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Chart Listings: '21' to sell 650-680k next week
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Originally posted by Benzene
Let's not get carried away, this isn't bigger than Thriller. The market prior to 1982 was actually very similar to the market now--- very singles driven. There really weren't that many massive selling albums after the Beatles ended their reign (and even the Beatles sold a good portion of their records after they broke up). Thriller is what really ushered in the era of huge albums like Purple Rain and Born in the USA.
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I think this is really interesting, since some of the biggest albums ever are from the 70's. But they were mostly rock albums like Led Zep, pink floyd, eagles etc, who don't really released much singles (led zep especially), so in order to get the songs they had to buy the album.
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Originally posted by DG1
i won't say "Thriller." But it's more impressive than Britney's Baby One More Time sales...
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Originally posted by Loghen
Or Beyoncé's or anyone's, she's ********  |
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Originally posted by CaptainMusic
True, its sales are more impressive than the album which has sold more than all of beyonce's albums combined.
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Originally posted by Britneyfan09
Yupp. She may end up outselling Beyonce's entire solo album discography in the US with this album. |
Dldfjrf,n!
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It's the british invasion all over again
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Originally posted by Allthatisholy
I think this is really interesting, since some of the biggest albums ever are from the 70's. But they were mostly rock albums like Led Zep, pink floyd, eagles etc, who don't really released much singles (led zep especially), so in order to get the songs they had to buy the album.
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Yeah, that's probably why. There were some huge albums, but not many, and they were mostly from rock acts who didn't **** a new single every week.
Disco was basically the electropop of the 70s - hot on the Hot 100, but not pushing loads of albums. Thriller was the major pop record that turned that around.
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Originally posted by Benzene
Yeah, that's probably why. There were some huge albums, but not many, and they were mostly from rock acts who didn't **** a new single every week.
Disco was basically the electropop of the 70s - hot on the Hot 100, but not pushing loads of albums. Thriller was the major pop record that turned that around.
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Yep.
There were a few other albums that were massive sellers, but they would come around every so often. Before it was basically singles-driven like today. Like you said, after Thriller, we started to see a lot of massive albums.
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Originally posted by castrobabytiger
It's the british invasion all over again
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21 is huge but not quite as unfathomably huge as the Beatles
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Originally posted by lawmak
And what about being a "non-US citizen"..what other non-U.S. acts (minus The Beatles) have sold that much in the States?
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Solo acts?
Celine, alanis, shania... All canucks 
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HOW CAN PEOPLE STILL BE BUYING THIS  I can't at this album having Diamond certification potential.
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I love lady gaga but this person made me choke
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Originally posted by frankru2010
The majority of her sales in the U.S. will be before the Britney and Gaga albums are released. They will dominate album sales in the U.S. If predictions are correct she should get a Gold certification by the end of March . Maybe Platinum certification by the end of this year depending on Britney/Gaga dominance in U.S. sales. World wide she will do (doing very well). She'll get some Grammy noms in December. She deserves all of the success she will receive. This year I'll say 2-3 million sales world wide.
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Well deserved 
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Originally posted by castrobabytiger
I love lady gaga but this person made me choke
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I remember these predictions... 
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Originally posted by Allthatisholy
Solo acts?
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Oh, that's right..thanks
I'm thinking to Ace of Base, U2 and others as "European" acts with huge american album sales..
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Columbia will probably pull all kinds of stunts to guarantee a huge first week for next album. I was shocked 21 opened with 352k (I was thinking around 150k) first week. It was no slowburner hit like other massive albums.
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I remember her predictions raised half way throughout the week. It originally was suppose to do 275K - 300K.
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ADELE KEEPS “ROLLING”
XL/Columbia Diva Set to Approach 300k with Sophomore Album, 21
February 23, 2011
It took a couple of months, but the record industry finally discovered 2011.
Adele’s sophomore XL/Columbia Records release, 21, is on target to debut at #1 next week with the year’s highest sales total, expected to be anywhere from 275-300k, and possibly even higher.
With more than 150k in first-day sales reported by those music retailers who haven’t been robbed blind by Lindsay Lohan, the album will be fueled by a non-stop parade of TV appearances and a full-court press by Steve Barnett and Team Columbia.
Adele’s run began at last Friday’s Today Show, continued with a performance for Late Night with David Letterman and the show’s online site Monday (2/21), stints on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel tomorrow (2/24), a CBS Early Show appearance Friday (2/25) and a Monday (2/28) slot on Chelsea Lately. In addition, she’ll tape a Live from the Artist’s Den for PBS this Friday that will air later this year.
The stateside push comes in the wake of her Brits Awards performance last week, which sent two of her albums and singles into the Top 5 in the U.K., the best such showing for a living artist since The Beatles.
Adele broke in with a bang for her debut album, 19, which came out in January, 2008, and earned her a pair of Grammy awards at the 2009 ceremony, including Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The album had sold over 903k copies and 1.85 million digital tracks in the U.S. since its release
The only other newcomers to make a dent will be veteran Wind-up Bayside and Sire’s Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, both in the 14-17k range.
In a strange quirk, due to the Grammys airing two weeks later than last year and an extra day of Valentine's shopping, the market was actually up 10% vs. the same week last year, up 12% over last week and now down just 11% to date.
Well, it’s a start.
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Originally posted by Benzene
21 is bigger than all of his other albums, for sure. It's basically the Come On Over of this decade.
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21 bigger than Off The Wall? 
and Both Dangerous & Bad sold over 30 million WW. I love Adele but let's get not carried away. 
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Originally posted by Beatz
21 bigger than Off The Wall?
and Both Dangerous & Bad sold over 30 million WW. I love Adele but let's get not carried away. |
I'm talking U.S. only.
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I don't own this album. I feel so left out. Everyone and their mother is buying it. Congrats to Adele!
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Originally posted by Beatz
21 bigger than Off The Wall?
and Both Dangerous & Bad sold over 30 million WW. I love Adele but let's get not carried away. |
21 is bigger than OTW and is about to outsell it, don't be delusional 
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