Deadddd!
releasing ur album in a same week with big artists will give a boost to your album.
so if Adele releasing the same week with Rih and Kanye, it will sell more than 250k.
It may boost her sales but Kanye or someone else would be #1
My point was it is much easier to be #1 in a week where there is no strong competition.
I'm not mad...just saying if there were bigger new releases this week Adele may not have been #1
That doesn't matter. Stronger competition wouldn't have stopped it from hitting 300k (which would be the highest first week sales of 2011 thus far, right?).
I'm sure Adele would have gotten a holiday boost as well if her cd would have been released in the fall.
The point I was trying to make is that if her cd was released in a week where there was stronger competition,she would not have made it to #1...that's all.
The reason I used Kanye & Rihanna as an example was because someone brought up the fact that Rihanna didn't have a #1 Cd & I was thinking the reason she didn't was because it was released in a week of heavy competition from other artists.
That's why Adele's label Sony ? decided to wait til now to put it out. So it would be #1.
If Rihanna's cd would have been released this week & her only competition was Celtic Thunder I'm guessing that Rihanna would be the #1 cd for this week.
I'm sure Adele would have gotten a holiday boost as well if her cd would have been released in the fall.
The point I was trying to make is that if her cd was released in a week where there was stronger competition,she would not have made it to #1...that's all.
The reason I used Kanye & Rihanna as an example was because someone brought up the fact that Rihanna didn't have a #1 Cd & I was thinking the reason she didn't was because it was released in a week of heavy competition from other artists.
That's why Adele's label Sony ? decided to wait til now to put it out. So it would be #1.
If Rihanna's cd would have been released this week & her only competition was Celtic Thunder I'm guessing that Rihanna would be the #1 cd for this week.
makes no sense
RiRi wouldn't have been #1 cuz 300k > LOUD opening numbers.
And Sony didn't decide to release the cd now to get a #1... check worldwide release dates and the fact that she is slaying worldwide. this wasn't some 60k opening week #1
That doesn't matter. Stronger competition wouldn't have stopped it from hitting 300k (which would be the highest first week sales of 2011 thus far, right?).
It may not have stopped it from selling 300k (If that is correct it may be higher the week isn't over yet) but it may not have been # 1.
It could be the biggest seller so far this year,I don't know but there haven't been any big releases yet (That I can think of right now).
It's only Feb.
This is why they released it right now before the the bigger releases start coming out again.
Toad fan, you're really trolling up a storm. Please stop.
I didn't intend to...all I did was state my opinion that if Adele's cd were released in a week with stronger competion that it wouldn't have made it to #1
I wasn't mean & I didn't say anything bad about Adele at all...(I could have,not sure what but I could have)
It's only been here for a month and some change. Give that bitch a warning so they can learn.
A warning for
I've actually been on here for over a year,I'm just not on that much.
I have seen far worse than what I've said.
People cursing @ someone they don't even know & I'm the bad guy
I think it's a nonsensical argument. Whether or not there is competition, her album is hitting #1 with an impressive 300k. The 300k should be the important part. We haven't seen those sales since Christmas, right?
RiRi wouldn't have been #1 cuz 300k > LOUD opening numbers.
And Sony didn't decide to release the cd now to get a #1... check worldwide release dates and the fact that she is slaying worldwide. this wasn't some 60k opening week #1
I only brought up RiRi because someone mentioned her already.All I was saying about RiRi is that she would have had a #1 Cd if she had been released this week instead of Adele because there wasn't any other big releases.
I only brought up RiRi because someone mentioned her already.All I was saying about RiRi is that she would have had a #1 Cd if she had been released this week instead of Adele because there wasn't any other big releases.
But why would someone say that while Adele totally deserves her spot at #1 this week. Rihi's album failed to get that #1 spot, period. It's not like her album is not selling very well that you have to go to that extent to consider "if this" or "if that"