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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 15:46:32 GMT -5
Ya, where's Nelly Furtado at? Coming off a huge album like Loose, she cant be flopping this bad?! That was 6yrs ago. The buzz from the era has been dead & gone for quite sometime now. ...and she hasn't had anything even remotely resembling a hit from this album. Only the fans are really going to be buying the album. I could see 15-20k.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 19, 2012 15:46:36 GMT -5
No Michael Jackson mention...
HITS and The New Release Schedule estimated 140k.
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Post by ItGirl on Sept 19, 2012 15:47:29 GMT -5
My girl. Not gonna get too excited just yet. Funhouse was on BB200 for 2 years. I am hoping for the same success for TTAL since it is a better album IMO.
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Post by Mack on Sept 19, 2012 16:26:31 GMT -5
No prediction for Nelly? Ouch. I know there's zero buzz for this album and it hasn't yielded any hit singles, but I figured she still had enough of a fan base left that the album would debut with at least 50k or so. Looks like I was wrong, and in a big way. Great sales for P!nk. I agree with Chris that Carly's numbers are bad, no matter how you slice it. She had one of the biggest smashes of the year - if not the biggest - plus a successful follow-up single. I thought she would do, at the very minimum, 75k. Maybe the album will have legs, or maybe she'll end up being a total singles artist. Who knows.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 19, 2012 16:28:33 GMT -5
Mumford & Sons has leaked.
Will it sell 400k+ next week? I hope!
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 19, 2012 16:53:18 GMT -5
Nelly Furtado's album is the best one of the bunch but when Carly is only selling 40K with a colossal pop single, I really am not surprised.
As for CRJ...it's a combination of such a competitive chart week and the album is so fucking expensive. Nobody wants to spend $13 on a CRJ album. I heard great things about it and had it been $5 on Amazon or something I might have caved in and bought it. It needs a sale or an Amazon deal or something.
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Post by Lozzy on Sept 19, 2012 16:57:49 GMT -5
As for CRJ...it's a combination of such a competitive chart week and the album is so f**king expensive. Nobody wants to spend $13 on a CRJ album. I heard great things about it and had it been $5 on Amazon or something I might have caved in and bought it. It needs a sale or an Amazon deal or something. The standard edition is $10 on iTunes, isn't that regular pricing?
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Post by GRRR on Sept 19, 2012 17:01:19 GMT -5
Great for Pink!! I'm hoping she she get her first #1! :) Good for Kanye also, it's not a solo release so I didn't really expect a HUGE opening. That Carly chick was never going to open big lol.
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Post by d.t.m on Sept 19, 2012 17:01:53 GMT -5
Ouch at Carly & Nelly, but not surprising. Can't believe Pink never topped BB200 yet. I hope the one-day absence from iTunes doesn't do Kanye in, though.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 19, 2012 17:06:59 GMT -5
As for CRJ...it's a combination of such a competitive chart week and the album is so f**king expensive. Nobody wants to spend $13 on a CRJ album. I heard great things about it and had it been $5 on Amazon or something I might have caved in and bought it. It needs a sale or an Amazon deal or something. The standard edition is $10 on iTunes, isn't that regular pricing? I still think $10 is a bit too much at this point in her career. If I was marketing a brand new artist who a lot of people had this preconceived notion of being a one-hit wonder I would try to sell the album a few dollars cheaper than the established stars were selling their albums for. You would get more curiosity (no pun intended) sales that way and I think a lot of people would realize that the album actually has a handful of strong hits on it. Once the hits start pouring out and the sales remain steady, you can slowly raise the price of the album to a standard price. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by HolidayGuy on Sept 19, 2012 17:23:45 GMT -5
Would be very nice if Alecia's album ends up on top.
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Post by chartfreak on Sept 19, 2012 18:54:07 GMT -5
Oh here he goes.
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Post by devil on Sept 19, 2012 19:18:35 GMT -5
Carly's numbers are absolutely fine. Anyone expecting anywhere around 100k is far too optimistic. Pushing 50k may have been doable (and possibly still is), but a novelty single like "Call Me Maybe" will not encourage a massive album opening. Outside of the odd pulse-member, why would a member of the general public invest in a whole album by her based on that one catchy single?
As has been pointed out, Katy Perry is the best parallel to look at - massive hit single that was a novelty hit, album opens between #6-#10. Whether Carly has the same legs is yet to be determined, but thinking these numbers are terrible is a bit silly at this point.
