2012 YTD thread - United States

by **Lioha** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:30 pm

Lehmann wrote:Adele will be 2012 1st million seller in just 3 weeks

Looks like in two)))

by **FliplovesMC** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:46 am

I want her to get a million-selling week.

by **Timmy94** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:47 pm

FliplovesMC wrote:I want her to get a million-selling week.

So far only 2 albums managed to sell 1 mio. copies in one week which hasn't been the debuting week: Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard and The Beatles' 1.
It would be extremely great if 21 does similiar but I think now it's way more harder to do so than years ago... Of course not undoable considering all the records 21 already broke in the last year :wink:

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by **Vanacoring** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:13 pm

Timmy94 wrote:
FliplovesMC wrote:I want her to get a million-selling week.
So far only 2 albums managed to sell 1 mio. copies in one week which hasn't been the debuting week: Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard and The Beatles' 1.
It would be extremely great if 21 does similiar but I think now it's way more harder to do so than years ago... Of course not undoable considering all the records 21 already broke in the last year .

I think after the 180k copies of this week, Adele will reach around 300-350k the week after ! 8-)

+300k will be already just amazing : new total of near 7 million copies sold !

by **oldbloke** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:52 pm

SONGS WEEK 5

Very limited info has leaked recently, so these sales numbers are mostly estimates. The songs should be more or less in the right order.

Rank - Sales (m) - TITLE - Artist
01 - 0.91 - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - Adele
02 - 0.80 - WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU (STRONGER) - Kelly Clarkson
03 - 0.74 - TURN ME ON - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
04 - 0.73 - SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
05 - 0.71 - GOOD FEELING - Flo Rida
06 - 0.70 - RACK CITY - Tyga
07 - 0.70 - YOUNG WILD AND FREE - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
08 - 0.67 - WE FOUND LOVE - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
09 - 0.58 - NI**AS IN PARIS - Jay-Z & Kanye West
10 - 0.54 - DOMINO - Jessie J
11 - 0.53 - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
12 - 0.52 - IT WILL RAIN - Bruno Mars
13 - 0.49 - DANCE (A$$) - Big Sean
14 - 0.49 - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Katy Perry
15 - 0.48 - THE MOTTO - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
16 - 0.47 - INTERNATIONAL LOVE - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
17 - 0.46 - I WON'T GIVE UP - Jason Mraz
18 - 0.42 - RED SOLO CUP - Toby Keith
19 - 0.41 - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
20 - 0.40 - NOT OVER YOU - Gavin DeGraw
21 - 0.40 - SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele
22 - 0.38 - ASS BACK HOME - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
23 - 0.38 - WORK OUT - J.Cole
24 - 0.35 - I LIKE IT LIKE THAT - Hot Chelle Rae
25 - 0.34 - I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END - Luke Bryan

by **FliplovesMC** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:17 pm

In a week or so, Whitney albums and singles will be joining this thread, unfortunately

by **beredy** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:49 pm

FliplovesMC wrote:In a week or so, Whitney albums and singles will be joining this thread, unfortunately

Eh. I don't think the effect will be that big. IWALY might join the singles, but I don't see album sales being big.

by **GUS** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:12 pm

beredy wrote:
FliplovesMC wrote:In a week or so, Whitney albums and singles will be joining this thread, unfortunately
Eh. I don't think the effect will be that big. IWALY might join the singles, but I don't see album sales being big.

The Greastest hits might we in the list aswell

by **Vanacoring** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:40 pm

beredy wrote:
FliplovesMC wrote:In a week or so, Whitney albums and singles will be joining this thread, unfortunately
Eh. I don't think the effect will be that big. IWALY might join the singles, but I don't see album sales being big.

The GH is already at +50k after just 1 day !
Like 2009 with MJ, 2012 will be the year of Whitney in the albums charts unfortunately.

by **FliplovesMC** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:45 pm

Vanacoring wrote:
beredy wrote:
FliplovesMC wrote:In a week or so, Whitney albums and singles will be joining this thread, unfortunately
Eh. I don't think the effect will be that big. IWALY might join the singles, but I don't see album sales being big.
The GH is already at +50k after just 1 day !
Like 2009 with MJ, 2012 will be the year of Whitney in the albums charts unfortunately.

I agree, I think vintage Whitney is up there with the legends and the greats.

I was compelled to purchase the star spangled banner rendition for crying out loud

by **Vanacoring** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:49 pm

In just two weeks, Whitney will have already the #2 album of the year with the GH !

by **oldbloke** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:39 pm

WEEK 6

albums selling over 500,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 250,000 - this year - 1 / last year - 0
albums selling over 100,000 - this year - 18 / last year - 21
total albums sales - this year - 33.99m (+3.7%) / last year - 32.77m

The number of albums that have sold over 50,000 so far this year increases to 54, up 19 from last week.

