I don’t care where they place on any charts, they would still be #1 on my list regardless of the meaningless statistics
That's wonderful. Read another thread. As long as you're here, sales aren't meaningless. Selling records enabled the band to have the career it enjoys today.
After eight weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #65 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eighth week of release?
After nine weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #60 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their ninth week of release?
After ten weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #40 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their tenth week of release?
Why not release a third single and try get some airplay?
Both Sirens and MYM are dead I suppose on the radio?
"Sirens" is still at No. 6 on Billboard's Rock Airplay chart after 14 weeks. It is No. 21 on Hot Rock Songs (up a notch from last week). It is No. 5 on Hard Rock Digital Songs (down from No. 1 last week), but all four songs ahead of it are catalog titles.
So there's still a little life in that number. It hasn't crossed over to pop radio.
Looking at youtube, the Sirens video has gotten more views than the videos to Kings of Leon- Supersoaker and Nine Inch Nails - Come Back Haunted... so cool.
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Why not release a third single and try get some airplay?
Both Sirens and MYM are dead I suppose on the radio?
"Sirens" is still at No. 6 on Billboard's Rock Airplay chart after 14 weeks. It is No. 21 on Hot Rock Songs (up a notch from last week). It is No. 5 on Hard Rock Digital Songs (down from No. 1 last week), but all four songs ahead of it are catalog titles.
So there's still a little life in that number. It hasn't crossed over to pop radio.
Yea they need to ride this as long as they can. Right when you think it will die down it moves up on the chart. Surprised it hasn't made it into top 40 radio. It's not like there haven't been 5 minute songs on there. Not many but there have been.
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lightning bolt should be a solid choice as the 3rd single
After eleven weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #41 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eleventh week of release?
After eleven weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #41 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eleventh week of release?
I know people hate it here, but I really think SBM would be a super successful single.
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After twelve weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #28 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their twelfth week of release?
it still bugs me that Vs and Vitalogy haven't gotten past 7x platinum and 5x platinum. They've been stuck there for over 10 years.
Certifications cost money (because you have to apply for them and pay for the audit that certifies unit shipments). Sony no longer has an incentive to do that, and the band likely doesn't care enough to submit for certification on its own.
it still bugs me that Vs and Vitalogy haven't gotten past 7x platinum and 5x platinum. They've been stuck there for over 10 years.
In case anyone's interested, here are Soundscan's numbers as of July 2013 for sales of Pearl Jam's first three albums:
22 PEARL JAM TEN 10,023,878 ( 35,871 ) 13x P 101 PEARL JAM VS. 6,011,278 ( 9,890 ) 7x P 184 PEARL JAM VITALOGY 4,769,805 ( 6,824 ) 5x P
The number on the left was the rank among all albums during the 1991-July 2013 "Soundscan Era." The numbers in the millions were total sales. The numbers in the thousands were 2013 year-to-date sales. The last item is the RIAA certification.
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That's wonderful. Read another thread. As long as you're here, sales aren't meaningless. Selling records enabled the band to have the career it enjoys today.
HDD's chart doesn't include catalog titles, I think. "Lightning Bolt" fell two spots to No. 65 on the Billboard 200.
"Vs.": #3
"Vitalogy": #7*
"No Code": #29
"Yield": #31
"Pearl Jam": #51
"Lightning Bolt": #65
"Backspacer": #69
"Binaural": #84
"Riot Act": #124
"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).
Chart run (8 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63-65
Not bad for only six weeks of sales. (I think the chart year ended two weeks ago.)
"Vs.": #2
"Vitalogy": #8*
"Yield": #34
"No Code": #39
"Pearl Jam": #60
"Lightning Bolt": #60
"Backspacer": #91
"Binaural": #98
"Riot Act": #131
"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).
Chart run (9 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63-65-60
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?page=1
This record seems to have some legs and should be well on its way to Gold status.
"Vs.": #2
"Vitalogy": #8*
"Lightning Bolt": #40
"Yield": #43
"Backspacer": #45
"No Code": #48
"Pearl Jam": #73
"Binaural": #105
"Riot Act": #155
"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).
Chart run (10 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63-65-60-40
anyone know the up to date sales figures?
If I had to guess probably around 330-340k
Both Sirens and MYM are dead I suppose on the radio?
"Sirens" is still at No. 6 on Billboard's Rock Airplay chart after 14 weeks. It is No. 21 on Hot Rock Songs (up a notch from last week). It is No. 5 on Hard Rock Digital Songs (down from No. 1 last week), but all four songs ahead of it are catalog titles.
So there's still a little life in that number. It hasn't crossed over to pop radio.
Yea they need to ride this as long as they can. Right when you think it will die down it moves up on the chart. Surprised it hasn't made it into top 40 radio. It's not like there haven't been 5 minute songs on there. Not many but there have been.
If that short film is any indication, that and Getaway are future singles. Speaking of future, Possibly Future Days as well.
After eleven weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #41 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eleventh week of release?
"Vs.": #3
"Vitalogy": #10*
"Lightning Bolt": #41
"Yield": #43
"No Code": #56
"Pearl Jam": #97
"Binaural": #108
"Backspacer": #134
"Riot Act": #173
"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).
Chart run (11 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63-65-60-40-41
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
Barrie 98-08-22 / Montreal 00-10-04 / Montreal 03-06-29
Montreal 05-09-15 / Quebec 05-09-20 / Montreal 11-09-07
Worcester 13-10-15 / Denver 14-10-22 / Quebec 16-05-05
Ottawa 16-05-08 / Ottawa 20-03-20 / Quebec 20-03-22
I also think SBM could work as a single
"Vs.": #2
"Vitalogy": #13*
"Lightning Bolt": #28
"Yield": #51
"No Code": #64
"Pearl Jam": #107
"Binaural": #112
"Backspacer": #134
"Riot Act": #176
"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).
Chart run (12 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63-65-60-40-41-28
22 PEARL JAM TEN 10,023,878 ( 35,871 ) 13x P
101 PEARL JAM VS. 6,011,278 ( 9,890 ) 7x P
184 PEARL JAM VITALOGY 4,769,805 ( 6,824 ) 5x P
The number on the left was the rank among all albums during the 1991-July 2013 "Soundscan Era." The numbers in the millions were total sales. The numbers in the thousands were 2013 year-to-date sales. The last item is the RIAA certification.
Pretty crazy that Ten is #22 in that era considering all the giant pop acts that have come along in the last 20+ years.