DCNATION Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 426,661 -- WATCH THE THRONE -- 2 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 148,821 -- TAILGATES & TANLINES -- 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 39 CAPITOL/EMI 109,988 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS 1 4 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 73,029 -5% 21 2 5 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 36,650 -34% CHIEF 6 6 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 36,033 -12% MY KINDA PARTY 21 7 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 29,622 +77% DREAM WITH ME 8 8 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 27,355 -19% 4 7 9 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 25,145 -33% KIDZ BOP 20 -- 10 ACE HOOD DEF JAM/IDJ 25,126 -- BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS 5 11 VICTORIOUS FEAT/VICTORIA JUSTICE NICKELODEON/COLUMBIA 23,378 -45% SOUNDTRACK 12 12 BAD MEETS EVIL SHADY/INTERSCOPE 22,784 -7% HELL: THE SEQUEL 9 13 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 21,273 -18% RED RIVER BLUE -- 14 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 20,868 -- THE 3D CONCERT 19 15 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 20,019 +16% TORCHES -- 16 TRIVIUM ROADRUNNER 19,936 -- IN WAVES 13 17 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 18,953 -14% WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 26 18 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 18,459 +24% YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 10 19 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 18,455 -29% BORN THIS WAY 3 20 TRACE ADKINS SHOW DOG 16,337 -65% PROUD TO BE HERE 18 21 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 16,261 -6% TEENAGE DREAM 14 22 KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 16,001 -28% HERE I AM 15 23 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 15,717 -18% SIGH NO MORE -- 24 GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME ASYLUM/WB 14,894 -- FERRARI BOYZ 24 25 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 14,801 -3% THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 27 26 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 14,064 -1% SPEAK NOW 16 27 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,949 -22% BACK TO BLACK 20 28 SCOTTY MCCREERY INTERSCOPE 13,625 -19% AMERICAN IDOL: SEASON 10 25 29 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 12,807 -15% ALL OF YOU 17 30 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 12,806 -27% VARIOUS ARTISTS 4 31 MAT KEARNEY AWARE/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 12,232 -73% YOUNG LOVE 28 32 JUSTIN MOORE VALORY 12,090 -11% OUTLAWS LIKE ME 31 33 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 12,086 -5% THE BAND PERRY 38 34 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 11,792 +1% HANDS ALL OVER 35 35 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 11,763 -3% 19 29 36 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,730 -14% TIME OF MY LIFE 23 37 CHRIS YOUNG RCA NASHVILLE 11,659 -24% NEON 39 38 BIG SEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 11,344 +9% FINALLY FAMOUS: THE ALBUM 32 39 SHAKE IT UP: BREAK IT DOWN WALT DISNEY 11,206 -12% SOUNDTRACK 36 40 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 10,706 -9% DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 34 41 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,650 -15% PINK FRIDAY 40 42 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 10,188 0% RECOVERY 37 43 JILL SCOTT BLUES BABE/WARNER BROS. 10,139 -14% LIGHT OF THE SUN 30 44 DJ KHALED UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,948 -25% WE THE BEST FOREVER 33 45 PITBULL J RECORDS/RMG 9,801 -22% PLANET PIT 43 46 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 9,341 -3% LOUD -- 47 BON IVER JAGJAGUWAR 8,795 -- BON IVER 45 48 WIZ KHALIFA ATLANTIC 8,711 0% ROLLING PAPERS -- 49 ROYCE DA 5'9" GRACIE 8,670 -- SUCCESS IS CERTAIN -- 50 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 8,439 -- HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 14 22 KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 16,001 -28% THERE I GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 It could have sold more had they been promoting it instead of letting the "hype" and their names lead the way. Stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 It could have sold more had they been promoting it instead of letting the "hype" and their names lead the way. Stupid. It was only released on iTunes for a week, and Best Buy since Friday, so that's a decent number. Although they were initially predicting 500k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 It was only released on iTunes for a week, and Best Buy since Friday, so that's a decent number. Although they were initially predicting 500k. It could have been a "bigger event" is what Im saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 So did Billboard count the albums that were "sold" when folks purchased tickets to their concerts or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 -- 1 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 426,661 -- WATCH THE THRONE With all that hype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 So did Billboard count the albums that were "sold" when folks purchased tickets to their concerts or not? Soundscan only counts albums that are sold at retailers. @ those sales