Key: Albums in blue are 2012 releases, albums in green are catalog. * - indicates estimated sales.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 799,081 - 21 - Adele
02 - 191,671 - TAKE CARE - Drake
03 - 188,548 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - Van Halen
04 - 167,091 - EL CAMINO - Black Keys
05 - 149,967 - KIDZ BOP 21 - Kidz Bop Kids
06 - 141,734 - NOW 41 - Various
07 - 140,073 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy
08 - 137,267 - 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
09 - 134,042 - TALK THAT TALK - Rihanna
10 - 128,650 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
11 - 120,926 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
12 - 119,916 - 19 - Adele
13 - 118,517 - EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC - Tim McGraw
14 - 117,205 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
15 - 112,389 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback
16 - 107,087 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
17 - 106,504 - BORN TO DIE - Lana Del Rey
18 - 102,932 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
19 - 97,066 - BANGARANG (EP) - Skrillex
20 - 97,038 - MY LIFE II: THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ACT 1 - Mary J Blige
21 - 96,169 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
22 - 94,619 - NOW 40 - Various
23 - 87,555 - SCARS AND STORIES - The Fray
24 - 86,202 - CLANCY'S TAVERN - Toby Keith
25 - 84,675 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West
26 - 82,721 - CEREMONIALS - Florence + The Machine
27 - 81,876 - THE BAND PERRY - Band Perry
28 - 80,406 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
29 - 77,558 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
30 - 76,284 - RESOLUTION - Lamb Of God
31 - 74,552 - KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - Paul McCartney
32 - 70,204 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
33 - 66,718 - TORCHES - Foster The People
34 - *65,700 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
35 - 64,928 - LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - Amy Winehouse
36 - 64,587 - 4 - Beyonce
37 - 63,507 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
38 - 60,860 - MAKING MIRRORS - Gotye
39 - 59,451 - BREAK THE SPELL - Daughtry
40 - 59,369 - DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
41 - 58,526 - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Soundtrack
42 - 58,354 - BACK TO LOVE - Anthony Hamilton
43 - 58,199 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
44 - 57,317 - SOUL 2 - Seal
45 - 56,865 - OLD IDEAS - Leonard Cohen
46 - 56,396 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
47 - 55,455 - CHIEF - Eric Church
48 - 55,087 - FALLEN EMPIRES - Snow Patrol
49 - 54,918 - JOYFUL NOISE - Soundtrack
50 - 54,744 - HOME - Dierks Bentley
51 - 53,449 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
52 - 52,298 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
53 - 51,658 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry
54 - 50,239 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert

by **GUS** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:46 pm

Wow! "21" is selling 4 times #2. And next week the gap will be much bigger!

by **Euromillions** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:05 pm

My hunch is '21' will break the 1.5 million YTD barrier when this week's sales are in

by **Timmy94** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:09 pm

700k is a huge number, Euromillions

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Anyway it's nice to propably see 19 in the top 10 next week although it has just been in the top 10 on Billboard 200 once this year before...

LAST.FM · by **Jonathan** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:27 pm

Looks like 21 will be the biggest album of the year again

by **oldbloke** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:16 pm

CATALOG ALBUMS WEEK 6

Excludes titles that were moved to catalog during the year. * - indicates estimated sales.

Rank - Sales - TITLE - Artist
01 - 119,916 - 19 - Adele
02 - *65,700 - THE GREATEST HITS - Whitney Houston
03 - 44,096 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Etta James
04 - 42,880 - LUNGS - Florence + The Machine
05 - 40,856 - BROTHERS - Black Keys
06 - 37,005 - RECOVERY - Eminem
07 - 34,027 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
08 - 32,902 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
09 - 31,572 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson
10 - *31,100 - CELEBRATION - Madonna
11 - 29,402 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
12 - 28,673 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 - 27,984 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
14 - 27,824 - THE BEST OF VOLUME 1: THE 60'S - Temptations
15 - 26,645 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
16 - 26,518 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Lionel Richie
17 - 25,364 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Barry White
18 - 24,839 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Boyz II Men
19 - 24,802 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
20 - 24,463 - ROCKET MAN: NUMBER ONES - Elton John
21 - 23,791 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Eric Clapton
22 - 23,758 - 1 - Beatles
23 - 22,892 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS… - Three Dog Night
24 - 21,980 - GREATEST HITS - Guns N'Roses
25 - 21,716 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse

by **Euromillions** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:42 pm

Timmy94 wrote:700k is a huge number, Euromillions !

Not according to HDD, who predict '21's sales this week to 'sail past 650k'

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

by **joao** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:08 am

Euromillions wrote:My hunch is '21' will break the 1.5 million YTD barrier when this week's sales are in

This seems like a repetition of 2011. By the time the first big release of 2012 comes in, Adele will have a gap of more then 2 million.

I reckon it´s gonna be a hard battle for anyone to get this year-end #1 from her!

by **FliplovesMC** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:40 am

Is it me or are the coincidences with Adele's stats a little crazy, I mean, her album 21 is about spend its 21st week at 1 this week, breaking the record of Whitney Houston's album, a week after Whitney's death. Speaking of which Whitney's GH just supplanted Adele's 19 from the Top Catalog Albums Chart and I'm assuming these 2 albums will be 1 and 2 for the rest of the year.

Another one I just read today, she is renting a home worth 7million pounds and 21 is about to cross 7million copies this week....ok that one not as crazy, it's still a kind of a coincindence

by **WolfSpear** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:51 am

It's a very strange coincidence. For some reason, I don't think Whitney's GH is going to hold up in the way Michael's Number Ones did.

by **Euromillions** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:07 am

WolfSpear wrote:It's a very strange coincidence. For some reason, I don't think Whitney's GH is going to hold up in the way Michael's Number Ones did.

Neither do I.

by **Lehmann** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:59 pm

Seems like Adele might reach 2 million mark before anyone else reaches just 500k :lol:

by **Euromillions** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:04 pm

What were the totals sales of the album that finished #2 in the 2011 YTD chart?

by **thebigham** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:06 pm

^Why don't you go look at the 2011 thread?