Over the weekend I was in 2 Walmarts, 1 Target and 1 Best Buy. Little or no Carrie CD's in stock, except one Walmart had just one CR CD, Target nada, nothing not one Carrie CD, and Best Buy only had one BA CD and 3 CR CD's. Carrie is missing sales Big Time IMO because of low stock, 100's of Red in all 5 stores.
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Weekly Album Sales - "Blown Away": Week 31 (Alicia Keys #1)
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pklongbeach
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Unfortunately in a new world of marketing and money making, companies like target and walmart are going to have lots of the one thing they know people will buy and few of the vast majority of everything else.
It is all planned and researched in advance.
I have always believed that retail companies underestimate Carries selling power. But as long as Tay can move as much product as she does, it is very hard to argue with thier logic.
IF I had a store front and only had specific space for Cd's what Cd do you think I would have front and center.
Unfortunately I would be feuling the beast. But it's become very difficult for a retailer to break from the norm and have a vast variety of product to choose from.
Point: When I go to Pavilions to buy detergent there are only two, Tide and Ultra (I imagine they are both from the same company) But thats it. A huge isle of product and its All TIDE!!! All of it!
Thats just how it works now. IT's cheaper and easier for the retailer to stock and pay for.
That is the Taylor Swift effect.
But one day it won't be her anymore.
Just like it's not Hannah Montana anymore either.
Unfortunately this effects Carries sales. It just does. She gets sacrificed.
I guess we can count ourselves lucky that she is still a pretty strong contender when it comes to sales.
She does amazingly well.
But it feels like, when the cd's are gone, they are just gone. And so sales drop off.
WE are going to see lots of Red sales cause there is not much else out there to buy and people are now programed to buy whats in front of them.
I bought TIDE for the first time in probably 20 years (its way over priced), why? Cause it was the only thing there!!
It is all planned and researched in advance.
I have always believed that retail companies underestimate Carries selling power. But as long as Tay can move as much product as she does, it is very hard to argue with thier logic.
IF I had a store front and only had specific space for Cd's what Cd do you think I would have front and center.
Unfortunately I would be feuling the beast. But it's become very difficult for a retailer to break from the norm and have a vast variety of product to choose from.
Point: When I go to Pavilions to buy detergent there are only two, Tide and Ultra (I imagine they are both from the same company) But thats it. A huge isle of product and its All TIDE!!! All of it!
Thats just how it works now. IT's cheaper and easier for the retailer to stock and pay for.
That is the Taylor Swift effect.
But one day it won't be her anymore.
Just like it's not Hannah Montana anymore either.
Unfortunately this effects Carries sales. It just does. She gets sacrificed.
I guess we can count ourselves lucky that she is still a pretty strong contender when it comes to sales.
She does amazingly well.
But it feels like, when the cd's are gone, they are just gone. And so sales drop off.
WE are going to see lots of Red sales cause there is not much else out there to buy and people are now programed to buy whats in front of them.
I bought TIDE for the first time in probably 20 years (its way over priced), why? Cause it was the only thing there!!
opry051008
New member
I didn't hear about Target but Walmart will have the exclusive edition of BA that has the Good Girl bracelet. Since it's not going to be available until the 10th, the stores may not be restocking the CD until the exclusive edition is available.
robinannhunt
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Was at target today and they only had 1 BA cd on the shelf.
