| re: "Meat Loaf's Christmas Album" | |
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Vin 06:07 pm UTC 08/03/11 |
| In reply to: | re: "Meat Loaf's Christmas Album" - Conas 05:26 pm UTC 08/03/11 |
| Regardless of how many records he's sold in the past, I'm just wondering how profitable his albums are now; apparently there's enough profit to get a major label deal, but.... I dunno. It almost doesn't seem like it. But I suppose, with his built-in fan base, world-wide, his records probably sell about a million units, even if nobody else notices it happening. Does anybody have any actual sales figures on the last couple of albums? > Well you have to look at it like this. Meat has sold > millions and millions of records he'll never have a > problem getting a record deal and releasing albums until > the day he retires. His name alone will get him a deal. > > I do know that a compilation album of his did better in > the UK charts than HCTB which dropped of sooooo fast from > the charts it was scary. > > > I've wondered about Meat's record deals also. After Bat > > III didn't exactly set the music world afire, I was a bit > > surprised that he was able to score Rob Cavallo and some > > big name guest stars for HCTB, since that suggested a > > large budget for the record, and I wondered what label > > would invest that kind of money in a new Meat record at > > this point. Unless everybody involved just worked cheap > > because they were Meat fans from back in the day.... > > > > Anyway, a 3 record deal w/ Sony? Again, surprising. Was > > HCTB a profitable record, do you suppose? Was Bat III, for > > that matter? Anybody have sales figures? Here in the > > U.S., at least, I'd say Bat III was a blip on the > > perimeter of the radar, and HCTB sailed under it. How many > > units must a record sell these days to be profitable? I > > don't actually have any idea... > > > | |
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