Thursday, April 13, 2017

April 13 - Elvis Up Close (Updated)

Due from Willems Uitgevers is a new Elvis book from the Belgian author Marc Hendrickx. 

The Dutch book, entitled "Elvis Dichtbij" ("Elvis Up Close") covers Elvis Presley's career with additional info and facts on 248 pages. Part of the photo's used in this book are new. 


Platinum US Charts


The Billboard charts for the week ending April 22, 2017. Elvis Presley has no albums listed on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart.

  • 'The Wonder Of You' drops from 9 to 10 on the Classical Albums Chart
  • 'If I Can Dream' drops from 18 to 22 on the Classical Albums Chart
  • 'Elvis: Ultimate Gospel' drops from 10 to 13 on the Country Catalog Albums Chart; rises from 38 to 37 on the Top Christian Albums Chart and rises from 39 to 37 on the Christian And Gospel Albums Chart
  • 'Heart And Soul' rises from 23 to 19 on the Country Catalog Albums Chart

With about 1,000 copies sold this week the 'Heart & Soul' album now qualifies for Platinum award sales with about 1,013,400 sales.

UK Charts

Other Elvis Entries on the UK Charts for the week ending April 14, 2017:

  • 'The Wonder Of You' drops from 58 to 79 on the Official UK Album Chart
  • 'The Wonder Of You' drops from 40 to 46 on the Physical Album Chart and drops from 42 to 59 on the Album Sales Chart
  • 'The Platinum Collection' rises from 99 to 68 on the Physical Album Chart; rises from 19 to 17 on the Indie Albums Chart and is a re-entry at 84 on the Album Sales Chart
European Charts
  • 'The Wonder Of You' drops from 40 to 43 on the Scottish Album Chart
  • 'The Platinum Collection' rises from 95 to 79 on the Scottish Album Chart
  • 'The Wonder Of You' rises from 169 to 197 on the Belgian Album Chart
Australian Charts

The DVD 'King Of Rock’n’Roll' jumped from #39 to #29 on the Australian Music DVD chart. 

(Source: Brian Quinn of FECC / Willems Uitgevers / The King's World)