No, HSN had a "sales" counter on the bottom of the screen during the special. They sold 15k during the special, which isn't surprising since HSN is watched by a bunch of older people with money to spend. They will buy anything they think is a good deal.
And you know what's impressive? All of the promotion for C2C was filmed in a time period of like, two weeks.
Can I ask (and hope) if (that) these sales will count towards the first week Not that I care about the charts
Can I ask (and hope) if (that) these sales will count towards the first week Not that I care about the charts
I have no idea but I can't imagine they wouldn't. I mean, Gaga isn't the only artist to do something like this with HSN or QVC so I can't imagine other artists doing this if their sales didn't count for the charts. It all just depends on whether or not they report their sales to Soundscan.
The HSN special is amazing. I had feared, as much as Gaga has gotten me into the genre of Jazz since June/July, that on the album she would over sing/under produce the songs to let her vocals shine through. But thank god, they struck the right balance and from what I can hear, her vocals, the composition, Tony and the band all sound incredible.
At the end of the day, with the HSN sales and the praise we've heard for AG, ICGYABL, TLIAT and other Jazz performances Gaga has done, if the critics pan this and the Grammy's shun it like they did Applause, we can safely say the world is against Gaga.