Journey's Greatest Hits reaches 100 weeks on Billboard Chart

by **Don** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:53 am

At #128 this week.

by **Don** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:27 am

Journey's Greatest Hits jumps all the way from #128 to #83. Revelation re-enters at #199.

Maybe from the Oprah rerun?

Now is the time to certify Revelation as 2X platinum.

I have to admit that I thought the band taking off this summer was a good idea; rest, avoiding over exposure, yada, yada, yada. Now though, I'm wondering if all the success they are having at this moment can be recaptured again in 12 months and if it would be better for them to do a limited tour this summer just to take advantage of what is happening on the charts right now.

by **jrny84** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:45 am

Gunbot wrote:Journey's Greatest Hits jumps all the way from #128 to #83. Revelation re-enters at #199.

Maybe from the Oprah rerun?

Now is the time to certify Revelation as 2X platinum.

I have to admit that I thought the band taking off this summer was a good idea; rest, avoiding over exposure, yada, yada, yada. Now though, I'm wondering if all the success they are having at this moment can be recaptured again in 12 months and if it would be better for them to do a limited tour this summer just to take advantage of what is happening on the charts right now.

Yeah, Revelation is def. near double platinum status. Journey also has some other albums that havent been certified yet:

Greatest Hits Live 850,000 sold due to be certified platinum
Essential Journey 900,000 copies sold due to be certified double platinum
Greatest Hits is very close to being 16 multi platinum

For DVD videos:

Greatest Hits 1978-1997 has sold over 550,000 copies and is due for 5 multi-platinum status

by **RocknRoll** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:55 am

Gunbot wrote:Journey's Greatest Hits jumps all the way from #128 to #83. Revelation re-enters at #199.

Maybe from the Oprah rerun?

Now is the time to certify Revelation as 2X platinum.

I have to admit that I thought the band taking off this summer was a good idea; rest, avoiding over exposure, yada, yada, yada. Now though, I'm wondering if all the success they are having at this moment can be recaptured again in 12 months and if it would be better for them to do a limited tour this summer just to take advantage of what is happening on the charts right now.

It's great to see Revelation back on the charts.

I agree they shouldn't have taken the entire year off. I short tour may have carried some of the momentum forward, I think we both brought this up in the past. We'll just have to wait and see what happens next year. I'm still kinda hoping for a couple one-off shows this year.

by **Don** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:30 am

The Greatest Hits drops down to #95. Revelation disappears after its brief return back on the charts last week.

by **jrny84** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:15 am

Journey revelation soundscan numbers as of this week: 708,000 copies sold

Remember though, soundscan numbers are much lower than RIAA numbers, so revelation has to be near 900,000+ by now.

Website · by **steveo777** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:57 am

jrny84 wrote:Journey revelation soundscan numbers as of this week: 708,000 copies sold

Remember though, soundscan numbers are much lower than RIAA numbers, so revelation has to be near 900,000+ by now.

Almost double platinum then.

by **Don** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:02 am

steveo777 wrote:
jrny84 wrote:Journey revelation soundscan numbers as of this week: 708,000 copies sold

Remember though, soundscan numbers are much lower than RIAA numbers, so revelation has to be near 900,000+ by now.

Almost double platinum then.

Almost one million sold.

Website · by **steveo777** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:07 am

Gunbot wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
jrny84 wrote:Journey revelation soundscan numbers as of this week: 708,000 copies sold

Remember though, soundscan numbers are much lower than RIAA numbers, so revelation has to be near 900,000+ by now.

Almost double platinum then.

Almost one million sold.

Are we talking packages or discs moved?

by **Don** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:10 am

steveo777 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
jrny84 wrote:Journey revelation soundscan numbers as of this week: 708,000 copies sold

Remember though, soundscan numbers are much lower than RIAA numbers, so revelation has to be near 900,000+ by now.

Almost double platinum then.

Almost one million sold.

Are we talking packages or discs moved?

Purchases.

by **jrny84** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:13 am

Yeah so 708,000 (2) for two disks means 1.4 million+ sold, so near double platinum status. I bet its already double platinum status with RIAA numbers, they just havent certified it yet.

