Adele :: The "21" Era

by **phoenix83** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:38 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:HDD Final

7 9 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 41,397 -3%
21

50 50 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 8,791 +10%
19

Equals JLP for longest-running top ten female album (provisionally; HDD and Billboard seem to be getting further and further apart recently...)

by **VoReason** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:46 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.

To a cynic, perhaps. To me, it was a fantastic way for her to share it with the world.

by **NoAngel** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:54 pm

phoenix83 wrote:
Nackar wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Weird thought I had: when people who don't speak English think of the album "21", do you think of it as "twenty-one" or the number in your language ("vingt-et-un", "einundzwanzig" etc.)
It's Twenty-one. I have never ever ever heard ANYONE call it "Eenentwintig" unless they were joking, and I doubt anyone does, hehe
That's what I assumed but just checking though.

In my country it's called "dvadeset jedan" which means "21" in Serbian.

by **NoAngel** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:55 pm

phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?

Well, that's definitely not something to write home about :lol:

by **truthless** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:57 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.

True. It was cringworthy and I didn't smiled just a bit for her.

Nonetheless, I'm happy 21 will reach Diamond in a few weeks. It should go easily 11x-12x Platinum with this and next year.

by **wave** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:58 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:HDD Final

7 9 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 41,397 -3%
21

50 50 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 8,791 +10%
19

Pleased it stayed inside the top 10

by **GUS** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:04 am

NoAngel wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:
Nackar wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Weird thought I had: when people who don't speak English think of the album "21", do you think of it as "twenty-one" or the number in your language ("vingt-et-un", "einundzwanzig" etc.)
It's Twenty-one. I have never ever ever heard ANYONE call it "Eenentwintig" unless they were joking, and I doubt anyone does, hehe
That's what I assumed but just checking though.
In my country it's called "dvadeset jedan" which means "21" in Serbian.

"Veintiuno" (In Spanish)

by **GUS** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:05 am

VoReason wrote:
NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.
To a cynic, perhaps. To me, it was a fantastic way for her to share it with the world.

Absolutely agree with VoReason this time.

by **clh_hilary** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:36 am

Woah in 2 months?

by **Masson** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:34 am

argentino78 wrote:
VoReason wrote:
NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.
To a cynic, perhaps. To me, it was a fantastic way for her to share it with the world.
Absolutely agree with VoReason this time.

Norfolk's correct, it was done in the Madge/Gaga style just to grab some sales because her album and singles were not selling great.

by **NorfolkScot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:39 am

LOL at the Bey comments :wink:

Itunes 21

#1 Bulgaria
#1 Cyprus
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 El Salvador
#1 Greece
#1 Malta
#1 Nicaragua
#2 Argentina
#2 Estonia
#3 Chile
#3 Panama
#3 Slovenia
#4 Costa Rica
#4 Honduras
#4 Poland
#4 Malaysia
#5 Brazil
#5 Colombia
#5 Guatemala
#5 Latvia
#5 Romania
#5 Sweden
#6 Belgium
#6 Czech Republic
#6 Finland
#6 Portugal
#6 Spain
#6 Venezuela
#7 Ecuador
#7 Lithuania
#7 Netherlands
#7 Norway
#7 Paraguay
#7 Peru
#8 Philippines
#8 Singapore
#9 Germany
#9 Hungary
#10 Luxembourg
#10 Slovakia
#11 Ireland
#11 New Zealand
#11 Switzerland
#11 Thailand
#13 France
#13 Italy
#13 Mexico
#14 Australia
#14 Hong Kong
#17 United States
#17 Austria
#18 Canada
#18 Denmark
#26 Japan
#27 Taiwan
#37 United Kingdom
#47 Bolivia

by **NorfolkScot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:46 am

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/ ... sar_cal_mo

6months in and 21 still the top selling album on Amazon UK this year.

by **spiritboy** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:46 am

Masson wrote:
argentino78 wrote:
VoReason wrote:
NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.
To a cynic, perhaps. To me, it was a fantastic way for her to share it with the world.
Absolutely agree with VoReason this time.
Norfolk's correct, it was done in the Madge/Gaga style just to grab some sales because her album and singles were not selling great.

Check your facts first, Madonna was shooting Evita in Buenos Aires when she announced she was pregnant. I can't see the "headlining grab" bit in that, other than one of world's biggest popstars getting pregnant. :roll:

by **NejcIV** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:52 am

argentino78 wrote:
VoReason wrote:
NorfolkScot wrote:
phoenix83 wrote:Who else could have hidden their pregnancy from the world until 2 months before the baby's due?
The way Bevonce annouced she was pregnant was just a quick cash in for sales and it was awfull.
To a cynic, perhaps. To me, it was a fantastic way for her to share it with the world.
Absolutely agree with VoReason this time.

