[Mavik]

Originally posted by Germa

Billboard projects that Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" will debut with first-week sales of at least 1.15 million units, far outpacing earlier projections, thanks to explosive sales at Amazon, which priced the album at 99 cents for two days this week.


http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...05205482.story

At least 1.15 million.

[MrPeanut]

I think BTW and Judas's explosive starts on pop radio have given people the wrong impression of how easy it is for a pop artist to get regular 3m+ updates, and the explosive starts didn't really work out amazingly for either in the long run on radio (although at least BTW got the #1).

Usually you need to have strong rhythmic support, too. That's why Rihanna can get those huge daily increases and why Katy did with Kanye on the E.T. remix. TEOG does appeal to Hot AC/AC more than any of her previous singles, and those formats will give it much needed longevity in the future. They just aren't prone to immediately jumping on to a new song from an artist who isn't one of the format staples.

[RobynYoBank]

Is anyone else surprised Starbucks moved 10,000+ Day 1? I guess they have a huge number of locations, so it isn't totally surprising.

[Ra2]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I think this is a very good point. When they played her country road version of Born This Way on my local country stations, they received huge backlash for allowing a Gaga song on the station at all, regardless of whether it was a country song or not. I can see her encountering this type of problem on other stations, as well. I've been wondering why it hasn't been getting larger updates. I fully expected it to start getting +3M updates after the rolling week, but clearly that's not happening.

+1

:S


I'm just hoping that it's taking a steady route to the higher tiers on radio.

Maybe it'll do better after Interscope quits whoring out her songs and calling them, "Promo Singles," and after the buzz of the album is over and they quit playing some of the other album tracks.

I think with all the singles she has on radio she's on the brink of overexposure, and she could be going the a la T-Swift route this era.

[Government Hooker]

Originally posted by Germa

He looks extremely terrified

[Sushi]

Although I had hoped that TEOG would be gettin 2 mil updates by now, it's not time to worry yet. It is getting great updates on pop and is likely going to be the greatest gainer on pop for another week. It is also getting decent updates on HAC and is gaining a few spots each day there. It is finally in the top 50 on rhythmic and hopefully it will do some damage there.
But I will agree that the lack of AC spins is troubling. It has virtually nome there... It stinks because the AC audience buys albums so if she had better exposure there, it could help longtime sales.

[Monster]

Originally posted by Germa

Billboard projects that Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" will debut with first-week sales of at least 1.15 million units, far outpacing earlier projections, thanks to explosive sales at Amazon, which priced the album at 99 cents for two days this week.


http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...05205482.story

This deserves to be noted:

But even without a second day of 99-cent pricing, "Born This Way" was on its way to a million-unit debut week, sources told Billboard.

[Monster]

I understand being conservative, but 400k the first week? Were they nuts?

[Ginger.]

Originally posted by Monster

I understand being conservative, but 400k the first week? Were they nuts?

I just saw that too. With all her promotion, you would have thought that her team would expect more than 400k, but maybe that's just me.

[RobynYoBank]

Originally posted by Ra2

+1

:S


I'm just hoping that it's taking a steady route to the higher tiers on radio.

Maybe it'll do better after Interscope quits whoring out her songs and calling them, "Promo Singles," and after the buzz of the album is over and they quit playing some of the other album tracks.

I think with all the singles she has on radio she's on the brink of overexposure, and she could be going the a la T-Swift route this era.

Well, I think we're certainly going to have to be prepared for a few things.

First of all, I think all of her singles are going to "flop." By this, I mean, after The Edge of Glory, I can't see anything hitting number 1. She's not going to have fan support buying her singles from here on out. So many copies of the album were sold Week 1 that it almost carved out all the big singles buyers. I think this is a problem that Taylor Swift ran into as well. Back To December, Mean and The Story of Us are all performing well, but they are nowhere to be found near the top of the charts.

The Edge of Glory is a good song to have out right now, because it's appeal goes so far beyond the typical Gaga fan. After that though, things get much more difficult. Maybe she can sneak another big hit out of Marry The Night, but I'm not sure. Gaga is going to be off promoting the album in other places around the world, so hopefully the negative publicity will slow a bit here in the US and allow her songs to climb on their own merit.

[Donny]

does anyone know where i can read official lyrics from the album?

[Mavik]

Her updates on radio are not mediocre... I don't think we should worry yet. Plus, she's having a lot of exposure right now in other medias. IMO, it compensates for her lack of airplay. Everybody knows her album is out there and she's performing her songs everywhere.

[Symphonic]

Does anyone know how to quote from a closed thread? I've found an old thread and when the 1st week sales are in, I want to reply to some quotes.

[Bibliotheque]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I fully expected it to start getting +3M updates after the rolling week, but clearly that's not happening.

Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole

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Every week except the first is a 'rolling week'. That's how the chart works.

The only reason BTW/Judas crashed in their second weeks was because their first weeks were so huge.

TEoG is smashing on radio and had +0.5 from other formats today...

[Oshiish]

I think allot of the problems are still present due to her having multiple songs on Radio at the same time, and the confusion around Judas and The Edge Of Glory. I think in time she will reach it but for now I blame that whole ordeal with Judas etc.

[KRL]

wtf the Edge is doing amazing on the radio

[Bibliotheque]

Originally posted by Symphonic

Does anyone know how to quote from a closed thread? I've found an old thread and when the 1st week sales are in, I want to reply to some quotes.

[quote=Name;# ]...[ /quote]

# = the number at the end of the URL when you link to a specific post (top right).

[MrPeanut]

But there really isn't a radio "problem" for TEOG, at least not at this point. I'd rather it not blow its wad right now anyway. They need this to last through the summer.

[Ra2]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

Well, I think we're certainly going to have to be prepared for a few things.

First of all, I think all of her singles are going to "flop." By this, I mean, after The Edge of Glory, I can't see anything hitting number 1. She's not going to have fan support buying her singles from here on out. So many copies of the album were sold Week 1 that it almost carved out all the big singles buyers. I think this is a problem that Taylor Swift ran into as well. Back To December, Mean and The Story of Us are all performing well, but they are nowhere to be found near the top of the charts.

The Edge of Glory is a good song to have out right now, because it's appeal goes so far beyond the typical Gaga fan. After that though, things get much more difficult. Maybe she can sneak another big hit out of Marry The Night, but I'm not sure. Gaga is going to be off promoting the album in other places around the world, so hopefully the negative publicity will slow a bit here in the US and allow her songs to climb on their own merit.

I agree with most of that. I think however I differ in that I believe Marry The Night is destined to be a hit. It seems to me that it's going to wind up being the song that people remember from the album apart from Born This Way.

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by Ra2

I agree with most of that. I think however I differ in that I believe Marry The Night is destined to be a hit. It seems to me that it's going to wind up being the song that people remember from the album apart from Born This Way.

I could see MTN being either a big hit or a total non-event.