This week, 'An Afternoon In The Garden' rises from 126 last week to 123 this week (w/e 28th October) on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts. It also rises from 17 to 15 on the Catalog Album Charts.
'Elvis - Best Of Love' re-enters the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts at 200. It also rises from 40 last week to 36 this week on the Catalog Album Charts.
'Elvis Christmas' is also at No.26 on the Holiday Albums Chart. "It's Christmas Time" is no. 34 on the Holiday Chart in the USA.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops one place from 123 to 124 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and remains at 15 on the Catalog Album Charts for w/e 5th November, 2011.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' remains at 124 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts and drops from 15 to 18 on the Catalog Album Charts for w/e 12th November, 2011. 'It's Christmas Time' rises from 26 to 21 and 'Elvis Christmas' from 27 to 25 on the Holiday Albums Chart.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' rises from 124 to 123 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and rises from 18 to 17 on the Catalog Album Chart for w/e 19th November, 2011. 'It's Christmas Time' re-enters the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at 94 and re-enters the Catalog Album Chart at 8. It also rises from 21 to 11 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 123 to 140 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 26th November, 2011.
'It's Christmas Time' rises from 94 to 82 on the Top 200 Album Chart and drops from 8 to 11 on the Catalog Album Chart. It also drops from 11 to 16 on the Holiday Album Chart. 'Elvis Christmas' re-enters the Top 200 Album Chart at 109, re-enters the Catalog Album Chart at 17 and rises from 29 to 19 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 140 to 156 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 3rd December, 2011.
'It's Christmas Time' rises from 82 to 78 on the Top 200 Album Chart and rises from 11 to 10 on the Catalog Album Chart. It drops from 16 to 18 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas' rises from 109 to 96 on the Top 200 Album Chart and rises from 17 to 16 on the Catalog Album Chart. It drops from 19 to 24 on the Holiday Album Chart.
During w/e 20th November, 2011, Elvis sold more catalog albums (32,609) than any other artist in the US (based on the Top 200 Catalog album chart). Elvis also had the most titles listed on this chart - 9.
1 Elvis Presley - 32,609
2 Susan Boyle - 21,219
3 Adele - 18,512
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Pink Floyd - 13,457
Michael Jackson - 11,209
Frank Sinatra - 8,455
Johnny Cash - 8262
Beatles - 4609
Billboard defines a catalog title as one that is more than eighteen months old and has fallen below position 100 on the Billboard 200. The only exception to the 'eighteen months old' rule pertains to holiday releases. A 'holiday' album is eligible for the Billboard 200 only during its initial year of release. After its first year, a holiday-related album appears on Top Catalog Albums. Further, the above figures only include sales from those Elvis albums listed on the Top 200 Catalog Album Chart in the U.S.A. The Elvis Presley catalog is one of (if not the) largest there is. In 2008, over 60 Elvis albums were listed on the UK Year-End (Top 10,000) Albums list - more than any other artist. Many thanks to Mael for supplying the above information.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 156 to 176 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 10th December, 2011.
'It's Christmas Time' drops from 78 to 116 on the Top 200 Album Chart and drops from 10 to 24 on the Catalog Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas' drops from 96 to 107 on the Top 200 Album Chart and drops from 16 to 18 on the Catalog Album Chart. It also drops from 24 to 25 on the Holiday Album Chart.
Although these latest placings appear disappointing in fact the opposite is the case. 'An Afternoon In The Garden' sold 4154 copies last week and this week sold 7492 copies (the highest weekly sales tally since entering the Catalog Album Chart). 'Elvis Christmas' sold 6520 copies last week and this week sold 12,037 copies. 'Its Christmas Time' sold 8393 copies last week and this week sold 11,491 copies. During heavy sales periods e.g. Christmas, Catalog Albums will always fare less well chartwise as newer albums will take precedence with shoppers. However, sales of the Catalog Albums will also rise due to their exposure to more customers online and in store as has happened this week.
'An Afternoon In The Garden' drops from 176 to 189 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 17th December, 2011.
'It's Christmas Time' rises from 116 to 63 on the Top 200 Album Chart, drops from 24 to 11 on the Catalog Album Chart and rises from 29 to 19 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas' rises from 107 to 86 on the Top 200 Album Chart and drops from 18 to 21 on the Catalog Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas Duets' Re-enters the Top 200 Album Chart at 183.
'Blue Christmas' rises from 21 to 19 on the Holiday Songs Chart.
Elvis was listed as Billboard's 8th Most Successful Catalog Artist for 2011 and he had two albums in the Top 50 Most Successful Catalog Albums for 2011:
28 - 'An Afternoon In The Garden' and
50 - 'Elvis Christmas'
'An Afternoon In The Garden' rises from 189 to 188 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 24th December, 2011.
'It's Christmas Time' rises from 63 to 60 on the Top 200 Album Chart, rises from 11 to 8 on the Catalog Album Chart and rises from 19 to 13 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas' rises from 86 to 68 on the Top 200 Album Chart and rises from 21 to 12 on the Catalog Album Chart. It also rises from 30 to 18 on the Holiday Album Chart.
'Elvis Christmas Duets' drops from 183 to 196 on the Top 200 Album Chart.
'Blue Christmas' rises from 19 to 18 on the Holiday Songs Chart.