I know Nevermind sold over 10 mil... but what about the others?
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I don't think Nirvana sold any of their mainstream albums personally.  That's what a music company is their for, to sell the albums.  And their starting out stuff that they would have sold at gigs would probably be very hard to figure out.  Also, I have no idea who this nevermind character is.
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Regarding The Beatles and Zep, both became HUGE, way beyond big, way before merchandising, marketing and publicity became standard practice in the music industry. The Beatles and Zep were 'grass roots' as we call it today. That means in the early days, they put out a record, toured, put out another record toured, showed up for press, radio, and retail events. All of this in hopes of selling more and more records, with the utmost minimum dollars being put into, marketing, promotion, and merchandising. All success for these two and bands like them came from blood sweat and tears - hard work. Recognition was the end result. Today, most record companies looks for a band thats like ANOTHER band. No more individuality or sounding different, or even being unique. My point being that the record companies will spend millions on press, publicity, and marketing in hopes you will see it everywhere, hear it everywhere, and want to buy it. The harsh and unfortunate reality is 'cash rules everything around us'. MTV is pay for play. Radio is the same. You need to have sold LOTS of records, or show significant sales increases daily, to even get airplay on major radio or mtv. So to sum it up, it's all marketing and promotion. - not so much the band (remember Paula Abdul? She can not sing). Let me know if I can help further.
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I love 10 years.  I don't hear about them much neither, maybe because they don't make many videos and aren't really aren't mainstream.  They kick ass though
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Not sure what the current numbers are for Hollywood. And I guess that would also depend on how you define Hollywood (box office only, merchandise etc.)\n\nWhen I was at Sony we referenced NPD data. They are a reliable is an industry analyst group that may have the answers you are looking for. \n\nHere is a recent AP article (11/14/05) that sites their data: \n\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2005-11-14-video-game-sales_x.htm\n\nRough October for video game industry\nBy May Wong, Associated Press\nSAN JOSE, Calif. — Video game makers saw sales slump dramatically in October, but analysts still expect the industry to end the year with record-breaking sales after the busy holiday season, according to market research firm NPD Group. \n \n  'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' generated $100 million in sales within the first month of its release in October 2004.   \nRockstar Games \n\nIncluding accessories, sales for the overall video game industry dropped by 16% in October to $556.1 million from $662.8 million a year ago. But the industry usually generates almost half of its annual sales during the holiday quarter. \n\nFor the month of October, U.S. sales of just gaming devices increased 5.6% to $132.5 million from $125.5 million the previous year. But gaming software sales dragged the industry, taking a significant dive of nearly 24% to $364.9 million from $478.9 million last year. \n\nNPD entertainment industry analyst Anita Frazier attributed part of the decline to the phenomenal sales last year of the hit game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which alone generated $100 million in sales within its first month of release in October 2004. \n\nWeaker sales were also likely affected by a general economic malaise, some burnout from annual versions of franchise games, and holdouts in anticipation of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 console, due to hit store shelves on Nov. 22, Frazier said. \n\nIn addition, the marketplace is getting crowded with multiple options of consoles and handheld gadgets aimed at satisfying the game-playing public. \n\nThe number of people owning more than one game device is on the rise, Frazier said. However, each purchase of a piece of hardware is no longer necessarily from a new gaming customer, but likely from someone who already owns a bunch of games that work on a different device, thus potentially thinning software sales. \n\nStill, Frazier expects the video game industry to end the year with record sales overall, compared to the peak of $10.3 billion made in 2002. The industry usually generates almost half of its annual sales during the holiday quarter, and sales from January through October is already up nearly 9%, at $6.3 billion, compared to $5.8 billion during the same period last year, Frazier said.
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They broke up slowly over time, never really meeting to do their last album.  Just showing up to complete tracks started by someone else.\n\nAfter a while the money doesn't mean as much.  after you got a few million in the bank, you start thinking about enjoying your family and free time, at least for a while.\n\nThey lasted longer than most bands.
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never heard of any of them guys
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Chris C has the correct answer, and it's one million a year, not a lump sum.\n\nA more interesting question is why is the Discovery Institute connected with Sun Myung Moon?
