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Post by ificanthaveyou on Dec 19, 2013 21:54:34 GMT -5
I wish the label would discount the album again. It got to #1 with the discount at one point.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2013 22:03:54 GMT -5
HMV Canada always offers customers select albums for $7.99 when they spend more than $15. This week, it is Wrapped In Red.
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Post by mikeyj7 on Dec 19, 2013 22:46:21 GMT -5
From Fuse: 15 Best Christmas Songs of 2013: Kelly Clarkson, Never Shout Never, Ariana Grande & More Kelly's Underneath the Tree comes it at #1, as it should. : )
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Post by bigb0882 on Dec 19, 2013 22:59:19 GMT -5
Oh, I almost forgot!
Earlier today I was having a meeting between myself and the Social Worker at the school I teach at. We were just talking about random things and she started telling me about this amazing Christmas album she just bought. Of course, it was Kelly! What is so funny is that she has no clue I even know much about Kelly so for her to be telling random people about it is just awesome. This isn't the first person to do that, either. The album is so good that it is winning over people who are not typical Kelly fans. She is a country fan so she loves Silent Night. I kept my opinions on that one to myself. ;)
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Post by neally on Dec 19, 2013 23:24:32 GMT -5
LOL: www.facebook.com/events/1375954369321476/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular__________________________________________________________________________________ A New Christmas Hit Under Radio’s TreeEntry by Sean Ross | Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 | Permalink For the last few years, most artists have just given up on the notion of trying to get a new holiday song played at radio. There’s a glut of new holiday albums each year, but even the most contemporary artists go for the old (roasting) chestnuts. Lady Gaga and Rihanna both had new holiday songs at the height of their stardom that went mostly unnoticed. Michael Bublé, who certainly had AC radio’s ear at holiday time, included a new song on his holiday project, but didn’t promote it. That makes Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath The Tree” a pleasant holiday surprise. It’s getting spins at Mainstream Top 40. It’s the No. 1 current song at AC this week, but it’s also the No. 23 song overall at AC, surrounded by almost nothing from the past 20 years. So how did Clarkson manage her holiday mini-miracle? Because Clarkson is an artist with CHR and AC support. Clarkson has reached that place in her career where she grapples for a place at Top 40 each time out, but can now pretty much count on being in power at Hot AC and Mainstream AC, as was the case with “Catch My Breath.” But she’s still in CHR’s consideration set, giving her a multi-format opportunity that Bieber or Gaga’s holiday songs didn’t have. Because AC is a little more aggressive this year. When AC became holiday headquarters more than a decade ago, CHR decided to pull back on the reins, (and the reindeer). AC wasn’t likely to break a new Christmas song that would fit at Top 40. CHR was even less likely to come up with a “Do They Know It’s Christmas”–the type of Christmas song that pushed from holiday rotation to the same rotation as any other hit record. And since labels don’t have much impetus to promote a 3-4 week record, it was almost certain not to happen. Clarkson’s hit coincides with the somewhat more aggressive, somewhat-closer-to-Top-40 sound of today’s mainstream AC. Cumulus in particular has been playing newer music in heavier rotations on its mainstream ACs — stations that would have been considered Hot AC not that long ago. “Underneath The Tree” is one of several new holiday songs receiving significant spins in Cumulus’ holiday formats, not all of them by established artists. At the same time, “Underneath The Tree” is a rare example of a holiday song cracking the 100-spin mark at Top 40 more than a week out, although it’s behind this year’s cover of “Last Christmas” (by Ariana Grande, this time) and well behind Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” But look for spins to increase in the next few days. Because “retro” is a core sound. Like “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” virtually the last “original” Christmas song to find a significant place in the Christmas canon nearly 20 years ago, “Underneath The Tree” is yet another throwback to the Phil Spector Christmas Album, released more than 30 years prior to Mariah. The wall-of-sound has been a ready touchstone for “new” holiday songs for multiple artists ever since — it’s how you give an AC holiday station something in its comfort zone. The difference in recent years is that Top 40 has become significantly retro flavored, too. Sometimes the touchstone is ’70s disco (see Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake this year), but the mix of Motown, Spector, and swingin’ ’60s MOR pop has also been part of top 40′s DNA at least since “Rehab.” Over the last decade, Edison Research has conducted several highly-publicized tests of holiday music. Here’s “What We Learned From Testing Holiday Music 2012.“ www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2013/12/a-new-christmas-hit-under-radios-tree.php
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Dec 20, 2013 0:17:39 GMT -5
I hope the re-airing of Cautionary Christmas Tale gives the album a boost.
