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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Nov 17, 2008 15:54:58 GMT -5
Apparently DOYS has only sold 700,000+
Yeah, I'm sure it'll inch its way up to 1million in due time
But surely that figure is inaccurate?
Look at the pattern:
-SOTSOG: 3million
-HC: 4.5 million
-DBTT: 6 million
Even the greatest hits album in 2006, Stop the Clocks, sold 2 million!
Add to the fact that Oasis sold almost 1 million tickets in the UK alone within hours (800,000 tickets or so), and add that to the fact that they're being playing to millions of people over this world tour, so it's safe to assume almost all those people bought the album
So how can DOYS sell 1 million albums or less when SOTSOG was their worst period and yet sold 3 million. Considering the ressurgence of popularity with Oasis since DBTT and since they're having a popular world tour, how can the DOYS album sales figure be SO DRASTICALLY LOW?
700, 000 really? Has to be a mistake.
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Post by putmeinmyplace89 on Nov 17, 2008 16:07:16 GMT -5
Does seem low, but keep in mind people don't buy records anywhere near like they did 3 years ago. and its also only been a month and a half. And once more singles are released and Oasis gets into the heart of the tour, that 700,000 will likely to be doubled if not more.
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Post by liamscoat on Nov 17, 2008 16:21:27 GMT -5
errrrm its only been out 6 weeks  |
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Post by Jazzvi on Nov 17, 2008 16:40:32 GMT -5
I'm not about to discover the wheel but since some people is wondering why Oasis sales are so low I might explain my point of view.
I think young people don't buy records anymore since the beggining of napster, audiogalaxy, limewire and so on. Sales decrease year by year since then. Fans (that's where we are) buy specific albums of the bands they like but the times when you went to the record shop once a week to listen to some music and buy a record are over. Now of course someone can say "in my town everybody goes to the record shop and buy albums bla bla" but i'm speaking in general terms. You just click the link you want to download and you have it.
My mum probably thinks itunes is a TV channel or a new mobile phone. She simply buys amy winehouse's or diane krall albums so that's why they sell 10+ million copies and oasis 700000.
It has nothing to do with the ressurgence of popularity or the quality of the album. Maybe 10 million people have downloaded DOYS and just 700k have bought it. We'll never know.
It's just that people are not gonna pay for something they can have for free.
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Post by SOULDIGGER on Nov 17, 2008 16:48:55 GMT -5
Its all riding on "I'm outta time"
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Nov 17, 2008 18:29:58 GMT -5
Its all riding on "I'm outta time" Speaking of which, why have they decided to release this as a single 6 weeks after the album? Poor marketing  |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Nov 17, 2008 18:31:22 GMT -5
I'm not about to discover the wheel but since some people is wondering why Oasis sales are so low I might explain my point of view. I think young people don't buy records anymore since the beggining of napster, audiogalaxy, limewire and so on. Sales decrease year by year since then. Fans (that's where we are) buy specific albums of the bands they like but the times when you went to the record shop once a week to listen to some music and buy a record are over. Now of course someone can say "in my town everybody goes to the record shop and buy albums bla bla" but i'm speaking in general terms. You just click the link you want to download and you have it. My mum probably thinks itunes is a TV channel or a new mobile phone. She simply buys amy winehouse's or diane krall albums so that's why they sell 10+ million copies and oasis 700000. It has nothing to do with the ressurgence of popularity or the quality of the album. Maybe 10 million people have downloaded DOYS and just 700k have bought it. We'll never know. It's just that people are not gonna pay for something they can have for free. I agree to a certain extent. But look how well Coldplay has sold And watch how many The Killers will sell. Let's be honest, while the Killers are indeed a big international band now, they are still nowhere near worldwide popularity of Oasis. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2008 23:28:21 GMT -5
Don't care, it's still in the top 40 in the UK and it's beating The Kaiser Chiefs and only one place behind Keane when both were released a week after DOYS.  |
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Post by checkwithmemum on Nov 18, 2008 0:00:09 GMT -5
people can't download tickets to a gig for free, the album on the other hand...
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Post by PolskaBro1824 on Nov 18, 2008 0:00:12 GMT -5
you guys act as if downloading is a recent phenomenon. Relate this to something else. Or explain DBTT selling 6 million. This wasn't decades ago for Christ's sake.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2008 0:35:35 GMT -5
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Post by suckermc on Nov 18, 2008 4:53:18 GMT -5
how in the world could dbtt should have sold 6 million?  in know that numbers are on wiki, but thats ridiculous. official statements from oasisinet told that (that was in beginning of 2007) that dbtt just sold 2 mkillion.......could be that it is now around 3 mio....i dont really know....but nowhere near 6(!!! ) mio. in uk: around 1 mio us:0.2 mio japan:0.25 mio these are by far the biggest numbers(perhaps germany and italy togehther around 0.2 mio) where in the world should the rest of over 4 mio come from? and looking at the sales of doys: the promo was shite("noone" bought the single, because everybody knew it over a month before official release(plus no b-sides which was worth for every fan to buy it), has the opputunity to wathc it on youtube 20 thousand times a day. and: oasis is no coldplay and no ac/dc. the fans of this band are in general middleaged housewives and their husbands. acdcs fans are even older....they never heard of the possibility of illegal downloading;) oasis-fans are by far more mixed...there is every age, butstill great to appeal younger people(16-20).....thats what i have seen in the secc in glasgow. totally different from the audience of coldplay. these all are reasons why the sales are not THAT good.....but they are not bad anyway in comparison to most other bands |
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Post by shanghaichica on Nov 18, 2008 9:19:20 GMT -5
Albums dont sell as much as they did even 2 or 3 years ago. The biggest selling album of the year so far has only sold around 5 million, which is less than DBTT sold in 2006 and it wasnt even one of the biggest selling albums of it's year.
