Agent 488 |
07-01-2010 11:23 AM |
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Originally Posted by DamianJ
(Post 17293828)
Yeah, that worked brilliant for In Rainbows.
Oh wait, no it didn't!
What other music stores let you pay what you want?
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yeah did terrible gary.
"In early October 2007, a spokesman for the band reported that "most people [paid] a normal retail price with very few trying to buy [the download version] for a penny" and that most fans had preordered the discbox.[48] Citing a source close to the band, Gigwise.com reported that by the day of its online release, the album had sold 1.2 million copies.[49] The claim, however, has been dismissed by band manager Bryce Edge as "exaggerated".[50] According to an Internet survey conducted by Record of the Day of 3,000 people, about one-third of people who downloaded the album paid nothing, with the average price paid being £4.[51] When asked in a December 2007 interview by The Observer how many discboxes were ordered, the band members responded with various answers ranging between 60,000 and 80,000.[20] In October 2008, a report from Warner Chappell revealed that although most people paid nothing for the download, pre-release sales were more profitable than the total money from sales of Hail to the Thief. The report also stated that the discbox sold 100,000 copies.[52]
The album's download and "discbox" sales were not eligible for inclusion in the UK Albums Chart because the website is not a chart-registered retailer.[53] The week of its retail release, In Rainbows peaked at number one on the UK Album Chart,[54] with first week sales of 44,602 copies.[55] The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 156 due to street date violations, but reached number one on the chart the following week. The record sold 122,000 copies in the United States in its first week of official release, according to SoundScan,[56] also making it the 10th independently distributed album to reach number 1 on the Billboard 200.[57] In October 2008, the band's publisher Warner Chappell Music Publishing revealed that the album had sold three million copies (including digital and physical format sales) since the album's physical release in January.[58] The vinyl edition of In Rainbows was the top selling vinyl album of 2008.[59]|
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