thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Top sales weeks 2007 1 09/29/07 GRADUATION KANYE WEST 956,936 2 09/29/07 CURTIS 50 CENT 691,304 3 06/02/07 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT LINKIN PARK 622,827 4 09/01/07 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 615,361 5 10/13/07 STILL FEELS GOOD RASCAL FLATTS 546,505 6 11/10/07 CARNIVAL RIDE CARRIE UNDERWOOD 527,000 7 07/21/07 T.I. Vs. T.I.P. T.I. 467,737 8 06/09/07 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG MAROON 5 429,484 9 02/17/07 NOT TOO LATE NORAH JONES 405,031 10 09/29/07 JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES KENNEY CHESNEY 387,009 Britney may come in at #11-#15 for the year in SoundScan debuts. Flopping is Jennifer Lopez's 53k debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 HITS: EAGLES WOULD’VE BEEN #1 WITH 700K IN SALES New Album’s Exclusivity At Wal-Mart Prevents it From Charting November 6, 2007 The Long Road Out of Eden leads to the #1 best-selling album in the country this week, but the Eagles won’t be topping the HITS Album chart. That dubious honor will go to Britney Spears’ Blackout this week, even though it won’t sell half of Eden’s estimated 700k. That’s because the Eagles’ two-disc set of 20 new songs, released last Tuesday (10/30), is available exclusively at Wal-Mart, Walmart.com, Sam’s Clubs and Samsclub.com. The total represents the largest first-week sales of any music product at Wal-Mart in the last two years, where it is selling for $11.88 or $10.88 in downloadable MP3 format online. The chain reportedly bought 3 million copies of the new album with a no-return policy. Wal-Mart Entertainment SVP Gary Severson is happy: “We were confident that Eagles fans would embrace Long Road Out of Eden, but it has exceeded our first-week projections. With the holiday season approaching, we are confident that the double-CD package will be one of the biggest sellers in Wal-Mart history. We’ve notified the RIAA of the sales to quickly certify Long Road Out of Eden’s multi-platinum status.” That particular award is not restricted by the album’s exclusive one-retailer status. Added Eagles manager Irving Azoff in between rounds of golf: “The band produced and delivered an album of integrity that was in keeping with their legacy…and the fans responded. The phenomenal first week sales of Long Road Out of Eden are a testament to Wal-Mart’s marketing and distribution.” One of the band’s chief stated reasons in going with Wal-Mart was the company’s commitment to “green” environmental initiatives, and that is borne out by the album packaging, which features recycled paper publicly endorsed by the Rainforest Alliance. The CD package also contains 30% post-consumer recycled fiber, and virgin fiber from approved forests or other controlled sources. The Eagles have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide and have won four Grammy Awards. Eagles, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is the best-selling album of all time, exceeding sales of 29 million units. The band’s Hotel California and Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 have sold more than 16 and 11 million albums, respectively. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. The new album is the band's first all-new studio effort since 1979's The Long Run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colias Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 CHART DATE: 11/05/2007 LAST UPDATE: 11/06/2007 13:12:46 NOW IN: 66.68% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 EAGLES EAGLES RECORDING COMPANY 707,253 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN -- 2 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 289,791 BLACKOUT 1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 162,976 CARNIVAL RIDE -- 4 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 92,006 AVENGED SEVENFOLD -- 5 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 84,121 EVERYTHING IS FINE -- 6 BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/ZLG 80,338 UNBREAKABLE 2 7 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 76,854 RAISING SAND 4 8 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 73,352 NOEL -- 9 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 67,668 BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE 8 10 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 52,613 STILL FEELS GOOD 9 11 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 49,627 SOUNDTRACK 6 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 48,941 ROCK N ROLL JESUS 14 13 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 42,394 COCO 10 14 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 42,329 MAGIC 13 15 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 38,670 DUETS 15 16 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 35,970 GRADUATION 16 17 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 35,892 SOUNDTRACK 18 18 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 35,638 SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 20 19 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 35,081 JUST LIKE YOU 43 20 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 31,769 JONAS BROTHERS 11 21 SEETHER WIND-UP 30,220 FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE... 17 22 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 29,109 