WolfSpear
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Post by WolfSpear on Dec 12, 2020 21:08:17 GMT -5
I wish they’d release the CD the same week...
This is a newer strategy but it does help maximize the chart life; the industry is also figuring out what to do with the CD. At this point, it’s pushing itself further into novelty.
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iHype.
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Post by iHype. on Dec 12, 2020 21:36:16 GMT -5
I am still surprised people even buy CDs in the year 2020.
Newer laptops no longer have CD readers, newer cars no longer have CD players, and having to export a CD to a digital library seems so ancient/2009.
Even from a collector's standpoint, Vinyls would seem to be a better investment.
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 12, 2020 22:21:14 GMT -5
I still play my Taylor CDs in the car.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 13, 2020 0:27:12 GMT -5
I still play my Taylor CDs in the car. newer cars, not a Toyota Camry.
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Post by jarhys on Dec 13, 2020 0:31:35 GMT -5
I still play my Taylor CDs in the car. newer cars, not a Toyota Camry. I call shade
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Post by loveless on Dec 13, 2020 1:02:49 GMT -5
CDs are useful when you have an old car and no aux cord. And I still sometimes buy CDs from smaller artists who could use the extra buck, so... not Taylor Swift.
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Post by Ratatouille on Dec 13, 2020 4:00:37 GMT -5
I am still surprised people even buy CDs in the year 2020. Newer laptops no longer have CD readers, newer cars no longer have CD players, and having to export a CD to a digital library seems so ancient/2009. Even from a collector's standpoint, Vinyls would seem to be a better investment. I buy CD for collection
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Post by Verisimilitude on Dec 13, 2020 8:12:54 GMT -5
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Post by kierz7 on Dec 13, 2020 8:57:22 GMT -5
That is awesome for both. Cudi has always been consistent.(well the "Man On The Moon" theme has consistent.) MOTM:104k MOTM2:169k Indicud:139k Satellite Flight..:87k Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven:19k Passion Pain and Demon Slayin:49k Kids See Ghosts:142k This is extremely impressive consistency shown by Cudi. 👏🏿 I hope he sees close to 200K+ overall - anything above that would be fantastic but I doubt he’ll peak there. I’m hoping his AM streams pull through.
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Post by Push The Button on Dec 13, 2020 9:57:55 GMT -5
I am still surprised people even buy CDs in the year 2020. Newer laptops no longer have CD readers, newer cars no longer have CD players, and having to export a CD to a digital library seems so ancient/2009. Even from a collector's standpoint, Vinyls would seem to be a better investment. I buy CDs and vinyls of my favorite artists. I haven’t listened in years, but I can’t just stop when I own everything else.
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Post by Future Captain on Dec 13, 2020 10:00:48 GMT -5
She'll probably end up with at least 400k by the end of the week. Second largest debut week for female album of 2020 after herself definitely isn't bad
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Post by fengyu on Dec 15, 2020 4:11:54 GMT -5
really hoping she hits at least 500k tbh and continues her streak of >500k albums
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iHype.
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Post by iHype. on Dec 15, 2020 18:13:14 GMT -5
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 15, 2020 18:16:39 GMT -5
Wish they would have conveniently delayed shipping for some of those Folklore CDs to distribute them more evenly in future weeks.
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Post by neverduplicated on Dec 15, 2020 18:33:35 GMT -5
Can we say legendary? When is the last time an artist had two albums in the top 3? Wish she could've had the top 2. Maybe next week if there's still a lot of copies that haven't been shipped.
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Post by myhouse911 on Dec 15, 2020 18:59:08 GMT -5
Can we say legendary? When is the last time an artist had top albums in the top 3? Wish she could've had the top 2. Maybe next week if there's still a lot of copies that haven't been shipped. Prince in 2016. He had 5 albums in the top 10 (positions 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7)
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Post by forg on Dec 15, 2020 19:08:02 GMT -5
Taylor is really savvy! I'm impressed!
Carrie's Christmas album is also doing well
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 15, 2020 19:16:40 GMT -5
I'm still kind of expecting her team to ship out x amount of physicals before the cutoff to get the numbers a bit higher tbh
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Dec 15, 2020 19:16:57 GMT -5
Evermore will have pretty nice numbers from SEAs. It just became #1 at Apple Music.
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Post by Night Senses on Dec 15, 2020 19:17:17 GMT -5
Fine Line... 17k pure... one year later. A monster!!
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Post by neverduplicated on Dec 15, 2020 19:29:25 GMT -5
Evermore will have pretty nice numbers from SEAs. It just became #1 at Apple Music. Maybe, but I think it makes more sense for her team to now try and maximize the second week. Considering it's Christmas, she always does very well with physicals, and she'll still get big streaming numbers next week, evermore will have a huge second week.
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Post by 14887fan on Dec 15, 2020 21:23:26 GMT -5
...Mendes not even clearing the Top 20? Wonder how steep his drop is gonna be this week.
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Post by myhouse911 on Dec 15, 2020 21:33:08 GMT -5
^ Yes, I 'Wonder' too. Top 30 maybe? I'd imagine his pure sales will be quite small, so I guess it depends on how many still stream the album this week? Maybe top 40 is a safer bet..
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Dec 15, 2020 21:34:28 GMT -5
^Monster is the highest ranking songf from the album in both Spotify and Apple at #78 and #80, respectively. It's already down to #32 at Apple Music and pretty much out of the top 100 of iTunes. So, pretty steep ...
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Post by fengyu on Dec 15, 2020 21:39:16 GMT -5
Evermore will have pretty nice numbers from SEAs. It just became #1 at Apple Music. Maybe, but I think it makes more sense for her team to now try and maximize the second week. Considering it's Christmas, she always does very well with physicals, and she'll still get big streaming numbers next week, evermore will have a huge second week. i wonder if it's possible that we're looking at a larger second week than first week?
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myhouse911
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Post by myhouse911 on Dec 15, 2020 21:40:46 GMT -5
Maybe, but I think it makes more sense for her team to now try and maximize the second week. Considering it's Christmas, she always does very well with physicals, and she'll still get big streaming numbers next week, evermore will have a huge second week. i wonder if it's possible that we're looking at a larger second week than first week? Certainly possible if her streaming doesn't drop much.
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WolfSpear
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Post by WolfSpear on Dec 15, 2020 22:03:35 GMT -5
Taylor will become the first female artist to hold down the top 2 in Sales; that's still quite a feat.
I'd say 2020 has been good to her.
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Post by shayonce on Dec 15, 2020 22:44:36 GMT -5
I knew her sales wouldn't go up from itinial projection. no bundles.
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Post by daysintheeast on Dec 15, 2020 23:20:40 GMT -5
considering how weak some weeks are on the BB200, artists can def game the system by releasing just enough shipping orders to get a #1 to maximize the number of #1 weeks for the album
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Post by neverduplicated on Dec 15, 2020 23:23:17 GMT -5
If those numbers hold, folklore will leapfrog Pop Smoke's album for #2 on the YTD SPS chart.
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