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Post by Resident_Evil on May 5, 2010 14:36:24 GMT -5
IN GODSMACK WE TRUST
Veteran Universal Republic Band Will Vie With Columbia’s MercyMe for #1
May 5, 2010
The top of next week’s HITS chart will be about hell and heaven.
Universal Republic Massachusetts metal vets Godsmack look headed for the top spot with its fifth studio album, The Oracle, on target for between 100-110k in sales, according to one-day sales reports from retailers selling records out of their car trunks.
Columbia Christian music act MercyMe, the Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Texas band, return with The Generous Mr. Lovewell, which could do anywhere from 85-90k, or even more, based on returns from religious bookstores.
Warner Bros.’ Deftones are back with Diamond Eyes, their first new studio album in four years, on pace for 55-60k.
Hear Music’s Carole King & James Taylor CD/DVD, Live at the Troubadour, timed for their summer tour, should do 50-55k.
Court Yard Hounds, the group formed by Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, will see their self-titled Open Wide/Columbia score 45-50k in first-week sales.
Atlantic soul diva Toni Braxton releases her first new album, Pulse, the first since 2005’s Libra, with estimated sales of 45-50k.
Asylum rap icons Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Uni-5: The World’s Enemy, is on pace to sell between 30-35k on their own BTNH Worldwide label, the same amount as Slip-n-Slide’s Trina, with Amazin’, through EMM.
Best New Artist Grammy winners Zac Brown Band’s Pass the Jar—Live, on Atlantic, should do 20-25k, the same as Vagrant’s The Hold Steady, with Heaven Is Whenever.
The market was down 1% vs. last week, down 11% vs. same week last year and still down 10% year to date. You may now return to wondering that that guy in the Islamic robes is doing jogging at midnight in your neighborhood.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 5, 2010 14:37:07 GMT -5
King/Taylor should debut in the top 10 if those numbers hold- nice.
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Post by Resident_Evil on May 5, 2010 14:38:09 GMT -5
really really heartbroken over Toni..but i guess the overall music sales are down and she has no hit to back up the album so that was bound to happen...oh well :(
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 5, 2010 14:41:35 GMT -5
Why heartbroken? What did her last album open with? With the declining sales climate, most have nowhere to go but down. (a few exceptions exist, of course)
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Post by Tanisha Thomas. on May 5, 2010 14:43:50 GMT -5
Toni's last album opened up with over 130k first week back in 2005.
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Post by Resident_Evil on May 5, 2010 14:44:39 GMT -5
Libra in 2005 opened with 115k and that too without a single hit and no promotion at all...i hope she gets a future hit to sustain the album (she has a few potential hits on there) .
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Post by metalfan87 on May 5, 2010 14:53:24 GMT -5
WAY 2 GO GODSMACK!
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Post by grouper6 on May 5, 2010 15:00:05 GMT -5
Libra in 2005 opened with 115k and that too without a single hit and no promotion at all...i hope she gets a future hit to sustain the album (she has a few potential hits on there) . I didn't expect her album to open with big numbers as her label has made a lot of mistakes with this release but 45-50k- that is not a good look. Atlantic should have sent 'Yesterday' and 'Hands Tied' to Urban radio Don't know how they allowed all those leaks and they never used her past fame to propel her into today's consciousness. It's gonna be had for her to recover! She needs to jump on a hot tour to at least make some personal money and promote, promote, promote. I will def get the album to support her but these numbers are not good no matter how they are spun! |
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Post by Love Plastic Love on May 5, 2010 15:01:36 GMT -5
Yay Godsmack!!!!
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Post by musicrocks on May 5, 2010 15:10:25 GMT -5
Wish Toni's were higher :(....her new songs are great! Her label is doing so bad with this album in all areas!!
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Post by 43dudleyvillas on May 5, 2010 15:15:45 GMT -5
I was hoping the Court Yard Hounds would hit 50K. I'm glad to see they have a chance at it.
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Post by galvanize on May 5, 2010 16:47:14 GMT -5
Godsmack On Track For No. 1 Album On Billboard 200
May 05, 2010 - Retail
By Keith Caulfield, L.A.
Next week on the Billboard 200 watch for rock band Godsmack to possibly earn its third No. 1 album with its new release "The Oracle." Industry prognosticators think the set could sell in the range of 100,000 to 120,000 copies by week's end on Sunday, May 9.
Godsmack has topped the chart with its last two full-length studio albums -- 2006's "IV" and 2003's "Faceless." The new album's current single, "Cryin' Like a Bitch!!," peaked at No. 7 on the Rock Songs radio airplay chart last month. This week it drops from No. 8 to No. 9 in its 12th week on the tally.
Other albums headed for perhaps a top 15 debut are Deftones' "Diamond Eyes," Toni Braxton's "Pulse" and James Taylor and Carole King's "Live at the Troubadour."
Other new releases include alterna-pop act the New Pornographers with its new album "Together," rap veterans Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Uni5: The World's Enemy," Latin super star Juan Gabriel's self-titled album -- his first studio release in over six years, Christian pop/rock group MercyMe with "The Generous Mr. Lovewell?" and Court Yard Hounds (also known as two-thirds of the Dixie Chicks) with its self-titled pop/rock debut.
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Wow, I guess having Natalie Maines in the Dixie Chicks does make a huge difference. :o I'd imagine Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams would sell the same amount if they released an album without Beyonce.
And poor Toni Braxton - I was fearing for this week actually... but this project was sort of botched up by her label from the start!
