US sales projections for SFBM Options

[NectarDan]

Judging from one day sales totals, "Songs From Black Mountain" is projected to have sales between 20,000 and 50,000 copies in the US during its first week (this projection does not include the 7,500+ digital downloads of the album that have already been sold on the internet since May 23rd). Live's last studio album, "Birds Of Pray", debuted at #28 on The Billboard 200 chart, with sales of 39,000 units. It has since sold 274,000 copies (in the US alone).

[edstipe]

In fact, in the e-mail newsletters I've received from the various indie music stores that I subscribe to, the release date for SFBM is unanimously listed as 6/13.

[squintyt4e]

You guys have to remember that with the release date changing so close to street that most of the Sunday Ads would have already been printed by the time the release was bumped up to 6/6. Promote it yourself though - that's the best way to get folks aware of the release - get online and let people know!

Also, the chart that Dan is quoting from is a legit chart, but it's not going to match the Nielsen/Soundscan chart (Billboard publishes) that you're going to see as the "final" tally. It's another leading music magazine chart, but it does differ from the other slightly.

Tomorrow is the big day when the numbers are published so it'll be interesting.

[SJN1279]

You guys have to remember that with the release date changing so close to street that most of the Sunday Ads would have already been printed by the time the release was bumped up to 6/6. Promote it yourself though - that's the best way to get folks aware of the release - get online and let people know!

I agree and I did do a lot of promoting myself. However, whatever us fans can do pales to what a major label like Epic is capable of doing. Moving the date around May 9 to June 13 then to June 6th, effectively killed this record. Hoping Mystery with Chris can save it, but without a strong push from Epic, I'm not sure that is going to happen.