Soundscan Results: Week Ending August 13th

[Tony Pascarella]

Here are the Soundscan results for last week (and total sold):

Breaking Benjamin - Phobia: 124,790 (124,997)
Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 22: 104,223 (987,348)
Slayer - Christ Illusion: 62,449 (62,883)
Kidz Bop Kids - Kids Bop 10: 56,211 (173,266)
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere: 53,747 (722,135)
Tom Petty - Highway Companion: 38,309 (208,027)
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!: 37,651 (37,696)
Nelly Furtado - Loose: 31,757 (620,503)
Panic! At the Disco - Fever You Can't Sweat Out: 31,400 (1,039,539)
Pharrell - In My Mind: 30,904 (224,558)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium: 27,383 (1,256,693)
The Fray - How To Save a Life: 26,504 (693,697)
Unearth - III: In the Eyes of Fire: 21,977 (22,058)
AFI - Decemberunderground: 20,973 (563,634)
Blue October - Foiled: 19,486 (391,853)
30 Seconds to Mars - Beautiful Lie: 17,234 (296,443)
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open: 16,359 (213,367)
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It: 14,708 (72,361)
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk & Summer: 14,394 (286,778)
Tool - 10000 Days: 14,070 (1,162,897)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along: 13,478 (1,293,766)
Thom Yorke - Eraser: 12,132 (174,386)
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations: 11,711 (106,996)
Jurassic 5 - Feedback: 10,734 (61,039)
Rise Against - Sufferer & the Witness: 10,509 (123,420)
Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need To Whisper: 10,190 (364,277)
Underoath - Define the Great Line: 9,772 (209,731)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers: 9,569 (244,736)
Wolfmother - Wolfmother: 9,559 (227,593)
Keane - Under the Iron Sea: 9,441 (200,595)
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now: 9,182 (460,260)
2006 Warped Tour Compilation: 8,497 (133,109)
The Pink Spiders - Teenage Graffiti: 7,507 (18,515)
The Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In: 6,855 (282,137)
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree: 6,506 (2,388,564)
Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: Seeger Sessions: 6,212 (539,249)
Cartel - Chroma: 5,923 (89,365)
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam: 5,269 (622,837)
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil: 5,142 (663,351)
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans: 5,119 (728,801)
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission: 5,092 (76,680)
Flogging Molly - Whiskey on a Sunday: 4,977 (25,869)
Fort Minor - Rising Tied: 4,529 (339,563)
Green Day - American Idiot: 4,510 (5,518,921)
Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel As School Children: 4,443 (19,535)
The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic & The Path: 4,282 (50,698)
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage: 4,090 (48,461)
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory: 3,036 (223,545)
Gatsby's American Dream - Gatsby's American Dream: 2,824 (2,879)
All Time Low - Put Up or Shut Up: 2,655 (7,752)
Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely: 2,592 (401,804)
Sufjan Stevens - Avalanche: 2,434 (29,878)
Atreyu - Deathgrip on Yesterday: 2,366 (197,531)
Bury Your Dead - Beauty & the Breakdown 1,940 (17,856)
Sigur Ros - Saeglopur EP: 1,935 (4,391)
The Sounds - Dying to Say This to You: 1,911 (50,424)
From First to Last - Heroine: 1,646 (102,778)
Halifax - Inevitability of a Strange World: 1,590 (28,904)
Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well: 1,434 (66,691)
Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon: 1,249 (68,332)
As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions: 1,247 (1,325)
NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing: 1,229 (68,208)
Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy: 1,210 (89,269)
The Hush Sound - Like Vines: 1,184 (22,171)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time: 1,161 (35,789)
We Are the Fury - Infinite Jest: 1,059 (5,422)
Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record: 1,045 (19,342)
Helmet - Monochrome: 926 (9,497)
The Living End - State of Emergency: 925 (6,324)
Daughters - Hell Songs: 838 (851)
Greeley Estates - Far From the Lies: 826 (10,103)
So They Say - Antidote for Irony: 772 (10,628)
The Sleeping - Questions and Answers: 718 (16,569)

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[dukeboy1986]

Wow, I can't believe the Living End has only sold 6,000 copies, it's a really good album.

