Pet Shop Boy
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Jan 4, 2004 12:02:19 GMT -5
I find it very strange. Even artists who would in other countries get a big album sales boost from a minor hit, such as Jewel, almost never re-enter the charts after dropping out.
People like Stacie Orrico and Jewel herself have enjoyed success with their second singles, but it just does nothing for their album sales at all. I wonder why reord company's don't just release one single per album over there. Kelly Rowland had the same problem earlier in the year. Album sales started great, but once the album was gone, it was gone, the followup singles did nothing for 'Simply Deep'.
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Post by pophector on Jan 4, 2004 12:27:33 GMT -5
Perhaps because Australia is the only place where their single sales haven't been affected at all. Besides Japan, I'd call OZ the biggest singles market in the world at the moment...(yes I know the UK is bigger, but OZ hasn't declined much at all unlike the former)
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strong4PMB!
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Post by strong4PMB! on Jan 4, 2004 16:20:41 GMT -5
Perhaps because Australia is the only place where their single sales haven't been affected at all. Besides Japan, I'd call OZ the biggest singles market in the world at the moment...(yes I know the UK is bigger, but OZ hasn't declined much at all unlike the former) Thank Delta Goodrem for that!  |
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Sean
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Post by Sean on Jan 4, 2004 16:43:41 GMT -5
I'm not sure but it's probably people here need convincing to buy an album... ie, 1 or 2 hit singles is not enough. They need to really prove their album worthy or something? That would explain why people like Kelly Rowland and Stacie Orrico haven't done well... they're still an unknown commodity beyond 1 or 2 hit singles and people would rather just buy the singles.
The prices of singles here has come down in the past few years. 5 years ago the standard price was AU$8.95-9.95 with some singles being sold at $4.95. Now $4.95 is the standard price with some singles being sold at $2-3 (which is like the price of a can of coke or something!).
I also found it strange how "Stripped" did really poorly at first here even though "Dirrty" was a top 10 smash. It fell off the top 50 after only a few weeks. It wasn't until "Beautiful" that the album rose back up and stayed there. I just think a lot of artists have to reach a certain point with the Australian audience to be worthy of buying their album (at least in the pop genre). A lot of rock artists don't seem to have this problem. Some artists that sell well on hype in the USA don't do the same here.
But there is no science to it and I'm not really sure, there are always theories and a lot of exceptions to disprove the theories too.
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jond7699
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Post by jond7699 on Jan 4, 2004 21:16:29 GMT -5
I actually wish that the US singles market didn't take such a beating in the late 90's. I wish we were more like Australia musically. But I would hate to see a national chart like the UK's. Don't get me wrong I follow the chart and love it but I would hate to see the US wIth almost no artists bulleted after there 1st week.
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Sean
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Post by Sean on Jan 4, 2004 23:58:28 GMT -5
I quite like the Aussie chart as it's a good combo of US, European and Aussie music. Plus, it's not so slow moving and radio-based like the US but it's also not so fast-paced like the UK, it's a good balance. It's a shame the market is quite small!
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