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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2011 21:28:02 GMT -5
Here are single sales for last week, aka the week that corresponds to the 1/15 chart. Thanks to melody56 in the General News forum.
Rank ARTIST | SONG NAME | Sales TW | Sales Total
1 TAYLOR SWIFT | BACK TO DECEMBER | 108,229 | 727,337 (GOLD) 2 THE BAND PERRY | IF I DIE YOUNG | 101,233 | 1,371,480 (PLATINUM) 3 SUGARLAND | STUCK LIKE GLUE | 98,512 | 1,413,553 (PLATINUM) 4 TAYLOR SWIFT | MINE | 92,074 | 1,610,206 (PLATINUM) 5 JASON ALDEAN | MY KINDA PARTY | 67,726 | 606,690 (GOLD) 6 KENNY CHESNEY | SOMEWHERE WITH YOU | 66,094 | 371,742 7 TIM MCGRAW | FELT GOOD ON MY LIPS | 64,389 | 375,878 8 JASON ALDEAN W/ KELLY CLARKSON | DON'T YOU WANNA STAY | 62,359 | 325,092 9 BLAKE SHELTON | WHO ARE YOU WHEN I'M NOT LOOKING | 51,221 | 300,791 10 LADY ANTEBELLUM | NEED YOU NOW | 48,769 | 4,506,558 (4X PLATINUM) 11 ZAC BROWN BAND W/ ALAN JACKSON | AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY | 42,212 | 542,200 (GOLD) 12 THOMPSON SQUARE | ARE YOU GONNA KISS ME OR NOT | 38,165 | 192,329 13 RODNEY ATKINS | FARMER'S DAUGHTER | 35,185 | 638,701 (GOLD) 14 BILLY CURRINGTON | LET ME DOWN EASY | 33,802 | 177,405 15 MIRANDA LAMBERT | ONLY PRETTIER | 33,216 | 344,430 16 ERIC CHURCH | SMOKE A LITTLE SMOKE | 30,309 | 372,042 17 SARA EVANS | A LITTLE BIT STRONGER | 28,202 | 241,380 18 CARRIE UNDERWOOD | MAMA'S SONG | 27,589 | 291,201 19 TAYLOR SWIFT | YOU BELONG WITH ME | 27,067 | 3,570,449 (3X PLATINUM) 20 MIRANDA LAMBERT | THE HOUSE THAT BUILT ME | 26,763 | 959,508 (PLATINUM) 21 KEITH URBAN | PUT YOU IN A SONG | 26,520 | 232,390 22 BRAD PASILEY | THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC | 26,270 | 67,867 23 TAYLOR SWIFT | LOVE STORY | 24,467 | 4,852,707 (4X PLATINUM) 24 TOBY KEITH | BULLETS IN THE GUN | 24,447 | 143,406 25 LADY ANTEBELLUM | HELLO WORLD | 24,426 | 176,833 26 JERROD NIEMANN | WHAT DO YOU WANT | 23,477 | 154,997 27 KENNY CHESNEY | THE BOYS OF FALL | 22,671 | 585,381 (GOLD) 28 CHIRS YOUNG | VOICES | 22,063 | 177,858 29 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND | FISHIN' IN THE DARK | 21,633 | 484,615 30 JASON ALDEAN | BIG GREEN TRACTOR | 21,347 | 1,594,758 (PLATINUM) 31 CARRIE UNDERWOOD | UNDO IT | 21,189 | 972,754 (GOLD) 32 REBA | TURN ON THE RADIO | 20,918 | 200,671 33 ZAC BROWN BAND | CHICKEN FRIED | 20,022 | 2,537,146 (2X PLATINUM)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 9, 2011 13:35:10 GMT -5
Its impressive how digital sales sometimes don't correlate w/ how much airplay a song gets at all. Like Reba's latest #1 has sold 200k but Sara's latest has sold 241k and hasn't even hit the Top 20 yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 14:15:30 GMT -5
^Yeah, sometimes that's the case. But in Sara's case, she is essentially re-establishing herself at radio after a bit of an absense. Programmers haven't had new Sara Evans music to play in quite some time, so when they get it, they might be more hesitant to play it at first.
