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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 20, 2011 14:13:30 GMT -5
ADELE RETURNING TO #1? Look for Battle Between the U.K. Pop Diva and the Kidz Bop Kids Gang for the Top Spot
July 20, 2011
There will be dueling versions of “Rolling in the Deep” next week, folks, in an all-out assault for the top spot on next week’s HITS Album sales chart.
After an absence of five weeks from the top spot, XL/Columbia British pop diva Adele’s 2.7-million-and-counting 21 album, which includes the original, will go up against Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop 20 and its cover, for #1 on next week’s tally, with both now looking in the 60-65k range. Our resident retail expert, and we use the term loosely, gives Adele the slight early edge.
That’s what we’ve gathered from analyzing one-day sales reports from those music retailers whose heads-up is not quite the equivalent of U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach’s.
Universal Republic Mississippi pop-rock perennials 3 Doors Down’s Time of My Life, their fifth studio album, looks set to garner first-week sales in the 55-60k range. Their last album, 2008’s self-titled effort, debuted with 155k on its way to 895k in sales to date.
ATO’s 311 returns with Universal Pulse, the band’s 10th album since its debut in 1993, with estimated sales from 50-55k.
Universal Republic hip-hop star DJ Khaled’s We the Best Forever, his fifth studio album overall, look to debut with 40-45k. His previous album, last year’s Victory, bowed with 88k in first-week sales.
Album sales were up 5% vs. last week, up 8% vs. the same week last year and still up 1% year to date. Sales with Track Equivalent Albums included are up 3% vs. last week and up 3.8% year to date. Pop the champagne…
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Post by Envoirment on Jul 20, 2011 14:17:28 GMT -5
Wow, how many weeks at #1 has Adele had so far? She'll be 3x Platinum by the end of August hopefully! :)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 20, 2011 14:19:47 GMT -5
If 21 ends up topping next week's chart, I believe it will be the album's 11th week on top.
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Post by I Wish on Jul 20, 2011 14:21:26 GMT -5
Adele better snatch that #1 from Kidz Bop.
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Post by Minor Scratch on Jul 20, 2011 14:21:51 GMT -5
Pretty horrible estimates for all. A lot of veteran artists debuting and none of them are gonna score a hit album.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jul 20, 2011 14:25:08 GMT -5
Adele's sales are decreasing now. Rolling In The Deep's selling power has burned out, it seems.
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Jul 20, 2011 14:25:53 GMT -5
Would this be the lowest selling #1 this year?
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Post by Kurt on Jul 20, 2011 14:26:26 GMT -5
I can't even fathom the thought of Kidz Bop beating Adele. *shudders* Their cover of "Rolling In The Deep" is terrible.
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Post by Cerbius on Jul 20, 2011 14:28:56 GMT -5
Well I certainly hope Adele comes up on top this time... Would this be the lowest selling #1 this year? Not even close - we've had a string of 40k+ #1's early this year.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 20, 2011 14:33:27 GMT -5
Is there anything by Kidz Bop that is anything BUT terrible? :)
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Jul 20, 2011 14:37:25 GMT -5
Would this be the lowest selling #1 this year? Not even close - we've had a string of 40k+ #1's early this year. Who's the lowest so far?
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Post by Cerbius on Jul 20, 2011 14:41:06 GMT -5
Not even close - we've had a string of 40k+ #1's early this year. Who's the lowest so far? The honour goes to Amos Lee with sales of 40,478 on the chart dated February 12th.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 20, 2011 14:42:15 GMT -5
^Yep, that's a SoundScan-era low- and Cake's album scanned 44K a couple of weeks before that album.
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Post by Cerbius on Jul 20, 2011 14:45:38 GMT -5
^ And Nicki with 45k the week after.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 20, 2011 15:29:00 GMT -5
I'm surprised by how low 3DD's numbers are.
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Post by Kurt on Jul 20, 2011 15:33:15 GMT -5
Is there anything by Kidz Bop that is anything BUT terrible? :) Touché.
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2011 15:41:05 GMT -5
Calling Adele a pop diva disturbs me
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 20, 2011 15:45:55 GMT -5
Calling Adele a pop diva disturbs me Would you prefer the term "soft-rock diva"?
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2011 15:49:59 GMT -5
Adele is more of a singer-songwriter type to me.
Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston are divas as they're well known about their presence, demands and flamboyance.
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2011 15:51:12 GMT -5
Or well perhaps not singer-songwriter but not a diva either. I don't know...
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Post by slicknickshady on Jul 20, 2011 15:59:04 GMT -5
Let's hope Cold "Superfiction" can get in the top 50 next week.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 20, 2011 15:59:38 GMT -5
Adele is more of a singer-songwriter type to me. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston are divas as they're well known about their presence, demands and flamboyance. Mariah Carey is a singer-songwriter as well, regardless of the other factors that you mentioned. Is it a written rule that singer-songwriters have to look like average people and use acoustic instruments?
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2011 16:01:03 GMT -5
No but the term doesn't describe her very well.
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Post by Peaches. [Ch, r. is] on Jul 20, 2011 16:06:09 GMT -5
I think he just means "Diva" has a negative connotation that doesn't really fit Adele, as far as we know... Even though she was part of VH1 Divas in 2009 And that year, they said their goal was to get rid of the negative connotation the word had.
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Post by Enigma. on Jul 20, 2011 16:09:21 GMT -5
Something like that... Although I don't always consider diva as a negative thing but it could be.
In Europe Adele is seen as much more credible artist than divas usually are so maybe the disturbance comes from there.
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Post by jgizzle89 on Jul 20, 2011 16:31:14 GMT -5
Good numbers for DJ Khaled.
HDD was wrong. He opened with something like 35k last time around. He sold 88k TOTAL.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 20, 2011 16:32:16 GMT -5
Credibility is a marketing tool for the most part. It's used to make certain groups of people feel better and/or superior due to their musical tastes.
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Post by Rodze on Jul 20, 2011 17:10:16 GMT -5
Adele is more of a singer-songwriter type to me. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston are divas as they're well known about their presence, demands and flamboyance. Diva is not a bad word by conception. Adele is a diva.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 20, 2011 17:55:37 GMT -5
^Agreed. With her success this year blowing away all the competition, she is.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Jul 20, 2011 17:57:55 GMT -5
Even though I disagree with the label, I guess if Annie Lennox could title her first solo disc "Diva", then Adele can be given the label as well. I view those two artists in the same category.
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