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Radiohead sell 1.2 million copies of In Rainbows worldwide.

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edited October 2007 in Other Music
October 11, 2007 12:29 PM - (Posted by Jonathan) ~ [MT message board]
"Gigwise is reporting that the 1.2 million copies of In Rainbows have been sold worldwide. This is apparently from a "source close to the band" so nothing official has been announced."

1.2 million copies in 2 days? fuck me blindfolded
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  • Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    yeah, but how many of those were actually paid for?
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Marie Curie wrote:
    yeah, but how many of those were actually paid for?
    doesn't matter. I think they'll count as sales because we had to order it.

    makes sense though, when a band as well-known as radiohead and as critically acclaimed offers up an album, essentially for free, even people who dont necessarily know them well are going to check it out.
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  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    yeah, I was listening to their bullshit new album yesterday with a friend, who is also a Prince fan. He said prince did this a few albums ago, he broke all kinds of records giving away his albums... looks like radiohead will do the same... I paid $.25 for this, I have bought the last few Radiohead albums and I feel like they should have paid me for taking the time to download this horrible album!
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    doesn't matter. I think they'll count as sales because we had to order it.

    makes sense though, when a band as well-known as radiohead and as critically acclaimed offers up an album, essentially for free, even people who dont necessarily know them well are going to check it out.
    I wouldn't have purchased it in-store but I went for the free download. It is an interesting album. I'm not sure if it's my taste or not but I'll give it a few more listens. Now I'm going to check out their other stuff. I think it's a great strategy. It made me take an interest in a band I've never really given a chance before.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    pjtaper wrote:
    yeah, I was listening to their bullshit new album yesterday with a friend, who is also a Prince fan. He said prince did this a few albums ago, he broke all kinds of records giving away his albums... looks like radiohead will do the same... I paid $.25 for this, I have bought the last few Radiohead albums and I feel like they should have paid me for taking the time to download this horrible album!

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  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    Marie Curie wrote:
    yeah, but how many of those were actually paid for?
    I read of a survey done on 3000 buyers (if I find a link in english I'll post it), it seems a 1/3 didn't give anything. It's a poll so it's worth what it's worth, but a 1/3 is reasonable, giving that a vast majority probably paid less than 4-5£ for the album.
    edit : here
  • Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    Kann wrote:
    I read of a survey done on 3000 buyers (if I find a link in english I'll post it), it seems a 1/3 didn't give anything. It's a poll so it's worth what it's worth, but a 1/3 is reasonable, giving that a vast majority probably paid less than 4-5£ for the album.
    edit : here


    That's interesting, if 2/3 of the buyers actually paid something, it's alot more that I would expect. And even if they paid less than 4-5 pounds, I imagine that all the money goes to Radiohead, unlike physical albuns, where the band gets what? 1 per album sold?
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i want to hear something official, but if thats true thats incredible...wow. good for them.
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  • eclecticeclectic Posts: 244
    Marie Curie wrote:
    That's interesting, if 2/3 of the buyers actually paid something, it's alot more that I would expect. And even if they paid less than 4-5 pounds, I imagine that all the money goes to Radiohead, unlike physical albuns, where the band gets what? 1 per album sold?

    About £2 per conventional album I think.If you take a mean average of what everyone paid for the download , add to that how many buy the album proper , and then add to that how many Box sets they sell as well at £40($80) a pop.The upshot is they will make more money than if they had just released the CD.Now watch the innovative experiment become the norm!
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  • quasiquasi Posts: 492
    pjtaper wrote:
    yeah, I was listening to their bullshit new album yesterday with a friend, who is also a Prince fan. He said prince did this a few albums ago, he broke all kinds of records giving away his albums... looks like radiohead will do the same... I paid $.25 for this, I have bought the last few Radiohead albums and I feel like they should have paid me for taking the time to download this horrible album!

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  • smile05smile05 Posts: 600
    Paid £2.00 for the download last night,not had chance to listen yet,if a good listen will purchase the boxset

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  • walkthamilewalkthamile Posts: 349
    I love radiohead, I think their best is Kid A followed by hail to the thief. IMO "so far" after listening a about a dozen times through, these 10 songs are sooo inferior to their other albums. Hopefully the next disc is stronger than these...
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