[YM8]

I'm happy Wayne is still top 10 in it's 5th week

[fabian_phipps]

Originally posted by Jennifer

Britney is still selling more than double "Grenade", which is the real competition. Her sales are going to be freaking monsterous. I'm thinking 450-500k.

And unless something new comes out, Brit will be #1 digitally for a while. "Born This Way" is the only competition I see right now, and that's still a month away.

Kanye/Jay-Z will begin to fall tomorrow. Avril is gonna sink to the bottom of the Top 10 real soon.

Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that "The Time" is going to sell almost the same as "What's My Name?" despite having 1/4 of the airplay and hype. Rihanna's digital performance is so weak in correlation to her airplay.

Yeh I agree.

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by fabian_phipps

Yeh, I believe that WTH's airplay will contribute a lot to its longevity, but I was quite suprised with the initial reaction it got from Radio.
What do you think WTH's first week sales will be (roughly)?

I think the song is going to do very well

175-200K. Depends how much it falls over the weekend though.

[Ger-55]

I have a question..:

Where is the second version of Firework?

[Celestial]

Britney has no competition for next week. #1 is guaranteed, it's just a question of how many weeks is she going to spend there.

[fabian_phipps]

None of you better be hating on Grenade.
It will defo be bruno's biggest selling single so far.

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by YM8

I'm happy Wayne is still top 10 in it's 5th week

He can go to PLATINUM in the next weeks!

[Britneyfan09]

Originally posted by Celestial

Britney has no competition for next week. #1 is guaranteed, it's just a question of how many weeks is she going to spend there.

I'm not sure about another week at #1 however I do think this will end up becoming a good digital seller for her (4m hopefully) and imo what matters the most in the end are the sales and then peak.

As for the UK I agree it's a bit unpredictable. Radio 1 have already C-Listed HIAM and Scott Mills has made it the record of the week. Hopefully she can do enough to be Top 3.

[Katy V.!]

17. Jar of Hearts - Christina Perri
36. F**kin' Perfect - P!nk (Top20 Combined )

Go Top10 NOW!

[Ger-55]

Originally posted by Celestial

Britney has no competition for next week. #1 is guaranteed, it's just a question of how many weeks is she going to spend there.

+1! I think we have to expect the next week..

[Grim]

Originally posted by fabian_phipps

Yeh I agree.

I agree as well. It's really disappointing to be honest. I feel like her label doesn't care about them anymore since they already went to #1.

[Ger-55]

"Jar of Hearts" needs to be Top 10!

That song is so AMAZING! <3 I love it since August 2010

[MusicTalker]

86. Rolling In the Deep

So high based on almost nothing but hype Her album will do very well.

[Celestial]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

I'm not sure about another week at #1 however I do think this will end up becoming a good digital seller for her (4m hopefully) and imo what matters the most in the end are the sales and then peak.

As for the UK I agree it's a bit unpredictable. Radio 1 have already C-Listed HIAM and Scott Mills has made it the record of the week. Hopefully she can do enough to be Top 3.

So far her chances of a second week at number one are looking good. Her lead is decreasing slowly so far. That could change over the weekend, but as it is she still has a massive lead. She has a lot of promo coming within the next few weeks, along with increasing airplay and its video that should be enough to prevent if from haemorrhaging sales in the coming weeks. I also think 4m is a realistic target.

[Celestial]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

86. Rolling In the Deep

So high based on almost nothing but hype Her album will do very well.

Is that in the US?

[Chemist]

Originally posted by Jennifer

Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that "The Time" is going to sell almost the same as "What's My Name?" despite having 1/4 of the airplay and hype. Rihanna's digital performance is so weak in correlation to her airplay.

Yes but take into account that WMN is a 2nd sinle of an album that has been purchased by 800K people, and WMN even with those huge radio updates, it's still not #1 on pop. Listeners of pop radio are the ones that buy singles on itunes

[UnusualBoy]

Originally posted by Ger-55

"Jar of Hearts" needs to be Top 10!

That song is so AMAZING! <3 I love it since August 2010

I love it, it's kinda different compare to others song in the radio and the lyrics are amazing

[fabian_phipps]

Originally posted by Grim

I agree as well. It's really disappointing to be honest. I feel like her label doesn't care about them anymore since they already went to #1.

This.
When you look at the ratio of her airplay to her sales its just
But it does make me think if Radio airplay should be that big of a factor towards the Hot 100.

[Chemist]

Originally posted by Celestial

So far her chances of a second week at number one are looking good. Her lead is decreasing slowly so far. That could change over the weekend, but as it is she still has a massive lead. She has a lot of promo coming within the next few weeks, along with increasing airplay and its video that should be enough to prevent if from haemorrhaging sales in the coming weeks. I also think 4m is a realistic target.

If she does Promo and the video is good enough it could reach 4m, otherwise it would be pretty much impossible and it could be another 3m seller like Womanizer

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by Celestial

Is that in the US?

Yes.

Her album is #36 in pre-orders & it's not released until February 22nd. I'm going to pre-order a copy soon

I think people might be shocked by the numbers it could open with. The hype is creating itself.