Album Sales predictions-What do you think?

[Halen High]

This is the count according to Metal By Numbers based on the weekly reported Billboard Sales. These are U.S. sales and i don't know if this is just cd's or if the downloads would be included or not. These are the sales figures that Billboard bases their top 200 album chart on.

week ending 2/15: 187,500
week ending 2/22: 57,880
week ending 2/29: 28,360
week ending 3/7: 25,240
week ending 3/14: 14,000

Total: 312,980

Surely, outside of the U.S. it has sold at least another 150,000 copies so it should be going Gold from a worldwide sense very soon.

On another VH site, someone posted the up-to-date worldwide figures, with VH sales at 534,000.

[ZahZoo]

No matter what the record industry calls it... I deemed this record "Gold" after the first listen!!

[Zing!]

What's the breakdown on physical sales versus digital downloads? Shouldn't it be well over platinum if they were combined? DO they get combined? And if not, why not? Anyone know how that works? Have I asked enough questions? Who's getting hammered tomorrow for St. =VH= Day?

[kwame k]

Good question. I read somewhere that the band is not selling copies of ADKOT at the venues. Anyone know if that's true? After hearing TTWN, STW and CT at the shows, I would have thought a lot of people would be lining up to get a copy.

My buddy bought a copy at the Palace show!

[kwame k]

For the life of me I can't understand why they didn't drop the album closer to summertime and start the tour at the same time.......

VH has been and will always be a summertime band.

Were there too many big names hitting the road this summer and they didn't want to compete?

Are they planning to tour the world and then do a second leg here......making it a year long tour?

I just don't understand the logic of the band.......they have a brand new summertime CD out and they are known as being a party time/summertime band........I think the timing may have impacted album sales

[vandeleur]

i wonder with the single selection .... we know the fans are gonna buy it , if you want a casual "rock" listener to buy it they need to hear a great single and there are loads on there but not sure tattoo was a good start .. and videos .. they have the video general on board but tattoo was tame and i aint even seen the she's the woman video and the single is out ( i think).....i think they should have released one of the better tracks ( blood and fire) and broke the bank for a classic van halen video.
But hey i aint knocking them they gave me what i always wanted , i just dont wanna be selfish and i wanna share the magic around a bit.

[flappo]

the only thing holding it back is it's recording quality on revealing systems

methinx it's been mastered for itunes only

[flappo]

otherwise it's a fucking bonanza baby

[78/84 guy]

I seen the band had a quick promo on the big screen for it at Best Buy at the last show. So they must think it's selling slower than they wanted it to be. I think the band's history the last 15 years hurt it a little. Shit the average fan walking by it in the store probably has no clue who is even in the band at this point !!! No photo on the outside. And Ed's playing the last couple tours wasn't steller at all. But gold is big these day's for any rock band though.

[Terry]

Im wondering why all the people that are attending the concerts are not buying a fucking cd.

It'd be interesting to see how many of the concert goers are attending because it's an "event" show, or are just at best casual fans of the band vs. longtime/hardcore fans who actually bought the album.

[Zing!]

Some bucks were shelled out yesterday by Interscope to promote ADKOT on YouTube. They had ads, commercials, and pop-ups all over the place, each of them saying: "Get Van Halen to #1! Download 'A Different Kind of Truth Today!" Pretty cool to see the album cover plastered all over the site - and the commercial had the train animated - it popped up when you clicked on any of Van Halen's videos.

[minkahed]

Where the hell are all the van halen fans ?

I kno wasted time has hurt then but damn, this CD doesn't look
Like it's Gonna go Gold anytime soon.

meanwhile, Adele sells 200,000 every week ...

WTF ?

[Nitro Express]

There is no money in albums anymore. Bands have to make their money on the road. It probably means bands make less money now that they did with big tours and big album money.

[minkahed]

There is no money in albums anymore. Bands have to make their money on the road. It probably means bands make less money now that they did with big tours and big album money.

I understand that, but c'mon, the first VH album featuring original lead singer David Lee Roth, in 28 years, the most celebrated eraof music the band ever laid to tape, yet, this new cd can't sell a measly
500,000 copies ?

And people on this board were predicting sales of 5 million ? Sheesh ...

Bruce Springsteen's 2009's "Working On A Dream" was, IMHO, one of his weakest efforts, yet that cd sold 600,000 units in amonth and eventually went Platinum.

[SNIPER]

It's just gonna take a little longer but it will go Platinum.