Trans-Siberian Orchestra 2010 - Facts & Figures

TSO has been called a mix of The Who’s Tommy & Andrew Lloyd Weber with Pink Floyd’s lights.
TSO is one of the only acts today that resonates with younger, rock music fans as well as older adult contemporary listeners and espouses a positive message for all.
TSO was ranked in the top 25 Touring Artists of the Past Decade (1999-2009) according to Billboard Magazine.
TSO Attendance was over 1.2 million people in 2009.
TSO sold over 7.5 million CD’s.
TSO enjoyed its best season at radio in 2009 with close to 30,000 spins.
TSO has played Live to over 7 million people and grossed over $250 million since their first tour in 1999.
TSO donates $1 from every ticket sold to charity and in the past 10 years has donated over $7 million dollars to charity!
Recently released Night Castle album debuted at #5 in The Billboard Top 200.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra is one of the fastest growing bands live in the United States and has consistently gone up in attendance every year.

Each TSO Christmas Record is annually a Top Ten best selling Holiday Record as well as a Top 10 best selling Catalog Record in the United States (Billboard Magazine).
TSO had 3 albums in the Top 10 Catalog in 2009 (Billboard Magazine).
TSO sold over 2 Million CD/DVDs in the past 2 years.

Certified Double Platinum – almost 2.5 million sold
Annually one of the Top 5 Holiday Records in the US
Contains the smash hit “Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24”
Radio airplay in almost every radio format (Rock, AC, CHR, Classic Rock & Religious) –over 12, 000 spins in 2009!

TSO's first non-holiday rock opera
Story of historical fiction about one of the world's greatest composers
Features TSO's symphonic rock takes on standards by Beethoven, Mozart as well as several originals
Certified Gold with over 500K units scanned

TSO's first double album
A story that takes you through different points of history detailing the triumphs and follies of man but ultimately this is an epic story of transformation and love
Debuted at #5 on Billboard Top 200 Chart
Certified Gold within 8 weeks of release
"Believe" to hit the airwaves beginning mid February
Also features TSO's best single debut with their cover of "Nut Rocker"

TSO’s debut TV special “The Ghost of Christmas Eve” has been used as a fundraiser for PBS from 2002-2010. It was shown over 500 times in over 120 markets.
TSO appearances include Good Morning America, Regis & Kelly, Rosie O’Donnell, Today Show, CNN, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and many more National TV shows.
TSO’s “Wizards In Winter” was featured in a nationwide Miller Lite commercial from 2005- 2007

PEOPLE "This strikingly original concept album, conceived and executed by rock composer-producer Paul O’Neill, features lots of concert rock chords, big choirs and a story about an angel confronting war on Earth."
USA TODAY "Paul O’Neill...uses symphonic rock to unveil the inspiring story of an angel who helps a child discover the meaning of Christmas."
THE NEW YORK TIMES "While other records are taking up shelf space, the best selling item is called “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. One upping Mannheim Steamroller, Paul O’Neill’s Trans-Siberian Orchestra has come up with a Christmas concept album: a sort of rock oratorio about an angel visiting a war-torn Earth."
THE BOSTON HERALD "Cleverly mixed original material with traditional Christmas songs, resulting in fresh interpretations.” “What the group does so well is synthesize divergent kinds of music."
THE WASHINGTON POST "Who says symphonic-rock is dead? A grandiose variation on the angel-on-a-mission Nativity story, this should please fans of YES, ELP, Meatloaf and other groups who favor 60-piece orchestras, full choruses and classical allusions."
BILLBOARD "Majestic...sweeping...orchestra leader Paul O’Neill’s conceptual story is wrapped around originals and adapted traditionals."