It's official - Backspacer is #1

T-Bone 82T-Bone 82 Posts: 420
edited September 2009 in The Porch
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

190k sold in the first week. Their first #1 since No Code.

For what it's worth, congrats to the band! I know they (and we) do not put a lot of stock into sales because it is not a true reflection on the quality of music (often it's an inverse relationship), but I think it is a cool thing for them to have a #1 album 9 albums and 18 years into their recording career.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    very cool. congrats to the the best band around!
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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,787
    awesome!

    its not the target or rockband thing either. This album really deserves to be heard (and bought)
  • the best rock band in the world number one in new album sales..normal...
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  • FrankY59FrankY59 Posts: 1,049
    Let's celebrate!
  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    MUCH deserved. Backspacer ROCKS.
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  • wnh1977wnh1977 Iowa Posts: 639
    I think it's good they can still put out a #1 album. As far as first week sales, I think it's the second lowest first week total of any of their albums. Needless to say, the music industry has changed a ton and overall sales numbers for any band aren't what they used to be. I think Riot Act debuted at #5 with several thousand less copies sold in its first week.
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  • its amazing any band can sell that much in its first week seeing as torrent downloading is so accessible. Really shows the loyalty of a band when that many sales are mad in the first week! Proud to be a PJ fan!
  • Here's to a celebration tomorrow night in Los Angeles, CA!!

    Congrats Pearl Jam!!
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Kinda puts their touring schedule into perspective. 200,000 people bought this album, at best. Say an arena holds 25,000 people... all it takes is 8 shows and everyone that bought this album can have seen the band. Yet people wonder why they don't do 60-date tours anymore and hit every city in the country. Even allowing that obsessives are going to see more than one... that is a LOT of tickets to sell... and a lot more people that have to be willing to buy a ticket that have NOT been willing to buy a new album in at least 10 years.
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    T-Bone 82 wrote:
    http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

    190k sold in the first week. Their first #1 since No Code.

    For what it's worth, congrats to the band! I know they (and we) do not put a lot of stock into sales because it is not a true reflection on the quality of music (often it's an inverse relationship), but I think it is a cool thing for them to have a #1 album 9 albums and 18 years into their recording career.


    It seems to me that PJ now puts more stock into sales than they did before. Not in a sell out kind of way, just that they want this record to be heard. I say this after having just read the Spin article. This is definitely a more positive record and perhaps this says something about their fans and society. Though the record business is not the same and maybe this doesn't represent a large amount of records sold according to past sales. But for a rock band to sell this amount in today's shitty music climate is very high.
  • vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 929
    Congrats to PJ....love to see our boys at the top of this shitty music industry charts.

    If they want to continue to sell more of this record though, they will release another single off Backspacer or this album will die.

    Why has it taken them so long to release Got Some?
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,786
    wnh1977 wrote:
    I think it's good they can still put out a #1 album. As far as first week sales, I think it's the second lowest first week total of any of their albums. Needless to say, the music industry has changed a ton and overall sales numbers for any band aren't what they used to be. I think Riot Act debuted at #5 with several thousand less copies sold in its first week.

    It's true that "Riot Act" sold 166,000 copies its first week-- fewer than "Backspacer"-- but the lowest first-week sales total for any Pearl Jam album (by far) is, naturally, "Ten," which had no street awareness when it was released in August 1991. "Ten" did not sell enough albums in any week to crack the top 200 until January 1992. I don't know that the numbers are publicly available, but I'd be shocked if "Ten" sold even 5,000 copies its first week.
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  • Yeah, they definitely want to sell more records. I can't blame them. I don't think it's from a perspective of wanting to make more money (touring is still and always will be their main source of revenue) but they want to stay fresh and relevant. As long as they don't compromise their sound, that's all good.

    I'm on board with that approach. I love being excited about hearing their new material at a concert. If they don't sell albums, they're going to stop making them at some point. And that would be boring to go to their shows year after year hearing all old stuff. A #1 album (even if it's only for a week) gets me more excited to see them play live.
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  • Congratulations to the #1 spot in the US! :D

    Backspacer also went to #1 in Australia and New Zealand.
    And Canada is yet to come...

    Backspacer is a great album that really deserves the success.
    As for the first week US numbers, we'll know exactly tomorrow when we get the soundscan results.

    By the way, the new album entered the german album charts at #3. This is the best Pearl Jam Chart entry ever here.

