Comments on: CD Sales: How Low Can They Go? http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:18:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lax Danja House http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895812 Lax Danja House Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:59:26 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895812 <p>Ireland's population is just over 4 million, but yeah I was estimating the US population to be 400 million when it is in fact closer to 300. And my sums were still wrong. But I mean 6-7 million in the space of a year is still unheard of in the US in recent years as far as I know.</p> Ireland’s population is just over 4 million, but yeah I was estimating the US population to be 400 million when it is in fact closer to 300. And my sums were still wrong. But I mean 6-7 million in the space of a year is still unheard of in the US in recent years as far as I know.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895782 Anonymous Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:31:10 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895782 <P>i'm embarrassed to admit that i dug that first single of theirs enough to shell out for the album it appeared on.</P> i’m embarrassed to admit that i dug that first single of theirs enough to shell out for the album it appeared on.

]]> By: Cam/ron http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895792 Cam/ron Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:15:02 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895792 <P>Papa Roach: making California Central Valley rock look awful since 2000.</P> Papa Roach: making California Central Valley rock look awful since 2000.

]]> By: Al Shipley http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895802 Al Shipley Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:35:17 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895802 <P>man it took less than a week for Maura to throw me under the Papa Roach bus!</P> man it took less than a week for Maura to throw me under the Papa Roach bus!

]]> By: RGve http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895822 RGve Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:02:06 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895822 <p>I think that last number is a bit off - Ireland's population is 5.8m, so it's the equivalent of nearer 5m in sales... Still a big number, but not quite diamond. NZ (pop 4.28m) had a local album by a kinda av group named Fat Freddy's Drop sell 105k recently, which works out at 7.5m when adjusted for population. I think the US's home market is suffering worse than anyone, here local artists still seem to get reasonable sales out of a sense of loyalty that doesn't exist towards Flo-Rida, for whatever reason.</p> I think that last number is a bit off – Ireland’s population is 5.8m, so it’s the equivalent of nearer 5m in sales… Still a big number, but not quite diamond. NZ (pop 4.28m) had a local album by a kinda av group named Fat Freddy’s Drop sell 105k recently, which works out at 7.5m when adjusted for population. I think the US’s home market is suffering worse than anyone, here local artists still seem to get reasonable sales out of a sense of loyalty that doesn’t exist towards Flo-Rida, for whatever reason.

]]> By: Rock You Like An Iracane http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895842 Rock You Like An Iracane Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:45:20 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895842 <p>@<a href="#c11844306">DocStrange</a>: PLEASE let the Arctics hit #1.</p> <p>You buy one, I'll buy one, and Domino can buy the other 100K.</p> @DocStrange: PLEASE let the Arctics hit #1.

You buy one, I’ll buy one, and Domino can buy the other 100K.

]]> By: Lax Danja House http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895832 Lax Danja House Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:53:24 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895832 <p>I was reading some interesting statistics yesterday as part of a research project. Snow Patrol's <i>Eyes Open</i> sold a total of around 90,000 copies in Ireland in its first few months, the most of any album in the country at that point. That number struck me as very low, until I adjusted for population and realised it's the equivalent of about 10 million in the US. When was the last time a record sold 10m in the States?</p> I was reading some interesting statistics yesterday as part of a research project. Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open sold a total of around 90,000 copies in Ireland in its first few months, the most of any album in the country at that point. That number struck me as very low, until I adjusted for population and realised it’s the equivalent of about 10 million in the US. When was the last time a record sold 10m in the States?

]]> By: ObtuseIntolerant http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895852 ObtuseIntolerant Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:02:11 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895852 <p>I'm going to cross my fingers that the Jonas Brothers can pull it off at a decent clip again but eh...who knows? It's an album within 10 months of the last and things are worse out there. Dicey. :)</p> I’m going to cross my fingers that the Jonas Brothers can pull it off at a decent clip again but eh…who knows? It’s an album within 10 months of the last and things are worse out there. Dicey. :)

]]> By: DocStrange http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895862 DocStrange Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:46:35 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895862 <p>Maybe this means that indie albums will actually make an even bigger splash due to fans of that genre's preference of physical genres. We've seen this happen with big debuts from Arcade Fire and the Shins in the past. Maybe Phoenix or Arctic Monkeys pull a #1 this year in retail sales.</p> Maybe this means that indie albums will actually make an even bigger splash due to fans of that genre’s preference of physical genres. We’ve seen this happen with big debuts from Arcade Fire and the Shins in the past. Maybe Phoenix or Arctic Monkeys pull a #1 this year in retail sales.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go/comment-page-1#comment-895872 Anonymous Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:42:03 +0000 062461a8ca2a82fb6078675b71c0ea8c#comment-895872 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5195850/cd-sales-how-low-can-they-go#c11836575">moomintroll</A>: life keeps getting stranger and stranger doesn't it?</P> @moomintroll: life keeps getting stranger and stranger doesn’t it?

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