The Hits Daily Double Thread

by **phoenix83** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:50 pm

NothingFails wrote:
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.

Yep it would be for me. I haven't downloaded any Rihanna tracks (I would listen on YouTube if I felt like it), but I would buy her greatest hits if she chose to release one.

by **NorfolkScot** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:03 pm

THREE DIVAS VIE FOR THE CROWN

Adele, Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert in a Three-Way Race for #1

May 16, 2012

While it's still early in the week, a three-way battle is shaping up for #1 between Adele and Carrie Underwood, both of which will have substantial post-Mother's Day drops, and Adam Lambert, who appears to be trending to the high end of expectations.

The former American Idol runner-up and 19/RCA recording artist’s sophomore album, Trespassing, looks set to debut with between 70-80k, which will at least put him in the running for a chart-topping bow. His 2009 debut, For Your Entertainment, scored first-week sales of 198k, which was good for a #3 debut, albeit on the Tuesday after Black Friday.

Columbia rock parodists Tenacious D’s Rize of the Fenix roused fans of the duo’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass to buy 45-50k, less than the 81k they scored back in Nov. ’06 with The Pick of Destiny, but still impressive.

Columbia’s Glee: The Music, The Graduation Album is on target for 40-45k.

Sub Pop’s Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House is eyeing 20-25k for their fourth album, Bloom, and second for the influential Seattle indie.

Garbage’s first indie foray, Not Your Kind of People, on their own Stun Volume label, should do in the 18-22k range. Their last album, 2005’s Bleed Like Me, for Geffen, did approximately 75k.

Album sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 2% vs. same week last year and down 1% year to date.

Track sales were down 2% vs. last week, up 1% vs. same week last year and up 7% year to date.

TEA sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 1% vs. same week last year and up 1% year to date.

by **NothingFails** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:34 pm

yikes, Garbage won't even go top 10? For so many people I know, this is the album of 2012.

by **Timmy94** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:38 pm

NothingFails wrote:yikes, Garbage won't even go top 10? For so many people I know, this is the album of 2012.

quality =/= success

Though the first week sales' drop is of course striking compared to the band's previous albums...

by **tada** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:34 pm

Timmy94 wrote:
NothingFails wrote:yikes, Garbage won't even go top 10? For so many people I know, this is the album of 2012.
quality =/= success

Though the first week sales' drop is of course striking compared to the band's previous albums...

THE ALBUM HAS JUST LIMITED RELEASE ON iTUNES THIS WEEK! FULL RETAIL IS NEXT WEEK, MAY 22. I GUESS OLD DOGS WOULD PREFER PURCHASING PHYSICAL CD!

by **Molattow** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:12 pm

NothingFails wrote:yikes, Garbage won't even go top 10?

That should be a good sign actually :>

by **FliplovesMC** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:10 pm

THREE DIVAS VIE FOR THE CROWN

Maybe add Donna Summer to the mix, sadly, she passed away today.

by **thebigham** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:33 am

HITS:

Your Weakend Chart Preview:

With an appearance tonight on American Idol, we're giving Adam Lambert the edge for #1 next week. Idol alumni hold down two of the Top 3 as Sony Music lands a whopping seven titles in the Top 10.

Adele will record her lowest total yet and still likely remain at #2. In its 65 weeks on the chart, 21 has only dipped below 100k twenty times.

Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

*Adam Lambert (19/RCA) 70-75k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 60-65k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 55-60k
Now 42 (Capitol/EMI) 45-50k
*Tenacious D (Columbia) 45-50k
*Glee Cast: The Graduation (Columbia) 40-45k
Lionel Richie (Mercury Nashville) 40-45k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 35-40k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 30-35k
Smash Cast (Columbia) 28-32k
*Beach House (Sub Pop) 24-27k
Jack White (Third Man/Columbia) 23-26k
*Garbage (Stun Volume) 18-21k
Gotye (Fairfax/Universal Republic) 18-21k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 18-21k

