Why appearing on AI could be a career-changing move Options

[edstipe]

I just watched Live's amazing performance on American Idol for the umpteenth time, and I got to thinking about just how big this could be for the band. Consider this:

36 million people watched the show

Let's say of those 36 million, 30 million saw Live's performance (there's always going to be watchers who only see a portion of a 2-hour show)

Let's say of those 30 million, 33% liked Live's performance. This is an extremely low estimate based on the overall comments I have seen, but I'm just using it to prove a point. Even with only a third of the viewers enjoying the performance, that's still an amazing 10 million people who saw, and liked, the band.

Let's say that of those 10 million people who liked Live's performance (again, this is a pretty low estimate based on the strong comments I have seen/heard about the duet), 10% of those people decide to but SFBM at some point because of what they saw (again, I'm choosing a pretty low estimate - 10% - because I really have no idea of how to accurately project what percentage of viewers who like an appearance they see on tv actually go out and buy something from the artist).

Even with numbers projected at a very low estimate...that's still 1 million people who would buy SFBM because of Live's appearance. That's enough to make the album go Gold AND Platinum, and amounts to far more album sales than any of the band's previous two albums.

[andthelettuce]

Your estimates are way off, in my opinion. Most AI watchers don't care at all about rock bands and are probably old women sitting in rocking chairs in Alabama. Which is exactly why Taylor Hicks won. I doubt it will help very much, but it probably will offer the biggest bang for the buck as far as performances go.