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Music News: HITS: Gaga flirts with a million
Member Since: 10/31/2010
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900-950k 
AI and GMA =1,000,000,000,000,000k  
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
I'm also glad this album market will go positive, and possibly remain that way through the year.  Idol might push this past 1 million too.
And I'm not understanding why people keep bringing up "10% share". If Amazon pushed 200k of Born This Way sales, won't all 200k count? |
That's what I've been saying.  If she's predicted to sell 800-850k, according to BILLBOARD, 200k is 20-25% of the FULL total, how come some keep bringing the "Amazon is 10% of the digital market" is beyond... Anything. 
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Member Since: 12/16/2008
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She better get those million sales! The album deserves it!
I want my two faves getting the million mark :clap3>
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Do ya'll think that's an accurate guess? 400k downloads in the first day and 100k for the rest of the week...? I mean, I know the Amazon deal makes the downloads REALLY frontloaded but that kind of seems low for the rest of the week.
Hope they're being conservative!
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by Brit94
We said during Brits funeral the other day if she didnt hit 1m first week shes dust.
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Don't send out the invites yet, we will hit that million.
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Oh, it's that i was just coming from SYG and there at that moment you had another avie. Things go fast here.  |
True.
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Anyways, congrats to GaGa. It's very impressive.
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
That's what I've been saying. If she's predicted to sell 800-850k, according to BILLBOARD, 200k is 20-25% of the FULL total, how come some keep bringing the "Amazon is 10% of the digital market" is beyond... Anything. |
Anthony, what percentage of that theoretical 200k came from people who would not have bought the album otherwise? It's incredibly misleading to just say "well, she'd have 200k less without the Amazon sale," because that's simply not true unless literally 100% of those sales would have been non-existent otherwise.
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 Yes.
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
LMFAO, won't you people EVER drop that "small market" excuse?  The discount CHANGED that, at least for this week. Gosh, is it so hard to read or are you Gaga fans ignoring it on purpose?  I mean, Billboard and HITS just said HUGE numbers are coming from Amazon. :-/ |
Market share doesn't change in one or two days... I guess you do not have economics and or market studies. And it was only 1 day. Besides, Amazon also sells physicals - these might also be in the figures.
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Congrats to Gaga, obviously, but wow, this is great for the music industry!
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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Im proud of her, stop hating and be positive for once.
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
Anthony, what percentage of that theoretical 200k came from people who would not have bought the album otherwise? It's incredibly misleading to just say "well, she'd have 200k less without the Amazon sale," because that's simply not true unless literally 100% of those sales would have been non-existent otherwise.
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Did you not comprehend what I've been saying so repeatedly to the point I'm annoying myself? :-/
Let's go again: it's not accurate to say Amazon's sales are only "10%" of the digital market IN THIS CASE, when 'BTW' was being sold for less than 1 dollar - Hence Billboard & HITS proving MY point. I never said anything about ALL those people ONLY buying the album because of the discount - Although, to say there weren't MANY deciding to buy the album now (including those who couldn't afford it for the regular price) and on Amazon, because of the 99 cents deal, just seems ridiculous IMO.
But hey, that's just me, think whatever you want, especially cause I'm tired of trying to explain the difference between black and white. 
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Member Since: 10/30/2010
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Good for her! They really marketed the hell out of this thing. It will cross 1 million for sure, there's no way Interscope will settle for less.
The Amazon deal clearly made this happen, though. 200-300k probably came from that deal.
Her 2nd week is definitely going to be interesting.
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Originally posted by Peep
Market share doesn't change in one or two days... I guess you do not have economics and or market studies. And it was only 1 day. Besides, Amazon also sells physicals - these might also be in the figures.
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I'm on my 2nd graduation college now - I'm already a lawyer - and I do have Economics and Market studies.
I also studied a lot, on both schools, Language, Grammar and Comprehension, in order to be a better reader - and I read articles from both Billboard and HITS on this matter - and writer. I can't be sure it was the same with everyone else though, so I'm resting my case. 
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Member Since: 5/27/2010
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
Did you not comprehend what I've been saying so repeatedly to the point I'm annoying myself? :-/
Let's go again: it's not accurate to say Amazon's sales are only "10%" of the digital market IN THIS CASE, when 'BTW' was being sold for less than 1 dollar - Hence Billboard & HITS proving MY point. I never said anything about ALL those people ONLY buying the album because of the discount - Although, to say there weren't MANY deciding to buy the album now (including those who couldn't afford it for the regular price) and on Amazon, because of the 99 cents deal, just seems ridiculous IMO.
But hey, that's just me, think whatever you want, especially cause I'm tired of trying to explain the difference between black and white. |
I don't disagree, although I guess we don't know how many is MANY, exactly.  Even a substantial increase in Amazon's market share can be indicative of them funnelling away business from iTunes (which was obviously the plan).
It will be interesting to see the breakdown in the end, if it is ever published.
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Originally posted by satellites™
Im proud of her, stop hating and be positive for once.
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Your avi is hilarious, she looks so angry! lool
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Originally posted by MrPeanut
I don't disagree, although I guess we don't know how many is MANY, exactly. Even a substantial increase in Amazon's market share can be indicative of them funnelling away business from iTunes (which was obviously the plan).
It will be interesting to see the breakdown in the end, if it is ever published. |
Thanks for acknowledging the fact that there will be an increase in Amazon's market, at least for this week. Others have failed to do so and it's kinda depressing.
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Member Since: 10/18/2003
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Originally posted by iBeyoncé.
Didn't they over estimate Britney & Beyonces last albums first week sales?
Let's hope that happens again.
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With nearly 8 years in the ATRL Board, i've never seen people pressed this much!!!!
I CANT!!!!
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Member Since: 3/3/2011
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I'm happy not because she's managed to sell a lot this week, but because the music industry is starting to climb back up again. She has definitely raised the bar once again, and she has certainly proved all her critics wrong that she's just another "popstar".
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Member Since: 7/26/2009
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That $.999 was like teh ebst thing to make a HUGE first week sales!
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