Man - The Beatles; Yo-Yo - The Osmonds; State of Shock - Jackson 5 (each peaked at #3) The Right Stuff - New Kids on the Block; Something - The Beatles (each peaked at #3)
  • 10) Lady Madonna - The Beatles; Down by the Lazy River- The Osmonds (each peaked at #4)
  • 11) Enjoy Yourself - Jackson 5; Does Somebody Want To Be Wanted - The Partridge Family(each peaked at #6)
  • 12) Shake Your Body - Jackson 5; This One's for the Children - New Kids on the Block (each peaked at #7)
  • 13) The Ballad of John and Yoko (peaked at #8)
  • 14) I Will Come To You - Hanson (peaked at #9)

    Ranking of artists by Number of gold (or higher - remember platinum singles had to be certified gold first) singles:

  • 1) The Beatles - 21 gold singles(see above)
  • 2) New Kids on the Block - 6 total: 4 gold singles(The Right Stuff, I'll Be Loving You Forever, Cover Girl, and This One's for the Children) and 2 platinum singles(Step by Step and Hangin' Tough)
  • 3) Jackson 5 - 3 total: ne gold single (State of Shock) and 2 platinum singles (Enjoy Yourself and Shake Your Body)
  • 4) The Osmonds - 3 gold singles (One Bad Apple, Yo-Yo, and Down by the Lazy River)
  • 5) Hanson - 2 total: 1 gold single (I Will Come To You) and 1 platinum single (Mmmbop)
  • 6) The Beach Boys - 2 gold singles (Good Vibrations and Help Me Rhonda)
  • 7) The Partridge Family - 2 gold singles (I Think I Love You and Does Somebody Want to be Wanted)

    More to come......Rankings of #1 singles by these same groups

    I know Hanson doesn't finish on top of everything, but they should have a lot of years left :)(Kathy)

    Any comments or guestions email Kathy at kferguson@pirnie.com

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