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Post by Wave. on Mar 23, 2015 8:22:46 GMT -5
I'm late and sorry, but I am dying at "Madge". Reminds me of "Vadge", but that's just me.
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Post by BlueSwan on Mar 23, 2015 13:18:51 GMT -5
question, will Kendrick's new album have a hit song? I really want this album to at least have a couple of major hits, I know "i" charted, but will there be any songs that do as well as the ones off of "Good Kid, m.a.a.d. City"? Short answer: No! Longer answer: This album is one of the least commercial I have ever heard from any "mainstream" artist on a major label. Someone compared him to Nas, but Nas has never had an album as uncommercial as this. Sure, the first single "I" was poppy, but it is featured in a "live"-ish version on the album. The second single "The Blacker The Berry" is awesome, but hardly mainstream. As for the rest of the album, the ONLY song I could see gaining some traction is the immensely funky "King Kunta", but even that is a stretch. I hope they do try to push that song though, as it knocks.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Mar 23, 2015 13:23:59 GMT -5
"These Walls" and "Alright" are largely the two most radio-accessible tracks on the album.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 23, 2015 15:25:51 GMT -5
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-- 1 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 30,215 2 2 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 15,689 4 3 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 8,519 -- 4 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS MADNESS EPITAPH 7,035 -- 5 MODEST MOUSE STRANGERS TO OURSELVES EPIC 6,507 6 6 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 5,504 8 7 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 5,162 11 8 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 4,990 1 9 MADONNA REBEL HEART INTERSCOPE 4,440 5 10 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 4,408 3 11 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT CAPITOL NASHVILLE 4,333 10 12 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 4,279 15 13 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 3,476 13 14 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE DEF JAM 3,380 14 15 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 3,311 23 16 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27 RAZOR & TIE 3,293 9 17 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 2,936 -- 18 AWOLNATION RUN REDBULL 2,876 12 19 KID ROCK FIRST KISS WARNER BROS. 2,592 27 20 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES VARIOUS ARTISTS RCA 2,057 18 21 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 2,018 19 22 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 2,006 16 23 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 2,002 21 24 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 1,974 36 25 NE-YO NON-FICTION MOTOWN 1,777 20 26 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 1,711 31 27 CHRIS BROWN & TYGA FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM RCA 1,691 17 28 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 1,675 -- 29 KENDRICK LAMAR GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 1,445 26 30 FROZEN VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY 1,173 39 31 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 1,124 34 32 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 1,026 47 33 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 1,010 41 34 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING REPUBLIC 953 -- 35 LUKE BRYAN CRASH MY PARTY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 906 30 36 RAE SREMMURD SREMMLIFE INTERSCOPE 898 -- 37 NICK JONAS NICK JONAS ISLAND 875 -- 38 MARK RONSON UPTOWN SPECIAL RCA 833 50 39 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 817 32 40 DIANA KRALL WALLFLOWER VERVE 796 46 41 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 777 -- 42 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 773 45 43 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 762 43 44 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 742 -- 45 ZAC BROWN BAND GREATEST HITS SO FAR ATLANTIC 715 -- 46 WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD RCA 686 49 47 ED SHEERAN + ATLANTIC 599 29 48 CHILDISH GAMBINO BECAUSE THE INTERNET GLASSNOTE 590 38 49 LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI RHINO 582 -- 50 PITBULL GLOBALIZATION POLO GROUNDS/RCA 569
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 23, 2015 17:33:51 GMT -5
Status: Building 75.13%
