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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    Please note the following correction: "Yield" has been incorrectly listed as having spent 36 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. In fact, its chart run spanned 36 consecutive weeks. The most recent update (for week 33 of release) reflects the correct information.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    BF25394 wrote:
    Please note the following correction: "Yield" has been incorrectly listed as having spent 36 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. In fact, its chart run spanned 36 consecutive weeks. The most recent update (for week 33 of release) reflects the correct information.
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    it's weird to think that riot act spent less than half the time on the chart but sold the same amount as backspacer lol
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    The Jeagler wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    Please note the following correction: "Yield" has been incorrectly listed as having spent 36 non-consecutive weeks on the chart. In fact, its chart run spanned 36 consecutive weeks. The most recent update (for week 33 of release) reflects the correct information.
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    so how many copies were sold?
  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    Davidtrios wrote:
    so how many copies were sold?

    That's easy. The total number of records shipped to sales outlets - the number that are still left.

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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    Davidtrios wrote:
    so how many copies were sold?


    about 520,000 (usa)
  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Davidtrios wrote:
    so how many copies were sold?


    about 520,000 (usa)
    So is this considered a lot now a days? Or just average? I run into so many people with poor taste in music that never heard of Pearl Jam or think they broke up after Vitalogy.I do what I can when Im in Target I go and take out a whole section of cd's and move them away so I can give the Pearl Jam CD'S their nice neat little jam min world 8-) no poppa roach any where around. Just on section of Pearl Jam,.And when the fix it up, Im back the next day to do it all over again. I wonder if Eddie reads this if he will tell me to be a good boy, or keep at it :twisted: :twisted: :thumbup: :clap::lol:
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  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    Pearl Jam are back in the game - with the highest profile, most airplay and interest since before No Code came out. Getting some long overdue respect from the Music papers and broadsheets - winning some new fans who have the entire catalogue to delve into. Backspacer has proved a very popular and accessible record, appealing to both older and younger generations of music listeners. Here in the UK I have seen 5 or more prominent Pearl Jam references in the major national papers these past 12 months- 5 more than most years!!

    Not bad for a twenty year old bunch of ageing rock dinosaurs!!
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    dwhite76 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Davidtrios wrote:
    so how many copies were sold?


    about 520,000 (usa)
    So is this considered a lot now a days? Or just average? I run into so many people with poor taste in music that never heard of Pearl Jam or think they broke up after Vitalogy.I do what I can when Im in Target I go and take out a whole section of cd's and move them away so I can give the Pearl Jam CD'S their nice neat little jam min world 8-) no poppa roach any where around. Just on section of Pearl Jam,.And when the fix it up, Im back the next day to do it all over again. I wonder if Eddie reads this if he will tell me to be a good boy, or keep at it :twisted: :twisted: :thumbup: :clap::lol:

    it's not considered a lot but it isn't bad, either. going gold today is about the equivalent of going platinum 20 years ago.
    i may have lowballed my original estimate... it might be closer to 540,00 copies sold. there was a guy who used to post the exact numbers on here a few months back but i haven't seen a post in a while. if you do a search for "backspacer sales numbers" or something like that, you could probably find it.
  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 421
    viewtopic.php?f=4&t=123946&hilit=album+sales+backspacer+sales

    530k according to this as of April 24. I read on Hitsdailydouble that it has sold about 600k (I think I read that about two months ago). It's been about 24 weeks since that last count, so it seems reasonable.

    Not bad at all for this era of dwindling album sales. You figure, Binaural sold about 700k - 800k ten years ago and industry-wide album sales have dropped by 50% since then. So, selling 600k of Backspacer probably would have equated to about 1.2 million sold in 2000.

