Cerbius
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 18, 2010 19:27:03 GMT -5
Britney's sales pale in comparison to other artists I notice It's because Britney has yet to have a massive hit (e.g. Toxic) in the digital era. Hopefully we'll have a 4-million seller from her upcoming album. :)
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Post by lugus15 on Oct 18, 2010 20:39:41 GMT -5
2 - 5,737,984 - LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 4 - 5,618,109 - LADY GAGA POKER FACE 15 - 4,315,281 - LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE 85 - 2,742,107 - LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI 96 - 2,591,600 - LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE TELEPHONE 144 - 2,257,492 - LADY GAGA LOVEGAME Absolutely beautiful :'( LMAO, Lady GaGa with just her 7 official singles has sold around 25,100,000 copies. Add to that the sales of her other tracks, and she my friends IS the digital queen.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 18, 2010 22:19:26 GMT -5
^^ well Taylor still has the higher sales, but it's only a matter of time before she loses that title to GaGa. :(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2010 22:22:32 GMT -5
Rihanna is higher also
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 18, 2010 22:31:46 GMT -5
^^ Thanks mostly to songs in which she was featured.
Are BEP above her, too?
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 19, 2010 6:51:41 GMT -5
GaGa's had two albums out. Rihanna was not moving numbers like that with her first two albums. Taylor only has more because of her album. TF won't outsell 'Fearless' because GaGa is more of a singles artist and Taylor is more of an album artist, as most country artists are
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 7:19:18 GMT -5
GaGa's had two albums out. Rihanna was not moving numbers like that with her first two albums. Taylor only has more because of her album. TF won't outsell 'Fearless' because GaGa is more of a singles artist and Taylor is more of an album artist, as most country artists are In her home country I could agree with you. I wouldn't really GaGa a singles artist anymore though . Managing to sell 3.7 million (The Fame/ The Fame Monster 2cd) and over 1 million in just The Fame Monster E.P alone is impressive. In terms of their last album, GaGa did superb outside of the US and outsold Fearless in that department. Both of their selling power is impressive though!
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Post by dbt88 on Oct 19, 2010 13:05:13 GMT -5
^^ I don't even think Taylor is an album seller and Lady GaGa a singles artist. I think we all can safely say they are both an album and single artist just the fact that they can move huge numbers in digital and physical sales.
@ Cerbius: I hope Britney can cross another 3 million or possibly 4 million but I feel that is already reaching. I would be happy if she can have another 2 2 million selling singles with this upcoming era and for Circus to cross 3 million.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 19, 2010 13:41:34 GMT -5
"Toxic" wasn't a MASSIVE hit, though- it's not even her highest-peaking track on Hot 100 Airplay, and it peaked lower in airplay than "Womanizer." At pop, it was a No. 1 hit, like four of her other tracks. As we know, she doesn't really appeal to AC and Hot AC formats much- but, not taking act's fan base into consideration, pop radio probably is the format that drives casual-fan digital sales most, based on what we've seen. Possibly rhythmic, too.
"Toxic" actually was released in the digital era- it's just that digital sales were in their infancy then. Its sales of 1.4m (or wherever the sales stand) are impressive. Now, "Toxic" is her biggest critical hit (along with "...Baby One More Time"- nothing else comes remotely close in her catalog).
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Post by pnobelysk on Oct 19, 2010 14:31:40 GMT -5
Britney's sales pale in comparison to other artists I notice It's because Britney has yet to have a massive hit (e.g. Toxic) in the digital era. Hopefully we'll have a 4-million seller from her upcoming album. :) id say womanzier was pretty massive and even circus to less of an extent. they were both smashes. while gimme more, 3, and if you seek amy were hits. piece of me too. break the ice, and radar were minor hits/flops
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 19, 2010 14:42:28 GMT -5
It really depends on whether you're talking about performance in big picture, specific radio formats, sales, etc. The Blackout album yielded no notable radio hits- "Gimme More" peaked highest, at No. 48 on Hot 100 Airplay. "Piece of Me" didn't fare well on Hot 100 Airplay (74) and peaked moderately on CHR/Pop, but it hung around the pop format a lot longer than most tracks that peak in the 20s do. "Piece" did well in sales, though.
