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Chart Listings: Billboard Hot 100 Singles (October 28-November 4, 2009)
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Originally posted by starstruck52
THAT'S MY POINT. They clearly aren't the same, seeing as how she's being played every 5 minutes 24 hours a day everyday on every station in the country.... yet she's only sold 1.5 million records.
Keep up, boo boo!
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No, that's not what you were saying. You think that because she has this radio play, it should translate to so called hype with general consumers? But it shouldn't, and rarely does with a debut artist. Like i said (it's blatantly obvious you are unable to read) earlier, only time and more albums can give GaGa this "hype." You expect the radio play to correlate to sales, unweighted. You're not factoring in the bad sales/changed purchase trend of 2009 and the fact that she's a debut artist. If there was some mathematical formula that included those two factors, Im sure you would find radio play and album sales line up very well. If GaGa can continue to do well with future albums, and when the econ is better, you will find this to be true.
Did you get all that?
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
GaGa set the record for highest one week digital downloads for any female artist.
GaGa was the first female to pass 4mill downloads of any song.
GaGa was the first artist to pass 4mill downloads with 2 songs.
GaGa was the first artist of 2009 to go platinum with 3 songs, she then broke her own record and was the first to pass 1mill downloads will 4 songs in 2009.
You're acting like she sold 1.5mill albums and NOTHING ELSE.
Clearly from all those records the public like what they hear and then go and download the singles. That's just how it is these days. If this was 1999 then the public would have gone out and bought the album BUT IT'S NOT. This is 2009 digital downloads are booming while album sales tumble so why are you ignoring single sales?
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One of the best posts in this thread.
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Originally posted by £100
No, that's not what you were saying. You think that because she has this radio play, it should translate to so called hype with general consumers? But it shouldn't, and rarely does with a debut artist. Like i said (it's blatantly obvious you are unable to read) earlier, only time and more albums can give GaGa this "hype." You expect the radio play to correlate to sales, unweighted. You're not factoring in the bad sales of 2009 and the fact that she's a debut artist. If there was some mathematical formula that included those two factors, Im sure you would find radio play and album sales line up very well. If GaGa can continue to do well with future albums, and when the econ is better, you will find this to be true.
Did you get all that?
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Are you trying to say that 2010 will be a worse album sales year?
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Originally posted by HarrySapphire
Are you trying to say that 2010 will be a worse album year?
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You're getting there
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Originally posted by £100
You think that because she has this radio play, it should translate to so called hype with general consumers?
Did you get all that?
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Um yes. Or the other way around. Radio needs to slow their roll. All that airplay is not deserved.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Um yes. Or the other way around. Radio needs to slow their roll. All that airplay is not deserved.
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How is it undeserved when she's setting digital records left right and centre?
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
GaGa set the record for highest one week digital downloads for any female artist.
GaGa was the first female to pass 4mill downloads of any song.
GaGa was the first artist to pass 4mill downloads with 2 songs.
GaGa was the first artist of 2009 to go platinum with 3 songs, she then broke her own record and was the first to pass 1mill downloads will 4 songs in 2009.
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Over the years the market has moved from album sales to digital downloads, something reflected in GaGa's success.
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^^ And that's where the flaw in your logic lies. First of all, radio is never going to have the power to make people buy albums. They have the power to influence SINGLE purchases.
Secondly, radios are generally independent companies, and while they do take input from listeners, they're not dictated by them. They do what they want to do. This is why good relationships with radios are coveted by labels. And if you don't like what your radios are doing, then turn it off.
GaGa's huge airplay has had a positive effect on making her single sales HUGE. That's the effect of modern day rAdio combined with modern trends. People don't feel compelled to buy an album if they hear a song by thAt artist on the radio.
This applies to everyone. Including Britney.
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Originally posted by £100
^ And that's where the flaw in your logic lies. First of all, radio is never going to have the power to make people buy albums. They have the power to influence SINGLE purchases.
Secondly, radios are independent companies, and while they do take input from listeners, they're not dictated by them. They do what they want to do. This is why good relationships with radios are coveted by labels. And if you don't like what your radios are doing, then turn it off.
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God, you just don't get it.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
God, you just don't get it.
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pot. kettle. black.
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^^ Maybe you'll enjoy the edit to thAt post. I've made it clear for like the 6th time.
And it's you who doesn't get it. Sorry. :/
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Originally posted by £100
^^ Maybe you'll enjoy the edit to thAt post. I've made it clear for like the 6th time.
And it's you who doesn't get it. Sorry. :/
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You go against everything I say, so I don't expect you to understand what I'm saying here. That's fine. Drop it and go on about your day.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
You go against everything I say, so I don't expect you to understand what I'm saying here. That's fine. Drop it and go on about your day.
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slow down dude, I'll support ya..
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Originally posted by HarrySapphire
slow down dude, I'll support ya..
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Are you really Mazen or whatever?
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Are you really Mazen or whatever?
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What is Mazen?
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GaGa set the record for highest one week digital downloads for any female artist.
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How much did she sell to set this record?
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Originally posted by Erik
How much did she sell to set this record?
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419k
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Originally posted by Erik
How much did she sell to set this record?
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It was around 418k with Just Dance on christmas week.
Edit: Oh maybe I'm 100k out
Edit 2: I just went back and looked and it was 418k
2 1 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 418666 190 144585 1742912
http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/inde...d=80399&page=6
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Originally posted by starstruck52
You go against everything I say, so I don't expect you to understand what I'm saying here. That's fine. Drop it and go on about your day.
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Well, at least we agree on one thing. You can't expect me to understand what you're saying. Correct, because it's incoherent, Im not sure anybody really understands what you're saying besides HarrySaphire.
I've already moved on with my day, and I hope you can do the same.
Fireflies is going to get another week in the US at #1!!!
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Originally posted by £100
Well, at least we agree on one thing. You can't expect me to understand what you're saying. Correct, because it's incoherent, Im not sure anybody really understands what you're saying besides HarrySaphire.
I've already moved on with my day, and I hope you can do the same.
Fireflies is going to get another week in the US at #1!!!
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Why so tense? We're juz having fun..LOL..nothing serious.
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Originally posted by HarrySapphire
419k
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
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Thanks both. But holy crap, never knew it was that high. I was under the impression Britney's debut week held both records. Lmao, wow.
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