The Hits Daily Double Thread

[NorfolkScot]

NOW IN: 54.02%

1 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 87,192
BLOWN AWAY
4 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 67,652
21
3 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 38,757
VARIOUS ARTISTS
6 4 LIONEL RICHIE MERCURY NASHVILLE 32,458
TUSKEGEE
5 5 B.O.B. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 19,360
STRANGE CLOUDS
11 6 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 14,974
TAILGATES & TANLINES
8 7 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 11,528
UP ALL NIGHT
15 8 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 10,485
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 9 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 10,190
GO GET IT
13 10 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HOLLYWOOD 10,110
SOUNDTRACK
16 11 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 9,917
CHIEF
23 12 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 9,086
MY KINDA PARTY
14 13 LEE BRICE CURB 8,901
HARD 2 LOVE
24 14 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 8,641
CHANGED
2 15 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 8,437
LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
28 16 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 8,172
19
40 17 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 6,827
WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS
43 18 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 6,249
RED RIVER BLUE
12 19 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 6,138
MAKING MIRRORS
31 20 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 5,812
VARIOUS ARTISTS
37 21 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 5,417
OWN THE NIGHT
21 22 TRAIN COLUMBIA 5,404
CALIFORNIA 37
-- 23 TANK ATLANTIC 5,235
THIS IS HOW I FEEL
17 24 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 5,143
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
-- 25 SILVERSUN PICKUPS DANGERBIRD 5,039
NECK OF THE WOODS
7 26 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 4,703
BLUNDERBUSS
38 27 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 4,677
AMARYLLIS
-- 28 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 4,386
HERE AND NOW
46 29 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 4,200
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
29 30 THINK LIKE A MAN EPIC 4,113
SOUNDTRACK
-- 31 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 3,770
I WIN
22 32 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 3,705
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
-- 33 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 3,563
FOUR THE RECORD
-- 34 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 3,420
THE BAND PERRY
47 35 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 3,374
STRONGER
27 36 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 2,965
TALK THAT TALK
39 37 MONICA RCA 2,882
NEW LIFE
-- 38 KARMIN EPIC 2,865
HELLO - EP
42 39 HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRIC UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 2,836
SOUNDTRACK
-- 40 KEANE INTERSCOPE 2,701
STRANGELAND
34 41 THE WANTED MERCURY 2,525
THE WANTED
44 42 DON OMAR MACHETE MUSIC 2,311
DON OMAR PRESENTS MTO2
10 43 MARILYN MANSON DOWNTOWN 2,291
BORN VILLAIN
50 44 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 2,269
TEENAGE DREAM
35 45 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 2,228
SOME NIGHTS
26 46 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 2,205
EL CAMINO
49 47 SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE WALT DISNEY 2,098
SOUNDTRACK
9 48 SMASH CAST COLUMBIA 2,072
MUSIC OF SMASH
30 49 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 1,925
TAKE CARE
36 50 FUTURE EPIC 1,869
PLUTO

[JSparksFan]

AMAZING! i expected a lil higher sales of 130k, but still very strong for a second week

Now, we just gotta work on stability.

[herb]

AMAZING! i expected a lil higher sales of 130k, but still very strong for a second week

Now, we just gotta work on stability.

I would be happy to see Carrie sold over 130K last week, but at this point, we do not know yet, right?

[thebigham]

ONE year ago:

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht447

CHART DATE: 05/16/2011

1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 156,578 +1%
21
3 2 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 67,630 -46%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 3 LONELY ISLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 65,303 --
TURTLENECK AND CHAIN
-- 4 CHRISTINA PERRI ATLANTIC 56,045 --
LOVESTRONG.
-- 5 TYLER THE CREATOR XL/BEGGARS 50,249 --
GOBLIN
2 6 BEASTIE BOYS CAPITOL/EMI 40,545 -68%
HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PT. 2
-- 7 THE CARS HEAR MUSIC 33,176 --
MOVE LIKE THIS
4 8 FLEET FOXES SUB POP 32,795 -62%
HELPLESSNESS BLUES
35 9 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 32,024 +126%
NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES
5 10 JENNIFER LOPEZ ISLAND/IDJMG 31,697 -61%
LOVE?

[thebigham]

New albums out today:

Adam Lambert
Glee Graduation
Tenacious D
Godsmack
Santana
Shadows Fail
Willie Nelson
Lisa Marie Presley

More at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ ... 1337091633

[stevyy]

no essential? poor mimi.

