After Backspacer was at #123 on the Billboard charts last week, it made a big jump to #77 this week.
I don't know if any PJ album before made such a great move.
Biggest move ever by a Pearl Jam album: "Vitalogy" from #173 to #1.
Biggest move ever by a Pearl Jam album, no special circumstances: "Backspacer" (twice), from #91 to #45 and from #123 to #77 (46 spots each time).
This is from a previous post:
...nearly every Pearl Jam studio album has moved up and down the chart. "Vs." bounced around between #2 and #3 for a couple of months after spending its first 5 weeks at #1. "Vitalogy" moved up from #3 to #2 in the fourth week the CD was available. "No Code" bounced around from #82 to #77 to #83 to #76 to #70 to #82 a few months into its chart run. "Yield" similarly moved from #97 to #96 to #104 to #97 after five or six months. And "Riot Act" had a couple of brief, slight upticks during its 13-week chart run.
In fact, the only Pearl Jam studio album that moved down the chart every week was "Binaural," which moved steadily downward from its #2 debut until falling out of the top 200. "Pearl Jam" almost duplicated the "feat," but managed to hold steady at #35 in its sixth and seventh weeks on the chart.
Not sure of the sales numbers, but Backspacer jumped from 77 to 69 on the billboard top 200 albums...not bad for a rock band 20 years into their careers and an album that is 15 weeks removed from it's release date!
Not sure of the sales numbers, but Backspacer jumped from 77 to 69 on the billboard top 200 albums...not bad for a rock band 20 years into their careers and an album that is 15 weeks removed from it's release date!
Don't know the sales numbers either, but this is an instance where Pearl Jam moved up the chart despite selling fewer copies than the previous week. The previous week, every album on the chart benefited from the last week of Christmas shopping. This week, Pearl Jam probably declined by 2-3,000 copies, but everyone else declined by more than that, allowing Pearl Jam to move up 8 notches (with no bullet).
Backspacer sold 11.221 copies last week, enough for a #69 chart position.
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970 Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
Backspacer sold 11.221 copies last week, enough for a #69 chart position.
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970 Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
Great info. Thanks.
Time to bust out 'Unthought Known' as a single and sell a couple hundred thousand more copies!
Yep I hope they do release unthought known as the next single, I think it's got the potential to be huge! I guess they prob will around the time of the us tour.
My PJ shows:
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
They are going to have to do something about Unthought Known, because it won it's catagory in the SPIN MAG poll......or maybe they don't........the people spoke....nuff said.
Backspacer sales are really good compared to some other acts, and considering that the album was released to only a few sellers (Target, i-Tunes, Indies).
With some promo (TV shows, tour), it would have easily crossed the 500k mark by now.
Surprised to see the Muse album sell that low in the US. It has crushed backspacer from all kinds of angles here in Europe.
promotion is the word..
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Surprised to see the Muse album sell that low in the US. It has crushed backspacer from all kinds of angles here in Europe.
I'd actually be more surprised to see Muse sell more than PJ in the US. It's typical for a band from the UK to outsell an American band in Europe, especially in this genre.
Backspacer sold 11.221 copies last week, enough for a #69 chart position.