CHROME DREAMS II 22 23 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 28,769 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 19 24 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 28,725 SOUNDTRACK 3 25 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 27,939 LIVING HARD 21 26 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 26,634 EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 26 27 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,336 TAYLOR SWIFT 30 28 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 26,103 THE DUTCHESS 27 29 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 25,870 ENJOY THE RIDE 28 30 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 25,063 TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE -- 31 PUSCIFER RED INK 24,925 V IS FOR VAGINA 5 32 SERJ TANKIAN SERJICAL STRIKE 24,455 ELECT THE DEAD -- 33 PLAYAZ CIRCLE DEF JAM/IDJMG 24,417 SUPPLY AND DEMAND 45 34 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 24,170 CHRISTMAS SONG -- 35 BABY BASH ARISTA/RMG 23,144 CYCLONE 24 36 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 22,726 ULTIMATE SANTANA 12 37 JUANES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 21,969 LA VIDA ES UN RATICO 23 38 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 21,967 REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3 35 39 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 20,850 BACK OF MY LAC 32 40 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 20,562 JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 31 41 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 19,923 CURTIS 39 42 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 19,813 DAUGHTRY 33 43 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 19,570 ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE 7 44 COHEED AND CAMBRIA COLUMBIA 19,235 NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW -- 45 PROJECT PAT KOCH 18,102 WALKIN' BANK ROLL 40 46 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 17,323 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 46 47 CASTING CROWNS REUNION 16,960 ALTAR & THE DOOR 34 48 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 16,407 COMPLETE CLAPTON 44 49 JOHN FOGERTY FANTASY 15,965 REVIVAL 36 50 LEANN RIMES CURB 15,904 FAMILY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 HITS: NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 EAGLES EAGLES RECORDING COMPANY 707,253 -- LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN -- 2 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 289,791 -- BLACKOUT 1 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 162,976 -70% CARNIVAL RIDE -- 4 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 92,006 -- AVENGED SEVENFOLD -- 5 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 84,121 -- EVERYTHING IS FINE -- 6 BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/ZLG 80,338 -- UNBREAKABLE 2 7 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 76,854 -24% RAISING SAND 4 8 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 73,352 +8% NOEL -- 9 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 67,668 -- BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE 8 10 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 52,613 -7% STILL FEELS GOOD 9 11 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 49,627 -11% SOUNDTRACK 6 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 48,941 -22% ROCK N ROLL JESUS 14 13 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 42,394 -3% COCO 10 14 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 42,329 -17% MAGIC 13 15 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 38,670 -11% DUETS 15 16 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 35,970 -17% GRADUATION 16 17 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 35,892 -2% SOUNDTRACK 18 18 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 35,638 +2% SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 20 19 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 35,081 +9% JUST LIKE YOU 43 20 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 31,769 +84% JONAS BROTHERS 11 21 SEETHER WIND-UP 30,220 -39% FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE... 17 22 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 29,109 -20% CHROME DREAMS II 22 23 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 28,769 -3% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 19 24 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 28,725 -17% SOUNDTRACK 3 25 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 27,939 -60% LIVING HARD 21 26 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 26,634 -13% EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 26 27 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,336 +5% TAYLOR SWIFT 30 28 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 26,103 +8% THE DUTCHESS 27 29 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 25,870 +4% ENJOY THE RIDE 28 30 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 25,063 +1% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE -- 31 PUSCIFER RED INK 24,925 -- V IS FOR VAGINA 5 32 SERJ TANKIAN SERJICAL STRIKE 24,455 -61% ELECT THE DEAD -- 33 PLAYAZ CIRCLE DEF JAM/IDJMG 24,417 -- SUPPLY AND DEMAND 45 34 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 24,170 +44% CHRISTMAS