[marcsgirl85]

@Stevvy not many people were going to buy essential it's a reboot of greatest hits

[Rub_rb]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

[NothingFails]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

[fearlesswift13]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

[NorfolkScot]

NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 118,274 -57%
BLOWN AWAY
4 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 103,303 +34%
21
6 3 LIONEL RICHIE MERCURY NASHVILLE 71,960 +10%
TUSKEGEE
3 4 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 63,294 -34%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 5 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 56,219 -47%
LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
8 6 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 39,736 -13%
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 7 SILVERSUN PICKUPS DANGERBIRD 39,548 --
NECK OF THE WOODS
7 8 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 34,178 -46%
BLUNDERBUSS
-- 9 TANK ATLANTIC 32,752 --
THIS IS HOW I FEEL
12 10 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 26,571 0%
MAKING MIRRORS
11 11 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 26,299 -4%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
5 12 B.O.B. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 21,795 -71%
STRANGE CLOUDS
17 13 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 21,691 +14%
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
24 14 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 20,309 +36%
CHANGED
-- 15 KEANE INTERSCOPE 19,777 --
STRANGELAND
22 16 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 19,624 +23%
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
-- 17 KARMIN EPIC 19,441 --
HELLO - EP
9 18 SMASH CAST COLUMBIA 19,293 -54%
MUSIC OF SMASH
-- 19 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 18,616 --
GO GET IT
16 20 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 18,588 -4%
CHIEF
14 21 LEE BRICE CURB 18,159 -28%
HARD 2 LOVE
28 22 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 18,011 +45%
19
23 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 16,334 +3%
MY KINDA PARTY
15 24 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 15,409 -27%
UP ALL NIGHT
20 25 BONNIE RAITT REDWING 15,220 -8%
SLIPSTREAM
37 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 15,095 +34%
OWN THE NIGHT
21 27 TRAIN COLUMBIA 14,690 -11%
CALIFORNIA 37
13 28 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HOLLYWOOD 13,476 -48%
SOUNDTRACK
10 29 MARILYN MANSON DOWNTOWN 13,418 -58%
BORN VILLAIN
26 30 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 12,213 -15%
EL CAMINO
29 31 THINK LIKE A MAN EPIC 12,087 -2%
SOUNDTRACK
27 32 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 11,919 -6%
TALK THAT TALK
40 33 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 11,831 +10%
WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS
18 34 BEASTIE BOYS DEF JAM/IDJ 11,819 -35%
LICENSED TO ILL
33 35 ALABAMA SHAKES ATO 11,806 +2%
BOYS & GIRLS
43 36 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 11,711 +16%
RED RIVER BLUE
47 37 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 11,632 +23%
STRONGER
32 38 OF MONSTERS & MEN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,578 -1%
MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
31 39 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 10,951 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
35 40 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 10,735 -5%
SOME NIGHTS
30 41 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,562 -14%
TAKE CARE
45 42 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,651 -3%
CEREMONIALS
38 43 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 9,636 -15%
AMARYLLIS
48 44 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 9,413 +4%
MYLO XYLOTO
-- 45 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 8,601 --
THE BAND PERRY
39 46 MONICA RCA 8,507 -22%
NEW LIFE
46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 8,417 -11%
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
42 48 HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRIC UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,400 -17%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 49 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 8,307 --
I WIN
-- 50 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 8,251 --
FOUR THE RECORD

[phoenix83]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

[NothingFails]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

But for people who buy cd's, you'd think they would want that one disc where they have all the "good songs" in one place. GH albums seemed to be the one thing that didn't take a hit when the downloading boom started in 2000, and suddenly they took the biggest hit of all. One would think people who are apprehensive about buying a CD with one or two singles would still go and buy a cd that is wall to wall with hit singles because they know the bang they're getting for their buck.

[Dreams]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

[Dreams]

But ultimately I agree. In the age of iTunes and the declining CD, Greatest Hits are becoming almost obsolete. For example, instead of paying $12 for 15 songs on a GH album, why not just spend those $12 cherry picking your OWN personal favorite songs of the said artist? I do like the novelty of having getting a GH CD/digital album but for the casual music fan, iTunes makes it so easy to just get individual tracks.

[NothingFails]

But ultimately I agree. In the age of iTunes and the declining CD, Greatest Hits are becoming almost obsolete. For example, instead of paying $12 for 15 songs on a GH album, why not just spend those $12 cherry picking your OWN personal favorite songs of the said artist? I do like the novelty of having getting a GH CD/digital album but for the casual music fan, iTunes makes it so easy to just get individual tracks.

