Backspacer sales numbers?

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.
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  • elderman
    elderman Posts: 180
    The Jeagler wrote:
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.
    www.worldwidealbums.net
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    The Jeagler wrote:
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.

    I thought it was interesting that Pearl Jam did not rank among Pollstar's 50 highest-grossing artists of the decade in terms of revenue from touring. That puts the band's relative popularity in perspective. (By the way, I don't know if they ranked 51st or 100th or 200th-- Pollstar's list didn't go beyond 50.)
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  • MisterEtake2
    MisterEtake2 Posts: 404
    BF25394 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.

    I thought it was interesting that Pearl Jam did not rank among Pollstar's 50 highest-grossing artists of the decade in terms of revenue from touring. That puts the band's relative popularity in perspective. (By the way, I don't know if they ranked 51st or 100th or 200th-- Pollstar's list didn't go beyond 50.)

    I wouldn't expect Pearl Jam to rank among that top 50. They really don't tour that often and they also keep their ticket prices in check. By comparison, the Dave Matthews Band tours constantly and the Rolling Stones charge $500 a pop for their best seats.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    MisterEtake2 wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.

    I thought it was interesting that Pearl Jam did not rank among Pollstar's 50 highest-grossing artists of the decade in terms of revenue from touring. That puts the band's relative popularity in perspective. (By the way, I don't know if they ranked 51st or 100th or 200th-- Pollstar's list didn't go beyond 50.)

    I wouldn't expect Pearl Jam to rank among that top 50. They really don't tour that often and they also keep their ticket prices in check. By comparison, the Dave Matthews Band tours constantly and the Rolling Stones charge $500 a pop for their best seats.

    And those are reasons why DMB and the Stones would rank ahead of PJ. Those aren't reasons why at least 50 artists would rank ahead of them. I mean, 'N Sync is 18th on the list, and they haven't toured since 2002.

    And, by the way, Pearl Jam's tickets have not exactly been cheap for years.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    elderman wrote:
    The Jeagler wrote:
    does anyone know/can post the salese numbers for the other big releases over the past couple years? i'm curious to see how pj stacked up to recent releases of u2, gnr, acdc, coldplay, kings, etc etc etc....

    i really don't understand why this info is so tough to obtain.
    http://www.worldwidealbums.net

    what language is that?
    here is what it said for u2:
    U2 No Line On The Horizon 191.295 191.295
    ....? didn't that sell about 191k in its first week?
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  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    BF25394 wrote:
    And, by the way, Pearl Jam's tickets have not exactly been cheap for years.


    Didn't you get the message pit memo? PJ have the most affordable ticket prices around and people would pay double to see them. How dare you question ticket prices with everything the band do for you.

    :lol:
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,684
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    There used to be someone on here before it became a pay site that would post sales for this week, last and in total for EVERY Pearl Jam release. It included all of the singles and Merkinball, which still sell in small amounts which was awesome to see. I think I got on there by buying old singles at major stores with soundscan.

    Maybe the poster got tired of it becuase every one would ask to see the rundown on other favourite bands, but thanks again to whomever it was.

    Another thing, how does international sales work? I would love to see worldwide figures.

    upheresohigh. but it's always been a pay site. he had access because of his work.
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  • C2V3N
    C2V3N Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 449
    Soundscan list for January 2nd 2010.
    (I saw this on some board)

    102 PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 14,884 - 418,945


    World wide numbers >> http://www.worldwidealbums.net/2009.htm
    Pearl Jam Backspacer 806,000
    one, two, three, four, five against one
    five, five, against one
  • William Wallace
    William Wallace Posts: 553
    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.
  • Dillsnufus
    Dillsnufus Posts: 1,165
    good last min gift i suppose
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Dillsnufus wrote:
    good last min gift i suppose


    its because of just breathe! :lol::lol:
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  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 421
    it had a sales gain but the huge jump is probably more due to christmas albums / greatest hits albums dropping out of the chart.

    still, you don't usually see a PJ album increase in sales after this many weeks on the chart. good sign for sure.
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    As posted on the other thread, it's not because of Christmas albums. This chart covers December 21-27.
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    William Wallace wrote:
    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.
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  • pjsyco
    pjsyco Wilmington, NC Posts: 649
    I saw on Itunes you could get Backspacer for $6.99 recently...maybe this is the reason for the jump.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    pjsyco wrote:
    I saw on Itunes you could get Backspacer for $6.99 recently...maybe this is the reason for the jump.

    That would make sense. Someone indicated here that "Backspacer" was #9 on iTunes last week. A price drop would explain it.
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  • elderman
    elderman Posts: 180
    I read that it sold 445,000 in the US by years end. World wide stands at 863,000
  • pjfanman
    pjfanman Posts: 84
    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!
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    pjfanman wrote:
    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).
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