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Post by neally on Oct 26, 2010 21:14:47 GMT -5
Agree, these days it seems only Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Beyonce are probably the only other artists that call sell 3 million copies in the US these days. You forgot about Susan Boyle . Fixed
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Post by timberlake on Oct 26, 2010 21:30:19 GMT -5
Eww. I hope she doesn't top Kanye's best opening sales. I bet she'll only scan 3 mil when it's all over. she ll beat kanye easily.. and gosh only 3 million units. thatd just be such a shame. beyonce, pink, and britneys last albums didnt make it to 3 million (love all 3 of these girls just making a point). you dont only sell 3 million copies. thats a great achievement. dropping from 6 million sold to 3 million sold on the next album isnt bad at all. i think she will end up selling 850k first week but higher would be great But this Album will not do damage internationally. No Impact single.
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 26, 2010 22:42:43 GMT -5
It's looking like Carrie will follow in the footsteps of Faith Hill and there would be a HUGE backlash if she crossed over. And it looks like Taylor Swift will follow in the the footsteps of Shania Twain crossing over with minimum backlash. Interesting isnt it? ;) What do you mean Backlash? The difference between the two is that Faith went for the crossover, and Carrie didn't and never will. I predict sales of 999,999 for "Speak Now." Now that would be a heartbreaker.... Just kidding, but I really think this could pull of 1,000,000. I would be so happy for Taylor. She would probably be the last to ever do it as well. I think cjay meant LeAnn Rimes instead of Faith Hill. That was sad for me b/c I loved Twisted Angel.
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Post by $uperb@tDuDe on Oct 26, 2010 23:19:36 GMT -5
Eminem who?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2010 23:51:40 GMT -5
Eminem who? When people were declaring the year over in August and giving Eminem the album of the year, I suggested then to not get too excited This one definitely has a shot
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Post by kirby2725 on Oct 27, 2010 0:20:09 GMT -5
You forgot about Susan Boyle . Fixed I think Justin Timberlake could...
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Post by neally on Oct 27, 2010 0:25:15 GMT -5
Fixed I think Justin Timberlake could... Not sure about that, because his last record, released in 2006, had 6 singles, 4 of which were pretty big hits, and if I am not mistaken sold under 4 million copies in the US. Five years (2011) equates to ~ 30-40% sales decline in the industry, so I am not so sure about him.
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Post by Joe1240 on Oct 27, 2010 1:00:22 GMT -5
Yes! Congrats to Taylor!!!!!!! #1 Album!! :)
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Post by slicknickshady on Oct 27, 2010 1:13:08 GMT -5
Eminem who? When people were declaring the year over in August and giving Eminem the album of the year, I suggested then to not get too excited This one definitely has a shot Won't top Recovery. People were saying last year TB3 would outsell Relapse. While i was steadfast saying it wouldn't. So you may think Eminem has no chance to get it but i think he will. Eminem who? superbatboy? Tell me when Swift wins an academy award.
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Post by applechic on Oct 27, 2010 1:46:30 GMT -5
I have mixed feeling when they do this. On the one hand it's great to get your material out there to your fans without really dinging their wallet too much, but at the same time it seem like a cheap ploy to drum up extra sales (which is obviously the only reason it's done). Sometimes I wish the music industry simply tallied profits like the film industry does. Plus Taylor is probably one of a few elite artists who don't need that kind of push to sell units. Taylor, Eminem, Gaga, Beyonce, SuBo, etc I hate to do it but Gaga and Beyonce need that push...Eminem is really the only person on that list that has proven to sell without necessarily performing everywhere and oversaturating the media. Agreed!
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Post by Push The Button on Oct 27, 2010 2:09:53 GMT -5
When people were declaring the year over in August and giving Eminem the album of the year, I suggested then to not get too excited This one definitely has a shot Won't top Recovery. People were saying last year TB3 would outsell Relapse. While i was steadfast saying it wouldn't. So you may think Eminem has no chance to get it but i think he will. Eminem who? superbatboy? Tell me when Swift wins an academy award. She's almost halfway there in a single week.
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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Oct 27, 2010 2:47:17 GMT -5
Yes you need to keep in mind that Relapse sold 2.05 million and Recovery sold 2.8 million while Taylor Swift sold 4.4 million and Fearless sold 6 million. Taylor has a much larger built in base and judging by the predictions of 'Speak Now', will buy her albums in a more vast quantity in a shorter span of time than Shady's.
