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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    "Backspacer" sold over 635,000, so you have to like the chances for "Lightning Bolt" to surpass 500,000.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    BF25394 wrote:
    "Backspacer" sold over 635,000, so you have to like the chances for "Lightning Bolt" to surpass 500,000.
    what did backspacer do in week 2 though?

    just saw the estimate is 35-40k for lb....that's a steep drop
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    The Juggler wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    "Backspacer" sold over 635,000, so you have to like the chances for "Lightning Bolt" to surpass 500,000.
    what did backspacer do in week 2 though?

    just saw the estimate is 35-40k for lb....that's a steep drop

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    igotid88 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    "Backspacer" sold over 635,000, so you have to like the chances for "Lightning Bolt" to surpass 500,000.
    what did backspacer do in week 2 though?

    just saw the estimate is 35-40k for lb....that's a steep drop

    58,727 -69%

    that's what backspacer sold in week 2?
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    The Juggler wrote:
    igotid88 wrote:

    58,727 -69%

    that's what backspacer sold in week 2?

    Oui
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

    29k
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  • K_jam
    K_jam Posts: 137
    That's a pretty big drop. This album will be like riot act and just reach gold.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    edited October 2013
    K_jam wrote:
    That's a pretty big drop. This album will be like riot act and just reach gold.

    their last 4 studio have reached gold. Only the greatest hits went platinum
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    igotid88 wrote:
    K_jam wrote:
    That's a pretty big drop. This album will be like riot act and just reach gold.

    their last 2 studio have reached gold. Only the greatest hits went platinum

    yeah but avocado and backspacer both went over 600k didn't they?

    i have a bad feeling this doesn't get to gold...
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    The Juggler wrote:
    igotid88 wrote:
    K_jam wrote:
    That's a pretty big drop. This album will be like riot act and just reach gold.

    their last 2 studio have reached gold. Only the greatest hits went platinum

    yeah but avocado and backspacer both went over 600k didn't they?

    i have a bad feeling this doesn't get to gold...

    I meant 4. Yea but they're still certified Gold. I think this will get to gold as well. But might take a little longer.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    And we have to wait for Holiday sales. And hopefully Sirens gets more radio play. It's doing well but thought it would be charting higher by now.
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  • K_jam
    K_jam Posts: 137
    igotid88 wrote:
    K_jam wrote:
    That's a pretty big drop. This album will be like riot act and just reach gold.

    their last 4 studio have reached gold. Only the greatest hits went platinum


    Yeah I know. What I meant was it would sell the same as riot act, just over 500k
  • K_jam
    K_jam Posts: 137
    igotid88 wrote:
    And we have to wait for Holiday sales. And hopefully Sirens gets more radio play. It's doing well but thought it would be charting higher by now.


    For some reason the radio stations in Australia won't touch sirens, I've only heard sirens get played on one radio station occasionally.
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Now that Steve Jobs destroyed the music industry, they probably need to re-calibrate what defines gold and platinum. Probably cut it to 500k for plat and 250k for gold. It isn't the same as things were when CD / Vinyl or Cassette purchased in record stores was the only means of access. They need to redefine the criteria based on current times. You can't compare with even 5-10 years ago.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Now that Steve Jobs destroyed the music industry, they probably need to re-calibrate what defines gold and platinum. Probably cut it to 500k for plat and 250k for gold. It isn't the same as things were when CD / Vinyl or Cassette purchased in record stores was the only means of access. They need to redefine the criteria based on current times. You can't compare with even 5-10 years ago.

    Then they would have to redo previous certifications. I think it's based on how many people are in your country. Which is why most certifications overseas are 100k for Platinum and 50k for Gold
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  • scratched vinyl
    scratched vinyl Posts: 742
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Now that Steve Jobs destroyed the music industry, they probably need to re-calibrate what defines gold and platinum. Probably cut it to 500k for plat and 250k for gold. It isn't the same as things were when CD / Vinyl or Cassette purchased in record stores was the only means of access. They need to redefine the criteria based on current times. You can't compare with even 5-10 years ago.

    They did this in Canada:

    For releases before May 1, 2008:
    Gold 50,000
    Platinum 100,000
    Diamond 1,000,000

    For releases after May 1, 2008
    Gold 40,000
    Platinum 80,000
    Diamond 800,000
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Now that Steve Jobs destroyed the music industry, they probably need to re-calibrate what defines gold and platinum. Probably cut it to 500k for plat and 250k for gold. It isn't the same as things were when CD / Vinyl or Cassette purchased in record stores was the only means of access. They need to redefine the criteria based on current times. You can't compare with even 5-10 years ago.

    Steve Jobs destroyed the music industry? I can't tell if that was serious or you were joking around, so for arguments sake I'm going to assume it was serious. How did Jobs ruin the industry? If you're referring to online music, you do realize that Napster and other illegal programs were around long before iTunes, right? Lars will back me up on this. Besides, downloads from iTunes are used when tallying sales numbers.
  • K_jam
    K_jam Posts: 137
    :corn:
  • Better Dan
    Better Dan Posts: 5,684
    Wow, that's a big drop. I was hoping Lightning Bolt would have more legs. Looks like Paul Mccartney, Avett Brothers, and Head and the Heart also had huge drops (especially head and the heart which went from top 10 to out of the top 50 :o )
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    This albums savior is going to have to be Sirens. I haven't seen how it is doing on the singles charts but it could be a slow grower and ratchet up album sales or not as people can now preview all of the songs and just buy one. Crazy new world we live in.

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