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Phil
Apr-13-2011, 00:17 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | So let´s start speculating. Someone said the album is 7 on Itunes. It´s running 3 and 5 on Amazon (separate deluxe edition), 2 and 4 in the Rock category.
IIRC YTO opened at 19 on Billboard. Surprise opened higher (14) but dropped quicker. SO?? Top 10 would be great with some staying power.
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linclink
Apr-13-2011, 01:25 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| I think this will at least go Gold, and will, at least peak in the top ten. "Surprise" peaked at #4 in the U.K., but like "Hearts & Bones" & "Songs From The Capeman" didn´t go Gold...wonder how far off it is...maybe someday...
I´d hope that this would hit #1 & go platinum, and you never know. It certainly deserves it. We shall see... |
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Phil
Apr-13-2011, 02:05 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| always seems to chart higher in the UK. It took a while for Surprise to hit gold in US. |
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linclink
Apr-13-2011, 02:35 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| @Phil- Did "Surprise" go Gold in the U.S.? The Wiki Paul Simon discography says it didn´t. I hope it did, it certainly deserved to...now if only "Hearts & Bones" could limp over the line, 20 odd years later...closing in on 30! And then finally bringing up the rear "Songs From The Capeman". |
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Phiil
Apr-13-2011, 03:48 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| I thought I recently saw it listed - but now can´t find it. You´re probably right, no gold yet. Can´t believe that. |
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Phiil
Apr-13-2011, 04:38 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| I guess it went gold in the UK - causing my confusion. not sure what their sales requirements are.
From wiki: "With Surprise, Paul Simon achieved his greatest week of sales during the Soundscan era, when the album debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200 with sales of over 61,000 copies sold, which slightly surpassed the 60,000 units sold by You´re the One back in 2000".
So I guess we need to be rooting for, what? 70k units first week? |
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linclink
Apr-13-2011, 05:13 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Nice to know "Surprise" went Gold somewhere (and it peaked at #4 in the U.K. as well- you got you Brits!)...
I´m guess with those numbers I´ll be rooting for 75,000+. I think we could see that, and I think it´s got the potential to be either a #1, or at least a top 5 in the U.S., and I do think it will go Gold for sure, if not Platinum...but that could be my heart & not my head speaking...who knows with the music industry & scene the way it is today...downloads? How do they count, if they do? No clue here. |
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Mimi
Apr-13-2011, 06:58 GMT
Austria
 | On the "Dreamer of music" Site Surprise is listed as certified gold in the US. I believe they are very accurate with their informations. |
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Klausi
Apr-13-2011, 07:16 GMT
Germany
 | RIAA America hasn`t Surprise listed as Gold. My information is it sold less than 300.000.
YTO went Gold, but the last Gold for Paul was for Slip slidin` away as Gold (one million singles sold) in 2001. |
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matthew
Apr-13-2011, 08:54 GMT
United Kingdom
 | The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) issues awards as follows:
60,000 (silver), 100,000 (gold) and 300,000 (platinum) albums shipped
The five most recent albums to receive certificates are as follows:
PAUL SIMON - THE PAUL SIMON ANTHOLOGY ALBUM
Silver Certification (Album) 27 June 2003
PAUL SIMON - YOU´RE THE ONE
Silver Certification (Album) 20 October 2000
PAUL SIMON - SHINING LIKE A NATIONAL GUITAR - GREATEST HITS
Gold Certification (Album) 16 June 2000
Silver Certification 26 May 2000
PAUL SIMON - RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS
2 x Platinum Certification (Album) 01 December 1990
Platinum Certification 01 November 1990
Silver Certification 11 October 1990
Gold Certification 11 October 1990
PAUL SIMON - NEGOTIATIONS AND LOVE SONGS 1971-1986
Platinum Certification (Album) 23 December 1988
It shows that UK buyers like the compilation albums! No award for Surprise yet despite the high chart position.
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Bodo
Apr-13-2011, 09:37 GMT
Austria
| Hi Matthew
I am pretty sure these numbers (60,000 (silver), 100,000 (gold) and 300,000 (platinum) albums shipped )
have been altered over the past 10 years.
I remember you got PLATIN in a small country like Austria for selling 100.000 copies back in the early 90´s
So for UK this might have been a much higher number.
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nancy
Apr-13-2011, 19:35 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Today Amazon USA has the deluxe set as #2 in rock and #3 in pop = #3 overall. The album with just the CD is #3 in rock and #5 in pop = #5 in all of music. I wonder if in the long run they will total the 2 together when they count ticket sales. Is it unusual to have the same album with different configurations in the top five? |
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nancy
Apr-13-2011, 19:39 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Barnes and Noble has just the CD as #1 and the deluxe version as #8. |
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nancy
Apr-13-2011, 19:41 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Amazon U.K. has the deluxe set as #1, the CD as #2, and the vinyl version as #3. |
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Phil
Apr-13-2011, 20:13 GMT
Unknown
 | gotta Love the UK. |
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