Wu Tang Forever sold like 7 million copies right?

[Tom]

Probably more than that by now, but last time I checked it was 7 million.


How much did each member actually pocket after the label, marketing, distributors etc all got their cut?


7 mill records sold is alot but when u gotta split the profits with 9 nikkas


That's probably when they realized that having such a big group isn't such a good idea

 

[HendriX]

Wu stans are the original stans of this hip hop shiit

 

[toetoe]

It sold 2 million nationally, at most 3 million internationally.

 

[DaveyDave]

It sold 2 million nationally, at most 3 million internationally.

4x plat in america, prob more by now that was years ago. but i don't know why you would want to know how much each member made & all that, no one on here would know that because no one has seen their contracts

 

[Tom]

^^^ but since its a double album doesn't soundscan count it twice?

 

[labelplant]

double album so each sale counts twice

 

[DaveyDave]

the "counting it twice" thing only counts if it's over a certain amount of time, off top i think it's 100 mins. i would assume that Forever passes that but the last time it was certified could have been 10 years ago who knows even then 2 million copies for a double album where the only single was a 6 minute song with 9 MC's & no hook is fukkin amazing IMO

 

[Tom]

I still need to check out them RZA books

Are both of them worth reading or should I just cop one over the other? and if so which one?

 

[itsyoung!!]

the "counting it twice" thing only counts if it's over a certain amount of time, off top i think it's 100 mins. i would assume that Forever passes that but the last time it was certified could have been 10 years ago who knows even then 2 million copies for a double album where the only single was a 6 minute song with 9 MC's & no hook is fukkin amazing IMO

who the fukk told you these horrible ass lies ... it has 0 to do with minutes , it counts double disc, it could be 15 minutes long as long as its 2 cds, its going to count twice for the sale.

 

[DaveyDave]

i think they're both worth getting. the first one he talks more like a history of Wu Tang, how they formed, info about songs & when & where they were recorded, types of equipment he used. the second one is more about himself, a lot more insight into his mind & what he thinks about life & certain things, but still stories about Wu as well.

get the first one and if you dig that you will end up getting the second anyway.

 

[Tom]

alright, amazon link me if u dont mind, i dont even know which book came first

 

[DaveyDave]

who the fukk told you these horrible ass lies ... it has 0 to do with minutes , it counts double disc, it could be 15 minutes long as long as its 2 cds, its going to count twice for the sale.

Music recording sales certification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Multi-disc

Multi-disc albums are counted once for each disc within the album if it is over 100 minutes in length or is from the vinyl era. For example, each copy of OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (running time of 134:56), and Shania Twain's Up! (145:44), both double albums, were counted twice, meaning each album was certified diamond after 5 million copies were shipped. Pink Floyd's The Wall and The Beatles' White Album, both vinyl-era, are counted double even though their running times are under the minimum requirement.

there's probably a more reliable source like the actual RIAA site but i'm not gonna bother

 

[DaveyDave]

Wu Manual

Spoiler

The Wu-Tang Manual: The RZA,Chris Norris: 9781594480188: Amazon.com: Books

Tao Of Wu

Spoiler

http://www.amazon.com/The-Tao-Wu-RZ...UTF8&qid=1346058453&sr=8-2&keywords=wu+manual

 

[phatphuck]

tours is where the real money is at homie, you think the wu cares much about how well they're selling?

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Killa bees sold 50 gold 60 platinum