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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 9, 2011 15:17:38 GMT -5
But at this time atleast 80% of the voting board is on Adele's side.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2011 15:18:50 GMT -5
I remember the first time India.Arie was nominated for Grammys and she had about 6 nominations and was the critical talk of the town. She went home with nothing. I felt real bad for her. India.Arie had a top 10 R&B hit. Adele is a phenomenon. She has the critical respect and the commercial success. I would be absolutely shocked if she didn't take at least one of the big three awards.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 9, 2011 15:37:32 GMT -5
I'd argue Gaga is far more talented than Adele. They can both sing and write, but Gaga can perform while Adele just stands there... It's not like Gaga does all the stage production or choreography all by herself. I don't think anyone would expect her to but she does seem to play a role in every aspect. I've never seen Adele live but from what I've heard, I don't think it's even fair to compare the two (no point in saying that here because people will do it anyway). GaGa's concerts are meant to appeal to eyes and ears whereas Adele is likely just meant to appeal to the ears. She's a soul singer. Her songs are made to be heard and felt rather than witnessed. I'd love to see her live though. I can only imagine how amazing it would be to hear her songs in person.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 9, 2011 15:40:21 GMT -5
Good gracious. This will make, what, 10 weeks of 100k+ sales for Adele? That's the amount you sell with the #1 song in the country :)
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Post by Honeymoon on Jun 9, 2011 15:49:32 GMT -5
Good gracious. This will make, what, 10 weeks of 100k+ sales for Adele? That's the amount you sell with the #1 song in the country :) If anything I think it shows the power of a multi-format radio hit. Katy, Rihanna, Bruno etc may sell a crazy amount of singles but the fact that Adele can sell just as many with RITD and simultaneously sell well over 2 million albums in just three months is tremendous. It makes me wonder how much this can sell into the 4th quarter when "Someone Like You" (hopefully) blows up. And then that doesn't even consider the Grammy's impact...
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 9, 2011 15:57:00 GMT -5
That's the amount you sell with the #1 song in the country :) If anything I think it shows the power of a multi-format radio hit. Katy, Rihanna, Bruno etc may sell a crazy amount of singles but the fact that Adele can sell just as many with RITD and simultaneously sell well over 2 million albums in just three months is tremendous. Yes, it is.
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Post by cube84 on Jun 9, 2011 16:14:21 GMT -5
Oh god someone like u what a song. Pure perfection.
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Post by floridagrl on Jun 9, 2011 18:03:00 GMT -5
As expected, Adele and Lady Gaga are locked in a battle for #1 on next week's chart. Should Adele prevail, this will be her 10th week at the top. Interestingly, two pairs of titles right below are also fighting it out for chart position. Regardless of ranking, Tech N9ne will open with his best-ever sales week. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
Adele (XL/Columbia) 110-120k Lady Gaga (Interscope) 110-120k *All Time Low (Interscope) 50-55k *Tech N9ne (Strange Music) 50-55k *Ronnie Dunn (Arista Nashville) 45-50k Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 45-50k Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 35-40k Now 38 (Capitol/EMI) 30-35k Eddie Vedder (Monkeywrench/Universal Republic) 24-27k Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 21-24k *Arctic Monkeys (Domino) 18-21k Death Cab for Cutie (Atlantic) 18-21k Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 18-21k *Def Leppard (Mailboat) 18-21k My Morning Jacket (ATO/RED) 18-21k
* Debuts (6/9p)
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Post by Verisimilitude on Jun 9, 2011 18:07:37 GMT -5
Unbelievably close... who will take the title by the end of the tracking week? :o
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Post by mew2 on Jun 9, 2011 18:15:22 GMT -5
I thought Set Fire to the Rain was confirmed as the next single.
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Post by jgizzle89 on Jun 9, 2011 19:03:40 GMT -5
I'd argue Gaga is far more talented than Adele. They can both sing and write, but Gaga can perform while Adele just stands there... It's not like Gaga does all the stage production or choreography all by herself. no, but she can dance. all i'm saying is that she is a triple threat. adele is a double. and as someone said, i guess adele's music doesn't really lend itself to choreography. regardless, gaga could stand and sing perfectly fine. i'm not sure i can say that adele could crank out one of her songs while moving vigorously.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jun 9, 2011 19:18:47 GMT -5
another top 15 week for Katy! On her way to 2M.
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Post by Honeymoon on Jun 9, 2011 19:47:16 GMT -5
Great consistency for Jason Aldean! I wouldn't be surprised if he does over 2 million by year's end.
I have a feeling Adele will come on top this week, but while I hope she sells just about as much as Gaga, I hope Gaga gets her third week.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jun 9, 2011 19:50:10 GMT -5
2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks doesn't really matter when Adele has 9 weeks at #1 already, imo.
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Post by maria4hitz on Jun 9, 2011 20:22:10 GMT -5
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 35-40k
This will get higher with the boost from the CMT's. He sold 33k last week and the album is currently #6 on iTunes.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Jun 9, 2011 20:30:13 GMT -5
2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks doesn't really matter when Adele has 9 weeks at #1 already, imo. This comment was pointless.
