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Post by Duca on Dec 16, 2013 12:36:01 GMT -5
BEYONCÉ Shatters iTunes Store Records With 828,773 Albums Sold in Just Three DaysBest First Week Album Sales & Number One in 104 Countries CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2013—Apple® today announced that BEYONCÉ has become the fastest selling album ever on the iTunes Store® worldwide with an unprecedented 828,773 albums sold in just its first three days. BEYONCÉ also broke the US first week album sales record with 617,213 sold and proved to be a global success going to number one in 104 countries. The self-titled, BEYONCÉ, is the fifth solo studio album from Beyoncé, which was made available exclusively worldwide on the iTunes Store on December 13 by Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records. The self-titled set is the artist’s first visual album. BEYONCÉ is infused with 14 new songs and 17 visually stunning, provocative videos shot around the world from Houston to New York City to Paris, and Sydney to Rio de Janeiro, all before the album’s release. The album represents Beyoncé’s biggest sales week ever. The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular music store with a catalog of over 26 million songs and is available in 119 countries. The iTunes Store is the best way for iPhone®, iPad®, iPod®, Mac® and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music online. All music on the iTunes Store comes in iTunes Plus®, Apple’s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings. Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad. Beyoncé Breaks U.S. iTunes Sales Record, Sells 617,000 in Three Days
After only three days on sale, Beyoncé's new self-titled album has broken the U.S. iTunes Store's record for the largest sales week for an album.
According to multiple industry sources, "Beyoncé" sold 617,000 downloads through the close of business on Sunday, Dec. 15. The album bowed -- without any pre-release announcement -- in the iTunes Store at midnight EST on Friday morning, Dec. 13. None of its songs are available a la carte (which is likely helping encourage full album purchases). The 14-song set is selling for $15.99 and additionally comes with 18 music videos. 14 of those are for each of the album's songs.
"Beyoncé" breaks the previous one-week iTunes record, set by Taylor Swift's "Red" when it sold 465,000 in the week ending Oct. 28, 2012. (The digital version of "Red" was exclusively sold through iTunes for its first week. It became available to all digital retailers after its first week on sale.)
To note: The music industry tracks weekly sales on a Monday through Sunday basis, hence why Beyoncé's feat is being measured after only three days on sale. "Red" had seven days of sales in its first tracking week, as it was released on Monday, Oct. 22.
"Beyoncé's" iTunes launch is also the second-largest digital sales week overall -- counting all digital retailers. It's second behind the debut frame of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which sold 662,000 downloads in its first week. (That number was enhanced by Amazon MP3's decision to sell the set for 99-cents for two days during its first week. Billboard has estimated that Amazon MP3's 99-cent version resulted in 440,000 copies sold.)
"Beyoncé" is all but guaranteed a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart this week, giving the diva her fifth consecutive No. 1 (her entire output of albums). The new Billboard 200's No. 1 will be officially announced mid-week.
"Beyoncé" will also lock in the largest sales week for Beyoncé herself, surpassing her previous high, set when second album, "B'Day," bowed with 541,000 in 2006 (according to Nielsen SoundScan).
Finally, "Beyoncé" notches the largest sales week of 2013 for a woman, and the biggest since Swift's "Red" debuted with 1.2 million in October of 2012.
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Post by felipe on Dec 16, 2013 12:55:07 GMT -5
Does that mean it sold only 200k overseas?
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Dec 16, 2013 12:58:24 GMT -5
Yea, that's what I'm guessing too. Either way, spectacular opening. If they release the physical album this week, her 2nd week drop will not be a normal "drop".
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 16, 2013 16:40:21 GMT -5
Fantastic for what was going to be a "blah" December.
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Post by spooky21 on Dec 17, 2013 4:40:59 GMT -5
Wow, if Beyonce had a full week, she could have challenged the record for biggest opening week by a female.
