Chart longevity

T-Bone 82

# 82 this week. Holding firm.

http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboa ... r=position

BF25394

After seventeen weeks, "Backspacer" sits at #82 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their seventeenth week of release?

"Vs.": #20
"Vitalogy": #28*
"No Code": #76
"Backspacer": #82
"Yield": #89
"Ten": #155
"Binaural": #174
"Pearl Jam": #191
"Riot Act": Off chart

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

BF25394

"Backspacer" is down from #37 to #44 on iTunes.

pjfanman

Moving up the charts here in Canada. Moved up to #28...safe to say it's been their most successful album thus far on the Canadian charts since Yield.

BF25394

After eighteen weeks, "Backspacer" sits at #96 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eighteenth week of release?

"Vs.": #19
"Vitalogy": #27*
"No Code": #70
"Backspacer": #96
"Yield": #97
"Ten": #143
"Binaural": Off chart
"Pearl Jam": Off chart
"Riot Act": Off chart

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

cajunkiwi

BALLBOY wrote:

If you look at all the drivel that is on the charts & Backspacer only sells 326,000 you can tell that it means nothing. Crap sells especially in these days of the people hijacking music just to become famous & becoming puppets to reality tv. What happened to all the people who bought Ten, Vs & Vitalogy, what are they listening to nowadays? It has always been a thing that has really puzzled me.

We're still listening to Ten, Vs, and Vitalogy, and pretending Creed, Limp Bizkit, and Nickelback* never happened, and it was all one big nightmare.

* and Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd, Kid Rock, Stained, Hootie and the Blowfish, Maroon 5, Fuel, Marilyn Manson, Smash Mouth, Baha Men, etc...

Gardenparty

BF25394 wrote:

After eighteen weeks, "Backspacer" sits at #96 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eighteenth week of release?

"Vs.": #19
"Vitalogy": #27*
"No Code": #70
"Backspacer": #96
"Yield": #97
"Ten": #143
"Binaural": Off chart
"Pearl Jam": Off chart
"Riot Act": Off chart

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

pretty impressive for an independent release. I guess that's what a Fixer and a Just Breathe will do for an album.


I'm still enjoying Backspacer so i'm happy to see it is doing well even by Pearl Jam standards

elderman

BF25394 wrote:

After eighteen weeks, "Backspacer" sits at #96 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their eighteenth week of release?

"Vs.": #19
"Vitalogy": #27*
"No Code": #70
"Backspacer": #96
"Yield": #97
"Ten": #143
"Binaural": Off chart
"Pearl Jam": Off chart
"Riot Act": Off chart

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

Thanks for the time in presenting these stats, always very interesting and especially with Backspacers good run.

BF25394

After nineteen weeks, "Backspacer" sits at #96 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their nineteenth week of release?

"Vs.": #22
"Vitalogy": #28*
"No Code": #82
"Yield": #96
"Backspacer": #98
"Ten": #158
"Binaural": Off chart
"Pearl Jam": Off chart
"Riot Act": Off chart

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

T-Bone 82

What kind of bump (if any) do you think the Target commercial that ran during the Grammy's will give the album this week?

BF25394

T-Bone 82 wrote:

What kind of bump (if any) do you think the Target commercial that ran during the Grammy's will give the album this week?

A negligible bump, at best.

igotid88

T-Bone 82 wrote:

What kind of bump (if any) do you think the Target commercial that ran during the Grammy's will give the album this week?

if it was shown more than once, probably. but it only aired once towards the end of the show.

igotid88

why won't they re-air Conan's first show? with PJ's perfomance. I don't think they ever did. It won't be on the air much longer. I hope they air it one last time.

igotid88

BF25394 wrote:

T-Bone 82 wrote:

What kind of bump (if any) do you think the Target commercial that ran during the Grammy's will give the album this week?

A negligible bump, at best.

don't know if this means anything. But streetpulse has it 45% up. But I don't know if that from last week. Or from the start of the new week.

elderman

I noticed that "Pearl Jam" was gone after 18 weeks. Cant help but think that if "Come Back" was released as a single the album would have hung around like BS is doing.

T-Bone 82

'Ten' really did take a long time to catch on, didn't it? I don't remember it well since I was 9 when it came out. I was really into MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Naughty by Nature at that age. I guess my tastes changed a bit.

19 weeks into Ten's release would be January or February of 1992 I think. When did it catch on? Late '92?

The Juggler

elderman wrote:

I noticed that "Pearl Jam" was gone after 18 weeks. Cant help but think that if "Come Back" was released as a single the album would have hung around like BS is doing.

interesting. i always kind of thought marker would have been a good single. though it does have kind of a weird flow to it that probably would not have worked with the mainstream.

come back on the otherhand might have been okay. i can see people liking it much the same way that people like BS (isn't if funny that people just call it BS now? ).

BF25394

T-Bone 82 wrote:

'Ten' really did take a long time to catch on, didn't it? I don't remember it well since I was 9 when it came out. I was really into MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Naughty by Nature at that age. I guess my tastes changed a bit.

19 weeks into Ten's release would be January or February of 1992 I think. When did it catch on? Late '92?

"Ten" debuted on the chart for the week ending January 4, 1992. It cracked the top 100 the first week in February, the top 20 the first week in March, but then took several months to get into the top 10.

BF25394

elderman wrote:

I noticed that "Pearl Jam" was gone after 18 weeks. Cant help but think that if "Come Back" was released as a single the album would have hung around like BS is doing.

Weeks On Chart, Pearl Jam Studio Albums:

250, "Ten"
67, "Vs."
55, "Vitalogy"
36, "Yield"
24, "No Code"
19+, "Backspacer"
17, "Binaural"
17, "Pearl Jam"
14, "Riot Act"

Also:
22, "Rearviewmirror"
15, "Live On Two Legs"
11, "Lost Dogs"
9, "Live At Benaroya Hall"

T-Bone 82

BF25394 wrote:

T-Bone 82 wrote:

'Ten' really did take a long time to catch on, didn't it? I don't remember it well since I was 9 when it came out. I was really into MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Naughty by Nature at that age. I guess my tastes changed a bit.

19 weeks into Ten's release would be January or February of 1992 I think. When did it catch on? Late '92?

"Ten" debuted on the chart for the week ending January 4, 1992. It cracked the top 100 the first week in February, the top 20 the first week in March, but then took several months to get into the top 10.

Wow, so it took over three months to debut in the top 200 (Released August '91?)? I know it was a debut record but that is surprising to me.