It all builds--the sales, the airplay, the awareness of the song--slowly more and more people hear it, and digital sales will always respond first, before airplay does (if it does at all). It's a lot different with bigger stars--whenever Brad Paisley or Carrie Underwood announces a new single, they don't have to worry about programmers playing the song--they'll of course jump on it right away, and most of the time the big stars will cruise easily toward #1 or a spot close to it. I think digital sales can indicate a trend, and they're certainly good to measure the strength and popularity of a song.
Sara has got some great sales, but how about those for Eric Church and Thompson Square? Very impressive for them, too. Blake Shelton's song is also doing very well, and Rodney Atkins' "Farmer's Daughter" has some strong staying power.
Anyway, I can begin to post these each week. I tried to make it as easy to read as possible, and I also added in RIAA certifications. I hope this is ok with everyone!
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Post by ontheroadwith on Jan 9, 2011 14:43:00 GMT -5
Does anyone know how many downloads Sunny Sweeney has sold? I would assume she would be the next song on the list above. Just missed it.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jan 9, 2011 14:49:22 GMT -5
29 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND | FISHIN' IN THE DARK | 21,633 | 484,615
This is really good for a song as old as this one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2011 15:04:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know how many downloads Sunny Sweeney has sold? I would assume she would be the next song on the list above. Just missed it. I'm not sure how her sales are--I don't know that I'd guess she's the very next song, but she's probably not too far back. Her sales are probably respectable, but not as good as similar long-charting songs from Eric Church and Thompson Square. I just extracted all the country songs possible from an all-genre list, and Sunny wasn't in the top 33. 29 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND | FISHIN' IN THE DARK | 21,633 | 484,615 This is really good for a song as old as this one. Haha, yeah, I saw this one too. I imagine it's just because this song hasn't been available for that long as a dowload on iTunes or Amazon, since digital downloads didn't really exist back in the day. They might be doing something to work up this one's digital sales, too, a sort of promotion or something. This one probably hasn't been availabe for that long--idk how long it has been, but that's my guess. And hey, they might as well maximize the sales of this one, since this is a signature hit for that group, and I'd even call it a timeless classic.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 9, 2011 15:58:12 GMT -5
Does anyone know how many downloads Sunny Sweeney has sold? I would assume she would be the next song on the list above. Just missed it. She's in the Top 20 on the country charts already now & still hasn't debuted on the Hot 100 yet, so it looks like unfortunately she hasn't been selling too many digital singles. Hopefully that changes soon though.
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Post by jlatn5b on Jan 9, 2011 18:20:12 GMT -5
Sunny is at #53 on the chart posted above. Sold 12,988 singles last week and to date has sold 98,977.
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Post by ontheroadwith on Jan 10, 2011 15:38:56 GMT -5
^Thanks!!! That is a respectable number. Should go up as the single continues to rise. Just thought that she would be higher on the country list because she is sitting at #28 on the Country itunes list.
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Post by jlatn5b on Jan 19, 2011 12:52:14 GMT -5
Steel Magnolia debuted at #3 on the Country Albums chart and #7 on the Top 200 with their album - sold 28,000 copies. Not a bad debut considering it was pushed back and there isn't a current single getting much airplay (yet).
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Post by draggintheriver on Feb 9, 2011 15:44:53 GMT -5
How did the Jane Dearl Girls album do compared to Steel Magnolia's album debut?
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Post by mairy on Feb 9, 2011 15:58:52 GMT -5
How did the Jane Dearl Girls album do compared to Steel Magnolia's album debut? According to HDD it sold 10,000 copies. That's less that the hald Steel Magnolia did.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 16:02:42 GMT -5
^Wow, 10,000...? That's called flopping it big time...