Agreed. + since when is awful spelled with two L?

by **Rolling** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:39 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:HDD Final

7 9 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 41,397 -3%
21

Just needs to keep above that 40,000.

by **Timmy94** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:57 pm

I think it'll have some problems to stay inside of the top 10 until the end of the year in the US...
The best option would be to release a last single, Turning Tables.
They could either shoot a very simple music video of her standing while singing the song, one of her best moments of the last 2 years or just a nice lyrics video.

Sending it to radio and releasing it officially in September, the album could hold until the end of the year and could gain another great sales.
Turning Tables would be just to push the album but could reach the top 20 (Q4 = quartal of the ballads) as a bonus in the end...

by **Spoffle** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:17 pm

Timmy94 wrote:I think it'll have some problems to stay inside of the top 10 until the end of the year in the US...
The best option would be to release a last single, Turning Tables.
They could either shoot a very simple music video of her standing while singing the song, one of her best moments of the last 2 years or just a nice lyrics video.

Sending it to radio and releasing it officially in September, the album could hold until the end of the year and could gain another great sales.
Turning Tables would be just to push the album but could reach the top 20 (Q4 = quartal of the ballads) as a bonus in the end...

I think it might have problems staying in the top 10 for the rest of the month (or even the rest of the day if HDD has got it wrong), never mind the rest of the year! :lol:

A lot of this will depend on what she meant when she said she would probably release something later this year. If she does, and what she releases is unrelated to 21, then I can see why RHI was announced as the last single, but if she is not going to do anything new this year, then I agree they have nothing to lose by releasing Turning Tables.

I still think the best way to keep it selling is to reduce the price, but they don't seem interested in doing that yet.

by **emilhot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:27 pm

I was happy for her success at first, but now i'm kinda tired of all this domination! :oops:

by **Spoffle** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:33 pm

emilhot wrote:I was happy for her success at first, but now i'm kinda tired of all this domination!

And you're not the only one

. That's her problem in a nutshell: should she try to milk this while she can, or should she try to lower her profile to extend her career? :-?

by **emilhot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:48 pm

Spoffle wrote:
emilhot wrote:I was happy for her success at first, but now i'm kinda tired of all this domination!
And you're not the only one . That's her problem in a nutshell: should she try to milk this while she can, or should she try to lower her profile to extend her career?

Hopefully she goes for the 2nd option! Rolling In The Deep came out in late 2010, and eventhough i see that song as her biggest classic, i'm over her domination after all this smashing! :oops:

by **Spoffle** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:07 pm

emilhot wrote:
Spoffle wrote:
emilhot wrote:I was happy for her success at first, but now i'm kinda tired of all this domination!
And you're not the only one . That's her problem in a nutshell: should she try to milk this while she can, or should she try to lower her profile to extend her career?
Hopefully she goes for the 2nd option! Rolling In The Deep came out in late 2010, and eventhough i see that song as her biggest classic, i'm over her domination after all this smashing!

I'm sure she'd agree with you herself. But even when she disappears for months, 21 goes on selling, and people won't stop writing about hers so it's a problem she can't really do anything about :oops:

by **Timmy94** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:11 pm

Switzerland:
9 (11) 21 75 weeks (No. 1 for 14 weeks)

Back to the top 10

!

by **emilhot** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:16 pm

Spoffle wrote:
emilhot wrote:
Spoffle wrote:
emilhot wrote:I was happy for her success at first, but now i'm kinda tired of all this domination!
And you're not the only one . That's her problem in a nutshell: should she try to milk this while she can, or should she try to lower her profile to extend her career?
Hopefully she goes for the 2nd option! Rolling In The Deep came out in late 2010, and eventhough i see that song as her biggest classic, i'm over her domination after all this smashing!
I'm sure she'd agree with you herself. But even when she disappears for months, 21 goes on selling, and people won't stop writing about hers so it's a problem she can't really do anything about

Yeah it might still be on the charts, when her next album comes out in late 2014 or something :oops:

by **elprofundo** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:22 pm

phoenix83 wrote:
Timmy94 wrote:Weird thought I had: when people who don't speak English think of the album "21", do you think of it as "twenty-one" or the number in your language ("vingt-et-un", "einundzwanzig" etc.)

It's definitely 21 (dvadtsat' odin) in Russian.

by **Timmy94** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:27 pm

Why does my user name appear in that quote? I never wrote it...

Anyway, in most cases (80%) it's twenty-one, only in a few cases I heard it being called einundzwanzig...
But Germany likes to anglify things anyway...