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Post by jumpb4uthink on Nov 2, 2010 18:24:29 GMT -5
Glee held up . Surprised
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Post by Black Jesus on Nov 2, 2010 19:23:12 GMT -5
Congratulations to Taylor! Can't wait to see the official Soundscan numbers!
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Post by pnobelysk on Nov 2, 2010 19:46:22 GMT -5
i thought theyd sell more! halloween week, the week of the actual episode, and the normal sales. i thought itd have an increase ~ it wasnt the most liked episode though
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Post by MusicApp on Nov 2, 2010 20:10:04 GMT -5
She won't sell 1m+ for a typical 6 days debut week. It is her management's plan to try to achieve 1M, they need this extra day.
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Post by musicintervention on Nov 2, 2010 20:13:39 GMT -5
She won't sell 1m+ for a typical 6 days debut week. It is her management's plan to try to achieve 1M, they need this extra day. I disagree, you can't just say that she got 1M just because of the extra 24 hours. My guess is most of the sales numbers came from the first couple days anyways.
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Post by CammyCan on Nov 2, 2010 20:15:00 GMT -5
1M. Outselling the rest of the top 50 (which also included a 2 year old album of her own) combined.
Legend. :'(
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 20:22:34 GMT -5
She won't sell 1m+ for a typical 6 days debut week. It is her management's plan to try to achieve 1M, they need this extra day. Who's to say the people who bought it Monday just wouldn't have bought it tuesday? Or Wendsday? ect It wouldnt matter is she had 3 days and she sold 2 Million, some people, somewhere would be bitchy about something. Tay got everyone on her mind
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Post by jamrock16 on Nov 2, 2010 20:47:32 GMT -5
Well of course an extra of sales helped push her to 1 milli, but that's not to discredit the amazing accomplishment in itself. Congrats Taylor!
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Nov 2, 2010 20:49:33 GMT -5
She won't sell 1m+ for a typical 6 days debut week. It is her management's plan to try to achieve 1M, they need this extra day. She sold 1Million in 7 days. Count it. That's a week. Where yr fave at, bew? :'(
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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2010 21:42:19 GMT -5
It's funny that the types of artists who sell this much in their opening week will never appeal to me. Never bought an Eminem, Taylor Swift or Susan Boyle CD. At least I can say I'm not trendy. You're so cool. And you're a dick! I'm entitled to my fucking opinion.
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Post by fridayteenage on Nov 2, 2010 22:02:47 GMT -5
Your opinion being that you're not trendy, which is the motto right now for the "super cool/hip" hipsters. That's what's being commented on, not that you aren't a fan of those 3.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Nov 2, 2010 22:08:57 GMT -5
Still didn't beat Weezys opening ;) Taylor sold 1,044,477 (if these numbers hold). Wayne sold 1,005,545. You do the math. ;) I was never good at math ;)
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Post by cartman2002 on Nov 2, 2010 22:18:15 GMT -5
This week, only Taylor Swift sold more copies the top ten did last year.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Nov 2, 2010 22:21:19 GMT -5
^^ She single-handedly sold better than the top ten did last year. ;)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 2, 2010 22:39:57 GMT -5
Yah, there's no way of knowing the true impact of having an extra day of sales. If someone wants the album, they're gonna get it in that week, after all.
Granted, an extra day does not hurt the cause.
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Post by jamrock16 on Nov 2, 2010 23:39:59 GMT -5
But if she had 9 days instead of 7, would she not have sold more than 1.004 million copies? Of course. Vice versa if she only had 5 days instead of 7 she'd probably have sold alot less than 1 million. I doubt the one million people who bought it first week were thinking "I need to buy it now so it's counted for first week sales". The more days the album is available, the more it will sell. That's how I see it anyway.
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Post by folkfan on Nov 2, 2010 23:47:50 GMT -5
Re: Complete My Album:
(1) Yes, a song can go negative in a given week thanks to complete my album. When Fearless debuted, at least one of the songs released in the run up to it went negative. I remember bks leaking that info in the Hot 100 thread for that week. So, for that week, the artist loses credit for the previously bought single, but gains credit for the now-purchased album.
(2) If you complete an album on itunes, you don't pay the full price for it, on top of what you paid for the singles. You get credit for the single. (If the price is $9.99 and you paid $1.29 for the lead single, your price to complete the album is $8.70.)
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Post by applechic on Nov 2, 2010 23:56:02 GMT -5
Way to go! I doubt anyone will sell 1M again and I'd rather she be the last one to sell 1M than one of those rappers.
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Post by neverduplicated on Nov 3, 2010 4:11:53 GMT -5
Re: Complete My Album: (2) If you complete an album on itunes, you don't pay the full price for it, on top of what you paid for the singles. You get credit for the single. (If the price is $9.99 and you paid $1.29 for the lead single, your price to complete the album is $8.70.) This is true, but Itunes wouldn't let people complete their album for Speak Now, meaning fans who bought the countdown singles paid over $19 for the album + singles. Unless Itunes later refunded them. You can now complete the album, though.
