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Beautiful Plateau 02.15.2009 01:11 PM

How many copies of Rather Ripped have been sold until now?
 
anyone got an estimate? thanks

nicfit 02.15.2009 01:13 PM

I think 500 millions, but I could be wrong.

No idea, actually.

pantophobia 02.15.2009 02:49 PM

much about their sales numbers hasn't been published, but if i recall correctly, it sold somewhere in the range of 17,000 in it's first week, around half that in it's second week

mil_pl 02.15.2009 05:22 PM

they're not selling in number of milions.
but I remember that Rather Ripped was at the 1st place seeling record in Canada for some time.

Derek 02.15.2009 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mil_pl
they're not selling in number of milions.
but I remember that Rather Ripped was at the 1st place seeling record in Canada for some time.

That couldn't possibly be true...

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.15.2009 05:50 PM

one million copies!
 

mil_pl 02.15.2009 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek
That couldn't possibly be true...


no? look here , and wait for selling RR info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyoa-...e=channel_page

pokkeherrie 02.15.2009 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mil_pl
no? look here , and wait for selling RR info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyoa-...e=channel_page


"Canadian college charts" sounds more like a chart of playlists for college radio stations... who tend to play "alternative" (ugh!) rock and stuff. I seriously doubt Sonic Youth would ever top the actual sales charts anywhere.

Sales charts don't mean much in this day anyway.... I think Coldplay sold the most albums of anyone on the planet in 2008 and even that was only 7 million worldwide.

pokkeherrie 02.15.2009 06:13 PM

The Corporate Ghost DVD was awarded gold status for music DVD sales in Canada... that just means more than 5,000 copies sold!

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.15.2009 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie
The Corporate Ghost DVD was awarded gold status for music DVD sales in Canada... that just means more than 5,000 copies sold!


I bet Canadians have really great self-esteem with all that positive reinforcement and encouragement..

pokkeherrie 02.15.2009 08:02 PM

I think you could pretty much translate those sales figures to USA/Europe/Japan/Australia/etc.



But OK then.... Canadians are the best SY fans in (their part of) the world!!!

Daddylikes 02.15.2009 08:30 PM

Rather Ripped should have sold billions!

FUCK YEAH@

joe11121 02.15.2009 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokkeherrie
The Corporate Ghost DVD was awarded gold status for music DVD sales in Canada... that just means more than 5,000 copies sold!


The following are the sales designations for Canada:
GOLD 50,000 units
PLATINUM 100,000 units
DOUBLE PLATINUM 200,000 units
The following are the sales designations for the US:
GOLD 500,000 units
PLATINUM 1,000,000 units
DOUBLE PLATINUM 2,000,000 units

Rather Ripped sales to date, probably pretty high.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 02.16.2009 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daddylikes
Rather Ripped should have sold billions!

FUCK YEAH@


one.. billion copies!

 

Magic Wheel Memory 02.16.2009 12:40 AM

Probably less than 50,000.

Rob Instigator 02.16.2009 09:48 AM

Rather Ripped probably solde between 100 thou and 130 thou copies.

sonic youth still have not ahd ANY album go gold in the USA, and that is 500,000 sales.

the closest ones were EJST&NS and Dirty.

pokkeherrie 02.16.2009 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe11121
The following are the sales designations for Canada:
GOLD 50,000 units
PLATINUM 100,000 units
DOUBLE PLATINUM 200,000 units
The following are the sales designations for the US:
GOLD 500,000 units
PLATINUM 1,000,000 units
DOUBLE PLATINUM 2,000,000 units

Rather Ripped sales to date, probably pretty high.



Wrong. That's for CDs/LPs... NOT DVDs.

http://www.cria.ca/gold/1004_g.php



Video Certifications


 

October 2004 Platinum
10,000 Units Oscar Peterson
"Oscar Peterson A Night In Vienna"
Universal Music / Verve

 

Gold
5,000 Units Sonic Youth
"Corporate Ghost-The Videos: 1990-2002"
Universal Music / Geffen


you can search here:
http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php
.. and find that none of their albums reached gold/platinum status in Canada. And I seriously doubt it happened anywhere else in the world either.

pantophobia 02.16.2009 12:42 PM

before i get to work wrapping chocolate bars i shall defer to my prior research
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=10528

Quote:

Originally Posted by pantophobia
a bump but adding some old info to it

undated sales numbers that seem highly suspect, likely Soundscan sourced

Sonic Youth / 4,100
Bad Moon Rising / 33,000
Confusion Is Sex / 41,100
Starpower / 1,000
Evol / 48,400
Sister / 72,000
Sonic Death / 5,500
Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000
Daydream Nation / 162,000
Goo / 169,000
Dirty / 329,000
Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000
Washing Machine / 159,000
A Thousand Leaves / 66,000
Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000
Murray Street / 63,000
Sonic Nurse / 65,000


now those numbers are really out of date now

pokkeherrie 02.16.2009 12:43 PM

Those are US sales figures?

nancykitten 02.16.2009 01:18 PM

Probably a hell of a lot more had Superstar been on it.


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