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970 Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
thanks for posting this. this is what we need to to accurately judge how backspacer sold. could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
2009 Year End Top 50:
Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,216,988 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
02 - 3,103,828 - I DREAMED A DREAM - Susan Boyle
03 - 2,355,449 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
04 - 2,237,750 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
05 - 2,207,202 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli
06 - 1,823,435 - HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Soundtrack
07 - 1,786,825 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
08 - 1,735,358 - RELAPSE - Eminem
09 - 1,514,758 - THE BLUEPRINT 3 - Jay-Z
10 - 1,397,693 - ONLY BY THE NIGHT - Kings Of Leon
11 - 1,368,352 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback
12 - 1,287,045 - THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson
13 - 1,282,260 - TWILIGHT - Soundtrack
14 - 1,273,413 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson
15 - 1,264,241 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
16 - 1,222,070 - CRAZY LOVE - Michael Buble
17 - 1,212,336 - TIME OF OUR LIVES EP - Miley Cyrus
18 - 1,199,969 - I AM…SASHA FIERCE - Beyonce
19 - 1,183,086 - PLAY ON - Carrie Underwood
20 - 1,154,814 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
21 - 1,129,896 - UNSTOPPABLE - Rascal Flatts
22 - 1,067,100 - NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2
23 - 993,252 - BIG WHISKEY AND THE GROOGRUX KING - Dave Matthews Band
24 - 974,694 - LADY ANTEBELLUM - Lady Antebellum
25 - 964,575 - THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - Soundtrack
26 - 958,540 - WIDE OPEN - Jason Aldean
27 - 948,806 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell
28 - 910,685 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
29 - 903,544 - 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - Green Day
30 - 883,761 - LEARN TO LIVE - Darius Rucker
31 - 881,621 - LEAVE THIS TOWN - Daughtry
32 - 849,520 - NOW 31 - Various
33 - 815,483 - ALL I EVER WANTED - Kelly Clarkson
34 - 797,924 - FUNHOUSE - P!nk
35 - 781,632 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
36 - 780,319 - THE FRAY - The Fray
37 - 779,093 - THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - Alicia Keys
38 - 740,931 - NOW 30 - Various
39 - 727,914 - MY WORLD (EP) - Justin Bieber
40 - 722,718 - DEFYING GRAVITY - Keith Urban
41 - 698,068 - BATTLE STUDIES - John Mayer
42 - 694,714 - INTUITION - Jamie Foxx
43 - 684,776 - LOVE ON THE INSIDE - Sugarland
44 - 674,654 - NOW 32 - Various
45 - 653,037 - OCEAN EYES - Owl City
46 - 649,255 - WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - Jason Mraz
47 - 641,933 - GLEE: SEASON ONE: THE MUSIC VOL.1 - Soundtrack
48 - 629,450 - THE FALL - Norah Jones
49 - 620,016 - LINES VINES AND TRYING TIMES - Jonas Brothers
50 - 610,806 - THE SOUND OF MADNESS - Shinedown
could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
2009 Year End Top 50:
Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,216,988 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
02 - 3,103,828 - I DREAMED A DREAM - Susan Boyle
03 - 2,355,449 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
04 - 2,237,750 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
05 - 2,207,202 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli
06 - 1,823,435 - HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Soundtrack
07 - 1,786,825 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
08 - 1,735,358 - RELAPSE - Eminem
09 - 1,514,758 - THE BLUEPRINT 3 - Jay-Z
10 - 1,397,693 - ONLY BY THE NIGHT - Kings Of Leon
11 - 1,368,352 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback
12 - 1,287,045 - THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson
13 - 1,282,260 - TWILIGHT - Soundtrack
14 - 1,273,413 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson
15 - 1,264,241 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
16 - 1,222,070 - CRAZY LOVE - Michael Buble
17 - 1,212,336 - TIME OF OUR LIVES EP - Miley Cyrus
18 - 1,199,969 - I AM…SASHA FIERCE - Beyonce
19 - 1,183,086 - PLAY ON - Carrie Underwood
20 - 1,154,814 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
21 - 1,129,896 - UNSTOPPABLE - Rascal Flatts
22 - 1,067,100 - NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2
23 - 993,252 - BIG WHISKEY AND THE GROOGRUX KING - Dave Matthews Band
24 - 974,694 - LADY ANTEBELLUM - Lady Antebellum
25 - 964,575 - THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - Soundtrack
26 - 958,540 - WIDE OPEN - Jason Aldean
27 - 948,806 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell
28 - 910,685 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
29 - 903,544 - 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - Green Day
30 - 883,761 - LEARN TO LIVE - Darius Rucker
31 - 881,621 - LEAVE THIS TOWN - Daughtry
32 - 849,520 - NOW 31 - Various
33 - 815,483 - ALL I EVER WANTED - Kelly Clarkson
34 - 797,924 - FUNHOUSE - P!nk
35 - 781,632 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
36 - 780,319 - THE FRAY - The Fray
37 - 779,093 - THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - Alicia Keys
38 - 740,931 - NOW 30 - Various
39 - 727,914 - MY WORLD (EP) - Justin Bieber
40 - 722,718 - DEFYING GRAVITY - Keith Urban
41 - 698,068 - BATTLE STUDIES - John Mayer
42 - 694,714 - INTUITION - Jamie Foxx
43 - 684,776 - LOVE ON THE INSIDE - Sugarland
44 - 674,654 - NOW 32 - Various
45 - 653,037 - OCEAN EYES - Owl City
46 - 649,255 - WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - Jason Mraz
47 - 641,933 - GLEE: SEASON ONE: THE MUSIC VOL.1 - Soundtrack
48 - 629,450 - THE FALL - Norah Jones
49 - 620,016 - LINES VINES AND TRYING TIMES - Jonas Brothers
50 - 610,806 - THE SOUND OF MADNESS - Shinedown
I noticed something interesting today. The new Muse album, which was released five days before "Backspacer," has sold 370,000 copies in the U.S. "Backspacer" has sold more than 450,000. Yet, Muse is talked about in some circles (ahem, KROQ) as if they are the biggest band in the world. I actually heard someone (ridiculously) claim that Muse could draw a million people to Coachella.
