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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 23, 2007 10:03:57 GMT -5
3/3/07 chart:
6 IMEN 181 196 199 TAMIA BETWEEN FRIENDS 5,016 +5% 4,781 105,394
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Post by SAY IT RIGHT on Feb 23, 2007 11:27:05 GMT -5
WOW! get it Tamia!
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Post by musicmania001 on Feb 23, 2007 13:14:51 GMT -5
Im happy for her. And "Cant Get Enough Of You" is gaining airplay. Im glad that urban radio is atleast familiar with her to atleast play her music. And some people do know who she is. This girl can blow it's no reason why she should'nt have a record contract. I cant stand it when talented people dont get there props. She's amazing. If she had received more promo and more live performances she would be selling far better. I hope her album does well and continues to gain in the sells department. She has never received the credit she deserved.
Tamia rocks!!!!!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 23, 2007 14:50:54 GMT -5
It'd be the greatest thing for her if Between Friends outsells More!!
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 1:22:24 GMT -5
How much have all her albums sold to date?
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2007 2:08:54 GMT -5
Tamia sold 400k. A Nu Day sold 625k. More sold 185k.
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Post by michael7627 on Feb 25, 2007 4:15:19 GMT -5
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 5:16:41 GMT -5
Thank you both... Sad that only one of her albums sold over 500K.
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 5:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 5:56:21 GMT -5
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Post by sdot23 on Feb 25, 2007 9:37:34 GMT -5
Tamia sold 400k. A Nu Day sold 625k. More sold 185k. Its possible that "Between Friends" can outsell "More", with a new single of course. BF is also a better album than More.
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Post by michael7627 on Feb 25, 2007 16:02:21 GMT -5
I pray it does!!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2007 17:45:52 GMT -5
No way did More sell 300k. Her first shipment was only for 150k and her album was only re-ordered once, 100k more copies shipped at the most.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2007 18:05:25 GMT -5
I love when artists do track-by-track discussions. All artists should do them. lol.
Also loved how she was too bashful to admit that "Can't Get Enough" is about SEX. lmao. "Sexy ballad", mm-hmm.
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 18:11:55 GMT -5
I got these from a Tamia fan site...
Tamia - 420 000 A Nu Day - 764 000 (Gold) More - 184 000
I don't understand how "More" didn't sell... "Officially Missing You" was a hit for her was it not? And "Into You" was like #4 on the Hot 100.
And her duet with Eric Benet "Spend My Life With You" is also Gold...
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2007 18:20:12 GMT -5
I got these from a Tamia fan site... Tamia - 420 000 A Nu Day - 764 000 (Gold) More - 184 000 I don't understand how "More" didn't sell... "Officially Missing You" was a hit for her was it not? And "Into You" was like #4 on the Hot 100. And her duet with Eric Benet "Spend My Life With You" is also Gold... Those are the accurate numbers!! More flopped for several reasons: When "Officially Missing You" was first released, her album was titled Still and she was signed to Elektra. During that time, she found out she had MS and Elektra folded into Atlantic. By the time she was well enough to perform again, she had all new people working on her project and OMY was months old. The label still tried to push it but it stalled at #83 and #31 on Hot 100 and R&B. So the album was repackaged as More and she pushed two singles: "More" to DJs and "Questions" to radio and video. "Questions" hit #40 on R&B but stalled everywhere else. The label released the album anyway and it sold 50k its first week. After that, they didn't bother with any other promo and Tamia left soon after.
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Post by XXIX on Feb 25, 2007 18:41:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I forgot about the whole Still/More fiasco... poor Tamia... "Me" SHOULD do what "Stranger In My House" did for her, but I'm not all to sure it will. She should def have it remixed and send that out too. Although I don't really like it "Too Grown" should be the 3rd single after "Me"...I'd like "The Way I Love You" though. It has that same "So Into You" that mentioned it had. That's why I like it so much.
Hopefully "Me" can give her the same boost that "Lost Without U" gave Robin Thicke, but that is asking for alot, LOL. If she gets that then there is still hope for the music industry!
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2007 23:47:01 GMT -5
As long as she continues to promote herself and get her singles/videos out there, I think she'll do alright.
