[IndiannaRose]

First of all let me start you off with a quote:

Based on the first day sales, the Greatest Hits is on track to sell over 120,000 copies in the USA in the first week.

Source: Hits Magazine

Now as you can see the Guns N' Roses:Greatest Hits album has been an overly succesful around several countries around the world topping the charts and getting into the top 5 in almost every European country out there. The album has sold 113,000 copies in the UK in just 1 week. Now the UK population is 60 million. The US population is 283 million. Guns N' Roses has sold 80 million records woldwide to date,40 million in the US alone. Well when I saw the uote above this paragraph I was thinking how well will this album chart in the USA?

Well I did some research and some steady mathematical research.

According to this article:

http://www.billboard...t_id=1000470598

"Norah Jones' "Feels Like Home" holds the top spot on The Billboard 200 for a sixth-straight week. U.S. sales of the Blue Note set were down about 19% to 147,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan"

The week before U.S sales for the album weew down about 27%. That is an 8% percent "increase" in the loss of album sales for Norah Jones. Well what I did was:

-subtract 8 from 19 which equals 11%

-multiplied 147,000 by .11 and reached the product of 16,170

-I then subtracted 16,170 from 147,000 reaching to an answer of 130,830

That is the most percentage Norah Jone's album will increase meaning I have drawn out a best case scenario for her and a minimal for GN'R. If Guns N' Roses sell over 130,000 copies of the Greatest Hits album then they will clame fame to number 1 surpassing 'The Spaghetti Incident?" from the band's heydays.

Now take a look at this quote:

"Cassidy's "Split Personality" (Full Surface/J Records) lands at No. 2 with 118,000 copies."

GN'R already has surpassed the number #2 album Split Personalityby a minimal case scenario made by Hits Magazine based on first day sales.

"Godsmack's seven-song mini-album "The Other Side" (Universal) enters the chart at No. 5 on sales of 98,000 copies".

^^^^^
What that means is that the Greatest Hits album will be in the Top 5 as proven by clear scientific and mathematical research done by me above re-enforcing the fact of the album at being a top 10 hit as the number 10 album Josh Groban's Closer (Reprise) rounds out the top-10 with sales of 67,000 copies will be outsold by more than double its sales.

If 113,000 copies were sold in the UK,a land mass with 60 million inhabitants, in a week then we can expect 130,000 copies from the U.S.A,a landmass with 283 million inhabitants and the buyers of 40 million GN'R records.

What this will d is smack all the GN'R non-believers in the face by proving this band is very much still alive. The band itself isn't alive but the fans keep the legend of Guns N' Roses roam strongly through the musical ages.

edit (3/30/04):

Final:

CHART DATE: 03/29/2004
LAST UPDATE: 03/30/2004 12:50:04
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 1,087,954 --
CONFESSIONS
-- 2 NOW 15 CAPITOL 350,838 --
VARIOUS
-- 3 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 172,423 --
GREATEST HITS
-- 4 CARL THOMAS BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 138,386 --
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT
1 5 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 108,992 -27%

#3

edit (4/6/04):

CHART DATE: 04/05/2004
LAST UPDATE: 04/06/2004 13:24:07
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 470,251 -57%
CONFESSIONS
-- 2 JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 384,297 --
DAMITA JO
2 3 NOW 15 CAPITOL 210,363 -40%
VARIOUS
-- 4 LIL' FLIP COLUMBIA/CRG 200,931 --
U GOTTA FEEL ME
-- 5 AEROSMITH COLUMBIA/CRG 149,426 --
HONKIN' ON BOBO
-- 6 J-KWON SO SO DEF/ZLG 124,825 --
HOOD HOP
-- 7 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 107,353 --
ME AND MR. JOHNSON
5 8 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 98,297 -10%
FEELS LIKE HOME
3 9 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 90,168 -48%
GREATEST HITS
7 10 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 81,840 -11%

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edit 4/20/04:

CHART DATE: 04/19/2004
LAST UPDATE: 04/20/2004 13:04:09
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 285,637 -37%
CONFESSIONS
2 2 NOW 15 CAPITOL 120,991 -56%
VARIOUS
13 3 HOOBASTANK ISLAND/IDJ 74,572 -2%
THE REASON
9 4 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 69,394 -24%
GREATEST HITS
4 5 JESSICA SIMPSON COLUMBIA/CRG 66,703 -39%

#4

This post has been edited by IndiannaRose: 20 April 2004 - 07:41 PM

[PoWeR]

There is NO WAY GH makes #1 because Usher's new CD came out this week also and everyone and their neighbor is buying it.