I noticed something interesting today. The new Muse album, which was released five days before "Backspacer," has sold 370,000 copies in the U.S. "Backspacer" has sold more than 450,000. Yet, Muse is talked about in some circles (ahem, KROQ) as if they are the biggest band in the world. I actually heard someone (ridiculously) claim that Muse could draw a million people to Coachella.
That's just KROQ on the joq. Make no mistake, Pearl Jam is a MUCH bigger act in the states. Muse has been played non-stop for the last 2 years, but I have failed to see them live up to the hype of their overseas reputation in crowd-response here. I like them, they're a bit too grandiose for my tastes (I feel the message gets lost), but they are a VERY good live act. This was "supposed" to be their take-over-the-world album, I just don't see it. That first single got old, fast imo.
And Coachella #'s? Rage didn't even draw 50,000 a day for their reunion a few years back. Paul McCartney was there last year, Roger Waters before that. I'll put the farm on this Coachella not being the greatest, numbers wise.
Backspacer sold 11.221 copies last week, enough for a #69 chart position.
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970 Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
thanks for posting this. this is what we need to to accurately judge how backspacer sold. could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
What's with frickin Nickleback? Who is their audience? I don't know anybody who listens to them. They truly suck balls.
Backspacer sold 11.221 copies last week, enough for a #69 chart position.
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970 Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
thanks for posting this. this is what we need to to accurately judge how backspacer sold. could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
What's with frickin Nickleback? Who is their audience? I don't know anybody who listens to them. They truly suck balls.
It's another example of the NCIS Theory. You probably don't know anyone who watches "NCIS," yet it is the most-watched scripted program on television. You can't project based on your own acquaintances, which tend to be self-reinforcing.
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its because of just breathe!
still, you don't usually see a PJ album increase in sales after this many weeks on the chart. good sign for sure.
Biggest move ever by a Pearl Jam album: "Vitalogy" from #173 to #1.
Biggest move ever by a Pearl Jam album, no special circumstances: "Backspacer" (twice), from #91 to #45 and from #123 to #77 (46 spots each time).
This is from a previous post:
...nearly every Pearl Jam studio album has moved up and down the chart. "Vs." bounced around between #2 and #3 for a couple of months after spending its first 5 weeks at #1. "Vitalogy" moved up from #3 to #2 in the fourth week the CD was available. "No Code" bounced around from #82 to #77 to #83 to #76 to #70 to #82 a few months into its chart run. "Yield" similarly moved from #97 to #96 to #104 to #97 after five or six months. And "Riot Act" had a couple of brief, slight upticks during its 13-week chart run.
In fact, the only Pearl Jam studio album that moved down the chart every week was "Binaural," which moved steadily downward from its #2 debut until falling out of the top 200. "Pearl Jam" almost duplicated the "feat," but managed to hold steady at #35 in its sixth and seventh weeks on the chart.
That would make sense. Someone indicated here that "Backspacer" was #9 on iTunes last week. A price drop would explain it.
Don't know the sales numbers either, but this is an instance where Pearl Jam moved up the chart despite selling fewer copies than the previous week. The previous week, every album on the chart benefited from the last week of Christmas shopping. This week, Pearl Jam probably declined by 2-3,000 copies, but everyone else declined by more than that, allowing Pearl Jam to move up 8 notches (with no bullet).
The total is 454.974 copies after 15 weeks.
Just to compare, here are some other numbers from recently released rock albums:
Them Crooked Vulture: 176.164
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 200.158
Creed - Full Circle: 302.029
AIC - Blach gives way to blue: 331.207
Muse - Resistance: 361.723
Bon Jovi - The Circle: 420.970
Pearl Jam - Backspacer: 454.974
Green day - 21st Century...: 903.544
Kings of Leon - Only by the night: 1,708,713
Nickelback - Dark Horse: 2,533,617
Great info. Thanks.
Time to bust out 'Unthought Known' as a single and sell a couple hundred thousand more copies!
