HITS: Alicia Keys #1 150-175K

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Dec 2, 2012 23:24:48 GMT -5 fever04 said:

Dec 2, 2012 20:19:19 GMT -5 @cynthiarose said:

Just remember that the word 'Moderator' isn't under my name for shits and giggles.

And don't double post, it's against the rules.

Ok! I post my opinions, how anyone take them isn't my concern. Opinions will always be opinions. So the purpose of you're reply was?

The moderator always gets the last word, that's the purpose of my reply.

Modelizer is right; we shouldn't feed the trolls. And I was wrong; you won't be a future problem after all. That was quick.

[josh]

Yessssssssssssssssssss so very deserving of your mod of the year future win nomination.

[Rican@]

Dec 3, 2012 1:59:19 GMT -5 josh said:

Yessssssssssssssssssss so very deserving of your mod of the year future win nomination.

Yassss! She put in the work.

That person trying to mess up the good reputation of Alicia's fans. Where they do that at? Definitely not here. :)

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Cynthia

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Dec 3, 2012 2:02:17 GMT -5 Rican@ said:

Dec 3, 2012 1:59:19 GMT -5 josh said:

Yessssssssssssssssssss so very deserving of your mod of the year future win nomination.

Yassss! She put in the work.

That person trying to mess up the good reputation of Alicia's fans. Where they do that at? Definitely not here. :)

I like Pulse's Alicia fans! Y'all are very passionate, but still reasonable and fairly lowkey. A lot like Alicia herself, now that I think about it. (And why am I saying 'y'all' like I don't still check for her every time she drops an album?)

That person let his fever make him delusional. I ain't got time for that.

[vantiboy3]

Dec 3, 2012 1:46:08 GMT -5 Rican@ said:

This is just as exciting as the Ne-Yo's $tan. I mean Alicia is my boo and I can get out of character with certain posters regarding her; however, nothing extreme. This is all so shocking to see yet entertaining to see an Alicia's $tan on this board acting in this matter. Wow. I'm going cry once the numbers come in but I know there's always a new day where these tears won't always win. In stores now! Go get it!

lol....Yassss!!!

And it's pretty awesome that so many Christmas albums are doing so well this time around. Rod Steward, Michael Buble, Lady Antebellum, CeeLo, Josh Groban (obviously).
When's the last time Christmas albums dominated the top tier of the Albums chart?
Usually it's just one or two albums smashing....this year a whole bunch of them are smashing!

And as shocking as Alicia's numbers are for me, it really isn't worth getting menstrual pains & pulpitations over. It is what it is.
She might suprise and pass that 200k. Maybe.

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht476

CHART DATE: 12/05/2011

2 1 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 301,303 +38%
CHRISTMAS
7 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 145,215 +5%
21
6 3 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 139,861 0%
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
4 4 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 89,469 -48%
TAKE CARE
1 5 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 83,222 -63%
HERE AND NOW
5 6 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 71,530 -57%
MY LIFE II-THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
3 7 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 64,286 -67%
TALK THAT TALK
17 8 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 61,343 +13%
CONCERTO: LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK
13 9 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 48,644 -28%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
10 10 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 47,695 -42%
MYLO XYLOTO

[Deleted]

Yeah, whatever happened to that Ne-Yo stan? R.E.D.'s first week numbers came in and he was ghost

[Deleted]

Dec 3, 2012 13:46:39 GMT -5 @cynthiarose said:

Yeah, whatever happened to that Ne-Yo stan? R.E.D.'s first week numbers came in and he was ghost

