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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (September 8-14, 2009)
Member Since: 6/25/2008
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I know Jay - Z got a selling power still, there's no question about it, Rihanna and the fact that RTT is huge helped him with the sales, even if it's only by 20k, that's something.
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Member Since: 7/5/2007
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
I know Jay - Z got a selling power still, there's no question about it, Rihanna and the fact that RTT is huge helped him with the sales, even if it's only by 20k, that's something.
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yeah, maybe a little, but not all like you said previously
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Member Since: 11/30/2007
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I'm sure that Rihanna accounted for like 5% of those sales, but Jay-Z can still sell albums.
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Member Since: 5/14/2007
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Jay Z sales are good. Still wish albums would sell more.
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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Jay Z has been in the business for like forever. DEAD @ yall think Rihanna helps him to sell records.
HELLO! Jay Z found Rihanna
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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Originally posted by cooksgenes
Jay Z has been in the business for like forever. DEAD @ yall think Rihanna helps him to sell records.
HELLO! Jay Z found Rihanna
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So?Rihanna is more "in" right now and Jay - Z had a hard time with D.O.A yet, Rihanna got him his best charting single and you want to tell me that her name, the fact she got a song on her album and that cuz' of her he got a hit single right now didn't help his sales?If so than you are clearly delusional.
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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DEAD again, Run This Town was not composed by Rihanna, and somebody plz tell me what was the open number of Rihanna's GGGB
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Member Since: 10/18/2008
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Originally posted by cooksgenes
DEAD again, Run This Town was not composed by Rihanna, and somebody plz tell me what was the open number of Rihanna's GGGB
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IKR !!!!
& GGGB debuted @ #2 w/168k
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Member Since: 6/12/2008
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
So?Rihanna is more "in" right now and Jay - Z had a hard time with D.O.A yet, Rihanna got him his best charting single and you want to tell me that her name, the fact she got a song on her album and that cuz' of her he got a hit single right now didn't help his sales?If so than you are clearly delusional.
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This isn't his best charting single...you forgot bout Bonnie & Clyde??
And really DEAD @ people thinking those Album sales are because of Rihanna...
Jay-Z always have great open sales.....and he used to sell more than 300-350k in his first weeks....
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Rihanna is not selling Jay-Z album. No Rihanna fan is gonna buy the album for her. This is JAY-Z's base buying this album. Again, he is one who does not need some huge hit to sell his albums. American Gangster opened with 425k and it's single peaked #55 which "D.O.A." did better than. I took ATRL saying Whitney would not sell, but Jay-Z being bought b/c of Rihanna is too far.
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Member Since: 1/27/2006
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Originally posted by mylicious
This isn't his best charting single...you forgot bout Bonnie & Clyde??
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Well "D.O.A." is his highest charting peak on Hot 100 at #3. "Bonnie & Clyde" peaked #4.
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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You're kiddin' me right?!
First of all, Run This Town was not composed by Rihanna but if it wasn't for her this wouldn't have been smashin' on radios.
Second of all, no one said 100% of his sales are cuz' of her, have some common sense people .
And yes, probably most of Rihanna fans are not buying his album but I'm sure that potential album buyers who hear RTT on radios are buying it cuz' the best promotion is getting your song played on radios all the time and it helps sales to not drop like a rock...[Usually, for based artist esp']
Not even to mention that alot of the times when an artist doesn't have a good charting single [or in short words, he flops with his single] some people which aren't fans but just like that artist don't even know he got a new single/album out [seen that happen alot].
So as far as I see it, she is one of the main reasons this song is actually don't damage on charts and radios and this song def' helped his sales so yes, she helped him sales wise.
Btw, D.O.A peaked @ 24, not 3 [unless I'm wrong even though I checked it with the BB threads..] so yes, RTT is Jay-Z's highest charting single.
