this last bump is for me to give the voters one last chance to reconsider their answers they chose in the poll in the above
HDD Album Sales this week
-- 3 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 69,284 -- STORYLINE |
9 7 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 23,716 +44% CRASH MY PARTY |
How many times Hunter Hayes' Storyline outsold Luke Bryan's Crash My Party this week: 2.921403 (according to HDD numbers)
For historical purposes, Hunter did outsell Luke Bryan with only their debut numbers for their second albums:
Luke's Second Album debut #'s:
6 doin' my thing luke bryan 57,503
But consider this.
Singles Peaks of Hunter versus Luke Bryan released up to their second albums (on country airplay charts):
Hunter:
"Storm Warning" 14
"Wanted" 1
"Somebody's Heartbreak" 1
"I Want Crazy" 2
Everybody's Got Somebody but Me" (featuring Jason Mraz) 15
"Invisible" 19 |
Luke:
"All My Friends Say" 5
"We Rode in Trucks" 33
2008 "Country Man" 10
2009 "Do I" 2 |
So Hunter has had more opportunities to gain the spotlight/attention to Hunter then Luke when talking about general singles promotion (I didn't even add the fact that Hunter Hayes would have some Pop Music buyers since he had a crossover hit with Wanted)
Well okay maybe it isn't fair to compare promotion of the last album and really I can't really use Hunters debut album singles to make a point about Hunters future in country music. Well then fine. What about this:
Their debut album sales:
Hunter's Debut Album sold: 1,135,000 |
Luke's debut album sold: US: 481,000 |
In comparison of Hunters debut album sales and Luke's debut album sales, Luke being able to get 11.95% of his first album sales in Doin' my thing's first week album sales (57503/481000 = .1195). That is stellar to see considering Luke's debut album didn't even get enough sales to reach gold. Hunter on the other hand could only get 6.08% of Hunter'a first album sales in Storyline's first week album sales (69000/113500).
So for those who voted I have a question for y'all
When you were voting, what exactly were you considering when you were voting. Hunters talents as a musician and writer? If I had to be honest that is a great quality to have as a musician. Maybe the OP could have made the question a bit clearer as to what a "future in country music" is. See the only thing that we can really debate in this thread besides the reality of the numbers between Luke and Hunter is indeed the talents of these artists and how each artist could ideally survive in the country music industry.
Well here are some of my points about what Hunter and Luke have to offer:
-Hunter can play many a instruments besides his vocals, so he can consider doing production.
- as long as both Hunter and Luke doing do anything to their vocal cords, they can be singing til retirement.
- Both Hunter and Luke can write songs for them or other artists if they choose.
These points are obvious. What isn't obvious is who is going to remain a top selling country music performer longer (which is what the OP is implying). That title will belong to Luke Bryan. When was the last time a male country artist has had 3 top 20 billboard Hot 100 singles with solely country radio support? Luke Bryan. Luke took a longer time to accumulate a huge following and fanbase, but at least from album to album you could see Luke's growth as top selling artist. With numbers that Hunter produced this week, its definitely not a good sign that Hunter will become the it-male country singer Luke is. But that is in no way meaning Hunter cannot support other artists with his songwriting/production if Hunter cannot get a hit single off of Storyline.
Anyways if you all read through this, please tell me in what aspect did you judge the broad question of "Future of Country Music: Hunter Hayes vs. Luke Bryan".
I understand perspective is everything, so I would love to understand at what angle people are voting for when they think about the future of country music being Hunter Hayes or Luke Bryan.