Great for Pink, nice to see a 200k+ opening from her.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 19, 2012 19:21:22 GMT -5
The standard edition is $10 on iTunes, isn't that regular pricing? I still think $10 is a bit too much at this point in her career. If I was marketing a brand new artist who a lot of people had this preconceived notion of being a one-hit wonder I would try to sell the album a few dollars cheaper than the established stars were selling their albums for. You would get more curiosity (no pun intended) sales that way and I think a lot of people would realize that the album actually has a handful of strong hits on it. Once the hits start pouring out and the sales remain steady, you can slowly raise the price of the album to a standard price. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ $9.99 is the standard price for the first week at retail for most albums. Sometimes new albums are $6.99, $7.99 or $8.99. CRJ might have benefited from a lower price point. Her album is not pictured in the Best Buy circular.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Sept 19, 2012 19:35:23 GMT -5
I still think $10 is a bit too much at this point in her career. If I was marketing a brand new artist who a lot of people had this preconceived notion of being a one-hit wonder I would try to sell the album a few dollars cheaper than the established stars were selling their albums for. You would get more curiosity (no pun intended) sales that way and I think a lot of people would realize that the album actually has a handful of strong hits on it. Once the hits start pouring out and the sales remain steady, you can slowly raise the price of the album to a standard price. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ $9.99 is the standard price for the first week at retail for most albums. Sometimes new albums are $6.99, $7.99 or $8.99. CRJ might have benefited from a lower price point. Her album is not pictured in the Best Buy circular. I don't know if you're trying to talk down to me or if you're agreeing with me lol. I know how much an album generally costs the first week it is released. For a new act who is being viewed as a one-hit wonder she would have absolutely benefitted from a lower price, I definitely agree. As for it not being pictured in the best buy circular, we are living in an age where people are relying on the Internet to get their news, not a newspaper. CRJ had a lot of social media promotion, that is going to entice people to buy a new album more so than a paper Best Buy ad would.
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Post by NeRD on Sept 19, 2012 20:22:15 GMT -5
Yesssss Pink! Carly though....and people said she was coming for weaves.
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Post by Lozzy on Sept 19, 2012 20:29:53 GMT -5
Carly though....and people said she was coming for weaves. She still is.
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Post by josh on Sept 19, 2012 20:32:10 GMT -5
It takes time.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Sept 19, 2012 20:33:35 GMT -5
Carly though....and people said she was coming for weaves. She still is. Definite truth. She'll have some longevity. The album is full of hits. Mark my words.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 20:37:23 GMT -5
Definite truth. She'll have some longevity. The album is full of hits. Mark my words. That won't matter if they release the Bieber track as the next single and kill the era. With it being the only album track to even crack the top 100 on iTunes, I fear they might throw it out.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Sept 19, 2012 20:38:03 GMT -5
P!nk, 'Cruel Summer' Albums Heading for Top of Next Week's Billboard 200 Chart September 19, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles Believe it or not, pop superstar P!nk has yet to earn a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. But that may change next week, as industry sources suggest the diva's latest release, "The Truth About Love," may bow atop the list with between 210,000 and 220,000 sold. The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Sept. 26. P!nk has notched six entries on the Billboard 200, with five of them hitting the top 10. Starting with 2002's "M!ssundaztood" (No. 6), every one of her albums have reached the region. "Try This" (No. 9) followed in 2003, while "I'm Not Dead" (No. 6, 2006), "Funhouse" (No. 2, 2008) and "Greatest Hits. . . So Far!!!" (No. 5, 2011) all followed. "The Truth About Love" may fend off the advances of the Kanye West-presented "Cruel Summer" compilation. Label prognosticators are suggesting that the G.O.O.D. Music set may sell 170,000 to 190,000 copies (and possibly even a bit more). The hip-hop effort got off to a wobbly start on its Sept. 18 release date after it didn't appear in the iTunes Store until late in the afternoon. West or his label, Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam, didn't give an official reason for the delay. However, multiple sources have suggested there was an issue with the mastering of the set, causing a last-minute delay of its iTunes release. Late Tuesday, Def Jam's official Twitter accounted tweeted, "Thank you for your patience! Get 'Cruel Summer' on iTunes Now!" along with missives directing fans to iTunes with a link to purchase the "NEW mastered version" of the album. With P!nk and the "Cruel Summer" compilation heading for Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, that leaves the Killers' new "Battle Born" aiming for No. 3. The rock band's fourth studio effort is on track to sell 120,000 or so. Also on course for a top 10 debut: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Kiss;" Band of Horses' "Mirage Rock;" Grizzly Bear's "Shields;" and Easton Corbin's "All Over the Road." Jepsen and Band of Horses' albums may shift around 35,000, while Grizzly Bear and Corbin's sets might sell 30,000 and 28,000, respectively. Read more at www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/p-nk-cruel-summer-albums-heading-for-top-1007954062.story#sHuxWhpoSMLPgYRT.99
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Post by lugus15 on Sept 19, 2012 20:39:26 GMT -5
I really hope Pink gets it.
