"Slash" album charting

[sandman]

i'm guessing sales will be low. VERY low. i hope i am wrong though.

[Bodhi]

.  You would THINK if someone has that many fans that a good number of them would buy the album.  Although Sebastian Bach said the same thing when "Angel Down" was released.  He couldn't understand how he had so many "friends" on myspace, yet barely any of them seemed to buy the album.

exactly, The Bach thing is what made me think about the Facebook thing in the first place.  He had about 100,000 fans or so and I believe about 5,000 of them  wound up buying the record, about 5%.  If Slash is able to get 5% of his 2 million fans from Facebook thats near 100,000 copies, also factoring in some (which probably wont be much) of the other musicians fans picking it up.  I know Avenged Sevenfold  is advertising the pre order on the main page of their website.  I think some of us may be underestimating how this record does.  You had to be looking really hard to find that Sebastian Bach record, this one is definitely more accessible.  Plus no offense to Baz, but he is not even in the same stratosphere of popularity as Slash is, especially these days.

[D]

i'm guessing sales will be low. VERY low. i hope i am wrong though.

With Fergie,Kid rock and Adam Levine... I doubt that.

I say it debuts at number 8 with around 65k

once, the Fergie single is released however, it will increase big time

[faldor]

.  You would THINK if someone has that many fans that a good number of them would buy the album.  Although Sebastian Bach said the same thing when "Angel Down" was released.  He couldn't understand how he had so many "friends" on myspace, yet barely any of them seemed to buy the album.

exactly, The Bach thing is what made me think about the Facebook thing in the first place.  He had about 100,000 fans or so and I believe about 5,000 of them  wound up buying the record, about 5%.  If Slash is able to get 5% of his 2 million fans from Facebook thats near 100,000 copies, also factoring in some (which probably wont be much) of the other musicians fans picking it up.  I know Avenged Sevenfold  is advertising the pre order on the main page of their website.  I think some of us may be underestimating how this record does.  You had to be looking really hard to find that Sebastian Bach record, this one is definitely more accessible.  Plus no offense to Baz, but he is not even in the same stratosphere of popularity as Slash is, especially these days.

Yeah, I didn't really want to compare the two either.  Just the myspace/facebook thing. 

I honestly have no idea how this record is gonna sell, obviously nobody does.  But to me, I could honestly see it going either way.  I'm not convinced it'll be a smash or a "flop".  Way to make a stand, huh? 

[oldgunsfan]

i'm guessing sales will be low. VERY low. i hope i am wrong though.

With Fergie,Kid rock and Adam Levine... I doubt that.

I say it debuts at number 8 with around 65k

once, the Fergie single is released however, it will increase big time

i think it's gonna surprise alot of people

[sandman]

i'm guessing sales will be low. VERY low. i hope i am wrong though.

With Fergie,Kid rock and Adam Levine... I doubt that.

I say it debuts at number 8 with around 65k

once, the Fergie single is released however, it will increase big time

i hope you are right. but people barely buy CDs of bands they actually like, choosing to pass all together, get it illegally, or download just a couple songs. so it's just hard for me to imagine that die-hard Fergie fans will buy an entire album when they really only have interest in hearing one song, which they could download for $1.

let's make some predictions. how many copies will the album sell in Week 1? and we'll make the selctions easy:

A) 1-49,999

B) 50,000 - 99,999

C) 100,000 - 149,000

D) 150,000 - 199,999

E) 200,000+

i'm gonna say A.

[AxlReznor]

I'd say A in the UK, and B or C in the US.

[Street of the Blues]

I say B) 62,500 copies in the United States.

[oldgunsfan]

I'd say E) 250k+; #1 on album charts; there I said it

[jacdaniel]

i think Slash made this album for fun cos he always wanted to do it.  having no label will obviously mean there wont be momumental promotion.  But cos the album didnt cost so much to make, it doesnt need to sell as many to be a profit.

lets hope he can get a video out...

If so, maybe 100000 first week.

[killingvector]

i'm guessing sales will be low. VERY low. i hope i am wrong though.

With Fergie,Kid rock and Adam Levine... I doubt that.

I say it debuts at number 8 with around 65k

once, the Fergie single is released however, it will increase big time

I agree, if you like Lady Gaga's Paparazzi, you'll love that track.

[Falcon]

A) 1-49,999

[siraddam]

Does anybody know the sales for the single 'By The Sword'? It has been released but I can't find info about sales!!

[Smoking Guns]

I think B as well and 65,000 would be pretty damn solid...  I wonder how many preorders there are?!?!?!  I would assume 25,000+.

[D]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

[Smoking Guns]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

He still makes money off the single though right?  I agree though, can't help, but the cross over tune could bring in new fans that otherwise would never give a Slash solo album a chance.

[D]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

He still makes money off the single though right?  I agree though, can't help, but the cross over tune could bring in new fans that otherwise would never give a Slash solo album a chance.

10 dollars or 99 cents?

[faldor]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

He still makes money off the single though right?  I agree though, can't help, but the cross over tune could bring in new fans that otherwise would never give a Slash solo album a chance.

10 dollars or 99 cents?

People will find a way to get ONE song even if it's not on iTunes if that's what they're interested in.  There aren't many people these days willing to shell out 10 bucks for one song.  And there are PLENTY of ways to get that one song.  That's why I don't think sales will be THAT high.  Fans of particular songs, will get those songs, legally or otherwise and forget about the rest.

[LunsJail]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

Here's the problem though...that Fergie song isn't that spectacular. I just don't think it's the Top 40 hit that some people seem to think it is.

[Jdog0830]

only thing that will stop this album from selling is Itunes

why would a Fergie fan spend 10 bucks for an album when all they are interested in is Fergie?

so Slash, keep this shit off itunes

Here's the problem though...that Fergie song isn't that spectacular. I just don't think it's the Top 40 hit that some people seem to think it is.

LunsJail I agree with you my first point is that its Fergie.

Second she just pisses me off when she trys to sing SCOM most of the time.

She needs to get a dipper for all the shit comming from her mouth.
 




Joe