DaisyTweets
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OH wow another GREAT week!!! Another 23,00+ toward the 2 times platinum certification!!!
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Weekly Album/Track Sales, Week 42, Blown Away Era
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DaisyTweets
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We'll be getting that second million before we know it!!! Thanks for the update Peter!It's up. Link: HITS Daily Double: Building Album Sales Chart
Thanks for the post, glenn7!
This brings the total to ~1.308 million.
teesharky
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71% is great. I was kind of hoping for 100% but I will take a 71% increase.
We have to see the singles sales too-- they may be even better increases.
I really do miss the days when a Grammy or Oprah or Idol appearance led to like 100k sales. ha ha But 23K is good in these times.
We have to see the singles sales too-- they may be even better increases.
I really do miss the days when a Grammy or Oprah or Idol appearance led to like 100k sales. ha ha But 23K is good in these times.
Manchs
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It's up. Link: HITS Daily Double: Building Album Sales Chart
Thanks for the post, glenn7!
This brings the total to ~1.308 million.
Thanks. I saw it, it was weird cause the whole page went white and 5 minutes later the chart suddenly showed up lol
Pi314CA
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You're welcome DaisyTweets! I did an update to all of Carrie's sales numbers yesterday in this thread (post #2)
http://www.carriefans.com/forums/ca...-sales-chart-achievements-blown-away-era.html
but I may do another one if there is a big bunch of sales data tomorrow/thursday.
TOPDOG1001
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Great sales...some of those HUGE % increases had $6.99 sale on itunes.
pklongbeach
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Congrats Carrie and Fans.
Great album deserves to be heard entirely!
Great album deserves to be heard entirely!
epicamends
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I was actually surprised they didn't discount BA on itunes after the Grammys.
TOPDOG1001
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Yeah same, they did the week before I think? lol
Pi314CA
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Okay, I'm finally done crunching the iTunes popularity chart data for the 7-day period (Mon-Sun) to figure out the sales for TBC and BA. This is the first time I've done this and the data interpolation was done quite crudely (and quickly). My predictions: BA = 70-75k, TBC = 63-68k.
Sales data comes out tomorrow and we'll see how well I did with these predictions.
Sales data comes out tomorrow and we'll see how well I did with these predictions.
clh_hilary
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What a spike!
Pi314CA
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Billboard.com:
Over on the Digital Songs chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) reigns for a sixth week. It logs its best sales week yet, moving 412,000 downloads (up 6%). In a somewhat distant second place is Rihanna's "Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko), which drives 25-2 with 306,000 (up 358%). The song was performed on the Grammy Awards, while its music video also debuting during the tracking week.
Baauer's red-hot "Harlem Shake" debuts at No. 3 on Digital Songs with 262,000 (up 1,359% from 18,000). The song -- as featured in countless YouTube viral videos -- was released commercially last June. It didn't start to sell significant units until a week ago, when it moved 18,000 after the "Harlem Shake" meme began to take hold.
Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" is steady at No. 4 with 217,000 (up 36%), Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z) rises 8-5 (201,000; up 67%) and the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" is stationary at No. 6 (192,000; up 30%). The latter two songs were both performed on the Grammy Awards.
Drake's new single "Started From the Bottom" flies 32-8 with 168,000 (up 185%) after its first full week of sales. The song debuted last week (ending Feb. 10) after four days of impact, as it was released on Feb. 7.
Timberlake's new song "Mirrors" enters the top 10 at No. 9 with 163,000, after it hit iTunes early on Monday morning, Feb. 11. The song -- from his forthcoming "20/20 Experience" album -- was either available as a stand-alone track purchase, or, as an instant-gratification download when a customer pre-ordered the album. (The customer was immediately charged for the track in either instance.)
Closing out the top 10 is will.i.am & Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout," which falls 2-10 with 158,000 (down 3%).
Owed mostly to buzz generated by the Grammy Awards, the entire top 16 titles on the Digital Songs chart all sell in excess of 100,000.
Over on the Digital Songs chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) reigns for a sixth week. It logs its best sales week yet, moving 412,000 downloads (up 6%). In a somewhat distant second place is Rihanna's "Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko), which drives 25-2 with 306,000 (up 358%). The song was performed on the Grammy Awards, while its music video also debuting during the tracking week.
