MR

Journey's Greatest Hits cd is currently #6 on the Billboard Album Chart. There is a notation beside it that says 'Peak Position 2'.

Could one of you music efficianado's please explain the Peak Position information? I don't want to 'assume' what the logical meaning of that is so I thought I would ask to confirm what I think it means.

Thanks in advance!

The chart you are looking at, presumably, is the Pop Catalog chart. It's a list of older, back catalog titles like Greatest Hits and "classics" like Dark Side of the Moon and Zeppelin IV.

Peak position in this case is the highest position reached on the specific chart. Because I know "Greatest Hits" charted to a height of #10 on the Billboard 200, the #2 peak position must be its peak position on the Pop Catalog chart.

After an album spends 2 years and dips below the Billboard Top 100 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, it is relegated to this "old-folks-home-of-a- chart"- the Pop Catalog Chart.

Hope that helps. I'm a drooling chart hound, if you have any more questions, just ask. I have all the Billboard/Joel Whitburn books here. Pop, albums, Rock Tracks, Bubbling Under, etc. I can tell you what song or album peaked where and when, how many weeks it spent on the charts, and all sorts of other useless information that you thought only Casey Kasem had at his disposal.

Cheers
Koogles

Thanks Koogles for confirming what I thought. I was just trying not to assume anything!

Journey On.....

That C.D has brought so many new fans to Journey, New posters appear on the boards everyday wanting to know more about the band with the fantastic vocalist. His voice is like a magnet.