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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 15, 2010 16:43:10 GMT -5
We NEVER refer to the Billboard #1 for the best selling album of a year.
We always refer to the SoundScan #1 for a year.
TEOM was the #1/best selling album of 2005.
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Post by swim on Dec 15, 2010 16:44:47 GMT -5
Hopefully Swift can hit the 3 million mark (I'm guessing she will pretty easily). So we will at least have 3 albums selling 3 million+ this year. Lowest number ever, though? I think the 3 million mark will come shortly after the new year. If she does a re-release around next Christmas I think 4 million would be a conservative prediction by the end of 2011. |
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Dec 15, 2010 16:49:16 GMT -5
As I said, for the Soundscan year, only The Emancipation of Mimi has finished #1. Here are the #1 albums for each year: 1991: Ropin' The Wind - Garth Brooks 1992: Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus 1993: The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1994: The Lion King Soundtrack 1995: Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish 1996: Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 1997: Spice - The Spice Girls 1998: Titanic Soundtrack 1999: Millenium - Backstreet Boys 2000: No Strings Attached - NSYNC 2001: Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park 2002: The Eminem Show - Eminem 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent 2004: Confessions - Usher 2005: The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey 2006: High School Musical Soundtrack 2007: Noel - Josh Grogan 2008: Tha Carter II - Lil Wayne 2009: Fearless - Taylor Swift As you can see, Eminem will be the only artist with two albums on this list. Garth Brook's album wasn't #1 in 1991, Mariah was. 'Mariah Carey' was #32 for 1990 and #1 for 1991 |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 15, 2010 16:56:04 GMT -5
^SoundScan did not exist in 1990.
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Post by strikeleo on Dec 15, 2010 16:57:43 GMT -5
With 3 weeks of sales left, Taylor will probably not catch up to Eminem. 2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052 24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760 Yeah, I don't think she'll catch up to Eminem this year, though I predict that by march she'll already be in front of him when it comes to total sales... |
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Post by renfield75 on Dec 15, 2010 17:19:28 GMT -5
As I said, for the Soundscan year, only The Emancipation of Mimi has finished #1. Here are the #1 albums for each year: 1991: Ropin' The Wind - Garth Brooks 1992: Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus 1993: The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1994: The Lion King Soundtrack 1995: Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish 1996: Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 1997: Spice - The Spice Girls 1998: Titanic Soundtrack 1999: Millenium - Backstreet Boys 2000: No Strings Attached - NSYNC 2001: Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park 2002: The Eminem Show - Eminem 2003: Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent 2004: Confessions - Usher 2005: The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey 2006: High School Musical Soundtrack 2007: Noel - Josh Grogan 2008: Tha Carter II - Lil Wayne 2009: Fearless - Taylor Swift As you can see, Eminem will be the only artist with two albums on this list. Garth Brook's album wasn't #1 in 1991, Mariah was. 'Mariah Carey' was #32 for 1990 and #1 for 1991 The lists you're referencing and the list you're quoting above are not based on the same things. "Ropin' The Wind" was Soundscan's best seller for 1991. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 15, 2010 17:44:55 GMT -5
How nice to see A Charlie Brown Christmas reach top 30 on the Billboard 200, after years of strong catalog sales (as Grein pointed out, it wasn't eligible for the BB 200 upon its initial release, as holiday titles had a separate chart).
These are the actual to-date totals for Susan Boyle and Jackie Evancho:
The Gift: 1.43 million
O Holy Night: 674,692
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Post by Diego on Dec 15, 2010 17:49:33 GMT -5
Just to clarify again: Mariah Carey (album) was #1 on Billboard's 1991 year-end chart, while TEOM was #1 for 2005 on SoundScan's list. Thus, she only has one #1 on each.