[shtjames]

cartel goin strong

[Tony Pascarella]

Wow, I can't believe the Living End has only sold 6,000 copies, it's a really good album.It was released in Australia in February, and to my knowledge, those sales are not included in the Soundscan. But I agree, it still should have sold many, many more copies than it has.

[QTheDangerMusic]

dude wtf about gatsby's record... damn people

[GRIFFARD]

dude wtf about gatsby's record... damn people

i've looked everywhere for that but i can't find it in stores

good for breaking benjamin, they're one of my favorite bands and i can't wait to get their cd.

[Jerbot]

Anyone know what Monty Are I sold? Very curious.

[Jason Tate]

It was released in Australia in February, and to my knowledge, those sales are not included in the Soundscan. But I agree, it still should have sold many, many more copies than it has.

This is true. In Australia the band is huge though - their first album is one of the biggest selling debuts in Aussie history - it's like 5x platinum or something.

Speaking of which - I'm going to go listen to that CD now.

[YourMusicSucks]

i've looked everywhere for that but i can't find it in stores

good for breaking benjamin, they're one of my favorite bands and i can't wait to get their cd.

There was one copy at FYE and I nabbed it.

[sayyes]

ya the living end have like 2 or 3 platinum albums in australia so im sure those numbers are not included on soundscan

[Scott Weber]

dude wtf about gatsby's record... damn people
it's considerably better than Volcano's first week numbers. but yes... go buy this record. Especially since it's only $7.99 at Best Buy this week!

[DK10]

Wow Fall Out Boy is finally dying off, I guess it is time since they are working on the new record. If the new one is anything as successful as the last one it will probably sell like 4 million sicne they already have the exposure, and to think I saw them open for LTJ and Early November and wondered who the fuck are these guys.

[C480RG]

gatsbys is pretty low for such a great ass record.

[Drew Beringer]

GAD is on sale for 7.99 at Best Buy this week. so there you go, go buy it.

[kg00d]

ATAL should be higher :(

very very good cd imo.

[bobby runs]

yes im disappointed by gad and the pink spiders. i guess the spiders really are left in the dust ion a major label. they should have gone the paramore/tai route; sign to atlantic but be "on" fueled by ramen.

[Tony]

Kidz Bop Kids - Kids Bop 10: 56,211 (173,266)

That shit sold more copies last week than the bottom 29 albums on that list combined. This world makes me angry sometimes.

[Jason Tate]

yes im disappointed by gad and the pink spiders. i guess the spiders really are left in the dust ion a major label. they should have gone the paramore/tai route; sign to atlantic but be "on" fueled by ramen.
Or, just not be a horrible, horrible, band.

:)

[Jason Tate]

do their cds say atlantic on them? or FBR? or both?
Pretty sure just FBR.

[youareallfreaks]

damn, 70,000 members + on this site and GAD's numbers are so low.

also, how many copies of Dog Problems have been moved so far? just curious.

[siimpx]

wow, all time low is doing really well. i thought gad would be higher.

[Chris Fallon]

I'm a bit surprised at Gatsbys numbers, but then again, I'm kind of not. I haven't seen too much promotion, the band is taking time off, etc.

Still....there are more than 2500 GAD fans out there, so wtf?

[Scott Weber]

I'm a bit surprised at Gatsbys numbers, but then again, I'm kind of not. I haven't seen too much promotion, the band is taking time off, etc.

Still....there are more than 2500 GAD fans out there, so wtf?
because all fans of a band actually go to the store and buy their record?

[Drew Beringer]

Or, just not be a horrible, horrible, band.

:)

If you are talking about Pink Spiders, I agree.

[youareallfreaks]

because all fans of a band actually go to the store and buy their record?


all fans who don't have a high speed internet connection.

[FacingSorrow]

I think the GAD album wasn't shipped out to enough stores besides best buy. I went the day it came out to the local FYE (terrible, terrible place to buy music) & there was only 1 copy which I bought. Then again...FYE didn't even have the format cd when it came out so who knows...and now I'm just rambling.

[the sob]

cartel should put out another single (runaway). then there numbers will jump.