"Fearless" sold 1,500,000 copies from mid-November until the years end, and this is looking to start with at least 50% more sales. If that trend continues, plus with one or two extra sales weeks than "Fearless" had, I think "Speak Now" could top Eminem, but it will be very close
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 27, 2010 2:54:02 GMT -5
That's an awfully premature thought. Well, who's bigger than Taylor Swift right now? - No one i think Lady Gaga is much bigger than Taylor Swift, at least on the coastal regions. Taylor Swift, i bet, is more popular in middle-America. It's kinda like looking at a presidential race, and looking at the map of the country. The blue states are Gaga, and the red states are Taylor.
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Post by Nic (Britney Spears) on Oct 27, 2010 3:15:13 GMT -5
Well, who's bigger than Taylor Swift right now? - No one i think Lady Gaga is much bigger than Taylor Swift, at least on the coastal regions. Taylor Swift, i bet, is more popular in middle-America. It's kinda like looking at a presidential race, and looking at the map of the country. The blue states are Gaga, and the red states are Taylor. You know, it's funny how that actually makes sense. But I think Taylor is pretty evenly popular ALL OVER the US without really any faults anywhere. GaGa however, is completely ridiculed in the more conservative areas and much more loved in the liberal areas. I think Taylor is very static no matter where you go, while Gaga, in places, may be higher than Taylor but in other places, lower.
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Post by Enigma. on Oct 27, 2010 3:28:17 GMT -5
Won't top Recovery. People were saying last year TB3 would outsell Relapse. While i was steadfast saying it wouldn't. So you may think Eminem has no chance to get it but i think he will. Eminem who? superbatboy? Tell me when Swift wins an academy award. She's almost halfway there in a single week. < 1 million compared to 2.8? Not really "halfway there". Not saying she couldn't have the best selling album come December.
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Post by pnobelysk on Oct 27, 2010 7:02:38 GMT -5
Agree, these days it seems only Lady Gaga, Eminem, and Beyonce are probably the only other artists that call sell 3 million copies in the US these days. You forgot about Susan Boyle . and nickelback. if beyonce can be on the list so should they
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Post by dbt88 on Oct 27, 2010 7:25:46 GMT -5
You forgot about Susan Boyle . and nickelback. if beyonce can be on the list so should they True, they have been a pretty consistent seller, although there is a decline just like any artist
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Oct 27, 2010 7:29:21 GMT -5
"Fearless" sold 1,500,000 copies from mid-November until the years end, and this is looking to start with at least 50% more sales. If that trend continues, plus with one or two extra sales weeks than "Fearless" had, I think "Speak Now" could top Eminem, but it will be very close I agree completely. I feel that there's about a 100% chance that Speak Now will sell more than Recovery in the long run, but the race for 2010 is much tougher to call.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 27, 2010 7:38:11 GMT -5
Swift and Gaga have enjoyed similar success in terms of digital track sales, but Gaga will not have an album sell as much as Fearless did- that's pretty much guaranteed.
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Post by pnobelysk on Oct 27, 2010 8:21:39 GMT -5
gagas singles have done much bettter digitally than taylors. gaga has two 5 million sellers and a 4 million seller. with 3 (soon 4) more 2 million sellers. taylor has big sellers but not that big. her album tracks just have better than average sales for album tracks
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Post by carrieidol1 on Oct 27, 2010 8:30:51 GMT -5
I don't think Taylor will outsell Eminem in the long run. Don't forget, Eminem is still selling quite a bit per week and his album has been out for a while. Taylor will certainly maintain good sales, but without any massive crossover such as "You Belong With Me" or "Love Story," I don't see her sales staying high for that long. "Mine" really isn't doing that much outside of Country music. Without the crossover to other formats that partly fueled "Fearless" I don't see this album passing Eminem's in the long run. However, the race for 2010 will be much more tight. Taylor has 10 weeks of MASSIVE sales coming up. Don't forget however, those weeks will probably be pretty big for Eminem too. I wouldn't be surprised if her pulls off a few weeks with sales of 100k+.
In the end, I think "Speak Now" will sell 3.5 million In the end, I think "Recovery" will sell 4 million
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Post by Cerbius on Oct 27, 2010 8:46:33 GMT -5
"Fearless" sold 1,500,000 copies from mid-November until the years end, and this is looking to start with at least 50% more sales. If that trend continues, plus with one or two extra sales weeks than "Fearless" had, I think "Speak Now" could top Eminem, but it will be very close Fearless actually sold 2,100,000 copies by the year-end. Just want to point that out.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 27, 2010 8:50:43 GMT -5
I'm speaking in terms of total digital track sales. Swift sold almost 15m from Fearless alone- not sure what the tracks from her debut have scanned off hand, but the two's overall tally is pretty close, no?