Maybe someone gave him an ATRL account

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

CHART DATE: 12/03/2012
LAST UPDATE: 12/03/2012 11:17:57
NOW IN: 32.74%


LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 ALICIA KEYS RCA 62,156
GIRL ON FIRE
6 2 ROD STEWART VERVE 54,287
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
19 3 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 39,758
CHRISTMAS
2 4 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 38,822
RED
4 5 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 27,198
TAKE ME HOME
1 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 26,816
UNAPOLOGETIC
3 7 PHILLIP PHILLIPS 19/INTERSCOPE 22,232
WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON
10 8 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 16,458
WOMAN TO WOMAN
18 9 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15,576
ON THIS WINTER'S NIGHT
25 10 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 14,121
LUMINEERS
15 11 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 13,075
VARIOUS ARTISTS
5 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 11,939
REBEL SOUL
16 13 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 10,895
CHEERS, IT'S CHRISTMAS
7 14 P!NK RCA 9,668
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
20 15 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 9,415
CHRISTMAS WITH SCOTTY
9 16 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC 8,566
CELEBRATION DAY
-- 17 TIMEFLIES MUSICAL FREEDOM 8,355
ONE NIGHT - EP
29 18 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 8,277
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 19 TIESTO MUSICAL FREEDOM 8,195
DANCE (RED) SAVES LIVES
22 20 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 7,846
BABEL
14 21 PITBULL POLO GROUNDS/RCA 7,519
GLOBAL WARMING
23 22 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 7,310
OVEREXPOSED
13 23 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 7,287
BELIEVE
21 24 KENDRICK LAMAR AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 7,231
GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
32 25 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 7,094
21
8 26 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 6,975
NIGHT TRAIN
12 27 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 6,098
BLOWN AWAY
36 28 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,893
TORNADO
24 29 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 5,643
SOUNDTRACK
47 30 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 5,464
NOEL
43 31 COLBIE CAILLAT REPUBLIC 5,413
CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND
26 32 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,929
TAILGATES & TANLINES
11 33 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 4,874
GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER 1
-- 34 ROLLING STONES UME 4,853
GRRR! GREATEST HITS
17 35 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS
34 36 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 4,359
STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST
37 37 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 4,284
TRILOGY
40 38 NE-YO MOTOWN 4,052
R.E.D.
-- 39 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 3,982
UNCAGED
31 40 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 3,931
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
45 41 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 3,798
BASED ON A T.R.U. STORY
-- 42 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 3,664
HUNTER HAYES
44 43 SOUNDGARDEN SEVEN FOUR/REPUBLIC 3,432
KING ANIMAL
-- 44 MEEK MILL MAYBACH/WARNER BROS. 3,382
DREAMS & NIGHTMARES
49 45 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 3,317
SOME NIGHTS
41 46 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3,315
CHIEF
28 47 NICKI MINAJ CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 3,215
PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED
-- 48 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 3,084
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: BEST OF
-- 49 GREEN DAY REPRISE 2,886
DOS
-- 50 MIGUEL RCA 2,747
KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM

[damita34]

I really hope Keyshia can sell 40k this week!

[areyoureadytojump]

Relax, Alicia fans:

Twitter:

HITS Daily Double ‏@hitsdd

Coming out of the weekend it's clear that @aliciakeys #GirlOnFire will debut #1.

[peterca]

Another update:

CHART DATE: 12/03/2012
LAST UPDATE: 12/03/2012 14:06:04
NOW IN: 55.94%


LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 ALICIA KEYS RCA 82,148
GIRL ON FIRE
6 2 ROD STEWART VERVE 75,224
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
2 3 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 60,190
RED
19 4 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 54,960
CHRISTMAS
4 5 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 48,982
TAKE ME HOME
3 6 PHILLIP PHILLIPS 19/INTERSCOPE 36,273
WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON
1 7 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 34,188
UNAPOLOGETIC
15 8 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 34,078
VARIOUS ARTISTS
18 9 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 32,954
ON THIS WINTER'S NIGHT
16 10 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 29,177
CHEERS, IT'S CHRISTMAS
5 11 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 23,921
REBEL SOUL
10 12 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 23,166
WOMAN TO WOMAN
20 13 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 21,368
CHRISTMAS WITH SCOTTY
8 14 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 20,301
NIGHT TRAIN
13 15 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 15,189
BELIEVE
25 16 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 14,121
LUMINEERS
7 17 P!NK RCA 13,088
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
32 18 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 12,024
21
22 19 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 10,755
BABEL
47 20 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 8,889
NOEL
26 21 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 8,781
TAILGATES & TANLINES
9 22 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC 8,566
CELEBRATION DAY
-- 23 TIMEFLIES MUSICAL FREEDOM 8,355
ONE NIGHT - EP
29 24 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 8,277
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 25 TIESTO MUSICAL FREEDOM 8,195
DANCE (RED) SAVES LIVES
14 26 PITBULL POLO GROUNDS/RCA 7,519
GLOBAL WARMING
41 27 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE 7,347
CHIEF
23 28 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 7,310
OVEREXPOSED
21 29 KENDRICK LAMAR AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 7,231
GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
12 30 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 6,098
BLOWN AWAY
36 31 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,893
TORNADO
24 32 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 5,643
SOUNDTRACK
43 33 COLBIE CAILLAT REPUBLIC 5,413
CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND
11 34 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 4,874
GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER 1
-- 35 ROLLING STONES UME 4,853
GRRR! GREATEST HITS
17 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS
34 37 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 4,359
STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST
37 38 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 4,284
TRILOGY
40 39 NE-YO MOTOWN 4,052
R.E.D.
-- 40 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 3,982
UNCAGED
31 41 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 3,931
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
45 42 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 3,798
BASED ON A T.R.U. STORY
-- 43 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 3,664
HUNTER HAYES
44 44 SOUNDGARDEN SEVEN FOUR/REPUBLIC 3,432
KING ANIMAL
-- 45 MEEK MILL MAYBACH/WARNER BROS. 3,382
DREAMS & NIGHTMARES
49 46 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 3,317
SOME NIGHTS
28 47 NICKI MINAJ CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 3,215
PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED
-- 48 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 3,084
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: BEST OF
-- 49 GREEN DAY REPRISE 2,886
DOS
-- 50 MIGUEL RCA 2,747
KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Horrible sales this year :(