It's really amazing that a 30+ artist, who is more than a decade into her career can have such an amazing consistency. I really feel her popularity (in the US) has increased with each release tho.
She's outselling all her contemporaries by far, probably it helps that she seems like she is the real deal. What you see (true talent) is what you get with her.
I love her!!!
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Post by Lozzy on Sept 19, 2012 20:39:31 GMT -5
Definite truth. She'll have some longevity. The album is full of hits. Mark my words. That won't matter if they release the Bieber track as the next single and kill the era. With it being the only album track to even crack the top 100 on iTunes, I fear they might throw it out. I don't think they're that dumb.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 21:38:59 GMT -5
Wow at P!nk. Those are pretty amazing numbers, she has notoriously never had huge opening sales even with big leads (similar to Rihanna) but I kinda figured the overwhelming reception of her Greatest Hits would change that.
Good for Kanye too.
Carly is too new of an artist to rely on a big hit to sell her album. I mean, has she even promoted? I didn't even know she had an album coming out for now which is pretty bad. The general public probably have no idea, just like they probably didn't when Gaga or Bruno released theirs. If her album has a bunch of hits that help her stand out, maybe she can dew it. Or maybe she'll be the new Cheyenne.
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Post by josh on Sept 19, 2012 22:22:11 GMT -5
That won't matter if they release the Bieber track as the next single and kill the era. With it being the only album track to even crack the top 100 on iTunes, I fear they might throw it out. I don't think they're that dumb. But Justin signed her.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 19, 2012 22:56:18 GMT -5
$9.99 is the standard price for the first week at retail for most albums. Sometimes new albums are $6.99, $7.99 or $8.99. CRJ might have benefited from a lower price point. Her album is not pictured in the Best Buy circular. I don't know if you're trying to talk down to me or if you're agreeing with me lol. I know how much an album generally costs the first week it is released. For a new act who is being viewed as a one-hit wonder she would have absolutely benefitted from a lower price, I definitely agree. As for it not being pictured in the best buy circular, we are living in an age where people are relying on the Internet to get their news, not a newspaper. CRJ had a lot of social media promotion, that is going to entice people to buy a new album more so than a paper Best Buy ad would. I wasn't talking down to you. Just posting the facts. Billboard has said in the past that an album pictured in the BB/Target circulars helps sales. Not everybody follows social media. So much gets lost in social media. I follow 38 people on Twitter and it is just too much information for me sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2012 23:16:07 GMT -5
P!nk deserves it. Her career is so refreshing, especially when she has been sort of known as the "industry outcast"/alternative pop star.
Not surprised at the "Call Me Maybe" singer having such low numbers.
Poor Nelly Furtado.
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Post by KMJ1 on Sept 19, 2012 23:48:51 GMT -5
i bet if Kayne had the whole day it would still be VERY close. Maybe he'd be a ahead but prob not by much- not enough for a hands down #1. I still think it'll be very close, but P!nk will prob. get her 1st #1.
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Post by Enigma. on Sept 20, 2012 1:16:25 GMT -5
No Michael Jackson mention... HITS and The New Release Schedule estimated 140k. That surprised me too. In the UK it's going to fight for top ten placing.
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Post by YoYoCanUSeeMe?! on Sept 20, 2012 7:22:55 GMT -5
Poor Nelly :( The album is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I just wish people will give this album a chance. It's really something totally different from stuff you can hear on radio today and something totally incredible! Nelly really puts her heart and soul into this album. It flows nicely and sounds really cohesive yet every track sounds unique. Good job!
Btw she had no promotion, no radio support, no iTunes or youtube banners so... :'( I hope Nelly can get our of Interscope after this!
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