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Pearl Jam's Backspacer to debut #1

not4u10not4u10 Posts: 238
edited September 2009 in The Porch
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... one-debut/
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  • rawpixelsrawpixels Posts: 912
    Great news!!
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  • rawpixelsrawpixels Posts: 912
    edited September 2009
    Great news!! This posted twice for some reason. DOH
    Post edited by rawpixels on
    One man stands alone awaiting
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    eyes upon the horizon
    in the dark before the
    darkness leaves the dawn
  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    Great news!...however, who the hell is doing research for Rolling Stone and does anybody really think Godsmack would have beaten Pearl Jam out of the top spot in '06? If that had happened I might have stopped listening to them. And I didn't realize they worked so hard in '06 releasing TWO albums that year, amazing!
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Not that it would matter to me personally whether it's going to be #1 or #276, but good news nonetheless!
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  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    Looks like RS fixed their egregious errors :)
  • not4u10not4u10 Posts: 238
    DH62179 wrote:
    Looks like RS fixed their egregious errors :)


    Yes, they did. Tool, not Godsmack.

    Riot Act was obviously in 2002.

    Great fact-finding by RS!
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  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    awesome news! The band should be extremely proud of this record because it kicks ass! It deserves to be #1
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    I've seen this question a bunch but not a definitive answer. Do the 10C sales count toward Billboard's totals or not?

    200,000 is a lot if they are only counting Target, iTunes and indie stores. Not so much if you factor in 10C sales I would bet.
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  • Champagne BreakfastChampagne Breakfast Posts: 1,526
    Helll Yea!! Welllll wellll deserved.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    This also leads me to another question.

    How many artists score a #1 this late into their careers after having been so popular early in the careers?
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    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,610
    Probably a handfull.

    Excited to see what alice in chains can do...
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  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    honestly, it's great that they are selling well, but let's be honest. pretty weak competition this week. Muse is the only thing giving them a run for their money.

    album sales as a way to judge a band's success is so 1995. ;)
  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,052
    So I can stop buying the album now?
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  • MineMine Posts: 556
    Flagg wrote:
    This also leads me to another question.

    How many artists score a #1 this late into their careers after having been so popular early in the careers?
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  • MineMine Posts: 556
    csickels wrote:
    honestly, it's great that they are selling well, but let's be honest. pretty weak competition this week. Muse is the only thing giving them a run for their money.

    album sales as a way to judge a band's success is so 1995. ;)
    Madonna, Muse and KOL are the competition in EU.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    debuting at number one is great and all, but why are the numbers so low? according to their numbers, Backspacer will sell far less in its first week than Avocado did.
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  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    Mine wrote:
    csickels wrote:
    honestly, it's great that they are selling well, but let's be honest. pretty weak competition this week. Muse is the only thing giving them a run for their money.

    album sales as a way to judge a band's success is so 1995. ;)
    Madonna, Muse and KOL are the competition in EU.

    ahh. is that the case in the US? those were all released this week?
  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    do we know for sure if the 10c sales are included in the numbers? i've read posts claiming both yes and no. does anybody know the truth? all i want is the truth, please give me some truth. :0
  • mattcozmattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,220
    Well, it's not that much more than Riot Act, and it was out for 2 extra days. Being limited to Target surely hurt some though, so we'll see how it sells going forward.

    Self-Titled: 278,000
    Binaural: 226,000
    Backspacer: 175-200,000 (25-28,500 per day)
    Riot Act: 166,000 (33,200 per day)
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  • William WallaceWilliam Wallace Posts: 553
    10-Club sales will be included in the final Soundscan numbers.
    This was also the case for the Ten Release a couple of months ago.
  • mattcozmattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,220
    Oh wait, the sales week is Monday through Sunday, so will this not count first day sales? If not, this might be more impressive.
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  • pjfanmanpjfanman Posts: 84
    mattcoz wrote:
    Well, it's not that much more than Riot Act, and it was out for 2 extra days. Being limited to Target surely hurt some though, so we'll see how it sells going forward.

    Self-Titled: 278,000
    Binaural: 226,000
    Backspacer: 175-200,000 (25-28,500 per day)
    Riot Act: 166,000 (33,200 per day)

    Well, in Canada it only debuted at #14 but that is because only Sunday's sales were calculated:

    "CHART NOTE: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" debuted at No. 14 in Canada, but keep in mind that it was released (strangely) on Sunday, giving it only one day of tabulations."



    Saying that, is the 175-200k sales estimated in the US and if not, what was the sales period? I would say that the second week of sales would be a better account of how many copies were sold.
  • SpagsSpags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,052
    Didn't Vs get disqualified from the charts because it came with a poster (or was it a single from the album) - seem to remember something like that happening but I have smoked a shedload of weed since then...
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  • asgoodasedasgoodased Posts: 109
    I thought the sales week started on tuesday, which is why artist always release on that day. So that mean they would have sales from just 2 days, right?
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  • pjfanmanpjfanman Posts: 84
    asgoodased wrote:
    I thought the sales week started on tuesday, which is why artist always release on that day. So that mean they would have sales from just 2 days, right?

    Good question...I'm confused on how the sales were calculated or if they were estimated based on Sunday's sales. And if you click on the Billboard top 100 albums chart, Backspacer doesn't appear. Maybe they are describing next week's chart out on Wednesday?

    Here in Canada, appearing at #14 is very strong because it was based on Sunday's sales alone. It would have easily been #1 if it was released on a Tuesday.
  • William WallaceWilliam Wallace Posts: 553
    When I look at the canadian charts, it is listed at #16.
  • vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 929
    1st week sales will NOT include Sunday or Monday. It will only include Tuesday on....

    So 200k is really impressive not counting the first day the record went on sale!
  • William WallaceWilliam Wallace Posts: 553
    vedpunk wrote:
    1st week sales will NOT include Sunday or Monday. It will only include Tuesday on....

    But why isn't Backspacer on the charts for last week then?
  • pjfanmanpjfanman Posts: 84
    mr.igby wrote:
    vedpunk wrote:
    1st week sales will NOT include Sunday or Monday. It will only include Tuesday on....

    But why isn't Backspacer on the charts for last week then?

    I'm interested as well...this is confusing.
  • MineMine Posts: 556
    It's gonna be #1 in Canada too:
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadi ... 1ZdfMgA8yA
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