[Deleted]

I know it's not final but terrible sales anyway...

[areyoureadytojump]

If you ask me, these sales are expected.

It's the week after Black Friday. Sales will be down.

[Enigma.]

Last year:

10 10 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 47,695 -42%
MYLO XYLOTO

I think sales will be pretty much the same this year.

[areyoureadytojump]

New albums out today:

Ke$ha
Wiz Khalifa
Paloma Faith
Chevelle
Hinder
Gavin DeGraw live cd/dvd

The albums above are in the Target/Best Buy circulars.

Others:

Florida Georgia Line
Il Divo GH

More at Amazon.com:

www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=n%3A5174%2Cp_n_date%3A20121204%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A387645011&ie=UTF8&qid=1354633346

Projections:

HITS says 150k for Ke$ha.

The New Release Schedule says:

Wiz Khalifa 150k
Hinder 25k
Chevelle 25k

[The Upper Hand]

17 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS

[Pink Pvssy]

Dec 4, 2012 10:33:37 GMT -5 The Upper Hand said:

17 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS

OMG! I love that GIF!

[nfl46]

Oh wow at Alicia's sales. I was expecting at least 300k. I guess people don't buy albums like they used to.

[fire]

seems absurdly high for wiz

[nfl46]

Dec 4, 2012 10:41:37 GMT -5 fire said:

seems absurdly high for wiz

How so? He sold 197k first week last year.

[Wavey✨️]

Wiz's fanbase is solid. It's just his singles this go around..
I remember in an interview about his album, he said Atlantic had trouble picking a first single for ONIFC.

[Nick]

Dec 4, 2012 10:33:37 GMT -5 The Upper Hand said:

17 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS

You know you're wrong for that! LOL

[Agent Yoncé]

DEATH at that gif!!!

[Deleted]

Dec 4, 2012 10:33:37 GMT -5 The Upper Hand said:

17 36 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4,415
LOTUS

I'm as guilty as anyone of shading Ms. Aguilera these days, but seriously, gifs like this are pretty trolly and the only reason it hasn't incited a riot is because Christina is everyone's favorite person to kick while she's down. That really isn't fair to her. (Or think of it this way: if it had been a Britney album that was flopping this badly and someone made this same joke with a gif of Christina laughing, the report queue would be stuffed right now.) So I will ask that in the future if one has a gif like this to really consider whether or not it could be easily seen as trolling, and if it could, take it to Random Thoughts in the Lounge area, but not to post it in a chart or artist thread where it might upset several fans and/or start a nasty argument.

Just want to clarify that I'm not trying to be in pissy mode or anything (hey, I laughed at it too!), just don't want people thinking it's okay to do this the next time someone else flops (because it will surely happen).

[Eloqueen™]

Cynthia, the voice of reason.

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS has redone its Upcoming Releases page:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/sales_ur.cgi

Future possible 2013 #1s:

Jan. 8 Hollywood Undead

Jan. 15 Kidz Bop

Jan. 22 Darius Rucker

Feb. 5 Josh Groban vs. Tim McGraw

[Ballroom Blitzed]

Dec 4, 2012 16:05:31 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Jan. 15 Kidz Bop

The continued success of Kidz Bop seems a little odd to me. If somebody wants a compilation collecting the biggest hits of the moment, why not purcahse the latest Now! album, rather than sub-par covers of the same songs performed by young people with little discernible vocal talent?

Is there a massive gulf in pricing between the two?