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Post by slamina on Dec 17, 2013 4:59:44 GMT -5
She done dropped this album outta nowhere and snatched that many coins...  Brava! |
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Post by slw84 on Dec 17, 2013 6:07:14 GMT -5
Wow, if Beyonce had a full week, she could have challenged the record for biggest opening week by a female. i dont think doubling the sales would he the right indicator of a full week...had it been released on tuesday during a normal release date and not friday the 13th and with initial weekend hype things would have been a little different. i actually think it would have sold between 550-800k if still done without gp awareness. weekend is a busy shopping time. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 16:50:56 GMT -5
Chart Watch: Beyonce’s Christmas Surprise.By Paul Grein
December 16, 2013 4:07 PM
There's absolutely no suspense, but plenty of excitement, about what's going to be #1 when The Billboard 200 is announced on Wednesday. Apple reports that Beyonce's "Beyonce" sold 617K copies in the U.S. in its first three days of release. That would give "Beyonce" the fourth highest one-week sales total so far this year, following Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" (968K), Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" (792K) and Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" (658K).
Both Timberlake and Drake are featured on B's star-studded album, which consists of 14 songs and 17 videos. The album is an iTunes exclusive for now. A physical CD/DVD combo is due on Friday.
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This is the greatest total for an album by a female artist since Taylor Swift's "Red" bowed with sales of 1,208,000 in October 2012. It's the greatest total for an album by an "R&B artist" (though Beyonce obviously transcends that label) since Mary J. Blige's "Growing Pains" bowed with 629K in December 2007.
This is the fastest start for a Beyonce album. The old record was held by 2006's "B'Day," which sold 541K in its first week. "Beyonce" sold about twice as many copies in its first week as B's 2011 album, "4" (310K).
This was a stealth release that few knew about as late as last Thursday, when initial sales projections for the week had Garth Brooks holding on to the top spot for a second week.
Beyonce's album was put on the market without any advance hype; as Hits magazine put it, "without any wind-up, preamble or tease." This is contrary to the usual pattern with superstar releases, where there is a carefully-planned build-up that entails from two to four months. People in the industry are calling Beyonce's debut a "game-changer," raising the possibility that all the pre-release hype may have just added to a sense of calculation and may even, in some cases, have drained excitement rather than accentuated it.
Only one album has ever sold more digital copies in one week. That's Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which bowed with 662K in May 2011. (And an estimated 440K of those were sold for just 99 cents in Amazon's MP3 store). The price tag for Beyonce's digital album was fairly steep $15.99.
Beyonce's album sets a new record for the fastest start by a digital-only release. The old record was set by the all-star "Hope For Haiti Now," which sold 171K in its first week (and 143K in its second) in January 2010. The old record for a digital-only release by a single artist was Lil Wayne's "I Am Not A Human Being" (110K) in October 2010.
With this debut, Beyonce will become the first female solo artist to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 with each of her first five albums. Only one other artist in chart history has hit #1 with his or her first five studio albums: Rapper DMX, who achieved the feat between 1998 and 2003. (Of course, Beyonce was already a major star when she released her first solo album in 2003, thanks to her work with Destiny's Child.)
Only three other African American women in chart history have amassed five or more #1 albums. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey lead with six. Alicia Keys has also had five. (Carey and Keys are biracial.)
"Beyonce" is the seventh album of 2013 to sell 500K or more copies in its first week. This is the first year that so many albums have sold 500K in their first week since 2008.
The chart news isn't as good for another female megastar. Britney Spears' "Britney Jean" is expected to tumble out of the top 10 in its second week. It will be Spears' first studio album to fall out of the top 10 after just one week. Her previous shortest run in the top 10 for a studio album was 2007's "Blackout," which spent just two weeks in the top 10.
Michael Jackson had amassed 43 weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200 (with "Thriller" and "Bad") before Garth Brooks landed his first #1 album, "Ropin' The Wind," in September 1991. But last week, Brooks pulled ahead of Jackson in terms of total weeks at #1. Brooks' bargain-priced box set "Blame it All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences" brought his career total of weeks at #1 to 52. Jackson logged 51 weeks at #1.
But there's an asterisk. Jackson's total doesn't count his posthumous success with "Number Ones." The 2003 compilation was the best-selling album in the U.S. for six weeks in the summer of 2009, but wasn't listed on The Billboard 200 because rules in place at the time barred catalog albums from appearing on the big chart. (Billboard wisely abandoned that rule in December 2009.) If you add "Number Ones" to Jackson's total, he has had 57 weeks on top—five more than Brooks.
