HITS 11-2 Taylor Swift 975-1000K

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Oct 30, 2010 13:46:21 GMT -5 @14887fan said:

I'd give Taylor 2 weeks at #1 on the BB 200. She will obviously hit it, but Susan Boyle will probably end up taking over the #1 spot afterwards.
She'll stay #1 on the BB Country Albums, but Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, or Rascal Flatts may overtake her.

She'll debut with around 700k, but I don't think she'll be able to top Eminem. I never believed that she would make a Platinum debut, especially in this economic era.

Are you referring to Susan Boyle for 700K? If so, maybe

If you are referring to Taylor Swift, this is already projected to blow past Eminem's first weke numbers

[Positive Tension]

Plesantly surprised for Taylor. "Mine" doesn't seem anywhere near the hit that "Love Story" was when Fearless was released, so I thought Taylor would've been lucky to sell half her projected numbers.

[Push The Button]

Oct 30, 2010 10:29:23 GMT -5 F.A.M.O.U.S. said:

Well even if they have access to it, they could have found out how much closer she was to the mark in the midweek and topped it up

They anticipated this number. That's why they shipped 2 million copies for the first week.

Labels expect to sell around half of their shipment in the first week.

[fran182]

Oh my god, it will be a f**king huge first week for Taylor Swift, in terms of sales! I do not care about her music, but for the industry's sake, I hope she tops that 1 million mark. If it happens, it will be something truly amazing!

[jumpb4uthink]

I see her album out front everywhere....even at Starbucks.

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Oct 31, 2010 18:19:41 GMT -5 @fran182 said:

Oh my god, it will be a f**king huge first week for Taylor Swift, in terms of sales! I do not care about her music, but for the industry's sake, I hope she tops that 1 million mark. If it happens, it will be something truly amazing!

Compared to similar weeks from prior years this will still be a down week regardless

Only 1 album is seeling well this week, big drop to #2

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Oct 30, 2010 23:29:48 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

Oct 30, 2010 10:29:23 GMT -5 F.A.M.O.U.S. said:

Well even if they have access to it, they could have found out how much closer she was to the mark in the midweek and topped it up

They anticipated this number. That's why they shipped 2 million copies for the first week.

Labels expect to sell around half of their shipment in the first week.

yes double platinum in 1 week is pretty good

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Oct 30, 2010 13:46:21 GMT -5 @14887fan said:

I'd give Taylor 2 weeks at #1 on the BB 200. She will obviously hit it, but Susan Boyle will probably end up taking over the #1 spot afterwards.

Susan is predicted to have first week sales of 300k so there's a chance she might not even be able to top Taylor.

If Taylor tops the 1m mark, the word of mouth from that alone will probably make even more people want to buy it to see what all the hype is about. I can see her holding on to the top spot for awhile...she might do what Subo did last year.

[ListenToItTwice]

Oct 31, 2010 19:09:49 GMT -5 @2m said:

Oct 30, 2010 23:29:48 GMT -5 Push The Button said:

They anticipated this number. That's why they shipped 2 million copies for the first week.

Labels expect to sell around half of their shipment in the first week.

yes double platinum in 1 week is pretty good

what's the largest "first shipment" for an album?

[tony]

1000K? Wouldn't 1M suffice? :)

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Oct 31, 2010 21:45:50 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Oct 31, 2010 19:09:49 GMT -5 @2m said:

yes double platinum in 1 week is pretty good

what's the largest "first shipment" for an album?

I am not sure there are statistics for that


There used to be a lag on quick certifications though in case there were returns from retailers, probably not so in this ase though

[badrobot]

The largest first shipment I recall is Backstreet Boys' "Black & Blue" with 8 million copies, I think...

They ended up with about 3 million unsold albums.

[hitseeker.]

I can't wait to see the final chart this week, hope she can sell 1 million :)

[carrieidol1]

Oct 31, 2010 22:24:50 GMT -5 tony said:

1000K? Wouldn't 1M suffice? :)

No kidding, either they wanted to stay consistent with their units, or they're afraid people would be confused with the M. It really doesn't make sense to me either.


So today is the day of the first update!!! That should have a part in telling us if 1 million were in fact scanned or not..... (Drum roll please....)

[areyoureadytojump]

HITS' building album sales chart:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

-- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 378,846 --
THIS IS IT
7 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 111,147 +230%
FEARLESS
-- 3 CREED WIND-UP 107,536 --
FULL CIRCLE
-- 4 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 83,465 --
NIGHT CASTLE
-- 5 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 82,733 --
SOULBOOK
-- 6 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 81,391 --
IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
3 7 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 71,824 -22%
CRAZY LOVE
1 8 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 71,619 -52%
SOUNDTRACK
2 9 TIM MCGRAW CURB 63,765 -55%
SOUTHERN VOICE
-- 10 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 42,207 --
EN CONCERT

[HolidayGuy]

I wouldn't put that much stock into projections for SuBo's album just yet. Who knows, her label may have to rush out more copies to stores if there's more demand than they're projecting.