[Appetite4Democracy]

PoWeR, on Mar 25 2004, 02:22 AM, said:

There is NO WAY GH makes #1 because Usher's new CD came out this week also and everyone and their neighbor is buying it.

Usher

This post has been edited by Appetite4Democracy: 24 March 2004 - 09:24 PM

[IndiannaRose]

PoWeR, on Mar 24 2004, 10:22 PM, said:

There is NO WAY GH makes #1 because Usher's new CD came out this week also and everyone and their neighbor is buying it.

Fuck forgot about Usher...

[TealaRose]

It'll be there and Geffen will be laughing all the way to the bank!

GEFFEN ™

[DirtyDeeds]

PoWeR, on Mar 24 2004, 09:22 PM, said:

There is NO WAY GH makes #1 because Usher's new CD came out this week also and everyone and their neighbor is buying it.

who's usher?

[PoWeR]

DirtyDeeds, on Mar 24 2004, 09:34 PM, said:

PoWeR, on Mar 24 2004, 09:22 PM, said:

There is NO WAY GH makes #1 because Usher's new CD came out this week also and everyone and their neighbor is buying it.

who's usher?

Look at the charts next week and he's the guy waaaaay out on top, lol.

[One In A Million]

TealaRose, on Mar 25 2004, 02:33 AM, said:

It'll be there and Geffen will be laughing all the way to the bank!

GEFFEN ™

why are you pissed at geffen. you have absolutley no right whatsoever to be pissed at them, axl has put them off so many times as well as you but yet you blame geffen for trying to gain something out of axls stupidity. your a joke

GET IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Carne_asaDA]

Being number 1 on the first week or two does not mean shit.

[Rustycage]

One In A Million Posted on Mar 25 2004, 12:04 AM
QUOTE (TealaRose @ Mar 25 2004, 02:33 AM)
It'll be there and Geffen will be laughing all the way to the bank!

GEFFEN ™


why are you pissed at geffen. you have absolutley no right whatsoever to be pissed at them, axl has put them off so many times as well as you but yet you blame geffen for trying to gain something out of axls stupidity. your a joke

GET IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


the man doesnt owe you anything.yea he promised an album and didnt tell you when it was coming out.would you rather he half ass his work and release it unfinished just to make you happy?how damn selfish can you get?and any fool who understands how record companies operate should understand that even if the new album is handed over today it will still be many months before it comes out because geffen would delay it so they can bleed gh's for all its worth.thus delaying any progress that could possibly happen soon.if you take the side of the record company then you are out fo reach.do you really think that geffen cares what WE want?NO!they want as much money as possible,ASAP!so crawling up the ass of someone who didnt HAVE to keep gnr going is doing nothing but making you part of the problem.boohoo,the record isnt out today.but your whining and sniveling isnt going to make it come out any faster.and geffen isnt helping things either.thats fact not opinion.

[TealaRose]

One In A Million, on Mar 24 2004, 09:04 PM, said:

TealaRose, on Mar 25 2004, 02:33 AM, said:

It'll be there and Geffen will be laughing all the way to the bank! 

GEFFEN  ™

why are you pissed at geffen. you have absolutley no right whatsoever to be pissed at them, axl has put them off so many times as well as you but yet you blame geffen for trying to gain something out of axls stupidity. your a joke

GET IN THE RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the absolute right to be pissed at anyone or anything I please!

The same as any other person on this board. Ever heard of a neat little thing called an OPINION! *insert return personal insult here, becasue I don't feel like wasting my time*

GEFFEN ™

Thank you Rustycage!

This post has been edited by TealaRose: 25 March 2004 - 01:25 AM

[rylz]

axl doesnt necessarily owe us anything, but geffen gave him a deadline in which he failed to meet, it was bound to happen, they have spent too much money on GNR to make CD....they need to get something back in return, they gave axl a chance, but he didnt give them CD in time....i dont blame them, im sure if i was in there shoes id do it too...

[Rustycage]

correction!3 cd's not 1.you think you can just fart 3 cd's by a deadline?i dont think so.a lesson to be learned for this=never demand anything from someone who will not take your shit(axl).

[metalroses]

DirtyDeeds, on Mar 25 2004, 02:34 AM, said:

PoWeR, on Mar 24 2004, 09:22 PM, said:

who's usher?

ushers an ugly MOFO who looks like a monkey

[Rustycage]

he dances like one too.