Lorraine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Vapor Trails did better than AFTK! :lol: :lol: That will make Segue very happy. A Farewell to Kings would become Rush's first US gold-selling album, receiving the certification within two months of its release, and was eventually certified platinum" None of the 00s albums sold 500,000 units (gold) within the first two months of their respective releases. So no, Vapor Trails did not do better.How many albums have to sell to be certified platinum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Its interesting to see that with a couple exceptions, the worse their music got the better it sold.... I know it. Isn't that odd?Probably not. I am sure one of the brilliant minds here at the TRF will happen by and explain it to us old fogies... :codger:They got more popular as time went on, and therefore newer releases had more first day purchases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Vapor Trails did better than AFTK! :lol: :lol: That will make Segue very happy. A Farewell to Kings would become Rush's first US gold-selling album, receiving the certification within two months of its release, and was eventually certified platinum" None of the 00s albums sold 500,000 units (gold) within the first two months of their respective releases. So no, Vapor Trails did not do better.How many albums have to sell to be certified platinum? One million. But certifications only happen when the band/label bothers to apply for them or whatver. Edited December 13, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Its interesting to see that with a couple exceptions, the worse their music got the better it sold.... I know it. Isn't that odd?Probably not. I am sure one of the brilliant minds here at the TRF will happen by and explain it to us old fogies... :codger:They got more popular as time went on, and therefore newer releases had more first day purchases. And less overall purchases ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) This is from 2007, so it's not up to date... But Vapor Trails sold 338,000 as of 2007 (a five year period from it's release) compared to a A Farewell to Kings 500,000 about two months from it's release (Released September 1, 1977, Certified Gold by RIAA: November 16, 1977) http://www.rushisaba...an-record-sales Everything below is copied and pasted from the link (FEEDBACK IS NOT MY FAVORITE RUSH ALBUM): A couple of weeks ago in my From my Readers post, I mentioned a post at the USAToday.com Listen Up music blog (run by Ken Barnes) which addressed the recent inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The comments on the post were full of comments about Rush which prompted Barnes to put up a follow-up post where he discussed Rush's Soundscan record sales from 1991 to the present. He points out that fans seem to prefer the old stuff. They've bought over a million copies of Moving Pictures and nearly 900,000 copies of 1976's 2112 since 1991; more than the numbers for Test for Echo and Vapor Trails combined. Here's the entire post:Last week, as part of the series of answers to your sales questions, we looked at Donna Summer's sales figures in the SoundScan era (late '91 to now). Continuing with a mini-series on your favorite should-be-Hall-of-Famers, today's sales list deals with Rush. (Next week, Kiss.) Of course, sales isn't necessarily a criterion for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inclusion, but they're a telling indicator of continuing popularity.Like Summer, Rush's peak came before the SoundScan era -- the trio ran off 19 straight gold or platinum albums before SoundScan started tabulating sales, with 1981's Moving Pictures being certified as quadruple platinum. Most of the sales for those albums are lost in the mists of prehistory. But the band has still racked up sizable sales for its entire catalog in the SoundScan era. The long list, chronologically arranged, follows (Rush's Soundscan record sales from 1991 to the present.)Rush (1974): 197,000Fly by Night (1975): 219,000Caress of Steel (1975): 193,0002112 (1976): 848,000All the World's a Stage (1976): 246,000A Farewell to Kings (1977): 258,000Hemispheres (1978): 269,000Permanent Waves (1980): 283,000Moving Pictures (1981): 1.20 millionExit Stage Left (1981): 542,000Signals (1982): 305,000Grace Under Pressure (1984): 201,000Power Windows (1985): 181,000Hold Your Fire (1987): 232,000Show of Hands (1989): 173,000Presto (1989): 152,000Chronicles (1990): 825,000Roll the Bones (1991): 1.15 millionCounterparts (1993): 772,000Test for Echo (1996): 490,000Retrospectives I: 1974-1980 (1997): 168,000Retrospectives II: 1981-87 (1997): 203,000Different Stages (1998): 277,000Vapor Trails (2002): 338,000Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits (2003): 502,000Rush in Rio (2003): 144,000Feedback (2004): 160,000 (my favorite Rush album, if that means anything. One of the best covers albums) So what can we conclude from this data?1. Rush sure has a lot of albums2. Fans prefer the old stuff to the new stuff: No album of new material has topped 500,000 since 1993's Counterparts.3. But fans really buy that old stuff, snapping up a number of hits collections and retrospectives in various configurations, all with sales in six figures. Plus, selling nearly 900,000 copies of 1976's sci-fi concept album 2112 since 1991 is a really impressive achievement. Edited December 13, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Roll the Bones was quite a "hit" It was officially certified Platinum on August 31, 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Wow...Feedback is your favourite Rush album? Deary deary me... (Opinions are like the holes in our bottoms...yada yada yada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Wow...Feedback is your favourite Rush album? Deary deary me... (Opinions are like the holes in our bottoms...yada yada yada) NOOOO!!!! I added "Everything below is from the link:" a minute before you posted this... And I just updated it again: Everything below is copied and pasted from the link (FEEDBACK IS NOT MY FAVORITE RUSH ALBUM): Edited December 13, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I'm not Zumbi dammit. (Although I wish I was because he's a badass mofo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Feedback (2004): 160,000 (my favorite Rush album..... Zumbi must have written this up for the blog. I see he snuck in his love of Feedback. Leave it to Zumbi. Always has to get in a pitch for that loser album. :boo hiss: Edited December 13, 2014 by Lorraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I updated the post more to (hopefully) make it more clear. Anyway Moving Pictures has been certfied 4x Platinum in the US (meaning 4 million units sold)2112 = 3x Platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I bought one copy when it came out, now who are the other 3,999,999? