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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Nov 21, 2006 22:28:05 GMT -5
How come we never find out how much an album sold...or do we? and I just don't know..
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Post by bubblepop15 on Nov 21, 2006 22:34:44 GMT -5
How come we never find out how much an album sold...or do we? and I just don't know.. We only hear about it when its record breaking like when Coldplay's X&Y sold a lot and FS/LS I think. What I'd like to see is weekly RINGTONE sales and MUSIC VIDEO sales. Ringtone sales are massive in comparison to digital song sales. At least that's what I heard. |
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Nov 21, 2006 23:06:29 GMT -5
I thought I read somewhere that in 2007 iTunes sales may count towards Billboard/Soundscan charts.
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Post by bubblepop15 on Nov 21, 2006 23:20:56 GMT -5
I thought I read somewhere that in 2007 iTunes sales may count towards Billboard/Soundscan charts. They do. ??? |
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Nov 22, 2006 0:07:25 GMT -5
.........?????
There is no way!
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Post by MyLastView on Nov 22, 2006 0:34:55 GMT -5
.........????? There is no way! Lmao...yes, they do. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 1:06:41 GMT -5
.........????? There is no way! Yes they do and have for some time |
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Post by spooky21 on Nov 22, 2006 10:04:00 GMT -5
They do count but the public just doesn't have visibility into the data breakdown. It's no different than other stores in that regard. We don't know how much each album sells at Walmart or Best Buy or any other music retailers, including Itunes.
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Nov 23, 2006 20:32:08 GMT -5
So, for example, the 278,000 copies Akon sold this week include iTunes album downloads?
If so, I did not know that, and that is HORRID. I would think he would be close to 400,000 with iTunes downloads.
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Post by bubblepop15 on Nov 23, 2006 20:49:47 GMT -5
So, for example, the 278,000 copies Akon sold this week include iTunes album downloads? If so, I did not know that, and that is HORRID. I would think he would be close to 400,000 with iTunes downloads. Yes, the 278k counts iTunes. iTunes albums sales aren't that big. I don't think the #1 even sells 60k. |
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Post by EmersonDrive13Rocks on Nov 23, 2006 21:42:16 GMT -5
Yeah digital albums rarely sell more than 50,000 in a week for the top selling digital album. I know that Coldplay, JT, and JM all sold more than 60,000 in their first week digitally of their lastest album.
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Post by EmersonDrive13Rocks on Nov 23, 2006 21:43:10 GMT -5
Oh and 278,000 is GREAT!!! I wish JoJo had sold that in her first week. Instead it has taken 5 weeks for her to sell that many albums.
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Post by drock89 on Nov 23, 2006 22:16:14 GMT -5
Also, somehow they take single sales to equal album sales when doing certifications. Something along the lines of 50 singles = one album sale. I don't think that's the ratio, but its an example to show what I'm talking about.
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Post by damnnnitzzjohn on Nov 24, 2006 16:45:27 GMT -5
ehhhhhhhh 278,000 with itunes? im depressed. lol
but w/e its call good :)
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Nov 24, 2006 23:52:24 GMT -5
Why? that's Akon's personal best.
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Post by Ferrero on Nov 26, 2006 5:35:27 GMT -5
just a random question
if a song cost abt 99 cents.. i wonder how much the singer will get out of it??
10 cents?? lol
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Post by bubblepop15 on Nov 26, 2006 8:18:41 GMT -5
just a random question if a song cost abt 99 cents.. i wonder how much the singer will get out of it?? 10 cents?? lol I think that's right. I remember reading an article that as iTunes became more popular, the amount of money that an artist got from every song sold decreased... to about a dime I think. Maybe less. |
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Post by gina23 on Nov 26, 2006 15:04:18 GMT -5
I wish we'd get the statistics from Itunes. The only thing we get is which albums are the top selling. As of three days ago and still standing with the same rank:
Top 10 Albums:
1. Daughtry by Daughtry
2. Kingdom Come by Jay-Z
3. U218 singles
4. Wintersong - nSarah Mclachlan
5. The Blue Carpet Treatment - Snoop Dogg
6. The Devil and God are raging inside me - Brand New
7. 9 - Damien Rice
8. Doctor's Advocate - The Game
9. Konvicted - Akron
10. Continuun - John Mayer
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