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Member Since: 4/4/2005
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
So?Rihanna is more "in" right now and Jay - Z had a hard time with D.O.A yet, Rihanna got him his best charting single and you want to tell me that her name, the fact she got a song on her album and that cuz' of her he got a hit single right now didn't help his sales?If so than you are clearly delusional.
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Jay Z don't sell singles he sells albums. FAIL!!!
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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Originally posted by dussymob
Jay Z don't sell singles he sells albums. FAIL!!!
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Yet, today it's more about single sales and not album sales, and yet, again, singles are the best promo for an album, hit single = more sales.
GURL, BYE.
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Originally posted by BayAreaMami
IKR !!!!
& GGGB debuted @ #2 w/168k
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This only proves my point, she only debuted with 168k and ended up selling 2m+ cuz' she had a string of HITS..If she had flop singles she would have been dropping like a rock and maybe hitting gold or like platinum max.
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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Im getting annoyed by some kids who ignore the achievement of the elders these days
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Member Since: 4/4/2005
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
Yet, today it's more about single sales and not album sales, and yet, again, singles are the best promo for an album, hit single = more sales.
GURL, BYE.
This only proves my point, she only debuted with 168k and ended up selling 2m+ cuz' she had a string of HITS..If she had flop singles she would have been dropping like a rock and maybe hitting gold or like platinum max.
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First of you can clearly see I'm a boy and second hit singles does not equal more sales,
Flo Rida- Right Round #1, Sugar #5
Album's 1st Week Sales-55,000
Pitbull- I Know You Want Me #2, Hotel Room Service #9
Album's 1st Week Sales-41,000
Compared To
Whitney Houston- I Look To You #70, Million Dollar Bill NOT YET CHARTED
Album's 1st Week Sales-305,000
Trey Songz- I Need A Girl #59, LOL Smiley Face #51
Album's 1st Week Sales-135,896
Jadakiss- NO CHARTED SINGLE
Album's 1st Week Sales-135,000(320,000+ So FAR)
ULTIMATE FAIL GTFO!!!
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Member Since: 10/18/2008
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Who would buy a whole album by another artist just cuz their favorite artist is featured on 1 single off the whole album that's why they have Itunes, Amazon, & etc to buy singles
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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Originally posted by NickLacheyFan
This only proves my point, she only debuted with 168k and ended up selling 2m+ cuz' she had a string of HITS..If she had flop singles she would have been dropping like a rock and maybe hitting gold or like platinum max.
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Not because of Jay Z, Ne Yo, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown? (according to the way u saying)
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Member Since: 4/4/2005
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Originally posted by BayAreaMami
Who would buy a whole album by another artist just cuz their favorite artist is featured on 1 single off the whole album that's why they have Itunes, Amazon, & etc to buy singles
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NickLacheyFan's an idiot.
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Member Since: 6/25/2008
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Originally posted by cooksgenes
Not because of Jay Z, Ne Yo, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown? (according to the way u saying)
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More like Ne-Yo but yes, they def' helped...It's simple and I'll explain it for you and BayAreaMami under his comment.
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Originally posted by BayAreaMami
Who would buy a whole album by another artist just cuz their favorite artist is featured on 1 single off the whole album that's why they have Itunes, Amazon, & etc to buy singles
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Simple as that, I like Jay-Z but not to the level of buying his album but songs like RTT and ESOM made me get intrested in this album like I would probably wouldn't if it was for D.O.A...I actually didn't bother to listen to D.O.A since like I said, I was never that much into Jay-Z and since D.O.A faded out pretty quick and no one was going crazy over it over here I just didn't bother to..
but since I'm a fan of both Rihanna and Alicia they made me listen to their joints with Jay-Z and those were really good so I thought, this album could be really good, so that made me check the rest of it...I'm sure I'm not the only one who did it.
Even Keri, which I stan to death, got a part of her sales thanks to her joint with Kanye and Ne-Yo, it wouldn't have been the hit it is if it wasn't for those 2 and some of her sales are thanks to the success of that song.
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