Opeth sales

[Opethian666]

Does anyone know the number of sells Opeth have made of each album?

 

[opeth8]

Good question. I don't have a clue, but I'm sure recent albums outsell the older ones.

I believe Ghost Reveries was the 1st to be in the top 100 of Billboard in the US. It debuted at 64. Not sure how many copies were sold though.

 

[Opethian666]

I'm just interested to see how popular Opeth actually is. Cause they deserve to be very popular, and I have hopes for them to make Metal and Progressive music popular again (I mean real Metal). I bet Damnation sold much more than the other albums.

 

[Dreadful]

well with each release they get more recongnition, exposure, tours etc. Unless they sign to a major label, I don't think they'll get any bigger than Shadows Fall (04'-present) with Century Media.

 

[arzachel]

Good question. I don't have a clue, but I'm sure recent albums outsell the older ones.

I believe Ghost Reveries was the 1st to be in the top 100 of Billboard in the US. It debuted at 64. Not sure how many copies were sold though.

yes but w/only 15K in sales so I doubt it's even cracked 100K at this point.

 

[King Richard]

well with each release they get more recongnition, exposure, tours etc. Unless they sign to a major label, I don't think they'll get any bigger than Shadows Fall (04'-present) with Century Media.

? They are on a Major label.

 

[opeth8]

yes but w/only 15K in sales so I doubt it's even cracked 100K at this point.

Damnation debuted at 5k in sales, so it was quite a leap. I'd agree that 100k probably hasn't been achieved, but given their worldwide popularity, I can't imagine it's far from reach.

 

[NFU]

roadrunner isnt really a "major" label. columbia, sony, arista, atlantic, etc. THOSE are "major" labels.

 

[BrandonS]

Yeah let's get Opeth signed to Def Jam records

 

[MegaMoose]

Let's get Oinkness signed to Banned Records.

 

[Nichtsicher]

GR is their best seller. I cannot remember where I read it but I think it was from an interveiw with Mike. So the move to RR has definitly made their sales grow. Im not to sure that their popularity has increased much. I know people who buy metal from RR as their majority and most of the time they just buy the albums that RR promote and dont really get into the band. A few of my freinds do this and I know alot more who do just that.

It would be great for Opeth to be very popular because they would influence more bands and therefore metal would gain more credibility in the eyes of other genereas.

Excuse the spelling mistakes.

 

[King Richard]

roadrunner isnt really a "major" label. columbia, sony, arista, atlantic, etc. THOSE are "major" labels.

Techincally yes you are correct. But Roadrunner is as "major" as any metal band really needs to get.

 

[biggsy]

nah hes just correct. a metal band can get as big as it likes, theres no 'need' involved.

 

[Pethical]

in a terrorizer interview mikael said that orchid "only" sold 10-15000 copies and was their most obscure record. does this mean that the more popular ones like bwp and gr have sold much more?

 

[SPLASTiK]

roadrunner isnt really a "major" label. columbia, sony, arista, atlantic, etc. THOSE are "major" labels.

It's not but it's distributed by Universal, which is a major.

in a terrorizer interview mikael said that orchid "only" sold 10-15000 copies and was their most obscure record. does this mean that the more popular ones like bwp and gr have sold much more?

Naw, their more popular albums sold less than their less popular obscure ones

Supposedly Porcupine Tree have sold over 400,000 records: link, so I'm sure Opeth have sold quite a bit.

 

[Pethical]

alltogether and worldwide im sure opeth have sold close to a million albums.

 

[Risquit]

Someone posted a Swedish interview conducted from Mike's apartment where they had the actual sales numbers. The one's I remember were 23,000 for Still Life and 68,000 for Blackwater Park. Damnation and Deliverance were slightly lower, in the 50s. No info on GR.

If you get a chance, search for that article in this forum (you might have to look at every interview thread to find it). It was one of the most poignant interviews I've ever read, metal or otherwise.

 

[Lee_B]

Techincally yes you are correct. But Roadrunner is as "major" as any metal band really needs to get.

Roadrunner is half owned by Universal. That makes it a major in my books.

 

[KeithRT99]

Yeah let's get Opeth signed to Def Jam records

island/def jam owns roadrunner

 

[OpethNZ]

alltogether and worldwide im sure opeth have sold close to a million albums.

i dont know about that