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« on: October 21, 2008, 10:34:38 AM » |
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I work at Warner Bros. right now and have free access to Nielsen soundscan so I thought Id post the Starflyer album sales for discussion:
Silver (labeled in soundscan as Starflyer 59): 2367
Shes the queen: 718
Gold: 2559
Le Vainqueuer: 348
Americana: 2053
Fashion Focus: 3858
Fell in love at 22: 1673
Everybody Makes Mistakes: 3339
Easy Come Easy Go: 3173
Leave Here a Stranger: 6825
Cant Stop Eating: 2715
Old: 4608
I am the Portuguese blues: 3754
Talking voice vs. singing voice: 3785
Gold Reissue: 1063
Silver reissue: 1035
My Island: 2997
Dial M: 0 (obviously haha)
Remember this is cd only sales of physical and digital releases through a retailer or online (Not from shows or re-sale)
Anyway, there ya go. Enjoy,
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 11:50:24 AM » |
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Whoa!!! Leave Here a Stranger has almost double the sales of any the other higher selling albums. 46,870 total albums sold?! I think Jason was asked if he knew the total sales for all his records in a prior post too. Now we know part of the sales. Thanks for the info Levi.  |
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2008, 03:56:54 PM » |
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I seem to remember seeing Leave Here a Stranger being promoted more than the records preceding it. There was a poster or two in my local big-chain cd store at the time of it's release, and it sat towards the front in a "featured" release section. This may explain it's higher sales numbers. Don't ask me why T&N hasn't done more promotion for SF59 records...that is another topic altogether.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2008, 08:49:59 PM » |
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I seem to remember Leave Here a Stranger being promoted slightly heavily.
But really, is it a surprise that his best two albums sold the most records?
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 09:45:14 PM » |
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Any idea what Dial M is doing?
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I'm rooting for a Starflyer cover album.
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2009, 01:21:09 PM » |
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Yes, Dial M sold 532 its first week and is selling around 30 albums or so a week right now. so far, a bit over 1500 sold so far.
Cd sales only, however. This does not include vinyl
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2009, 10:07:10 AM » |
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I seem to remember reading an article that Gold sold over 10,000 copies. The article was something along the lines that Gold did not sell well to start, and Martin thought about quiting outright, but then it picked up sales and surpassed the Silver album.
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 10:11:35 AM » |
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I also seem to remember it being higher. Is this only the sales from the U.S.?
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 10:16:44 AM » |
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Maybe the over 10,000 count was based on Tooth and Nail numbers? I used to order by mail through their print catalog since these titles (like Scaterd Few, Blamed, Mortal, etc.) were not available in my area retailers. (I could be dating myself.)
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 04:53:54 PM » |
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I seem to remember Leave Here a Stranger being promoted slightly heavily.
But really, is it a surprise that his best two albums sold the most records?
you are saying that LHAS & TVvsSV are the best two records? uhhh...OK. i think it's cool that these numbers are meager, as it adds to the "this is my band - don't tell anybody" nature of most obsessions. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2009, 07:32:32 AM » |
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I think my favorite and/or opinion on which is best most depends on which one I've forgotten and recently rediscovered. How long has this Soundscan been keeping track of purchases? If it were newer, it would have, of course, missed older sales, like "Gold" when it came out--but it would also show how well older albums like that continue to sell! |
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2009, 03:47:33 AM » |
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Maybe the over 10,000 count was based on Tooth and Nail numbers? I used to order by mail through their print catalog since these titles (like Scaterd Few, Blamed, Mortal, etc.) were not available in my area retailers. (I could be dating myself.)
i think i remember reading Jason saying that the average starflyer album has sold around 10,000 copies, but that the older albums have sold more than the newer. so those numbers look a little low, but maybe if you factor in like digital sales, from itunes and such, then the albums have sold higher. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2009, 10:55:59 PM » |
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I seem to remember Leave Here a Stranger being promoted slightly heavily.
But really, is it a surprise that his best two albums sold the most records?
you are saying that LHAS & TVvsSV are the best two records? uhhh...OK. i think it's cool that these numbers are meager, as it adds to the "this is my band - don't tell anybody" nature of most obsessions.Uhh... okay. No, that's not what I'm saying at all. If you actually read the post, you'd see that Old and LHAS are the two that sold the most. |
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2009, 09:55:45 PM » |
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imo
fashion focus and leave here a stranger are my two favorites. dial m was definitely one of his best.
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