AC/DC and Journey make Billboards top 20 moneymakers of 2008

[S2M]

Didnt know if anyone posted this yet, but Journey came in at #17 making $44,787,328 in 2008. This is including money made from the Revelation tour and albums sold during 2008. According to billboard they made around 34.5 million for their revelation tour and 10.2 million for album sales and other merchandising which comes out to be around 44.7 million. Not to shabby I would say!

Here is the link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... mID=114250

So much for the idiotic claims that Journey are no longer relevant.

I don't where you people get this stuff....Look, take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat. Plain and simple. If they hired a mexican singer they'd get a HUGE contingent of Spanish speaking concert-goers....To the american music listening public, Journey IS irrelevant. Excluding the loons, and the diehards, Journey is a musical non-factor. Hate to burst your bubble, Journey/Survivor, Gideon.....etc.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

[Since 78]

Speaking of Journey making money last year, here's a pic from the Frontiers site of the award Jeremey got as a songwriter for having an album with platinum sales. Pretty dang cool ...

(Haters ... just skip it, okay?)

So Cool!! Congrats Jeremey!!

[Saint John]

take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat.

I went to 8 shows last year. I'd say that Pinoys were 10% of the crowd at the most.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

Wrong again, but at least you're consistent! I saw the vast majority of people react to the Revelation songs live by applauding the intros of the songs. People knew the songs because they bought the album! You're another dope that reads over at Arnel's site how a handful of people bought 5-10 copies to ship "home" and thinks everyone did that. I'd say that well over 80% of Filipinos in the U.S. have no idea who Arnel even is. You're a typical excuse maker.

[S2M]

take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat.

I went to 8 shows last year. I'd say that Pinoys were 10% of the crowd at the most.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

Wrong again, but at least you're consistent! I saw the vast majority of people react to the Revelation songs live by applauding the intros of the songs. People knew the songs because they bought the album! You're another dope that reads over at Arnel's site how a handful of people bought 5-10 copies to ship "home" and thinks everyone did that. I'd say that well over 80% of Filipinos in the U.S. have no idea who Arnel even is. You're a typical excuse maker.

WRONG....I've never been to Arnel's site. And your figure is also wrong.

10% of the crowd, and 75% of the Cd purchasers.....

If Boston hired a Welsh singer, you better believe that close to 80% WOULD know who the singer was.......you're a dope.

[Behshad]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

Saint John is right tho , only about 10% of the fans were pinoys . However he forgot to mention that about 50% of the crowd were converted plokkers such as Jana , Rip , Tito and myself

[Jana]

Didnt know if anyone posted this yet, but Journey came in at #17 making $44,787,328 in 2008. This is including money made from the Revelation tour and albums sold during 2008. According to billboard they made around 34.5 million for their revelation tour and 10.2 million for album sales and other merchandising which comes out to be around 44.7 million. Not to shabby I would say!

Here is the link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... mID=114250

So much for the idiotic claims that Journey are no longer relevant.

I don't where you people get this stuff....Look, take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat. Plain and simple. If they hired a mexican singer they'd get a HUGE contingent of Spanish speaking concert-goers....To the american music listening public, Journey IS irrelevant. Excluding the loons, and the diehards, Journey is a musical non-factor. Hate to burst your bubble, Journey/Survivor, Gideon.....etc.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

Have you been drinking? That comment sounds a little bitter. It's so untrue. The Filipinos make up a small portion of concert-goers in most states. American Journey fans embraced Arnel and bought the CD. I hate to burst your bubble.

[DracIsBack]

Astounded Madonna made so much money. Sorry, but to me, she has been irrelevant for 18 years now.

Not a fan either, but for fun I looked at RIAA. Something like 4 pages of Gold an Platinum certifications in the last 18 years including a bunch of singles post-1992.

[Gideon]

Didnt know if anyone posted this yet, but Journey came in at #17 making $44,787,328 in 2008. This is including money made from the Revelation tour and albums sold during 2008. According to billboard they made around 34.5 million for their revelation tour and 10.2 million for album sales and other merchandising which comes out to be around 44.7 million. Not to shabby I would say!

Here is the link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... mID=114250

So much for the idiotic claims that Journey are no longer relevant.

