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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 16:10:43 GMT -5
Thats better than her first Christmas album debuted right? Thats with sales being better in 1994 and her being at the peak of her career.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 16:12:50 GMT -5
They've gotta send "When Christmas Comes to. UAC! Ditto. Oh Santa for Pop, Rhythmic and Urban When Christmas Comes for Urban AC One Child for AC = SMASH X-mas album! Absolutely ! Smashes Across The Board ! This album is Brilliant, and so is she.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 16:13:22 GMT -5
This album is gonna be huge watch, most Christmas albums start off slow and then they just catapult.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 16:14:09 GMT -5
I wanna know if the HSN preorder's have been counted ? Did'nt she sale around 20k with them ?
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Nov 3, 2010 16:15:31 GMT -5
Those are pretty solid sales first week out considering the chunk of her sales are likely still to come (Black Friday, Christmas shopping).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2010 16:17:42 GMT -5
I feel like Mariah has been making some of the best business decisions of her career lately. People always like to model everyone after the past and say "Well female artists careers crash and burn after 40." Thats not a rule. Sure the best years of Mariahs career are probably behind her but I think she will still be a major player for at least the next decade. She is definitely not in a Janet/Whitney position after 40
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 3, 2010 17:05:10 GMT -5
I just wish some of these great tracks will start to get some airplay soon to grab people's listening ear. It's November now, dammit.. Bring em on! Lol
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Post by rosenkavalier on Nov 3, 2010 17:05:36 GMT -5
i love love love the vocal of The first Noel ,i'm just melting down totally everytime i'm hearing this
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Post by Diego on Nov 3, 2010 18:04:12 GMT -5
Any other promo/appearances lined up for this week? Next?
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Post by MiniMusic on Nov 3, 2010 18:36:00 GMT -5
I am in LOVE with the vocals of "Here Comes Santa Clause," she sounds like a Goddess. I just love it.
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Post by neverduplicated on Nov 3, 2010 18:59:39 GMT -5
I am in LOVE with the vocals of "Here Comes Santa Clause," she sounds like a Goddess. I just love it. At first I wasn't crazy about HCSC, but I'm really starting to fall in love with it. It's so festive (as Mariah would say)! The vocals are so smooth and the old school funk screams Glitter. In fact if it weren't for the Christmas theme of the song I would say this song should have been on Glitter. A stone groove smash indeed and a nice way to pick up the tempo in the middle of the album.
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Post by cking33 on Nov 3, 2010 19:15:27 GMT -5
This album is gonna be huge watch, most Christmas albums start off slow and then they just catapult. Does anybody have numbers for Josh Groban's and Andrea Bocelli's albums? I'd be interested to see how their albums did prior to Thanksgiving.
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 3, 2010 19:33:46 GMT -5
Looks like Ellen and George might be it for TV promo this week. I haven't heard anything about any radio stuff yet.
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Post by rosenkavalier on Nov 3, 2010 19:41:29 GMT -5
BIG FRONT PAGE AD IS NOW ON THE ITUNES
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 3, 2010 21:18:11 GMT -5
Mimi's sales probably will drop the next couple of weeks, and then gain Thanksgiving week (like most albums released at least two weeks prior). Sales should peak around the time of her holiday special's airing.
If it debuts at No. 3, it probably will peak in that position- which would be the same peak as the first holiday album. Of course, it won't sell anywhere close to Merry Christmas (this holiday season or in the long run), but it should perform alright. Not expecting it to be the top-selling holiday album of the year- nor am I expecting "Oh Santa" to take away from "All I Want For Christmas is You's" usual strong performance at radio (or saleswise).
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Post by Bulbasaur on Nov 3, 2010 21:23:53 GMT -5
Its still early. No Christmas songs are doing well. Give her time to start performing it live and allow for some radio play before people feel compelled to download it. I dont know why people were talking about top 10 or especially #1 debuts or anything in October. It probably wont pick up until Thanksgiving Do you realize who you're talking to? lol LOL
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Post by shadrach01 on Nov 3, 2010 21:50:15 GMT -5
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Post by switchblade on Nov 3, 2010 21:54:09 GMT -5
And you're right. With HSN sales included, it gives a total of 50K-60K sales.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 22:57:14 GMT -5
I don't know if HSN sales were included.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 22:59:05 GMT -5
Mariah is 1 of kind so she'll do and be as great as she wants. She's already great tho. But you get it.
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Post by twilight on Nov 3, 2010 22:59:21 GMT -5
Watch this album just soar !
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Post by shadrach01 on Nov 3, 2010 23:09:36 GMT -5
And you're right. With HSN sales included, it gives a total of 50K-60K sales. Umm, you do know Hits doesn't count Amazon or stuff like HSN. Their data is based on scanned product from retailers. So, her projections are minus HSN and wait for it Amazon. Thanks for playing
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Nov 3, 2010 23:23:55 GMT -5
Does anyone have recent updates from ITunes?
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Post by Andy on Nov 4, 2010 0:45:40 GMT -5
Album #5 iTunes.
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Post by KMJ1 on Nov 4, 2010 8:34:46 GMT -5
I agree that All I Want For X-Mas is going to be the song radio mainly plays- not Oh Santa- as its such a huge radio staple during the holidays (for 16 years)!. Theyre beyond used to it and arent going to want to 1st give a brand new song the chance to catch on with listeners in such a short period. Oh Santa even if it gets some airplay is just going to get lost in the mix of everything. No top 10 hit for Mimi this year.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 9:57:43 GMT -5
I just want the album to sell, the success, if any, of Oh Santa would be just the icing on the cake, but the album is what it's important right now.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 10:00:22 GMT -5
BIG FRONT PAGE AD IS NOW ON THE ITUNES Last night I finally updated my Itunes to the 10.1 version(I think that's the #) but I didn't see a huge ad for her in top of the page. She's has a regular size one in the middle. Maybe it's in the version you have? ??? Either way, that's cool. :)
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 4, 2010 10:10:41 GMT -5
The AD is on the Pop page :)
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 10:34:29 GMT -5
The AD is on the Pop page :) Ah ok. That's great!
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 10:40:01 GMT -5
Remember when she was on HSN promting the CD and they were saying they only had 12,000 copies in stock? Last night I went to their site and they were still selling her CD, so they must have gotten more copies because on the last segment they showed that day(with her interview, etc.) it was showing sales of more than 11,000 in that first day. So that means she would've sold around 20K+ by now, right?
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