Editing Rush (band) (section)

==Sales==
Rush has released 24 gold records and 14 platinum records (including three multi-platinum), placing them fifth behind [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[Aerosmith]] for the most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band in the United States.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rush Time Machine North American Tour 2010 Featuring for the First Time Ever Moving Pictures in its Entirety |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rush-time-machine-north-american-tour-2010-featuring-for-the-first-time-ever-moving-pictures-in-its-entirety-90202157.html |access-date=May 2, 2012 |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |archive-date=April 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411212330/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rush-time-machine-north-american-tour-2010-featuring-for-the-first-time-ever-moving-pictures-in-its-entirety-90202157.html |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2005, Rush had sold about 25 million copies of their albums in the US (ranked 88th among recording acts<ref name="RIAA Top Artists">[http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt RIAA Top Artists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701163039/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt |date=July 1, 2007}}. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 29, 2007.</ref>) and 40 million worldwide.<ref>White, Dave. [http://classicrock.about.com/od/bandsandartists/p/rush_profile.htm Rush profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117180505/http://classicrock.about.com/od/bandsandartists/p/rush_profile.htm |date=November 17, 2007}} Classicrock.about.com,</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rockreport, Claim for 40 million sold album as of October 5, 2005 |url=http://www.rockreport.be/news.asp?monthyear=102005&start=20 |access-date=January 25, 2011 |publisher=Rockreport.be |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616210525/http://www.rockreport.be/news.asp?monthyear=102005&start=20 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |year=2004 |title=Rush Turns Up The "Feedback" |publisher=Warner Music Group |url=http://investors.wmg.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=182480&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=708782&highlight= |url-status=dead |access-date=May 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110041022/http://investors.wmg.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=182480&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=708782&highlight= |archive-date=November 10, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 27, 2007 |title=Rush adds second show |publisher=The Air Canada Centre (website) |url=http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/aboutACC.php?level=4&articleID=277 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041625/http://www.theaircanadacentre.com/aboutACC.php?level=4&articleID=277 |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> As of April 2021, ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]'' was the band's highest-selling album at over 5 million units, having been certified 5× platinum by the RIAA.<ref>{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Rush|title=Moving Pictures|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>

Despite dropping out of the public eye for five years after the gold-selling ''Test for Echo'' (which peaked at No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart)<ref name="BB200">{{Cite magazine |title=Artist Index – Rush – Chart History – Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rush/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=January 12, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612195720/https://www.billboard.com/music/rush/chart-history/TLP |url-status=live}}</ref> and the band being relegated almost solely to classic rock stations in the US, ''Vapor Trails'' reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=BB200/> in its first week of release in 2002, with 108,000 copies sold. It has sold about 343,000 units to date. The subsequent ''Vapor Trails'' tour grossed over $24 million and included the largest audience ever to see a headlining Rush show: 60,000 fans in [[São Paulo]], Brazil.

Rush's triple-CD live album, ''Rush in Rio'' (2003), was certified gold, marking the fourth decade in which a Rush album had been released and certified at least gold. In 2004, ''Feedback'' cracked the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and received radio airplay. The band's 2007 album, ''[[Snakes & Arrows]]'', debuted at No. 3 (just one position shy of Rush's highest-peaking albums, ''Counterparts'' (1993) and ''Clockwork Angels'' (2012), which both debuted at No. 2) on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 93,000 in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Snakes & Arrows chart rankings |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/News.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185503/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/News.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=August 7, 2007 |website=Power Windows |publisher=2112.net}}</ref> This marks the 13th Rush studio album to appear in the Top 20 and the band's 27th album to appear on the chart. The album also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart, and, when the album was released on the [[MVI]] format a month later, peaked at No. 1 on the Top Internet Albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Snakes and Arrows news page |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/S&Anews.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822095019/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/S%26Anews.htm |archive-date=August 22, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2007 |website=Power Windows |publisher=2112.net}}</ref>

The tours in support of ''Snakes & Arrows'' in 2007 and 2008 accrued $21 million and $18.3 million respectively, earning Rush the No. 6 and 8 spots among the summers' rock concerts.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Midyear Music Biz Report Card: Top 10 Rock and Pop Tours |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22026885/midyear_music_biz_report_card/3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505141213/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/22026885/midyear_music_biz_report_card/3 |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>Jones, Steve. [https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-10-summer-concerts_N.htm "Summer tour report..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313235407/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-10-10-summer-concerts_N.htm |date=March 13, 2012}}. ''USA Today'', October 10, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2008.</ref>