I don't where you people get this stuff....Look, take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat. Plain and simple. If they hired a mexican singer they'd get a HUGE contingent of Spanish speaking concert-goers....To the american music listening public, Journey IS irrelevant. Excluding the loons, and the diehards, Journey is a musical non-factor. Hate to burst your bubble, Journey/Survivor, Gideon.....etc.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

Selective vision is fucking epidemic around here, lol.

For the record, nowhere did I state "Journey is relevant." I do think "relevant" is a subjective term, though it can be agreed that they only have a fraction of success they once enjoyed. I think they have a solid lineup with an incredible vocalist and without the egomaniac who butchered their comeback; all in all, a phenomenal state of affairs.

And, like it or not, they had a hugely successful tour. You can't take that away, S2M, no matter how much you'd like to try.

[S2M]

Didnt know if anyone posted this yet, but Journey came in at #17 making $44,787,328 in 2008. This is including money made from the Revelation tour and albums sold during 2008. According to billboard they made around 34.5 million for their revelation tour and 10.2 million for album sales and other merchandising which comes out to be around 44.7 million. Not to shabby I would say!

Here is the link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... mID=114250

So much for the idiotic claims that Journey are no longer relevant.

I don't where you people get this stuff....Look, take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat. Plain and simple. If they hired a mexican singer they'd get a HUGE contingent of Spanish speaking concert-goers....To the american music listening public, Journey IS irrelevant. Excluding the loons, and the diehards, Journey is a musical non-factor. Hate to burst your bubble, Journey/Survivor, Gideon.....etc.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

Selective vision is fucking epidemic around here, lol.

For the record, nowhere did I state "Journey is relevant." I do think "relevant" is a subjective term, though it can be agreed that they only have a fraction of success they once enjoyed. I think they have a solid lineup with an incredible vocalist and without the egomaniac who butchered their comeback; all in all, a phenomenal state of affairs.

And, like it or not, they had a hugely successful tour. You can't take that away, S2M, no matter how much you'd like to try.

As a student of psychology, I care not for the what....I only care about the why....and I told you why.

[Gideon]

As a student of psychology, I care not for the what....I only care about the why....and I told you why.

Honestly, it sounded like you were making excuses. Journey has always been a commercial rock band (yes, even with Perry) and capitalized on whatever they could to get their name out there. Journey managed to nail a hugely successful tour with their third, fourth, or fifth (depending on how you count) singer over two decades past their heyday. This coming from a band that was never perceived as "cool" and was reviled by critics. Despite all these factors working against them, they received both great acclaim and media attention.

On the other hand, it is equally stupid to say that Journey is "lulz teh uber!!1!" based on the sheer strength of Arnel's vocals. Not the case at all.

[Journey/Survivor]

Didnt know if anyone posted this yet, but Journey came in at #17 making $44,787,328 in 2008. This is including money made from the Revelation tour and albums sold during 2008. According to billboard they made around 34.5 million for their revelation tour and 10.2 million for album sales and other merchandising which comes out to be around 44.7 million. Not to shabby I would say!

Here is the link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/Blabbe ... mID=114250

So much for the idiotic claims that Journey are no longer relevant.

I don't where you people get this stuff....Look, take away the ethnicity of Arnel, and they make squat. Plain and simple. If they hired a mexican singer they'd get a HUGE contingent of Spanish speaking concert-goers....To the american music listening public, Journey IS irrelevant. Excluding the loons, and the diehards, Journey is a musical non-factor. Hate to burst your bubble, Journey/Survivor, Gideon.....etc.

Take away Pinoy nation and we'd be asking if the album sold over 75, 000 copies....

The bottom line is that they are relevant, regardless of how their relevant.

They have remained relevant since the Infinity album came out, they never stopped being relevant at any time. They still sell way too many tickets and albums to not be relevant. Not every band has to sell as many tickets and albums as say Madonna to be relevant.

[Arianddu]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

[Behshad]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

Its called Sarcasm,,,,look into it once in a while why dontcha ?

[Arianddu]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

Its called Sarcasm,,,,look into it once in a while why dontcha ?

NO!!!! Really?

Hey, at least I didn't point out your inability to spell Welsh

[Behshad]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

Its called Sarcasm,,,,look into it once in a while why dontcha ?

NO!!!! Really?

Hey, at least I didn't point out your inability to spell Welsh

Hey mine is the correct native way of spelling it ,,, youre is just some brittish/austrailan, with a bit of scottish added to it.

