Nine Inch Nails album earns $1.6 million on Web

DENVER (Billboard) -
The online release of the new Nine
Inch Nails album, "Ghosts I-IV," resulted in just under 800,000
transactions in its first week, totaling $1.6 million in
revenue, the industrial-rock band has revealed.

The tally includes free and paid downloads, as well as
advance orders for physical configurations like various
limited-edition vinyl releases, CDs, and a boxed set.

"Ghosts I-IV," the band's first release since becoming a
free agent last October, went on sale March 2 at its Web site,
http://www.nin. Fans can receive the first nine songs from
the 36-track project for free, or can pay $5 for the entire
digital album.

NIN will not release traditional sales figures to
SoundScan, whose data are used to compiled the Billboard 200
albums chart.

A $10 double-CD set will reach stores on April 8. A $70
deluxe edition and a $300 autographed version will ship May 1.

After Nine Inch Nails' contract with Interscope expired,
the label released a remix album, "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D." The band's
last studio release, "Year Zero," debuted at No. 2 on the
Billboard 200 last April with 187,000 copies.

Reuters/Billboard

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