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1. "Scream"\nCost: $7,000,000+\nArtist: Michael Jackson (featuring Janet Jackson)\n\nMichael Jackson's videos have always been ridiculously expensive. In 1983, he spent $800,000 on "Thriller," which would be about $1.4 million today. But remember that before "Thriller," no one even came close to spending that kind of money, and he had to do it with limited technological capabilities. As technology improved, Jacko's videos became more expensive, spending over $1.2 million on "Black or White" in 1992, and even more on "Remember The Time." But if he can keep an oxygen chamber, a petting zoo, the Elephant Man's bones, and an entire plastic surgery team in his mansion, it's certainly no biggie to drop another $7 mil on a video with his sister.\n\n"Scream's" $7,000,000 price tag is more than twice as much as the next most expensive music video (Puff Daddy's "Victory" at $2.7 million), and it's easy to see why: he spent $5 million alone on 11 sets. Yet while watching the video, it all seems incredibly wasteful, not coming close to the film quality of "Thriller", "November Rain," or "Victory."\n\n    * Computer-generated spaceship: $65,000\n    * Breaking guitars: $53,000\n    * Morphing artworks: $50,000\n    * Michael's makeup: $3,000\n    * Janet's makeup: $8,000 a day\n    * Choreography: $40,000\n    * Giant video screen: $80,000\n    * Lighting: $175,000\n    * Cost per day: $636,000 (about 11 days)\n    * Total cost of 11 sets: $5,000,000
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I would be really surprised if they were making a cheaper by the dozen 3 because the last one did not do well at all. Although, I thought the movie was okay especially for a sequel. After all, I did not expect it to be a blockbuster hit. Also, I check the Yahoo movies site and it does not list anything under Hillary Duff's future movies.
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No one in the business to make money would "admit" to doing it just for the money, especially bands.  If you enjoy a particular bands music, whether they believe in the song or not, would it really change your feeling about the music if you knew they were selling out?  But think about it, why would they "risk" that by admitting to selling out? Taking a job for more money is only a "sell out" to yourself if you take the job for more money but are miserable.  But then again, I guess it could work the same way for bands, right?  Come to think of it, if a band plays popular music that sells, and it is completely opposite of what they enjoy playing and play well, then yea, that would be a "sell out" for them.  Not a sell-out to anyone else if they like it, but it must be miserable for the band.  But, ya know, money (unfortunatly) makes the world go round.  I believe a "true artist" does have an obligation and will stay with that obligation, over and above the ability to make money.  I guess it's probably such "true artists" are the ones that accuse others of selling out.  It may be wrong but if the general public enjoys what they hear and buy it, it doesn't matter if it's known whether or not a band sells out.  I don't think it would make a difference.  Just as someone taking a particular job for more money; in either case they are only selling themselves out!  \n  Hey, you said feel free to ramble on and on....!!!\n  Great question by the way, you could get into an awesome discussion about this particular matter!  Thanks!
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very little. \n\nboth are highly regarded in the business world. \n\ngood luck.
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That would have to go to Akeelah & The Bee.  Inspiring, likeable, great performances...yet I believe it only made less than $19M at the box office.  And though some may say "Well, it was an indie film", you may want to consider that it was put out by the same studio that did Saw III this year (Lions Gate).  \n\nTo make up for the public's ignorance, I'm hoping it gets some award noms as a means of recognition.
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I think you're right about X3 not getting the publicity.  MI3 is all over the place and X3 isn't.  I think you should see X3.
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From January 2005 to September 2005, the movies of the six Hollywood studios earned $4.7 billion compared to $4.5 billion in the same period in 2004. Their share of the American box office rose from 68 percent in 2004 to 75 percent in 2005. (Click here for all the studio numbers for the past nine months.) The big losers were independent studios who specialize in more adult movies, such as Lions Gate and Newmarket Films, and the so-called "studioless" studios, DreamWorks and MGM, which suffered 40 percent box-office declines. (Studioless studios are verging on extinction as MGM is in the process of selling itself to Sony and DreamWorks is desperately attempting to sell itself to Universal or Paramount.) \n\nRead full story at link below
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No.\n\nFirst you have to find out how many were unsold. Since you know the number sold, subtract that from the total to find out how many were not sold.\n\nTo find the percentage, then divide the number unsold by the total, and multiply by 100.
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Oprah will not be renewed.\nEight year olds will stop posting "Should I sleep with my BF?" questions here.\nPolka music will top the Billboard charts.\nHP/DELL support reps in India will stop trying to convince callers that their name is "TEX" or "BUFFY."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gray_%28musician%29#Albums\nfor the albums\nhttp://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/David-Gray-Biography/1135DD41AE9BDBF548256A0600290D83\nfor some info about album sales\n(last paragraph)