Posted on 05/31/2006 7:02:26 AM PDT by RabidBartender
According to this site, there were just over 515,000 sales for the Dixie Chicks album last week. This would put them at #1 on the Billboard charts. Of course this was expected, as they pushed the album’s release date back so it wouldn't have to compete with the debuts of new releases by Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The question now is this: How many of these sales were 'sympathy' buys by Air America fans and faux journalists such as Leonard Pitts? I can't really see libs going out again this week and buying another copy, and without airplay - the Chicks won't get too much more exposure. We should start a pool to show where they'll be in the charts next week. Then again, I don’t know of any other big releases coming out in the next few weeks (Billy Joel has one coming out soon, I have heard).
Incidentally, "Home", the Chicks' last studio release, sold 780,000 in its first week, going on to sell 5.9 million copies. Anyone think this new album will sell that many? Very doubtful. What is astounding was that it had over 5 million sales after only 3 singles were released (Long Time Gone, Landslide, and Travelin’ Soldier) – it easily would have broke the 10 million mark, had Natalie Maines kept her mouth shut.
According to Ask Billboard (Ask Billboard), here are some pretty telling statistics about the sales of the Dixie Chicks since March 2003:
In total, the Dixie Chicks have sold 23.4 million units of their four Monument/Columbia Records releases – that's three studio albums and one live set.
The trio's 1998 major label debut, "Wide Open Spaces," has shifted 8.5 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, while its follow up, 1999's "Fly," has moved 8.2 million. And 2002's "Home" has sold 5.9 million.
The incident you are referring to is when in March 2003, the group's Natalie Maines said onstage during a U.K. concert "We're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas."
Here is a look at the trio's sales since March 2003: "Wide Open Spaces" (420,000), "Fly" (320,351), "Home" (811,000) and "Top Of The World: Live" (922,000 – it was released in November 2003).
That's right, their last album (albeit a live album), did NOT go platinum.
They have always been "manufactured". Sony said they spent more on promoting to chicks than any other artist in the labels history. They poured millions into the chicks. The chicks have had the best career money could buy and dont think for a second their success wasnt bought. If I am not mistaken, charges were brought against Sony for paying off stations to play thier artists songs and manufacture the #1 for them.
They remind me of that group, the two guys that lip synched their songs, milli vanilli or something like that.
I think this is why their peers don't take them seriously.
Have they ever been invited to play at the Grand Ole Oprey?
I think maybe they played their once. Not sure.
On a side note...
They are postponing dates on the tour due to low sales! They say its because of an overwhleming response they have received in Canada and England. But we know better!
ROFLMAO!
Coolest
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The spin for the Red State tour debacle is starting...
"Due to the overwhelming demand for the Dixie Chicks in Canada, England and Australia, this concert date must be rerouted and the on-sale will be postponed until the fall. Check back to the Savvis Center website for more information as it becomes available."
How are the Billboard chart numbers calculated?
Good, maybe they can stay there...
Dixie Chicks generate 'disappointing' show sales
Only about half the tickets to the Dixie Chicks Oct. 3 GEC show were sold in the first weekend tix went on sale, arena chief Hugh Lombardi confirmed yesterday.
Half-sold is usually a pretty good opening weekend of ticket sales for an arena show, but back in 2003, the Chicks nearly sold out a GEC date in the first weekend of sales.
The story isn't playing out just in Nashville. About 20 Dixie Chicks shows went on sale this past weekend, and a source close to the tour called nationwide sales "disappointing."
Still, there were bright spots. Toronto, for instance, added a second show.
Neither a Chicks' publicist nor a publicist for their record label could be reached yesterday.
Slow concert ticket sales were a little surprising for some because the Chicks' just-released album, Taking the Long Way, has been No. 1 in sales for all genres for the past two weeks, selling a total of about 775,000 copies so far.
But others weren't surprised at all. Wade Jessen, Billboard magazine's director of country charts, pointed to the fact that the Chicks' two new radio singles both failed to break into the top 30 on country charts.
"There's absolutely no radio penetration on anything for this new album," Wade said. "Here's an act off the radio and without a studio album for three years, so I can't say that's entirely surprising" that they have slow concert ticket sales.
Still, the GEC expects the Nashville show will sell out, in part because it's still four months away
The real test is to see what scalpers are getting for tickets. I doubt that you'll see big blocks sold.
There are thousands with little or no bids already on ebay.
I almost feel bad for the people who are going to get stuck with these things. I did see one that had a bid of .99
They will have to give refunds to people when they offical cancel the show. So far the chicks and their handlers refuse to comment on it and are in hiding. effin cowards.
Exactly. Wonder what the spin is going to be? Maybe one of them will have to be hospitalized for "exhaustion".
Drudge is posting their tour is cancelling several venues due to lack of ticket sells.
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