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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2012 14:17:43 GMT -5
MADONNA’S MATERIAL GAINS New MDNA Album Debuts on Top, Richie, Shinedown Debut
March 28, 2012
She’s no longer “Like a Virgin,” or even the Material Girl, for that matter, but Madonna is still a pop diva superstar.
Madge’s Interscope debut, MDNA, her 12th studio album and first under a recently inked deal with Live Nation, is her first new collection in four years, since 2008’s Hard Candy. It’s a lock for #1 on next week’s HITS Album sales chart, with between 325-350k, beating that album’s 280k opening.
Those figures are based on one-day sales figures which our crack retail staff arrived at by throwing darts at a board. Take that, Soundscan!
Lionel Richie’s Mercury Nashville bow, Tuskegee, a collection of his greatest hits performed with country stars such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett, is the big surprise, with a robust first-week estimate in the 140-160k range. The album has even hit the #1 slot at iTunes over Madonna.
Veteran Atlantic Florida rockers Shinedown’s fourth studio album, Amaryllis, their first since 2008’s The Sound of Madness, is on track for first-week sales of 80-90k, easily topping that album’s 50k.
Hopeless’ The Used release Vulnerable, the Orem, UT, thrash-rockers’ fifth studio album and first since leaving their longtime label Warner Bros./Reprise, which looks to be in the 20-25k range.
Interscope’s veteran Oklahoma post-punks All-American Rejects’ fourth album, Kids in the Street, is slated to do between 17-20k, a striking comedown from their last, 2008’s When the World Comes Down, which did 112k its first week..
Prog-rocking Texas band The Mars Volta’s Noctourniquet, their sixth full-length album, and second from Warner Bros., is also in the 17-20k range.
Mercury/IDJ Canadian rock group My Darkest Days’ sophomore album, Sick and Twisted Affair, fueled by the hit single, “Porn Star Dancing,” should do between 12-15k
Album sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 16% vs. same week last year and up 1% year to date.
Track sales were up 2% vs. last week, up 3% vs. same week last year and up 6% year to date.
TEA sales were down 2% vs. last week, down 11% vs. same week last year and up 2% year to date.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2012 14:20:56 GMT -5
:o
Wow, that is A LOT more than I was expecting. I wonder what percentage can be directly attributed to a few certain members of this board?
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Mar 28, 2012 14:23:17 GMT -5
lol crazy
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Post by grandelf on Mar 28, 2012 14:23:18 GMT -5
That's about 100k more than I expected for Madonna. How did this happen? It has to be the Superbowl effect somehow!
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Mar 28, 2012 14:24:31 GMT -5
That's about 100k more than I expected for Madonna. How did this happen? It has to be the Superbowl effect somehow! I doubt it. I think its the concert ticket thingy.
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Post by gracelessheart on Mar 28, 2012 14:25:17 GMT -5
Uh. That's almost double what I was expecting. Damn. And the reviews haven't even been that good...
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Post by asg4 on Mar 28, 2012 14:25:59 GMT -5
That's about 100k more than I expected for Madonna. How did this happen? It has to be the Superbowl effect somehow! I doubt it. I think its the concert ticket thingy. but they dont count ? or somehow they made them count?
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Post by grandelf on Mar 28, 2012 14:27:15 GMT -5
That's about 100k more than I expected for Madonna. How did this happen? It has to be the Superbowl effect somehow! I doubt it. I think its the concert ticket thingy. I thought that too but in the M thread I read those numbers shouldn't be that high? Either way this is really remarkable, since the single only sold 400k total or something and in 2008 people bought the single instead...
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Mar 28, 2012 14:27:33 GMT -5
I doubt it. I think its the concert ticket thingy. but they dont count ? or somehow they made them count? Its the only way, I would think. ???
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Mar 28, 2012 14:30:14 GMT -5
That's a decent amount. Good news.
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Post by closeyoureyes on Mar 28, 2012 14:30:33 GMT -5
but they dont count ? or somehow they made them count? Its the only way, I would think. ??? They count, but that's not why this is selling. Concert CD redemption is ridiculously low. I mean REALLY LOW. I am a huge Madonna fan and I don't know why this is selling either. She didn't promote the album. Her single bombed. Her 2nd single isn't doing much, and the video was even censored by YouTube so no one has seen it. I am really happy but also curious LOL
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Mar 28, 2012 14:33:46 GMT -5
Its the only way, I would think. ??? They count, but that's not why this is selling. Concert CD redemption is ridiculously low. I mean REALLY LOW. I am a huge Madonna fan and I don't know why this is selling either. She didn't promote the album. Her single bombed. Her 2nd single isn't doing much, and the video was even censored by YouTube so no one has seen it. I am really happy but also curious LOL And she hardly stayed at #1 on iTunes. Weird. Both of Lionel's album editions are inside the Top10 on iTunes.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 28, 2012 14:34:01 GMT -5
You can still see the GGW video on YouTube and the reviews have been very good.
