Billboard Charts: October 4th, 2007

I guess they were a little late posting them on the Billboard site, because
when I went there they still had BIO at number 2. Maybe I should read the fucking date next time, huh?

I guess their streak of having every single going to #1 on modern rock will end. I think SOTD will actually do very well as a single, so that should help
the album sales a bit.

I just can't wait 'til people start posting about BIO not doing well because of the video being bad. Mark my words, this will happen.

 

The only reason "Bleed it out" did not go to #1 is because the Foo Fighters released "The pretender" at the same , which has been #1 for along time now. If it wasn't for the Foo Fighters , BIO would of went #1.

 

BIO really hasn't been embraced much by any of the big media outlets though. It doesn't get nearly as much radio or video airplay as their previous singles have, which probably has a lot to do with why they're releasing Shadow of the Day so soon.

 

and the video...

i think the video isn´t ready yet!

they will release it sometime in the next week!

 

Yeah BIO really was just "in the crowd" didnt really sticked out and really didnt give effort to give much attention to it

 

lol dire need

shadow of the day will make this band just explode in popularity.

 

Hopefully

 

#31...
Damn, I didn't expect it to fall that far so soon.

Weird that BIO hasn't done so well, though it's still kinda competing with What I've Done, so that might explain a little.

 

That makes sense to me because Bleed it Out is probably the worst song Linkin Park have ever wrote, it's not just because the video is so bad, come on people unbias yourselves a little bit and think...

The song itself has a catchy beat, but the lyrics of the song are miserably bad, Mike wasn't even trying to rap well on the song and the meaning of the words is nothing more then a bunch of jibberish imo.

Bleed it out is the worst single Lp ever released and this goes on to prove it, it's really sad that it didn't even make it to number one on the rock charts, an all time low for Lp.

I'm sure Shadow of the Day will be a little more beneficial for Minutes to Minight then Bleed it Out and possibly even a big hit though, they need to release Shadow of the Day now more then ever with Bleed it Out' almost directly causing Minutes to Midnight to sink the charts and maybe even become a flop.

They should have passed on Bleed it Out and released the singles like this....

1. What I've Done
2. Shadow of the Day
3. Leave Out all the rest
4 No More Sorrow
5. The Little things give you away

 

I agree with you (except the song order of singles)

I think they should've released

1. what i've done
2. no more sorrow
3. the little things give you away
4. shadow of the day

etc.

anyways yeah the lyrics for BIO are like fun sing along because ur like wtf it's fun... but as a song it's more meaningless rhymes to present a simple idea. I think instrumentally it was pretty good, but lyrically it was pushed too hard (like they went through too many drafts and just ended up with this, i'd like to see some of the original lyrics to see if they were better or not). Anyways, that's my opinion, I'm sure a lot of you disagree, but such is life.

-Boojitsu21

 

its simple the old fans that were going to buy the album already did

from the release of SOTD to the end of the cycle there are going to be only new fans buying the record

old fans have already made up their mind about the album, this is about it

50/50 is the way the fan base split, Meteora sold over 10 million so M2M is falling after hiting around 5 million units sold

from there on its only completely new fans

 

bleed it out worst song? You've gotta be kidding me. You might not enjoy it but it's way better than songs off meteora like "Easier To Run" and "Nobody's Listening". IMO bleed it out is one of the most catchy and listenable song by linkin park, and IMO that usually makes it a pretty good song.

Um Arbaks, today isn't 2003, record sales have changed a lot since than, there's a lot more digital sales and downloading now so popular bands hardly ever beat there previous records anymore.

 

i love easier to run

 

oops double post

but i must say my prediction is that M2M sells 7 million with 2.5 million in the U.S.

keeping LP as a big popular act, but not quite that massively mega-popular thing they had going before

 

They're still basically the biggest act in the world.
But nobody sells as many cd's these days.

What you have to pay attention to is the fact that every concert they play is sold out, that they're constantly making tv appearances etc. That'll show you how succesful they really are, 'cos record sales these days don't mean shit.

 

And it's also obvious that LP has a huge online fanbase. Therefore a huge amount of their fanbase are the type of people who download cd's.

 

"Bleed It out" will go down as one of the biggest rock songs of 2007. Its a great song that sounds amazing live. Nobody should have any complaints of that song being released.

As far as sales............ Minutes to Midnight is actually doing better then Meteora if you compare album sales of today to 2003. In fact M2M has sold the most of albums of 2007 worldwide.

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (4,763,325
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (4,383,000)
Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion (3,760,350)
Daughtry - Daughtry (3,406,000)
Norah Jones - Not Too Late (3,220,000)

Source: United World Chart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_music#Best_Album_Sales_.28Worldwide.29

 

First of all, stop assuming everybody who like this song, only likes it because it's an LP song. That couldn't be any further from the truth. I've noticed a lot of MTMs biggest fans are the ones who were disappointed with Meteora. So these aren't people that hug LPs nuts every second of the day. The reason I
(and I assume many other people) like this song is because it's very upbeat
and different from many of their other songs.

The fact that the song didn't go to #1 is an "all time low" is a stupid statement. I think if the biggest failure for your band is not having a
song go to number 1, than your still pretty fucking well off. There are
hundreds of bands that would kill for just a fraction of LPs success. You
know your in a good place when your album is still in the top fifty after six months. Name another artist that isn't named Kanye West who can do that
in this day and age.