Two artists have had more weeks at #1 than Brooks: The Beatles (132 weeks) and Elvis Presley (67 weeks).
Brooks' album will be #1 on Top Country Albums for the third week.
Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red" is expected to hold at #3 for the second week. The album benefited from NBC's airing last week of "Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale." As of this week, "Wrapped In Red" is in a dead-heat with The Robertsons' "Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" as the best-selling holiday album of 2013. There are two chart weeks to go in 2013. Which will come out on top? Stay tuned.
R. Kelly's "Black Panties" is expected to debut at #6. It will be R. Kelly's 15th top 10 album. Only three other African American artists have had 15 or more top 10 albums. Johnny Mathis and Mariah Carey have each had 16. Jay Z has also had 15. ("Black Panties" is one of the most explicitly sexual album covers and album titles ever on a top five album. I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.)
Childish Gambino's sophomore album "Because the Internet" is expected to debut at #7. His 2011 debut, "Camp," peaked at #11. Gambino (real name: Donald Glover) is exceptionally versatile. He was a writer on "30 Rock" and is a cast member on "Community." Despite his youthful-sounding stage name, he's 30.
Incidentally, this will be the first album with the word "internet" in the title to crack The Billboard 200. What took so long? (The Vandals' "Internet Dating Superstuds" made a little noise in 2002, but didn't chart. Too bad. That's a great title.)
The "Frozen" soundtrack is expected to dip from #11 to #12 in its third week. The album will be #1 on Top Soundtracks for the third week. Idina Menzel and Demi Lovato are both, separately, climbing the Hot 100 with the album's key song. "Let It Go." That song was nominated for a Golden Globe last week. Will it also be nominated for an Oscar? Stay tuned. The movie slipped to #2 at the box-office, behind the debuting "The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug."
"The Music Of Nashville, Season 2 Volume 1" is expected to make a solid debut. The first two Nashville soundtracks reached #14 and #13, respectively.
Neil Young's "Live At The Cellar Door" is also expected to make a solid debut. Young recorded the album in 1970. The Cellar Door was a popular club in Washington, D.C. from 1965 to 1981. Miles Davis and Richie Havens also recorded live albums there.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 16:58:00 GMT -5
With this debut, Beyonce will become the first female solo artist to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 with each of her first five albums. Only one other artist in chart history has hit #1 with his or her first five studio albums: Rapper DMX, who achieved the feat between 1998 and 2003.  The chart news isn't as good for another female megastar. Britney Spears' "Britney Jean" is expected to tumble out of the top 10 in its second week. It will be Spears' first studio album to fall out of the top 10 after just one week. Her previous shortest run in the top 10 for a studio album was 2007's "Blackout," which spent just two weeks in the top 10.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 17:02:48 GMT -5
Wow, if Beyonce had a full week, she could have challenged the record for biggest opening week by a female. Not really. Oops I Did Again had around 2 times as much time (6 days vs 3 days 3 hours) , but sold more than 2x as much (1.319 million vs 617k). That album sold around 550k on its first day alone. It's important to note that Beyoncé's first 4 albums actually peaked under the name "Destiny's Child" at 67, 5, 1 and 2. |
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 17, 2013 17:13:22 GMT -5
It's important to note that Beyoncé's first 4 albums under the name "Destiny's Child" peaked at 67, 5, 1 and 2. It's not important to Billboard, therefore it's not important for you either. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 17:16:06 GMT -5
It's important to note that Beyoncé's first 4 albums under the name "Destiny's Child" peaked at 67, 5, 1 and 2. It's not important to Billboard, therefore it's not important for you either. Paul Grein is not Billboard What is important to one person might not be important to the next |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 17:57:46 GMT -5
They'll add her non-huge DC debuts to Beyoncé's total but you know they're not about to add the total sales, #1 singles, or weeks their singles spent at #1 to Beyonce's total....
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 17, 2013 18:40:44 GMT -5
It's important to note that Beyoncé's first 4 albums actually peaked under the name "Destiny's Child" at 67, 5, 1 and 2. "Destiny's Child" was such a great stage name for her; it's a shame she dropped it. |
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 17, 2013 19:22:56 GMT -5
I understand that HITS and Soundscan are different, but seriously how can we have a different number for Beyonce?