Baauer's red-hot "Harlem Shake" debuts at No. 3 on Digital Songs with 262,000 (up 1,359% from 18,000). The song -- as featured in countless YouTube viral videos -- was released commercially last June. It didn't start to sell significant units until a week ago, when it moved 18,000 after the "Harlem Shake" meme began to take hold.
Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" is steady at No. 4 with 217,000 (up 36%), Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z) rises 8-5 (201,000; up 67%) and the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" is stationary at No. 6 (192,000; up 30%). The latter two songs were both performed on the Grammy Awards.
Drake's new single "Started From the Bottom" flies 32-8 with 168,000 (up 185%) after its first full week of sales. The song debuted last week (ending Feb. 10) after four days of impact, as it was released on Feb. 7.
Timberlake's new song "Mirrors" enters the top 10 at No. 9 with 163,000, after it hit iTunes early on Monday morning, Feb. 11. The song -- from his forthcoming "20/20 Experience" album -- was either available as a stand-alone track purchase, or, as an instant-gratification download when a customer pre-ordered the album. (The customer was immediately charged for the track in either instance.)
Closing out the top 10 is will.i.am & Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout," which falls 2-10 with 158,000 (down 3%).
Owed mostly to buzz generated by the Grammy Awards, the entire top 16 titles on the Digital Songs chart all sell in excess of 100,000.
Pi314CA
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I was wondering why "Red" sold so many last week. Answers in article below.
Mumford & Sons Make Grammy-Fueled Return to No. 1 on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | February 20, 2013
As forecasted a week ago, Mumford & Sons' "Babel" jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in the wake of its Grammy Award win for album of the year on Feb. 10. The set -- which rises 4-1 on the tally -- sold 185,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan, posting a weekly gain of 242%.
The figure is a bit larger than initially projected by label sources. A week ago, "Babel" was looking to maybe sell 150,000 to 170,000 in the week after the Grammy Awards. Sale pricing by the iTunes Store -- for Valentine's Day -- helped push "Babel's" sales even bigger. "Babel" was marked down to $6.99 for a limited time by iTunes and was featured in an email blast sent to its customers.
In turn, the album scores a 260% gain in download sales -- moving from 28,000 to 101,000 for the week. (The largest digital week for a non-debuting album since the week after Christmas, when Taylor Swift's "Red" sold 131,000 downloads.)
Physical sales for "Babel" last week were still robust, however -- amounting to 55% of "Babel's" sales for the frame.
"Babel" is also benefitting from two new deluxe editions of the album that were released on Feb. 5. The first, available exclusively at Target, includes three bonus live tracks. A second version, dubbed the "Gentlemen of the Road" edition, was widely-released and boasts a 12 extra live cuts.
On the Grammy Awards, Mumford & Sons performed twice. The quartet sang the album's lead single "I Will Wait," and then later in the broadcast, performed as part of an all-star memorial tribute.
This is "Babel's" fourth non-consecutive week atop the Billboard 200. It spent its first three weeks at No. 1 last October.
In the top 10, in addition to Mumford at No. 1, all of the titles at Nos. 2-4, 6, 7 and 10 are impacted by the Grammy Awards.
The "2013 Grammy Nominees" compilation -- featuring an array of Grammy-nominated songs -- jumps 11-2 with 88,000 (up 136%). It's the highest-charting week ever for the "Grammy Nominees" series, which launched in 1995. It also earns its best sales week since "Grammy Nominees 2007" moved 131,000 the week after the 2007 show. The franchise has logged 12 top 10 sets.
Bruno Mars benefits from his performance on the Grammy Awards as well, as his "Unorthodox Jukebox" set rises 8-3 with 86,000 (up 112%). Mars sang the album's No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Locked Out Of Heaven" before segueing into a Bob Marley tribute featuring Sting, Rihanna, Ziggy Marley and Damian Marley. (In turn, Bob Marley & the Wailers' greatest hits album "Legend" flies 99-34 with 20,000 -- up 270%.)
Taylor Swift, who opened the Grammys with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," rises 12-4 with "Red" (72,000; up 106%). Swift's set also gains thanks to hefty promotion by Target. The retailer ran a TV commercial during the Grammys, touting its exclusive version of "Red." Additionally, it was featured in Target's weekly circular ad. Of "Red's" sales last week, a whopping 86% were physical albums.
