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redwingz
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 Posted - 2008/02/20 : 15:22:39
In pop music, we are always hearing about 'gold' and 'platinum' artists, which has got me thinking, how many hardcore compilations get sold? for example:
Im presuming Bonkers sells alot but how many do you reckon? and in comparison, how many do you think HU2 has sold? (this imo is the best current hardcore album, but has had distribution problems, was just wandering howw many people got their hands on it) and im presuming Hardcore adrenaline 3 wud be somewhere in between?
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 15:43:24
A fair few hardcore compilations have gone silver/gold ( the first being Bonkers 3 I believe, though it took a while ).
I can't comment on HU2 sales figures as I actually have no idea ( heh! ), but it's safe to say it's a fraction of something like Bonkers. Which in turn is a fraction of something like Clubland Xtreme Hardcore.
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 16:04:11
I remember Heart of Gold went Silver or Gold.
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 16:42:39
sometimes compilations get in the charts dont they
a last year we had like 3 or 2 in the top 10
and i have hu2 (and it is the best current hardcore album)
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 16:55:42
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Originally posted by tru bass:
sometimes compilations get in the charts dont they
a last year we had like 3 or 2 in the top 10
and i have hu2 (and it is the best current hardcore album)
Most of the big comp's get into the charts.
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 22:13:18
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Originally posted by bulby_g:
quote:
Originally posted by tru bass:
sometimes compilations get in the charts dont they
a last year we had like 3 or 2 in the top 10
and i have hu2 (and it is the best current hardcore album)
Most of the big comp's get into the charts.
the release dates are very well planned so this happens though :P not that they wouldnt get in anyways but they always get higher than they should cause there is nothing else worth buying at that point in time
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 23:21:29
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Originally posted by Jax:
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Originally posted by bulby_g:
quote:
Originally posted by tru bass:
sometimes compilations get in the charts dont they
a last year we had like 3 or 2 in the top 10
and i have hu2 (and it is the best current hardcore album)
Most of the big comp's get into the charts.
the release dates are very well planned so this happens though :P not that they wouldnt get in anyways but they always get higher than they should cause there is nothing else worth buying at that point in time
All the big Hardcore comps get into the charts whenever they are released! But as there are always 40 albums in the chart at one time, I can't imagine 1000's of punters buying a HARDCORE album just for the sake of it! It really does depend on advertising or brand name getting a person who doesn't know much about Hardcore music to buy one! (which is why the MOS and Clubland ones sell the most- 3-400,000) and after the first few weeks they drop their prices! but the second tier ones after a few weeks like Nukleuz and Bonkers (when they fall out of the main chart) re-release it again at a cheap price for the "cheap charts" At the moment HA3 and B17 are £4.97 in the so called chaep charts! This is why I posted on here a couple of weeks ago about when you do you buy your CD?
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Posted - 2008/02/20 : 23:51:12
yeeah i bought hardcore adrenaline 3 for £5 yesterday (not too impressed with it like) but i saw bonkers 17 for £5 aswell!!! i couldnt believe it, its £17 in HMV, but i got bonkers 17 the day it came out for like £14
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Posted - 2008/02/21 : 07:08:38
Gold in the UK is 100,000 units sold, Clubland X-treme hardcore vol.1 went gold, in fact I think it went close to 200,000 units (don't quote me), most other comp sell upto and around 50,000 units, non TV advertised sell around 1000-2000 depending on promotion, DJ's and artists. But I've seen hardcore albums so as badly as 150 units sold.
A few MoS hardcore comps also did over 100,000.
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Posted - 2008/02/21 : 14:21:09
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Originally posted by silver:
Gold in the UK is 100,000 units sold, Clubland X-treme hardcore vol.1 went gold, in fact I think it went close to 200,000 units (don't quote me), most other comp sell upto and around 50,000 units, non TV advertised sell around 1000-2000 depending on promotion, DJ's and artists. But I've seen hardcore albums so as badly as 150 units sold.
A few MoS hardcore comps also did over 100,000.
out of curiosity what were those albums who did so badly??? i'd like 2 know that way i can see if i own any.
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Posted - 2008/02/21 : 18:23:02
the first 5 bonkers albums went silver & vol 3 went gold
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Posted - 2008/02/21 : 20:40:03
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Originally posted by The Doc:
quote:
Originally posted by Jax:
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Originally posted by bulby_g:
quote:
Originally posted by tru bass:
sometimes compilations get in the charts dont they
a last year we had like 3 or 2 in the top 10
and i have hu2 (and it is the best current hardcore album)
Most of the big comp's get into the charts.
the release dates are very well planned so this happens though :P not that they wouldnt get in anyways but they always get higher than they should cause there is nothing else worth buying at that point in time
All the big Hardcore comps get into the charts whenever they are released! But as there are always 40 albums in the chart at one time, I can't imagine 1000's of punters buying a HARDCORE album just for the sake of it! It really does depend on advertising or brand name getting a person who doesn't know much about Hardcore music to buy one! (which is why the MOS and Clubland ones sell the most- 3-400,000) and after the first few weeks they drop their prices! but the second tier ones after a few weeks like Nukleuz and Bonkers (when they fall out of the main chart) re-release it again at a cheap price for the "cheap charts" At the moment HA3 and B17 are £4.97 in the so called chaep charts! This is why I posted on here a couple of weeks ago about when you do you buy your CD?
i meant its a way to "fix" the figures so to speak. if you release when there is a load of shit that isnt being bought, then any album thats released thats good will move up higher in the charts :)
when people see a hardcore album thats higher up in the charts they are more likly to think "oh thats selling well it must be decent"
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Posted - 2008/02/22 : 06:23:07
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
out of curiosity what were those albums who did so badly??? i'd like 2 know that way i can see if i own any.
I'm not 1 to kiss and tell, some sold bad, some had little promotion, it's not to say they were bad albums just didn't sell because no one knew about it or no stores stocked it.
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Posted - 2008/02/22 : 10:26:27
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Originally posted by silver:
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
out of curiosity what were those albums who did so badly??? i'd like 2 know that way i can see if i own any.
I'm not 1 to kiss and tell, some sold bad, some had little promotion, it's not to say they were bad albums just didn't sell because no one knew about it or no stores stocked it.
haha silver u tease, i knew you wouldnt tell us :p
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Posted - 2008/02/25 : 05:58:57
redwingz: Not my place to say, if the companies or DJ's involved want to talk about it then that's fine :)
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Posted - 2008/02/25 : 13:00:28
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redwingz: Not my place to say, if the companies or DJ's involved want to talk about it then that's fine :)
lol yeah i know, was just joking
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