Better than Hard Candy...
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Post by asg4 on Mar 28, 2012 14:34:20 GMT -5
Its the only way, I would think. ??? They count, but that's not why this is selling. Concert CD redemption is ridiculously low. I mean REALLY LOW. I am a huge Madonna fan and I don't know why this is selling either. She didn't promote the album. Her single bombed. Her 2nd single isn't doing much, and the video was even censored by YouTube so no one has seen it. I am really happy but also curious LOL or it could have been the superbowl preorders i dont think cd giveaway counts
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Post by closeyoureyes on Mar 28, 2012 14:35:30 GMT -5
They count, but that's not why this is selling. Concert CD redemption is ridiculously low. I mean REALLY LOW. I am a huge Madonna fan and I don't know why this is selling either. She didn't promote the album. Her single bombed. Her 2nd single isn't doing much, and the video was even censored by YouTube so no one has seen it. I am really happy but also curious LOL And she hardly stayed at #1 on iTunes. Weird. Both of Lionel's album editions are inside the Top10 on iTunes. Oh I think I know what it is now. Her pre-orders. That all happened around Super Bowl sunday. 100s of millions watched her perform. I bet she had a huge preorder day. What a brilliant marketing strategy that was!
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Post by grandelf on Mar 28, 2012 14:37:44 GMT -5
You can still see the GGW video on YouTube and the reviews have been very good. Better than Hard Candy... Those listening party reviews were better but not the regular music publications, they were only slightly better and it's not like HC was as panned as AL. But that doesn't even matter because I seriously doubt reviews would amount to that much in 2012.
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Post by chartfreak on Mar 28, 2012 14:42:50 GMT -5
Knew she wouldn't disappoint. How people can think she would sell under 200K?!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2012 14:44:17 GMT -5
I would imagine this had really incredible pre-orders following the Super Bowl, being that it's expected to sell this much and is behind Lionel Richie of all people on iTunes.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Mar 28, 2012 14:46:28 GMT -5
:o WOW!!!
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Mar 28, 2012 14:47:36 GMT -5
Uh. That's almost double what I was expecting. Damn. And the reviews haven't even been that good... The reviews have been mostly positive. Great news for M.
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Post by grandelf on Mar 28, 2012 14:48:18 GMT -5
Knew she wouldn't disappoint. How people can think she would sell under 200K?! To be fair ~200k was indeed the reasonable prediction with the lack of promo, not much airplay etc. It's easy to backtrack now and call out on the doubters but this was totally unexpected.
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Post by nighttime on Mar 28, 2012 14:48:23 GMT -5
A much needed strong debut for Madonna. No mention of Katy Perry?
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Post by Verisimilitude on Mar 28, 2012 14:50:23 GMT -5
YAY!
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Post by chartfreak on Mar 28, 2012 14:50:44 GMT -5
Knew she wouldn't disappoint. How people can think she would sell under 200K?! To be fair ~200k was indeed the reasonable prediction with the lack of promo, not much airplay etc. It's easy to backtrack now and call out on the doubters but this was totally unexpected. She has a very supporitve fan base, who were hungry for new music.
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Post by lemi on Mar 28, 2012 14:51:51 GMT -5
well deserved return to the top with a solid album. Congrats to Madonna's camp.
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Post by closeyoureyes on Mar 28, 2012 14:59:08 GMT -5
Knew she wouldn't disappoint. How people can think she would sell under 200K?! To be fair ~200k was indeed the reasonable prediction with the lack of promo, not much airplay etc. It's easy to backtrack now and call out on the doubters but this was totally unexpected. We all expected mediocre numbers but there were a few crazy people saying she'd debut under 100k, which is outrageous. Obviously there were people just dying to see her fall flat on her face, so it's funny now in retrospect.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Mar 28, 2012 15:05:06 GMT -5
The album is at 14.99 iTunes and 17.99 at Target. Not .99 cents. Incredible.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Mar 28, 2012 15:07:49 GMT -5
The album is at 14.99 iTunes and 17.99 at Target. Not .99 cents. Incredible. Why would it be 99¢? Did someone say it was?
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Post by grandelf on Mar 28, 2012 15:08:08 GMT -5
To be fair ~200k was indeed the reasonable prediction with the lack of promo, not much airplay etc. It's easy to backtrack now and call out on the doubters but this was totally unexpected. We all expected mediocre numbers but there were a few crazy people saying she'd debut under 100k, which is outrageous. Obviously there were people just dying to see her fall flat on her face, so it's funny now in retrospect. I agree, those predictions were really low, but I was always in the "just below 200k" camp and I think the industry prediction was just above 200k. I'd have been already impressed if it was north of 250k. Billboard will surely break down the % between digital and physical, right? If most of the sales were digital then we'll know it's the pre-orders (seeing the current iTunes performance). If I recall well ~25% of Hard Candy's opening were digital sales.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2012 15:10:58 GMT -5
Let's not with the 99 cent shade again.
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