Comments on: “Guitar Hero” And “Rock Band” May Not Be Selling Great, But They’re Selling Better Than Most New Albums http://idolator.com/5087734/guitar-hero-and-rock-band-may-not-be-selling-great-but-theyre-selling-better-than-most-new-albums Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:43:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cheesebubble http://idolator.com/5087734/guitar-hero-and-rock-band-may-not-be-selling-great-but-theyre-selling-better-than-most-new-albums/comment-page-1#comment-765962 cheesebubble Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:18:57 +0000 2fc20f31bd6ea6f872e07581cc374b0b#comment-765962 <p>When I read the headline for this story, it made me sad.</p> When I read the headline for this story, it made me sad.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5087734/guitar-hero-and-rock-band-may-not-be-selling-great-but-theyre-selling-better-than-most-new-albums/comment-page-1#comment-765972 Chris Molanphy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:57:31 +0000 2fc20f31bd6ea6f872e07581cc374b0b#comment-765972 <p><i>GHWT was released on Oct. 26, which means its October sales figures are only for the month's last six days-so basically it outsold most albums that were available to consumers in that time period, despite a much higher sale price.</i></p> <p>Looked at another way, with 534K sold in six days, <i>GHWT</i>moved more copies in a week than every album of 2008, except the debut weeks of Lil Wayne, AC/DC, Coldplay, T.I. and Metallica (counting its first six-seven days); and it just barely edged out the Jonas Brothers.</p> GHWT was released on Oct. 26, which means its October sales figures are only for the month’s last six days-so basically it outsold most albums that were available to consumers in that time period, despite a much higher sale price.

Looked at another way, with 534K sold in six days, GHWTmoved more copies in a week than every album of 2008, except the debut weeks of Lil Wayne, AC/DC, Coldplay, T.I. and Metallica (counting its first six-seven days); and it just barely edged out the Jonas Brothers.

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