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Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

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Pretty damn good. WTG, band.

This thing could conceivably sell consistent for several weeks, if not for the duration of the tour. Gold status next week? Platinum in a couple of months? ...Quite feasible. I'm impressed. People <3 some Journey.

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

Thank you Andrew!

Double Platinum is a longterm possibility. Assuming Arnel makes it through the tour this all but assures us another album in the not too distant future.

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

How come HDD has about 5K more units sold?

Barb wrote:

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

How come HDD has about 5K more units sold?

Azoff paid them to do that.

Barb wrote:

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

How come HDD has about 5K more units sold?

They are not the official source. They cover as best they can (with high accuracy), but the above # is from Soundscan, the official reporting agency and is what will appear in Billboard.

Andrew wrote:

Barb wrote:

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

How come HDD has about 5K more units sold?

They are not the official source. They cover as best they can (with high accuracy), but the above # is from Soundscan, the official reporting agency and is what will appear in Billboard.

Thanks for the clarification impo...er...omnipotent one.

Andrew wrote:

Barb wrote:

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

How come HDD has about 5K more units sold?

They are not the official source. They cover as best they can (with high accuracy), but the above # is from Soundscan, the official reporting agency and is what will appear in Billboard.

Thanks! I'm glad the numbers aren't too much lower.

Thanks, Andrew. I still think they should have some video on Jump Start of a NEW song (a tastefully done vid).

Andrew wrote:Final count for week 2 -

89,240 for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week. Drops from #5 to #6 on the chart. Total scans so far are 194,223.

Read it first right here folks

Cool...Kind of a bummer, though, since it looked like it could possibly move up to #4.

I had estimated a 20% drop-off, so this is much better.

If Revelation is counted as 2 x CDs for RIAA purposes, and if the 20% drop-off continues each week, it'll go gold next week and platinum by July 29th.

This assumes a constant drop-off, which won't happen in actuality because the concert tour will add significant new sales, I would guess.

tammy wrote:Thanks, Andrew. I still think they should have some video on Jump Start of a NEW song (a tastefully done vid).

Where would they screen it? VH1 hasn't shown a video in years.

I read somewhere that they shot a video. Will find out for sure.

separate_wayz wrote:I had estimated a 20% drop-off, so this is much better.

If Revelation is counted as 2 x CDs for RIAA purposes, and if the 20% drop-off continues each week, it'll go gold next week and platinum by July 29th.

This assumes a constant drop-off, which won't happen in actuality because the concert tour will add significant new sales, I would guess.

Let's see what happens, I think this is uncharted waters for this band, i.e. the wall mart shoppers. Is word of mouth good? What do casual fans think of Revelation? I don't think we have the pulse on that yet. Definitely staying tuned.

Assuming a continuous 15% drop off every week:

Gold: 6/25/08
Platinum: 7/30/08

694k sold by 1/1/09. (1.4 million RIAA numbers)

Saint John wrote:Double Platinum is a longterm possibility. Assuming Arnel makes it through the tour this all but assures us another album in the not too distant future.

More of a test as well, especially if they don't have the marketing of Wally World behind them.

texafana wrote:

Saint John wrote:Double Platinum is a longterm possibility. Assuming Arnel makes it through the tour this all but assures us another album in the not too distant future.

More of a test as well, especially if they don't have the marketing of Wally World behind them.

I see no reason to divorce Wal Mart at this point!

WalrusOct9 wrote:

tammy wrote:Thanks, Andrew. I still think they should have some video on Jump Start of a NEW song (a tastefully done vid).

Where would they screen it? VH1 hasn't shown a video in years.

VH1 shows videos in the morning, sort of a wake up show. But a video should be made for any video outlet...it's not about TV. They found their singer on YouTube after all. Get a video on YouTube, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Rhapsody, VH1Classic, VH1, Fuse, On Demand, Music Choice, MySpace, iLike, etc.

Saint John wrote:I read somewhere that they shot a video. Will find out for sure.

Last I read it was something to do with 2nd Life. Where did you read this?

It kinda sucks that they are touring Europe right now. I would imagine that a tour here right now would help keep sales steadier if not boost them.