Quote We seem to be in disagreement on this. In what way? That the Gorilla attracted attention? It most certainly did. Compare it to a boring album cover like the one from Bigger Bang and guess what draws more attention on the shelves in music stores or as an advertisement poster on the streets...
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QuoteGasLightStreet QuoteThatsWhatISayI also think the whole makeup with the Gorilla theme helped the sales a lot. And you bought it, right? Because you like big monkeys on album covers? THAT is a plus for record sales? Undercover had a much better cover. It sold more copies. You may have a point - only backwards. Yes, I bought the 80-tracks edition because I liked the song selection and
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Quoteuhbuhgullayew QuoteThatsWhatISay I also think the whole makeup with the Gorilla theme helped the sales a lot. Are you suggesting that people bought the CD just to get the artwork? No, but it arouses attention (in a positive way), because it's a very unusual yet interesting theme. The standard advertisement posters are easily overlooked. But it's hard to overlook that gorill
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That figure is even more astonishing if you keep in mind that GRRR! is considerably more expensive than the ordinary 1CD album which sells for $10 - $15. I also think the whole makeup with the Gorilla theme helped the sales a lot.
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Should be at roughly a million or a little more. It's consistently selling about 150.000 - 190.000 units per week.
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I can't imagine any other band or artist outnumbers the Stones in this respect. As a side note, the 4,68 mio. from the ABB tour do definitely NOT include the Rio show! That adds another 1,2 - 2 mio. Also Voodoo attendance was more likely 7 mio as opposed to 6,5 for reasons Gazza pointed out. Thus the Stones have played to approx. 40 mio people or even slightly more by now with another fe
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Absolutely awesome!!!!
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Definetly going all out. Without batting an eyelid.
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Quoteab I saw them a bunch. It was always a minimal spectacle with next to no production values. They might as well have been playing on a table. Tickets have always been reasonably priced. Jagger usually stood completely still all night. So you know where Liam Gallagher got his moves. And don't believe any of that talk about this Ron Wood fellow: Mick Taylor never left the band
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From wikipedia ( ): "The tour marked a high point in the popularity of Guns N' Roses, with a total of over 7 million[1] fans attending, and accompanied by high worldwide album sales." Unfortunately, the reference provided is not online.
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If the Stones annouce their next world tour as their farewell tour, play solely in stadiums, charge reasonable ticket prices, play considerably more shows than U2 and maybe put Wyman or Taylor onboard they could even break this record. Certainly not with the same amount of shows, but they could do it nonetheless. I mean looking back at the ABB with its ridiculously high ticket prices and the fac
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QuoteRockinBud I dont see any mention of this on LiveNation site Can't find anything either...
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Where is the link to this news article?
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That toe kissing happened e.g during the Bremen 98 show. If you have the DVD just get some screenshots from it during Miss You ;-)
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I am a 3D artist/operator doing mainly visualisations and animations of architectural buildings :-D
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QuoteHavo "Exile on main street" no. 7 in Germany today. 3---6---7 Now thats a moderate drop Although I doubt you have to sell more than 4.000 - 5.000 copies to get to #7 in Germany nowadays. Maybe even less. Anyway, I think nobody expected that Exile would sell that good worldwide. Very respectable!
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Thats still a respectable number I think. Although going from #2 ---> #7 in the US charts over the course of just one week is quite a huge drop
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I was surprised to see this figure, because other charts list Exile with 163.000 sold copies worldwide. I wonder which figure is right. Quite a huge difference.
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... I don't know how legit these figures are, though.
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The reason why I always look at Stones #1 chart positions with mixed feelings is because I know they will quickly drop. The Stones fan base is still huge enough to get them to the peak against relatively weak selling artists, but the downfall is always rapid. They have a hard time reaching younger people with their music, getting them out to the music stores actually buying their albums. Unfortun
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QuoteHavo Anybody of you know the sales in Germany?? I don't know why such figures are never made public in Germany. Why can't they just put the sales figures behind the chart entries or at least make them easily accessible elsewhere. I mean it's not a big secret...
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Yes, sales are a shame, not only those of the Stones, but rather in general. I think 164.000 is decent, but I hoped it would at least break the 200.000 barrier. After all, it's a reissue. Also don't forget that it's a double album in a "deluxe" edition which makes it more expensive than the ordinary single disc album.
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...accoring to this website: georgelicks, are your figures the same?
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteHavo Exile is #3 in Germany 26.05.2010 | 14.07 Uhr Album-Charts Die Fantastischen Vier erklimmen Spitze Baden-Baden (RPO). Die Fantastischen Vier haben die Spitze der Album-Charts erklommen. "Für dich immer noch Fanta Sie" verdrängte "My Cassette Player" von Lena Meyer-Landrut nach nur einer Woche auf Platz zwei, wie Media Control am Mittwoch in
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Quotebehroez QuoteThatsWhatISay It's #1 in Rock which is only a subcategory of the overall amazon music charts where Exile is only ranked #7. Nr 7 for a re-release of an old album (that everyone allready got) with only a few new songs on it that originally didn't seemed good enough for the official release is an amazingly high ranking (at least i think so). It is for sure, but typic
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QuoteErhard Hi Havo, in the afternoon the exile was No. 1 in Germany. You must click on Musik > Rock. Click on Rock and then you can see that actually the Exile is the No. 1 at Amazon. It's #1 in Rock which is only a subcategory of the overall amazon music charts where Exile is only ranked #7.
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Amazing skills. What do you guitar players think? He has many videos up on youtube, but this one is the only Stones cover.
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Last week "Fool To Cry" on German radio. Never heard it before on radio.
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Actually, having a closer look at the figures, U2 grossed 299.000.000$ after having played to 3.000.000 paying people. Thats great, but nothing that can't be surpassed by the Stones. This wiki states that the ABB attendance was around 4,7mio. I don't know if this includes the Rio concert which was free. If it does then the Stones grossed almost $560mio with only around 3 - 3.5 mio. pa
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I can't remember who posted these figures, but I believe it was georgelicks. This is just copied and pasted: Stones Tours Attendance: - 1989/90 - Steel Wheels 6.250.000 (3.200.000 US, 2.550.000 Europe, 500.000 Japan) - 1994/95 - Voodoo Lounge 6.570.000 (2.650.000 US, 2.630.000 Europe, 952,000 South America/Africa, 337.000 Australia/New Zealand) - 1997/99 - Bridges To Babylon 5.70
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