NIN Pulls Down $1,619,420 for the First Week of Ghosts I-IV
Posted on 12. Mar, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Idiocy, Internet, Music
Like Radiohead before them, NIN have proved that people really are dumb enough to pay for a record they can get for free:
Nine Inch Nails' 36-track instrumental opus Ghosts I-IV, released March 2 via NIN.com, has amassed a first week total of 781,917
transactions (including free and paid downloads as well as orders for physical product), resulting in a take of $1,619,420 USD."These figures represent the most relevant and contemporary metric for measuring how Nine Inch Nails' music is reaching its fans," said NIN manager Jim Guerinot.
NIN's label The Null Corporation will not be releasing traditional sales figures to soundscan.
As previously reported, the $300 Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition of Ghosts I-IV immediately sold out its run of 2500. The $5 Download, $10 2XCD set and $75 Limited Edition Deluxe versions are still available at NIN.com.
The $10 2XCD SET will be released to retail April 5 in Australia and Japan, April 8 in North America, and April 7 in the UK and most European territories. A $39 4X vinyl version will be available at retail April 8.
you love that photo. how many times have you used it the past year?
I don’t think paying someone for the work they do has anything to do with intelligence…..
So its stupidity now that makes one want to support their favorite musician? Especially the one who is giving away their art for free?
Stop being such a duchebag.
JK,
No, but the marketing strategy that was used by said individual leading to the killing on the charts is brilliant.
Read…. Think…. THEEEEN speak.
Seriously… paying a bit of money to support a musician and an artist is not a bad thing, ever. Not all of are penny pinching douches who look for everything to be free.