Chinese Democracy (Album) - Charting

[SLCPUNK]

Read the fine print...

Axl never said that.

I'm not here to debate this, only to save you from heartbreak when the Monumental Promotion never happens.

Fuck this guy.  Your are the worst kind of parasite fan of anything you like.  Follow something this closely and be so god damn pessimistic.  I am drinking so excuse my spelling.  Could you imagine if this guy followed and voted for Obama.  He probably criticized everything he did and declared failure for the guy hes voting for.  This has got to be some sort of mental disorder.

Jeez, calm down already bro.

[western_chaos]

LOL. Even if Axl did say that, Axl has said things in the past that have not turned out true, or took way... longer than what he originally said. So, it's just one of those things that we'll have to wait and see...

I am confident Better will become a bigger single for g'nr though.

[Yellow Discipline]

Does Dungbeetle dislike me simply because of the color of my skin?  I've made but 3 or 4 posts here and he already has his mind made up about me.

Back to SUBJECT...

Everybody I know who has heard the song BETTER went around singing it for days and days after.  Whistling it.  They can't get it out of their heads.  If radio would just play it a few times... as much as they did the first single... people would start getting into it.  

[tim_m]

I saw the post in question and axl did indeed say monumental campaign. I believe he said it over at mygnr. The post might've been edited since but i am sure thats what he said.

[damnthehaters]

I transcribed it and Axl only said that the video would be out soon, possibly next week.  I originally posted that Axl said "monumental campaign" but that came from a fan and not him.  I then changed it.  He did however say that he would be discussing certain things out in the open during the next month or so.  Probably means he will be on a couple shows or in a couple mags. which will obviously help things.

[badobsession_r21]

Holding strong in Europe, #2 in the second week.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=European+Top+100+Albums


#5 in the world (250.000 sales this week). So far 680.000 + 70.000 +250.000 = 1 million.
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm

Not so bad really.

[Gunzen]

I saw the post in question and axl did indeed say monumental campaign. I believe he said it over at mygnr. The post might've been edited since but i am sure thats what he said.

this was added, he did not say monumental campaign.  just read what was put on their actual site.  www.gunsnroses.com

[tim_m]

I saw the post in question and axl did indeed say monumental campaign. I believe he said it over at mygnr. The post might've been edited since but i am sure thats what he said.

this was added, he did not say monumental campaign.  just read what was put on their actual site.  www.gunsnroses.com

Ok i guess i misread. I thought it was an actual quote from him.

[The Catcher]

Guns N' Roses Claim European Number One Album Chinese Democracy

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212190963.shtml

Guns N' Roses' comeback has been given a boost - the band's new album Chinese Democracy has topped the European charts.

Paul Sexton of Billboard.biz reports that Guns N' Roses' new album, "Chinese Democracy" has topped the new European Top 100. Despite missing out on the number one spot in several territories, consistent number two and three debuts were enough to give Axl Rose's rockers a continental chart topper.

[ecwfan]

                    Guns n Roses is a WORLD WIDE band.  Maybe sales in the USA will never be as awesome as we wish. But worldwide , Axl owns it.

[GeraldFord]

Also X-Mas sales might give the album a boost!

[western_chaos]

Yes, X-Mas Sales could give it a boost. But, January sales are usually down dramatically from x-mas sales. Just looking ahead, woulden't expect much from sales in January.

But a video for better will certainly help.

[Jdog0830]

Yes, X-Mas Sales could give it a boost. But, January sales are usually down dramatically from x-mas sales. Just looking ahead, woulden't expect much from sales in January.

But a video for better will certainly help.

Great points i personaly cant wait for the better video

[JuicySwoos]

 GNR currently at #22 with 36% of the total in...20,000 copies.

 Essentially all of those 20,000 sold so far were from best buy.  Like many, I now believe if CD was sold everywhere the sales would be much higher.  I realized that when I picked up a couple of new albums last week.  I thought to myself, there is no way I would go out of my way to Best Buy just to buy these records, only when or if I happened to go there for some other reason I might pick them up.  So I think CD does have a decent chance to be a slow burner and end up doing just fine, especially if the exclusive is indeed for a limited time. 
 
 
LW TW artist / album label power index
2  1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 128,652
FEARLESS
5 2 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 83,441
DARK HORSE
1 3 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 71,849
CIRCUS
8 4 NOW 29 UME 60,097
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11 5 AC/DC COLUMBIA 58,134
BLACK ICE
9 6 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 53,949
DAVID COOK
3 7 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 47,727
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
4 8 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 43,778
808S & HEARTBREAK
6 9 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 40,320
SOUNDTRACK
-- 10 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC 30,618
ONMYRADIO
19 11 DAVID ARCHULETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 29,030
DAVID ARCHULETA
10 12 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 28,858
SOUNDTRACK
22 13 P!NK LAFACE/ZLG 28,144
FUNHOUSE
27 14 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 27,808
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
-- 15 COMMON GEFFEN 26,335
UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL
7 16 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 26,031
FREEDOM
23 17 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 25,537
A LITTLE BIT LONGER
13 18 FAITH HILL WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 24,426
JOY TO THE WORLD
-- 19 BRANDY EPIC 23,982
HUMAN
25 20 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 23,758
GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
28 21 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 23,043
TAYLOR SWIFT
17 22 GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 20,411
CHINESE DEMOCRACY
16 23 LUDACRIS DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 19,298
THEATER OF THE MIND
 

[jarmo]

US sales are definitely bigger than what the numbers say.


A majority of the record stores I went to in NYC to had the album....

Everything from small independent ones to Virgin Megastores.

Those sales don't count.




/jarmo

[Butch Français]

US sales are definitely bigger than what the numbers say.

is this possible?

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

US sales are definitely bigger than what the numbers say.


A majority of the record stores I went to in NYC to had the album....

Everything from small independent ones to Virgin Megastores.

Those sales don't count.




/jarmo

Don't those stores buy them from Best Buy?

[JuicySwoos]

US sales are definitely bigger than what the numbers say.

is this possible?

US sales are definitely bigger than what the numbers say.


A majority of the record stores I went to in NYC to had the album....

Everything from small independent ones to Virgin Megastores.

Those sales don't count.




/jarmo

Don't those stores buy them from Best Buy?

I believe some and/or all are purchased from international distributors, so then they would not count toward soundscan as Jarmo states.

[jarmo]

Some are imports (the ones at Virgin seems to come from Australia as far as I remember) and some are promotional copies.





/jarmo

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Some are imports (the ones at Virgin seems to come from Australia as far as I remember) and some are promotional copies.





/jarmo

I wish they would count those.  I wonder why they don't.