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Post by cking33 on Jun 9, 2011 20:42:59 GMT -5
I remember the first time India.Arie was nominated for Grammys and she had about 6 nominations and was the critical talk of the town. She went home with nothing. I felt real bad for her. India.Arie had a top 10 R&B hit. Adele is a phenomenon. She has the critical respect and the commercial success. I would be absolutely shocked if she didn't take at least one of the big three awards. I highly, highly doubt Adele walks away empty-handed at the Grammys. This is hardly like India Arie. Adele's album also has a lot of commercial success to match her critical success. And as recent history has shown, the Grammys love dishing out awards to artists who have a good blend of commercial and critical success. That, and Adele has already won 2 Grammys before. She's probably going to win the Pop performance and Pop Album awards, and it the front-runner for the Big 3 at this point.
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Post by seanblain on Jun 9, 2011 22:16:41 GMT -5
India.Arie had a top 10 R&B hit. Adele is a phenomenon. She has the critical respect and the commercial success. I would be absolutely shocked if she didn't take at least one of the big three awards. I highly, highly doubt Adele walks away empty-handed at the Grammys. This is hardly like India Arie. Adele's album also has a lot of commercial success to match her critical success. And as recent history has shown, the Grammys love dishing out awards to artists who have a good blend of commercial and critical success. That, and Adele has already won 2 Grammys before. She's probably going to win the Pop performance and Pop Album awards, and it the front-runner for the Big 3 at this point. No offense but the Grammy's are virtually irrelavent at this point. Who cares what a bunch of "old" probably rock writers think. Commercial success is truly the only thing that matters.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Jun 9, 2011 22:18:09 GMT -5
The Grammy's can't be irrelevant as they have the biggest exposure for driving album sales now that Oprah's talk show is off the air.
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Post by seanblain on Jun 9, 2011 22:21:57 GMT -5
The Grammy's can't be irrelevant as they have the biggest exposure for driving album sales now that Oprah's talk show is off the air. That's not really saying much in today's climate. very rarely if ever does the grammy's so called album of the year actually the years biggest seller.
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Post by Push The Button on Jun 9, 2011 22:33:07 GMT -5
There are over 15,000 people who vote on the Grammy's. I highly doubt it was "old" rockers who gave Beyonce a Song of the Year award.
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Post by Oprah on Jun 9, 2011 22:54:11 GMT -5
I really do not see Adele getting snubbed, she's the perfect storm as far as Grammy's go.
Albums that open big tend to drop 40% their third week, right? Seems like Gaga's holding up well, the second week drop was inevitable all things considered. I think BTW will wind up having good longevity through the summer thanks to EOG.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jun 9, 2011 23:13:05 GMT -5
2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks doesn't really matter when Adele has 9 weeks at #1 already, imo. This comment was pointless. what does a 3rd week at #1 mean for Gaga? Nothing. What would a 10th week at #1 mean for Gaga? She beat Adele. End.
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Post by badrobot on Jun 9, 2011 23:17:53 GMT -5
There are over 15,000 people who vote on the Grammy's. I highly doubt it was "old" rockers who gave Beyonce a Song of the Year award. It was definitely older people that gave Steely Dan and Herbie Hancock album of the year. But I completely disagree that commercial success is more important. Actually I don't really think there is any one measure that is in any way definitive.
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Post by Positive Tension on Jun 10, 2011 0:09:35 GMT -5
Very impressive sales for Adele- it's so rare to see an album sell so consistently well like her album has.
Nice to see Katy make the list- she's yet another that had an album with legs. After her first week sales, I didn't even think she'd sell one million albums, but she's more than proven me wrong.
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Post by 1shot on Jun 10, 2011 0:24:13 GMT -5
Let's go Adele!!! Let talent win please! Just so you know, anybody who thinks Gaga isn't talented is a moron. And anyone who misreads posts like you do is a moron. Get a brain loser.
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Post by lugus15 on Jun 10, 2011 1:06:06 GMT -5
I think that's is if one would call Adele the BIG winner at the next Grammy's, one would be not very far away from the truth.
Basically, she is the one to beat.
Also, she IS going to have the #1 seller this year.
Good for her (tho I'm pretty over and sick of RITD by now).
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 10, 2011 1:29:07 GMT -5
Interesting battle, I am rooting for both.
Gaga was not going to get more than three weeks at number one anyway with Bad Meets Evil and Beyonce coming soon.
And like said, very impressive for Tech N9ne and Jason Aldean.
And if Gaga's drop from 1st week to 2nd was huge what's that for Death Cab... Horrible numbers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2011 3:00:39 GMT -5
India.Arie had a top 10 R&B hit. Adele is a phenomenon. She has the critical respect and the commercial success. I would be absolutely shocked if she didn't take at least one of the big three awards. I highly, highly doubt Adele walks away empty-handed at the Grammys. This is hardly like India Arie. Yeah, one key difference to remember is that the year India went 0 for 7, Alicia Keys' debut went 5 for 6. The Grammys had two breakthrough artists on their hands, and with them being fairly even critically, chose to reward the one who had the bigger breakthrough commercially/in crossover terms. (Because recognizing them both with awards would have been too much like right. Sigh.) Adele will have no other 'breakthrough' artist to compete with, so anything not nailed to the walls is hers for the taking at this point.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 10, 2011 6:58:50 GMT -5
I thought Set Fire to the Rain was confirmed as the next single. So far they are thinking about 'Someone Like You' as the 2nd single. Even though it is a piano ballad and they have a hit at Triple A and Alternative with 'Rumor Has It'.
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