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Post by Adam (UTR) on Oct 20, 2010 13:51:03 GMT -5
A MUSIC CITY SHOWDOWN FOR #1
Sugarland and Kings of Leon Carry Nashville’s Banner in Next Week’s Album Chart Race
October 20, 2010
Just a week after five of the Top 10 albums on the HITS chart were country acts comes a two-way race between Nashville’s finest for #1 in next week’s sales tally. Based on one-day sales reports from those retailers who aren’t checking out a matinee showing of Jackass 3D, Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland and RCA/RMG’s Kings of Leon will battle it out for the top spot, making this a two-way competition of Music City’s finest. Luke Lewis’ Grammy-, ACM-, CMA-, CMT- and AMA-winning duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush return with their fourth album, The Incredible Machine, as initial figures point to a debut between 200-225k, giving them the edge for #1. Fellow Nashville group Kings of Leon’s Come Around Sundown, their first album since the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning Only by the Night, is on target for between 175-200k in sales. J/RMG’s Rod Stewart returns with Volume V of his Great American Songbook series, Fly Me to the Moon, slated for 60-65k in sales, the same estimate as the critically acclaimed Elton John/Leon Russell album on Decca, The Union, which just garnered a rare five-star review in Rolling Stone.
Columbia’s Glee Cast Rocky Horror Glee Show album, for next week’s Halloween episode of Fox’s TV smash, should do around 50-55k. Sony Music Latin’s new Spanish language Shakira album, Sale El Sol, loosely translated as “The Sun Leaves,” is eyeing a one-week sales total between 40-45k, while Essential/Provident’s Grammy-winning Georgia Christian rockers Third Day are in line for a 30-35k opening week for their latest, Move. The revelatory Bob Dylan Bootleg Series returns with its ninth volume on Columbia/Sony Legacy, Whitmark Demos: 1962-’64, a compilation of tracks cut by the young singer-songwriter for his first music publishers, arguably defining the exact moment classic Tin Pan Alley gave way to the new rock generation. Look for a first-week sales total of 25-30k for the collection. Walt Disney’s Hannah Montana Forever soundtrack is also streeting, with a first-week prognosis of 20-25k.
The market was up 2% vs. last week, down 14% vs. same week last year and now down 14% year to date. Don’t you wish you were in a Chilean coal mine?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 13:55:57 GMT -5
Thank goodness Sugarland is looking to come on top.
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Post by tsw2008 on Oct 20, 2010 13:57:45 GMT -5
Strong sales for both Sugarland and KOL.
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Post by Taylor. on Oct 20, 2010 14:00:02 GMT -5
Why did they release the Glee EP a week before the episode airs? Would have debuted higher and with much more had they released it next week.
Good sales for both SL and KOL.
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Post by freeman on Oct 20, 2010 14:01:58 GMT -5
Great sale for Sugarland! I was expecting like 150K. :) Ouch at Hannah Montana! 20K? Wow.
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Post by cking33 on Oct 20, 2010 14:05:07 GMT -5
Why did they release the Glee EP a week before the episode airs? Would have debuted higher and with much more had they released it next week. Good sales for both SL and KOL. Since it's a Halloween record, it'll get dated quickly. So, they may want to get it out now and maximize sales all they can. Better to release it now and have people buy it in anticipation of the episode than to just have them buy it for the one week or so after the episode airs.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 20, 2010 14:29:25 GMT -5
Not bad. In line with my expectations...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 14:30:00 GMT -5
I thought they both would do at least 250k. Guess I was wrong!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 14:42:21 GMT -5
Yay for Sugarland :) Glad their gonna get #1, love them. And ouch at Shakira I wish she'd do a little better. Great for KOL :)
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Post by vandj4ever on Oct 20, 2010 14:53:17 GMT -5
Seems to be close to what I suggested in that other article projecting new releases. Sugarland was projected 200k there and I thought they might be able to do a little more then that. KOL was projected at 350k and thought it was a little unfair to put that kind of pressure on them to have that kind of opening based off of one successful album.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 20, 2010 14:53:43 GMT -5
Wonder if Hannah sales will pick up when the show airs its final episodes. has Disney always used such odd scheduling in airing the new episodes? Plus, maybe some fans aren't liking Miley's recent fare and image.
Shakira doesn't have an English-language equivalent for her new release? That one song is in English, no?
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 20, 2010 15:47:15 GMT -5
I KNEW Kings of Leon wouldn't sell 350K their first week out as had originally been anticipated! ;)
No surprise regarding Shakira's sales. I wouldn't have known she were releasing the follow-up to "She Wolf" already if I weren't a big, vigilant fan. I would have assumed, had I heard "Loca", that it was merely the lead single from the re-issue of "She Wolf".
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 20, 2010 15:52:17 GMT -5
Looks like the industry insiders were right on target for Sugarland but not so much for Kings of Leon.
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Post by Black Jesus on Oct 20, 2010 16:09:09 GMT -5
Don't mess with the hardcore country fans. Sugarland is great...proud of their first week numbers! Of course, KOL is looking good too
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Post by Youknowit on Oct 20, 2010 16:13:49 GMT -5
Shakira already hitting Gold in first week!
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Post by carrieidol1 on Oct 20, 2010 16:21:38 GMT -5
after the past few Country albums, I was expecting much lower for Sugarland. Glad to see them higher than expectations!
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Oct 20, 2010 16:26:23 GMT -5
Miley/Hannah is doing horribly.
