Here's UKMix's estimates for sps, a month ago:
01 - 4.48 - 1989 - Taylor Swift
02 - 2.24 - X - Ed Sheeran
03 - 2.05 - IN THE LONELY HOUR - Sam Smith
04 - 1.67 - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - Drake
05 - 1.42 - V - Maroon 5
if we are talking about Billboard Year-End chart of Billboard 200 - is they are sales only or they are working like billboard (sea+tea)? as far as I remember last year they were sales only
And?
That's 2016 Billboard year already or what?
Though that was still 2015.
That's 2016 Billboard year.
Quote:
Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first Billboard "week" of December to the final week in November, but because the Billboard week is dated in advance of publication, the last calendar week for which sales are counted is usually the third week in November.
Her sales is unprecedented so it's hard to figure out a number atm. The only thing quite comparable is 1989 and it took 135k away from OOTW so I would assume around 200-250k being taken away by the CMA bull**** but I don't have any ground on that.
From personal calculation, IF it sells 360k in the first day, my prediction for first week sales would be 1.062m (so around 750-800k w CMA) . Kworb said it could sell 200k the first day, so my model came out w 590k (340-390k w CMA)
I think lead single grats should count (at minimum) tbh. It's a bit stupid if they don't.
We don't know yet if they count or not yet. This is the first major release with lead single and album being available for preorder the same week since the rule change
. Kworb said it could sell 200k the first day, so my model came out w 590k (340-390k w CMA)
