can someone explain where the sales numbers came from? I don't see anything on Billboard's site that shows numbers, only positions.
what i find interesting about how the Billboard 200 chart has changed is that it really shows that DT is a band that can sell albums, not one that is relying on streaming and digital sales. Compare TA to the new Megadeth album: Dystopia landed at 3 on the Billboard 200, but 2 on the Total Albums chart. Not a wide margin, it shows that they sold a good amount of albums, but also did well with streaming and digital sales relative to other releases.
TA on the other hand, when looking at the difference from 200 to Total Albums, makes a pretty sizable jump from 11 to 6, showing that Dream Theater were able to sell a lot of albums, but once they have to compete with artists with massive streaming and downloads, they weren't as strong. This makes DT's strategy of releasing the album on youtube interesting, as I wonder if their streams or downloads might have been higher without that as an option.
Someone can correct me if i'm wrong, but my understanding is that "album sales" on the billboard 200 are now aggregated from all sources, even if the stream or download is of a single track. So Justin Bieber can put out a shitty album with one great track that blows up and gets tons of downloads, yet that boosts his album sales numbers; doesn't that feel unfair when comparing to a 34-track rock opera that isn't relying on singles? Or am i just a whiny fanboy
Topic: The Astonishing Billboard Chart Prediction (merged) (Read 28067 times)