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Post by slw84 on Nov 3, 2010 4:25:27 GMT -5
Yah, there's no way of knowing the true impact of having an extra day of sales. If someone wants the album, they're gonna get it in that week, after all. Granted, an extra day does not hurt the cause. Which is why I never understood why people would get salty when artists reduce their prices...I'm not going to purchase an album that I never intended because it is reduced in price. I'll do something else with my money. ;) Tswift haters are not feeling too well right now.
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Post by gregtheone on Nov 3, 2010 4:54:15 GMT -5
But if she had 9 days instead of 7, would she not have sold more than 1.004 million copies? Of course. Vice versa if she only had 5 days instead of 7 she'd probably have sold alot less than 1 million. I doubt the one million people who bought it first week were thinking "I need to buy it now so it's counted for first week sales". The more days the album is available, the more it will sell. That's how I see it anyway. Thanks, finally someone with a bit of logic. With one day less, it would have sold less. Period. But since it's not forbidden, they were smart to go the Mariah-way. Great achievment for Taylor. :)
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Post by worldwide on Nov 3, 2010 5:00:44 GMT -5
But if she had 9 days instead of 7, would she not have sold more than 1.004 million copies? Of course. Vice versa if she only had 5 days instead of 7 she'd probably have sold alot less than 1 million. I doubt the one million people who bought it first week were thinking "I need to buy it now so it's counted for first week sales". The more days the album is available, the more it will sell. That's how I see it anyway. Thanks, finally someone with a bit of logic. With one day less, it would have sold less. Period. But since it's not forbidden, they were smart to go the Mariah-way. Great achievment for Taylor. :) Mariah-way? She released TMB on Monday and that's it. Rihanna released Only Girl and WMN on Mondays and yet you only mention Mariah? And Mariah didn't do it with an album. People always try to diminish Mariah's success.
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Post by gregtheone on Nov 3, 2010 5:08:12 GMT -5
Actually, that was a compliment to Mariah.
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Post by Rodze on Nov 3, 2010 6:34:06 GMT -5
But if she had 9 days instead of 7, would she not have sold more than 1.004 million copies? Vice versa if she only had 5 days instead of 7 she'd probably have sold alot less than 1 million. "Probably" does not equal 100% certainty as some people have stated. This what I'm debating: you cannot say she only sold 1 million because it was on sale for 7 days instead of 6.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 6:37:38 GMT -5
I dreamed that Swift sells only 60k in its second week. Then I immediately realized that I was dreaming...
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jamrock16
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Post by jamrock16 on Nov 3, 2010 15:28:52 GMT -5
But if she had 9 days instead of 7, would she not have sold more than 1.004 million copies? Vice versa if she only had 5 days instead of 7 she'd probably have sold alot less than 1 million. "Probably" does not equal 100% certainty as some people have stated. This what I'm debating: you cannot say she only sold 1 million because it was on sale for 7 days instead of 6. Actually, yes you can say that. If Billboard suddenly chopped the last day of sales off her total she would not have sold 1 million. Some people did buy the album on the 7th day, thus adding to her total. The longer the album an album is available, the more it will sell. I'm not a Taylor hater or anything, just looking at things in context. In the end numbers are numbers and she did sell 1+ million first week.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 15:48:06 GMT -5
My only comment on this debate:
Last time I checked: 1 week = 7 days not 5 or 6, not 9
Simply put, Taylor Swift exceeded 1 million copies in 1 week
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 15:49:34 GMT -5
"Probably" does not equal 100% certainty as some people have stated. This what I'm debating: you cannot say she only sold 1 million because it was on sale for 7 days instead of 6. Actually, yes you can say that. If Billboard suddenly chopped the last day of sales off her total she would not have sold 1 million. Some people did buy the album on the 7th day, thus adding to her total. The longer the album an album is available, the more it will sell.
I'm not a Taylor hater or anything, just looking at things in context. In the end numbers are numbers and she did sell 1+ million first week. It still outsold Sasha Fierce
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Post by Rodze on Nov 3, 2010 15:59:00 GMT -5
"Probably" does not equal 100% certainty as some people have stated. This what I'm debating: you cannot say she only sold 1 million because it was on sale for 7 days instead of 6. Actually, yes you can say that. If Billboard suddenly chopped the last day of sales off her total she would not have sold 1 million. Some people did buy the album on the 7th day, thus adding to her total. Do you have the daily sales? If you don't, then drop it because you can't prove your point and you won't be to say she would not have sold 1 million with just 6 days. If you have, I'd love to see them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 16:01:25 GMT -5
The bulk of the sales happened in the first few days - that is pretty obvious
But who cares, it was still 1 million in a week
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