Alexandra Burke :: The "Elephant " Era

by **jpguy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:28 am

I hope it sells more and more!! I don't know... top 3 album perhaps?

by **theArmy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:16 am

current position for HOH on UK iTunes?

by **MyDecember** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:34 am

Can I ask why this thread is still called 'The Elephant Era' and not 'The Heartbreak on Hold Era'?

The album is currently #50 on UK iTunes.

by **theArmy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:42 am

MyDecember wrote:The album is currently #50 on UK iTunes.

..............

by **jpguy** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:27 pm

Let It Go is #100 on iTunes :cry:

by **Timmy94** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:36 pm

jpguy wrote:Let It Go is #100 on iTunes

But still No. 46 on Amazon 8-)

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by **truthless** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:39 pm

Timmy94 wrote:
jpguy wrote:Let It Go is #100 on iTunes
But still No. 46 on Amazon .

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:48 am

Apparently album is #14 on midweek chart.

by **nwt1234** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:37 pm

Garf69 wrote:
nwt1234 wrote:Collide came after an underperforming album, Elephant is coming off the success Alexandra had with Overcome and 5 of her singles off the album went top ten (not including Hallelujah). A better comparison would be with Happy. I hope this album does as well as the first album
Huh? You need to get your facts right before you comment . Echo is DOUbLE Platinum in the UK which means its shifted over 600,000 copies.. Plus it opened with 161,000 which was the biggest opening for a female that year! Same with Overcome - 2x Platinum! Granted Leona didn't have much singles success from the Album but she's only had a few massive hits.

I think Alexandra has gone in a terrible generic direction. She should go back to RnB!

Leona had far better promotion than Alexandra did and first week means nothing. Also Alexandra was able to stay in the limelight because of the singles. Anyway going in at number 3 isn't bad so no worries. The album will have consistancy if she releases some good singles and gets 4th quarter sales because of an X Factor performance.

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:57 pm

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:50 pm

^^ I thought that he will notice that I have bumped the thread early today, when he posted UK infos in others threads :lol:

album ended @ #18 in UK!

by **Timmy94** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:53 pm

I think the album's chart performance will be similiar to Pixie Lott's Young Foolish Happy...

by **MyDecember** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:31 pm

Timmy94 wrote:I think the album's chart performance will be similiar to Pixie Lott's Young Foolish Happy...

With sales even more dire..

Last FM · by **arab** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:35 pm

nickf1 wrote:^^ I thought that he will notice that I have bumped the thread early today, when he posted UK infos in others threads

album ended @ #18 in UK!

Haha, sorry my friend, but I completely forgot bout Alexandra :lol:

#18 is a real flop. But on the other hand I'm not surprised, cause her current singles are much wore than first 3 singles...

by **Hotness** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:30 pm

I can't wait for electro pop music to die down. Alexandra is so talented she doesn't need to keep doing these generic dance tracks.

I hope she can release a third album with a new label who is more supportive of her talent.

by **tada** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:31 am

terrible flop! so disappointed and sad for her! her voice really ain't deserving what she gets commercially

by **jpguy** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:07 am

tada wrote:terrible flop! so disappointed and sad for her! her voice really ain't deserving what she gets commercially

by **NorfolkScot** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:33 am

Flop album of the year.

Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's first album, Overcome, debuted at number one in 2009 on sales of 132,065 copies. Although it yielded six Top 20 hits and sold 813,469 copies, it didn't prevent Burke from being dropped from X Factor boss Simon Cowell's Syco label. Subsequently signed to sister label RCA - both are part of Sony Music - Burke reached number three with Elephant (feat. Erick Morillo) but follow-up Let It Go has struggled. After debuting at number 33 last week, it now tumbles to number 74 (4,461 sales), while Burke's debut RCA album Heartbreak On Hold debuts at number 18, with first week sales of just 6,731 copies.

Last FM · by **arab** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:41 pm

What a huuuuge sales decrease. From 132,065 to 6,731

by **tada** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:02 pm

NorfolkScot wrote:Flop album of the year.

Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke's first album, Overcome, debuted at number one in 2009 on sales of 132,065 copies. Although it yielded six Top 20 hits and sold 813,469 copies, it didn't prevent Burke from being dropped from X Factor boss Simon Cowell's Syco label. Subsequently signed to sister label RCA - both are part of Sony Music - Burke reached number three with Elephant (feat. Erick Morillo) but follow-up Let It Go has struggled. After debuting at number 33 last week, it now tumbles to number 74 (4,461 sales), while Burke's debut RCA album Heartbreak On Hold debuts at number 18, with first week sales of just 6,731 copies.

this is incredibly awfully f.cking...that's ultra-mega-flop! She's gonna be dropped once again :evil:

So much hate for her in the UK atm!

by **Timmy94** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:05 pm

Apart from this huge drop of the 2nd album - why did she get dropped after her first era despite the album selling 800k+ and 6 top-20-singles

?

by **biscuits** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:16 pm

arab wrote:What a huuuuge sales decrease. From 132,065 to 6,731

Yes, very bad!

With opening sales so low, it'll be lucky to ever reach 100,000 or go Silver.

by **jpguy** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:26 pm

6.731 COPIES!!! O M F G !!! What the hell is this? This must be a joke!!! Even ELEPHANT sold more... this is such a disaster, even worse than I expected it to be! I expected AT LEAST 25,000 copies, or 15,000 , even that would've been a joke.. but 6,731!!! I feel extremely sad for Alexandra, she's obviously gettin' dropped

!!! This will sell like 50,000 in the end IF possible, or maybe 35,000

!! Or less... I dunno, it's so annoying how people boycotted her! :oops:

Timmy94 wrote:Apart from this huge drop of the 2nd album - why did she get dropped after her first era despite the album selling 800k+ and 6 top-20-singles ?

Yes, does anyone knows why she got dropped with a 800,000 selling album?

by **Nackar** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:21 pm

Timmy94 wrote:Apart from this huge drop of the 2nd album - why did she get dropped after her first era despite the album selling 800k+ and 6 top-20-singles ?

I know, right? That will forever remain a mystery to me

Perhaps it wasn't up to Cowell's standards and he just didn't care anymore.

by **nibblet** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:07 am

Nackar wrote:
Timmy94 wrote:Apart from this huge drop of the 2nd album - why did she get dropped after her first era despite the album selling 800k+ and 6 top-20-singles ?
I know, right? That will forever remain a mystery to me

Perhaps it wasn't up to Cowell's standards and he just didn't care anymore.

Maybe it was a lack on international success? Maybe it was down to personalities....It's jjust my opinion, but she doesn't seem very likeable to me (from what I have seen in interviews).

Still, it is a waste of talent. She descerved better material and had what it took to be make it globally in terms of talent.

Now, I suspect her future will be reality TV shows.