by **tada** » Fri May 18, 2012 5:51 am

TOO BAD FOR GARBAGE, cuz this upcoming week is gonna be very bad and 50k would easily secure No.4-5, which with full retail (cca 30k) SHOULD HAVE HAPPEN!
DAMN iTunes exclusive release week (May 15)
with stronger promo, the album could have made Top 3

by **jszmiles** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:54 am

tada wrote:TOO BAD FOR GARBAGE, cuz this upcoming week is gonna be very bad and 50k would easily secure No.4-5, which with full retail (cca 30k) SHOULD HAVE HAPPEN!
DAMN iTunes exclusive release week (May 15)
with stronger promo, the album could have made Top 3

Garbage never were huge in USA. Isn't this their best chart position ever?

last.fm/hugom2c · by **hugo** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 am

thebigham wrote:*Beach House (Sub Pop) 24-27k

Yay, their last album debuted at #43 (13k sold), so this is a nice improvement 8-)

by **tada** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:59 pm

jszmiles wrote:
tada wrote:TOO BAD FOR GARBAGE, cuz this upcoming week is gonna be very bad and 50k would easily secure No.4-5, which with full retail (cca 30k) SHOULD HAVE HAPPEN!
DAMN iTunes exclusive release week (May 15)
with stronger promo, the album could have made Top 3
Garbage never were huge in USA. Isn't this their best chart position ever?

"Bleed Like Me" debuted at No.4 in 2005

by **LostAvenger** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:46 pm

Tenacious D, 'Glee' and Garbage Headed for High Debuts on Billboard 200 Chart

May 18, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles

While it seems that Adam Lambert is on the verge of his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Trespassing, a number of other acts are set to debut in the top 20 next week.

Industry sources suggest that Lambert's Trespassing could sell around 70,000 to 80,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, May 20. In a week without any other major new releases, and little competition, that may be enough to debut at No. 1 next week. Adele's 21 will likely be the runner-up, with between 60,000 to 70,000.

The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, May 23.

Comedy rock duo Tenacious D (comprised of actors Jack Black and Kyle Glass) could see its Rize of the Fenix album bow in the top 10. The effort -- its first since 2006's The Pick of Destiny soundtrack -- could shift 40,000 to 50,000.

Also on tap for a possible top 10 bow is the latest "Glee" TV soundtrack. The Fox show's Glee, the Music: Season Three - The Graduation Album could move around 40,000 to 50,000. That sort of sales figure will mark the lowest debut for a full-length "Glee" soundtrack album. Of the 10 earlier full-length albums (not counting its live movie soundtrack), the lowest start was earned by the last one: Glee, the Music: Season 3 - Volume 7. It began with 58,000 in December 2011 (according to Nielsen SoundScan).

Rock band Garbage has been absent from the Billboard 200 since 2007, but will finally make its return next week with the new studio set Not Your Kind of People. The album is its first studio offering since 2005's Bleed Like Me, and it is aiming for a launch of around 20,000.

On track to debut with perhaps a bit more than Garbage is Beach House's fourth studio album, Bloom. Both Garbage and Beach House could flirt with a top 10 debut, but a top 20 start is more likely.

On Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart (below), Lambert is No. 1 while Adele's 21 is sitting pretty at No. 2. The Building tally is a precursor to the final Billboard 200 ranking -- reflecting the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week as reported by six major merchants.

As for the rest of the Building Chart: Tenacious D is No. 3, Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is at No. 4 and the "Glee" set is No. 5. The Now 42 compilation is in sixth place, Lionel Richie's Tuskegee is No. 7 and Garbage is No. 8. The "Smash" TV soundtrack is at No. 9 while Beach House's Bloom rounds out the list at No. 10.

Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart

Rank LW BB 200 Artist Title

1 NEW Adam Lambert "Trespassing"
2 2 Adele "21"
3 NEW Tenacious D "Rize of the Fenix"
4 1 Carrie Underwood "Blown Away"
5 NEW Soundtrack "Glee, the Music: Season 3 - The Graduation Album"
6 4 Various Artists "Now 42"
7 3 Lionel Richie "Tuskegee"
8 NEW Garbage "Not Your Kind of People"
9 13 Soundtrack "Smash"
10 NEW Beach House "Bloom"

The Building Chart reflects the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week (which ends Sunday) as reported by six major merchants: iTunes, Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Starbucks, Target and Anderson Merchandisers. Billboard estimates that they make up about 85% of all U.S. album sales.

by **NorfolkScot** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:20 pm

NOW IN: 37.17%

LW TW artist / album label power index
4 1 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 22,774
VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 21,238
21
1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 20,719
BLOWN AWAY
3 4 LIONEL RICHIE MERCURY NASHVILLE 15,514
TUSKEGEE
-- 5 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA 14,379
TRESPASSING
11 6 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,463
TAILGATES & TANLINES
6 7 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 9,825
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 8 TENACIOUS D COLUMBIA 9,369
RIZE OF THE FENIX
24 9 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 7,824
UP ALL NIGHT
20 10 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 7,236
CHIEF
-- 11 GODSMACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,193
LIVE & INSPIRED
13 12 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 6,801
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
23 13 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 6,716
MY KINDA PARTY
21 14 LEE BRICE CURB 5,761
HARD 2 LOVE
-- 15 SANTANA STARFAITH 5,071
SHAPE SHIFTER
19 16 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 5,041
GO GET IT
39 17 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 4,615
VARIOUS ARTISTS
22 18 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 4,552
19
5 19 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 4,528
LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
-- 20 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 4,474
THE GRADUATION ALBUM
14 21 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 4,425
CHANGED
10 22 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 4,340
MAKING MIRRORS
33 23 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 4,135
WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS
-- 24 GARBAGE STUN VOLUME 3,890
NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE
28 25 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HOLLYWOOD 3,889
SOUNDTRACK
-- 26 SHADOWS FALL RAZOR & TIE 3,776
FIRE FROM THE SKY
-- 27 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY 3,537
HEROES
36 28 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 3,362
RED RIVER BLUE
43 29 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 3,325
AMARYLLIS
-- 30 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 3,251
HERE AND NOW
47 31 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 3,170
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
26 32 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 2,924
OWN THE NIGHT
8 33 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 2,824
BLUNDERBUSS
31 34 THINK LIKE A MAN EPIC 2,808
SOUNDTRACK
32 35 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 2,516
TALK THAT TALK
16 36 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 2,436
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
45 37 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 2,317
THE BAND PERRY
18 38 SMASH CAST COLUMBIA 2,307
MUSIC OF SMASH
49 39 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 2,192
I WIN
-- 40 THE WANTED MERCURY 2,039
THE WANTED
-- 41 BEACH HOUSE SUB POP 1,972
BLOOM
30 42 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 1,950
EL CAMINO
50 43 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 1,943
FOUR THE RECORD
40 44 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 1,925
SOME NIGHTS
37 45 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 1,878
STRONGER
9 46 TANK ATLANTIC 1,869
THIS IS HOW I FEEL
41 47 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 1,851
TAKE CARE
46 48 MONICA RCA 1,818
NEW LIFE
-- 49 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 1,751
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 50 SHAKE IT UP: LIVE 2 DANCE WALT DISNEY 1,721
SOUNDTRACK

by **thebigham** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:11 pm

ONE year ago:

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht448

CHART DATE: 05/23/2011

1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 136,585 -13%
21
-- 2 SEETHER WIND-UP 57,400 --
HOLDING ONTO STRINGS BETTER LEFT
2 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 50,936 -25%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11 4 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 28,320 -1%
MY KINDA PARTY
12 5 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 25,889 -9%
SIGH NO MORE
3 6 LONELY ISLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 23,438 -64%
TURTLENECK AND CHAIN
6 7 BEASTIE BOYS CAPITOL/EMI 23,166 -43%
HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE, PT. 2
-- 8 MICHAEL GRIMM EPIC 23,122 --
MICHAEL GRIMM
-- 9 IL VOLO GEFFEN 22,577 --
IL VOLO
10 10 JENNIFER LOPEZ ISLAND/IDJMG 22,114 -30%
LOVE?

