Charts Discussion - Pre-order 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack!

[SpeechIess 1,060]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant said:

nnn watch her get pregnant and cancel the whole era

sskdkskdks

[Scathach 6,674]

14 hours ago, OBEY said:

Sorry if this question is dumb, but does Love, Simon get some money of Love Lies since it's a single from the soundtrack ? 

[Doncho 27,241]

4 hours ago, gabrielflorin01 said:

Remember when we said ASIB trailer will be one of the most viewed online trailers in the first 24 hours, and poor flop is still stuck at 5 mil 

Literally:

Only delusional monsters can think that. Of course it wasnt going to do that numbers, its not a Marvel movie 

[ViviLittleM 3]

Panik mode

Gaga's over

Last week was an all-time low for physical musical sales in the US. The CD is definitely dying out.

Published on July 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross

If you had any lingering doubts about the battle between CDs and streaming, this should sort things out. Almost no one bought CDs (or any new physical music) in America last week.

If you total up all the sales in the Top 200 on the US SoundScan chart, only 412,229 units were purchased in a country of 320 million.

The Top 10 features some insanely low numbers. Drake debuted at #1 with 29,354 physical copies of Scorpion.

And no, that’s not a typo. I had to look three times before I believed my eyes.

Let me state that again: The biggest single contemporary artist on the planet right now had a #1 record by selling less than 30,000 physical copies.

Not that Drake cares, of course, because Scorpion has been heard millions and millions and millions of times through streaming, delivering far more revenue that he’d ever see from physical sales.

Yes, it was a weak release schedule thanks to the July 4th holiday, but still…

Here’s the full Top 10 on the US SoundScan chart:

1.Drake, Scorpion (29,354 physical units sold)
2.Various Artists, The Greatest Showman soundtrack (16,412)
3.Panic! At the Disco, Pray for the Wicked (11,861)
4.Gorillaz, The Now Now (9,774)
5.Florence + the Machine, High As Hope (8,430)
6.Taylor Swift, Reputation (8,174)
7.Jason Alden, Rearview Town (7,861)
8.Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys (6.756)
9.John Coltraine, Both Directions at Once (6,490)
10.The Carters, EVERYTHING IS LOVE (6,118)
A few more things to note about physical music sales in America so far this year.

¦Despite being America’s music power couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s album (The Carters) has sold just 102,000 physical units.
¦It was possible to make the US Top 200 SoundScan last week by selling just 572 records.
¦Only eight albums in the Top 100 have sold more than a million copies. Only two (Tay-Tay’s Reputation and Traveller from Chris Stapleton) have sold more than 2 million.
Bottom line? When someone brags about something hitting #1 on SoundScan, ignore them. It means nothing.

Couple of points…
- the numbers are physical + digital sales (the Drake album was not available physically)
- he's using the SoundScan top 200 current albums

[ryanripley 86,575]

4 minutes ago, ViviLittleM said:

Panik mode

Gaga's over

Last week was an all-time low for physical musical sales in the US. The CD is definitely dying out.

Published on July 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross

If you had any lingering doubts about the battle between CDs and streaming, this should sort things out. Almost no one bought CDs (or any new physical music) in America last week.

If you total up all the sales in the Top 200 on the US SoundScan chart, only 412,229 units were purchased in a country of 320 million.

The Top 10 features some insanely low numbers. Drake debuted at #1 with 29,354 physical copies of Scorpion.

And no, that’s not a typo. I had to look three times before I believed my eyes.

Let me state that again: The biggest single contemporary artist on the planet right now had a #1 record by selling less than 30,000 physical copies.

Not that Drake cares, of course, because Scorpion has been heard millions and millions and millions of times through streaming, delivering far more revenue that he’d ever see from physical sales.

Yes, it was a weak release schedule thanks to the July 4th holiday, but still…

Here’s the full Top 10 on the US SoundScan chart:

1.Drake, Scorpion (29,354 physical units sold)
2.Various Artists, The Greatest Showman soundtrack (16,412)
3.Panic! At the Disco, Pray for the Wicked (11,861)
4.Gorillaz, The Now Now (9,774)
5.Florence + the Machine, High As Hope (8,430)
6.Taylor Swift, Reputation (8,174)
7.Jason Alden, Rearview Town (7,861)
8.Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys (6.756)
9.John Coltraine, Both Directions at Once (6,490)
10.The Carters, EVERYTHING IS LOVE (6,118)
A few more things to note about physical music sales in America so far this year.

