Pearl Jam : Top Selling Artist Of All Time?

broken_joystick
broken_joystick Posts: 137
edited May 2008 in The Porch
I was at my local FYE, and I went to look at the Pearl Jam section and they had a black card where they usually have the band name on it, except it was this..

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I asked them if they had any information on it or anything, and they said they had no idea that Pearl Jam even still made music (figures)

I went to another FYE and they had and said the same thing, these weren't behing any other artists, just Pearl Jam. I thought it was weird, and thought I should share it with you guys and see if you had any information on it.
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Pearl Jam doesn't even compare to artists like the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis. There's no way they are the best selling artist of all time. Those guys are up there in the 500 million record range. Pearl Jam is around 75 million.
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    yeah i think the beatles, elvis, led zep and metallica have sold more records then PJ gfor sure
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  • cbbjr
    cbbjr Posts: 241
    Not sure what that is referring to. I believe when the 2000 boots were released they set a record for most albums in the top 100 or 200 chart at any one time. And Vs. sold more copies in its opening week than any other at the time, but I believe that has now been broken a few times.
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    500 million records or more
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    i doubt their in the 500 mil club, i doubt theyve even sold 100 mil

    yep their listed in the 50-75 million group
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i think that includes the boots released on cd
  • jordn6971
    jordn6971 Posts: 675
    I think Ten sold more copies than any other bands debut album or something.
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    jordn6971 wrote:
    I think Ten sold more copies than any other bands debut album or something.

    that was vs.
  • broken_joystick
    broken_joystick Posts: 137
    No no, I don't believe it either. I just thought it was really weird that 2 of the FYE stores down here both had them. I was just wondering if there was a legit explination.
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    that was vs.

    No...that was Ten. Vs sold the most copies in it's first week.
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  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    I noticed that at an FYE in Long Island. It wasn't just for Pearl Jam though. Many well known artists had the same card behind their cd's.
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    CitizenRick wrote:
    No...that was Ten. Vs sold the most copies in it's first week.

    I knew that about Vs. I should have clarified. (but obviously vs. isn't the debut album lol) I didn't know that about Ten though and thought he was confusing Vs.
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    I knew that about Vs. I should have clarified. (but obviously vs. isn't the debut album lol) I didn't know that about Ten though and thought he was confusing Vs.

    Whatever it is...when your first two albums combine for over 20 million sold in the U.S. alone...that's just plain insane!
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  • broken_joystick
    broken_joystick Posts: 137
    Brainofdz wrote:
    I noticed that at an FYE in Long Island. It wasn't just for Pearl Jam though. Many well known artists had the same card behind their cd's.

    Oh I guess that explains it better, I specifially looked for it behind other artists thought and they didn't have them here :(

    It's still pretty cool I guess though.
  • GR8Dane
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    I think it is due to the boots that they have the most extended music collection, or have released the most music, or, something like that anyway.....
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  • LeatherMosquitoMan
    LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    Since you won't answer in PM, i'm gonna keep calling you out publicly dude.

    broken_joystick, when are you gonna come good on our trade? Where's my 'extra' Gorge box set i've been waiting months for?

    You've got a lot of nerve sticking around after fucking me and at least one more guy over w/what seems like the exact same trade

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  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    10 years ago, I had a poster with Vs cover and it was written something like "fastest selling album ever...".
    I think I heard back then that Vs. had been sold very well (many many copies) during the first week after its release and that this was the reason why this was written on the poster.
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    Since you won't answer in PM, i'm gonna keep calling you out publicly dude.

    broken_joystick, when are you gonna come good on our trade? Where's my 'extra' Gorge box set i've been waiting months for?

    You've got a lot of nerve sticking around after fucking me and at least one more guy over w/what seems like the exact same trade

    Gonna man up any time soon?


    Ouch shitty buzz man....

    Not cool dude.
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  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 108
    jordn6971 wrote:
    I think Ten sold more copies than any other bands debut album or something.
    Ten must certainly be one of the biggest selling debuts but I doubt it sold more than say Jagged Little Pill or whatever the hell hootie and the blowfish debut was called. Plus surely Appetite for Destruction has sold more.

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