considering they're two of the biggest names in hip-hop and their albums didn't leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Soundscan only counts albums that are sold at retailers. @ those sales considering they're two of the biggest names in hip-hop and their albums didn't leak. Okay. Thought they were pulling a Prince with those numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Soundscan only counts albums that are sold at retailers. That's what I thought, but here's a blurb from HITS: THRONE WATCHING: Jay-Z and Kanye West's Roc-a-Fella/Roc Nation album Watch the Throne broke the U.S. iTunes one-week sales record with nearly 290k downloads through Sunday night (8/14). The set was exclusively available at the Apple store from Aug. 8-11 before going on sale at digital and physical retailers Friday (8/12). The previous one-week iTunes record was set by Coldplay's 2008 album Viva La Vida, which moved 282k in its first week, and a total of 288k from all other digital retailers. With physical sales falling off over the weekend, Watch the Throne will debut at #1 tomorrow with 425k, which is less than had been predicted. Fully 75% of the total sales will be digital, including Ticketmaster, which is offering the option of a digital copy with every ticket purchased for the upcoming tour. (8/15p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Fully 75% of the total sales will be digital, including Ticketmaster, which is offering the option of a digital copy with every ticket purchased for the upcoming tour. (8/15p) It really wasn't an option. They purchased the digital album when they purchased the tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedEleganceâ„¢ Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Watch The Throne. I'm loving it more and more. Has 4 left the Top 10 since it was released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Watch The Throne. I'm loving it more and more. Me too! Especially "Niggas In Paris" and "New Day". I'm also starting to grow on "Otis" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I don't know. Those numbers seem low to me considering that those two generally are able to move units by themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 And how much has Adele sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnd Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 With their huge fan bases they should have sold far more than that amount. And how much has Adele sold? As of last week, 2,909,000 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlaSh-E Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 It really wasn't an option. They purchased the digital album when they purchased the tickets. so, another 'fake' total? as in... sales would have been a lot less if it wasn't for this 'deal'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlaSh-E Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 and oh no to Adele!!! a drop of 3 places!!! wonder if she can climb her way back up... how amazing would that be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 so, another 'fake' total? as in... sales would have been a lot less if it wasn't for this 'deal'? Yeah. We talked about it some weeks ago and I posted a printscreen of it from Ticketmaster. Instead of having the option to purchase the album or not, the album was included in every online ticket purchase even if someone didn't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 It really wasn't an option. They purchased the digital album when they purchased the tickets. Hmm... if 290K was from iTunes, that's under 70% of the total sales, so the 5-7% or so of the remaining digital sales must be the Ticketmaster sales, since it was supposed to be a digital exclusive for iTunes only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hmm... if 290K was from iTunes, that's under 70% of the total sales, so the 5-7% or so of the remaining digital sales must be the Ticketmaster sales, since it was supposed to be a digital exclusive for iTunes only. Not sure...they might just be saying that 290K was just from iTunes, but I think it was for the tour. They've been adding more dates since the shows were selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Not sure...they might just be saying that 290K was just from iTunes, but I think it was for the tour. They've been adding more dates since the shows were selling. I know they're saying 290k was from iTunes. But they also said 75% of total sales will be digital. So there's 5-7% of digital sales that aren't from iTunes, since 290k is not 75% of the total sales. Unless they got the percentage wrong... So did they find a way to add those Ticketmaster sales to their total? If so, we should alert Janhova's team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrietta. Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I know they're saying 290k was from iTunes. But they also said 75% of total sales will be digital. So there's 5-7% of digital sales that aren't from iTunes, since 290k is not 75% of the total sales. Unless they got the percentage wrong... So did they find a way to add those Ticketmaster sales to their total? If so, we should alert Janhova's team. I don't understand how they were able to. I thought they stopped artists from doing that after Prince and a couple of others did it years ago to keep their album sales high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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