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Post by Duca on Oct 30, 2013 14:42:27 GMT -5
YOUR ONE-DAYS: This week finds PoMo standard-bearers, a Pop siren and the Duck Dynasty crew (the latter two with Yuletide sets), among others, meeting in the marketplace. Is our dream of a groove-based, post-punk duck-call Christmas record a little closer to reality? It isn't? All right, then. Here are the week's key debuts: Arcade Fire (Merge) 130-140kKelly Clarkson (RCA) 65-70kThe Robertsons Duck The Halls (EMI Nashville) 45-50kToby Keith (Show Dog) 35-40kThomas Rhett (Valory) 30-35kLinkin Park (Warner Bros.) 30-35kRobert Glasper Experiment (Blue Note) 12-14kWe'll be back with more numbers and stuff after we finish carving the office pumpkin into the likeness of Walter Yetnikoff. (10/30p) |
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 30, 2013 14:47:09 GMT -5
Interesting to see Arcade Fire opening with less than their last album despite the Album of the Year win, arena tour and massive hype building up to Reflektor.
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Post by Glove Slap on Oct 30, 2013 14:50:00 GMT -5
That's a bit lower that I would have assumed for AF I think. Good numbers for Kelly & LP though.
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Post by Caviar on Oct 30, 2013 14:51:10 GMT -5
Good numbers for Kelly. I'll be getting the album tmrrw at Target.
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Post by Push The Button on Oct 30, 2013 14:55:29 GMT -5
For comparison's sake, Buble opened with 140k the same week two years ago. Groban opened with 63k, but his album was released earlier in October.
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Post by alchemist on Oct 30, 2013 15:10:40 GMT -5
For comparison. Clay Aiken holds the record for debut week sales of a holiday album at 270K.
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Post by Jack on Oct 30, 2013 15:17:06 GMT -5
^ LOLs.
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Post by ontheroadwith on Oct 30, 2013 15:25:16 GMT -5
Kelly's album will be a big seller for the next 10 weeks. Starting off with that number, she will be platinum by the end of the year...or close to it.
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Post by alchemist on Oct 30, 2013 15:28:37 GMT -5
^ LOLs.
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 30, 2013 15:31:15 GMT -5
Better numbers for Kelly than I expected to be honest Kelly's album will be a big seller for the next 10 weeks. Starting off with that number, she will be platinum by the end of the year...or close to it. If UTT explodes, it will certainly go platinum by the end of the year. There is no doubt in my mind that this will be the year's biggest Christmas album. |
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Post by dbhmr on Oct 30, 2013 16:09:04 GMT -5
Hope you're using those lulz to keep those 2003-4 stats warm, boo. |
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Post by alchemist on Oct 30, 2013 16:30:18 GMT -5
Yup. They're nice and toasty thanks  |
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Post by icefire9 on Oct 30, 2013 17:04:55 GMT -5
It's sad to see both album and single sales so low, and its only down from here. :(
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Post by josh on Oct 30, 2013 17:09:21 GMT -5
It's sad to see both album and single sales so low, and its only down from here. :( But we have Eminem and Gaga and then 1D and Black Friday and holiday sales. It's only up from here! :) |
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Post by Kurt on Oct 30, 2013 17:22:30 GMT -5
I really like Clay Aiken's Christmas album.
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Post by mluv on Oct 30, 2013 17:23:56 GMT -5
In August they said the albums were down due to declining catalog album sales which at the time was down 8.8%. Also of course people are streaming more and more. I'm doing it and it's not stopping me from purchasing albums yet but I do now hesitate more to buy a single when I could just put it on a playlist.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Oct 30, 2013 17:24:32 GMT -5
For comparison. Clay Aiken holds the record for debut week sales of a holiday album at 270K. What about SuBo's "The Gift" which sold 318K the first week? |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 30, 2013 17:37:31 GMT -5
^It is considered a holiday album (even though it has just four Christmas "carols"), so that would be the highest debut sales (unless we're missing something).
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Post by Nick on Oct 30, 2013 17:45:10 GMT -5
Kelly sold more than I thought she would for a Christmas album released in October. I expect sales to pick up as we get closer to Thanksgiving. Susan Boyle and Mary J. Blige also.
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Post by Caviar on Oct 30, 2013 17:51:42 GMT -5
I really like Clay Aiken's Christmas album. I heard a lot of great things about his album and I think this year I'll be checking it out. |
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Post by alchemist on Oct 30, 2013 18:02:49 GMT -5
I really like Clay Aiken's Christmas album. I heard a lot of great things about his album and I think this year I'll be checking it out. Sales for "Merry Christmas With Love"  |
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Post by Jack on Oct 30, 2013 18:04:19 GMT -5
Were you trying to LOLs me? In which case, LOLs you ended up LOLsing ontheroadwith. And yeah sorry, Su Bo says hi/gh with the highest holiday opening. LOLs. |
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Post by alchemist on Oct 30, 2013 18:11:50 GMT -5
Were you trying to LOLs me? In which case, LOLs you ended up LOLsing ontheroadwith. And yeah sorry, Su Bo says hi/gh with the highest holiday opening. LOLs. That wasn't a Christmas album even if it had a couple of xmas songs tossed in it doesn't count. |
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Post by Jack on Oct 30, 2013 18:18:19 GMT -5
^ LOLs.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 30, 2013 20:09:25 GMT -5
Yall need to stop laughing.
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Post by imbondz on Oct 30, 2013 21:25:12 GMT -5
It'd be great if Kelly C had a huge Christmas song off this album, and her album blew up and sold like Buble 2 years ago
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 30, 2013 21:39:18 GMT -5
Arcade Fire seems a little low to me.
Good for Kelly!
LOL at Duck Dynasty!
Good for Toby, Rhett and Linkin.
LOL at SuBo. Is her label even trying???
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Post by Kurt on Oct 30, 2013 21:44:35 GMT -5
LOL at SuBo. Is her label even trying??? Not very hard here, apparently: @susanboylehq We realised over the weekend that we haven't yet asked for your opinion on the new album cover. What do we all think? On Monday, eleven hours before the album's US release (which has gone unannounced by their account) - chances are they're focusing on the UK since the release date there is November 25: @susanboylehq You can now officially pre-order your copy of 'Home For Christmas' on iTunes. Oooh we just came over all Christmassy bit.ly/1ip8as6Susan_boyle_com @susanboylehq ????? The CD is available here in the US. Is it a secret? |
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Post by Enigma. on Oct 31, 2013 2:30:56 GMT -5
AF disappoints in the UK too, not even close to the 66k opening of 'The Suburbs', their momentum has gone apparently.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 31, 2013 3:16:31 GMT -5
Maybe the public wasn't ready for a 2-disc/2LP release by the group? While lots of their songs have charted on alternative, none of them were ever huge. I think they were one of the few AOTY winners that didn't get back in the top 10 after the Grammy win.
I think they're in a position where the album can still have a shelf life. That and the full week report isn't in yet.
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