¦Despite being America’s music power couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s album (The Carters) has sold just 102,000 physical units.
¦It was possible to make the US Top 200 SoundScan last week by selling just 572 records.
¦Only eight albums in the Top 100 have sold more than a million copies. Only two (Tay-Tay’s Reputation and Traveller from Chris Stapleton) have sold more than 2 million.
Bottom line? When someone brags about something hitting #1 on SoundScan, ignore them. It means nothing.

Couple of points…
- the numbers are physical + digital sales (the Drake album was not available physically)
- he's using the SoundScan top 200 current albums

at some point i'll just have to start making my own CDs

a sad time to live in for someone like me

[FarixGaga 15,546]

I mean we saw it coming that streaming would progressively replace physical copies, however Gaga's team did almost nothing to take account of this factor. And that's a big mistake since streaming is not the future, it's the present already.

[OBEY 57,109]

1 minute ago, ryanliarripley said:

at some point i'll just have to start making my own CDs

a sad time to live in for someone like me

it must cost you a fortune to buy albums..

[OBEY 57,109]

Also, new cars don't even have CD players. Same thing for MacBooks etc. Everyone is making the CD die, even companies. 

[ViviLittleM 3]

2 minutes ago, OBEY said:

Also, new cars don't even have CD players. Same thing for MacBooks etc. Everyone is making the CD die, even companies. 

I'm good with my 2009's one

 

Well most of the cars have USB thing no?

So still we need to buy music

(if we're legal)

[ryanripley 86,575]

3 minutes ago, OBEY said:

it must cost you a fortune to buy albums..

meh, only the rare ones

most of the popular ones cost about £2/3 if you look in the right place

[Matt B 1,179]

Recording Academy

@RecordingAcad

Get ready! We're announcing the 61st #GRAMMYs nominations Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 and Music's Biggest Night will return to #LosAngeles' @STAPLESCenter on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RecordingAcad/status/1019212671944679424

[ViviLittleM 3]

1 minute ago, Matheusb said:

Recording Academy

@RecordingAcad

Get ready! We're announcing the 61st #GRAMMYs nominations Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 and Music's Biggest Night will return to #LosAngeles' @STAPLESCenter on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RecordingAcad/status/1019212671944679424

Not announcing this 5 months in advance

[ViviLittleM 3]

Something I noticed about P!nk earnings this year on Forbes: I think it's a bit low?

She did about the same numbers as the Joanne Tour with her US leg, she released a new album which sold a great amount, but only 2M more? (52M)

[Matt B 1,179]

28 minutes ago, ViviLittleM said:

1.Drake, Scorpion (29,354 physical units sold)
2.Various Artists, The Greatest Showman soundtrack (16,412)
3.Panic! At the Disco, Pray for the Wicked (11,861)
4.Gorillaz, The Now Now (9,774)
5.Florence + the Machine, High As Hope (8,430)
6.Taylor Swift, Reputation (8,174)
7.Jason Alden, Rearview Town (7,861)
8.Post Malone, Beerbongs & Bentleys (6.756)
9.John Coltraine, Both Directions at Once (6,490)
10.The Carters, EVERYTHING IS LOVE (6,118)
A few more things to note about physical music sales in America so far this year.

¦Despite being America’s music power couple, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s album (The Carters) has sold just 102,000 physical units.
¦It was possible to make the US Top 200 SoundScan last week by selling just 572 records.
¦Only eight albums in the Top 100 have sold more than a million copies. Only two (Tay-Tay’s Reputation and Traveller from Chris Stapleton) have sold more than 2 million.
Bottom line? When someone brags about something hitting #1 on SoundScan, ignore them. It means nothing.

Couple of points…
- the numbers are physical + digital sales (the Drake album was not available physically)
- he's using the SoundScan top 200 current albums

Such sales include digital sales as well, so it is a death of sales in general 

[ryanripley 86,575]

@bobby fix this