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Single: Katy Perry - "Roar"
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Originally posted by RC741
Regarding the first week sales of 'Roar' in the UK, these statistics may give us an idea. I believe that 'Roar' is the 3rd highest position a pre-order has managed in the UK since they started showing up on the singles chart behind 'Blurred Lines' and 'Wake Me Up'.
Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' got to #8 on iTunes on pre-orders, and ended up selling 266,000 in the first week.
Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' got to #11 on iTunes on pre-orders, and ended up selling 190,000 in the first week.
'Roar' is at #15 so based on the sales above she should manage between 140,000 and 150,000 sales first week in my opinon. 
In terms of 'Roar' reaching platinum, it could be a good idea to compare 'Roar' with Naughty Boy's 'La La La'. 'La La La' sold 145,000 in the first week (which is what I am expecting 'Roar' to achieve) and went platinum (sold over 600,000) after 6 weeks on the chart. So 'Roar' will probably go platinum in a similar amount of time.
Of course, these are all just predictions based on what has happened in that past, but it gives us an idea of what may happen! |
interesting
seems like it's harder to go multi platinum in the UK
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
Round 1:
The one-hit wonder girl gets her first #1 on the Hot 100.
Round 2:
Thinking she would fade, she shut the haters up and spent 6 weeks at the top.
Round 3:
Proving her stay in the pop music world, she gave us another summer jam.
Round 4:
What is now one of her signature hits, it has also become her best-selling single to date (6.3 million copies).
Round 5:
Perry lands her 5th #1 and shows us how to fall in love with someone out of the ordinary.
Round 6:
The historic 5th #1 from Teenage Dream (6th overall in her carer) solidified her name in pop history.
Round 7:
Her first #1 debut, due to a fiery performance at the 2012 Grammys, earned Perry her 7th #1 hit in just under 4 years.
Round 8 (?):
Back with a vengeance and a new attitude, she's once again proving why she's a champion. |
Yay, that's cute umich 
I hope that Katy's gonna reach the top and Roar will make her a champion again 
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Yeah , finally a light green update !!!
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Member Since: 5/7/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by sGabe4
interesting
seems like it's harder to go multi platinum in the UK
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Yeah, to get 2x Platinum you need to be like one of the 30 biggest singles of all time. 
Only 137 songs have sold more than 1 million, you need 1.2 Million to be 2x Platinum, and looking at the list they didn't seem to award 2x Platinum before the late 90s and there's still quite a few songs from recent times that haven't been awarded it despite having the sales so there's very few songs that actually have it.
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Member Since: 12/7/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by umichgrad07
Round 1:
The one-hit wonder girl gets her first #1 on the Hot 100.
Round 2:
Thinking she would fade, she shut the haters up and spent 6 weeks at the top.
Round 3:
Proving her stay in the pop music world, she gave us another summer jam.
Round 4:
What is now one of her signature hits, it has also become her best-selling single to date (6.3 million copies).
Round 5:
Perry lands her 5th #1 and shows us how to fall in love with someone out of the ordinary.
Round 6:
The historic 5th #1 from Teenage Dream (6th overall in her carer) solidified her name in pop history.
Round 7:
Her first #1 debut, due to a fiery performance at the 2012 Grammys, earned Perry her 7th #1 hit in just under 4 years.
Round 8 (?):
Back with a vengeance and a new attitude, she's once again proving why she's a champion. |
Beautiful!
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Member Since: 11/15/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by Benjamin
Yeah, to get 2x Platinum you need to be like one of the 30 biggest singles of all time.
Only 137 songs have sold more than 1 million, you need 1.2 Million to be 2x Platinum, and looking at the list they didn't seem to award 2x Platinum before the late 90s and there's still quite a few songs from recent times that haven't been awarded it despite having the sales so there's very few songs that actually have it. |
i think they should really decrease the platinum stat to 500k or 300k like they did with the albums imo
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Member Since: 9/4/2008
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
Round 1:
The one-hit wonder girl gets her first #1 on the Hot 100.
Round 2:
Thinking she would fade, she shut the haters up and spent 6 weeks at the top.
Round 3:
Proving her stay in the pop music world, she gave us another summer jam.
Round 4:
What is now one of her signature hits, it has also become her best-selling single to date (6.3 million copies).
Round 5:
Perry lands her 5th #1 and shows us how to fall in love with someone out of the ordinary.