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 17, 2013 19:27:13 GMT -5
With this debut, Beyonce will become the first female solo artist to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 with each of her first five albums. Only one other artist in chart history has hit #1 with his or her first five studio albums: Rapper DMX, who achieved the feat between 1998 and 2003. The chart news isn't as good for another female megastar. Britney Spears' "Britney Jean" is expected to tumble out of the top 10 in its second week. It will be Spears' first studio album to fall out of the top 10 after just one week. Her previous shortest run in the top 10 for a studio album was 2007's "Blackout," which spent just two weeks in the top 10.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 19:56:42 GMT -5
With this debut, Beyonce will become the first female solo artist to reach #1 on The Billboard 200 with each of her first five albums. Only one other artist in chart history has hit #1 with his or her first five studio albums: Rapper DMX, who achieved the feat between 1998 and 2003. The chart news isn't as good for another female megastar. Britney Spears' "Britney Jean" is expected to tumble out of the top 10 in its second week. It will be Spears' first studio album to fall out of the top 10 after just one week. Her previous shortest run in the top 10 for a studio album was 2007's "Blackout," which spent just two weeks in the top 10.
What do you have against Britney? Thoes are tears of sadness not joy sis. |
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Post by Arabella21 on Dec 17, 2013 22:38:01 GMT -5
I understand that HITS and Soundscan are different, but seriously how can we have a different number for Beyonce? IDGI, either. It's an iTunes exclusive and Apple did a press release with exact numbers for her US sales. All HITS had to do was copy-paste from the article about it. |
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 18, 2013 8:59:34 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5840087/beyonce-makes-billboard-200-history-with-fifth-no-1-album?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=biz_breakingnews&utm_campaign=BIZ%20Breaking%20NewsBeyonce Makes Billboard 200 History with Fifth No. 1 Album By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | December 17, 2013 It's official: Beyonce's new self-titled album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making her the first woman to hit No. 1 with her first five studio albums. It follows the chart-topping "Dangerously In Love" (2003), "B'Day" (2006), "I Am…Sasha Fierce" (2008) and "4" (2011). All five of her albums also debuted at No. 1. The two other acts that have taken their first five studio sets to No. 1: rapper DMX and folk group the Kingston Trio. (DMX also happens to be the only other act, aside from Beyonce, to debut at No. 1 with his first five studio efforts.) "Beyonce" was released on the morning of Dec. 13 -- exclusively via the iTunes Store without any pre-release announcement -- and it sold 617,000 copies through the week ending Dec. 15, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's a record high sales week for Beyonce, as the diva's previous best week came when "B'Day" bowed with 541,000. iTunes is the exclusive seller of the album, released on Columbia Records, through Dec. 18. The physical version of the album should start to reach U.S. retailers sometime between Dec. 18 and 20. (The arrival day varies, depending on how far -- and fast -- the CDs travel from Sony's distribution center to retailers.) "Beyonce" also notches the largest sales week for a woman in 2013, and the year's fourth-biggest sales week overall. It follows the No. 1 debuts of Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" (968,000), Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" (792,000) and Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" (658,000). (The last larger week for a woman was when Taylor Swift's "Red" debuted with 1.2 million at No. 1 upon its release in October 2012.) As previously reported, iTunes announced that "Beyonce" tallied the largest sales week for an album in its U.S. iTunes Store and was its fastest-selling title ever globally (828,773 sold worldwide through Dec. 15). (To note: The music industry tracks weekly sales on a Monday through Sunday basis, hence why Beyonce's feat is being measured after only three days on sale.) "Beyonce's" launch is also the second-largest digital sales week overall -- counting all digital retailers. It's second behind the debut frame of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which sold 662,000 downloads in its first week. (That number was enhanced by Amazon MP3's decision to sell the set for 99-cents for two days during its first week. Billboard has estimated that Amazon MP3's 99-cent version resulted in 440,000 copies sold.) "Beyonce" is only the second digital-only album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following the 2010 all-star live charity album "Hope For Haiti Now." It debuted at No. 1 with 171,000 downloads sold, after no more than two full days on sale. (It was released on an off-cycle Jan. 23, while the tracking week ended on Jan. 25.) It spent a second week at No. 1, shifting 143,000 downloads in its first full week on sale. The rest of the new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on Dec. 18. Expected top 10 arrivals include R. Kelly's new "Black Panties" and Childish Gambino's "Because the Internet."