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Post by c0ldasfire on Oct 19, 2010 16:49:26 GMT -5
"Toxic" wasn't a MASSIVE hit, though- it's not even her highest-peaking track on Hot 100 Airplay, and it peaked lower in airplay than "Womanizer." At pop, it was a No. 1 hit, like four of her other tracks. As we know, she doesn't really appeal to AC and Hot AC formats much- but, not taking act's fan base into consideration, pop radio probably is the format that drives casual-fan digital sales most, based on what we've seen. Possibly rhythmic, too. "Toxic" actually was released in the digital era- it's just that digital sales were in their infancy then. Its sales of 1.4m (or wherever the sales stand) are impressive. Now, "Toxic" is her biggest critical hit (along with "...Baby One More Time"- nothing else comes remotely close in her catalog). As of a couple weeks ago, "Toxic" has sold 1,462,000 digital singles in the USA :)
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Post by Music Fan on Oct 19, 2010 18:54:54 GMT -5
^^ Thanks mostly to songs in which she was featured. Are BEP above her, too? The Peas are definitely above Gaga, but idk about Taylor or Rihanna... BEP have 22,297,144 with the 6 songs on the Top 200, plus adding about 1.75M from RTB, and let's say about 8M for the other songs that include, Where Is The Love?, DOn't Lie, Don't Phunk With My Heart, Pump It, Shut Up and Hey Mama for total I'm guessing they're about 33+ digital singles... What is Taylor & Rihanna's total estimate? BTW: Thanks so much melody56! It really was like an early online-Christmas!
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 19, 2010 20:53:12 GMT -5
I would argue that Britney doesn't appeal to enough formats to have the massive digital sales. GaGa appeals to Pop, Rhythmic, and Adult radio stations, whereas I don't remember Hot AC stations spinning Britney's songs that much
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 19, 2010 21:29:02 GMT -5
In the new issue of Billboard, they say Taylor Swift has sold 30.3 million digital singles.
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 19, 2010 21:59:06 GMT -5
I would argue that Britney doesn't appeal to enough formats to have the massive digital sales. GaGa appeals to Pop, Rhythmic, and Adult radio stations, whereas I don't remember Hot AC stations spinning Britney's songs that much Well its not like Hot AC & AC airplay really fuel digital sales. Had "Toxic" been released today, it would've easily sold over 4 million copies. I don't Britney has had a single with the same impact and widespread appeal "Toxic" had since then. Hopefully we'll have something fresh and innovative this time around.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 22:01:45 GMT -5
I would argue that Britney doesn't appeal to enough formats to have the massive digital sales. GaGa appeals to Pop, Rhythmic, and Adult radio stations, whereas I don't remember Hot AC stations spinning Britney's songs that much Well its not like Hot AC & AC airplay really fuel digital sales. Had "Toxic" been released today, it would've easily sold over 4 million copies. I don't Britney has had a single with the same impact and widespread appeal "Toxic" had since then. Hopefully we'll have something fresh and innovative this time around. Britney's best bet is to have a more rhythmic leaning song (preferably with a feature- Rihanna, Drake or Nicki) would do. That way, she can be heard on more than one format and have more sales to draw upon :).
