How Many Records Have SY Sold?

youthoftomorrow · 04.10.2006, 08:17 PM

i'm curious. anyone know?

Alex's Trip · 04.10.2006, 08:46 PM

You've made me curious too.

hey alex · 04.10.2006, 08:56 PM

how do you make an infinity symbol?

noisemachine · 04.10.2006, 09:47 PM

TheDom · 04.10.2006, 09:50 PM

8

just turn your head sideways

sonicl · 04.11.2006, 03:29 AM

At a rough guess I'd say they've sold about 50 to me.

nico99 · 04.11.2006, 03:35 AM

Around 1995 I read that their best selling records was Dirty, and that it had sold about 300.000 copies. Not a lot.

whorefrost · 04.11.2006, 03:38 AM

i read that as well... i wonder if that figure has been surpassed now...

greenlight · 04.11.2006, 04:17 AM

thurston:
let's talk about some sonic business,
did we make any money lately?

lee:
what's going on?

they're still selling tho.....
yes, i'm wondering. how many do you think all together? hopefully for sy, lots of them

youthoftomorrow · 04.11.2006, 09:41 PM

so, does anyone have a realistic guess? maybe a million?

SolidGoldHell · 04.11.2006, 11:44 PM

Don’t quite no where to source this kind of info. Allmusic has highest chart positions but no sales tally’s.....

- Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star - 34 (The Billboard 200)
- Dirty - 83
- Washing Machine 58
- Sonic Nurse - 64

RockerNino · 04.11.2006, 11:47 PM

not enough.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 04.12.2006, 12:02 AM

those billboard charts were surprising. I've pondered this kind of info myself, and it seems impossible to find.

xpressway2yrskull · 04.12.2006, 12:20 PM

SONIC YOUTH:
Sonic Youth / 4,100
Bad Moon Rising / 33,000
Confusion Is Sex / 41,100
Starpower / 1,000
Evol / 48,400
Sister / 72,000
Sonic Death / 5,500
Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000
Daydream Nation / 162,000
Goo / 169,000
Dirty / 329,000
Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000
Washing Machine / 159,000
A Thousand Leaves / 66,000
Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000
Murray Street / 63,000
Sonic Nurse / 65,000

Rob Instigator · 04.12.2006, 12:37 PM

i do not know if xpressway 's numbers are dead on but the last time I read an artyicle where they talked about this it was those numbers.

this is why it is so amazing for me to be here oin the forum, because I get to talk to other sonic youth fns. even in houston texas, a city with about 4 million people in the metropolitan area, it is exceedingly hard to find someone who loves sonic youth.

we are a small group people.

treat each other right.

xpressway2yrskull · 04.12.2006, 12:40 PM

Yes indeed, stick together! But more importantly; in the words of Mr. T "Treat yr mother right"

I found those figures quite a while ago but can't remember from which site. They seem to be logical estimates to me though.

Rob Instigator · 04.12.2006, 12:40 PM

that totals up to roughly 1,529,700 albums sold.

now, factor in that many fans have multiple albums, o the entire collection,a nd that many fans have bought the older albums several times, due towear and tear or loss or breakage, and you have maybe, MAYBE
800 thousand people in the world (out of 7 BILLION) who own a sonic youth album

Inhuman · 04.12.2006, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

i do not know if xpressway 's numbers are dead on but the last time I read an artyicle where they talked about this it was those numbers.

this is why it is so amazing for me to be here oin the forum, because I get to talk to other sonic youth fns. even in houston texas, a city with about 4 million people in the metropolitan area, it is exceedingly hard to find someone who loves sonic youth.

we are a small group people.

treat each other right.

Same, I've always found people who like them, but not an obsessive fan like me. I did meet one person from the board that lives in the same city as me that loves SY, which is cool, but never met her in person

xpressway2yrskull · 04.12.2006, 12:42 PM

800, 000? That would explain all the lurkers.

Only other fan I know of round here is Hip Priest. Never met him in person though.... I keep hoping that I'll find some dude wearing an SY shirt in Birkenhead.

Also, for the curious maths freaks out there (i.e. me), assuming the figures calculated by Rob Instigator are correct:

0.011428571428571428571428571428571 % of the world's population own a sonic youth album.
Sellouts.

shitstain · 04.13.2006, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpressway2yrskull

SONIC YOUTH:
Sonic Youth / 4,100
Bad Moon Rising / 33,000
Confusion Is Sex / 41,100
Starpower / 1,000
Evol / 48,400
Sister / 72,000
Sonic Death / 5,500
Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000
Daydream Nation / 162,000
Goo / 169,000
Dirty / 329,000
Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000
Washing Machine / 159,000
A Thousand Leaves / 66,000
Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000
Murray Street / 63,000
Sonic Nurse / 65,000

this seems innacurate

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SolidGoldHell empty page Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 20	Don’t quite no where to source this kind of info. Allmusic has highest chart positions but no sales tally’s..... - Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star - 34 (The Billboard 200) - Dirty - 83 - Washing Machine 58 - Sonic Nurse - 64
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RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	not enough.
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xpressway2yrskull little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 85	SONIC YOUTH: Sonic Youth / 4,100 Bad Moon Rising / 33,000 Confusion Is Sex / 41,100 Starpower / 1,000 Evol / 48,400 Sister / 72,000 Sonic Death / 5,500 Made In The USA soundtrack / 21,000 Daydream Nation / 162,000 Goo / 169,000 Dirty / 329,000 Experimental Jet Set Trash & No Star / 246,000 Washing Machine / 159,000 A Thousand Leaves / 66,000 Nyc Ghosts & Flowers 46,000 Murray Street / 63,000 Sonic Nurse / 65,000
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xpressway2yrskull little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 85	Yes indeed, stick together! But more importantly; in the words of Mr. T "Treat yr mother right" I found those figures quite a while ago but can't remember from which site. They seem to be logical estimates to me though.
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xpressway2yrskull little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 85	800, 000? That would explain all the lurkers. Only other fan I know of round here is Hip Priest. Never met him in person though.... I keep hoping that I'll find some dude wearing an SY shirt in Birkenhead. Also, for the curious maths freaks out there (i.e. me), assuming the figures calculated by Rob Instigator are correct: 0.011428571428571428571428571428571 % of the world's population own a sonic youth album. Sellouts.
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