[danzigeatsbaby]

It was released in Australia in February, and to my knowledge, those sales are not included in the Soundscan. But I agree, it still should have sold many, many more copies than it has.

Soundscan is only US sales, there are other charts for other countries.

[melvicious]

people need to stop buying p!atd

[youareallfreaks]

people need to stop buying p!atd


nice rack

[Drew Beringer]

nice rack

haha oh my god...

[melvicious]

nice rack


hey thanks
...

[youareallfreaks]

haha oh my god...

just callin it like i see it drew

[youareallfreaks]

hey thanks
...


no probs

[Drew Beringer]

just callin it like i see it drew

haha, it was just such a point blank comment, it made me laugh hha

[rosematter]

How can nobody be buying the Gatsby album, its so good!

[melvicious]

haha, it was just such a point blank comment, it made me laugh hha
i laughed too

[LostSymphonies]

no reason why breaking benjamin should be selling more records than slayer..but thats just my opinion..i guess radioplay is a huge factor

[DroppedUrPocket]

Boobies?

[DroppedUrPocket]

Wow, Slayer should be destroying that shit nu-metal band.

[trash zoo]

interesting
who are these 4000+ people still buying American Idiot every week?

[youareallfreaks]

haha, it was just such a point blank comment, it made me laugh hha

i laughed too


nice. it's even more effective when used in real life. sometimes i get slapped though.

[youareallfreaks]

Boobies?


:boobies:

[Drew Beringer]

i laughed too
You have nice tattoos.
nice. it's even more effective when used in real life. sometimes i get slapped though.

That just makes it even funnier.

[melvicious]

You have nice tattoos.

Thank You :)

[DroppedUrPocket]

Yeah who the hell keeps buying American Idiot? Holy shit.

[Adeniz19]

i can't believe aiden has sold more then ETID.... that is really depressing

[HollywoodAbalze]

Yeah who the hell keeps buying American Idiot? Holy shit.

i work at a target and ill tell you who... moms with 8 yr old kids, im serious, theyre still going apeshit over that and kidz bop

[TgE ARTdamage]

i bought the new ACOP album today.

[the rog]

the big question is, how many of these kids complaining about sales numbers actually bought the cds they're complaining about?

[DroppedUrPocket]

i work at a target and ill tell you who... moms with 8 yr old kids, im serious, theyre still going apeshit over that and kidz bop

Wow.

[shane hennessey]

i purchased gad and atal

[DroppedUrPocket]

the big question is, how many of these kids complaining about sales numbers actually bought the cds they're complaining about?

I don't see how my one CD is relevant when the difference between the 2 I cited is 60,000+ CDs.

[moonlights]

it's considerably better than Volcano's first week numbers. but yes... go buy this record. Especially since it's only $7.99 at Best Buy this week!
shouldn't it have gone on sale the first week, not the second? thanks a lot, best buy. i got it for $12.99 :[

[Troy will Fall]

cartel still going strong. :)

& TEN as well.

[Sargent Sausage]

i want TEN to sell overly well,those guys deserve everything

[Melie]

dang hellogoodbye. i guess the fact that they kept people waiting for so long doesn't matter, people still went out and got it.
all time low numbers are pretty sweet. i love love love that cd.

[Baconrocks]

Damn, the sounds have sold more than I thought....good for them.


Everyone needs to shut up about Cartel, honestly (lol). The red jumpsuit apparatus are freakin close to becoming the next MCR. Expect Ronny on the cover of J-14 soon.

[MOOF]

"Daughters - Hell Songs: 838 (851)"



for the whole week??? for the whole country?!?!?!



that's insane!!

[jon.fftl]

I'm kinda surprised We Are The Fury hasn't reached the 6,000 mark. Good band.

[jsim]

Damn, the sounds have sold more than I thought....good for them.


Everyone needs to shut up about Cartel, honestly (lol). The red jumpsuit apparatus are freakin close to becoming the next MCR. Expect Ronny on the cover of J-14 soon.

HAHAH the next MCR? Dude your smoking crack

[zizou1790]

wow gatsbys is a surprise to me

[Nolessthanblink]

Thank God for FINALLY showing some Halifax numbers... a LITTLE disappointing I SUPPOSE considering how well the last few DTR releases have done and how it's DEFAINTELY a better album than Hellogoodbye... although I think TEN outdid Halifax...Oh well, the Halifax cd is pretty sweet. You guys should get it.