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Post by pnobelysk on Dec 15, 2010 18:08:43 GMT -5
Hopefully Swift can hit the 3 million mark (I'm guessing she will pretty easily). So we will at least have 3 albums selling 3 million+ this year. Lowest number ever, though? I think the 3 million mark will come shortly after the new year. If she does a re-release around next Christmas I think 4 million would be a conservative prediction by the end of 2011. i think 4 million by the end of 2011 is more than doable without a re-release, and i dont even want a re-release from this project. if anything one of those new eps systems gaga, usher, and kesha have done. maybe taylor can be successful with it unlike usher and kesha and hit platnium. it hasnt been done for a country artitst yet, but i bet its first week sales would be much higher than most artits albums next year who have regular albums. |
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Post by pnobelysk on Dec 15, 2010 18:18:54 GMT -5
im thinking BEP will have an era similar to how Maroon 5's latest is going. First single underpeforms, but is still a big hit overall. 2nd single seems to start out okay, but really stuggles. Not terrible album sales but nothing amazing either, barley reaching gold, so not really flops, just underperformers
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Post by 3m3r7c on Dec 15, 2010 18:27:56 GMT -5
"compared to the same total at this point last year (333.85 million)."
Last year there was 374 million albums sold (minus 100k) by the end of the year, so that means 40 million albums would have been sold in the final 3 weeks of last year, and one of those weeks is the week after Christmas when you would think sales would decrease quite significantly.
Does this mean that there was an average of 13.3 million albums sold in the final 3 weeks of 2009, or am I missing something? This seems very high considering one week is after Christmas.
Was there somehow an extra week that fell into the soundscan year or something last year that made them total 53 weeks for their 2009 year end chart?
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Post by pnobelysk on Dec 15, 2010 18:30:17 GMT -5
"Was there somehow an extra week that fell into the soundscan year or something last year that made them total 53 weeks for their 2009 year end chart?"
if memory serves i beleive that is what happened
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Post by 3m3r7c on Dec 15, 2010 18:34:08 GMT -5
"Hopefully Swift can hit the 3 million mark (I'm guessing she will pretty easily). So we will at least have 3 albums selling 3 million+ this year. Lowest number ever, though?"
No actually far from it.
2006 only saw 3 albums cross 3 million by the year end as well.
2007 only had 1. 2008 had 0 (and only one album past 2.2 million). 2009 had 2.
So this will be the best year for "albums over 3 million by the years end" since 2006 if Taylor is able to pass 3 million in the next 3 weeks.
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Post by 3m3r7c on Dec 15, 2010 18:35:05 GMT -5
"if memory serves i beleive that is what happened"
Ah i figured it was something like that, 40 million in the 3 last weeks of the year seems too high. So this year will look even worse when comparing to last year than it would with just the actual sales decline.
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Post by Music Fan on Dec 15, 2010 19:30:17 GMT -5
The Peas seem to have dropped down a lot, but since it is Christmas the 48% drop seems normal, if not a bit better than normal compared to the 60-70% drop most albums tend to have the 2nd week.
But yes, the sales are still a bit underwhelming, but at least it seems consistent to its debut.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 15, 2010 21:20:38 GMT -5
Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrow's chart?
Numbers are from the 12/11/10 chart:
Jason Aldean 493k (12/25 chart)
Katy Perry 784k (12/25 chart)
Eminem 3,145,760 (12/25 chart)
Zac Brown 465k (12/18 chart)
Trey Songz 532k
Taylor Swift EP 664k
Linkin Park 515k
Rascal Flatts GH 955k
Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.
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Post by tobykeithfan2324 on Dec 15, 2010 21:47:44 GMT -5
Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrow's chart? Numbers are from the 12/11/10 chart: Jason Aldean 493k (12/25 chart) Katy Perry 784k (12/25 chart) Eminem 3,145,760 (12/25 chart) Zac Brown 465k (12/18 chart) Trey Songz 532k Taylor Swift EP 664k Linkin Park 515k Rascal Flatts GH 955k Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k. What Taylor Swift EP, I'm Confused. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 15, 2010 21:54:30 GMT -5
^Her Christmas EP.