Well for those who download I guess. But still, you'd think in hard physical copies that GH albums would still be drawing in consumers. For instance, 10 years ago you'd think a 2-disc Janet and 2-disc Madonna hits album would be printing money, yet nobody bought them. Surely the price is cheap enough that you'd think people would think 30+ of Janet and Madonna's biggest hits for $15 or less would be a bargain

[fearlesswift13]

But ultimately I agree. In the age of iTunes and the declining CD, Greatest Hits are becoming almost obsolete. For example, instead of paying $12 for 15 songs on a GH album, why not just spend those $12 cherry picking your OWN personal favorite songs of the said artist? I do like the novelty of having getting a GH CD/digital album but for the casual music fan, iTunes makes it so easy to just get individual tracks.

Well for those who download I guess. But still, you'd think in hard physical copies that GH albums would still be drawing in consumers. For instance, 10 years ago you'd think a 2-disc Janet and 2-disc Madonna hits album would be printing money, yet nobody bought them. Surely the price is cheap enough that you'd think people would think 30+ of Janet and Madonna's biggest hits for $15 or less would be a bargain

That for me is alot harder to understand 30+ songs for $15 you'd have me sold. I guess some people don't know a deal when they see one or they were promoted very poorly. But that is very weird especially with it being before digital sales took over

[fearlesswift13]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

[Dreams]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

Look at Adele. The four hits off her album sold a combined 15 million. And the album is still quickly approaching 10 million in its own right. There's A LOT to be mined with a 300 million+ American public

[FliplovesMC]

Looks like another down week for the music industry, don't people give albums to their mothers anymore?

[fearlesswift13]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

Look at Adele. The four hits off her album sold a combined 15 million. And the album is still quickly approaching 10 million in its own right. There's A LOT to be mined with a 300 million+ American public

You can't compare a studio album to a greatest hits album though. One has 8 non-singles and the other will have 2-3 new songs at the most. Its completely different.

[GetBack]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

This is so true! People already have downloaded (and are very familiar) with the hits. If this was the 1990s, she will do well like Madonna and Celine's Greatest Hits.

[NothingFails]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

This is so true! People already have downloaded (and are very familiar) with the hits. If this was the 1990s, she will do well like Madonna and Celine's Greatest Hits.

But hasn't the whole "all in one place" thing always been considered a perk? Plus, if someone never bought an album by said artist, its the one to start with usually.

[Dreams]

no essential? poor mimi.

Were you really expecting another Sony budget catalog GH album with no new material nor promo to crack the Top 50??? :S

I don't even expect it to make the Hot 200.

Springsteen and Streisand both made top 20 in the past with their "The Essential" albums.

The dropoff with GH albums are the biggest shockers of the downloading age... you'd think with people being so selective with what to buy, Greatest Hits albums would be the one sure thing that people continue to feel safe buying, whereas studio albums have always been bogged down with filler cuts and the sort.

I always thought with itunes one day Greatest Hits albums wouldn't exist. I just see it as people can already get the hits one by one by being selective on the studio albums and unless your a big fan of the artist you would only like a couple of the hits and buy those so those people won't buy the album plus if your a fan you already probably have all the albums and thus wouldn't need the greatest hits except for maybe one or two new songs which you could buy individually instead of the whole album. I could see how you thought differentially though.

You make a good argument, hadn't thought of it that way.

Does this mean there will never be a RiRi greatest hits?!!!

A Riri GH will hopefully perform similarly to Pink's Best of. It's just she hasn't given the label a CHANCE to push a GH package because she's been releasing new albums every year. Maybe if she doesn't release a new album this Fall (unlikely ), they'll release a GH set with two or so new singles. Then she can take some time off before coming back with new material, like Pink did.

Pink's was very weird how it was so succesful but Rihanna I think would suffer the most from this with her huge singles success it'd be much too soon because the people you would want to buy it would already have 90% of the songs because of how well she smashes digitally. I think she was the #1 digital artist in the U.S.? Her and Katy Perry would flop hard and its not because the material is bad but because everyone already has the songs

Look at Adele. The four hits off her album sold a combined 15 million. And the album is still quickly approaching 10 million in its own right. There's A LOT to be mined with a 300 million+ American public

You can't compare a studio album to a greatest hits album though. One has 8 non-singles and the other will have 2-3 new songs at the most. Its completely different.

While that's true, are you REALLY saying most of the general public has the majority of Rihanna's greatest hits already? I'm not saying a Rihanna GH will do gangbusters but I can see it hitting 1 million after a couple years on the chart. That's assuming they promote it well with a couple new singles/videos with enough promo etc.

I guess my point is, the music industry will never run out of potential customers. Like I said, we live in a country with several hundred million people and then some.

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wow this is multiple-quote central!