HITS 6/8 Jack Johnson

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

CHART DATE: 06/08/2009

-- 1 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 424,027 --
BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
1 2 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 141,608 -32%
RELAPSE
-- 3 311 VOLCANO/JLG 60,708 --
UPLIFTER
2 4 GREEN DAY REPRISE 52,162 -27%
21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
-- 5 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 51,519 --
CHICKENFOOT
3 6 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 50,664 0%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 7 TAKING BACK SUNDAY WARNER BROS. 49,743 --
NEW AGAIN
5 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 46,349 0%
FAME
6 9 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 39,687 -5%
GREATEST HITS II
7 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 35,861 +5%
FEARLESS

[alchemist]

CHART DATE: 06/07/2010
LAST UPDATE: 06/07/2010 10:40:43
NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 67,604
TO THE SEA
3 2 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 38,412
MY WORLD 2.0
4 3 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 29,176
NEED YOU NOW
1 4 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 21,516
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
5 5 USHER LAFACE/JLG 21,487
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
15 6 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 33 CAPITOL/EMI 17,327
VARIOUS ARTISTS
6 7 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 16,355
FAME
14 8 AC/DC COLUMBIA 13,310
IRON MAN 2 SOUNDTRACK
24 9 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 12,790
REVOLUTION
19 10 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 12,772
FOUNDATION
12 11 GODSMACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 12,571
THE ORACLE
20 12 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 12,314
MY WORLD
16 13 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 12,114
ANIMAL
25 14 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 11,183
FAME MONSTER (EP)
21 15 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 10,868
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
22 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 10,638
PLAY ON
-- 17 CLAY AIKEN DECCA 8,955
TRIED AND TRUE
2 18 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ATLANTIC 8,744
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
34 19 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 7,769
DARK HORSE
33 20 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 7,334
FEARLESS
46 21 MIRANDA COSGROVE COLUMBIA 7,205
SPARKS FLY
8 22 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 7,092
LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
17 23 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 6,982
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
29 24 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 6,959
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
28 25 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 6,747
CRAZY LOVE
-- 26 TAIO CRUZ MERCURY 6,563
ROKSTARR
30 27 LUDACRIS DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 6,405
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
50 28 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 6,300
RATED R
10 29 NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,828
DISTANT RELATIVES
41 30 TRAIN COLUMBIA 5,338
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
-- 31 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 5,089
DOIN' MY THING
11 32 SEX & THE CITY 2 WATERTOWER MUSIC 4,814
SOUNDTRACK
13 33 MARC ANTHONY SONY MUSIC LATIN 4,756
ICONOS
18 34 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 4,675
#1S... AND THEN SOME
-- 35 MONICA J RECORDS/RMG 4,566
STILL STANDING
-- 36 MARVIN SAPP VERITY/JLG 4,531
HERE I AM
37 37 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 4,278
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 1
-- 38 ERYKAH BADU UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 4,233
NEW AMERYKAH, PART TWO
-- 39 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 4,133
LEAVE THIS TOWN
36 40 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 3,869
THE POWER OF MADONNA
-- 41 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 3,864
READY
-- 42 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 3,791
LADY ANTEBELLUM
40 43 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE JIVE/RED 3,746
FEVER
7 44 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 3,719
BROTHERS
47 45 CHARICE REPRISE 3,679
CHARICE
48 46 SADE EPIC 3,584
SOLDIER OF LOVE
-- 47 TONI BRAXTON ATLANTIC 3,499
PULSE
49 48 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 3,382
REBIRTH
-- 49 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 3,371
PASS THE JAR: LIVE
-- 50 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 3,252
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

[vstreamer]

Anyone know or guess what outlets have reported so far?

[Donnie5]

Jun 7, 2010 13:28:29 GMT -5 vstreamer said:

Anyone know or guess what outlets have reported so far?

Very small ones hopefully, in Jack Johnson's case.

[Honeymoon]

Well considering that Jack Johnson's sales are proportionally low to the estimate, I'd guess iTunes hasnt reported

[allegra]

Does anyone know the store reporting order for HDD? Does the first update include either Amazon or iTunes?

[sunpeach]

Clay Aiken's sales are shockingly low. And he was on The View and GMA- so the 'tried and true' 'no promo' excuse really doesn't wash here.

[cking33]

Jun 7, 2010 13:59:59 GMT -5 allegra said:

Does anyone know the store reporting order for HDD? Does the first update include either Amazon or iTunes?

Not sure, but I'll say this after tracking Carole King and James Taylor's sales the past few weeks, it looks as though the Amazon update comes later. They've been #3, #2 or #1 on Amazon for a while, and I've noticed, they always have strong updates on HITS towards the end and start out slow in the beginning. Take now, with over 50% in, they're at #22. They'll end up around the top 10 when all is said and done.