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 19, 2010 22:06:45 GMT -5
Well its not like Hot AC & AC airplay really fuel digital sales. Had "Toxic" been released today, it would've easily sold over 4 million copies. I don't Britney has had a single with the same impact and widespread appeal "Toxic" had since then. Hopefully we'll have something fresh and innovative this time around. Britney's best bet is to have a more rhythmic leaning song (preferably with a feature- Rihanna, Drake or Nicki) would do. That way, she can be heard on more than one format and have more sales to draw upon :). Yep! And maybe she'll finally be able to cross 100mil AI with a song.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2010 22:07:52 GMT -5
Britney's best bet is to have a more rhythmic leaning song (preferably with a feature- Rihanna, Drake or Nicki) would do. That way, she can be heard on more than one format and have more sales to draw upon :). Yep! And maybe she'll finally be able to cross 100mil AI with a song. And manage a top 5 airplay hit. Both Womanizer and You Drive Me (Crazy) peaked @ #6 on the hot 100 airplay.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 20, 2010 0:12:33 GMT -5
Again- widespread appeal for "Toxic"? It hit No. 1 at pop (as four other Spears tracks did), cracked top 20 at rhythmic and the lower 30s at Adult Top 40. It just made the overall top 10 on Hot 100 Airplay. "Womanizer" saw similar airplay results- it just wasn't as critically successful. Obviously, if "Toxic" were released today and enjoyed the same airplay, it would have sold at least double the amount that it has. A new track scanning 1m+ in digital sales has been a lot more common in the last few years compared to the 2003-2005 period.
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Post by slicknickshady on Oct 27, 2010 2:43:07 GMT -5
figured some may find this interesting. As you know, Tool is one of the bands that doesnt do iTunes or Digital. Here is what the Drummer of Tool said in a recent interview. www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/26094/Tooldon't know what that means. But i doubt it will be iTunes.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 27, 2010 7:32:24 GMT -5
^^ Maybe an iTunes release without the option of buying individual tracks?
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Oct 27, 2010 19:45:03 GMT -5
People don't have time to listen to a whole album when the internet it catering to so many other needs of theirs.
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Post by slicknickshady on Oct 28, 2010 2:12:53 GMT -5
I don't blame the guys from Tool respecting there craft so much. I mean 10,000 Days sold over 550K first week without digital sales. It's not just Maynard. I mean A Perfect Circle and Puscifer are on iTunes. Adam Jones the guitarist takes a lot of pride in the artwork aspect. I am curious what they will do. I of course will buy the physical copy no matter what. (probably 3rd Quarter 2011 when the new album will be out). But i would def be interested in seeing how well a single of Tool's would sell on iTunes.
But from what i gather, it could be something where they have it digitally available on there website in the highest quality as possible. That still doesnt explain how the artwork would work into the equation.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 4, 2010 9:20:38 GMT -5
"California Girls" has made its most glorious entrance into the 4-million club.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 4, 2010 9:30:51 GMT -5
2m+ is the norm for big hits these days. Scanning 1m in this era isn't all that impressive for a single, especially if it does well at radio.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 4, 2010 9:37:05 GMT -5
2m+ is the norm for big hits these days. Scanning 1m in this era isn't all that impressive for a single, especially if it does well at radio. True story. Of course, lead single have a huge advantage over singles released later into an era. Lady GaGa is a great example of an artist who can overcome this and still move a single after the album has already sold well.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 9:38:46 GMT -5
Selling 1m now is like selling 1.5 milliom back in 2000
Oh wait...sorry, wrong thread ;)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 4, 2010 9:45:22 GMT -5
Ha. Yes, watch that now. ;)
Gaga has seen huge sales for post-first singles. Black Eyed Peas also experienced that, though to an overall lesser degree ("I Gotta Feeling" was the second single and is the top digital seller since 2003). A few other acts also have had multiple multi-platinum tracks from one album.
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Post by dbt88 on Nov 8, 2010 14:07:01 GMT -5
2m+ is the norm for big hits these days. Scanning 1m in this era isn't all that impressive for a single, especially if it does well at radio. I agree with this. A "hit" should atleast cross 2 million sales. Rude Boy has yet to cross that even after it has peaked, but it will get there eventually. Alot of songs have crossed the million mark easily. 2.5+ million is even better.
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