Burn Burn Sales

LifeRiot · Post by **LifeRiot** » 7/28/2009, 10:25 am

Might as well start this thread. So far on billboard no charting a week since release. I am betting it won't make the top 100. :cry:

MindsOnLoan · Post by **MindsOnLoan** » 7/28/2009, 10:32 am

Well AYD just charted, so if it can pick up some steam, then it will have a good chance of charting in a month or so.

Driven · Post by **Driven** » 7/28/2009, 10:52 am

Pretty sure the Billboard charts haven't been updated since Burn Burn came out.

LifeRiot · Post by **LifeRiot** » 7/28/2009, 10:58 am

Billboard 200 looks updated August 1st...which is confusing. Daughtry is 1st, which is another nail in the coffin for the music industry.

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 7/28/2009, 11:33 am

When I was HMV, according to their list, Billy Talent III was beating Daughtry. I was impressed with that.

I didn't see OLP up on the wall for their top twenty. It was just under new releases.

Driven · Post by **Driven** » 7/28/2009, 11:58 am

LifeRiot wrote:Billboard 200 looks updated August 1st...which is confusing. Daughtry is 1st, which is another nail in the coffin for the music industry.

The dates are issue dates that are week(s) in advance.

Their charts haven't been updated this week.

Daughtry's album came out July 14th, and on the Billboard chart it says DEBUT.

LifeRiot · Post by **LifeRiot** » 7/28/2009, 12:38 pm

It's all a conspiracy ran by the crab people.

Rural Juror · Post by **Rural Juror** » 7/29/2009, 11:53 am

"Burn Burn" was one of the few new releases that charted this week in the US:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... ls-strong/

Also, they came third in Canada:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our ... 6-jam.html

Not too shabby.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 7/29/2009, 12:07 pm

only two other debuts cracked the entire Top 50: Total Club Hits 3 at 36 and Our Lady Peace’s Burn Burn at 41.

Hahahahaha total club hits 3.
I wonder whats on that one...

Rural Juror · Post by **Rural Juror** » 7/29/2009, 12:10 pm

There's no way they'll ever be able to top "Total Club Hits 2".

LifeRiot · Post by **LifeRiot** » 7/29/2009, 12:53 pm

"The quartet's seventh album "Burn Burn" debuted at No. 3 with sales of over 11,000 copies, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

It's their first new material since 2005's "Healthy in Paranoid Times," which entered the charts at No. 2, selling 22,000."

Half as good as HIPT? Man...

Rural Juror · Post by **Rural Juror** » 7/29/2009, 1:07 pm

"Healthy in Paranoid Times" also followed "Gravity", which was massively successful. Their break has been longer this time, and their last effort was less successful, so it makes sense that "HIPT" was more anticipated.

Also, we're four years further into the downloading age, so sales are probably down for everyone (which is evident in the fact that 22,000 scored them second spot last time, yet half as many copies still got them into third for "Burn Burn").

RileyLewis · Post by **RileyLewis** » 7/29/2009, 1:30 pm

Actually, music industry sales are up from 2008.

Rural Juror · Post by **Rural Juror** » 7/29/2009, 1:33 pm

Are they up from 2005 though? Torrent sites have exploded since then. I certainly download a whole lot more now than I did then.

If so, then I stand corrected. The fact that 22,000 got them second place back then and 11,000 gets them third place now seems telling though.

Driven · Post by **Driven** » 7/29/2009, 2:13 pm

Rural Juror wrote:Are they up from 2005 though? Torrent sites have exploded since then. I certainly download a whole lot more now than I did then.

If so, then I stand corrected. The fact that 22,000 got them second place back then and 11,000 gets them third place now seems telling though.

You're talking about 11,000 albums sold. Not exactly that much. What do you think 3rd place should do? 16,000? That's what, 5,000 more? Barely a difference.

Of course this album isn't going to sell as well as the past 6 albums. No airplay and an independent release means that it's not going to sell.

OLP should be ecstatic about debuting at #41 on the U.S. Billboard Chart as well.

Rural Juror · Post by **Rural Juror** » 7/29/2009, 2:28 pm

I agree. I'm incredibly impressed with these numbers. I don't think that they could have hoped for any better, really.

LifeRiot · Post by **LifeRiot** » 7/29/2009, 2:37 pm

How many were sold in the US?

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 7/29/2009, 5:02 pm

I hear AYD like 3 times a day on the radio.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 7/29/2009, 5:31 pm

As far as I know, (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) Our Lady Peace is no longer directly tied to a major label. So while sales may be less than "Heathy" the amount of money the band earns could feasibly be similar.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 7/29/2009, 6:41 pm

I am not sure if those numbers are tied to legal downloads either.