SONG -- 35 BABY BASH ARISTA/RMG 23,144 -- CYCLONE 24 36 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 22,726 -13% ULTIMATE SANTANA 12 37 JUANES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 21,969 -55% LA VIDA ES UN RATICO 23 38 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 21,967 -24% REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3 35 39 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 20,850 -1% BACK OF MY LAC 32 40 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 20,562 -10% JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 31 41 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 19,923 -17% CURTIS 39 42 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 19,813 +5% DAUGHTRY 33 43 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 19,570 -10% ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE 7 44 COHEED AND CAMBRIA COLUMBIA 19,235 -68% NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW -- 45 PROJECT PAT KOCH 18,102 -- WALKIN' BANK ROLL 40 46 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 17,323 -7% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 46 47 CASTING CROWNS REUNION 16,960 +8% ALTAR & THE DOOR 34 48 ERIC CLAPTON REPRISE 16,407 -24% COMPLETE CLAPTON 44 49 JOHN FOGERTY FANTASY 15,965 -6% REVIVAL 36 50 LEANN RIMES CURB 15,904 -24% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 So, are The Eagles charting on the Billboard 200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 No, they are not. HITS is not the same as Billboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 No, they are not. HITS is not the same as Billboard. But Look at this HDD quote: "The Long Road Out of Eden leads to the #1 best-selling album in the country this week, but the Eagles won’t be topping the HITS Album chart. That dubious honor will go to Britney Spears’ Blackout this week, even though it won’t sell half of Eden’s estimated 700k." And all of sudden they included them I fear Billboard would do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Billboard does not allow albums being sold at only one retailer to chart on the Billboard 200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 And what's the difference between the 60% chart and the final one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest henZ Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 That’s because the Eagles’ two-disc set of 20 new songs, released last Tuesday (10/30), is available exclusively at Wal-Mart, Walmart.com, Sam’s Clubs and Samsclub.com. Well, that looks like more than one retailer to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Read this: Billboard.biz: Eagles May Have Week's Best Seller October 31, 2007 - Retail By Geoff Mayfield, L.A. If Wal-Mart chooses to report sales of its exclusive Eagles album, the veteran band could surpass Britney Spears next week on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums, according to Eagles manager Irving Azoff. Spears' "Blackout," her first studio album since 2003, led Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart with 124,000 sold when the chart was released earlier today (Oct. 31). The Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" was missing from that list, which suggests Wal-Mart will choose not to report sales from the title, as was the case with exclusive Garth Brooks albums it sold in prior years. “If the Eagles were SoundScanning this week, even though it's only available at one retailer, Britney wouldn't be No. 1” on the Building Chart, said Azoff, speaking by phone Wednesday from London, where the Eagles played a showcase for media and Universal Music Group honchos at Indigo2 Club. Titles that are not generally available at retail are not eligible to appear on The Billboard 200, but are entitled to chart on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums, which includes catalog titles and proprietary albums from retailers willing to report those sales. Best Buy, Starbucks and iTunes are the accounts that have been most willing for their exclusive titles appear on Top Comprehensive Albums and Top Comprehensive Music Videos, but most other chains have withheld charting their proprietary offerings. Target had been among those holdouts, but did elect to allow Collective Soul's recent "Afterwords," sold only at Target stores and by iTunes to chart. It peaked at No. 25 on Top Comprehensive Albums. Wal-Mart has until the end of the tracking week to decide whether it wishes to report sales of the Eagles album. A Wal-Mart source told ABC News Radio that "Eden" posted the best first-day total "by far" for that chain, which includes Sam's Club stores. The source did not reveal that total, but said it exceeded projections by 50%. Aside from two compilations, "Eden" is the Eagles’ first album since the live "Hell Freezes Over," which led The Billboard 200 for two weeks in 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zezwer Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I don't get it... how can an album that is just sold in one retailer sell more than an album that is sold in more retailers?? Are they "buing" these numbers or what?