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Years Of Refusal US sales to date
posted by davidt on Wednesday April 01 2009, @03:00PM

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Years of Refusal dropped to #191 on the Top 200 with 2,932 copies sold last week & a release-to-date total of 57,478.

This number includes CD/LP and digital sales. Assuming his tour manager sends in venue sales as well, it also includes all CD and LP sales made on the road.

 
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seems low (Score:0)
is it the economy?
or that the album only has 4 good songs on it?
3 of them are new.
Anonymous -- Wednesday April 01 2009, @03:03PM (#326506)
  • Re:seems low by baltimoz (Score:1) Wednesday April 01 2009, @03:44PM
    • Re:seems low by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 02 2009, @01:17PM
      Be honest (Score:0)
      How many people here haven't even bought it yet?

      [x]
      Anonymous -- Wednesday April 01 2009, @03:44PM (#326519)
      • Re:Be honest by rooneyred (Score:1) Wednesday April 01 2009, @06:25PM
        • Re:Be honest by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 02 2009, @07:52AM
          • Re:Be honest by robert phoenix (Score:1) Thursday April 02 2009, @11:19AM
          • Me! by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday April 02 2009, @03:59PM
            • Re:Me! by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday April 03 2009, @12:49AM
              • Re:Me! by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday April 03 2009, @12:56AM
            • Re:Be honest by Dagenham Dave (Score:1) Monday April 06 2009, @08:42AM
              Yep (Score:0)
              When you make crap songs, the majority of people won't buy it.
              Anonymous -- Wednesday April 01 2009, @03:53PM (#326523)
              • Re:Yep by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday April 03 2009, @04:44AM
                57,000 in the United States? (Score:1)
                Jesus...

                Wont he sell more live tickets than that on this tour? I've not done the math(s).

                That's fucking low....

                So - here we are as fans - what's to blame? There are more than 57,000 Morrissey fans in the USA.

                Was a time he sold 14,000 seats in 0.00056 seconds back in '91.

                Something's changed...
                Stan * <stanleymchale@mac.com> -- Wednesday April 01 2009, @05:30PM (#326530)
                (User #9752 Info | http://www.stanleymchale.merseyblogs.co.uk/ )
                Revenue doesn't cover recording costs -- no way. (Score:1)
                Assuming an average selling price of $12, that works out to revenue of $684,000 to Lost Highway and UMG. Equal to a crappy one-bedroom apartment in London or New York. Record sales are such a small part of Moz's income-stream. It's like promotion for his concerts, that's all.
                And forget about singles sales -- #1 records on the singles charts are hit with sales under 5,000 units.
                NewYorkMozzer <{armand.tatevossian} {at} {verizon.net}> -- Wednesday April 01 2009, @07:37PM (#326547)
                (User #1882 Info)
                Only Stone and Steel (Score:1)
                Well, you put out 3 albums in the span of just under 5 years.....as well as toured 4 or 5 times in the same amount of time.....and people just lose interest.

                It is my belief as well that Moz's label and tour managers are not promoting nor managing Morrissey to his full extent.
                Cubitt <tjdtrick@msn.com> -- Thursday April 02 2009, @05:37AM (#326610)
                (User #1795 Info)
                 "Has the world changed or have I changed?"
                Does anyone know UK sales? (Score:0)
                I'm curious. Maybe he should license one of his songs for an Ipod commercial.
                People only here songs on commercials nowdays it seems.
                robiskeen -- Thursday April 02 2009, @08:15AM (#326631)
                (User #17581 Info)
                  Great Job, Moz! :) (Score:0)
                  In this market, with music buyers they way they are now, these are GREAT sales!!!

                  I love you, and I'm proud of you, Moz. The album is incredible - profound, and I'm glad it's sold as well as it has. You deserve it, and even more. :)
                  Anonymous -- Thursday April 02 2009, @06:46PM (#326729)
                  So What? (Score:2, Insightful)
                  I bought my copy (LP) at Hot Topic and I think the whole album is great from start to finish. I can only suspect that he hasn't topped the charts with this album because the younger generation doesn't have a clue who he is. The older generation (X and Y) who loved him from the start seems (to me) to have settled into their own lives and most don't really buy new music anymore or even care to. I was thrilled to have found a vinyl copy of this album. I listen to it, love it, saw him in concert when he came to town and tell all my friends how great this album is. Morrissey has a very strong fan base that will remain there always and buy his music. I think he knows that. He's an underdog after all this time and underdogs usually don't get number one singles and albums all the time, if ever. Just because an album doesn't sell millions of copies doesn't mean it's not good. Checking the iTunes music chart as it stands now, Keith Urban's "Defying Gravity" is number one. Need I say more?
                  AlecSarkas -- Friday April 03 2009, @07:09AM (#326772)
                  (User #22188 Info | http://alecsarkas.blogspot.com/ )
                    Sad total..... (Score:0)
                    Perhaps the supposed "Huge latino following"
                    that has been shoved in our faces
                    over and over again for yrs now
                    has finally been exposed as nonsense
                    markmustb1 -- Friday April 03 2009, @11:19AM (#326802)
                    (User #13161 Info)
                     cos no one ever turns to me to say ...
                      50k equals UK gold (Score:1)
                      just a reminder that he sold the same amount in the UK. don't go bashing us U.S. fans.
                      leedoggpimp <leedoggpimp@hotmail.com> -- Friday April 03 2009, @02:54PM (#326813)
                      (User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/ )
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