Manchs
New member
CHART DATE: 12/03/2012
LAST UPDATE: 12/04/2012 13:37:52
NOW IN: FINAL
LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 ALICIA KEYS RCA 161,038 --
GIRL ON FIRE
2 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 135,682 -25%
RED
6 3 ROD STEWART VERVE 119,918 +4%
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
4 4 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 87,738 -47%
TAKE ME HOME
3 5 PHILLIP PHILLIPS 19/INTERSCOPE 78,873 -54%
WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON
1 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 72,356 -70%
UNAPOLOGETIC
19 7 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 65,230 +24%
CHRISTMAS
18 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 55,294 +3%
ON THIS WINTER'S NIGHT
16 9 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 48,648 -12%
CHEERS, IT'S CHRISTMAS
15 10 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 42,715 -33%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
5 11 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 42,513 -71%
REBEL SOUL
20 12 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 40,518 -20%
CHRISTMAS WITH SCOTTY
7 13 P!NK RCA 39,078 -66%
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
10 14 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 33,641 -65%
WOMAN TO WOMAN
9 15 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC 33,092 -66%
CELEBRATION DAY
22 16 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 32,327 -27%
BABEL
8 17 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 31,062 -70%
NIGHT TRAIN
21 18 KENDRICK LAMAR AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 28,126 -43%
GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
25 19 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 27,576 -27%
LUMINEERS
12 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 26,267 -63%
BLOWN AWAY
32 21 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 25,741 -10%
21
11 22 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 25,420 -66%
GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER 1
36 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24,541 -8%
TORNADO
-- 24 TIMEFLIES TIMEFLIES 24,110 --
ONE NIGHT - EP
34 25 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 23,923 -14%
STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST
42 26 HOLIDAYS RULE HEAR MUSIC 22,901 +3%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
23 27 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 22,647 -49%
OVEREXPOSED
13 28 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 22,577 -67%
BELIEVE
47 29 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 21,650 +15%
NOEL
-- 30 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 21,450 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, SEASON 4, V1
24 31 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 21,286 -50%
SOUNDTRACK
38 32 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/REPUBLIC 20,928 -20%
DREAMS OF FIREFLIES
29 33 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 20,407 -40%
UP ALL NIGHT
14 34 PITBULL POLO GROUNDS/RCA 18,850 -71%
GLOBAL WARMING
-- 35 CEE LO GREEN NEW ELEKTRA 18,390 --
CEE LO'S MAGIC MOMENT
37 36 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 16,224 -39%
TRILOGY
27 37 IMAGINE DRAGONS INTERSCOPE 15,878 -55%
NIGHT VISIONS
49 38 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 15,781 -15%
SOME NIGHTS
-- 39 ROLLING STONES UME 15,629 --
GRRR! GREATEST HITS
-- 40 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 15,534 --
HUNTER HAYES
17 41 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 14,415 -73%
LOTUS
43 42 COLBIE CAILLAT REPUBLIC 14,358 -34%
CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND
-- 43 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 14,203 --
UNCAGED
31 44 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 13,856 -55%
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
35 45 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 13,490 -50%
SIGH NO MORE
-- 46 TIESTO MUSICAL FREEDOM 13,455 --
DANCE (RED) SAVES LIVES
40 47 NE-YO MOTOWN 13,422 -45%
R.E.D.
26 48 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13,256 -64%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 49 MIGUEL RCA 13,215 --
KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
-- 50 VINCE GUARALDI FANTASY 12,890 --
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
LAST UPDATE: 12/04/2012 13:37:52
NOW IN: FINAL
LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 ALICIA KEYS RCA 161,038 --
GIRL ON FIRE
2 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 135,682 -25%
RED
6 3 ROD STEWART VERVE 119,918 +4%
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
4 4 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 87,738 -47%
TAKE ME HOME
3 5 PHILLIP PHILLIPS 19/INTERSCOPE 78,873 -54%
WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON
1 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 72,356 -70%
UNAPOLOGETIC
19 7 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 65,230 +24%
CHRISTMAS
18 8 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 55,294 +3%
ON THIS WINTER'S NIGHT
16 9 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 48,648 -12%
CHEERS, IT'S CHRISTMAS