    To keep the album in the charts, they should release a second single soon!
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    That's good news!!! 8-)
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  • So 190K records. $10 a pop. PJ takes half. $5 x 190 is 950,000. Divide by the 5 members of PJ. Takes us back to 190. Each band member made more in the last week than I did the last 5 years.
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,786
    lostdogs89 wrote:
    its amazing any band can sell that much in its first week seeing as torrent downloading is so accessible. Really shows the loyalty of a band when that many sales are mad in the first week! Proud to be a PJ fan!

    It's a nice total, but nothing outlandish. Coldplay sold 721,000 copies of "Viva La Vida, or Death And All His Friends" in the first week. Linkin Park sold 625,000 copies of "Minutes to Midnight" in the first week. U2 sold 484,000 copies of "No Line On The Horizon" in the first week.

    Those are just the rock bands. Eminem sold 608,000 copies of "Relapse" the first week. Jay-Z sold 476,000 copies of "The Blueprint 3" in the first week (and that probably underestimates the real demand because the release date was moved up at the last minute and the first-week sales were skewed downward as a result).
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  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    I say good job to US! We are the ones who bought 2 and 3 copies of this record. Way to stay true fans. We put them back on top.
  • good news, glad to hear it.
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  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    mr.igby wrote:
    Congratulations to the #1 spot in the US! :D

    Backspacer also went to #1 in Australia and New Zealand.
    And Canada is yet to come...

    Backspacer is a great album that really deserves the success.
    As for the first week US numbers, we'll know exactly tomorrow when we get the soundscan results.

    By the way, the new album entered the german album charts at #3. This is the best Pearl Jam Chart entry ever here.

    To keep the album in the charts, they should release a second single soon!

    I agree... but it seems like bands usually let a single work for them for MONTHS. So I'd expect they keep riding the fixer but I hope they do release something soon.

    What do you think? Got Some? Or... Amongst the Waves? Johnny Guitar?
  • T-Bone 82 wrote:
    Yeah, they definitely want to sell more records. I can't blame them. I don't think it's from a perspective of wanting to make more money (touring is still and always will be their main source of revenue) but they want to stay fresh and relevant. As long as they don't compromise their sound, that's all good.

    ""I just don't ever want it to be, 'Baby, put down your chili cheese dog, its "Jeremy".' " EV

    This quote from the Spin interview pretty much sums up that whole mentality for me, which I support 10000%! I am super stoked that my favorite band for the last 18 years is still able to put out an album that debuts at #1 in the first week! I remember listening to them when I was younger, and Eddie was younger and still so angst-y, and I lived in fear that PJ would break up, or stop making new music. A stupid thing to fear, yes, but nonetheless, I did...So, cheers for us fans, and cheers for the band!
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  • Being #1 is a nice accomplishment but how about the Beatles with 6 freaking albums in the top 50? That's ridiculous.
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,786
    FWIW, those Beatles albums won't be on the Billboard 200. They are not eligible because they are catalog titles. Same goes for Michael Jackson's "Number Ones." Billboard also has a Top Comprehensive Albums chart that includes catalog and new material, but they don't always publish it.

    Nevertheless, sales are sales and they still have 6 of the top 50 best-selling albums this week, an impressive feat, as you note. Of course, this is a band that once held down all five positions in the top five of the singles chart (in 1964).
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  • noumero 1... :D:D
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  • Pearl Jam , like Radiohead or Wilco will never match the U2 or Coldplay sales because they do not appeal to the masses and thank God for that.

    I am just thrilled to bits for the band and the fans that their album (and the first "self- released") is at the top for this week in the UNITED STATES. :D
  • So 190K records. $10 a pop. PJ takes half. $5 x 190 is 950,000. Divide by the 5 members of PJ. Takes us back to 190. Each band member made more in the last week than I did the last 5 years.

    I think PJ already sold Target a million at $5 a pop, or $5 million
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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    "doesn't hurt that they also had 2 more days of sales than normal." ~ this response is from MOEAHOLIC, not me..........he just asked me to post this for him........don't jump all over my ass please :D
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  • So 190K records. $10 a pop. PJ takes half. $5 x 190 is 950,000. Divide by the 5 members of PJ. Takes us back to 190. Each band member made more in the last week than I did the last 5 years.

    I think PJ already sold Target a million at $5 a pop, or $5 million

    minimum guarantee. so, yeah.
  • Here's to a celebration tomorrow night in Los Angeles, CA!!

    Congrats Pearl Jam!!

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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,189
    I hope they're able to stay in the top 10 next week. There are a few big names coming out next week. Plus the others that have been there for awhile.
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