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/12/10)
1) Susan Boyle – The Gift – 243,227 (After 5 weeks – 1,362,786)
2) Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 200,927 (After 7 weeks – 2,348,052)
3) Glee Cast – Music: Xmas – 193,421 (After 4 weeks – 592,154)
Other Debuts
4) T.I. – No Mercy – 159,462
10) Tron Legacy Soundtrack – 70,794
18) Charlie Wilson – Just Charlie – 57,286
33) Hinder – All American Nightmare – 34,646
42) Deadmau5 – 4X4=12 – 26,679
62) Duffy – Endlessly – 18,326
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Post by Verisimilitude on Dec 15, 2010 21:56:25 GMT -5
Terrible sales for Duffy but Natasha's must be worse.  With the positive feedback "Rolling In The Deep" is getting, Adele may get a top 10, or even a top 5 album in January! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2010 22:20:16 GMT -5
Will the following albums be certified by the RIAA on tomorrow's chart? Numbers are from the 12/11/10 chart: Jason Aldean 493k (12/25 chart) Katy Perry 784k (12/25 chart) Eminem 3,145,760 (12/25 chart) Zac Brown 465k (12/18 chart) Trey Songz 532k Taylor Swift EP 664k Linkin Park 515k Rascal Flatts GH 955k Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k. What Taylor Swift EP, I'm Confused. Christmas album |
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Post by slicknickshady on Dec 15, 2010 23:40:17 GMT -5
With 3 weeks of sales left, Taylor will probably not catch up to Eminem. 2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052 24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760 I'm absolutely shocked. ;) |
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Post by Diego on Dec 16, 2010 0:18:44 GMT -5
Looks like Lady A will pass 3m
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Post by jj99$ - - LeLe on Dec 16, 2010 4:13:59 GMT -5
With 3 weeks of sales left, Taylor will probably not catch up to Eminem. 2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052 24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760 I'm absolutely shocked. ;)  |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 16, 2010 9:24:29 GMT -5
New RIAA certs:
Glee Christmas 1xp
Jackie Evancho Gold
Bruce Springsteen Gold
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2010 10:44:51 GMT -5
With 3 weeks of sales left, Taylor will probably not catch up to Eminem. 2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052 24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760 I'm absolutely shocked. ;) I really love you. |
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Post by bat1990 on Dec 16, 2010 12:16:17 GMT -5
According to Billboard.com, Natasha Bedingfield's Strip Me opened at #103 on the Billboard 200. I cannot find how many copies it has sold, but it's probably around 10-12k.
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Post by malwaredie on Dec 16, 2010 12:32:50 GMT -5
According to Billboard.com, Natasha Bedingfield's Strip Me opened at #103 on the Billboard 200. I cannot find how many copies it has sold, but it's probably around 10-12k. The figure is around 12-13K. |
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Post by slicknickshady on Dec 16, 2010 13:58:18 GMT -5
I was just trying to be witty. Hopefully i didnt come off as insulting to areyoureadytojump. He's one of the best posters on this forum. I was mainly commenting for the ones who thought i was crazy for saying Eminem had it locked up in the past month or two. Also im not shocked Recovery isnt certified yet. They are probably waiting till it hit's 4,000,000. It's still doing at least 40K a week. As long as it's doing 25K or above a week i think they will wait it out till it hit's 4,000,000.
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Post by Push The Button on Dec 16, 2010 14:05:58 GMT -5
I was just trying to be witty. Hopefully i didnt come off as insulting to areyoureadytojump. He's one of the best posters on this forum. I was mainly commenting for the ones who thought i was crazy for saying Eminem had it locked up in the past month or two. Also im not shocked Recovery isnt certified yet. They are probably waiting till it hit's 4,000,000. It's still doing at least 40K a week. As long as it's doing 25K or above a week i think they will wait it out till it hit's 4,000,000. Are you insane? No one thought you were crazy. It was ALWAYS likely that Eminem would end up #1, but there was the possibility that Taylor could have also taken it. Good lord. |
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Post by slicknickshady on Dec 16, 2010 14:09:13 GMT -5
There was no possibility imo. People thought Taylor was going to sell more than i thought she would. I wasnt just talking out of my behind. I did the math and what i expected Taylor and Eminem to do the remaining way. It came out as Recovery getting it by 150-200K.
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