RTD - Sales….Why Are They Selling Records?
Posted April 12, 2006 — in Music News
James Blunt - 1,309,790 - Why? Wrote a big hit “Beautiful”, strong video rotation, embraced by press.
Nickelback - 2,595,415 - Everyone thought they were a one hit wonder. This also proves you don’t need to be friends with a hip crowd to sell a bucket - load of records.
Blue October - 33,991 - Good first week, story developing….
All American Rejects - 970,033 - Has the top 40 crowd. Good for the moment, but hard to follow up.
Hawthorne Heights - 267,722 - Why? paid TV spots rotating 24/7 on MTV and Fuse. Ab Roller TV spots that have similiar rotation have proven to sell as well. Brainwashing does sell records.
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s - 81,181 - Mainstream press gave the record a thumbs down, but critics don’t care about the quality of the product. If you submit to the too cool for school culture, they will peddle the product.
Avenged Sevenfold - 567,287 - Why? Strong video rotation and TRL. Press and MTV2 bought into the rock, the bling and grills. Since Rap and Hip Hop is driving cultural force, I guess the next obvious step is for rock bands to act like rappers. Like other bands, Avenged Sevenfold claim to be the next Metallica and Guns N Roses. Gotta love the no shame approach!
Fallout Boy - 2,151,179 - Why? big budget and well directed video’s broke the band.
10 Years - 268,307 - Why? Strong radio airplay, word of mouth, relentless touring, mentions in celeb magazine US Weekly, and a controversial video that MTV was reluctant to play that contained real footage from amnesty international that included rape victims and sex slaves. You can watch the video here.
I’m really confused about the Nickelback sales. It didn’t seem like they put very much promotion behind this album at all, and I really don’t see them or hear them as much as I used to, and yet their new album is still inching closer and closer to 3X Platinum?
I guess good ol’ rock n roll with catchy choruses does still sell records. Is this band going to be the next big rock act, i.e. Aerosmith or AC/DC? There’s no gimmick with those bands…just solid songs.
Comment by Gary — April 13, 2006 @ 5:42 am
haha…wonder who’s biased here? lay of the 10 years hype…though, that said, they are far better than any of those other mentioned acts
Comment by j — April 13, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
For the person who doesn’t think that new nickelback record has received much promo…Turn on your radio/TV…”Photograph” is still being overplayed all over the country and was on VH1 30+ times a week for months…”Savin’ Me” a better song is now on VH1 a lot and all over the radio. 2nd single “Animals” was a #1 active rock song…So with 3 considerable hits and maybe another to come if “Far Away” (already has a video) or “If everyone Cared”(would be top 10 @ HOT AC for sure) are released then Nickelback is inching closer to the 3X and possibly 4X platinum mark by the time the “All The Right Reasons” is worn out.
Comment by Dallas — April 14, 2006 @ 2:50 pm