[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by brianc33616

HDD doesn't have that album anywhere on its release schedule, and their list is pretty thorough. What numbers is he expecting?

It hasn't been announced yet. I guess later this evening. But he's virtually a lock for the #1. I'm thinking 450k, perhaps.

[Shaner69]

Originally posted by Adonis

BB 200 measures most popular album not album sales. We don't even know yet if Madonna will win the album sales battle on BB. When its close BB may have different results than HDD. They measure the tracking week differently.

I was talking about sales. Something people have to purchase as a whole album.

Billboards streaming rule is kinda pathetic because streaming one song off an album should not equal a sale. That song may be popular but its even more useless when it comes to a soundtrack by various artists.

[DonnieDarko]

Welp. Rebel Heart already #20 on the us iTunes. It 's just weird.

[Adonis]

Originally posted by Shaner69

I was talking about sales. Something people have to purchase as a whole album.

Billboards streaming rule is kinda pathetic because streaming one song off an album should not equal a sale. That song may be popular but its even more useless when it comes to a soundtrack by various artists.

I disagree. You are equating artist popularity with album popularity and the two aren't the same....even though they can be related in some cases. When Madonna was using tricks like bundling albums with tour ticket sales there was no argument that she shouldn't have gotten #1 with her last album. She tried to do the same thing again and this time it didn't work...as billboard considers user consumption as a part of their formula. TEAS is Track Equivalent Album Sales so presumably a single TEAS generated as much revenue for an artist/record company as an album sale did.

Lets call your post what it is. You just don't like the rule because it didn't benefit your fave.

[Shaner69]

Originally posted by Adonis

I disagree. You are equating artist popularity with album popularity and the two aren't the same....even though they can be related in some cases.

There is different ways of looking at it but just because I like a song off a soundtrack and stream it does not mean I was interested in the other songs or artists on the soundtrack album. So sales of the full album would be a better way to have a proper album chart. Since Billboard switched rules the chart is weird.

Some of the rules are dumb. They messed Jessy J over as well. Single sales only go towards the album that's selling more and her song was on two albums and she didn't get any points towards her album. The new system is flawed.

[Swag]

Originally posted by Shaner69

Madonna will be the biggest selling album this week. She's getting hard copy sales.

Empire might win on streaming combo though but best selling album is OK she's doing fine.

So if one song is popular and they stream it 1,500 times it counts as an album sale?

That doesn't make sense, it should count as a single not as an album, should go to BB 100 not BB 200.

[ForeverNow90]

How many more hours?

[umich]

^^ ~2.5 more hours. They're usually posted around 4PM

[Kool_Aid_King]

OMFG EMPIRE COMING THROUGH

[Adonis]

Originally posted by Swag

So if one song is popular and they stream it 1,500 times it counts as an album sale?

That doesn't make sense, it should count as a single not as an album, should go to BB 100 not BB 200.

The industry heavy weights disagree with you.

[ForeverNow90]

SALES

-- 1
MADONNA
REBEL HEART
INTERSCOPE 116,472 --

-- 2
EMPIRE CAST
SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 107,140 --

-- 3
LUKE BRYAN
SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 83,658 --







SALES + SPS

-- 1
EMPIRE CAST
SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 128,640 --

-- 2
MADONNA
REBEL HEART
INTERSCOPE 121,972 --

-- 3
LUKE BRYAN
SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 95,158 --

welp

EMPIRE outperforming

[MadOnHer]

Expected.... Congrats to Madonna on yet another Top 2 album!

[Stitches.]

Poor Madonna

[Nicole]

So who is the official #1? I don't get this whole streaming BS.

[Lights and Waves]

Maybe if she discounts it this week it can get the #1?

[Buddy!]

Aw

Congrats to Madonna on getting another top 2 album

[Adonis]

Originally posted by Swag

So if one song is popular and they stream it 1,500 times it counts as an album sale?

That doesn't make sense, it should count as a single not as an album, should go to BB 100 not BB 200.

The industry heavy weights disagree with you.

[Stepfon]

Does this mean that Empire is officially #1?

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by Nicole

So who is the official #1? I don't get this whole streaming BS.

If these numbers hold up, Empire will hold #1 on the Billboard 200.

[Blue Jeans]

Madonna is the MARTYR of the new stupid streaming rule She did sell more and should be #1