Dr. Pepper Calls Chinese Democracy Record Sales An "Appalling Failure".
December 3, 2008 by Scott
I’m just kidding. That just seemed like a proper and funny title considering what went down last week. But seriously, everyone expected this record to sell a million copies in it’s first week due to great anticipation that has been building for over a decade now. Granted, sales still did better than most rock bands these days, landing Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy at #3 on the Billboard 200. It only sold about 261,000 copies and that includes 25k digital sales. That’s a far cry from what they expected. Perhaps it’s because of the economy right now, or maybe …read more


