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Single Sales

  • 07-08-2006 12:13pm
    #1
    axer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭


    Hey y'all,

    Anyone have any idea of how many singles a band would have to sell to get into the top 30 charts or the top 10 charts?

    Thanks for any help/advice,
    Noel.


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  • #2
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    Not very many. I can get you some concrete numbers later, as friend sof mine released a single a week or two ago. They had a thousand copies printed the first week, and they came out at 11. Not sure how many of that 1000 they sold, but I could find out.


  • #3
    axer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    Hi Explosive_Cornflake,

    Thanks for the reply. A friend of mine recorded a few songs a month or two ago. He has 3 songs recorded properly and Ray D'Arcy has been playing one of them regularly on his show so he asked my friend in to play a song of his and a cover song live on the show next wednesday. So now my friend is thinking of properly releasing the song as a single.

    Yes please could you find out how many they sold or how many is needed. Also did you friend get the CD's pressed or do you know can you sell CDRs and still get into the charts?


  • #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Thinking of rigging the charts eh?

    *"If I can get a thousand copies pressed an then distribute them though petrol stations at 2.99 then me and my mates can buy them all up and I'll be in the charts!"*

    :D

    Mike.


  • #5
    axer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    mike65 wrote:
    Thinking of rigging the charts eh?

    *"If I can get a thousand copies pressed an then distribute them though petrol stations at 2.99 then me and my mates can buy them all up and I'll be in the charts!"*

    :D

    Mike.
    :D Nawh! but need to have some idea of how many sales are needed to get into the charts to make sure enough are made and have some idea of what to expect. But your idea sounds good too! :D


  • #6
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    They got them pressed I know. They released it themselves, but said it was a lot of effort, without a PR company, because it's hard to get out there, and onto playlists. Your friend must be good though, if he got called in.
    You aren't considered for downloads in the first week if you release it yourself.
    This is all what I've been told anyway. I'll get you some solid figures if see the C U Next Tuesday again (long story :) ).


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  • #7
    sturgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    Does anybody know of a way to get your music distributed via downloads so that they actually register with IRMA or whoever is in charge of the charts?


  • #8
    axer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    sturgo wrote:
    Does anybody know of a way to get your music distributed via downloads so that they actually register with IRMA or whoever is in charge of the charts?
    If they are downloaded from Apple iTunes, Vodafone, Eircom, Sony Connect, Wippit or Bleep then they are recorded as being a sale for charts purposes.


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