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Previously in the series: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=338 (2002), viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3100 (2004), viewtopic.php?f=55&t=31322 (2012).

Netherlands
#1
http://www.dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp ... e=20140927
(LC - 100 %, Herman van Veen - 2nd - 61 %)

Belgium (Flanders)
#2
http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp ... e=20140927
(We Go Home - #37, previous week: debut at #145)

Belgium (Wallonia)
#2
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp ... e=20140927
(We Go Home - new at #93)

Ireland
#2
http://www.irma.ie/aucharts.asp#albums
http://acharts.us/ireland_albums_top_100/2014/39

Sweden
#5
http://www.swedishcharts.com/weekchart. ... e=20140926

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ALMOST LIKE THE BLUES

Denmark
#35
http://www.danishcharts.com/weekchart.a ... e=20140926
(debut)

Finland
#2
http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen- ... it/2014/39

Leonard Cohen last months most played artist on Radio Helsinki.

United Kingdom
#5
http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-c ... 014-10-04/

More from the UK:
#3 in Scottish Albums Chart
#3 in Official Record Store Chart
#12 in Album Download Chart
(http://www.officialcharts.com/archive/music/)

Interesting that LC beats Bennett/Lady Gaga in
the UK.

Switzerland
#1
http://hitparade.ch/charts/alben/28-09-2014

First LC's chart-topper in this country.
Other albums in the chart:
#39 - The Essential (previously: just #98 for one week in 2002)
#88 - Live in London (8 weeks in 2009, debut at #23)

Not the official Billboard 200 chart, but this one shows Popular Problems at #12 in the US - disappointing?

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

Greetings from Austria (this is my first posting - I'm new to this forum)!

Happy to inform you, that Leonard C. made it to the top in Austria - first time in the history of the Austrian Top-40-Album-Charts!!!

http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2602614/

Great news - why do people in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria have such superior taste to those here in the USA?

Nevermind - what is #27? I see he also makes #50.

Thanks, Nevermind (and thanks, Austria)!
Welcome to the Forum! Enjoy it!

So, http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2602614/

#1 - Popular Problems
#27 - Various Artists - Poem... (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35293&p=347099)
#50 - Greatest Hits (5 weeks in 2009, 2 weeks in 2013; peaked at #28)

I've heard, the new album is #4 in Germany, but I don't have the proof (c)

yentek wrote:Great news - why do people in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria have such superior taste to those here in the USA?

Nevermind - what is #27? I see he also makes #50.

I don't think it's a question of superior taste, I think it's a reflection of the way music is marketed and publicized in this country. That system is broken. People won't buy it if they haven't heard it.

Goldin wrote: I've heard, the new album is #4 in Germany, but I don't have the proof (c)

Indeed - No. 4 in Germany - and here's the proof:

http://www.rollingstone.de/news/meldung ... op-10.html

Italy
#5
http://www.fimi.it/main/chart_id/1889

Last.fm: not an official chart, but a global scale thing.

Week ending September 28:

#241 - Almost Like the Blues
#331 - Slow
#469 - My Oh My
#470 - Samson in New Orleans (these two songs have equal number of listeners)

LC - #177 in the artist's chart.

Good news from Spain too.
Third position for "Popular problems", BUT considering the two first are really popular Spanish artists, first international album for LC then.


http://m.miusyk.com/bustamante-supersub ... entas.html

Straight into number 1 in Norway:

http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2

(looks like the newspaper couldn't stand the cover, though)