The Revelation Chart/Sales Thread

[Barb]

Someone double check the math. One of those WalMart zombies may have added an extra zero to the total.

Ha ha... where's Monker?

[epresley]

KICKASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eric]

Someone double check the math. One of those WalMart zombies may have added an extra zero to the total.

Ha ha... where's Monker?

Organizing his spin

[johnroxx]

Here's the official press release...just received it from the band's publicist:


JOURNEY’S ‘REVELATION’ SELLS MORE THAN 104,000 UNITS IN DEBUT WEEK



Three-Disc CD/DVD Package Exclusively Available at Wal-Mart Stores



June 10, 2008 -- JOURNEY’s new three-disc CD/DVD package REVELATION has sold more than 104,000 copies in its debut week according to Wal-Mart Stores, marking the band’s biggest first week’s sales since 1996’s TRIAL BY FIRE. Released June 3, REVELATION is being sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club in North America, Walmart.com and Samsclub.com, and Journey’s official website, Journeymusic.com. REVELATION’s first week’s sales marks a 1400% increase over the band’s 2005’s first week’s sales of GENERATIONS.



"We are thrilled with the early success of Journey's ‘Revelation’ music project, and clearly our customer is excited about it too,” said Jeff Maas, Divisional Merchandise Manager, Entertainment, Wal-Mart U.S. “We believe that if we continue to find innovative products, priced to showcase the value, our customers will show their excitement by purchasing the product. Journey has been great to work with and clearly this reflects a win for them and for our customer.”



The first disc consists of 11 new songs, the second is filled with 11 re-recorded classics, and the third is a live, in-concert DVD. All of the music on REVELATION was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with JOURNEY on their Platinum-certified TRIAL BY FIRE album).



REVELATION marks a new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers JOURNEY, thanks to two singles at Rock and AC radio (“Never Walk Away” and “After All These Years”) and rave reviews, including the New York Times who hailed: “…the band seems to have taken rock vitamins: it feels alive.”



JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Arnel Pineda (vocals)—is currently on a European tour through June 28. They’ll start a massive summer U.S. tour with special guests Heart and Cheap Trick on July 9 in Denver, CO.



For more information on Journey, visit www.journeymusic.com.



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[Barb]

They need some more TV promo to keep this going!

[Rick]

They need some more TV promo to keep this going!

I played the DVD from the Revelation package today at work. Everyone was sitting there like It was great. When I told them the price of 2 CD's and a DVD, they had the same reaction. Just spreading the word.

[yulog]

Final Results are in! Journey will chart at #5 with 107,562 copies sold in WEEK ONE!

So does this mean they sold half of that because of the 2 disc set?

[Carlitto H@kk]

Final Results are in! Journey will chart at #5 with 107,562 copies sold in WEEK ONE!

So does this mean they sold half of that because of the 2 disc set?

Nope.
This is staight up "Units" sold.

But, according to Drew, when it comes to
albums going platinum, gold, ect.
2-disc sets count as "2" for each set sold.

Make sense?

[amaron]

The key is now to keep the momentum going.

Don't sit on your hands and hope people buy it... make them buy it.

[Saint John]

I was within 3,000 in sales with my prediction of 110,419. Not too bad.

[MarcelJordan]

They need to release "Change for the Better" to radio to keep the sales growing.......

Absolutely! Its also my ringtone on my Nokia N95. The catchy beginning riffs turns heads.

[tammy]

They need to release "Change for the Better" to radio to keep the sales growing.......

Absolutely! Its also my ringtone on my Nokia N95. The catchy beginning riffs turns heads.

I agree...although, it wasn't one of the songs that grabbed me at first, I like it much more than "Never walk away". CFTB seems more contemporary to me than NWA. Plus, it seems more universal...and, I like the beginning & ending a lot. Also, I would've chosen "Where did I lose your love" and "What it takes to win" as singles - how many do they get? Of course, "After all these years" as a radio single was an excellent choice.

[brywool]

Do 'singles' even do anything these days? I mean, can you actually go out and BUY a single anymore? I don't think so.

[NealIsGod]

Do 'singles' even do anything these days? I mean, can you actually go out and BUY a single anymore? I don't think so.

iTunes?

[brywool]

Do 'singles' even do anything these days? I mean, can you actually go out and BUY a single anymore? I don't think so.

iTunes?

I suppose. I guess I don't equate singles to iTunes, but more as a single disc you can buy in stores. I mean, you can PRETTY much buy any album track from iTunes (Unless they're part of a repackaged and remastered set that you already have and they are the new tracks- neat move there!:evil: ), so I wouldn't classify them the same.

[frfksakes]

Wow! Not sure where I've been, lol, but I'm just stunned that selling 252,000 cds is enough to make number one...

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?

[amaron]

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?[/b]

No. TBF didn't go platinum until almost 3 months after it's release.

[MarcelJordan]

Wow! Not sure where I've been, lol, but I'm just stunned that selling 252,000 cds is enough to make number one...

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?