[Will Bryme]

the angels and airwaves revolution is still selling HUGE! wooooo

[Pistol_Booking]

Meg and Dia...a great new band on Doghouse Records did 2500 copies in the first week...great numbers for a debut...go out and buy the record and support other great Doghouse bands like SUNDAY DRIVER, ARMY OF ME, KOUFAX, LIMBECK and all the other goodness on the best indie label in the world...

::commercial done::

:-)

[CalamityRecords]

Woah I'm kinda shocked at the low numbers for both GAD and ATAL. I was expecting fairly low, but nowhere near that. That sucks.

The new ATAL album is amazing! People should be jumping all over this! If they got on some good tours, video playback and got promoted properly, they could be pretty big and deservedly so!

[GQis...]

wow, im surprised nelly furtado didn't sell more.

[r3wind74]

Great to see Halifax nearing 30k though how the hell did that happen? They entered the list at 9k though dropped off since and never appeared again. Congrats though to the boys, they deserve to sell more and hopefully they will.
BIG UPS to Hellogoodbye...way to go guys!!!
Also very good to see Cartel & TEN continue the momentum which is sure to pick up or at least stay steady.
Still sad to see no Format on the list..

[r3wind74]

cartel should put out another single (runaway). then there numbers will jump.


Say Anything (Else) is going to be on a movie soundtrack, I forgot which one though...I posted this news in the Forums...

[brent_ster]

Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely: 2,592 (401,804)


is victory gonna stop shipping copies of this cd since they left and sued them

[bbelair]

I bought the new hellogoodbye album, and I really wanted to like it but I'm gonna be honest, it's dissapointing. It has two really good songs, songs that I was expected them to sound like, and those are "Here (In Your Arms)" and "All Time Lows", and there are couple of songs that I find kind of fun and catchy but the rest really don't do it for me. Hellogoodbye is good when they bring a lot of energy, and catchy hooks, and just overall fun to their songs, and a lot of the songs just lack in all of that. I mean are they serious with that song "Oh, It Is Love", that song is so bad.

[mm30]

Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely: 2,592 (401,804)


is victory gonna stop shipping copies of this cd since they left and sued them

As a man once said I don't see black I don't see white. The only color I see is green...


Some thoughts on the discs I've picked up in the last week-
All Time Low- I was very impressed..a solid fun pop-punk record

Gatsbys-Slow to get into, I still love Volcano and just warming up to the new stuff(2k is ridculous though)

Slayer-I was shocked they were outsold by Breaking Benjamin...I have to admit I can't really get into it...I still love RIB,SOH, & SITA plus I think God Hates Us All was a better disc

Eighteen Visions-I love this fucking thing, so damn catchy not necessarily groundbreaking but fun as hell...great live band too

Going tomorrow to get the New London Fire disc anyone have thoughts on it? Listened to the stream on purevolume and was ampd

[Saucey McRib]

Here's a little story about GAD and ATAL.

I was at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio the day these CD's were released. So after I left, I figured why not stop into the local Best Buy and grab me a copy of both? To my surprise, I couldn't find either of them. I asked an employee and made it clear that the CD's had been released that day. I watched him look it up on his computer. ATAL didn't ship to any store within the county. The ENTIRE COUNTY didn't get the CD. What a joke. He found GAD in the back room. They didn't even shelf the new gatsbys CD the day it came out. What the fuck.

Then I spent a week looking everywhere for ATAL because our best buy only got 2 and my friends scooped them before I could get home. I drove an hour up to college and checked that best buy, and guess what? THEY NEVER GOT THEIR SHIPMENT! WHAT A SURPRISE! I eventually waited until Tuesday to get it, a full week later and turns out they ordered 4 more ATAL CDs and they still had 2 GAD CDs, I bought 2 ATAL and 1 GAD (2 GAD in total). One of each was for my girlfriend. Moral of the story, they didn't sell because store employees suck ass.