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Post by when the pawn... on Oct 27, 2010 8:52:39 GMT -5
Ultimately, SN won't match Fearless's sales but I do think she'll have the top-selling album of 2010. What I'm very curious about is where she'll rank on Billboard's 2010 list - she only has like 3 weeks, but it could already be close to 2 million.
I think at the end of 2010, Taylor will be at 3.8 and Eminem at 3.3. I'd love Eminem to be #1 but I don't see it. If Taylor, SuBo & Eminem all cross 3 million, that's a quite a feat in 2010, no? Especially with Lady Antebellum close, other potential Xmas season breakouts and GaGa and Beiber well over 3 million in combined sales.
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Post by like2throw on Oct 27, 2010 9:30:49 GMT -5
Ultimately, SN won't match Fearless's sales but I do think she'll have the top-selling album of 2010. What I'm very curious about is where she'll rank on Billboard's 2010 list - she only has like 3 weeks, but it could already be close to 2 million. I think at the end of 2010, Taylor will be at 3.8 and Eminem at 3.3. I'd love Eminem to be #1 but I don't see it. If Taylor, SuBo & Eminem all cross 3 million, that's a quite a feat in 2010, no? Especially with Lady Antebellum close, other potential Xmas season breakouts and GaGa and Beiber well over 3 million in combined sales. Dont forget about Josh Groban, seems like hes the dark horse right now.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Oct 27, 2010 13:39:16 GMT -5
SWIFT WANTS TO BE A FIRST-WEEK MILLIONAIRE Speak Now Could Result in Sales of a Million PIeces October 27, 2010 And a 20-year-old came to save them. Country crossover star Taylor Swift won't be of drinking age until Dec. 13, but she's already celebrating, as Christmas comes early for the record industry. The voice of a teen generation released her third album this week, Speak Now, on Scott Borchetta's Nashville-based Big Machine label along with Universal Republic, which has the industry partying like it's 1999, and we don't mean the sale price for a deluxe double album. Between physical sales and a record-setting pace for digital downloads, the album forecast is between 900k and the magic million mark. The race to that milestone, the first album to do so since Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III in 2008, will provide a measure of suspense to next week's HITS sales chart, based on the response from those music retailers who haven't turned their storefronts into local Tea Party headquarters. It would also be the largest first week for a Country artist since Shania Twain's Up sold 874k in Nov. 2002, and the first Country artist to go over a million since Garth Brooks' Double Live moved 1.085m in the good old days of Nov. 1998. Swift's Speak Now is also approaching the year's top digital sales week, held by Eminem's Recovery, behind only Coldplay's Viva La Vida. The album immediately becomes a contender to topple the hip-hop-star's release for the year's best seller, which is now at 2.86m and counting. The week's only other notable release is Warner Bros. deluxe Michael Buble album, Crazy Love (Hollywood the Deluxe EP), which is on target for between 20-25k in first-week sales. The market was up 3% vs. last week, down 10% vs. same week last year and now down 13% year to date. You may now check your clothing for bed bugs. And oh, yeah, for everyone in California... Vote yes on Proposition 19 in favor of legal marijuana. www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news08280m01:O
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Post by MusicApp on Oct 27, 2010 14:05:32 GMT -5
Taylor's cd is on sale on amazon.com download for $3.99. Her management clearly want this platinum status very much. Her promotions are everywhere, tons of money spent.
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Post by pnobelysk on Oct 27, 2010 14:08:58 GMT -5
i wish they wouldve mentioned glee . hopefully they can be above 70k
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 14:16:14 GMT -5
Go TayTay amazing album sales, and her songs are killin on Itunes! It would be amazing if she could get a million, but even 800k is amazing <3
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Oct 27, 2010 14:16:45 GMT -5
Taylor's cd is on sale on amazon.com download for $3.99. Amazon makes up for a very small percentage of the digital sales market (with the largest contributor clearly being iTunes). I wouldn't expect the deal to make any noteworthy contribution to the overall figure ( maybe something like 20k). Her promotion for the week is no different than most other major artist's promotional schedules (The Today Show, Letterman, Regis & Kelly, and TV Advertisements).
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