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Post by StrongBreakaway on Dec 20, 2013 7:52:53 GMT -5
I hope the re-airing of Cautionary Christmas Tale gives the album a boost. Kelly Clarkson's Tv Special is airing on Channel 7 at 3pm on the 23rd of December on Monday. Furthermore... Kelly will be featured in the next hour on "The Year" talking about her wedding! Greatest Hits is on sale on iTunes for $7.99 And I hope y'all've heard the absolutely (un)necessary "Underneath the Tree (Remixes) - EP" itunes.apple.com/us/album/underneath-tree-remixes-ep/id784754696
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2013 10:03:56 GMT -5
I hope the re-airing of Cautionary Christmas Tale gives the album a boost. Kelly Clarkson's Tv Special is airing on Channel 7 at 3pm on the 23rd of December on Monday. For you, perhaps, but the channel would be different depending on one's location. Also, I know I have read about an encore during primetime, not the afternoon. The afternoon encore could be just your affiliate, or specific affiliates, and not all. Just went onto NBC.com, and the encore takes place December 25, 8:00PM ET.
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Post by StrongBreakaway on Dec 20, 2013 10:24:16 GMT -5
Kelly Clarkson's Tv Special is airing on Channel 7 at 3pm on the 23rd of December on Monday. For you, perhaps, but the channel would be different depending on one's location. Also, I know I have read about an encore during primetime, not the afternoon. The afternoon encore could be just your affiliate, or specific affiliates, and not all. Just went onto NBC.com, and the encore takes place December 25, 8:00PM ET. ha ha! Most of y'all here are lucky! I ain't seeing no shit with Kelly here in Europe unless it's aired worldwide! I always have to look for live streams or wait for people to upload it somewhere :( I just copied that from a facebook post ^^
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Post by mikeyj7 on Dec 20, 2013 21:01:42 GMT -5
ABC World News Now : Christmas Songs
Some really complimentary and terrific KC, 'UTT' & 'WIR' (album) mentions in this story.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 10:52:23 GMT -5
Last week, "Underneath The Tree" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #41. This week, the song jumps up to #28.
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Post by someguy on Dec 21, 2013 11:25:40 GMT -5
Last week, "Underneath The Tree" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #41. This week, the song jumps up to #28. "Silent Night" is also the free song on Canadian iTunes this week.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 11:27:39 GMT -5
Last week, "Underneath The Tree" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #41. This week, the song jumps up to #28. "Silent Night" is also the free song on Canadian iTunes this week. Yep!
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Post by someguy on Dec 21, 2013 11:30:56 GMT -5
"Silent Night" is also the free song on Canadian iTunes this week. Yep!Oh sorry haha.
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Post by ¤ Matthea ¤ on Dec 21, 2013 11:35:45 GMT -5
I did the Christmas shopping yesterday and I bought a bunch of CDs. It looks like "Wrapped in Red" didn't make it to Slovenia, at least not this year. There was an aisle with Christmas music with Buble, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and several Slovenian Christmas titles. Bought Buble and Celine. I will have to live with digital versions of Kelly and Leona's Christmas albums.
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Post by bigb0882 on Dec 21, 2013 16:14:37 GMT -5
I hope they discount WIR for the week after Christmas. A lot of people use their iTunes gift cards and it would create quite the incentive if the album only costs around $7
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Dec 21, 2013 18:24:50 GMT -5
I hope they discount WIR for the week after Christmas. A lot of people use their iTunes gift cards and it would create quite the incentive if the album only costs around $7 Even if they discount it to $5, at least they would make some money. For the next 10 months it'll be a tough sell, why not cash in now that Kelly has all this hype? I'm betting they won't go that extreme though. This seems like a "gift that will keep giving" kinda album year after year, and RCA might choose to promote it next year as well. Maybe tack on some additional bonus tracks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 0:52:33 GMT -5
Kelly Clarkson kelly🌷💞_clarkson Thank u @theellenshow 4 my ugly Christmas sweater! My dogs r tailing me because the popcorn keeps falling off ha! pic.twitter.com/Q6aX0KjJPU
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2013 1:12:24 GMT -5
Also, there is a remix EP on iTunes for Underneath The Tree! The Cutmore Christmas Sleigh Ride Mix is great.