Journey has 3 or 4 other albums that need updated certifications too.

by **Don** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:18 am

Using the double math, The Eagles last album is 7X Platinum. The big difference being, all the Eagles songs on both discs are new.

by **Don** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:39 am

Journey's Greatest Hits is at #115 this week

by **Don** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:44 am

Still hanging at #115 this week. Keep cranking them out, Sony. 600 more weeks and this album will be right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

by **Since 78** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:11 pm

Gunbot wrote:Still hanging at #115 this week. Keep cranking them out, Sony. 600 more weeks and this album will be right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

This is going to be a long thread.

Tried to find a new copy of Generations today. No luck!

by **Don** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:35 pm

Since 78 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Still hanging at #115 this week. Keep cranking them out, Sony. 600 more weeks and this album will be right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

This is going to be a long thread.

Tried to find a new copy of Generations today. No luck!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... dition=new

These are new. The one from seller minoruuchida ships from California.

by **Since 78** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:16 pm

Gunbot wrote:
Since 78 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Still hanging at #115 this week. Keep cranking them out, Sony. 600 more weeks and this album will be right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

This is going to be a long thread.

Tried to find a new copy of Generations today. No luck!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... dition=new

These are new. The one from seller minoruuchida ships from California.

trying to give Shirley a well rounded Journey education. Man I hate this lap top! :evil:

by **Don** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:21 pm

Since 78 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Since 78 wrote:
Gunbot wrote:Still hanging at #115 this week. Keep cranking them out, Sony. 600 more weeks and this album will be right up there with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

This is going to be a long thread.

Tried to find a new copy of Generations today. No luck!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... dition=new

These are new. The one from seller minoruuchida ships from California.

trying to give Shirley a well rounded Journey education. Man I hate this lap top!

You do that. Meanwhile, I'll stay busy attaching my Celtic Woman links all over facebook. :lol:

(Even a well rounded tire is bound to have a few flat spots)

by **Don** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:14 am

Jumps back up to #94 this week. Sony must have gotten another shipment sent out.

by **Don** » Fri May 07, 2010 2:10 am

Journey's Greatest Hits at #112 this week.

by **Don** » Fri May 21, 2010 2:58 am

Journey's Greatest Hits is at #113 this week.

The 30th anniversary edition of Judas Priest's 1980 release British Steel jumps on the board at #136.

Slippery When Wet re-enters the chart at #186.

Dark Side Of The Moon spends it 762nd week on the chart at #195.

Led Zeppelin's Mothership chills at #199.

by **Don** » Fri May 28, 2010 4:42 am

Journey's GH is at #119 this week.

Holy Diver re-enters the charts at #149

AC-DC has two albums on the chart. Their Iron Man 2 stays in the Top Ten at #9 while Back in Black sits at #172.

by **Don** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:14 am

At #126 this week, it's lowest spot on the chart since March.

by **Don** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:35 am

At #104. Still sitting pretty.

by **lights1961** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:09 am

I saw on billboard.com in the catalog chart where journey's GH has been on that chart for 773 weeks... # 5 last week.

by **Don** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:18 am

Drops from #57 TO #69.
Still doing great though.

by **lights1961** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:37 am

Don wrote:Drops from #57 TO #69.
Still doing great though.

and glee's journey to regionals is #1... I would guess largely because of the Journey tunes....

by **Don** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:41 am

lights1961 wrote:
Don wrote:Drops from #57 TO #69.
Still doing great though.

and glee's journey to regionals is #1... I would guess largely because of the Journey tunes....

Yes, that was last week. It dropped to #10 this week.

by **Don** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:16 am

At #91 this week.
Keep printing those discs, SONY.

by **Don** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:16 am

Journey's Greatest Hits is at #46 this week. Not so much as a jump upward as it is the rest of the chart sliding down. The #19 album from the chart only sold 18k copies (Kylie Minogue).

In other news, Bret Michaels debuts at #14 with his solo album, Custom Built (22k sold).

An indicator of how music sales are going right now can be seen by looking at the Twilight Soundtrack. It is the #4 Album on the chart with 45K in sales this week. To put that in perspective, Journey debuted at #5 with 106,000 in 2008.

A lot of albums getting top 10 debuts now but in reality not even hitting platinum anymore. A high debut number doesn't really mean shit if you can't move product consistently, which appears to be the case for a lot of these newer acts.

Pink Floyd, a favorite band of mine has been around for ages but have only had five number one albums, yet they have gone over 100 million in album sales just in North America alone. Proof enough that it's not where you debut but where you finish that really counts.

I will say though that in this new age of music downloads, the singles charts is where the the real game is, seeing how long you can stay in the top ten and if you can get two million digital purchases or not.

MR

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