[microcuts]

NOW IN: FINAL

-- 1 TAYLOR SWIFT: SPEAK NOW - BIG MACHINE 1,044,477 --
1 2 SUGARLAND: INCREDIBLE MACHINE - MERCURY NASHVILLE 86,912 -58%
2 3 KINGS OF LEON: COME AROUND SUNDOWN - RCA/RMG 65,166 -65%
5 4 LIL WAYNE: I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING - CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 43,201 -32%
8 5 EMINEM: RECOVERY - SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 37,757 -11%
3 6 ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL: UNION - DECCA 33,238 -57%
6 7 GLEE CAST: ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW - COLUMBIA 31,012 -35%
-- 8 MICHAEL BUBLE: HOLLYWOOD: THE DELUXE EP - REPRISE 27,188 --
4 9 ROD STEWART: FLY ME TO THE MOON - J RECORDS/RMG 27,162 -64%
9 10 DARIUS RUCKER: CHARLESTON, SC 1966 - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 26,481 -28%
13 11 THE BAND PERRY: THE BAND PERRY - UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 23,338 -10%
14 12 KENNY CHESNEY: HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY - BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 22,781 -11%
17 13 TREY SONGZ: PASSION PAIN % PLEASURE - ATLANTIC 22,197 +1%
10 14 THIRD DAY: MOVE - PROVIDENT/REUNION 21,992 -37%
16 15 ZAC BROWN BAND: YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - ATLANTIC 21,940 -12%
15 16 BIG TIME RUSH: B.T.R. - NICKELODOEN 20,086 -20%
22 17 KATY PERRY: TEENAGE DREAM - CAPITOL/EMI 19,755 +2%
12 18 HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER: SOUNDTRACK - WALT DISNEY 19,350 -29%
23 19 JUSTIN BIEBER: MY WORLD 2.0 - ISLAND/IDJMG 19,321 +5%
7 20 SHAKIRA: SALE EL SOL - EPIC 19,239 -58%
20 21 MUMFORD & SONS: SIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE 18,324 -9%
18 22 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE: A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN - HOLLYWOOD 18,136 -11%
19 23 TOBY KEITH: BULLETS IN THE GUN - SHOW DOG 17,884 -11%
21 24 LINKIN PARK: A THOUSAND SUNS - WARNER BROS. 17,716 -11%
25 25 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 35 CAPITOL/EMI 17,340 +6%
29 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM: NEED YOU NOW - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,740 +20%
-- 27 MICHAEL BUBLE: CRAZY LOVE - REPRISE 16,169 --
24 28 BRUNO MARS: DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - NEW ELEKTRA 13,358 -20%
30 29 MAROON 5: HANDS ALL OVER - A&M/OCTONE 12,659 -2%
-- 30 SENSES FAIL: FIRE - VAGRANT 12,498 --
31 31 SANTANA: GUITAR HEAVEN: GREATEST GUITAR SONGS - ARISTA/RMG 11,239 -8%
43 32 LADY GAGA: FAME - INTERSCOPE 10,495 +11%
45 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT: REVOLUTION - COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 10,385 +18%
37 34 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME: FLOCKAVELI - ASYLUM/WB 9,879 -11%
40 35 BILLY CURRINGTON: ENJOY YOURSELF - MERCURY NASHVILLE 9,726 0%
-- 36 TAYLOR SWIFT: FEARLESS - BIG MACHINE 9,667 --
33 37 JAMEY JOHNSON: GUITAR SONG - MERCURY NASHVILLE 9,604 -19%
42 38 RICK ROSS: TEFLON DON - DEF JAM/IDJ 9,316 -2%
39 39 DRAKE: THANK ME LATER - YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 9,108 -11%
35 40 LADY ANTEBELLUM: MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 9,100 -19%
49 41 ZAC BROWN BAND: FOUNDATION - ATLANTIC 8,997 +10%
44 42 FANTASIA: BACK TO ME - J RECORDS/RMG 8,704 -4%
38 43 ERIC CLAPTON: CLAPTON - REPRISE 8,663 -16%
41 44 DISTURBED: ASYLUM - REPRISE 8,459 -12%
11 45 BOB DYLAN: WITMARK DEMOS: BOOTLEG SERIES V9 - COLUMBIA 8,239 -72%
-- 46 KEM: INTIMACY - UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 7,755 --
32 47 JOHN LEGEND WITH THE ROOTS: WAKE UP - COLUMBIA 7,623 -36%
-- 48 SARA BAREILLES: KALEIDOSCOPE HEART - EPIC 7,487 --
47 49 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: LUNGS - UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,391 -14%
27 50 BLACK KEYS: BROTHERS - NONESUCH 7,331 -53%



NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 TAYLOR SWIFT: SPEAK NOW - BIG MACHINE 575,525
1 2 SUGARLAND: INCREDIBLE MACHINE - MERCURY NASHVILLE 60,404
2 3 KINGS OF LEON: COME AROUND SUNDOWN - RCA/RMG 21,842
5 4 LIL WAYNE: I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING - CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 21,413
8 5 EMINEM: RECOVERY - SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 20,289
9 6 DARIUS RUCKER: CHARLESTON, SC 1966 - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 17,363
13 7 THE BAND PERRY: THE BAND PERRY - UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 16,703
-- 8 MICHAEL BUBLE: HOLLYWOOD: THE DELUXE EP - REPRISE 16,074
14 9 KENNY CHESNEY: HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY - BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 15,967
12 10 HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER: SOUNDTRACK - WALT DISNEY 14,757
25 11 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 35 CAPITOL/EMI 14,137
17 12 TREY SONGZ: PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE - ATLANTIC 13,903
19 13 TOBY KEITH: BULLETS IN THE GUN - SHOW DOG 13,233
16 14 ZAC BROWN BAND: YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - ATLANTIC 13,218
4 15 ROD STEWART: FLY ME TO THE MOON - J RECORDS/RMG 12,889
15 16 BIG TIME RUSH: B.T.R. - NICKELODOEN 12,854
18 17 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE: A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN - HOLLYWOOD 12,465
23 18 JUSTIN BIEBER: MY WORLD 2.0 - ISLAND/IDJMG 12,337
29 19 LADY ANTEBELLUM: NEED YOU NOW - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 11,719
22 20 KATY PERRY: TEENAGE DREAM - CAPITOL/EMI 11,065
7 21 SHAKIRA: SALE EL SOL - EPIC 10,739
21 22 LINKIN PARK: A THOUSAND SUNS - WARNER BROS. 9,790
-- 23 MICHAEL BUBLE: CRAZY LOVE - REPRISE 9,499
35 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM: MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,708
6 25 GLEE CAST: ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW - COLUMBIA 8,701
3 26 ELTON JOHN & LEON RUSSELL: UNION - DECCA 8,364
40 27 BILLY CURRINGTON: ENJOY YOURSELF - MERCURY NASHVILLE 7,666
45 28 MIRANDA LAMBERT: REVOLUTION - COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 7,511
30 29 MAROON 5: HANDS ALL OVER - A&M/OCTONE 6,777
33 30 JAMEY JOHNSON: GUITAR SONG - MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,406
43 31 LADY GAGA: FAME - INTERSCOPE 6,219
24 32 BRUNO MARS: DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - NEW ELEKTRA 6,010
-- 33 TAYLOR SWIFT: FEARLESS - BIG MACHINE 5,726
44 34 FANTASIA: BACK TO ME - J RECORDS/RMG 5,640
49 35 ZAC BROWN BAND: FOUNDATION - ATLANTIC 4,981
50 36 USHER: VERSUS - LAFACE/JLG 4,913
-- 37 KEM: INTIMACY - UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 4,609
31 38 SANTANA: GUITAR HEAVEN: GREATEST GUITAR SONGS - ARISTA/RMG 4,486
42 39 RICK ROSS: TEFLON DON - DEF JAM/IDJ 4,287
39 40 DRAKE: THANK ME LATER - YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 4,123
-- 41 KE$HA: ANIMAL - KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 3,777
41 42 DISTURBED: ASYLUM - REPRISE 3,750
37 43 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME: FLOCKAVELI - ASYLUM/WB 3,451
20 44 MUMFORD & SONS: SIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE 3,407
-- 45 KIDZ BOP KIDS: KIDZ BOP 18 - RAZOR & TIE 3,169
10 46 THIRD DAY: MOVE - PROVIDENT/REUNION 3,012
-- 47 SENSES FAIL: FIRE - VAGRANT 2,890
34 48 ALL THAT REMAINS: FOR WE ARE MANY - PROSTHETIC 2,847
-- 49 SARA BAREILLES: KALEIDOSCOPE HEART - EPIC 2,771
38 50 ERIC CLAPTON: CLAPTON - REPRISE 2,577

[Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...]

Drum roll....looks promising.

[Cerbius]

Almost surpassing the the first week sales of Fearless with just 54%... :o

[Black Jesus]

I think she's gonna do it

[Joe1240]

I think Taylor Swift has the record in the bag!!!!!!!!! Go Taylor!!!!!!!!! :)

[tsr]

:o No words.

[ListenToItTwice]

I'm sooo excited.... I wouldn't call it a guarantee yet because we've seen country albums have disproportional first projections many many times... But this is incredibly exciting.

Also worth pointing out: Fearless has already almost reached what it sells in a typical week, with only 54% reported.

[👑 Eloquent ™]

I'm thinking she'll fall short of the million mark (somewhere around 970-980k). Hopefully I'm wrong though! Either way, WOW.

[Carriefan1190]

Whoa. I have a feeling that this is going to pass the million mark....but just barely.

[Rodze]

She's selling more than the rest of the top 50 added together. hahaha

[slicknickshady]

Looks like the Solo artist sales week Record is safe for Eminem.

[fanatic]

Will she break Britney's 1.3M record?

[Carriefan1190]

^I highly doubt it.....I think at the highest, she'll sell like 1.05M. The sales market was way better back in 2000 than now.