The Hits Daily Double Thread

[GetBack]

Is Bieber really contending for the one million US opening sales? I don't think so with his new, mature sound.

[FliplovesMC]

I actually don't mind his sound now, over 700K for him is quite high, isn't it?

I would appreciate it for the music industry but I'm not gonna bring out the parades and trumpets either.

[GetBack]

If his album and singles were similar to My World 2.0, not that I want them to be, it will possibly scan a million or more, but "Girlfriend" isn't doing the wonders that "Baby" did to ignite huge interest and unprecedented hype towards the new era. We'll see though.

[Timmy94]

If My World 2.0 had a total of 6 mio.+, I wouldn't doubt that Believe could debut with 1 mio. or more... But it "only" stands at 3.1 mio. and I can't see his next one being so frontloaded... Unless Believe sells far more than My World 2.0 but is this possible?

[NothingFails]

Bieber might be hotter than Usher, but trust me, Bieber won't still be as hot 18 years into his career as Usher is.

[NorfolkScot]

NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
2 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 74,029 +27%
21
-- 2 ALAN JACKSON CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 73,829 --
THIRTY MILES WEST
-- 3 BEACH BOYS CAPITOL/EMI 63,645 --
THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO
-- 4 BIG K.R.I.T. DEF JAM/IDJ 40,010 --
LIVE FROM THE UNDERGROUND
3 5 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 39,735 -4%
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 6 CURREN$Y WARNER BROS. 38,972 --
STONED IMMACULATE
1 7 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 37,511 -44%
BORN AND RAISED
-- 8 NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE REPRISE 35,422 --
AMERICANA
-- 9 BRANDI CARLILE COLUMBIA 27,775 --
BEAR CREEK
5 10 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 27,397 -13%
BLOWN AWAY
8 11 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 25,152 +2%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 12 JOE WALSH FANTASY 23,102 --
ANALOG MAN
7 13 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 21,898 -16%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11 14 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 18,976 -3%
MAKING MIRRORS
10 15 LIONEL RICHIE MERCURY NASHVILLE 18,080 -22%
TUSKEGEE
-- 16 ROCK OF AGES WATERTOWER MUSIC 17,998 --
SOUNDTRACK
12 17 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 17,991 +5%
SOME NIGHTS
-- 18 JANA KRAMER WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 16,559 --
JANA KRAMER
-- 19 VICTORIOUS CAST NICKELODEON/COLUMBIA 16,215 --
V2: MORE MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV
15 20 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,133 +6%
CHIEF
24 21 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 14,627 +27%
19
14 22 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,458 -15%
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
4 23 REGINA SPEKTOR SIRE 13,269 -66%
WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
13 24 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 13,258 -19%
LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
18 25 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 12,254 -5%
MY KINDA PARTY
23 26 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 12,110 0%
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
-- 27 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 11,598 --
LUMINEERS
22 28 OF MONSTERS & MEN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,409 -6%
MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
20 29 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 11,073 -12%
BLUNDERBUSS
-- 30 ERIC BENET JORDAN HOUSE 10,595 --
THE ONE
-- 31 EMELI SANDE CAPITOL/EMI 10,564 --
OUR VERSION OF EVENTS
45 32 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 10,125 +23%
EL CAMINO
29 33 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 9,508 -10%
TALK THAT TALK
47 34 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 9,379 +15%
SIGH NO MORE
6 35 EDWARD SHARPE & MAGNETIC ZEROS VAGRANT 9,282 -68%
HERE
35 36 ALABAMA SHAKES ATO 9,236 -6%
BOYS & GIRLS
-- 37 BEATLES CAPITOL/EMI 9,161 --
YELLOW SUBMARINE SONGTRACK
32 38 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,908 -10%
OWN THE NIGHT
37 39 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 8,852 -9%
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 40 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 8,793 --
TEENAGE DREAM
41 41 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,323 -5%
TAKE CARE
27 42 MERCYME FAIR TRADE 8,236 -24%
HURT & THE HEALER
39 43 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 8,225 -11%
STRONGER
31 44 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 8,160 -18%
GO GET IT
46 45 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 8,137 0%
CHANGED
26 46 JOHNNY CASH STARBUCKS 8,118 -26%
OPUS COLLECTION
38 47 LEE BRICE CURB 8,068 -14%
HARD 2 LOVE
25 48 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA 7,913 -30%
TRESPASSING
30 49 B.O.B. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 7,905 -23%
STRANGE CLOUDS
19 50 SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY DIK HAYD/EMI 7,901 -38%
APOCALYPTIC LOVE

[fearlesswift13]

Still neck and neck
2 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 74,029 +27%
21
-- 2 ALAN JACKSON CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 73,829 --
THIRTY MILES WEST
a gap of only 200 copies. will be interesting to see who will be #1 on billboard

[jszmiles]

good debut for Emeli

[FliplovesMC]

Still neck and neck
2 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 74,029 +27%
21
-- 2 ALAN JACKSON CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 73,829 --
THIRTY MILES WEST
a gap of only 200 copies. will be interesting to see who will be #1 on billboard

I say Adele will be #1

[tchou]

NOW IN: FINAL

22 28 OF MONSTERS & MEN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,409 -6%
MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
20 29 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 11,073 -12%
BLUNDERBUSS
35 36 ALABAMA SHAKES ATO 9,236 -6%
BOYS & GIRLS

There's still hope for rock music after all as these three albums hold on very well. Especially for Of Monstres & Men and Alabama Shakes, two debut acts.

