Pop Art 1,773 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 "As for merchandise/album bundles, beginning Oct. 9, no further sales of albums can be reported if bundled with merchandise, even if the album and merchandise are available à la carte. Albums scheduled for release on or before Oct. 8 can report sales generated from the bundles, but only through Oct. 8." (Source) Just a PSA that today through Thursday October 8 will be the last week merch bundles (well, as we know them at least) will count for Billboard charts, so be sure to get in any last minute Chromatica album bundle orders you've been sitting on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyaway 15,350 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Ok but Queen is still #2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDiamond 6,286 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 thanks god done with those dumb money grabbing tactics for no1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazzarus 2,411 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 the end of an era, thankfully Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfAntonio 8,021 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Should keep the rule for Gaga and scrap it for everyone else Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenGaga 3,447 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Bye Bye Taylulu we all know why you released Folklore this year after the bundle announcement by billboard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyniildisk 12,689 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Chromatica dodged a bullet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.peter 3,551 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I kinda liked the trend of selling a merch item and attaching a album to it. It gave music fans lots of cool merch. Now sales are gonna be even more sh!tty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHROMATICON 2,068 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 This makes me think Gaga will 100% focus on streaming from now on. Chromatica sales would have been pretty weak without bundles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0436 10,215 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Its quite clear theyll just package it as the album + free merch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 4:55 AM, CHROMATICON said: Chromatica sales would have been pretty weak without bundles. Just like literally everyone else in the business these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMonster 14,675 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I'm confused by the power and influence of bundles. If someone is going to buy, say, a t-shirt from Lady Gaga's store... they'd surely be buying the album somewhere along the line, anyway? The same goes for a concert ticket? So, remove the bundling - fine - but those who took part in bundles will still, largely, buy the album... so what's the problem? Is this to stop repeat purchases of the same album? As in - an album sale will only count as an album sale if it is purchased on its own? Again... the kind of fans that enjoy merch will probably buy multiple copies of an album (separately) anyway... with or without a bundle And the whole idea that bundling invalidates the success of an album is so odd to me. I mean, if so many people wanted to buy merch or concert tickets for a particular artist... that's surely a good indication of that artist's popularity? Thus, a decent charting album makes sense anyway and isn't a 'force representation'. It all seems quite backwards. In the age of streaming, music labels *have* to put extra incentives on album purchases. It doesn't mean they're 'forcing' interest - they're just trying to monetise interest that's already there. But from a charts or 'perceived popularity' perspective - bundling really makes no difference. After all... if bundling works, it's only because the artist is popular. Spoiler What I am a little bit more disagreeable about is when an artist releases six different versions of the exact same album... like Taylor. That, clearly, is misrepresenting sales. But an album attached to a hoodie or concert ticket - to me - is probably in line with an artist's actual popularity. subtext / fantasy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 17,456 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 here's a fun game let's bet how many more years (months) before no more physical releases Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rio 5,088 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 12:10 AM, HausOfAntonio said: Should keep the rule for Gaga and scrap it for everyone else I'm convinced this will work in Gaga's favour. She always sells high physical copies - she has more competition when others do bundle sales. I think... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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