I think sales should pick up around christmas.
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Post by Mad4it on Nov 18, 2008 10:12:04 GMT -5
just like to say those sales are complete and utter nonsense!!!!
why do fans always inflate sales?? DBTT has sold no where near 6million!!! HC hasn't sold 4.5m!!
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Post by vespa on Nov 18, 2008 12:42:20 GMT -5
the albums promotion has been shit but it has sold roughly nearly a million copies in just 6 weeks so it aint all that bad people are sayin that kings of leon are seeling great but theyve been in the top in the uk for ages an its only shifted 500 000.doys will pick up sales as the new single is out soon an theyve actually released it in america aswell to coincide with tour so it could help.as for people on about coldplay sales,they are a totally different appeal,they struggle to sellout tours yet shift albums cos every age buys there album as there very easy listening,yet the cant sell out an arena over in the uk.
p.s heathen chemistry was commercially very successful an sold around 4 million,lots of people have quoted this an even noel did
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Post by daysoasis on Nov 18, 2008 12:49:18 GMT -5
those record sales are accurate, because it is not permitted to exist on wikipedia if its bullshit.it will get regulated if it is false.-------oasis has sold around close to 60million, or over---just morning glory alone has sold around 25million+,and that was four years ago.every artist today big or small are feeling the crunch of declining record sales--some just feel it less than others.there was never any money on record sales for artist anyways-only record company's
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Post by daysoasis on Nov 18, 2008 13:00:30 GMT -5
it is easy for a thirteen year old girl to pick up coldplays album,however it is not easy for them to go out and buy a concert ticket.your 44 year old aunt appeals to coldplay,but is not comitted enough to line up for coldplay concert tickets.
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Post by lampard on Nov 18, 2008 14:47:46 GMT -5
SOTSOG has sold about 3 million + over 8 years... DOYS has sold 700,000 under two monthes. all of you going bananas take it fucking easy.
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Post by pete2ndbest on Nov 18, 2008 14:48:30 GMT -5
Oasis fans are the only fans in the world who care about the sales figures of their favourite band. Have you got a low self-esteem or what, and have to have it boosted by Oasis selling 20 million records each time?
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Post by Mad4it on Nov 18, 2008 15:46:03 GMT -5
those record sales are accurate, because it is not permitted to exist on wikipedia if its bullshit.it will get regulated if it is false.-------oasis has sold around close to 60million, or over---just morning glory alone has sold around 25million+,and that was four years ago.every artist today big or small are feeling the crunch of declining record sales--some just feel it less than others.there was never any money on record sales for artist anyways-only record company's No they are not!!! 6million for DBTT is utter bullshit!!! its false the sales always get altered by some fanboy who inflates the sales. 2.5million is a near enough good estimate not 6million!! |
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Post by Mad4it on Nov 18, 2008 15:50:54 GMT -5
the albums promotion has been shit but it has sold roughly nearly a million copies in just 6 weeks so it aint all that bad people are sayin that kings of leon are seeling great but theyve been in the top in the uk for ages an its only shifted 500 000.doys will pick up sales as the new single is out soon an theyve actually released it in america aswell to coincide with tour so it could help.as for people on about coldplay sales,they are a totally different appeal,they struggle to sellout tours yet shift albums cos every age buys there album as there very easy listening,yet the cant sell out an arena over in the uk. p.s heathen chemistry was commercially very successful an sold around 4 million,lots of people have quoted this an even noel did 4million for HC is too high...Noel is known to exagerate! HC is more likely to be around 3million-3.5million |
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Post by Mad4it on Nov 18, 2008 15:56:11 GMT -5
Oasis fans are the only fans in the world who care about the sales figures of their favourite band. Have you got a low self-esteem or what, and have to have it boosted by Oasis selling 20 million records each time? my sentiments exactly! it really is pathetic and insecure to over inflate sales. |
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Post by jeffrey on Nov 18, 2008 16:00:18 GMT -5
SOTSOG is not their worst album first off... HC is mediocre, DBTT is a bit better and DOYS is along the lines of BHN. However, those #'s prob don't count downloads. (legal/illegal) People don't purchase albums as they used to, but my discretion lies on the fan's reactions; hence the reason I believe DOYS is the best since 2000.
My rankings:
DM
WTSMG
SOTSOG
BHN/DOYS
DBTT
HC
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Post by hangthedj on Nov 18, 2008 16:33:27 GMT -5
Here in Spain, DOYS was 25 in the list. Very few people buy albums right now, they download it or they just listen to the fuckin songs that are popular.
Nowadays, only fans buy " not casual " albums. And DOYS is an album that you love or you hate it; I love it but you must understand that Amy Winehouse sells more because her music is more comercial and it's even in the damn soup.
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Post by mytwocents on Nov 18, 2008 16:59:58 GMT -5
Oasis fans are the only fans in the world who care about the sales figures of their favourite band. No, trust me, every band has this kind of debate. Have you got a low self-esteem or what, and have to have it boosted by Oasis selling 20 million records each time? Liking a band and wanting it to succeed are not so far. |
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in know that numbers are on wiki, but thats ridiculous. official statements from oasisinet told that (that was in beginning of 2007) that dbtt just sold 2 mkillion.......could be that it is now around 3 mio....i dont really know....but nowhere near 6(!!!
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