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 14:28:25 GMT -5 sunpeach said:

Clay Aiken's sales are shockingly low. And he was on The View and GMA- so the 'tried and true' 'no promo' excuse really doesn't wash here.

You're kidding right? I just read earlier in the thread that Tiao Cruz had a #1 hit on the radio selling over 2 million singles over how many months of pre-release promotion, plus he has guest hip-hop artists on the CD and numerous TV appearances under his belt and yet he is tracking lower than Aiken right now even though Clay had nothing in the way of promotion till June 1st, the day of his release.

The distributors stocked the stores with racks of Tiao Cruz's CDs when it was hard to find any of Clay's at all.

If Clay's sales exceed or even come close to Tiao's it will be amazing that a guy with no radio, no video, no pre-release promotion and all considered, a lack of product in the stores is in a position to do as well or better than a guy with a ton of promotion, radio, a #1 hit etc.

[PDC1987]

Clay's CD isn't heavily stocked because nobody wants it.

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 14:45:19 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Clay's CD isn't heavily stocked because nobody wants it.

I doubt that is the case but then why is Tiao Cruz's CD heavily stocked when apparently nobody wants it either then?

[tsw2008]

Jun 7, 2010 14:50:30 GMT -5 alchemist said:

Jun 7, 2010 14:45:19 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Clay's CD isn't heavily stocked because nobody wants it.

I doubt that is the case but then why is Tiao Cruz's CD heavily stocked when apparently nobody wants it either then?

Taio's CD is heavily stocked because he has a huge hit and has massive cross format airplay. Technically that should lead to more demand however it's clearly not the case here.

[vstreamer]

Jun 7, 2010 14:33:30 GMT -5 cking33 said:

Jun 7, 2010 13:59:59 GMT -5 allegra said:

Does anyone know the store reporting order for HDD? Does the first update include either Amazon or iTunes?

Not sure, but I'll say this after tracking Carole King and James Taylor's sales the past few weeks, it looks as though the Amazon update comes later. They've been #3, #2 or #1 on Amazon for a while, and I've noticed, they always have strong updates on HITS towards the end and start out slow in the beginning. Take now, with over 50% in, they're at #22. They'll end up around the top 10 when all is said and done.

OK, what you say makes it sensible to conclude that Amazon has not reported yet.

[StarSprinkles]

Considering Clay is on track to experience a near 80% drop in first week sales between his last album in 2008 and this one, I'd say his sales are pretty bad.

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 15:40:26 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

Considering Clay is on track to experience a near 80% drop in first week sales between his last album in 2008 and this one, I'd say his sales are pretty bad.

Considering that his sales this week will be a 700% increase from his 2009 album, I'd say his sales are pretty damn excellent.

[StarSprinkles]

What 2009 Clay album? The Walmart Playlist compilation CD? That's not an album in any stretch of the imagination.

Please, show me the studio album that Clay actively released and promoted in 2009 to back up your ridiculous claims that Tried and True's sales are "pretty darn excellent"

ETA- I just did the math, and Clay's first week sales are down over 97% from his first album. Only 2.77% of people who bought Measure of a Man are buying Tried and True. Again, I fail to see how such numbers are "pretty darn excellent."

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 15:50:13 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

What 2009 Clay album? The Walmart Playlist compilation CD? That's not an album in any stretch of the imagination.

Please, show me the studio album that Clay actively released and promoted in 2009 to back up your ridiculous claims that Tried and True's sales are "pretty darn excellent"

It isn't necessary. When his sales are similar to another new release that has had 1000x more promotion and availability then he is doing just fine if not pretty darn excellent.

[StarSprinkles]

LMAO!!!! Taio Cruz is a new artist. Clay is not. Comparing someone who has sold 6 million CD's in this country and was on America's most watched TV show to someone who is not only British, but just now releasing his debut album in the US is not a fair comparison to make.

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 16:07:07 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

LMAO!!!! Taio Cruz is a new artist. Clay is not. Comparing someone who has sold 6 million CD's in this country and was on America's most watched TV show to someone who is not only British, but just now releasing his debut album in the US is not a fair comparison to make.

Did Tiao just come out since his last album? Did he lose most of his fundamentalist christian fans because they could not stomach supporting a gay man? Did he have to start all over again with a new label and try to overcome the most hated man in the gay world status simply because he came out on a different time table than they wanted from him? Was he dogged by stalkers and tabloids for 7 years? Does he have internet based groups that exist solely for the purpose of hating him?

No? Then I'd say Tiao has an advantage.

[rosemoor]

ewww, idol fans, gtfo.

