Also, Pink Floyd had a #1 live album with PULSE in 1995 coming after the success of The Division Bell tour of 1994. The Division Bell was a #1 album here in the US as well. PULSE sold well in the US!
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We are forgetting the fact that the New Jersey concert has already sold out, and the Los Angeles concert is on its way to doing the same. I think they'll spend the winter doing the marketing. Right now they are busy re-working the show for the US, Aruba, and Japan. Or at least, I'd like to think so.
One thing I noticed, which I think is to Hollywood's credit, was store placement. Bestbuy had a bonus DVD, which also meant a sizable spot in the weekly ad, and independent record stores had exclusive promo CDs.
In addition, ROTC had good placement in Wal Mart endcaps, which are never random assingments. In most modern Wal Marts, higher-ups predetermine what product goes on the endcap, resulting in greater exposure, and how many slots it takes up. These spots are usually taken up by the new Jessica Simpson or Toby Keith releases. I noticed that ROTC had a couple spots.
Hollywood could certainly get the CD out more through the media, but this was the most publicity I'd seen at the retail-store level since MIH.
In addition, ROTC had good placement in Wal Mart endcaps, which are never random assingments. In most modern Wal Marts, higher-ups predetermine what product goes on the endcap, resulting in greater exposure, and how many slots it takes up. These spots are usually taken up by the new Jessica Simpson or Toby Keith releases. I noticed that ROTC had a couple spots.
Hollywood could certainly get the CD out more through the media, but this was the most publicity I'd seen at the retail-store level since MIH.
Wow! That's disasterace! Didn't Page/Plant, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and Black Sabbath all do way better on their live reunion c.d. releases? That means so far this project IS failing...or am I wrong? Of course it can always move up but nowadays for the past number of years it seems that a c.d. has to debut strong because then it just fades away after its first week...
By comparison, does anybody know if "On Fire - Live at the Bowl" charted in the U.S. at all? And that release, need I say, included the almighty Fred, didn't it? Did it break the Top 200 in the US? Given that there has been zero US media support so far for the release, a #84 debut is astonishingly good in my eyes.
Live At The Bowl NEVER did the Billboard 200, it only sold 3,000 copies the debut week, very far from the #200 position on the chart.
ROTC debuted at #84 with 11,340 copies, a damn impresive number after all.
In terms of modern day popularity who here knew that Queen held the record for the Billboard charts to have the highest charting three c.d. set in the U.S. of all time in 2002 a year before Led Zeppelin's "How The West Was Won" came out in 2003? That was for the U.S. release of "The Platinum Collection". If I recall it went to number 2 but I am not sure...
Also does anyone worry that the "On Fire" c.d. and or d.v.d. might go out of print for not selling so many copies?
Also does anyone worry that the "On Fire" c.d. and or d.v.d. might go out of print for not selling so many copies?
In terms of modern day popularity who here knew that Queen held the record for the Billboard charts to have the highest charting three c.d. set in the U.S. of all time in 2002 a year before Led Zeppelin's "How The West Was Won" came out in 2003? That was for the U.S. release of "The Platinum Collection". If I recall it went to number 2 but I am not sure...
It reached #2 in UK and spent a lot of weeks in the Top 75, more than 100 if I remember good.
In US debuted at #48, and dropped of the Billboard 200 the following week.
Actually, The Platinum Collection it's one of the 10 worst drops of the US chart history and the #3 among albums that never returned to the Billboard 200:
drop // wks on chart // album-artist
* returned to the chart
12-out // 20wks // Merry Christmas - Johnny Mathis (1962)
33-out // 22wks // Holiday Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller (1962)
34-out // 9wks // Christmas - Kenny Rogers (1982) *
37-out // 1wk // Wide Awake In America [EP] - U2 (1985) *
38-out // 2wks // What A Wonderful World - Anne Murray (2000) *
41-out // 8wks // A Fresh Aire Christmas - Mannheim Steamroller (1989) *
45-out // 9wks // Christmas Extraordinaire - Mannheim Steamroller (2002) *
46-out // 27wks Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby (1962) *
46-out // 1wk Electric Breakdance - Various Artists (1984) *
48-out // 1wk Greatest Hits I, II & III - Queen (2002)
LOL, They are almost all xmas albums.
Where do you get this kind of US chart information?
Where do you get this kind of US chart information?
I picked up ROTC yesterday in Toronto @ HMV
Store placement wasn't good but at least it was there.
Other shops didn't care to sell it.
I guess that's the North American apathy toward Queen.
#84 doesn't seem that bad but it might be better if people were aware that this was out there. Promotion does make a difference.
Store placement wasn't good but at least it was there.
Other shops didn't care to sell it.
I guess that's the North American apathy toward Queen.
#84 doesn't seem that bad but it might be better if people were aware that this was out there. Promotion does make a difference.
In terms of modern day popularity who here knew that Queen held the record for the Billboard charts to have the highest charting three c.d. set in the U.S. of all time in 2002 a year before Led Zeppelin's "How The West Was Won" came out in 2003? That was for the U.S. release of "The Platinum Collection". If I recall it went to number 2 but I am not sure...
Also does anyone worry that the "On Fire" c.d. and or d.v.d. might go out of print for not selling so many copies?
The On Fire CD and DVD will still be available. The problem was On Fire didn't get promoted unlike say phlEghMINEM or whatever!
In no way I am I trying to argue with you NotWMeddle I am just trying to understand but why do you think that "On Fire: At The Bowl" will stay in print? Especially if no one really bought it and it sells less now? They should have advertised that better as well. These are important releases to sell well. Especially in the U.S.
Hollywood Records need to see through sales that there is an interest in Queen as a product and so that future releases will get the promotion that they need so that there will be good releases again in the future. We already know Queen have a bunch of stuff to release. We don't want it to all go out of print or never get released in the first place because no one are buying it. As it is Hollywood Records said a couple of years ago that they would not be releasing the Queen anthology box sets anyway. They would only do three c.d.s sets at the most. I am sure that has to do with them thinking they just won't sell well. Does anyone know how well "Crown Jewels" has sold in the U.S.? It does seem that for a good five years after that release I saw it a good bit which seemed good. Now that was just a limited edition so that is why that is out of print now. There isn't anything to read into that I know.
Hollywood Records need to see through sales that there is an interest in Queen as a product and so that future releases will get the promotion that they need so that there will be good releases again in the future. We already know Queen have a bunch of stuff to release. We don't want it to all go out of print or never get released in the first place because no one are buying it. As it is Hollywood Records said a couple of years ago that they would not be releasing the Queen anthology box sets anyway. They would only do three c.d.s sets at the most. I am sure that has to do with them thinking they just won't sell well. Does anyone know how well "Crown Jewels" has sold in the U.S.? It does seem that for a good five years after that release I saw it a good bit which seemed good. Now that was just a limited edition so that is why that is out of print now. There isn't anything to read into that I know.