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Re:Steve Miller: The Whole Music Industry Is Fuckin' Gangste... by 542458 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:26PM (#11484125)
So maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but how is Zao Solid's biggest selling album? None of Zao's albums lasted longer than a week on the billboard 200. They've had much bigger bands signed - ABR, Demon Hunter, Underoath...

http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=tm_imprintla...

Re:Steve Miller: The Whole Music Industry Is Fuckin' Gangste... by russnewcomer on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @10:20AM (#11488363)
Long tail. I feel like I remember hearing that in 2003, Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest was still selling around 200 copies a week, five year after release. That's around 100,000 a year, and if it's selling that five years after release, that's pretty good. Plus, Billboard charts were notoriously inaccurate for Christian bookstore sales in the late 90's, early 2000s time frame, which is where a lot of Solid State distribution was.