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
With some promo (TV shows, tour), it would have easily crossed the 500k mark by now.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
I'd actually be more surprised to see Muse sell more than PJ in the US. It's typical for a band from the UK to outsell an American band in Europe, especially in this genre.
thanks for posting this. this is what we need to to accurately judge how backspacer sold. could you post other album sales from the last year or so? how much did u2 sell?
2009 Year End Top 50:
Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 3,216,988 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
02 - 3,103,828 - I DREAMED A DREAM - Susan Boyle
03 - 2,355,449 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
04 - 2,237,750 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
05 - 2,207,202 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli
06 - 1,823,435 - HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE - Soundtrack
07 - 1,786,825 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
08 - 1,735,358 - RELAPSE - Eminem
09 - 1,514,758 - THE BLUEPRINT 3 - Jay-Z
10 - 1,397,693 - ONLY BY THE NIGHT - Kings Of Leon
11 - 1,368,352 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback
12 - 1,287,045 - THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson
13 - 1,282,260 - TWILIGHT - Soundtrack
14 - 1,273,413 - THRILLER - Michael Jackson
15 - 1,264,241 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
16 - 1,222,070 - CRAZY LOVE - Michael Buble
17 - 1,212,336 - TIME OF OUR LIVES EP - Miley Cyrus
18 - 1,199,969 - I AM…SASHA FIERCE - Beyonce
19 - 1,183,086 - PLAY ON - Carrie Underwood
20 - 1,154,814 - THE ESSENTIAL - Michael Jackson
21 - 1,129,896 - UNSTOPPABLE - Rascal Flatts
22 - 1,067,100 - NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2
23 - 993,252 - BIG WHISKEY AND THE GROOGRUX KING - Dave Matthews Band
24 - 974,694 - LADY ANTEBELLUM - Lady Antebellum
25 - 964,575 - THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - Soundtrack
26 - 958,540 - WIDE OPEN - Jason Aldean
27 - 948,806 - BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT - Maxwell
28 - 910,685 - I LOOK TO YOU - Whitney Houston
29 - 903,544 - 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - Green Day
30 - 883,761 - LEARN TO LIVE - Darius Rucker
31 - 881,621 - LEAVE THIS TOWN - Daughtry
32 - 849,520 - NOW 31 - Various
33 - 815,483 - ALL I EVER WANTED - Kelly Clarkson
34 - 797,924 - FUNHOUSE - P!nk
35 - 781,632 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
36 - 780,319 - THE FRAY - The Fray
37 - 779,093 - THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - Alicia Keys
38 - 740,931 - NOW 30 - Various
39 - 727,914 - MY WORLD (EP) - Justin Bieber
40 - 722,718 - DEFYING GRAVITY - Keith Urban
41 - 698,068 - BATTLE STUDIES - John Mayer
42 - 694,714 - INTUITION - Jamie Foxx
43 - 684,776 - LOVE ON THE INSIDE - Sugarland
44 - 674,654 - NOW 32 - Various
45 - 653,037 - OCEAN EYES - Owl City
46 - 649,255 - WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - Jason Mraz
47 - 641,933 - GLEE: SEASON ONE: THE MUSIC VOL.1 - Soundtrack
48 - 629,450 - THE FALL - Norah Jones
49 - 620,016 - LINES VINES AND TRYING TIMES - Jonas Brothers
50 - 610,806 - THE SOUND OF MADNESS - Shinedown
thanks dude. where can i find this info?
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=5
This Forum is the best source for sales info that I know.
#76 MWR PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 454,974
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#200 EPIC PEARL JAM TEN 211,382
That's just KROQ on the joq. Make no mistake, Pearl Jam is a MUCH bigger act in the states. Muse has been played non-stop for the last 2 years, but I have failed to see them live up to the hype of their overseas reputation in crowd-response here. I like them, they're a bit too grandiose for my tastes (I feel the message gets lost), but they are a VERY good live act. This was "supposed" to be their take-over-the-world album, I just don't see it. That first single got old, fast imo.
And Coachella #'s? Rage didn't even draw 50,000 a day for their reunion a few years back. Paul McCartney was there last year, Roger Waters before that. I'll put the farm on this Coachella not being the greatest, numbers wise.
What's with frickin Nickleback? Who is their audience? I don't know anybody who listens to them. They truly suck balls.
It's another example of the NCIS Theory. You probably don't know anyone who watches "NCIS," yet it is the most-watched scripted program on television. You can't project based on your own acquaintances, which tend to be self-reinforcing.