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on May 5, 2010 17:59:26 GMT -5
Awesome for Godsmack, even though IV's sales were much higher.
Nice for the Deftones as well.
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Post by metalfan87 on May 5, 2010 18:06:31 GMT -5
Awesome for Godsmack, even though IV's sales were much higher. Nice for the Deftones as well. RIGHT ON, BROTHER! |
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Post by kt1990 on May 5, 2010 18:10:04 GMT -5
Ouch @ Toni Flopton. Not good sales at all.
Still shocked about ZBB, why are they selling so well? Their album's nothing special. And good for Carole King!!
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Post by nicole on May 5, 2010 18:15:36 GMT -5
------------------------- Wow, I guess having Natalie Maines in the Dixie Chicks does make a huge difference. :o I'd imagine Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams would sell the same amount if they released an album without Beyonce. If Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams released an album with music in the same format and style as Destiny's Child and called themselves Destiny's Child it would sell well. If Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams released an album with music in a different format and style as Destiny's Child and called themselves something unrecognizable, it would not sell. If 2 of the 3 Dixie Chicks released a country album under the name "Dixie Chicks" it would sell well. However what is going on here is an album that drifts from the Dixie Chicks traditional sound under the name 'Court Yard Hounds' - a name not recognizable to anyone not paying close attention. Likely to distinguish it from something other than a Dixie Chicks album, since that is not what this is. |
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Post by galvanize on May 5, 2010 18:36:34 GMT -5
LOL - let's replace "Dixie Chicks" with "group" then.  But I just found it interesting to see how a side project with the main members sans the leading vocalist sells well although a bit less than I predicted. But this release was sort of under the radar outside of the internet & country world. Considering Kelly & Michelle's misfortune lately on the charts, I think they'd probably sell 70-80K depending on what direction they would hypothetically follow. |
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Post by nicole on May 5, 2010 18:40:13 GMT -5
Just trying to say maybe brand name, marketing & format has a role here?
They aren't using the Dixie Chicks brand name, nor are they attempting to recreate the Dixie Chicks sound & that may have a possible impact on sales?
Just a thought.
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Post by cking33 on May 5, 2010 18:54:06 GMT -5
King/Taylor should debut in the top 10 if those numbers hold- nice. Hopefully they do! That'd be Carole King's first top 10 album since "Thoroughbread" hit #3 in 1976. Her "Living Room Tour" 2-CD set was #17 in 2005. |
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on May 5, 2010 19:09:17 GMT -5
Court Yard Hounds don't even have a hit yet, do they? Aside from Coast being a single, has it done anything anywhere?
The record is pretty good. Somewhat similar to the Dixie Chicks but I'd say more folksy and acoustic and less country the way the Chicks were.
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Post by Enigma. on May 6, 2010 1:24:54 GMT -5
Pretty low numbers for Deftones. It's a brilliant album.
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Post by Legoman on May 6, 2010 5:48:11 GMT -5
Billboard throwin shade?
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Post by PDC1987 on May 6, 2010 20:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by realityBITES on May 6, 2010 23:53:01 GMT -5
Hold on to your bouquets, moms, cuz as many as nine titles could debut inside next week's Top 15. The decidedly non-sentimental Godsmack still gets the edge for #1, while Lady Antebellum and MercyMe appear to be locked in battle for the #2 spot. The Mother's Day weekend and the opening of Iron Man 2 will help drive sales through the weekend and could deliver a few surprises come Monday morning. But here’s how things are shaping up at this point: * Godsmack (Universal Republic) 100-110k Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 85-90k * MercyMe (Columbia) 85-90k Justin Bieber, My World 2.0 (Island/IDJ) 65-70k * Deftones (Reprise) 60-65k AC/DC, Iron Man 2 (Columbia) 55-60k * Court Yard Hounds (Columbia) 50-55k Usher (LaFace/JLG) 50-55k * Carole King & James Taylor (Hear Music) 50-55k * Toni Braxton (Atlantic) 45-50k B.O.B. (Atlantic) 40-45k * Trina (Slip-N-Slide/EMI) 30-35k * Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Asylum) 30-35k Lady Gaga, The Fame (Interscope) 30-35k Now 33 (Capitol/EMI) 25-30k * Zac Brown Band, Live (Atlantic) 25-30k * Denotes debut You may now return to ordering flowers online. (5/7a) www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi |
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Post by neally on May 6, 2010 23:54:15 GMT -5
^^ Thanks for posting this chart weekly, realityBYTES !
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Post by discoloser on May 7, 2010 1:57:51 GMT -5
Actually, CYH is selling what i had thought they would sell.
Good for them, maybe they can build on that.
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Post by sdot23 on May 7, 2010 9:42:12 GMT -5
Damn, B.o.B might drop out of the top 10! At least his sales drop will only be around 50%.
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Post by Tanisha Thomas. on May 7, 2010 9:55:58 GMT -5
Yeah, the position drop is bad, but the percentage drop is okay. He needs promo. Still haven't seen him around much.
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Post by jgizzle89 on May 7, 2010 13:24:35 GMT -5
^yeah, he's like nowhere to be found. oh, and it looks like Usher is getting a sales increase this week.
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Post by cking33 on May 7, 2010 13:51:13 GMT -5
Wow, Carole King and James Taylor might be top 5. If any album will get a boost because of Mother's Day, it'll be that one. It was smart of them to put it out this week.
EDIT: Take that back, I didn't correctly count the # of people ahead of them, still on track for top 10, though.
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