Dark Matter on Amazon and Apple Music

Adam Hewett said:

igotid88 said:

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/pearl-jam-wreckage-mainstream-rock-airplay-number-one-1235725407/amp/

This article states that "Dark Matter" has sold 102,000 physical copies. Low sales for PJ's back catalog, but pretty descent for today's standards?

It actually says that the album has earned 102,000 equivalent units. That includes streaming equivalent units and track equivalent units (i.e., downloads). The album has actually sold somewhere around 85,000-90,000 physical copies.

Pearl Jam "Old & New" Vinyl Collection: Ten / Vs. / Vitalogy / No Code / Yield / Dark Matter https://a.co/d/c9AcYhX

igotid88 said:

I know we're not supposed to care about this stuff and the band doesn't. And technically they didn't release a music video. But surprised Dark Matter wasn't nominated for a VMA

Why are you surprised? Pearl Jam is not relevant to the VMA audience. I'm the rare Pearl Jam fan who still pays attention to contemporary pop music, and even I find that show pretty much unwatchable.

igotid88 said:

BF25394 said:

igotid88 said:

I know we're not supposed to care about this stuff and the band doesn't. And technically they didn't release a music video. But surprised Dark Matter wasn't nominated for a VMA

Why are you surprised? Pearl Jam is not relevant to the VMA audience. I'm the rare Pearl Jam fan who still pays attention to contemporary pop music, and even I find that show pretty much unwatchable.

I doubt Bon Jovi is at this point. And I like them 

Did Bon Jovi release a music video in the last year? Because PJ didn’t, hence they weren’t nominated for a VIDEO music award. Relevance to the audience is not relevant to the point here: you only get video awards if you make videos.

kmcmanus said:

igotid88 said:

BF25394 said:

igotid88 said:

I know we're not supposed to care about this stuff and the band doesn't. And technically they didn't release a music video. But surprised Dark Matter wasn't nominated for a VMA

Why are you surprised? Pearl Jam is not relevant to the VMA audience. I'm the rare Pearl Jam fan who still pays attention to contemporary pop music, and even I find that show pretty much unwatchable.

I doubt Bon Jovi is at this point. And I like them 

Did Bon Jovi release a music video in the last year? Because PJ didn’t, hence they weren’t nominated for a VIDEO music award. Relevance to the audience is not relevant to the point here: you only get video awards if you make videos.

Yes, Bon Jovi did release a music video in the last year, from their album that was released a few months ago (and also peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, like Dark Matter).

Relevance to the audience is a very important part of the choices made in connection to this television show, but there are also business concerns that play a part. I suspect that Universal (which owns Island), either because they want to emphasize to the artist that they're a priority or because the artist demanded it, probably applied some pressure or employed some persuasion to get Bon Jovi to be considered. Pearl Jam doesn't care about any of this and wouldn't have pushed for it, and I'm sure their reps at Universal are aware of this. And, as already noted, they didn't release any videos anyway.