    Certainly not nearly as good as they did in the early - mid 90's, but nobody really sells like that anymore except for a pop star here and there. 9 albums in, I'd say 600k in sales of a new album still makes them very relevant.
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    dwhite76 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Davidtrios wrote:
    so how many copies were sold?


    about 520,000 (usa)
    So is this considered a lot now a days? Or just average? I run into so many people with poor taste in music that never heard of Pearl Jam or think they broke up after Vitalogy.I do what I can when Im in Target I go and take out a whole section of cd's and move them away so I can give the Pearl Jam CD'S their nice neat little jam min world 8-) no poppa roach any where around. Just on section of Pearl Jam,.And when the fix it up, Im back the next day to do it all over again. I wonder if Eddie reads this if he will tell me to be a good boy, or keep at it :twisted: :twisted: :thumbup: :clap::lol:

    everytime i visit target, backspacer is on the bottom rack of the display. to improve sales, at least i hope to, I put them right on top so people can see them better :lol:
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    All right, time to bring this thread back:

    After one week, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #1 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their first week of release?

    "Vs.": #1
    "Vitalogy": #1*
    "No Code": #1
    "Backspacer": #1
    "Lightning Bolt": #1
    "Yield": #2
    "Pearl Jam": #2
    "Binaural": #2
    "Riot Act": #5
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    BF25394 wrote:
    All right, time to bring this thread back:

    After one week, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #1 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their first week of release?

    "Vs.": #1
    "Vitalogy": #1*
    "No Code": #1
    "Backspacer": #1
    "Lightning Bolt": #1
    "Yield": #2
    "Pearl Jam": #2
    "Binaural": #2
    "Riot Act": #5
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).

    wait, what? riot act opened at 5?

    is that right? how do i not remember that?
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    The Juggler wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    All right, time to bring this thread back:

    After one week, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #1 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their first week of release?

    "Vs.": #1
    "Vitalogy": #1*
    "No Code": #1
    "Backspacer": #1
    "Lightning Bolt": #1
    "Yield": #2
    "Pearl Jam": #2
    "Binaural": #2
    "Riot Act": #5
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).

    wait, what? riot act opened at 5?

    is that right? how do i not remember that?

    Yep, opened at 5, peaked at 5.
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    Interestingly, the non-single that appears to be garnering the most digital downloads is...

    (Wait for it)

    "Future Days." The song is No. 30 on the Rock Digital Songs list, Pearl Jam's only entry on that chart, and No. 2 on the Hard Rock Digital Songs list, behind only Avenged Sevenfold's "Hail To The King" and ahead of Pearl Jam's three other entries, "Black" (No. 19), "Yellow Ledbetter" (No. 21) and "Getaway" (No. 22). (Don't ask me why "Future Days" is categorized as hard rock. I think they just go by artist.)

    Yes, neither "Sirens" nor "Mind Your Manners" cracks either one of these charts. (Rock Digital Songs is 50 positions long; Hard Rock Digital Songs is 25 positions long.)
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    BF25394 wrote:
    Interestingly, the non-single that appears to be garnering the most digital downloads is...

    (Wait for it)

    "Future Days." The song is No. 30 on the Rock Digital Songs list, Pearl Jam's only entry on that chart, and No. 2 on the Hard Rock Digital Songs list, behind only Avenged Sevenfold's "Hail To The King" and ahead of Pearl Jam's three other entries, "Black" (No. 19), "Yellow Ledbetter" (No. 21) and "Getaway" (No. 22). (Don't ask me why "Future Days" is categorized as hard rock. I think they just go by artist.)

    Yes, neither "Sirens" nor "Mind Your Manners" cracks either one of these charts. (Rock Digital Songs is 50 positions long; Hard Rock Digital Songs is 25 positions long.)

    Yeah I noticed that about Future Days. I think Sirens was there last week. It got up #3 on Itunes.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    i see they are projected for 4th this week....any word on how many sales they are projected for though?
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    The Juggler wrote:
    i see they are projected for 4th this week....any word on how many sales they are projected for though?

    Usually the 2nd week there's a 60-70% drop.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    igotid88 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    i see they are projected for 4th this week....any word on how many sales they are projected for though?

    Usually the 2nd week there's a 60-70% drop.

    okay. hoping this thing at least goes gold. too good an album to just fade away
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