P.S. I called my best buy a week in advance and asked them to order more than two ATAL CDs because I knew my friends would buy them before me and they refused. Bastards.

[monkeyboyrock]

Wow Fall Out Boy is finally dying off, I guess it is time since they are working on the new record. If the new one is anything as successful as the last one it will probably sell like 4 million sicne they already have the exposure, and to think I saw them open for LTJ and Early November and wondered who the fuck are these guys.

Dude, I watched Spitalfield open up for them in Missoula, MT, just after TTTYG came out. And EVERY time I've seen FOB live or seen live footage of them they've NEVER been as tight and mezmerizing as they were that night. Spitalfield was awesome, too...it was right before they stopped writing wicked catchy pop songs...

MISSOULA, MT, for shit's sakes!!!

[dangets]

Kidz Bop Kids - Kids Bop 10: 56,211 (173,266)
...
Thom Yorke - Eraser: 12,132 (174,386)

haha! fuck you corporate america... for this week

[Alex Djaferis]

how is vheissu doing. its not been on the scan in ages.

[Chris Fallon]

because all fans of a band actually go to the store and buy their record?

I figured you of all people would reply.... (jk, you're the tits, Scott)

I don't know what the first week sales (or the sales in general) for Volcano were, but I'm just saying I find it a little strange that a band as highly regarded by many such as GAD didn't have stronger sales. I know not everyone goes out to buy the album ASAP, but I'm just surprised it's not at least 5k.

[girlsroxboys]

Yea the As Tall As Lions number sucks...

But maybe because the record is more of a fall/winter record in my opinion.

And I can't find it anywhere...:(

[Scott Weber]

I figured you of all people would reply.... (jk, you're the tits, Scott)

I don't know what the first week sales (or the sales in general) for Volcano were, but I'm just saying I find it a little strange that a band as highly regarded by many such as GAD didn't have stronger sales. I know not everyone goes out to buy the album ASAP, but I'm just surprised it's not at least 5k.
Volcano sold considerably less in its first week. I have never seen GAD to be "highly regarded by many" outside of the message board community, and there wasn't a lot of lead-in promotion for this record. Remember, not everyone (in fact a lot of people) that listen to the same kind of music we do don't read internet message boards...a lot of people had no idea this record was even coming out. that being said, the expectations are too high and all things considered their numbers are good. To sell 5k first week requires a gigantic push from an indie label and tons of lead-in promotion. It's hard to do.

[LillieDesigns]

Buy the TEN cd right now. That is all.

[Nate_RAWKS]

nice rack

hahahaha

haha

[permanentdan]

i bought the new ACOP album today.


i preorderd that a few weeks ago and still havent gotten anything in the mail. im kinda pissed. normally when you preorder something you get it the week before its supposed to come out, but then my order receipt said, "ships on the week of the 15th" so not even until it comes out anyways. i mean shit, i could have dled it for free but..

[permanentdan]

Meg and Dia...a great new band on Doghouse Records did 2500 copies in the first week...great numbers for a debut...go out and buy the record and support other great Doghouse bands like SUNDAY DRIVER, ARMY OF ME, KOUFAX, LIMBECK and all the other goodness on the best indie label in the world...

::commercial done::

:-)


i saw them at warped for the first time just walking by and was pleasantly surprised. i really like their stuff

[mikeoftheyear]

anyone know how much under the influence of giants did?

[Scott Weber]

anyone know how much under the influence of giants did?
6400

[Chris Fallon]

Volcano sold considerably less in its first week. I have never seen GAD to be "highly regarded by many" outside of the message board community, and there wasn't a lot of lead-in promotion for this record. Remember, not everyone (in fact a lot of people) that listen to the same kind of music we do don't read internet message boards...a lot of people had no idea this record was even coming out. that being said, the expectations are too high and all things considered their numbers are good. To sell 5k first week requires a gigantic push from an indie label and tons of lead-in promotion. It's hard to do.

Good point. I agree, man. I guess I just wasn't thinking "outside" of AP.net, haha.

It just hasn't seemed to me like Fearless has made any push at all, yet I guess I figured GAD had more fans that would buy it the first week.

Whatever....I picked it up, I'm happy. Hopefully, people will catch on.