How many copies do you think Chinese Democracy will sell?

[NorthwindNS]

So.... I think people should take this into consideration before blurting out the fact that Chinese Democracy will sell 10-30 million.

You are mixing people's opinions about worldwide sales with certified U.S. sales... smooth!

Wow - thank you.... I am about to edit that.....
However, it can still be used as a decisive tool.

[italysfinest1985]

I'd say 3-5 million

[BluesGNR]

I'd guess 8-10 mil within 5 years.

[gandra]

Well, Greatest Hits sold 3 million copies in the US, and that was basically AFD + a few UYI songs thrown together. I think Chinese Democracy will sell as well as AFD over time.

i'm sure that cd will have great selling,maybe it will be the album of the year,but i doubt it will outselling afd

frist reason is internet,many casual fans will download it

second afd have status of revelution album,because they made something new in rock music with it,i doubt chinese democracy wiould be revolution album

[duga]

I think it's best to hear the record before we discuss this. Lock?

[gandra]

I'd say 3-5 million

if gnr sell 3-5 million copy of new cd,chinese democracy will be album of year

[NicoRourke]

uyi did what? 30 million worlwide

cd won't come close to that.? i'd say roughly 10 million

Probably, bat that's because times have changed (downloads etc.)

So regardless all the new ways to get music, I think CD will be very successfull.

[nesquick]

Use Your illusion I and II sold over 35 million copies worldwide. If you think ChiDem will sell "more" than these 2 Lp's, you are just living in a pure irrealistic dream.
I think some of you forgot who Slash is. back in the days, Slash was as popular as Axl, he was a guitar hero, and he had MILLIONS fans around the world. There is no new Slash in the newGNR, so don't try to even compare anything with the old band. Plus there was not internet (no downloading), and GN'R was the most popular Rock band in the world.?
ChiDem wil be successfull, I have no doubt about it, but it will be probably be like GN'R Lies, around 8 or 10 million copies worldwide within 2 or 3 years.

[codenameninja]

for starters CD is only going to be brought by the fans, and how many are there of those? there are a lot of people out there who only like Gn'R for AFD and thought the UYI albums were not worth buying.

So unless CD is packed with tracks that make for great singles and bring CD to the attention of the masses, then i have no idea how CD will sell.

I think CD will sell 5 million+ most artists are happy when they sell 1 million+ so it's not like Gn'R are going to fail?

[Megaguns]

In the modern day, With downloading, i dont think it has any chance. It will do better than VR, but not much better.   

[russtcb]

...I think some of you forgot who Slash is...

No chance! Not with people like yourself constantly trying to remind us.

People did not buy AFD or UYI because of Slash being in the band. They bought them because the music created by the band as a whole was spectacular. If thats the case again, just as many people will buy it. If not (as in the case of all projects Slash has been in outside of GNR) they won't.

[NorthwindNS]

5 mil in the U.S. If Contraband can do 3 mil, there's no reason CD can't do that and better.

One thing we have to remember about Velvet Revolver - they have two fan bases, the fans from Stone Temple Pilots and the Fans from GNR. That attributed largely to the sales of this record. With GNR we only have GNR fans, and like someone else mentioned, the "confused" who have no idea whats going on and are going to check out GNR for the first time.

/NorthiwndNS

[NicoRourke]

WHy do we always care about how it sells, its all about if one likes it or not.

Maybe because we want to see the band on the top of the world

[guns97]

5 mil in the U.S. If Contraband can do 3 mil, there's no reason CD can't do that and better.

One thing we have to remember about Velvet Revolver - they have two fan bases, the fans from Stone Temple Pilots and the Fans from GNR. That attributed largely to the sales of this record. With GNR we only have GNR fans, and like someone else mentioned, the "confused" who have no idea whats going on and are going to check out GNR for the first time.

/NorthiwndNS

well stated...two fan bases AND more star power in that band.  They've got three from GNR and the lead singer from STP...CD will NOT sell more than Contraband.  Everyone I talk to says "oh yeah VR that's Scott Weiland and Slash" or "STP and Guns", whereas with the new "GNR" most are saying "there's no slash, that's not really GNR". 

So you see there is an identity crisis with the new "GNR"...and frankly most people are dissapointed Slash is no longer involved - to the point that they will not pay $75+ for a ticket to see Axl play with a back up cover band.

Like it or not, in retrospect, Slash was as equally big a reason Guns was so huge from 87-93.

[pollyblue]

it will sell less than every other gn'r album because times have changed as well as gn'r fans.

[Neemo]

i think it will be on par with TSI as far as sales go....meaning it'll go platinum

[gandra]

5 mil in the U.S. If Contraband can do 3 mil, there's no reason CD can't do that and better.

please man,velvet revolver album have't had riaa certificate,so they didn't sell 3 milion

[King Sand]

In a time of instant access to songs (i.e. downloading, YouTube, MySpace)...  I think that "Chinese Democracy" will sell around 3 million (U.S. sales)...  Mind you, that is still a big success... I don't really think very many albums will ever sell upwards of 10 million anymore (with a few exceptions, of course)... How many rock albums sold more that 5 million since 2000 (again, in U.S sales)?  Only a handful (does anyone have the exact numbers?)...  And out of those, most were albums by bands in their prime...  I hope it sells 20 million, but realistically, I'm going with 3 mil...

[Amanda.]

I?ll say it sells about 10 million copies international.

[D]

Albums dont sell anymore in the day and age of the internet.

So no, CD will sell 3 to 4 million I would guess in the US and that would be a HUGE success