Mills 446 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2012 Music Industry Report "The big artist stories of the year are Adele and Taylor Swift," said David Bakula, SVP Client Development, Nielsen. "Adele's album, 21, is the first album ever to be the top seller of the year for two consecutive years, and Taylor Swift's Red has sold more than 3.1 million copies in only 10 weeks, debuting with the highest weekly sales of any title since 2002." 2012 Top Ten Selling Albums Title/ Artist / Units Sold 1. 21, ADELE - 4,414,000 2. Red, Taylor Swift - 3,107,000 3. Up All Night, One Direction - 1,616,000 4. Babel, Mumford & Sons - 1,463,000 5.Take Me Home, One Direction - 1,340,000 6. Believe, Justin Bieber - 1,324,000 7. Blown Away, Carrie Underwood - 1,203,000 8. Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan - 1,105,000 9. Tuskegee, Lionel Richie - 1,071,000 10. Night Train, Jason Aldean - 1,024,000 2012 Top Ten Selling Album Artists 1. Adele - 5.1M 2. Taylor Swift - 4M 3. One Direction - 2.9M 4. Mumford & Sons - 2.1M 5. Justin Bieber - 1.89M 6. Jason Aldean - 1.85M 7. Whitney Houston - 1.78M 8. Maroon 5 - 1.5M 9. Carrie Underwood - 1.49M 10. Luke Bryan - 1.43M Here's the press release. ADELE, Taylor Swift, and One Direction headlined 2012. It's quite interesting that Taylor Swift isn't far from the sales of Adele last year, further showing her strength in moving albums in the US despite her 4th quarter release. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magoo 6 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 New BB Hot 100 calculations for next week based on 4 days of itunes bars, mediabase airplay and a streaming estimate #position, sales (000's) + Mediabase airplay (A.I. millions) + streaming (Ks x 10%) = points, artist, song, (change on Hot 100) #1 183 + 197 +103 = 471 Bruno Mars LOOH (=) #2 122 + 180 +107 = 395 Rihanna Diamonds (+1) #3 153 + 150 + 86 = 378 The Lumineers Ho Hey (+1) #4 257 + 94 + 0 = 361 Taylor Swift IKYWT (-2) #5 162 + 111 + 55 = 323 Phillip Phillips Home (+4) #6 140 + 104 + 70 = 303 Justin Bieber ft Minaj BAAB (-1) #7 87 + 142 + 67 = 290 Maroon 5 One More Night (+1) #8 177 + 38 + 97 = 287 Mackelmore & Lewis Thrift Shop (+2) #9 97 + 121 + 62 = 274 Flo Rida I Cry (+2) #10 161 + 53 + 63 = 264 will.i.am ft Britney S&S (+2) #11 93 + 95 + 77 = 252 Ke$ha Die Young (-4) #12 110 + 77 + 73 = 246 Swedish House Mafia DYWC (+3) #13 120 + 80 + 54 = 245 Alecia Keys GOF (+1) #14 81 + 98 + 68 = 236 Fun. Some Nights (-1) #15 144 + 11 + 85 = 216 PSY Gangnam Style (-9) #16 88 + 99 + 20 = 211 P!nk Try (+2) #17 68 + 90 + 58 = 208 Ed Sheeran The A Team (-1) #18 80 + 59 + 71 = 195 Imagine Dragons It's Time (+3) #19 46 + 107 + 37 = 190 Ne-Yo LMLY (-3) #20 111 + 56 + 20 = 187 Pitbull DSTP (+11) #21 64 + 56 + 82 = 183 Kendrick Lamar Sw.Pools (-1) #22 83 + 54 + 34 = 166 Florida Georgia Line Cruise (-3) #23 78 + 38 + 59 = 162 Taylor Swift WANEGBT (-6) #24 77 + 37 + 55 = 156 A$AP Rocky F**kin Probs (+2) #25 58 + 49 + 64 = 156 Kanye West + Jay Z Clique (-2) *points = 100% x sales/K + 110% x Mediabase airplay (A.I. millions) + 7.0% x on demand streaming/K Assuming the xmas gift card effect wears off that biased the Hot 100 towards sales; the chart starts to look more like the previous week; Although that suggests IKYWT will fall in position as at least the stronger airplay/streaming Diamonds retakes its place, the points gap between LOOH and IKYWT is narrowing. Approx this week's sales for Gaga: PF 4.8 K, BR 3.9K; TEOG 3.9K; JD 3.8K; BTW 3.8K; Y+I 3.3K. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
comrade 33 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Hipsters and rockers hate pop stars for being manufactured (not writing their songs) and sometimes for not being able to sing or put on a show. Gaga beats Riri in both areas. Is't Gaga typically a leader in unwanted views on Last FM, so she interests a lot of hipsters who don't want to admit to listening to pop. Google "Coldplay sell out Rihanna" https://www.google.c...iw=1347&bih=515 There are plenty of intelligent adults with several years of college who may appreciate Gaga, who aren't necessarily hipsters in the music snob sense. More interested in ideas and cultural impact, and not ashamed to enjoy a good dance tune. Intellectuals were often nerds and outsiders in high school and get Gaga's message. Coldplay is not relevant in this discussion as the band itself is hated by pretty much every music snob and hipster. And yes, that particular crowd loves to complain about pop stars & co., yet in the end they go by what sounds cool enough. Rihanna tracks like Diamonds are very well featured on hipster and lifestyle blogs. Gaga songs not so much, as they are so overproduced. And let's not over-appreciate Gaga's "intelligence" message. For example, I bet most feminists hate on her just like they hate on every other popstar who's ready to flash her boobs in no time and enforce the idea of female body being a marketing tool. Her image is far from "intellectual". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills 446 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 New BB Hot 100 calculations for next week based on 4 days of itunes bars, mediabase airplay and a streaming estimate #position, sales (000's) + Mediabase airplay (A.I. millions) + streaming (Ks x 10%) = points, artist, song, (change on Hot 100) #1 183 + 197 +103 = 471 Bruno Mars LOOH (=) #2 122 + 180 +107 = 395 Rihanna Diamonds (+1) #3 153 + 150 + 86 = 378 The Lumineers Ho Hey (+1) #4 257 + 94 + 0 = 361 Taylor Swift IKYWT (-2) #5 162 + 111 + 55 = 323 Phillip Phillips Home (+4) A deduction for Taylor Swift? That was unexpected. And same goes for Phillip Phillips. Anyway, still hoping for IKYWT to hit #1 in the coming weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 So C'mon will enter hot 100 just because of its airplay and streaming points? Or can even enter top 10 without digital download support?:giveup: "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky 21 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 So C'mon will enter hot 100 just because of its airplay and streaming points? Or can even enter top 10 without digital download support? C'mon is already #97 something on Hot 100 and it was #99 last week. I doubt it can reach even top 20 if it won't surge in sales but trust me: it will in the following weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 C'mon is already #97 something on Hot 100 and it was #99 last week. I doubt it can reach even top 20 if it won't surge in sales but trust me: it will in the following weeks. so it already happened.. Kesha is so lucky. "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills 446 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 RCA would arguably pull all the strings for Ke$ha to continue that top ten streak with C'Mon. If not, I'd completely be surprised as it's her biggest achievement so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Rihanna is most popular female singer with criminals. Most requested in UK prisoners: http://gagadaily.com/index.php?showtopic=38462 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I'm glad that UJ will be certified gold next week or the week after next week. :legend: "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 2012 Top Ten Selling Albums Title/ Artist / Units Sold 1. 21, ADELE - 4,414,000 2. Red, Taylor Swift - 3,107,000 3. Up All Night, One Direction - 1,616,000 4. Babel, Mumford & Sons - 1,463,000 5.Take Me Home, One Direction - 1,340,000 6. Believe, Justin Bieber - 1,324,000 7. Blown Away, Carrie Underwood - 1,203,000 8. Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan - 1,105,000 9. Tuskegee, Lionel Richie - 1,071,000 10. Night Train, Jason Aldean - 1,024,000 The lesson - most dependable way to sell albums in US is do country music (5/10) or be a s-x object for pre-teen girls (3/10). Adele and Mumford are kind of exceptions that had to dominate their category to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alii 2,039 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Does 1M audience impressions means that there is 1M people have listened to that song ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klou 2,414 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Saw a big sales jump with certain albums last week: Billboard 200 Unapologetic - #7 Halcyon - #38 Kiss - #42 Warrior - #46 Paradise #59 Born To Die - #60 Sticks and Stones - #72 Push and Shove - #78 Roman Reloaded - #81 Lotus - #98 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 State of Album Sales 2012. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/album-sales-down-in-2012-but-digital-shows-1008068182.story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klou 2,414 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 State of Album Sales 2012. http://www.billboard...008068182.story I actually find myself downloading albums more often as opposed to the physical copies. Interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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