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Because it's material is simple, catchy, and easy to digest and is targeted for average simpletons. The same reason why Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are so successful. Roll the Bones is the Titanic of Rush albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Rush's Soundscan record sales from 1991 to the present. So the figures next to the albums represent only the number of records sold since 1991? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Rush's Soundscan record sales from 1991 to the present. So the figures next to the albums represent only the number of records sold since 1991? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I think it is very impressive that a bunch of old timers in a band can still sell that many albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Moving Pictures has sold at least 4 million total2112 at least 3 millionRush at least 500,000Fly By Night at least 1 millionCaress of Stell at least 500,000AFT2K at least 1 millionHemispheres at least 1 millionPWaves at least 1 millionSignals at least 1 millionP/G at least 1 millionPwindows at least 1 millionHYF at least 500,000Presto at least 500,000 The rest of the albums are the figures listed in the chart up to 2007 these are US sales only... The albums all have sold more since but the certifications have not been updated yet...and Soundscan sales figures cannot be accessed by just anyone. There was a post recently saying that Rush is supposed to be getting about 26 more certfications but that's up to the band or it's label whenever that is going to happen. Edit: Or whenever the RIAA is going to get to it... Edited December 13, 2014 by savagegrace26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Here is that info: http://www.rushisaband.com/blog/2013/08/14/3748/Rush-back-catalog-RIAA-Gold-and-Platinum-certification-coming-soon Rush back catalog RIAA Gold and Platinum certification coming soon? Wed, Aug 14, 2013@11:17AM It's been a long time since any of Rush's studio albums have been certified Gold and/or Platinum by the RIAA. Although several Rush videos and compilations have been certified over the past several years, the last time a Rush studio album was certified was back in 2001 when Roll the Bones was given Platinum certification. Rush's last 3 studio albums have yet to receive even Gold certification (sales of 500,000 units) here in the US. However, with all the reissues in recent years including the Sector box sets, the recent Atlantic-era reissues (the digital version has already been released) and the deluxe editions of 2112 and Moving Pictures, it's likely that sales of Rush's back catalog have greatly increased in the past few years. Record companies need to explicitly request certification and it looks like this may have happened with Rush's record company(s) according to a Facebook post from Rush sound engineer Richard Chycki earlier today:Just put in the request ... 26 gold and platinum album sales awards in North America, for all the Rush DVD's and albums over the past 9 years. Unbelievable! I am so blessed. Thanks, guys ... looking forward to many, many more!Chycki explicitly says North America so several of these certifications may be in Canada where certification is handled by a different entity. It's also not clear whether pre-orders of Rush's upcoming reissue of Vapor Trails or pre-orders of the physical copies of the Atlantic-era box sets will be included (both will release on October 1st), or whether Snakes & Arrows and/or Clockwork Angels has any chance of getting Gold certification. But with sales of all the recent reissues, it's likely that several albums in Rush's back catalog may get Platinum or multi-Platinum certification. The RIAA's database of Gold and Platinum certifications is freely available online and you can check out all of Rush's certifications here (just do a search for "Rush"). More information as I learn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Because it's material is simple, catchy, and easy to digest and is targeted for average simpletons. The same reason why Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are so successful. Roll the Bones is the Titanic of Rush albums. Harry Potter is NOT simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Because it's material is simple, catchy, and easy to digest and is targeted for average simpletons. The same reason why Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are so successful. Roll the Bones is the Titanic of Rush albums. Harry Potter is NOT simple. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Because it's material is simple, catchy, and easy to digest and is targeted for average simpletons. The same reason why Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are so successful. Roll the Bones is the Titanic of Rush albums. Harry Potter is NOT simple. :/ It isn't. And I cannot be bothered to argue. But HP is something I have learned a lot from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I can't believe the top two selling Rush albums are MP (not surprised) and ROLL THE BONES! Well...it has Face Up. What a classic. *jk* NOOOO....NOOOO.... Do you not read? The sales figures are only from 1991 on...when Soundscan started tracking sales....I knew this would happen... The top selling Rush albums overall are Moving Pictures and 2112. But the RTB has squillions Because it's material is simple, catchy, and easy to digest and is targeted for average simpletons. The same reason why Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are so successful. Roll the Bones is the Titanic of Rush albums. Harry Potter is NOT simple. :/ It isn't. And I cannot be bothered to argue. But HP is something I have learned a lot from. I'll accept that...I have read 4 of the books. The movies are hit and miss. What have you learned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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