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Post by neally on Dec 22, 2013 19:44:51 GMT -5
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Post by bigb0882 on Dec 22, 2013 21:40:36 GMT -5
On AC radio Kelly snuck into the top 10 with Blue Christmas by only 3 spins. It gives her 3 songs in the top 10 for this week! Not sure how many times that has been done. Does anyone know if that has been done before? Has anyone done more than that? At the least, she probably tied the record for songs in the top 10. I know Buble had multiple songs charting but not sure about their peaks.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2013 21:48:07 GMT -5
Kimberly Locke might have, but I doubt it.
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Dec 22, 2013 23:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by addicted06 on Dec 23, 2013 0:07:54 GMT -5
On AC radio Kelly snuck into the top 10 with Blue Christmas by only 3 spins. It gives her 3 songs in the top 10 for this week! Not sure how many times that has been done. Does anyone know if that has been done before? Has anyone done more than that? At the least, she probably tied the record for songs in the top 10. I know Buble had multiple songs charting but not sure about their peaks. This is what the AC chart looked like on Dec. 21, 2011 AC Published (U.S.) -- Rolling Chart -- Currents Only lw: Dec 7 - Dec 13 TW: Dec 14 - Dec 20 lw TW Artist Title TW lw Move Aud 1 1 MICHAEL BUBLE All I Want For Chris... 1224 1244 -20 9.927 4 2 MICHAEL BUBLE Holly Jolly Christma... 550 382 168 4.078 3 3 JUSTIN BIEBER Mistletoe 530 398 132 4.006 2 4 MICHAEL BUBLE It's Beginning To Lo... 497 454 43 3.744 5 5 JUSTIN BIEBER/MARIAH CAREY All I Want For Chris... 410 375 35 2.437 6 6 JIM BRICKMAN Fa La La f/Olivia J.... 398 375 23 2.083 8 7 MATTHEW WEST Heart Of Christmas 346 333 13 1.478 7 8 ADELE Someone Like You 343 372 -29 1.811 15 9 MICHAEL BUBLE Santa Claus Is Comin... 314 235 79 1.409 9 10 LADY ANTEBELLUM Just A Kiss 300 319 -19 1.469
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Post by neally on Dec 23, 2013 3:00:53 GMT -5
New interviews (to me) from a few weeks ago:
They used the performance from the Christmas Special:
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Post by mamaloveme on Dec 23, 2013 5:44:33 GMT -5
UTT made to UK #30 :)
my vingl still not arrived :(
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Post by joker10 on Dec 23, 2013 5:45:11 GMT -5
On AC radio Kelly snuck into the top 10 with Blue Christmas by only 3 spins. It gives her 3 songs in the top 10 for this week! Not sure how many times that has been done. Does anyone know if that has been done before? Has anyone done more than that? At the least, she probably tied the record for songs in the top 10. I know Buble had multiple songs charting but not sure about their peaks. I'm curious myself to know which artist has had the most songs in the AC top 10 at the same time. Kelly has had 3 songs in the AC top 10 before. it was around February 2012 with Stronger, Mr Know it All, and Don't You Wanna Stay. She was getting tons of airplay back then!
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Post by Marooned@Midnight on Dec 24, 2013 7:24:12 GMT -5
This album has been on repeat for me the past three days. Just For Now and Winter Dream completely slay me. Has she ever recorded anything so flawless??
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2013 12:53:51 GMT -5
1. Beyoncé (Columbia) 383k 2. Garth Brooks (Pearl) 200k 3. One Direction (SYCO/Columbia) 168k 4. The Robertsons (EMI Nashville) 129k 5. Kelly Clarkson (RCA) 123k
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Post by kmbgs on Dec 24, 2013 14:28:08 GMT -5
I'm so not ok with that
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