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Originally posted by Green
E.T always sells more than expected and the sales of the weekend are usually bigger than the rest of the week.
I remember that "On The Floor" was #1 on itunes for almost the whole week then E.T went #1 on Saturday and the final numbers that week were E.T 216k and On The Floor 215k  |
The weekend is basically over. There are only 26 hours left in the sales week and even now that E.T. is above S&M it's only above by an incredibly small amount, not even a double digit gap. According to Billboard S&M is projected to sell 30-40k more then E.T.
Basically E.T. would need to extend the gap by quite a bit within this 26 hour window for it to outsell or match S&M. Which at the moment doesn't seem to be happening:
E.T. 86
S&M: 80
Difference: 6
E.T. is currently selling 6% more then S&M is currently selling. S&M was selling at least 30% more then E.T. all during the week. Why are posters flipping out over E.T.'s sudden 6% increase on late Saturday night/Sunday morning? When E.T. has a huge lead over S&M then you can start to worry but this happened way to late in the race and likely won't stop S&M from claiming the top spot.
Even with the airplay gains that E.T. is getting it's still at a disadvantage. 128 million to 121 million with Katy gaining 2-3 million a day would leave E.T. with a total of 127 million AI or 130 million AI at the end of the chart week while S&M has 128 million. Either way S&M is still going to outsell E.T. which gives it the edge in terms of total points.
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Originally posted by thewaitinggame
why are people freaking out over 1% difference increases of less than 6% total with 1 day left, I really don't understand it.
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Basically. I could understand if this happened on Thursday. But seriously? One day left. A Sunday even which is likely to have
less sales then both Friday and Saturday. I can't.
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