[GetBack]

Bieber might be hotter than Usher, but trust me, Bieber won't still be as hot 18 years into his career as Usher is.

The likes of Bieber will obviously transition into acting, something like Justin Timberlake's career path is now. Usher will always be in the music industry, just like R. Kelly, etc.

[herb]

Still neck and neck
2 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 74,029 +27%
21
-- 2 ALAN JACKSON CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 73,829 --
THIRTY MILES WEST
a gap of only 200 copies. will be interesting to see who will be #1 on billboard

Either one of them scoring No.1 would make a good story.

[fearlesswift13]

Still neck and neck
2 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 74,029 +27%
21
-- 2 ALAN JACKSON CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 73,829 --
THIRTY MILES WEST
a gap of only 200 copies. will be interesting to see who will be #1 on billboard

Either one of them scoring No.1 would make a good story.

Oh no doubt. I'm a big Alan Jackson fan so I pull for him but Adele makes good music too. I'd rather the best album so far this year be #1 but Adele being #1 wouldn't bother me much

[borneoman]

Billboard confirms Adele is #1

[NothingFails]

Bieber might be hotter than Usher, but trust me, Bieber won't still be as hot 18 years into his career as Usher is.

The likes of Bieber will obviously transition into acting, something like Justin Timberlake's career path is now. Usher will always be in the music industry, just like R. Kelly, etc.

I don't think Bieber has the widespread appeal Timberlake has. Do you know how embarrassing Bieber is to adults? He's not even a guilty pleasure to a lot of adults the way One Direction's music is, he's viewed the same way we used to view Hilary Duff.

[hugo]

USHERING IN A NEW #1

New Album Will Grab Top Spot on Next Week’s Chart, Rush Also Debuts

June 13, 2012

Usher may be Looking 4 Myself, but you can find the RCA R&B star at the top of the HITS album chart next week.
His new album will debut at #1 with a total between 120-130k, 200k less than the first-week sales for his last album, Raymond v. Raymond, which came out Easter week in March 2010 with 329k following his mentoring appear on American Idol. That one went on to sell 1.3 million.

The results are based on one-day sales reports from those music retailers who haven’t converted their stores to laser-tag warehouses.

Canadian prog-rock icons Rush’s debut for the Roadrunner label, Clockwork Angels, is the next biggest debut, with estimates in the 85-95k range. That would match, or best, the total of their last album, 2007’s Snakes & Arrows on Atlantic, which bowed with 93k. The veteran band’s following is among the most loyal—and unabashedly geeky—in all of rock.

New Elektra Brit award winner Ed Sheeran’s debut + is headed for a surprisingly robust 40-50k bow, while MCA Nashville country-rocker Josh Turner’s Punching Bag is headed for 35-40k.

WB southern hip-hopper Waka Flocka Flame’s Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family looks in the 25-30k range.


Hollywood Records rocker Grace Potter & the Nocturnals’ The Lion the Beast the Beat, the studio follow-up to their 2010 debut, should sell between 20-25k. That self-titled album has sold 235k to date.

UMe’s Now Country 5 appears to also be in the 20-25k area.

Album sales were up 5% vs. last week, down 5% vs. same week last year and down 3% year to date.

Track sales were down 1% vs. last week, up 3% vs. same week last year and up 6% year to date.

TEA sales were up 3% vs. last week, down 2% vs. same week last year and flat year to date.

Is it time to light up some cherry bombs yet?

[thebigham]

I'm in shock about Usher.

[NothingFails]

I'm in shock about Usher.

me too, but at the same time, neither Climax nor Scream (and a shame as I like both songs) have set the charts afire.

[cabanaboy]

wow Ushers prediction. Imo it has partially to do wither Scream being so generic

[abdon]

Rush!!! come on !! what´s going oN!!!!

They Deserve the number spot!!!!

[Timmy94]

I knew those 300k+ estimations were ridiculous - I hoped for 200-250k but it seems like that was also too much...
But I'm really surprised about the huge decline compared to Raymond vs Raymond!

Great for Ed Sheeran: I'm really surprised that all those unknown artists manage to debut kinda high in the US at the moment .

[Play]

Usher

I'm frustrated.... Actually I'm ever since I heard the album in full!

What were you thinking man, you are my idol

[tada]

OMFG! at Usher's projection
IT'S INCREDIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME

[Lehmann]

Usher should stop making shitty electro-pop songs.

[skycycle]

Waka is not doing too good I must say - his previous album opened with 37k on its way to 330k+ sold so far... 25-30 for this after so many club bangers and featured tracks is really, really low... I was expecting him to break 50k easy...