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 20, 2010 16:33:53 GMT -5
Shakira already hitting Gold in first week! I don't follow. Gold in Mexico? Spain? Argentina? This won't go Gold in the United States unless, perhaps, the Pitbull collaboration becomes a runaway airplay hit. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2010 16:52:55 GMT -5
"Going Gold" just needs to ship 500K, not sell 500K
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Post by slicknickshady on Oct 20, 2010 16:59:23 GMT -5
True, but will it even ship 500,000 copies total? I mean eventually, yeah probably, but not till 2030.
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 20, 2010 16:59:52 GMT -5
"Going Gold" just needs to ship 500K, not sell 500K But she's not going Gold, yet anyway, regardless. I can't imagine, especially after the underachieving "She Wolf" became her first studio album since before her commercial breakthrough with "Pies Descalzos" to fail to gain an RIAA certification, that Sony Music Latin has already shipped 500,000 copies of "Sale El Sol" domestically, let alone intend to. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by WotUNeed on Oct 20, 2010 17:00:54 GMT -5
"Going Gold" just needs to ship 500K, not sell 500K 100k, I believe.
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Post by singingsparrow on Oct 20, 2010 17:14:46 GMT -5
"Going Gold" just needs to ship 500K, not sell 500K 100k, I believe. You must be referring to Mexican, Brazilian, Spanish or perhaps Canadian certifications presumably. In that case it would be true she will have already obtained a Gold certification if she has shipped 100K to any of these other countries. A 75K shipment can also assure Shakira a Silver certification in the United Kingdom. I think she'll need another several weeks to get there, but I think she'll achieve that status at least. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by WotUNeed on Oct 20, 2010 17:19:08 GMT -5
You must be referring to Mexican, Brazilian, Spanish or perhaps Canadian certifications presumably. No, I'm referring to RIAA certifications of Latin albums.
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Post by kt1990 on Oct 20, 2010 18:35:06 GMT -5
Thank goodness Sugarland is looking to come on top.
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Post by Soldado de Juguete on Oct 20, 2010 18:50:01 GMT -5
You must be referring to Mexican, Brazilian, Spanish or perhaps Canadian certifications presumably. In that case it would be true she will have already obtained a Gold certification if she has shipped 100K to any of these other countries. A 75K shipment can also assure Shakira a Silver certification in the United Kingdom. I think she'll need another several weeks to get there, but I think she'll achieve that status at least. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus RIAA Certifications The following certifications are given only to recordings of which over 50% of the content is in the Spanish language: 50,000 units: Album de Oro 100,000 units: Album de Platino 200,000 units: Album Multi-Platino ---------------------- Additionally, effective January 1, 2008, the RIAA Premios de Oro y Platino established new thresholds for certification requirements. The new certification levels are Oro - 50,000 units, Platino - 100,000 units, and multi-Platino - 200,000 units (in increments of 100,000 units). All titles certified under the Latin program prior to January 1, 2008 received automatic amendments to their certification levels. www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=B5127985-CDB2-C7AD-ADF1-E33023D88A0C
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Post by Verisimilitude on Oct 20, 2010 20:14:39 GMT -5
Sugarland, Kings of Leon Headed For Top of the Billboard 200 October 20, 2010 - Retail
By Keith Caulfield
It looks like Sugarland could be on its way to sweetening the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart next week with its third No. 1 album. Industry sources suggest the duo's new album, "The Incredible Machine," will sell perhaps 210,000 to 220,000 by week's end on Oct. 24.
The country act previously topped the chart with 2008's "Love On the Inside" and the 2009 Walmart-exclusive "Live On the Inside." "Love" was their last studio release, and it opened at No. 2 with a career-high sales week of 313,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, before climbing to No. 1 the next week with 171,000.
Next week's No. 2 set will probably be Kings of Leon's fifth studio effort, "Come Around Sundown," with perhaps 180,000 to 190,000. But -- and there's always a but -- if the week shakes out differently and Sugarland's projection doesn't pan out, Kings of Leon could be kings of the chart for the first time.
"Sundown" is the follow-up to their breakthrough 2008 set "Only By the Night," which bowed at No. 5 with their best sales week (74,000), but peaked at No. 4 nearly a year later, in September 2009, at the height of the popularity of its single "Use Somebody." The song would later go on to win the Grammy award for record of the year in January 2010.
Each of the band's albums have posted successively higher peaks. Its 2003 debut "Youth & Young Manhood" topped out at No. 113 and 2005's "Aha Shake Heartbreak" hit No. 55, while 2007's "Because of the Times" halted at No. 25.
Other albums on course for a top 10 debut on the Billboard 200 next week include the "Glee" soundtrack to its "Rocky Horror 'Glee' Show" episode (airing Oct. 26), Elton John and Leon Russell's "Union," Shakira's "Sale el Sol" and Rod Stewart's "Fly Me to the Moon -- The Great American Songbook V."
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Post by pokepikalem on Oct 20, 2010 21:10:51 GMT -5
Sometimes I just don't understand what Lisping Hibiscus tries to convey A Spanish album debuts in the top 10, way to go Shaki!!
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Post by Choco on Oct 20, 2010 21:22:36 GMT -5
Awful sales for Shakira, but I was expecting a little less considering how awful her promotion was. The song isn't even big over here in Latin America, which is weird since the singles from She Wolf and Waka Waka were all hits.
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Post by pokepikalem on Oct 21, 2010 1:43:11 GMT -5
Awful sales for Shakira, but I was expecting a little less considering how awful her promotion was. The song isn't even big over here in Latin America, which is weird since the singles from She Wolf and Waka Waka were all hits. I think that's a decent debut for a bilingual album? (again, i think there are more Spanish tracks compared to English tracks on this CD right?)
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