Post by Rick Henry on Jun 21, 2008 10:38:36 GMT -5
Here we are again with another list of the Top 15 most popular Carpenters/Karen Carpenter albums of the past month.
Before we go on with the list I want to share with you how this list is compiled.
Throughout the internet I have four different web sites in which these numbers are compiled from. There's the old and original The Carpenters Online web site (which I no longer update, but is still on the internet and still visited by about 1,500 people a month, then there's The Carpenters Online on MySpace which gets another 1,500 visitors a month, next there's a lesser known The Carpenters Online Amazon.com store which gets maybe 100 visitors a month and finally there's this place Richard and Karen Carpenter Avenue which gets near 2,000 visitors a month. With over 5,000 visitors a month from all four sites we are able to track some pretty accurate numbers as to what is happening across the internet with Carpenters CD sales and interest.
The positions are ranked by the amount of copies actually sold and by the number of clicks a certain disc gets. An actual sale will always rank much higher than a "click through".
There are a few penalties also. I do disqualifies albums which are artificially inflated by false "click throughs". Which means if the same person is clicking through the same disc/album everyday to make it look more popular than it really is, I will disqualify those click throughs. I am able to do this as I have IP numbers for each click through. An IP number is the personal internet tracking number for each computer. The issue of false click throughs is currently happening so I have eliminated those false click throughs and the album which would be at #8, if I counted the "false click throughs", is not on the chart.
Here is the Top 15:
15. Carpenters: CLICK HERE
14. As Time Goes By: CLICK HERE
13. Now And Then: CLICK HERE
12. Singles 1969-1973: CLICK HERE
11. Singles 1969- 1981 (SACD Edition): CLICK HERE
10. Ticket To Ride: CLICK HERE
9. Ultimate Collection: CLICK HERE
8. Christmas Portrait: CLICK HERE
7. Passage: CLICK HERE
6. Japanese Single Box: CLICK HERE
5. Close To You: CLICK HERE
4. A Song For You: CLICK HERE
3. Karen Carpenter (Solo): CLICK HERE
2. Live In Japan: CLICK HERE
1. Horizon: CLICK HERE
As an extra added bonus here is the chart of the Top 15 most popular Carpenters/Karen Carpenter songs on MP3:
15. Goofus (1976):Click Here for MP3 Download
14. This Masquerade (1975):Click Here for MP3 Download
13. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (1977):Click Here for MP3 Download
12. Please Mr. Postman (1975):Click Here for MP3 Download
11. Make Believe It‘s Your First Time (Karen Carpenter solo 1980):Click Here for MP3 Download
10. Honolulu City Lights (1988):Click Here for MP3 Download
9. Guess I Just Lost My Head (Karen Carpenter solo 1980):Click Here for MP3 Download
8. Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again (1994):Click Here for MP3 Download
7. Solitaire (1975):Click Here for MP3 Download
6. If I Had You (Karen Carpenter Solo)(1980):Click Here for MP3 Download
5. Top Of The World (1973):Click Here for MP3 Download
4. I Won’t Last A Day Without You (1974):Click Here for MP3 Download
3. (They Long To Be) Close To You (1970):Click Here for MP3 Download
2. Rainy Days And Mondays (1971):Click Here for MP3 Download
1. Only Yesterday (1975):Click Here for MP3 Download
