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Originally Posted by DJGeneral
And DMB sells
Stand Up #1 (465,000)
Some Devil #2 (469,000)
Busted Stuff #1 (622,000)
Everyday #1 (732,000)
BTCS #1 (422,000)
so they should hopefully be able to do around 300-400k
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Alright, we'll do the math as if these projects are absolutely 100% comparable (although they aren't).
Encore came out in late 2004; over its first 10 days (this got confusing because of a shortened week on its release date), it averaged 168,859 per day sold. Relapse, released in mid 2009, averaged about 86,000 per day sold. That's a 50% dropoff from his last album - despite the fact that Relapse has a better critical/fan reaction and singles that are on par with Encore, and maybe bigger.
So IF these were 100% comparable (like I said, they aren't, but they will be for the sake of the argument), that would lead one to believe DMB will have roughly a 50% dropoff this time as well. Even if we're very very very generous and assume it will only be HALF that much (a 25% dropoff from Stand Up)...that still puts it under 350,000.
So yeah. I don't claim to know all, and no one can predict exact numbers in a climate like this. But to think it will exceed Stand Up or even come close to it tells me that you probably don't pay much attention to modern day record sales.