Wasn't the album released on Sept. 20? I don't get why Oct. 10 would be week 1... I must be missing something...
The chart is dated in conformity with the issue date of Billboard. The October 10 issue hits newsstands on October 3 and its album chart covers the sales week from September 21-27.
Technically, the album's September 20 sales should have been reflected on the October 3 chart, because the album came out on the last day of the sales week. I don't know why they were not.
Do you know where Riot Act is right now? I remember Riot act getting to where Backspacer is about now pretty quickly and then taking forever to cross 500k. This one (Backspacer) seems to be the Tortoise, slow but steady. Also, I was curious if you know what RVM sales are through now. UpHereSoHigh used to post all of the releases weekly and his job changed and he no longer had soundscan access. I remember it getting close to 1 million and I bet it crossed over by now. Curious if you had that info. Thx for posting all of this.
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Do you know where Riot Act is right now? I remember Riot act getting to where Backspacer is about now pretty quickly and then taking forever to cross 500k. This one (Backspacer) seems to be the Tortoise, slow but steady. Also, I was curious if you know what RVM sales are through now. UpHereSoHigh used to post all of the releases weekly and his job changed and he no longer had soundscan access. I remember it getting close to 1 million and I bet it crossed over by now. Curious if you had that info. Thx for posting all of this.
The greatest hits sold over a million according to wikipedia
Do you know where Riot Act is right now? I remember Riot act getting to where Backspacer is about now pretty quickly and then taking forever to cross 500k. This one (Backspacer) seems to be the Tortoise, slow but steady. Also, I was curious if you know what RVM sales are through now. UpHereSoHigh used to post all of the releases weekly and his job changed and he no longer had soundscan access. I remember it getting close to 1 million and I bet it crossed over by now. Curious if you had that info. Thx for posting all of this.
"Riot Act" is between 500,000 and 525,000. "RVM" is between 1,000,000 and 1,025,000.
WK#: Number of weeks in release
DATE: Chart date
POS: Position on The Billboard 200
WKSALE: Sales, current week only
TOTSALE: Total sales, through current week
PCT: Percentage increase or decrease over prior week
* On sale at Target
** Christmas shopping season
*** First week after Christmas
Did it hit 500k this week? I saw it slid to #140 but don't know the sales. Can you update when you get a chance? Thx.
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i would love for this album to die out so they can start needing more money and make a new one.
and hopefully it will be a little more serious than the lighthearted Backspacer. dont get me wrong, i liked it ok, but dont want another one for a long while.
Ten: 9,578,314
Vs.: 5,931,898
Vitalogy: 4,715,263
No Code: 1,404,672
Yield: 1,596,624
Binaural: 747,809
Riot Act: 506,811
Pearl Jam: 702,278
"Ten" is now nearing 9.8 million due to the reissue.
The projections above are based on the following facts:
As of July 2009, "Pearl Jam" had sold 706,000 and "Riot Act" had sold 508,000. From that, you can interpolate that, other than "Ten," the sales numbers for the other studio albums are not much higher than they were in November 2008.
"Vs." sold 28,000 between September 2006 and November 2008, "Vitalogy" sold 17,500 in the same span, "No Code" sold 7,000, "Yield" sold 10,500, "Binaural" sold 5,000, "Riot Act" sold 6,500 and "Pearl Jam" sold 68,000-- its numbers are higher because it was still within a few months of its release in September 2006.
All of this suggests that "Backspacer" should end up somewhere around 575,000 barring something unusual happening that boosts sales.
These days, it's a HUGE accomplishment to go gold, so I'm glad to see the streak continue.
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These days, it's a HUGE accomplishment to go gold, so I'm glad to see the streak continue.
this is true. If you look at even the biggest albums like Lady Gaga's "The Fame," it's only sold about 2.5 million albums with all those huge singles.
I think Backspacer is probably their biggest album since Yield in terms of commercial success. The Fixer was huge on rock radio if i'm not mistaken. 500k in 2010 is at least a million or 1.5 million about ten years ago.
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i would love for this album to die out so they can start needing more money and make a new one.
I doubt they put out albums or tour becuase they need money. I'm sure they passed that point long ago. If they really need money, we'd see a lot more tour dates.
Just to clarify, these numbers do not represent sales to consumers. They represent certified shipments to retailers. The sales numbers are as estimated in my message above.
Why does this surprise you? Neil Young's two albums prior to "Mirror Ball" were certified double-platinum ("Harvest Moon") and gold ("Sleeps With Angels"), respectively.