Had you known it was sarcasm, I doubt it that you had gone through the trouble of calculating exactly how many Welch people are in the world and where ,,, then again, you never know with you

[bluejeangirl76]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

Its called Sarcasm,,,,look into it once in a while why dontcha ?

NO!!!! Really?

Hey, at least I didn't point out your inability to spell Welsh

No I think he really did mean the Welch people....

[Arianddu]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

3 million in Wales, around 600,000 in the rest of the UK, 20,000 Welsh speaking decendents of Welsh migrants in Argentina, 114,000 Welsh in Australia, just under 2 million in the US, 450,000 in Canada. Estimated world population of Welsh people is around 16 million.

Oh, and by the way - at the time of the American War of Independence, one 5th of white Americans were Welsh.

Its called Sarcasm,,,,look into it once in a while why dontcha ?

NO!!!! Really?

Hey, at least I didn't point out your inability to spell Welsh

Hey mine is the correct native way of spelling it ,,, youre is just some brittish/austrailan, with a bit of scottish added to it.

Had you known it was sarcasm, I doubt it that you had gone through the trouble of calculating exactly how many Welch people are in the world and where ,,, then again, you never know with you

Er, no, the native way of spelling it is Cymraeg. 'Wales' derives from the Saxon word 'waelas' meaning 'foreigner'. Which is bloody cheek, all things considered
Seriously, though - the only time the Welsh spell it as 'Welch' any more is in relation to The Welch Regiment and the Royal Welch Fusiliers, neither of which exist anymore. 'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

But I'm puzzled as to where you got the idea that there is any scottish in my ancestry. And yes, my sarcasm comes with statistics.

Bore da, twpsyn

[Rhiannon]

This conversation is making me want some grape juice.

[Behshad]

This conversation is making me want some grape juice.

Any conversation makes you want some grape juice lately

[bluejeangirl76]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

[Rhiannon]

This conversation is making me want some grape juice.

Any conversation makes you want some grape juice lately

Fermented, yes.

[Arianddu]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

Old fahioned or just old? 'Cause some of his jokes must be ready for an old age pension by now!

[StevePerryHair]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

He just likes old maps maybe. I think he likes the 200 year old ones that still have Persia on them

[Behshad]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

Old fahioned or just old? 'Cause some of his jokes must be ready for an old age pension by now!

Yep Im old. Which makes you ?

[bluejeangirl76]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

He just likes old map maybe. I think he likes the 200 year old ones that still have Persia on them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roTE4htK ... re=related

[StevePerryHair]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

He just likes old map maybe. I think he likes the 200 year old ones that still have Persia on them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roTE4htK ... re=related

[Arianddu]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

Old fahioned or just old? 'Cause some of his jokes must be ready for an old age pension by now!

Yep Im old. Which makes you ?

36 going on 19

[Behshad]

'Welch' is an archaic spelling that hasn't been in common use in 200 years.

Behshad is old-fashioned.

Old fahioned or just old? 'Cause some of his jokes must be ready for an old age pension by now!

Yep Im old. Which makes you ?

36 going on 19

Thats what I thought

[Don]

Speaking of Journey making money last year, here's a pic from the Frontiers site of the award Jeremey got as a songwriter for having an album with platinum sales. Pretty dang cool ...

(Haters ... just skip it, okay?)

That was a classy thing for Journey and management to do (or whomever did it). I'm not surprised. Congrats to Jeremey.

After the record company gets the go ahead from the RIAA, they (Nomota) go to a licensed distributor and get the awards done up in the quantity they want. So Nomato is the one that sent it to Jeremey, I'm thinking.
I doubt they sent one to Perry, but as a statistic, he gets to count it also, according to the RIAA, as he is a songwriter on some of the material. Who knows though, Nomato might have sent him one anyway, just as a friendly gesture or to say "Look what we did".

I don't think the production team for the DVD gets one though as it was considered a bonus disc and not a stand alone product, hence no DVD 5X Platinum award even though it moved over 500,000 copies as part of the Revelation package.

[stevew2]

80% of all the welch people in the world is what?! Like 24000 people?!

Saint John is right tho , only about 10% of the fans were pinoys . However he forgot to mention that about 50% of the crowd were converted plokkers such as Jana , Rip , Tito and myself

Tito??????? He is perverted noy converted