[ebuc]

Dark red for gaga and 1D

[Almighty Gaga]

DWUW still getting dark greens

[SpecialK]

GaGa can't catch a break

[Aaron]

1D already dark red.
Oh well, atleast Venus was dark red first.

[abrahamjmr]

1. One Direction - Story Of My Life 1.0000
2. Lady Gaga - Venus (Explicit) 0.5701
3. Justin Bieber - Recovery 0.2606

[abrahamjmr]

Britney will debut at #1 if she promotes during the week of release and if the "Perfume" song is good enough. Her team better handle this in a good way, it's their fault (including Britney) "Work Bitch" flopped.

[Blues]

23 Lady Gaga - Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) 0.0386 0.0370 0.0374 0.0375 0.2158 0.2136 0.2068 0.2017

[z10]

Originally posted by Blues

23 Lady Gaga - Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) 0.0386 0.0370 0.0374 0.0375 0.2158 0.2136 0.2068 0.2017

[Tekken_Guy]

Originally posted by Jennifer

1D probably have 100-150k in preorders. Maybe a bit more.

I don't think they're selling a million. Their hype isn't as much now as it was last November and they only did 550k then. I say 600-700k bc of Black Friday but a massive second week drop.

Britney still won't be #1 tho. She's barely gonna sell 150k first week IMO.

IMO they seem even bigger than before! Perhaps even bigger than Bieber was in 2010.

I am highly expecting the album to cross the 1M mark in first week sales, but just barely. If I'm not mistaken, TMH was #1 on pre-orders, but never got anywhere near the #1 spot again until the album came out. Now, they're back at #1 nearly 2 months after the album was made available for pre-ordering, but a month before the actual release.

While their second week drop will be huge, I believe they'll stay at #1.

[MusicTalker]

I think 1D will open with 650-700K. Unless Story of My Life won a ton of people over.

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

I think 1D will open with 650-700K. Unless Story of My Life won a ton of people over.

Which is not happening. I think they will open with 800-850K and they will face a massive drop the week after.

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by abrahamjmr

Which is not happening. I think they will open with 800-850K and they will face a massive drop the week after.

I think SoML will help the album's longevity because it's gonna be a legit hit on radio, digital & streaming formats by Christmas.

[Mr Telephone Man]

I see One Direction doing 500k to 650k and that's about it. We always get overzealous with our predictions based solely on Itunes, and keep getting the rug pulled out from under us. None of us will ever learn

I don't see 800k+ in their future

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

I think SoML will help the album's longevity because it's gonna be a legit hit on radio, digital & streaming formats by Christmas.

It could happen or not, we never know with them.

Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man

I see One Direction doing 500k to 650k and that's about it. We always get overzealous with our predictions based solely on Itunes, and keep getting the rug pulled out from under us. None of us will ever learn

I don't see 800k+ in their future

Their numbers have been quite frontloaded lately.

[Tekken_Guy]

Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man

I see One Direction doing 500k to 650k and that's about it. We always get overzealous with our predictions based solely on Itunes, and keep getting the rug pulled out from under us. None of us will ever learn

I don't see 800k+ in their future

They're much bigger now than they were at the time of TMH. As I've mentioned time and time again, I think they have become bigger than Justin Bieber was at his peak.

[Fruity]

This pre order thing kinda sucks.

Going #1 on iTunes doesnt mean that much anymore if an artist with enough preorders can just cash in with their promo singles and shoot up.

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by Tekken_Guy

They're much bigger now than they were at the time of TMH. As I've mentioned time and time again, I think they have become bigger than Justin Bieber was at his peak.

How much did Justin Bieber's "Believe" open with?

[Tekken_Guy]

374k.

[umich]

Originally posted by abrahamjmr

How much did Justin Bieber's "Believe" open with?

374,000

[abrahamjmr]

Originally posted by Tekken_Guy

374k.

Originally posted by umichgrad07

374,000

And he was at his peak. One Direction has been bigger than Bieber for a long time. I definitely see them opening at 800K this time.