WK#: Number of weeks in release
DATE: Chart date
POS: Position on The Billboard 200
WKSALE: Sales, current week only
TOTSALE: Total sales, through current week
PCT: Percentage increase or decrease over prior week
* On sale at Target
** Christmas shopping season
*** First week after Christmas
Any chance you could update this? I saw it shot all the way up to #88 after the SNL performance. And I guess that's on the strength of late Saturday night / Sunday sales. Could be another good week coming up I suppose.
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Thanks man. Looks like it'll hit 500k this week or next. A success this day and age.
The chart is dated in conformity with the issue date of Billboard. The October 10 issue hits newsstands on October 3 and its album chart covers the sales week from September 21-27.
Technically, the album's September 20 sales should have been reflected on the October 3 chart, because the album came out on the last day of the sales week. I don't know why they were not.
The greatest hits sold over a million according to wikipedia
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haha...I love your eagerness. But that's really brutal, to me it's like not turning off the water when you brush your teeth...
"Riot Act" is between 500,000 and 525,000. "RVM" is between 1,000,000 and 1,025,000.
Did it hit 500k this week? I saw it slid to #140 but don't know the sales. Can you update when you get a chance? Thx.
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and hopefully it will be a little more serious than the lighthearted Backspacer. dont get me wrong, i liked it ok, but dont want another one for a long while.
Estimated current U.S. sales are:
Ten: 9,790,000
Vs.: 5,942,000
Vitalogy: 4,723,000
No Code: 1,407,000
Yield: 1,600,000
Binaural: 750,000
Riot Act: 509,000
Pearl Jam: 708,000
Backspacer: 500,000
Actual totals through November 2008 were:
Ten: 9,578,314
Vs.: 5,931,898
Vitalogy: 4,715,263
No Code: 1,404,672
Yield: 1,596,624
Binaural: 747,809
Riot Act: 506,811
Pearl Jam: 702,278
"Ten" is now nearing 9.8 million due to the reissue.
The projections above are based on the following facts:
As of July 2009, "Pearl Jam" had sold 706,000 and "Riot Act" had sold 508,000. From that, you can interpolate that, other than "Ten," the sales numbers for the other studio albums are not much higher than they were in November 2008.
"Vs." sold 28,000 between September 2006 and November 2008, "Vitalogy" sold 17,500 in the same span, "No Code" sold 7,000, "Yield" sold 10,500, "Binaural" sold 5,000, "Riot Act" sold 6,500 and "Pearl Jam" sold 68,000-- its numbers are higher because it was still within a few months of its release in September 2006.
All of this suggests that "Backspacer" should end up somewhere around 575,000 barring something unusual happening that boosts sales.
go to gold and platinum, then searchable database.
according to them and it is not always up to current date:
ten 13X platinum (includes the two reissues)
vs. 7X Plat
Vit. 5X plat
Merkin Ball- gold
No Code- 1x Platinum
Yield- 1 X platinum
LO2L- 1X platinum
Binaural-- gold
Riot- gold
Lost Dogs- gold
Avocado- gold
RVM- 1Xplatinum
Back- gold
last kiss single- gold
SVT- platinum
tourning Band- 1X platinum
immagine in cornice: gold
Live at garden 3X platinum
Mirror Ball- gold
ITW- no gold yet
32 million albums in the US so far roughly, not bad
http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata ... =tblTopArt
pretty cool list, but not updated too often
top 100 albums- again not totally up to date:
http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata ... =tblTop100
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this is true. If you look at even the biggest albums like Lady Gaga's "The Fame," it's only sold about 2.5 million albums with all those huge singles.
I think Backspacer is probably their biggest album since Yield in terms of commercial success. The Fixer was huge on rock radio if i'm not mistaken. 500k in 2010 is at least a million or 1.5 million about ten years ago.
Damn straight. One of the finest albums pj ever was involved in.
I doubt they put out albums or tour becuase they need money. I'm sure they passed that point long ago. If they really need money, we'd see a lot more tour dates.
Just to clarify, these numbers do not represent sales to consumers. They represent certified shipments to retailers. The sales numbers are as estimated in my message above.
Why does this surprise you? Neil Young's two albums prior to "Mirror Ball" were certified double-platinum ("Harvest Moon") and gold ("Sleeps With Angels"), respectively.
Any chance you could update this? I saw it shot all the way up to #88 after the SNL performance. And I guess that's on the strength of late Saturday night / Sunday sales. Could be another good week coming up I suppose.