Round 6:
The historic 5th #1 from Teenage Dream (6th overall in her carer) solidified her name in pop history.
Round 7:
Her first #1 debut, due to a fiery performance at the 2012 Grammys, earned Perry her 7th #1 hit in just under 4 years.
Round 8 (?):
Back with a vengeance and a new attitude, she's once again proving why she's a champion. |
Interesting. I forgot about half of these songs, and yet they were #1.
The meaning and value of a #1 song has really gone down. This reminds me of the fact that iconic songs like "Oops! I Did It Again" and "Toxic" didn't go #1, while songs nobody remembers like "3" hit #1 easy.
Times are changing. #1 songs mean little nowadays.
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Katy slaying left, right and centre... gotta give it to her + her team 
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Member Since: 3/17/2007
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Quote:
Originally posted by Benjamin
Yeah, to get 2x Platinum you need to be like one of the 30 biggest singles of all time.
Only 137 songs have sold more than 1 million, you need 1.2 Million to be 2x Platinum, and looking at the list they didn't seem to award 2x Platinum before the late 90s and there's still quite a few songs from recent times that haven't been awarded it despite having the sales so there's very few songs that actually have it. |
very interesting indeed
is Firework almost double platinum yet?
I read somewhere that it sold upwards of 1M in the UK
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Member Since: 3/5/2012
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Omg, if we get a movie-type of poster for every music video this era 
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Originally posted by Fred Perry
Omg, if we get a movie-type of poster for every music video this era |
I'd be here for that!
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Originally posted by Pop
Interesting. I forgot about half of these songs, and yet they were #1.
The meaning and value of a #1 song has really gone down. This reminds me of the fact that iconic songs like "Oops! I Did It Again" and "Toxic" didn't go #1, while songs nobody remembers like "3" hit #1 easy.
Times are changing. #1 songs mean little nowadays.
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What about #1 singles that had longevity, sold 4 or 5M and had 150M+ views on VEVO?
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Member Since: 12/30/2010
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Guys, where is the thread where people said Roar would not have any longevity and that it would have a CR/sales ala Part of Me? 
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Member Since: 8/8/2012
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Originally posted by Fred Perry
Omg, if we get a movie-type of poster for every music video this era |
Unconditional will be Titanic themed. I can feel it. 
Actually, you know what would be a perfect way to end this era? After all her singles are out and every one is a little movie of some sorts, she closes it by putting her star on the Walk of Fame.
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ATRL Contributor
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Originally posted by TodorGadjalovFan
Beautiful!
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+1
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The poster reminds me of Lana's poster. Not that she copied, but it's a cool trend, I hope it continues!
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Member Since: 12/23/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by umichgrad07
Round 1:
The one-hit wonder girl gets her first #1 on the Hot 100.
Round 2:
Thinking she would fade, she shut the haters up and spent 6 weeks at the top.
Round 3:
Proving her stay in the pop music world, she gave us another summer jam.
Round 4:
What is now one of her signature hits, it has also become her best-selling single to date (6.3 million copies).
Round 5:
Perry lands her 5th #1 and shows us how to fall in love with someone out of the ordinary.
Round 6:
The historic 5th #1 from Teenage Dream (6th overall in her carer) solidified her name in pop history.
Round 7:
Her first #1 debut, due to a fiery performance at the 2012 Grammys, earned Perry her 7th #1 hit in just under 4 years.
Round 8 (?):
Back with a vengeance and a new attitude, she's once again proving why she's a champion. |
She earned all of those
Queen!
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Member Since: 8/16/2010
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Originally posted by sGabe4
very interesting indeed
is Firework almost double platinum yet?
I read somewhere that it sold upwards of 1M in the UK
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Firework had sold 935k 2 weeks ago. Probably around 940k now and 1m by the end of the PRISM era.
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
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Originally posted by Katy V.!
Firework had sold 935k 2 weeks ago. Probably around 940k now and 1m by the end of the PRISM era.
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Only CG has sold more than 1M in the UK
Roar will get there soon 
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iTunes Germany:
1 Avicii - Wake Me Up 1.0000
2 Katy Perry - Roar 0.9207
I need that #1 there 
iTunes Canada:
1 Eminem - Berzerk 1.0000
2 Katy Perry - Roar 0.9731
Coming for her throne again
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