I know these are incomplete numbers, but I am still completely confused by the methodology. When 33% of retailers were reporting, Lana's sales were 8,186. After 61% of retailers reporting, now Lana has 8, 849 sales. So approximately 30% of the retailers have sold only ~600 albums in one week!!! That's totally crazy!! Has the mid-week numbers for HDD worked out in the past in accurately predicting the final numbers?
CHART DATE: 11/19/2012
LAST UPDATE: 11/19/2012 16:19:50 NOW IN: 60.75%
LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 438,089
TAKE ME HOME
1 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 91,657
RED
2 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 45,278
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 4 ROD STEWART VERVE 38,443
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
-- 5 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN 2 CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 33,336
SOUNDTRACK
6 6 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 24,487
NIGHT TRAIN
-- 7 GREEN DAY REPRISE 23,428
DOS
-- 8 SOUNDGARDEN SEVEN FOUR/REPUBLIC 23,083
KING ANIMAL
-- 9 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 22,480
STANDING OVATION: THE GREATEST
-- 10 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 21,659
LOTUS
-- 11 THE WEEKND XO/REPUBLIC 20,848
TRILOGY
10 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 20,338
ON THIS WINTER'S NIGHT
12 13 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 19,752
CHEERS, IT'S CHRISTMAS
-- 14 DEFTONES REPRISE 18,813
KOI NO YOKAN
18 15 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 15,835
CHRISTMAS
17 16 P!NK RCA 11,795
Aguilera fans bought multiple copies of the album this week too...
Basically every week I see people freaking out and saying they don't understand why one album sold less more during one update, or why all of sudden it can get a surge. I mean...
Basically every week I see people freaking out and saying they don't understand why one album sold less more during one update, or why all of sudden it can get a surge. I mean...
Either there are a TON of sales still out there and 1D is going to blow by expectations. Or there isn't (all depends on which retailers are out) and Lana and Xtina will miss the expectations by a mile. Either way will be golden.
(yes I know a retailer could favor one or the other....I just don't think they will with releases with wide....all with established fanbases)
Either there are a TON of sales still out there and 1D is going to blow by expectations. Or there isn't (all depends on which retailers are out) and Lana and Xtina will miss the expectations by a mile. Either way will be golden.
(yes I know a retailer could favor one or the other....I just don't think they will with releases with wide....all with established fanbases)