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Post by cking33 on Nov 4, 2010 11:29:45 GMT -5
Does anyone have the ITunes holiday songs feed? I can't seem to find it on the main iTunes site. I'd love to see what that looks like now.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 4, 2010 13:27:38 GMT -5
iTunes doesn't have the Holiday page anymore ??? A MESS.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 4, 2010 15:09:53 GMT -5
Late this week...
Out now
Target $11.99
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Post by Diego on Nov 4, 2010 15:45:49 GMT -5
Well better late than never regarding Target.
I keep refreshing HDD. What time does their chart preview come out?
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 4, 2010 16:46:33 GMT -5
Well better late than never regarding Target. I keep refreshing HDD. What time does their chart preview come out? I think it's Wednesday (one-day preview), Friday (weekend update) and then the chart starts Monday.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 4, 2010 16:55:50 GMT -5
I think it's Wednesday (one-day preview), Friday (weekend update) and then the chart starts Monday. The weekend update is actually posted on Thursdays, so we should be getting a really good idea of exactly what the album's looking to open with soon!
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Post by Bojangles on Nov 4, 2010 17:03:58 GMT -5
Am I the only one that loves the Charlie Brown 'Christmas Time Is Here' song? Sure she's whispering but it doesn't sound over the top with the whispers. I enjoy it. I love the beginning of 'Auld Lang Syne' but the rest sounds extremely cheesy. I'll be listening to it again tonight to get an even better feel of it.
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 4, 2010 17:20:13 GMT -5
Am I the only one that loves the Charlie Brown 'Christmas Time Is Here' song? Sure she's whispering but it doesn't sound over the top with the whispers. I enjoy it. I love the beginning of 'Auld Lang Syne' but the rest sounds extremely cheesy. I don't mind her whispering on most of this album. Mainly because it's just HER voice, and it's still understandable. It's only when she layers whispers on top of whispers that it gets inaudible and annoying. And I don't think anything about Auld Lang Syne is cheesy. It's perfect New Years fun. It's just about perfect, I think.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 17:40:17 GMT -5
I don't hear whispers in any of the songs except O Holy Night 2000. She's singing low in a few songs because umm they're Christmas tunes, it calls of her to sing soft. Whispering is what she's doing in OHN2000, where she goes from normal tone to whispery, too very high to whispering again, THAT's annoying. The rest of the CD is great.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Nov 4, 2010 18:00:08 GMT -5
*Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 50-55k
The initial predictions held!
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Post by Diego on Nov 4, 2010 18:21:16 GMT -5
Well better late than never regarding Target. I keep refreshing HDD. What time does their chart preview come out? I think it's Wednesday (one-day preview), Friday (weekend update) and then the chart starts Monday. I know the weakend preview is posted Thursdays, I wanted to know the time lol. Anyway 50-55K is not too shabby, she has a chance at #3 on Billboard with HSN orders
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Post by rodrigo on Nov 4, 2010 19:44:13 GMT -5
Am I the only one that loves the Charlie Brown 'Christmas Time Is Here' song? Sure she's whispering but it doesn't sound over the top with the whispers. I enjoy it. I love the beginning of 'Auld Lang Syne' but the rest sounds extremely cheesy. I'll be listening to it again tonight to get an even better feel of it. i love charlie brown christmas! and i love how she delivers it... that song should be sang subtly like that.
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Post by Bulbasaur on Nov 4, 2010 19:55:04 GMT -5
Taylor Swift retains the top spot on next week's chart as Speak Now will become the fifth best-selling album of the year in only two weeks. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 340-360k *Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 190-205k Sugarland (Mercury Nashville) 60-65k *Mariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 50-55k Lil Wayne (Cash Money/Universal Motown) 35-40k Kings of Leon (RCA/RMG) 35-40k Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 35-40k *Neil Diamond (Columbia) 30-35k Elton John & Leon Russell (Decca) 27-30k *Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 21-24k *Matt & Kim (Fader) 21-24k Lady Antebellum Merry Little Christmas (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 21-24k Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 21-24k Rod Stewart (J/RMG) 21-24k Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 21-24k Trey Songz (Atlantic) 21-24k *Debuts (11/4p)
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Nov 4, 2010 20:35:45 GMT -5
On an interview I heard with Mimi today, she said Auld Lang Syne was very last minute and that she wanted to do breathy vocals, but didn't have the time, so she did full voice. She said she did it in one take, too. She said she thinks that old fans enjoy it because she's singing with her full voice.