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Post by SAY IT RIGHT on Feb 25, 2007 23:57:22 GMT -5
"Me" is such an idiotic single release. It is not half as good as "stranger in my house" and its not going to be as big of a hit. Her album has so many songs that can be released as singles. "Almost" should definately be a single as well as "the way I love you" and "too grown" needs to go to mainstream urban. I still dont understand why "Cant Get Enough" waasnt released to mainstream urban as a single. it definately has the appeal. She has one of the best albums of 2006, i really wish she would pick the right singles. This is her label, so she is making all the decisions with it.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 26, 2007 0:02:34 GMT -5
"Me" is such an idiotic single release. It is not half as good as "stranger in my house" and its not going to be as big of a hit. Her album has so many songs that can be released as singles. "Almost" should definately be a single as well as "the way I love you" and "too grown" needs to go to mainstream urban. I still dont understand why "Cant Get Enough" waasnt released to mainstream urban as a single. it definately has the appeal. She has one of the best albums of 2006, i really wish she would pick the right singles. This is her label, so she is making all the decisions with it. "Can't Get Enough" was sent to mainstream urban last week.
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Post by SAY IT RIGHT on Feb 26, 2007 0:09:24 GMT -5
"Me" is such an idiotic single release. It is not half as good as "stranger in my house" and its not going to be as big of a hit. Her album has so many songs that can be released as singles. "Almost" should definately be a single as well as "the way I love you" and "too grown" needs to go to mainstream urban. I still dont understand why "Cant Get Enough" waasnt released to mainstream urban as a single. it definately has the appeal. She has one of the best albums of 2006, i really wish she would pick the right singles. This is her label, so she is making all the decisions with it. "Can't Get Enough" was sent to mainstream urban last week. Wow finally!
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Feb 26, 2007 18:48:00 GMT -5
I got these from a Tamia fan site... Tamia - 420 000 A Nu Day - 764 000 (Gold) More - 184 000 I don't understand how "More" didn't sell... "Officially Missing You" was a hit for her was it not? And "Into You" was like #4 on the Hot 100. And her duet with Eric Benet "Spend My Life With You" is also Gold... Those are wrong. These are correct: Nu Day - 683,300 Tamia - 452,400 More - 280,200
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Post by XXIX on Feb 26, 2007 22:36:02 GMT -5
I got these from a Tamia fan site... Tamia - 420 000 A Nu Day - 764 000 (Gold) More - 184 000 I don't understand how "More" didn't sell... "Officially Missing You" was a hit for her was it not? And "Into You" was like #4 on the Hot 100. And her duet with Eric Benet "Spend My Life With You" is also Gold... Those are wrong. These are correct: Nu Day - 683,300 Tamia - 452,400 More - 280,200 Where did you get those from? I got mine from like the only Tamia fan site that exists, LOL.
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Post by George on Feb 26, 2007 23:04:02 GMT -5
I'm happy that "Between Friends" finally crossed the 100k mark!
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Post by syrus on Mar 7, 2007 19:51:22 GMT -5
8 IMEN 199 185 161 TAMIA BETWEEN FRIENDS 4,752 1 4,693 114,839
*I wish she could have a big sales week to get her closer to Gold but at least she's still on the chart. I'm sure Image didn't expect the album to do this well though.
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Post by currentoptions on Mar 7, 2007 21:31:33 GMT -5
Tamia is just so underrated yep thats always been the case with Tamia
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Post by George on Mar 8, 2007 20:37:43 GMT -5
Congratulations to Tamia for another sales increase!
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Post by SAY IT RIGHT on Mar 8, 2007 21:12:03 GMT -5
8 IMEN 199 185 161 TAMIA BETWEEN FRIENDS 4,752 1 4,693 114,839 *I wish she could have a big sales week to get her closer to Gold but at least she's still on the chart. I'm sure Image didn't expect the album to do this well though. "Image" distributes the album. "plus one" the actual label and she owns it. She is calling the shots with this album so she owes herself a big pat on the back.
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Post by marcjm on Mar 10, 2007 21:07:03 GMT -5
Whatever the numbers are, it's interesting that More sold so little. I appreciate the background commentary explaining why it's so low, but man. Officially Missing you was a solid hit on Urban AC. Questions was a good opening single in the Urban crowd. Plus, she opened with 70k sold in the first week. This independently released CD is neck-to-neck with More. That's crazy.
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 11, 2007 2:24:19 GMT -5
Elektra merging with Atlantic is really what killed the album. More was released under Atlantic and so Tamia had an entire new camp working with her project who hadn't been working with it up until that point - and who knew very little about Tamia herself - and so they didn't know how to promote it at all.
And what makes it sadder is that one of Tamia's best songs ever - "Poetry" - got lost in the shuffle.
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