Honeymoon
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Post by Honeymoon on Jan 4, 2013 23:05:16 GMT -5
Yeah I think catalog albums have been seeing a big up-kick these last few years for that very reason... Wal-Mart and Best Buy eager to clear stock of all of the non-current albums. I remember - maybe five or six years ago - when we got numbers some weeks for old Whitney, Janet, Madonna, Mariah albums and many of the albums were only shifting a few dozen per week. I think there was a year where I'm Your Baby Tonight only shifted like thirty copies? Obviously iTunes has helped people purchase hard-to-find or out-of-print albums but I see old hit diva albums in those bins all the time now.
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Post by chartfreak on Jan 5, 2013 10:26:37 GMT -5
Oh how I wish Soundscan was around in the 80's!!!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jan 5, 2013 11:15:38 GMT -5
Some eye-popping info:
The top 200 albums of 2012 scanned 82 million and change; the top 200 albums in 2000 scanned 275 million and change- a 75% decline in 12 years.
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Post by Honeymoon on Jan 5, 2013 11:42:20 GMT -5
I'm not really surprised anymore. I expect another slight decline for 2013 but I see the whole album industry changing significantly in 10, 15 years. The youth that have only ever known iTunes and digital music are going to eventually be in the majority of the music buying public and albums, maybe even in their digital form, will be obsolete and playlists, music apps will be the predominant way to consume music.
I remember 2006 being the year I really took notice of the album sales decline... I think it was because the album of the year was High School Musical.
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Post by DJ General on Jan 5, 2013 13:08:35 GMT -5
Is the top 200 digital songs list available anywhere?
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Post by jenglisbe on Jan 7, 2013 14:30:02 GMT -5
Just in: the Brenda Lee item indeed is a typo- and got official word that SoundScan indeed did start tracking sales in March 1991. I didn't realize Soundscan didn't start until March of 1991. So albums released in 1990 (like Mariah's debut) are missing a lot of sales. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jan 10, 2013 7:44:55 GMT -5
^Yes- have you missed all of the sales discussions over the years?  The year 1991 was the known year, but for some time, there was a little uncertainty about when the exact month was (it was narrowed to either January or March). |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 10, 2013 8:52:22 GMT -5
^Yes. We've had the January/March debate for years.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 11, 2013 23:13:34 GMT -5
From the 1/12/13 issue of Billboard magazine:
Top Rock Albums
1. Mumford & Sons, Babel 1,463,000
2. fun., Some Nights 903,000
3. Gotye, Making Mirrors 700,000
4. The Lumineers, The Lumineers 693,000
5. The Black Keys, El Camino 655,000
6. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More 645,000
7. Of Monsters & Men, My Head Is An Animal 569,000
8. Linkin Park, Living Things 563,000
9. Phillip Phillips, The World from The Side... 533,000
10. John Mayer, Born And Raised 530,000
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
1. Whitney Houston, Whitney: The Greatest Hits 886,000
2. Nicki Minaj, Roman Reloaded 795,000
3. Drake, Take Care 698,000
4. Kendrick Lamar, good kid M.A.A.D. City 584,000
5. Rihanna, Unapologetic 553,000
6. Rihanna, Talk That Talk 546,000
7. Rick Ross, God Forgives I Don't 493,000
8. 2 Chainz, Based on a T.R.U. Story 478,000
9. Usher, Looking 4 Myself 450,000
10. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange 443,000
Top Latin Albums
1. Romeo Santos, Formula Vol. 1 126,000
2. Prince Royce, Phase II 111,000
3. Jenni Rivera, La Misma Gran Sendria 87,000
4. Jenni Rivera, Joyas Priestadas: Pop 73,000
5. Jenni Rivera, Joyas Priestadas: Banda 69,000
6. Don Omar, M102: New Generation 65,000
7. 3Ballmty, Intentalo 64,000
8. Prince Royce, Prince Royce 63,000
9. La Arollaadora Banda El Limon, Irreversible 2012 57,000
10. Wisin & Yandel, Lideres 57,000
Top Christian/Gospel Albums
1. Casting Crowns, Come To The Well 296,000
2. Tobymac, Eye On It 252,000
3. Newsboys, God's Not Dead 197,000
4. Various Artists, Wow Hits 2013 187,000
5. Lecrae, Gravity 176,000
6. Various Artist, Wow Gospel Hits 165,000
7. Marvin Sapp, I Win 157,00
8. Various Artists, Wow Hits 2012 154,000
9. Mercyme, The Hurt & The Healer 154,000
10. Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is For Us... 153,000
Top Dance/Electronic Albums
1. Madonna, MDNA 527,000
2. Skrillex, Bangarang EP 426,000
3. LMFAO, Sorry For The Party Rocking 414,000
4. Skrillex, Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites 288,000
5. David Guetta, Nothing But The Beat 264,000
6. Flo Rida, Wild Ones 200,000
7. Lady GaGa, Born This Way 170,000
8. DeadMau5, 4x4=12 142,000
9. DeadMau5, >AlbumTitle Goes Here< 137,000
10. Korn, The Path of Totality 133,000
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 11, 2013 23:17:03 GMT -5
Look at how close these sales figures are:
Current Album Sales 2012: 161.0 million
Catalog Album Sales 2012: 154.9 million
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 11, 2013 23:20:31 GMT -5
Sales By Format 2012:
CD 193,378,000 -13.5%
Digital 117,676,000 +14.1%
Vinyl 4,551,000 +17.7%
Other 348,000 +324.4%
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Agent Yoncé
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Jan 11, 2013 23:38:47 GMT -5
What is "other"?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2013 23:43:24 GMT -5
"Other" includes tape cassettes. Not sure what else.
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Post by applechic on Jan 13, 2013 5:30:45 GMT -5
"For the first time since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991, the same album finishes as the United States' best-seller for a second year. Adele's "21" triumphed in 2011 and ruled again in 2012."
Adele is going to be the voice of this generation.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jan 13, 2013 7:35:19 GMT -5
Yah- if it were just cassettes, wouldn't it say as much? My inquiry on that one wasn't answered.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2013 8:34:52 GMT -5
Laser discs, 8-tracks, reel to reel perhaps?
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Post by Lozzy on Jan 13, 2013 8:38:52 GMT -5
Laser discs, 8-tracks, reel to reel perhaps? What's an 8-track?  |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 13, 2013 16:22:02 GMT -5
^Really? Google.
That format died in the late 70s.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Jan 13, 2013 16:39:05 GMT -5
Vinyl 4,551,000 +17.7%
Still growing year-to-year.. I wonder if there's a ceiling on this :O
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