Backspacer sales numbers?

William Wallace

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

Wilds

William Wallace wrote:

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!

UKpearljammer

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.

Jo

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.

Niko80

Surprised to see the Muse album sell that low in the US. It has crushed backspacer from all kinds of angles here in Europe.

William Wallace

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.

dimitrispearljam

Niko80 wrote:

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..

wmellow

Niko80 wrote:

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.

The Juggler

William Wallace wrote:

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?

William Wallace

The Jeagler wrote:

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

The Juggler

William Wallace wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

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?

William Wallace

The Jeagler wrote:

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.

elderman

William Wallace wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

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.

One could stay up night reading this stuff.

William Wallace

2009 US Year End Charts:

#76 MWR PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 454,974
...
#200 EPIC PEARL JAM TEN 211,382

elderman

Hey William, any knowledge on Backspacers position from #69 last week, and copies sold in the week? Hitsdailydouble only do top 50.

BF25394

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.

PJam82

BF25394 wrote:

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.

The Juggler

so what are the latest numbers?

Smellyman

The Jeagler wrote:

William Wallace wrote:

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.

BF25394

Smellyman wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

William Wallace wrote:

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.