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 No, the Eagles are still popular. This is their first album in 28 years. Theere is some pent-up demand for a new studio album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 HITS: THE EAGLES FLY TO #1 HITS’ Album Sales Chart Will Reflect Wal-Mart Sales of 700k+ November 6, 2007 There’s no denying reality. Despite that other chart’s refusal to recognize the Eagles’ sales feat this week, HITS has decided that the band’s Long Road Out of Eden album should be #1 on our Top 50, easily outdistancing Britney Spears’ Jive/ZLG effort Blackout. According to Wal-Mart, the band’s first all-new studio album since 1979’s The Long Run sold 707,253 copies exclusively at the retailer’s outlets nationwide. Britney’s new album is one of six newcomers to the Top 10, with a total of 290k, good for #2. WB’s Avenged Sevenfold (#4), MCA Nashville’s Josh Turner (#5), Jive/ZLG’s Backstreet Boys (#6) and Decca’s Andrea Bocelli greatest hits album (#9) are the other new Top 10 entries. If you’re counting, that gives ZLG’s Team Weiss two out of the top six in Britney and the Backstreets. The only holdovers to the Top 10 are Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood (#2), Rounder’s Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (#7), Reprise’s Josh Groban (#8) and Lyric Street’s Rascal Flatts (#10). Other debuts are registered by Red Ink rockers Puscifer’s elegantly titled V is for Vagina (#31), Def Jam/IDJ’s Playaz Circle (#33), Arista/RMG’s Baby Bash (#35) and Koch’s Project Pat (#45). Hollywood’s Jonas Brothers lead the double-digit gainers for the week, rising #43-20 with an 84% boost, thanks to their appearance on the Hannah Montana tour and a spate of TV appearances. American Gramophone’s holiday perennial Mannheim Steamroller is up #45-34, with a 44% boost. Next week, Roc-A-Fella/IDJ’s Jay-Z, Jive/ZLG’s Chris Brown and Pearl/Bic Machine's Garth Brooks will all be vying for the top spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 WAIT!!!!! Will Billboard really change their chart policy for the Billboard 200? HITS: SCAN FOLLOWS SUIT: No sooner did we announce that the Eagles would be #1 on HITS' Building Album Sales chart this week than that other trade magazine has come out with the news that, despite the fact Long Road Out of Eden is available exclusively at Wal-Mart and the band's website, it will be #1 on theirs as well. The move is already being enthusiastically embraced by our reader, one Jill Fouts of cbgla.com, who writes: "I have to give you guys kudos for embracing reality and putting the Eagles at the top of your chart!" Of course, that's about the only reality we've embraced over the past 21 years. (11/6p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 That number is just too large to ignore- really. And yikes at Messney coming in that far below projections- can't say I'm surprised, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 everyone knows my opinions on Britney, but I wouldn't say she's flopping. She's been around nine years now.... nine years ago people likened her to a modern day Debbie Gibson. Debbie wasn't even cracking the top 200 nine years into her career, yet Britney can still open with nearly 300k? I'd say she's doing okay considering all of the negative criticism she's getting. I remember right after the VMA performance, there were articles saying that it's official that you can call Britney a "former" pop star, and yet she can still do almost 300k? Not bad considering she is half-assing her career right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 WAIT!!!!! Will Billboard really change their chart policy for the Billboard 200? HITS: SCAN FOLLOWS SUIT: No sooner did we announce that the Eagles would be #1 on HITS' Building Album Sales chart this week than that other trade magazine has come out with the news that, despite the fact Long Road Out of Eden is available exclusively at Wal-Mart and the band's website, it will be #1 on theirs as well. The move is already being enthusiastically embraced by our reader, one Jill Fouts of cbgla.com, who writes: "I have to give you guys kudos for embracing reality and putting the Eagles at the top of your chart!" Of course, that's about the only reality we've embraced over the past 21 years. (11/6p) HAHAHA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt420 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 everyone knows my opinions on Britney, but I wouldn't say she's flopping. She's been around nine years now.... nine years ago people likened her to a modern day Debbie Gibson. Debbie wasn't even cracking the top 200 nine years into her career, yet Britney can still open with nearly 300k? I'd say she's doing okay considering all of the negative criticism she's getting. I remember right after the VMA performance, there were articles saying that it's official that you can call Britney a "former" pop star, and yet she can still do almost 300k? Not bad considering she is half-assing her career right now Exactly! The media is going to spin this to make it look like Britney flopped. But 300k is nothing to sniff at either, especially for someone who is getting negative press virtually every single day. I always thought that the Eagles would be a threat to her when I heard they had an album coming out at the same time. I wasn't aware until the past week that they would only be selling it in Wal-Mart, thus making it ineligible to chart (at the time anyways). You just can't ignore 700k though, if Billboard hadn't decided to make it eligible there credibility (or what's left of it) would've been