Target also smiles on P!nk, as her "The Truth About Love" almost returns to the top 10 -- climbing 23-11 with 47,000 (up 121%). Like "Red," the Target version of P!nk's album was advertised during the Grammys. P!nk was also seen in a second commercial during the show, as she starred in a new spot by Covergirl. Like Swift's "Red," P!nk saw the bulk of "Truth's" sales last week from physical copies of the album (85% physical vs. 15% digital).
Three more Grammy Awards performers are found in the Billboard 200's top 10. The Lumineers' self-titled album has its best sales week yet, rising 10-6 with 67,000 (up 70%). fun.'s "Some Nights" climbs 14-7 (66,000; up 118%). Maroon 5's "Overexposed" rises 20-10 (48,000; up 119%). Like Swift and Mars, "Overexposed" was marked-down to $6.99 at iTunes last week.
Last week's No. 1 album, Josh Groban's "All That Echoes," slips to No. 5 with 72,000 (down 50%). The "Now 45" compilation slides 3-8 (63,000; down 27%) and Andrea Bocelli's "Passione" falls 5-9 (48,000; down just 6%). Figure the latter's slight decline is owed to gift purchases made for Valentine's Day.
Mumford & Sons Make Grammy-Fueled Return to No. 1 on Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | February 20, 2013
As forecasted a week ago, Mumford & Sons' "Babel" jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in the wake of its Grammy Award win for album of the year on Feb. 10. The set -- which rises 4-1 on the tally -- sold 185,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan, posting a weekly gain of 242%.
The figure is a bit larger than initially projected by label sources. A week ago, "Babel" was looking to maybe sell 150,000 to 170,000 in the week after the Grammy Awards. Sale pricing by the iTunes Store -- for Valentine's Day -- helped push "Babel's" sales even bigger. "Babel" was marked down to $6.99 for a limited time by iTunes and was featured in an email blast sent to its customers.
In turn, the album scores a 260% gain in download sales -- moving from 28,000 to 101,000 for the week. (The largest digital week for a non-debuting album since the week after Christmas, when Taylor Swift's "Red" sold 131,000 downloads.)
Physical sales for "Babel" last week were still robust, however -- amounting to 55% of "Babel's" sales for the frame.
"Babel" is also benefitting from two new deluxe editions of the album that were released on Feb. 5. The first, available exclusively at Target, includes three bonus live tracks. A second version, dubbed the "Gentlemen of the Road" edition, was widely-released and boasts a 12 extra live cuts.
On the Grammy Awards, Mumford & Sons performed twice. The quartet sang the album's lead single "I Will Wait," and then later in the broadcast, performed as part of an all-star memorial tribute.
This is "Babel's" fourth non-consecutive week atop the Billboard 200. It spent its first three weeks at No. 1 last October.
In the top 10, in addition to Mumford at No. 1, all of the titles at Nos. 2-4, 6, 7 and 10 are impacted by the Grammy Awards.
The "2013 Grammy Nominees" compilation -- featuring an array of Grammy-nominated songs -- jumps 11-2 with 88,000 (up 136%). It's the highest-charting week ever for the "Grammy Nominees" series, which launched in 1995. It also earns its best sales week since "Grammy Nominees 2007" moved 131,000 the week after the 2007 show. The franchise has logged 12 top 10 sets.
Bruno Mars benefits from his performance on the Grammy Awards as well, as his "Unorthodox Jukebox" set rises 8-3 with 86,000 (up 112%). Mars sang the album's No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Locked Out Of Heaven" before segueing into a Bob Marley tribute featuring Sting, Rihanna, Ziggy Marley and Damian Marley. (In turn, Bob Marley & the Wailers' greatest hits album "Legend" flies 99-34 with 20,000 -- up 270%.)
Taylor Swift, who opened the Grammys with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," rises 12-4 with "Red" (72,000; up 106%). Swift's set also gains thanks to hefty promotion by Target. The retailer ran a TV commercial during the Grammys, touting its exclusive version of "Red." Additionally, it was featured in Target's weekly circular ad. Of "Red's" sales last week, a whopping 86% were physical albums.