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Post by badrobot on Dec 18, 2013 10:28:07 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get:
Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380
Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830
People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce -- nearly $10 million dollars in 3 days.
EDITED because everyone was completely missing/ignoring the point of this post -- I am SOLELY looking at the amount consumers spent.
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Post by Push The Button on Dec 18, 2013 10:38:40 GMT -5
*EDIT* never mind, I misunderstood.
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Post by Lockheart on Dec 18, 2013 11:06:00 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get: Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380 Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830 People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce. She cashed in nearly $10 million dollars (before iTunes/label percentages, etc.) in 3 days. Yeah, but Bey's album included other contents (music videos). I don't know how that figures into how much she cashed in. |
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Post by Duca on Dec 18, 2013 11:08:41 GMT -5
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/8/2013
1. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ 617,000 (617,000)
4. R. Kelly - Black Panties 134,000 (134,000)
7. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet 96,000 (96,000)
8. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 83,000 (1,490,000)
24. Drake - Nothing Was The Same 28,000 (1,259,000)
27. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2 24,000 (681,000)
66. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist 11,000 (1,193,000)
76. Yo Gotti - I Am 10,000 (89,000)
94. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: 1 of 2 9,000 (2,390,000)
107. 2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 8,000 (203,000)
155. JAY Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail 6,000 (1,083,000)
191. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city 5,000 (1,109,000)
3.1 million for 20/20 next week. :)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 18, 2013 11:13:11 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/news/5840317/beyonce-tops-billboard-200-r-kelly-and-childish-gambino-debut-in-top-10Beyonce Tops Billboard 200, R. Kelly and Childish Gambino Debut in Top 10By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | December 18, 2013 As reported last night, Beyonce makes history at the top of the Billboard 200 this week with her new self-titled album. The set debuts at No. 1 with 617,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making the diva the first woman to reach No. 1 with her first five studio albums. "Beyonce" was released exclusively through the iTunes Store on Dec. 13, though other retailers will start to receive the physical copy of the album between Dec. 18 and Dec. 20. (The arrival day varies, depending on how far -- and fast -- the CDs travel from the distribution center to retailers.) Its start on the chart this week is powered solely by download sales from iTunes. Last week's No. 1 album, Garth Brooks's Walmart-exclusive box set "Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences," slips to No. 2 with 172,000 (up 17%). With Beyonce's iTunes-exclusive album at No. 1, and Brooks' Walmart offering at No. 2, this week marks the first time the top two albums in the country are both exclusive to just one retailer. More fun facts: "Beyonce" is a digital-exclusive title, while Brooks' set is only available as a physical album. (Further, none of Brooks' albums have ever been available in the iTunes Store.) At No. 3 this week is a title that's available everywhere, both digitally and physically: Kelly Clarkson's "Wrapped In Red." The holiday album holds at No. 3 with 136,000 (up 21%). The singer's NBC TV special, "Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale," aired during the tracking week (Dec. 11), and earned 5.3 million viewers according to Nielsen. R. Kelly collects his 15th top 10 album, as "Black Panties" arrives at No. 4 with 133,000. It's the R&B veteran's highest charting album since 2009's "Untitled" debuted and peaked at No. 4. The new set's opening week sales surpass the debut frame of his last set, 2012's "Write Me Back," which bowed at No. 5 with 68,000. One Direction's "Midnight Memories" falls 2-5 with 123,000 (though it is up 5%) and the Robertsons' "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" descends 5-6 with 108,000 (up 3%). Childish Gambino scores his best sales week and highest charting set, as his second album, "Because the Internet," opens at No. 7 with 96,000. The actor/comedian/hip-hop artist's first release, 2011's "Camp," debuted and peaked at No. 11 off a 52,000 start. It's the fourth top 10 album for Gambino's record label, Glassnote Records. The company previous notched top 10s with Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" (No. 2) and "Babel" (No. 1), and Phoenix's "Bankrupt!" (No. 4). Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" moves 6-8 with 83,000 (down less than 1%) while Katy Perry's "PRISM" rests at No. 9 for another week with 59,000 (up 15%). At No. 10 -- up one slot -- is the soundtrack to the Disney animated film "Frozen," with 56,000 (up 10%). The set is the first soundtrack from an animated feature film to reach the top 10 since Disney's "Cars" drove in at No. 6 in 2006. In total, "Frozen" is the tenth animated film soundtrack to hit the top 10, with six of those coming from a Disney film. Over on the Digital Songs chart, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something" jumps back to No. 1 (up two slots) with 233,000 (up 41%). Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, slides 1-2 with 187,000 (down 3%). Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, dips 2-3 with 175,000 (down 6%) while OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" is steady at No. 4 with 145,000 (down less than 1%). Passenger's "Let Her Go" climbs 6-5 with 118,000 (up 11%) and One Direction's "Story Of My Life" falls 5-6 with 108,000 (down 1%). Lorde's "Royals" is a non-mover at No. 7 with 98,000 (down 9%), while Imagine Dragons' "Demons" is also stationary at No. 8 with 90,000 (down 4%). Ellie Goulding's "Burn" breaks into the top 10 for the first time, rising 11-9 with 84,000 (up 27%), while Justin Bieber's "Confident," featuring Chance the Rapper, starts at No. 10 with 77,000. It's the first charting single for the latter artist, who previously spent one week on the both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts with "Acid Rap." Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 15) totaled 8.69 million units, up 22% compared with the sum last week (7.11 million) and down 11% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (9.71 million). Year to date album sales stand at 269.39 million, down 8% compared to the same total at this point last year (293.48 million). Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.57 million downloads, down less than 1% compared with last week (19.59 million) and down 14% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (22.79 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.19 billion, down 5% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.25 billion). Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Taylor Swift's "Red" held at No. 1 with 276,000 (up 32%) and T.I.'s "Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head" debuted at No. 2 with 179,000.
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 18, 2013 11:16:53 GMT -5
Congratulations to Beyoncé. To do what she did is amazing. Hopefully, the first full week's sales will hold up and maybe she will scan a million copies.
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moore746
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Post by moore746 on Dec 18, 2013 11:23:11 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get: Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380 Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830 People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce. She cashed in nearly $10 million dollars (before iTunes/label percentages, etc.) in 3 days. How much did Gaga's label actually make though? I know Amazon sold it at a huge loss. |
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Post by badrobot on Dec 18, 2013 11:25:03 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get: Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380 Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830 People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce. She cashed in nearly $10 million dollars (before iTunes/label percentages, etc.) in 3 days. Yeah, but Bey's album included other contents (music videos). I don't know how that figures into how much she cashed in. My numbers were completely ignoring back-end costs -- focusing sheerly on what consumers spent. |
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tshawn74
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Post by tshawn74 on Dec 18, 2013 11:52:06 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get: Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380 Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830 People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce. She cashed in nearly $10 million dollars (before iTunes/label percentages, etc.) in 3 days. I hope u know it's the record label that cashed in that $10 million. |
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Post by mluv on Dec 18, 2013 11:58:10 GMT -5
Not trying to throw shade, but I think it's interesting to call out how much money was actually spent on Gaga vs Bey for the digital record. I'm not sure what the average price was for the non-99 cent Born This Way but I'm going to guess high for the benefit of the doubt and say $11.99. So we get: Gaga: $11.99 x 222,000 + $0.99 x 440,000 = $3,097,380 Beyonce: $15.99 x 617,000 = $9,865,830 People spent more than 3 times as much on Beyonce. She cashed in nearly $10 million dollars (before iTunes/label percentages, etc.) in 3 days. The label gets the same amount & percentage they originally agree to no matter what sale price Amazon sold the album. Amazon is the one who sells at a loss. That's why when several months ago Amazon by mistake sold the Head and The Heart album for I believe .79 cents instead of 7.99 the label and the artist actively encouraged all their fans to get the album. Amazon sells things as a loss leader to get people to come to their site. In other words, your figures on what the label (because the majority of artists are too in debt to the label to ever make money off album sales) made are wrong. |
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Post by It's me, bitch. on Dec 18, 2013 13:03:13 GMT -5
What are Beyoncé's current per album sales for solo efforts thus far?
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