-- 1 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 272,511 2 2 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 62,845 -- 3 MODEST MOUSE STRANGERS TO OURSELVES EPIC 42,362 -- 4 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS FROOT NEW ELEKTRA 35,629 4 5 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 27,106 3 6 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK�CHECKIN' OUT CAPITOL NASHVILLE 26,017 5 7 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 21,892 7 8 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 21,507 -- 9 AWOLNATION RUN REDBULL 20,730 -- 10 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS MADNESS EPITAPH 19,858 8 11 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 19,666 6 12 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 18,466 11 13 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 17,537 10 14 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 16,487 13 15 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE DEF JAM 13,341 16 16 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 12,904 -- 17 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 12,468 15 18 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 12,188 1 19 MADONNA REBEL HEART INTERSCOPE 11,875 14 20 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 10,062 12 21 KID ROCK FIRST KISS WARNER BROS. 9,129 9 22 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 9,093 17 23 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 8,757 18 24 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 8,662 -- 25 PASSION PASSION EVEN SO COME SIXSTEPSRECORDS 8,524 20 26 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 8,160 23 27 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27 RAZOR & TIE 7,113 -- 28 MARK KNOPFLER TRACKER VERVE 6,806 21 29 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 6,700 19 30 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 6,338 34 31 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 5,703 27 32 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES VARIOUS ARTISTS RCA 5,579 39 33 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 5,289 41 34 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING REPUBLIC 4,607 -- 35 KENDRICK LAMAR GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 4,371 46 36 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 4,355 31 37 CHRIS BROWN & TYGA FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM RCA 4,328 26 38 FROZEN VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY 4,311 48 39 FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS WARNER BROS. 3,955 22 40 SHANIA TWAIN STILL THE ONE: LIVE IN VEGAS MERCURY NASHVILLE 3,558 36 41 NE-YO NON-FICTION MOTOWN 3,439 43 42 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 3,430 24 43 BRANDI CARLILE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER ATO 3,405 47 44 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,381 45 45 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 3,309 -- 46 WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD RCA 3,263 -- 47 NICK JONAS NICK JONAS ISLAND 3,185 -- 48 LUKE BRYAN CRASH MY PARTY CAPITOL NASHVILLE 3,120 30 49 RAE SREMMURD SREMMLIFE INTERSCOPE 3,005 50 50 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 2,937
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Post by braveheart on Mar 23, 2015 20:37:26 GMT -5
wow hits predicted 60-65 k for empire this week and its already at 62 k with 75 % looks like they will beat hits predictions... The Power of the Empire strikes again !!!!
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Mar 24, 2015 7:34:37 GMT -5
And Madonna only at 12k. Looks like she's headed to an 80%+ drop
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 24, 2015 8:17:12 GMT -5
wow hits predicted 60-65 k for empire this week and its already at 62 k with 75 % looks like they will beat hits predictions... The Power of the Empire strikes again !!!! It doesn't work that way. For the Final chart, Empire could still be at 62k.
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Post by Future Captain on Mar 24, 2015 10:24:43 GMT -5
And Madonna only at 12k. Looks like she's headed to an 80%+ drop And that's after a full week promo in Ellen
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Mar 24, 2015 13:11:40 GMT -5
And Madonna only at 12k. Looks like she's headed to an 80%+ drop And that's after a full week promo in Ellen It also doesn't help that the album has been hard to find in physical format in the stores and if they do have it, it's back to full price.
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Post by Safado on Mar 24, 2015 15:43:00 GMT -5
Madonna will be fine, she's already Queen of the Universe.
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Post by braveheart on Mar 24, 2015 15:59:10 GMT -5
wow hits predicted 60-65 k for empire this week and its already at 62 k with 75 % looks like they will beat hits predictions... The Power of the Empire strikes again !!!! It doesn't work that way. For the Final chart, Empire could still be at 62k. guess it does work that way.. 86 k for empire... massive congrats to them