TBF did 145,000 to land at No. 3. Infact this time Usher (in his 2nd week) is at No. 3 with 145,000. Pretty consistent eh?

[Michigan Girl]

Wow! Not sure where I've been, lol, but I'm just stunned that selling 252,000 cds is enough to make number one...

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?

TBF did 145,000 to land at No. 3. Infact this time Usher (in his 2nd week) is at No. 3 with 145,000. Pretty consistent eh?

Yeah...this is what I remembered...#3, just didn't know the #sold to get there!!! THANKS!!

[frfksakes]

Wow! Not sure where I've been, lol, but I'm just stunned that selling 252,000 cds is enough to make number one...

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?

TBF did 145,000 to land at No. 3. Infact this time Usher (in his 2nd week) is at No. 3 with 145,000. Pretty consistent eh?

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ahhh, thanks. I remember no. 1's selling in the millions....hmmm
Where did you find that figure? I've yet to find any numbers on Journey albums. I did find this, though:

The new Eagles album, Long Road Out of Eden, surprised the industry by taking the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart after selling 711,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The surprise wasn't that it sold 700,000-plus (which makes it the second-biggest debut of the year, after Kanye West's Graduation, which sold 960,000), but that it topped the Billboard chart

The move thwarts Britney Spears' bid to preserve her record of debuting at No. 1 with every new studio album she's released. Blackout now goes down in chart history as a No. 2 debut after selling 290,000 copies -- lower than her past peaks but certainly more than respectable these days.

This is what I thought was more the norm... guess not, anymore...

[amaron]

Wow! Not sure where I've been, lol, but I'm just stunned that selling 252,000 cds is enough to make number one...

Wasn't TBF number 3 with a million sold?

TBF did 145,000 to land at No. 3. Infact this time Usher (in his 2nd week) is at No. 3 with 145,000. Pretty consistent eh?

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ahhh, thanks. I remember no. 1's selling in the millions....hmmm
Where did you find that figure? I've yet to find any numbers on Journey albums. I did find this, though:

The new Eagles album, Long Road Out of Eden, surprised the industry by taking the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart after selling 711,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The surprise wasn't that it sold 700,000-plus (which makes it the second-biggest debut of the year, after Kanye West's Graduation, which sold 960,000), but that it topped the Billboard chart

The move thwarts Britney Spears' bid to preserve her record of debuting at No. 1 with every new studio album she's released. Blackout now goes down in chart history as a No. 2 debut after selling 290,000 copies -- lower than her past peaks but certainly more than respectable these days.

This is what I thought was more the norm... guess not, anymore...

Soundscan numbers are the hardest to come by. They send C&D letters to anyone who posts them it seems.

Arrival sold 91k in it's first 5 weeks. Didn't keep up that pace for very long.

[jrnyman28]

Final Results are in! Journey will chart at #5 with 107,562 copies sold in WEEK ONE!

That's pretty freakin great. This has probably already been asked and answered, but I'm lazy. Is this the Adult Contemporary chart or general?

This is the ALBUM chart: Billboard Top 200.

AATY is #23 on the Adult Contemporary Chart this week.

Neal said NWA is #7 on some Classic Rock chart but I can't find NWA ANYWHERE...

[tammy]

What the heck exactly is Adult Contemporary? The rest of the music out there being kiddie stuff? They need to get "Where did I lose your love" out as a single...it has more "catch" for the public than NWA.

[jrnyman28]

Adult Contemporary is old fogey rock!

[Aaron]

You're spot on there dude. I'm sure TBF charted highest the "AC HOT 100".

Adult Contemporary is old fogey rock!

[Matthew]

You've got to hand it to Journey. After months of people posting photos of concerts at pig fairs and saying that was all Journey could expect in the future...they've come back fighting. BUT I guess the true test of whether or not Journey's current line-up stands completely on is own merits will come with the next album...which won't have all the GH attached to boost sales. In fact, the album wouldn't have even been stocked had it not been for the songs from the classic era.

Still...Monker in particular definitely has serious egg on his face....

[Saint John]

Still...Monker in particular definitely has serious egg on his face....

Good...it's covering the pimples and jizz.

[Rick]

You've got to hand it to Journey. After months of people posting photos of concerts at pig fairs and saying that was all Journey could expect in the future...they've come back fighting. BUT I guess the true test of whether or not Journey's current line-up stands completely on is own merits will come with the next album...which won't have all the GH attached to boost sales. In fact, the album wouldn't have even been stocked had it not been for the songs from the classic era.

Still...Monker in particular definitely has serious egg on his face....

[journeyinto2001]

They need to release "Change for the Better" to radio to keep the sales growing.......

That song ROCKS- caught me from the get go. Arnel is just amazing on this- very upbeat!

[journey062393]

I doubt it will get played. At least not this album version. Its just too long for radio for being a new unknown song. Its great to me the way it is, but I believe its about 6min long. Speaking of radio versions of songs, does anyone remember hearing the All The Way radio version when Arrival came out? They took out the guitar solo. I thought that was pretty shitty!