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[ppbebe]

The album is not in the billboard 200, so i doubt it is selling that much each week.

yea but billboard isn't about worldwide charts, is it?

[jacdaniel]

to be honest, i dont know much about album sales but id like to know where 5.3 million came from.
Would be great if true but i dont think it is.

[Voodoochild]

Why is that hard to believe?

[jacdaniel]

because a month or two back it had only sold 3 million.   
And it wasn't really promoted.

i just dont believe that its outselling black ice etc.

i wonder if there is an official page that confirms this.

[Spirit]

It is climbing the "Top Selling" list at play now...

Yesterday it was at 80, today it's number 56. 

[suntorytime]

i just dont believe that its outselling black ice etc.

Why that? Because you prefer other albums?

Judging from the net. of when each album was last seen in the top 100 of Oricon chart, Chinese Democracy clearly oversold Black Ice or Death Macgetic in Japan. I think the ratio was like cd 150:  DM 83:  BI: 46

[jacdaniel]

Why that? Because you prefer other albums?

No because that album was generally more popular and promoted.
This 5.3 number has came from a VERY unofficial source.
it had sold  2.6 million in febuary so... without promotion i cant see how it wouldve doubled.
This 5.3 million most likely includes all the albums that were shipped and are currently on the Best Buy shelves etc.

A lot of people get very sensitive round here when one questions how valid a source is.

[HBK]

Why that? Because you prefer other albums?

No because that album was generally more popular and promoted.
This 5.3 number has came from a VERY unofficial source.
it had sold  2.6 million in febuary so... without promotion i cant see how it wouldve doubled.
This 5.3 million most likely includes all the albums that were shipped and are currently on the Best Buy shelves etc.

A lot of people get very sensitive round here when one questions how valid a source is.

FALSE.

In february, 03... ChinDem. Sold 3.2 Millions Worldwide, Certifiqued Platinum & Gold Disc.

Atte.

HBK

[suntorytime]

No because that album was generally more popular and promoted

Generally in your neighbourhood? And I'm not talking about the 5.3 number.

In Japan they all got similar promotions, which amount to nothing for the general public compared to that for domestic albums, save that some metal writer seemed to prefer DM to CD but GNR isn't really heavy metal so who gives a fuck. Actually not so many Japanese listen to critics. Not always a good thing tho.

[HBK]

No because that album was generally more popular and promoted

Generally in your neighbourhood? And I'm not talking about the 5.3 number.

In Japan they all got similar promotions, which amount to nothing for the general public compared to that for domestic albums, save that some metal writer seemed to prefer DM to CD but GNR isn't really heavy metal so who gives a fuck. Actually not so many Japanese listen to critics. Not always a good thing tho.

Example:

CHILE... GNR, but... Universal & Massive Store Of Disc: FERIA DEL DISCO had problems to promote ChinDem. then HERE In Chile:

CERO Promotion, NO DISC In Store... NO Poster, Not Sales, I only had to order the CD

Today: recently sold the disk CHILE and sales are relatively good

 

[ppbebe]

so in some parts of the world cd's still catching up on the sales, yes?

[TomFriend]

Why is that hard to believe?

Because since there was no sustained promotion, most of the sales would have been in the first 3 months or so, and they didn't total that. Pretty much the only way for people to discover the album at the moment is browsing through the store.