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Post by Ferrero on Nov 4, 2010 21:27:13 GMT -5
2 versions on Itunes #7 & #99
parent album at #151
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Post by David on Nov 4, 2010 21:29:28 GMT -5
I think the production on "Auld Lang Syne" sounds like of cheap, honestly. I do like the first few bars, but when the dance background kicks in it goes downhill fast IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 21:43:33 GMT -5
I think the production on "Auld Lang Syne" sounds like of cheap, honestly. I do like the first few bars, but when the dance background kicks in it goes downhill fast IMO. I agree. It sounds like some cheap 90s dance beat.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 4, 2010 21:45:16 GMT -5
I love it
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Post by repentyourself on Nov 4, 2010 21:54:48 GMT -5
Same. It's one of my favorites. There really isn't a track I dislike on the album.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 4, 2010 23:21:45 GMT -5
I just got finished with Charlie Brown Christmas. Y'all have NO idea what I went through to buy TWO copies of this album. I was able to leave my business trip in NH one day early so I took the 5:30 bus to Boston. It was late by 30 minutes. By the time I got into my office to drop off my laptop (it's been raining all day, btw), it was 8:30. My next train home to where I live was 8:30 so I figured I might as well go buy Mariah and take the next train home at 9:30. When I got to the record store, my debit card was declined. I had to call my bank to see why. They had me on hold for 20 minutes...meanwhile, time is ticking and I need to get back to the office, get my suitcase and run. Luckily, I had a gift card in my wallet my friend gave me for a housewarming gift so I used that to pay for the CDs. I got one for me and one for my best friend, as a random gift. Thanks to a slow subway car, I barely got to my train on time. Of course, when I get home, my stupid computer doesn't work. Here I am, 2 hrs + later, FINALLY getting to listen to it. SOOOO good. I love the way she sounds and her whispers don't bother me. They never really have though, tbqh. As for the "live" Holy Night, I never heard it before so I don't mind it's inclusion. It's just overkill because we already had this song on Merry Christmas.
Edit: WOW. I love both of Mariah's albums for different reasons. Auld Lang Syng was the perfect way to close it. I love how she said have a drink on me, since she knows she wants to get drunk but can't because of the baby, LOL. Only Mariah. Anyway, this album gets an A for me. She delivered vocally as well. The only thing I don't remember her doing on this album (correct me if I'm wrong) was when she goes really deep with her voice and hits Barri Braxton-type notes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 23:29:29 GMT -5
So I listened to the preview clips on iTunes once again, and I will definitely be buying this.
I don't think the live "O Holy Night" and the remix of AIWFCIY were necessary though. She should have left them off, or included two other songs that weren't on the Merry Christmas album instead. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" and maybe "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)" would have been nice...
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Post by twilight on Nov 5, 2010 3:36:21 GMT -5
Are they gonna add the Hsn sales also ?If so that would push her to 70 - 75k.
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Nov 5, 2010 3:40:48 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they add them, they are sales. What's to say that figure isn't with them already added? Where does it say that those figures do not include the HSN pre-orders? Maybe it just didnt' sell what people thought it would. It's not going to get major sales (if it does) until later this month and in December.
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Post by worldwide on Nov 5, 2010 6:45:21 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they add them, they are sales. What's to say that figure isn't with them already added? Where does it say that those figures do not include the HSN pre-orders? Maybe it just didnt' sell what people thought it would. It's not going to get major sales (if it does) until later this month and in December. Because that's how it works with HSN; they are not added immediately. For example, Barbra Streisand's last album's HSN sales were not added. And chill out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2010 7:32:45 GMT -5
^ Does that mean it could still debut in the top3?
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Post by r.enato on Nov 5, 2010 8:05:32 GMT -5
I think the production on "Auld Lang Syne" sounds like of cheap, honestly. I do like the first few bars, but when the dance background kicks in it goes downhill fast IMO. I agree. It sounds like some cheap 90s dance beat. Yep.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 5, 2010 9:51:12 GMT -5
ALS sounds no cheaper than Rihanna's "Only Girl" or Usher's "DJ" or Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" or any of those other popular songs on the radio so whatever. It's festive and I like it!
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Nov 5, 2010 10:29:21 GMT -5
ALS sounds no cheaper than Rihanna's "Only Girl" or Usher's "DJ" or Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" or any of those other popular songs on the radio so whatever. It's festive and I like it! LOL, Thank you! My thoughts exactly.
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Post by beach1 on Nov 5, 2010 10:29:31 GMT -5
I kinda thought the point of the ALS remix was to sound like a cheap 90s dance beat. It kind of gave this version a fun, celebratory, light-hearted feel as opposed to if it sounded more contemporary dance or electro.
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Post by r.enato on Nov 5, 2010 11:35:16 GMT -5
^ who seriously produce a song to sound like a cheap 90s dance beat on purpose? LOL
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