by **pinko7589** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:06 am

Adel is a monster

by **FliplovesMC** » Tue May 22, 2012 5:37 am

I don't suppose the recent (and insignificant) Billboard Awards would not affect the sales since it was on a Sunday night, right? It was watched by only about 7million people, if the Grammys was watched by 40million and Adele sold 750~k, I would deduce that she should do 125k-ish this week, since she won 12 awards, but probably not.

by **NothingFails** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:56 am

FliplovesMC wrote:I don't suppose the recent (and insignificant) Billboard Awards would not affect the sales since it was on a Sunday night, right? It was watched by only about 7million people, if the Grammys was watched by 40million and Adele sold 750~k, I would deduce that she should do 125k-ish this week, since she won 12 awards, but probably not.

The main prob with that award show is that they downplayed Adele's awards because she didn't show up, so while she was the big winner, it was the likes of LMFAO and Katy Perry who got showered the attention on there.

by **NorfolkScot** » Tue May 22, 2012 10:03 am

I don't expect a boost in sales for Adele at all from these awards.
The interview and highlights from the RAH concert next month will bring the sales in.

by **Play** » Tue May 22, 2012 10:09 am

NothingFails wrote:
FliplovesMC wrote:I don't suppose the recent (and insignificant) Billboard Awards would not affect the sales since it was on a Sunday night, right? It was watched by only about 7million people, if the Grammys was watched by 40million and Adele sold 750~k, I would deduce that she should do 125k-ish this week, since she won 12 awards, but probably not.
The main prob with that award show is that they downplayed Adele's awards because she didn't show up, so while she was the big winner, it was the likes of LMFAO and Katy Perry who got showered the attention on there.

Yes. The grammy boost of Adele was a combination of her winning awards + her performance + all the attention being on her.

by **thebigham** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:27 pm

New albums out today for next week's chart:

John Mayer
MercyMe
Kris Allen
Slash
John McLaughlin
Garbage
The Cult
Joey Ramone
Gossip
Kimbra
Joe Bonamossa
Haley Reinhart

More at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ ... _rd_i=5174

by **Timmy94** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:48 pm

by **tada** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:16 pm

Garbage is likely to enjoy boost or at least remain stable, as "Not Your Kind Of People" hits physical retailers this week. It must go Top 10!!!

by **fearlesswift13** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:45 pm

Timmy94 wrote:My estimations:

John Mayer | 270-350k No. 1
MercyMe | 40-50k No. 4
Kris Allen | 25k No. 3
Slash | 30k No. 7
John McLaughlin | 1-2k /
Garbage | 20-25k No. 10-12
The Cult | 10-15k No. 35-45
Joey Ramone | 3-4k No. 150-160
Gossip | 4-5k No. 100-120
Kimbra | | 7-8k No. 100-120
Joe Bonamossa | 15-20k No. 20-30
Haley Reinhart | 10-15k No. 20-30

Let me give this a try. My answers are in Timmy's quote

by **cabanaboy** » Tue May 22, 2012 4:57 pm

fearlesswift13 wrote:
Timmy94 wrote:My estimations:

John Mayer | 270-350k No. 1
MercyMe | 40-50k No. 4
Kris Allen | 25k No. 3
Slash | 30k No. 7
John McLaughlin | 1-2k /
Garbage | 20-25k No. 10-12
The Cult | 10-15k No. 35-45
Joey Ramone | 3-4k No. 150-160
Gossip | 4-5k No. 100-120
Kimbra | | 7-8k No. 100-120
Joe Bonamossa | 15-20k No. 20-30
Haley Reinhart | 10-15k No. 20-30
Let me give this a try. My answers are in Timmy's quote

Haley Reinhart is going to sell way more the 10 to 20k I would say 30k at the VERY least!