seriously compromised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Exactly! The media is going to spin this to make it look like Britney flopped. But 300k is nothing to sniff at either, especially for someone who is getting negative press virtually every single day. I always thought that the Eagles would be a threat to her when I heard they had an album coming out at the same time. I wasn't aware until the past week that they would only be selling it in Wal-Mart, thus making it ineligible to chart (at the time anyways). You just can't ignore 700k though, if Billboard hadn't decided to make it eligible there credibility (or what's left of it) would've been seriously compromised. Changing the rule of all sudden could hurt them as well. And this "not deserving #1 album" is good for Britney too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hafo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 :D Oh the EXCITEMENT! In the meantime, Carrie's disastrous drop gets unnoticed in the brouhaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKERITO_MX Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 damn Carries drop was HUGE! How much did brit sell with In The Zone first week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeAPrayer Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Wait, will Billboard still report The Eagles as having the #1 album, since Soundscan will in fact be tracking the album? Certain media outlets are still reporting that the album is still ineligible to chart on the main album chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 And the Nielsen numbers are not finalized, but it looks like the Eagles's new album will nearly double the sales of the so-so comeback by Britney Spears (705k to 328k). Spears will debut on #1 on the Billboard 200 only because Soundscan does not accept sales figures from department stores like Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Revised Chart Policy Lands Eagles At No. 1 The Eagles' first new studio album in 28 years, "Long Road Out of Eden," takes a short route to No. 1 on The Billboard 200 after Billboard revised a significant chart policy today (Nov. 7). In consultation with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard will now allow exclusive album titles that are only available through one retailer to appear on The Billboard 200 and other charts, effective with this week's charts. Prior to this, proprietary titles were not eligible to appear on most Billboard charts. Early SoundScan numbers have the Eagles taking the top perch on The Billboard 200 with 711,000 copies sold, with most sales moved by Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. For now, the only other U.S. outlets carrying "Eden" are walmart.com, where both physical copies and downloads are sold, and the Eagles' own Web site. "Eden" became available at the mass-market chain Oct. 30. Aside from two compilations, this is the Eagles' first album since the mostly live "Hell Freezes Over," which led The Billboard 200 for two weeks in 1994. Britney Spears' new Jive album, "Blackout," which would have been No. 1 had the Eagles' data not been reported, will open at No. 2 with first-week sales of 290,000 copies. "We know that some retailers will be uncomfortable with this policy, but it was inevitable that Billboard's charts would ultimately widen the parameters of to reflect changes that are unfolding in music distribution," says Geoff Mayfield, Billboard's director of charts. "We would have preferred to make this decision earlier, but only became aware within the last 24 hours that Wal-Mart would be willing to share the data for this title with Nielsen SoundScan." The revised policy initially impacts The Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums, where "Eden" will also bow at No. 1. Criteria for the remainder of Billboard's albums charts will be formulated later this week. A handful of other titles will debut this week on The Billboard 200 as a consequence of the policy revision. Previously, titles that were not generally available at retail were not eligible to appear on The Billboard 200, but were entitled to chart on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums, which includes catalog titles and proprietary albums from retailers willing to report those sales. The comprehensive chart will continue to appear on Billboard.biz, to show how catalog titles compete with the overall market. However, once parameters for the remainder of the album charts are determined, Top Comprehensive Music Videos will be discontinued, as exclusive titles will then be eligible for the Nielsen SoundScan-fed Top Music Videos. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003668840 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eternal Flame Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I just visited a Britney forum, and the fans are OUTRAGED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CashMoney Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Poor Looney! FLOPNEY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I just visited a Britney forum, and the fans are OUTRAGED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKERITO_MX Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 ROFLMAO! WAY TO GO BILLBOARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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