Has it really come to this? At least there is finally redemption for Lady Gaga!
From the latest report from Hits Daily Double:
In one of the closest races we've seen for #1, Bruce Springsteen gets a slight edge over Adele in the battle for the top of next week's chart. Complicating the projections this week are the 25-cent albums being featured this week at Google Play, which are being price-matched at Amazon MP3. While we know about Now 41, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV and Lady Antebellum's Own the Night being offered at such a ridiculously low price, there are still several days left in the week to see what other titles get discounted. Because of this, please expect a greater than usual margin of error and expect to see at least a few more titles come in with much larger sales. Here's how things look at midweek:
*Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) 210-220k
Adele 21 (XL/Columbia) 210-220k
Now 41 (Capitol/EMI) 90-100k
Whitney Houston Greatest Hits (RCA) 80-85k Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 65-70k
Lil Wayne (YM/Cash Money/Universal Republic) 60-65k
Adele 19 (XL/Columbia) 25-28k
*Luke Bryan EP (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 24-27k
Tyga (YM/Cash Money/Universal Republic) 21-24k
The Bodyguard soundtrack (RCA) 21-24k
Drake (YM/Cash Money/Universal Republic) 21-24k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 18-21k
fun. (Fueled By Ramen) 17-20k
Gotye (Fairfax/Universal Republic) 17-20k
Kelly Clarkson (19/RCA) 15-18k
Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 15-18k
LMFAO (Interscope) 15-18k
*Andrew Bird (Mom + Pop) 15-18k
ohh thats a bargain ...I may buy 1 lol. Some people need to stop worrying about a chart and just BUY THE DAM ALBUM IT'S CHEAP!!! lol like yall really wanna pay more so it can be on a "chart"...ur pockets still gonna be empty either way u might as well save u some money lol
This is honestly kind of embarrassing for the record industry.
Also, Billboard won't technically be counting those sales because of their new policy, so this should be interesting...
Those Billboard rules are only for the first 4 weeks of an album's release. Anything after 4 weeks, very low prices for albums will be tracked into Soundscan's system.