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Post by mairy on Feb 9, 2011 16:10:44 GMT -5
^Wow, 10,000...? That's called flopping it big time... I wasn't expecting much more... They may have a hit single, but it's just about the single, not about them. I don't think much people really care about them. At least yet.
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Post by rsmatto on Feb 9, 2011 18:56:16 GMT -5
^Wow, 10,000...? That's called flopping it big time... Nah, That's not bad in the current climate really, particularly since everyone who likes the single probably bought it digitally or is wating for "Shotgun Girl" or other singles to come out before buying. Joe Nichols sold 10,000 of "Greatest Hits the week before.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 19:04:52 GMT -5
^It's the lowest I've seen in quite a while. Steel Magnolia had only one really succesful (and year-old) single, and a minor hit, and their album sold almost 3x as much.
Thompson Square is likely to sell at least twice as much. As far as Joe's GH package, "Greatest Hits" says it all. GH packages don't sell nearly as well as studio albums, so 10,000 there is decent--most people probably already had Joe's music on old studio CD's or digital copies of all those songs.
I think the JaneDear Girls tally is quite low--and I don't think they will sell well. I've seen nothing but horrible reviews of the CD, and I understand why after checking out the listening party...
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Post by rsmatto on Feb 9, 2011 19:47:47 GMT -5
^It's the lowest I've seen in quite a while. Steel Magnolia had only one really succesful (and year-old) single, and a minor hit, and their album sold almost 3x as much. Thompson Square is likely to sell at least twice as much. As far as Joe's GH package, "Greatest Hits" says it all. GH packages don't sell nearly as well as studio albums, so 10,000 there is decent--most people probably already had Joe's music on old studio CD's or digital copies of all those songs. I think the JaneDear Girls tally is quite low--and I don't think they will sell well. I've seen nothing but horrible reviews of the CD, and I understand why after checking out the listening party... I liked it and gave a 3.5 star review and so did American Songwriter.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 9, 2011 23:18:06 GMT -5
^Wow, 10,000...? That's called flopping it big time... Like rsmatto said, its really not that bad for today's charts. If they'd sold only a few thousand more copies, they could've debuted in the Top 5 considering how flat sales were... they were pretty even across the board, aside from #1/2 (Jason/Taylor). And they're still a new relatively-unknown duo. I think they've got something unique going for them, and with another radio hit (presumably Shotgun Girl), I can see them start to take off a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 23:44:29 GMT -5
I still don't think they are strong sales at all, and I don't think they'll hold strong for long at all. But that's just my opinion, and our differing views here are subjective of course.
I just look at Steel Magnolia and Thompson Square. SM sold like 28k, and had only a year-old single on there and a minor top 30 hit, and another in the 50's--so yeah, they had more exposure, but their album had been pushed back a bit. Now we've got Thompson Square, on a smaller label than The JaneDear Girls, looking for 21-24k next week.
Most other new acts from this past year seemed to sell more, too, although I guess many of them had better-performing lead singles and they were male singers (who seem to get more radio time). I'm thinking of Jerrod, Easton, Josh Thompson...also, Joey + Rory sold about as much as The JaneDear Girls, and they didn't have any singles on the chart at all.
I guess album sales are down, especially at this time of year, but I figured The JaneDear Girls would be able to pull in at least 15k. I can't see them having too much success with anything on this album, but I'll probably be wrong about that.
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Post by jlatn5b on Feb 10, 2011 1:24:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't say 10,000 is "flopping big time". Not all that great, but not horrible. I think it's hard to label that a loser until it's been out longer and we see if it has any staying power.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 10, 2011 7:15:01 GMT -5
I just look at Steel Magnolia and Thompson Square. SM sold like 28k, and had only a year-old single on there and a minor top 30 hit, and another in the 50's--so yeah, they had more exposure, but their album had been pushed back a bit. Now we've got Thompson Square, on a smaller label than The JaneDear Girls, looking for 21-24k next week. Steel Magnolia still had a huge debut single regardless of timing, and had the buzz of winning a reality singing competition. Thompson Square's single is connecting with fans, obviously, since its digital sales are incredibly high for a song that's thus far peaked at the same place as "Wildflower." I still think The JaneDear Girls are great and could have several more hits off this album and they fill a void left by The Wreckers that they could fit into and stick really well.