15 10 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 42,715 -33%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
5 11 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 42,513 -71%
REBEL SOUL
20 12 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 40,518 -20%
CHRISTMAS WITH SCOTTY
7 13 P!NK RCA 39,078 -66%
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE
10 14 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 33,641 -65%
WOMAN TO WOMAN
9 15 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC 33,092 -66%
CELEBRATION DAY
22 16 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 32,327 -27%
BABEL
8 17 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 31,062 -70%
NIGHT TRAIN
21 18 KENDRICK LAMAR AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 28,126 -43%
GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY
25 19 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 27,576 -27%
LUMINEERS
12 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 26,267 -63%
BLOWN AWAY
32 21 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 25,741 -10%
21
11 22 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 25,420 -66%
GREATEST HITS - CHAPTER 1
36 23 LITTLE BIG TOWN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24,541 -8%
TORNADO
-- 24 TIMEFLIES TIMEFLIES 24,110 --
ONE NIGHT - EP
34 25 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 23,923 -14%
STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST
42 26 HOLIDAYS RULE HEAR MUSIC 22,901 +3%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
23 27 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 22,647 -49%
OVEREXPOSED
13 28 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 22,577 -67%
BELIEVE
47 29 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 21,650 +15%
NOEL
-- 30 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 21,450 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, SEASON 4, V1
24 31 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 21,286 -50%
SOUNDTRACK
38 32 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/REPUBLIC 20,928 -20%
DREAMS OF FIREFLIES
29 33 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 20,407 -40%
UP ALL NIGHT
14 34 PITBULL POLO GROUNDS/RCA 18,850 -71%
GLOBAL WARMING
-- 35 CEE LO GREEN NEW ELEKTRA 18,390 --
CEE LO'S MAGIC MOMENT
37 36 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 16,224 -39%
TRILOGY
27 37 IMAGINE DRAGONS INTERSCOPE 15,878 -55%
NIGHT VISIONS
49 38 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 15,781 -15%
SOME NIGHTS
-- 39 ROLLING STONES UME 15,629 --
GRRR! GREATEST HITS
-- 40 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 15,534 --
HUNTER HAYES
17 41 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 14,415 -73%
LOTUS
43 42 COLBIE CAILLAT REPUBLIC 14,358 -34%
CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND
-- 43 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 14,203 --
UNCAGED
31 44 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 13,856 -55%
UNDER THE MISTLETOE
35 45 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 13,490 -50%
SIGH NO MORE
-- 46 TIESTO MUSICAL FREEDOM 13,455 --
DANCE (RED) SAVES LIVES
40 47 NE-YO MOTOWN 13,422 -45%
R.E.D.
26 48 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13,256 -64%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 49 MIGUEL RCA 13,215 --
KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
-- 50 VINCE GUARALDI FANTASY 12,890 --
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Manchs
New member
Great numbers indeed, specially when you look at Luke Bryan, that almost fell off the chart, and Jason Aldean, that sold only a few thousand copies more than Carrie.
gaycarebear
New member
AWESOME numbers. I imagine another drop next week, but not as big. As long as she stays above 10k each week for the remainder of the year, I'll be happy.
opry051008
New member
Wowza! I was hoping for 20K but after the first HITS update I lowered my expectations to around 15k. Why do I bother to look at the Monday Hits update?
Schrodinger
New member
I want BA to see more than 1.25 million copies before I'm 55 and that's in January. ... "before I'm twenty" *shakes head, walks off to take coenzyme .*
Burst
Well-known member
I'd like to see BA sell more than 1.15 million copies before I'm 17. That's the start of January.
cary78663
Obsessed Chart Watcher
Wowza! I was hoping for 20K but after the first HITS update I lowered my expectations to around 15k. Why do I bother to look at the Monday Hits update?
Masochism???
Marie2011
New member
I would of have put I'm but I am trying to get out of the habit of using contractions, and not to mention contractions are not allow college papers at least not for English 1101 and 1102.
Pi314CA
Active member
Wowza! I was hoping for 20K but after the first HITS update I lowered my expectations to around 15k. Why do I bother to look at the Monday Hits update?
Because as it says below your name, you are the Ultimate Carrie Fan.
Schrodinger
New member
That's absurd. A lack of contractions along with using the passive voice is what makes most academic papers read like mush. Typical ivory tower intelligentsia crap. In the real world your writing needs to be compelling and immediate. Disallowing contractions is simply hubris. Most academics can't write to save their lives.
