Linkin Park :: The "Living Things" Era
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by truthless » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:46 pm
We can expect another small increase for Burn It Down here in Germany. Spain vs Portgual match starts now. Between these matches, they will play a breakdown of the first half with Burn It Down as the football song.
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by Nackar » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:08 pm
That's cool! I want LP at number one. I actually personally prefer Maroon 5 but for some reason I care less about them being on top than LP. Don't ask me why 
EDIT: I think it's because of their streak of number one albums since Meteora, actually. Maroon 5 doesn't have anything like that.
EDIT: I think it's because of their streak of number one albums since Meteora, actually. Maroon 5 doesn't have anything like that.
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by Timmy94 » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:16 pm
I'm really surprised about this high prediction 
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I mean almost everybody posted declines in the opening week compared to the previous album, sometimes even despite huge hits (e.g. Nicki Minaj), so it's weird to see them opening with almost the same than they did with A Thousand Suns although they have been following a downward trend ever since and have no hit, plus A Thousand Suns had a total of "only" ~ 800k... Maybe the good critics Living Things helped the sales...
I gotta say that I expected 150k AT BEST...
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I mean almost everybody posted declines in the opening week compared to the previous album, sometimes even despite huge hits (e.g. Nicki Minaj), so it's weird to see them opening with almost the same than they did with A Thousand Suns although they have been following a downward trend ever since and have no hit, plus A Thousand Suns had a total of "only" ~ 800k... Maybe the good critics Living Things helped the sales...
I gotta say that I expected 150k AT BEST...
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by Nackar » Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:20 pm
^ Good critics? The album is actually lower on metacritic (60/100) than A Thousand Suns (66/100) was! But the fans seem to be enjoying this more so I think that's the most important reason.
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by FadingLight » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:08 pm
LINKIN PARKS ONE, MAROON’S NEXT
Veteran Warner Bros. Rockers to Debut with 220-240k, Maroon Could Hit 200k
June 27, 2012
Linkin Park’s Living the high life.
The veteran Warner Bros. rap-rockers will debut at #1 on the next HITS Album sales chart with their fifth studio album, Living Things, which looks headed to an opening week of between 220-240k, according to one-day sales reports from those retailers who haven’t paved paradise and put up a parking lot. It’s the first chart-topper for WEA this year.
That compares favorably with their last album, A Thousand Suns, which debuted in Sept. 2010 with 241k, and went on to sell 845k.
A&M/Octone act Maroon 5 prove the power of television, as lead singer Adam Levine’s stint on The Voice has led to a first-week projection between 190-210k, which would top the debut of the band’s last album, Hands All Over. That one entered the charts with 142k in sales in Sept. 2010, just a week after Linkin Park’s last album, coincidentally enough. The album already has one smash single in “Payphone,” featuring Wiz Khalifa, and boasts plenty more where that came from.
Next highest debut after that will be Maybach Music Group’s MMG Presents, Vol. 2, a WEA-distributed album featuring Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Omarion, is in the 80-90k range.
RCA R&B icon R. Kelly’s Write Me Back will bow with between 70-75k in first-week sales.
Columbia punk vets Offspring’s Days Go By, their first studio album since 2008’s Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, is on target to sell between 20-25k.
Finally, Madison Gate/Sony Pictures’ The Sing-Off winners and a cappella cover band Pentatonix’s PTX, Vol. 1, should do 15-20k as an iTunes exclusive, where it’s been ensconced in the Top 5 all week
Veteran Warner Bros. Rockers to Debut with 220-240k, Maroon Could Hit 200k
June 27, 2012
Linkin Park’s Living the high life.
The veteran Warner Bros. rap-rockers will debut at #1 on the next HITS Album sales chart with their fifth studio album, Living Things, which looks headed to an opening week of between 220-240k, according to one-day sales reports from those retailers who haven’t paved paradise and put up a parking lot. It’s the first chart-topper for WEA this year.
That compares favorably with their last album, A Thousand Suns, which debuted in Sept. 2010 with 241k, and went on to sell 845k.
A&M/Octone act Maroon 5 prove the power of television, as lead singer Adam Levine’s stint on The Voice has led to a first-week projection between 190-210k, which would top the debut of the band’s last album, Hands All Over. That one entered the charts with 142k in sales in Sept. 2010, just a week after Linkin Park’s last album, coincidentally enough. The album already has one smash single in “Payphone,” featuring Wiz Khalifa, and boasts plenty more where that came from.
Next highest debut after that will be Maybach Music Group’s MMG Presents, Vol. 2, a WEA-distributed album featuring Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Omarion, is in the 80-90k range.
RCA R&B icon R. Kelly’s Write Me Back will bow with between 70-75k in first-week sales.
Columbia punk vets Offspring’s Days Go By, their first studio album since 2008’s Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, is on target to sell between 20-25k.
Finally, Madison Gate/Sony Pictures’ The Sing-Off winners and a cappella cover band Pentatonix’s PTX, Vol. 1, should do 15-20k as an iTunes exclusive, where it’s been ensconced in the Top 5 all week
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by GoodBoyGoneBad » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:16 pm
Italian Album Chart
05. (**) Living Things
05. (**) Living Things
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by frankie_85 » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:46 pm
I was surprised too to see them only at #5, sales are low at the moment at least a top3 placement was expected!arab wrote:I expected #1GoodBoyGoneBad wrote:Italian Album Chart
05. (**) Living ThingsGood, but very bad result...
HT - #2
Meteora/MTM/ATS - #1
But maybe i have the answer...Living Things had as the original release date June 26 (same as Maroon 5 album for example). But apparently it was released on June 22; i should check a confirmation of this date but if this is true then the album charted with only two days of sales since the FIMI week is from June 18 to June 24. Don't know why they did this
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by Timmy94 » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:52 pm
The previous "real" first week sales worldwide:
Minutes To Midnight - 1,178,000
A Thousand Suns - 523,000
We'll see if Living Things could outdo A Thousand Suns
. Funnily, both albums were replaced by Maroon 5's respective albums (It Won't Be Soon Before Long and Hands All Over) in the 2nd week . If the same happens again?
@arab: Of course, if they are still No. 1, they will make it in the end. Though it was clear from the very beginning? I mean who should've been a threat for the album in the UK - Maroon 5's new album ?
Minutes To Midnight - 1,178,000
A Thousand Suns - 523,000
We'll see if Living Things could outdo A Thousand Suns
. Funnily, both albums were replaced by Maroon 5's respective albums (It Won't Be Soon Before Long and Hands All Over) in the 2nd week . If the same happens again?
@arab: Of course, if they are still No. 1, they will make it in the end. Though it was clear from the very beginning? I mean who should've been a threat for the album in the UK - Maroon 5's new album
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by truthless » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:45 am
I have faith in them. I hope they will top 250k lol. Would be higher than A Thousand Suns.arab wrote:HDD predictions
*Linkin Park (Warner Bros.) 230-250k
*Maroon 5 (A&M/Octone) 200-220k
It will be very tough battle, but fingers crossed
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