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Post by lizm on Feb 11, 2011 13:56:37 GMT -5
I still don't think they are strong sales at all, and I don't think they'll hold strong for long at all. But that's just my opinion, and our differing views here are subjective of course. Most other new acts from this past year seemed to sell more, too, although I guess many of them had better-performing lead singles and they were male singers (who seem to get more radio time). I'm thinking of Jerrod, Easton, Josh Thompson...also, Joey + Rory sold about as much as The JaneDear Girls, and they didn't have any singles on the chart at all. I agree that JaneDear Girls sales are quite low. You can add Danny Gokey to that list of new acts above. His album sold 68,000 the first week with a single just in the top 30's, more than any of the new artists listed above. I realize coming from American Idol he would have higher sales BUT 10,000 debut seems very low to me with a single in the top 20 and video playing regularly on GAC and CMT.
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 17, 2011 11:17:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2011 14:36:51 GMT -5
^That doesn't surprise me at all, really. I thought the low 20's would be easily reached by them, and I've been following them online...their single is just blowing up, and it seems like this album is a hot item.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 17, 2011 15:55:35 GMT -5
Shame that Taylor & Jason went up. With these numbers, Thompson Square could've debuted at #1 on the country chart last week.
But still great sales to be proud of for a new country act.
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Post by onebuffalo on Mar 2, 2011 11:20:00 GMT -5
Lady Antebellum sold another 28,000 copies of Need You Now. It is their 31st week at #1, tying them with Clint Black's Killin' Time for eighth place with the most time spent at #1.
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Post by mairy on Mar 2, 2011 16:07:18 GMT -5
I think we don't have listening parties for Aaron Lewis and Lucinda Williams, so I'll put their HDD predicitions here:
Staind front man Aaron Lewis returns with his solo debut, Town Line, a country effort on Stroudavarious, the label founded by producer and former Giant Records and DreamWorks Nashville head James Stroud, which appears headed for a first-week total of between 28-32k
Veteran Americana roots singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams' latest Lost Highway album, Blessed, her 11th in an impressive, critically acclaimed career, should do in the 21-24k range.
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Post by singingsparrow on Mar 3, 2011 22:25:34 GMT -5
Shame that Taylor & Jason went up. With these numbers, Thompson Square could've debuted at #1 on the country chart last week. But still great sales to be proud of for a new country act. Thompson Square has benefited, above all else I think, for their ties to Jason Aldean and his touring band. Certainly having a hit artist's touring band producing your debut record automatically provides great publicity. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by singingsparrow on Mar 3, 2011 22:28:08 GMT -5
I think we don't have listening parties for Aaron Lewis and Lucinda Williams, so I'll put their HDD predicitions here: Staind front man Aaron Lewis returns with his solo debut, Town Line, a country effort on Stroudavarious, the label founded by producer and former Giant Records and DreamWorks Nashville head James Stroud, which appears headed for a first-week total of between 28-32k
Veteran Americana roots singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams' latest Lost Highway album, Blessed, her 11th in an impressive, critically acclaimed career, should do in the 21-24k range.Wow, I honestly wasn't expecting numbers like those. Impressive for both artists. Thankfully "Country Boy" is the nadir of the former record. That single is just atrociously awful. The rest of the EP is actually listenable. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by mairy on Mar 9, 2011 16:05:36 GMT -5
HDD predictions:
RCA Nashville country singer-songwriter Sara Evans’ Stronger and Ice H20/EMI rapper Raekwon’s Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, are both looking at between 40-45k in first-week sales.
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