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Post by Duca on Mar 24, 2015 15:59:27 GMT -5
BUILDING ALBUM SALES CHART
Chart Date: 03/24/2015 Status: Final
LW TW Artist / Album Label Sales Index % Change -- 1 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 318,988 -- 2 2 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 86,513 -19% -- 3 MODEST MOUSE STRANGERS TO OURSELVES EPIC 69,257 -- -- 4 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS FROOT NEW ELEKTRA 37,956 -- -- 5 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS MADNESS EPITAPH 35,911 -- -- 6 MARK KNOPFLER TRACKER VERVE 34,806 -- 4 7 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 34,341 -12% 3 8 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT CAPITOL NASHVILLE 31,153 -63% -- 9 AWOLNATION RUN RED BULL 30,730 -- 5 10 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 28,527 -22% -- 11 PASSION PASSION EVEN SO COME SIXSTEPSRECORDS 28,524 -- 8 12 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 25,960 -8% 7 13 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 24,698 -13% 6 14 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 24,173 -17% 11 15 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 23,926 11% 1 16 MADONNA REBEL HEART INTERSCOPE 22,800 -80% 10 17 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 18,836 -22% 13 18 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE DEF JAM 17,928 -10% 15 19 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 16,788 -7% 12 20 KID ROCK FIRST KISS WARNER BROS. 15,539 -27% 9 21 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 15,510 -40% 16 22 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 15,283 -1% 14 23 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 13,394 -32% -- 24 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 13,125 -- 17 25 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 12,898 -14% 38 26 LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI RHINO 12,782 93% 20 27 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 11,925 10% 18 28 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 11,250 -14% 19 29 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 11,140 -11% 23 30 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27 RAZOR & TIE 9,182 -4% 21 31 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 8,850 -13% 26 32 FROZEN VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY 7,327 -16% 27 33 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES VARIOUS ARTISTS RCA 7,032 -19% 34 34 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 7,004 -6% 24 35 BRANDI CARLILE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER ATO 6,927 -27% 36 36 NE-YO NON-FICTION MOTOWN 6,678 -9% -- 37 D'ANGELO & THE VANGUARD BLACK MESSIAH RCA 6,591 % 39 38 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 6,538 3% 37 39 THIRD DAY LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF WORSHIP ESSENTIAL 5,767 -19% 41 40 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING REPUBLIC 5,592 -3% 31 41 CHRIS BROWN & TYGA FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM RCA 5,565 -27% 46 42 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 5,350 2% 42 43 CHASE RICE IGNITE THE NIGHT DACK JANIELS 4,932 -13% 32 44 DIANA KRALL WALLFLOWER VERVE 4,738 -38% 47 45 CARRIE UNDERWOOD GREATEST HITS: DECADE #1 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 4,498 -14% -- 46 WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD RCA 4,462 6% 43 47 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 4,356 -20% 45 48 MIRANDA LAMBERT PLATINUM RCA NASHVILLE 4,302 -19% 50 49 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 4,240 -8% -- 50 TOVE LO QUEEN OF THE CLOUDS REPUBLIC 4,089 %
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Post by braveheart on Mar 24, 2015 16:00:10 GMT -5
80 % sales DROP FOR MADONNA !!!!!! WTF !!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 24, 2015 16:21:40 GMT -5
SPS:
-- 1 KENDRICK LAMAR TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 355,372 1 2 EMPIRE CAST SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 105,745 4 3 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 73,639 -- 4 MODEST MOUSE STRANGERS TO OURSELVES EPIC 72,809 5 5 TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 BIG MACHINE 54,956 7 6 DRAKE IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE YMCMB/REPUBLIC 51,751 8 7 ED SHEERAN X ATLANTIC 46,455 9 8 MAROON 5 V 222/INTERSCOPE 42,187 6 9 SAM SMITH IN THE LONELY HOUR CAPITOL 39,153 -- 10 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS FROOT ATLANTIC 39,023 11 11 MEGHAN TRAINOR TITLE EPIC 38,403 -- 12 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS MADNESS EPITAPH 36,683 -- 13 MARK KNOPFLER TRACKER VERVE 35,432 3 14 LUKE BRYAN SPRING BREAK�CHECKIN' OUT CAPITOL NASHVILLE 35,063 -- 15 AWOLNATION RUN RED BULL 32,730 10 16 BIG SEAN DARK SKY PARADISE DEF JAM 30,854 -- 17 PASSION PASSION EVEN SO CLOSE (LIVE) SIXSTEPSRECORDS 28,524 13 18 NICKI MINAJ PINKPRINT YMCMB/REPUBLIC 25,636 2 19 MADONNA REBEL HEART INTERSCOPE 24,761 18 20 SAM HUNT MONTEVALLO MCA NASHVILLE 24,427 16 21 FALL OUT BOY AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO DCD2/ISLAND 23,910 17 22 MARK RONSON UPTOWN SPECIAL RCA 23,817 14 23 HOZIER HOZIER COLUMBIA 23,435 12 24 KELLY CLARKSON PIECE BY PIECE RCA 21,056 15 25 IMAGINE DRAGONS SMOKE + MIRRORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 20,001 19 26 NOW 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW/LEGACY 18,836 23 27 J. COLE 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 17,827 21 28 ARIANA GRANDE MY EVERYTHING REPUBLIC 17,289 20 29 KID ROCK FIRST KISS WARNER BROS. 16,702 22 30 NICK JONAS NICK JONAS ISLAND 14,689 30 31 WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD RCA 14,196 -- 32 LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI RHINO 13,295 -- 33 FURIOUS 7 SOUNDTRACK REPUBLIC 13,125 -- 34 TOVE LO QUEEN OF THE CLOUDS REPUBLIC 11,656 36 35 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ANYTHING GOES REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 11,501 31 36 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AWESOME MIX, VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK HOLLYWOOD 11,140 40 37 BRANDI CARLILE FIREWATCHER'S DAUGHTER ATO 10,673 24 38 RAE SREMMURD SREMMLIFE INTERSCOPE 10,657 26 39 CHRIS BROWN & TYGA FAN OF A FAN: THE ALBUM RCA 10,599 32 40 FROZEN VARIOUS ARTISTS WALT DISNEY 10,468 29 41 SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 10,461 37 42 ONE DIRECTION FOUR SYCO/COLUMBIA 10,290 -- 43 JASON ALDEAN OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT BROKEN BOW 10,247 28 44 PITBULL GLOBALIZATION POLO GROUNDS/RCA 10,183 27 45 NE-YO NON-FICTION MOTOWN 10,058 41 46 CALVIS HARRIS MOTION COLUMBIA 10,034 43 47 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 27 RAZOR & TIE 9,986 46 48 ERIC CHURCH THE OUTSIDERS EMI NASHVILLE 9,773 35 49 FIFTH HARMONY REFLECTION EPIC 9,642 25 50 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 9,521
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Mar 24, 2015 17:36:47 GMT -5
80 % sales DROP FOR MADONNA !!!!!! WTF !! A drop of that size or close to that was expected. If 60-70k of the first week total sales were pre-orders, the rest of the actual sales for the first week were around 40-50k, and then redemptions from the concert ticket bundles would make up the rest. A drop from the actual sales amount isn't that bad, but overall, it looks much worse. Without the Ellen appearances last week, it would have been a much larger drop than that.
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Post by kingofpain on Mar 24, 2015 20:14:09 GMT -5
Damn if it weren't for SPS, Mark Knopfler would have had a top 10 debut.... what a crock of $hit. Veteran artists (excluding Madonna) will forever have this disadvantage against them now.
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Post by Future Captain on Mar 25, 2015 2:55:48 GMT -5
Madonna is tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down Madonna is tumbling down, my fair lady
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Post by Enigma. on Mar 25, 2015 3:30:29 GMT -5
Damn if it weren't for SPS, Mark Knopfler would have had a top 10 debut.... what a crock of $hit. Veteran artists (excluding Madonna) will forever have this disadvantage against them now. BUT to be fair, they had the ADVANTAGE before this new system against the newer acts such as Hozier and Ariana Grande.
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Post by ILLUSION on Mar 25, 2015 7:40:52 GMT -5
WOW @ Madonna's sales drop!
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Post by Gary on Mar 25, 2015 9:24:09 GMT -5
The new system doesn't have much to do with this in the long haul, I think. Yes, SPS will add to first week numbers of newer artists to a better degree than older artists. Due mainly to lesser streaming demand and fewer singles. New system or not, it is rare for an older artist to maintain numbers beyond the first week.
The weeks 2 drop for Madonna should not surprise anyone.
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Post by Au$tin on Mar 28, 2015 17:07:40 GMT -5
It doesn't work that way. For the Final chart, Empire could still be at 62k. guess it does work that way.. 86 k for empire... massive congrats to them That actually isn't how it works, it's just a sheer coincidence that it worked out that way. The percentage refers to how many businesses have reported, not how many sales have been reported. Of course, different businesses have different weight. For example, Target's album sales are way higher than Hastings', but they both count as one retailer when submitting their numbers. For example, Kendrick's album at the 75% update had 273k at that point, which was actually 85% of his total, not 75%.
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