[StarSprinkles]

Lol!!! Adam came out of the closet before he ever released any original material, and he's doing pretty darn well for himself. ;)

Besides, Taio is a male pop R&B singer, which historically have the lowest sales of any type of performer on Top 40. Clay is a standards singer, who have among the HIGHEST sales of any performers

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 16:31:27 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

Lol!!! Adam came out of the closet before he ever released any original material, and he's doing pretty darn well for himself. ;)

What does that have to do with anything? You really don't have to inject him into every conversation on every thread. Really you don't. No, really!

Stop editing your posts. It gets annoying.

Besides, Taio is a male pop R&B singer, which historically have the lowest sales of any type of performer on Top 40. Clay is a standards singer, who have among the HIGHEST sales of any performers

Wait! Standards singers have the highest sales in Top 40? Come again? Or were you comparing apples to oranges here because I'm pretty sure that Top 40 plays zero standards.

[StarSprinkles]

Stop editing your posts. It gets annoying.

Old TWoP/Clackhouse habit ;)

No, of course Clay isn't a Top 40 artist. I was saying that standards singers such as Michael Buble, SuBo, and Rod Stewart (during his standards phase) tend to have very big sales. Clay is one of them now, and his sales are horrible.

Oh and for someone who ISN'T a Top 40 artist and is a Standards singer, Michael Buble's had some success on the format. His "Home" did OK on Pop and GREAT on HAC (it went #1) and his "Haven't Met You Yet" is a Top 20 Pop hit.

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 16:56:58 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

No, of course Clay isn't a Top 40 artist. I was saying that standards singers such as Michael Buble, SuBo, and Rod Stewart tend to have very big sales. Clay is one of them now, and his sales are horrible.

Sweet mother of god. I think I'll just repeat myself.

Did any of them just come out since their last album? Did they lose most of their fundamentalist christian fans because they could not stomach supporting a gay man? Did they have to start all over again with a new label and try to overcome the most hated man in the gay world status simply because he came out on a different time table than they wanted from him? Were they dogged by stalkers and tabloids for 7 years? Do they have internet based groups that exist solely for the purpose of hating them?

Why not compare Adam Lambert with Susan Boyle then? They both released albums the same week. They both came off of huge television shows with debut CDs. One sold 8 million while the other sold half a million.

His "Home" did OK on Pop and GREAT on HAC (it went #1) and his "Haven't Met You Yet" is a Top 20 Pop hit.

Neither song is a standard.

[sunpeach]

With all the promo- The View must have millions of viewers, Clay's flopping is shocking.

[StarSprinkles]

I actually didn't see much "revolt" around Clay's coming out. In fact, I saw much support and "Oh, we always knew" on the Clayboards I used to look at. Clay had lost many, many fans by then anyways.

Clay's first week sales for his 2008 album BEFORE he came out was 94,000. For his album before that, it was 211,000-a 55% drop. Between his 2006 album and his 2003 debut, there was a 66% drop in sales in the first week.

So no, it wasn't just Clay's coming out that caused him to continuously lose sales. Clay has always lost a significant amount of sales between each album.

Why not compare Adam Lambert with Susan Boyle then? They both released albums the same week. They both came off of huge television shows with debut CDs. One sold 8 million while the other sold half a million.

First of all, you compared Adam's US sales to SuBo's world sales, and second of all, Adam's world sales are close to 1 million for this album.

SuBo is the #1 selling artist in the world, btw. ;)

Clay should have bigger numbers, period though. He is NOT some unknown artist. He's very well known, has a major label deal, had prime TV exposure and allegedly has a large fanbase. He should have easily cleared more albums than people like Taio Cruz and Janelle Monae who are not even American, just starting out, had almost no TV exposure, and have no real established fanbase here in the states, but he didn't.

I did the math, and Clay loses, on average, about 66% of his sales between each album he releases. At that rate, he will open his next album with about 5,600 CD's in his debut week. That is pathetic, no matter how much you try to spin it.

[alchemist]

You kind of conveniently forgot the part about the lack of CDs in the stores. Oh yeah, she says, that! *facepalm*

[StarSprinkles]

I saw plenty of Clay's CD's at Wal-Mart-right next to Taio Cruz actually.

What I DID notice at my local Wal-Mart was that while Taio had several CD's gone from his little rack, Clay had only sold 1 CD in his.

ETA-GMA gets, on average, about 5 million viewers every day.

[Deleted]

Wow Clay's numbers suck, but it shouldn't be a surprise. Nobody's been checking for him since 2004....

[alchemist]

Jun 7, 2010 17:31:21 GMT -5 StarSprinkles said:

I saw plenty of Clay's CD's at Wal-Mart-right next to Taio Cruz actually.

What I DID notice at my local Wal-Mart was that while Taio had several CD's gone from his little rack, Clay had only sold 1 CD in his.

Pictures or it didn't happen. One lone voice, out of thousands that say different all over the country, that claims seeing lots of CDs on the new release rack yet. Sorry but no.