how many copies has each album sold

Androol · 01.14.2007, 10:37 PM

specifically looking for one that has sold more than a million

finding nobody · 01.14.2007, 11:03 PM

ONIC YOUTH:
Sonic Youth / 4,100
Bad Moon Rising / 33,000
Confusion Is Sex / 41,100
Starpower / 1,000
Evol / 48,400
Sister / 72,000
Sonic Death / 5,500
Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000
Daydream Nation / 162,000
Goo / 169,000
Dirty / 329,000
Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000
Washing Machine / 159,000
A Thousand Leaves / 66,000
Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000
Murray Street / 63,000
Sonic Nurse / 65,000

I got these from another thread
How Many Records Have SY Sold?

Androol · 01.14.2007, 11:07 PM

hey youre awesome thanks! sorry i suck at using the search function.

strat0tele · 01.15.2007, 12:07 AM

Those figures seem very low. I would have thought they would be much higher.

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.15.2007, 10:35 AM

rather ripped sold 28............

..........sorry, bad taste joke!

Inhuman · 01.15.2007, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

rather ripped sold 28............

..........sorry, bad taste joke!

haha, I laughed. All 28 were purchased by a gentleman named Daycare Nation

lalie · 01.15.2007, 11:47 AM

I read the other thread, but no info about where these figures come from...
I'd really like to know.

lucyrulesok · 01.16.2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by finding nobody

Starpower / 1,000

Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000

what is this starpower? am i dim?

also its surprising that ejstans is their best selling album....

Inhuman · 01.16.2007, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

what is this starpower? am i dim?

also its surprising that ejstans is their best selling album....

mmm, not dim about the starpower part, I was looking at that myself, but you should take a closer look at what the best selling album is

lucyrulesok · 01.16.2007, 12:25 PM

ah i see.

so i AM dim after all!

sun city girl · 01.16.2007, 12:30 PM

why starpower is there? it was a single... (i must be dim too...)

_slavo_ · 01.16.2007, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Inhuman

haha, I laughed. All 28 were purchased by a gentleman named Daycare Nation

haha, I laughed too.

at your comment.

greenlight · 01.16.2007, 02:22 PM

yeah, I saw those numbers on old board.
they're still selling tho, so numbers must be growing, is it?

pantophobia · 01.17.2007, 05:16 PM

those numbers do seem quite low, it's been stated in a couple of publications that Goo sold more then 250,000 (mentioned as a benchmark number for Nevermind upon release, ultimately passing that mark 50 times over), also Dirty is believed to have sold over 400,000 units by now, as for other albums i have no idea

and if people were wondering otherwise, SY did indeed receive a Gold Album, for the track they did with Cypress Hill on the "Judgement Night'' sdtk, in an interview years ago, Steve mentioned he kept his hanging over the the toilet at his House

Rob Instigator · 01.17.2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

what is this starpower? am i dim?

also its surprising that ejstans is their best selling album....

Rob Instigator · 01.17.2007, 05:52 PM

those numbers are not that far off.

Washing Machine · 01.18.2007, 01:54 PM

Those figures are terrible! Sonic Youth are one of those legendary, mythic bands, you would think Daydream Nation (the holy grail of indie albums) would have reached at a 5mil mark. SY seriously needs a new record company. I could understand the problems of selling a record like NYCG&F (which personally I love, but a fan record really), but an album like Sonic Nurse or Rather Ripped could easily have been as big as their early 90's sales peak....Incinerate, that sounds like a huge hit single, are Geffen just deaf?

Inhuman · 01.18.2007, 01:58 PM

Geffen are just corporate pigs. All they care about is money. Game sold 5million on The Documentary, and he released Doctor's Advocate, and it's been 2 months and only about 350,000 have been sold, and the beats are more diverse. They don't care if he mentioned geffen one time throughout the whole album, and talked about aftermath every 3rd line, as long as they make a lot of money on it.

Danny Himself · 01.18.2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by pantophobia

SY did indeed receive a Gold Album, for the track they did with Cypress Hill on the "Judgement Night'' sdtk, in an interview years ago, Steve mentioned he kept his hanging over the the toilet at his House

They also got a Gold Record for the alt. version of "White Kross" that was on an NME 7" in 1987.

Rob Instigator · 01.18.2007, 02:39 PM

that NME single was gold just because there were so many copies of the magazine printed. In the UK to be GOLD, a single has to "sell" 400,000 copies.

weird how in the UK for an album to gold it has to sell 100 thousand copies. for a single to be gold it has to sell 400 thousand copies.

here is a link to the charts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification

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finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	ONIC YOUTH: Sonic Youth / 4,100 Bad Moon Rising / 33,000 Confusion Is Sex / 41,100 Starpower / 1,000 Evol / 48,400 Sister / 72,000 Sonic Death / 5,500 Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000 Daydream Nation / 162,000 Goo / 169,000 Dirty / 329,000 Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000 Washing Machine / 159,000 A Thousand Leaves / 66,000 Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000 Murray Street / 63,000 Sonic Nurse / 65,000 I got these from another thread How Many Records Have SY Sold?
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pantophobia expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,349	those numbers do seem quite low, it's been stated in a couple of publications that Goo sold more then 250,000 (mentioned as a benchmark number for Nevermind upon release, ultimately passing that mark 50 times over), also Dirty is believed to have sold over 400,000 units by now, as for other albums i have no idea and if people were wondering otherwise, SY did indeed receive a Gold Album, for the track they did with Cypress Hill on the "Judgement Night'' sdtk, in an interview years ago, Steve mentioned he kept his hanging over the the toilet at his House
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Those figures are terrible! Sonic Youth are one of those legendary, mythic bands, you would think Daydream Nation (the holy grail of indie albums) would have reached at a 5mil mark. SY seriously needs a new record company. I could understand the problems of selling a record like NYCG&F (which personally I love, but a fan record really), but an album like Sonic Nurse or Rather Ripped could easily have been as big as their early 90's sales peak....Incinerate, that sounds like a huge hit single, are Geffen just deaf? __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	Geffen are just corporate pigs. All they care about is money. Game sold 5million on The Documentary, and he released Doctor's Advocate, and it's been 2 months and only about 350,000 have been sold, and the beats are more diverse. They don't care if he mentioned geffen one time throughout the whole album, and talked about aftermath every 3rd line, as long as they make a lot of money on it. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	that NME single was gold just because there were so many copies of the magazine printed. In the UK to be GOLD, a single has to "sell" 400,000 copies. weird how in the UK for an album to gold it has to sell 100 thousand copies. for a single to be gold it has to sell 400 thousand copies. here is a link to the charts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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