Target also smiles on P!nk, as her "The Truth About Love" almost returns to the top 10 -- climbing 23-11 with 47,000 (up 121%). Like "Red," the Target version of P!nk's album was advertised during the Grammys. P!nk was also seen in a second commercial during the show, as she starred in a new spot by Covergirl. Like Swift's "Red," P!nk saw the bulk of "Truth's" sales last week from physical copies of the album (85% physical vs. 15% digital).
Three more Grammy Awards performers are found in the Billboard 200's top 10. The Lumineers' self-titled album has its best sales week yet, rising 10-6 with 67,000 (up 70%). fun.'s "Some Nights" climbs 14-7 (66,000; up 118%). Maroon 5's "Overexposed" rises 20-10 (48,000; up 119%). Like Swift and Mars, "Overexposed" was marked-down to $6.99 at iTunes last week.
Last week's No. 1 album, Josh Groban's "All That Echoes," slips to No. 5 with 72,000 (down 50%). The "Now 45" compilation slides 3-8 (63,000; down 27%) and Andrea Bocelli's "Passione" falls 5-9 (48,000; down just 6%). Figure the latter's slight decline is owed to gift purchases made for Valentine's Day.
NC State Carrie Fan
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Albums:
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (24,000, +70%, 1.308 million) (No. 27 Billboard 200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +31%, 2.182 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +41%, 7.299 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +44%, 3.314 million)
Singles:
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (60,000, +42%, 420,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (55,000, +52%, 1.903 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (12,000, +29%, 1.624 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (7,000, +16%, 3.711 million)
Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (5,000, +21%, 2.135 million)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (2,000, +26%, 938,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +23%, 410,000)
Two Black Cadillacs somehow outsold Blown Away!!! and Blown Away hit 1.9 million!
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (24,000, +70%, 1.308 million) (No. 27 Billboard 200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +31%, 2.182 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +41%, 7.299 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +44%, 3.314 million)
Singles:
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (60,000, +42%, 420,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (55,000, +52%, 1.903 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (12,000, +29%, 1.624 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (7,000, +16%, 3.711 million)
Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (5,000, +21%, 2.135 million)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (2,000, +26%, 938,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +23%, 410,000)
Two Black Cadillacs somehow outsold Blown Away!!! and Blown Away hit 1.9 million!
liveasong
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3
Thank you for this!
Pi314CA
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Selected data from Idol sales article:
Idol albums
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (24,000, +70%, 1.308 million) (No. 27 Billboard 200)
Phillip Phillips, The World From the Side of the Moon (19,000, +23%, 713,000) (35 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Greatest Hits-Chapter 1 (16,000, +46%, 284,000) (45 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (8,000, +116%, 1.031 million) (70 BB200)
Colton Dixon, A Messenger (7,000, 31%, 38,000) (83 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +31%, 2.182 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +41%, 7.299 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +44%, 3.314 million)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (2,000, +51%, 1.157 million)
Idol tracks
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (60,000, +42%, 420,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (55,000, +52%, 1.903 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (12,000, +29%, 1.624 million)
Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill, Don't Rush (8,000, +7%, 179,000)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (7,000, +16%, 3.711 million)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (5,000, +23%, 2.267 million)
Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (5,000, +21%, 2.135 million)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (2,000, +26%, 938,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +23%, 410,000)
Idol albums
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (24,000, +70%, 1.308 million) (No. 27 Billboard 200)
Phillip Phillips, The World From the Side of the Moon (19,000, +23%, 713,000) (35 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Greatest Hits-Chapter 1 (16,000, +46%, 284,000) (45 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (8,000, +116%, 1.031 million) (70 BB200)
Colton Dixon, A Messenger (7,000, 31%, 38,000) (83 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, +31%, 2.182 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +41%, 7.299 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (2,000, +44%, 3.314 million)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (2,000, +51%, 1.157 million)
Idol tracks
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (60,000, +42%, 420,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (55,000, +52%, 1.903 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (12,000, +29%, 1.624 million)
Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill, Don't Rush (8,000, +7%, 179,000)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (7,000, +16%, 3.711 million)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (5,000, +23%, 2.267 million)
Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take the Wheel (5,000, +21%, 2.135 million)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (2,000, +26%, 938,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +23%, 410,000)
carebear4eva
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TH is never gonna hit Platinum, is it? D:
Holy crap at everything else, though! Go, TBC, GOOOO!!!!
Holy crap at everything else, though! Go, TBC, GOOOO!!!!
