wkuk04 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Does anybody know any info regarding up to date sales of Chinese Democracy? I know it sold more in Europe than it did in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Does anybody know any info regarding up to date sales of Chinese Democracy? I know it sold more in Europe than it did in the U.S. All I know is it went platinum in early 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 the search function is here for a reason bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 614,000 in the USA sold (as of April 2011)365,899 in the UK sold (as of July 2014) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I wonder if the .99 pricing helped boosting its sales. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Sold more than 1 million copies in Europe alone within just 3 months of release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maynard Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Coma16 numbers and stats change everytime. Really hard to trust them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Coma16 numbers and stats change everytime. Really hard to trust them.What do you mean? I've always just took what i found in wikipedia (same place as WFA got his but for some reason you don't question his numbers). Are you suggesting that it's being changed there? I'm not certain but it's possible i s'pose...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Democracy#Commercial_performance"The album secured an IFPI European Platinum Award, having sold more than one million copies in Europe,[64][65] and had sold 2.6 million units worldwide as of February 2009, according to Universal Music.[63] The album also reached triple platinum certification in Canada, as well as platinum certifications in many other countries, including Finland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.[66] It was certified gold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Brazil, and Colombia.[66] It re-entered the US Billboard 200 again in the week ending April 3, 2011, selling 3,200 copies, enough for the 198th position. At that date, the album had sold 614,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen Soundscan.[67] In the UK, it has sold 365,899 copies as of July 2014.[68]"Europe is much more than just the UK. Edited December 16, 2014 by Coma16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFA Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 So 2 million units worldwide sold. At a selling rate of 9,000 copies per week, in 4 years Appetite will have sold more than Chinese has in 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 So 2 million units worldwide sold. At a selling rate of 9,000 copies per week, in 4 years Appetite will have sold more than Chinese has in 6. You're not including Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, SOUTH AMERICA etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 I'm guessing 7 million worldwide sales, including digital copies like iTunes etc. Now I'm not saying it didn't massively underachieve selling wise but personally I think streaming it in on My Space at the time of release was a mistake, maybe it was done to combat piracy but people can just click and decide if they are going to buy the album and of the millions of people that listened to snippets of the album they just didn't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) 99 cents is a fair price for the "only available at Best Buy" sticker alone, considering it's still first print.I encourage people to buy the remaining copies of CD at their local Dollar Tree store so Axl fans can finally claim they have sold "millions". Edited December 16, 2014 by Nosaj Thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 99 cents is a fair price for the "only available at Best Buy" sticker alone, considering it's still first print.I encourage people to buy the remaining copies of CD at their local Dollar Tree store so Axl fans can finally claim they have sold "millions". My local record store has a copy on vinyl for $19.99. They had a copy of AFD for the same price but no sign of UYIs or Lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 99 cents is a fair price for the "only available at Best Buy" sticker alone, considering it's still first print.I encourage people to buy the remaining copies of CD at their local Dollar Tree store so Axl fans can finally claim they have sold "millions". My local record store has a copy on vinyl for $19.99.Is the vinyl a hard-to-find item by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coma16 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 99 cents is a fair price for the "only available at Best Buy" sticker alone, considering it's still first print.I encourage people to buy the remaining copies of CD at their local Dollar Tree store so Axl fans can finally claim they have sold "millions". My local record store has a copy on vinyl for $19.99.Is the vinyl a hard-to-find item by now?Not sure but I think it's out of print in the USA. I've never seen it under $20 in Canada but I'm sure you can find in on eBay for less (but they get you with shipping). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfreekx Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) 99 cents is a fair price for the "only available at Best Buy" sticker alone, considering it's still first print.I encourage people to buy the remaining copies of CD at their local Dollar Tree store so Axl fans can finally claim they have sold "millions". My local record store has a copy on vinyl for $19.99.Is the vinyl a hard-to-find item by now?Don't buy it the vinyl sucks. I returned it at least 8 times because there were skips in it. Finally gave up.As for the sales here are the latest according to Soundscan (US Only):Total: 655,896 LP: 27,360 CD: 532,421 Digital: 96,114As far as singles go. Chinese Democracy (the song) has sold the most with: 196,424Next is Better with: 79511 Edited December 16, 2014 by xfreekx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) Can we as fans get this record out there to the masses or has that ship sailed. Edited December 16, 2014 by wkuk04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Can we as fans get this record out there to the masses or has that ship sailed.I don´t think it´s our job. It´s up to the band and the record company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Can we as fans get this record out there to the masses or has that ship sailed.Did you not hear about the Myspace streaming of the entire album?CD's release was reviewed by every major music media outlet.There were commercials on TV and in magazines.Anybody that would actually pay $15 to purchase a Guns n Roses album KNOWS that CD was released. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlskAmpf Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) It was a great album with many great tracks. I was talking about Sonic Hwy the other day, one said it's boring. Aside from track 1 I sorta agree. Meanwhile TWAT, Catcher, TIL, and Sorry are all far better songs than track 1 of Sonic. Oh, but it didn't sell like 91 GnR, no lines at Tower records, so it musta sucked. Rock isn't what it was in those days, period, we can't turn back time. Meanwhile many great songs, that's all that matters in the end. Oh yeah, meant to add, and you all steal music since 2000 anyway! Here's a good question: How many copies of Chinese Democracy were downloaded for free? Edited December 16, 2014 by axlskAmpf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 And for the record, I LOVED Chinese Democracy the album and still listen to songs off it almost on a daily basis.But the ridiculous notion that rock fans somehow don't know about it.........give me a break.Most anticipated album of all time, remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 And for the record, I LOVED Chinese Democracy the album and still listen to songs off it almost on a daily basis.But the ridiculous notion that rock fans somehow don't know about it.........give me a break.Most anticipated album of all time, remember that?I still listen to it on an almost daily basis imo it is a great album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguy Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 No one I know listens to ChiDem.I listen to a few songs off ChiDem when I feel like analyzing terrible audio production. It's an incredible tool for teaching myself what NOT to do.In fact, for a few years, I had the vinyl of ChiDem up in my studio, above my engineering station. It was a stark reminder of what bad audio engineering is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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