thebigham Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hard Candy SoundScan SDV: 741 5/17: 1 MADONNA HARD CANDY 279,522 280,273 5/24: 3 MADONNA HARD CANDY 94,177 -66.3% 374,450 5/31: 8 MADONNA HARD CANDY 53,302 -43% 427,752 6/07: 9 MADONNA HARD CANDY 38,632 -28% 466,384 6/14: 11 MADONNA HARD CANDY 31,791 -18% 498,175 6/21: 14 MADONNA HARD CANDY 26,925 -15% 525,100 6/28: 31 MADONNA HARD CANDY 19,149 -32% 544,249 7/05: 36 MADONNA HARD CANDY 14,294 -25% 558,543 7/12: 46 MADONNA HARD CANDY 11,867 -17% 570,410 7/19: 57 MADONNA HARD CANDY 10,524 -11% 580,934 7/26: 63 MADONNA HARD CANDY 9,027 -14% 589,961 8/02: 69 MADONNA HARD CANDY 8,613 -5% 598,574 8/09: 85 MADONNA HARD CANDY 7,259 -16% 605,833 8/16: 95 MADONNA HARD CANDY 6,326 -13% 612,159 8/23: 110 MADONNA HARD CANDY 5,758 -9% 617,917 8/30: 116 MADONNA HARD CANDY 5,131 -11% 623,048 9/06: 130 MADONNA HARD CANDY 4,905 -4% 627,953 9/13: 118 MADONNA HARD CANDY 4,754 -3% 632,707 9/20: 146 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,893 -18% 636,600 9/27: 148 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,853 -1% 640,453 10/4: 160 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,769 -2% 644,222 10/11: 178 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,330 -12% 647,552 10/18: 183 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,575 +7% 651,127 10/25: 153 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,776 +6% 654,903 11/01: 149 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,838 +2% 658,741 11/08: 156 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,515 -8% 662,256 - 26 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 Let's review... Posted at Pulse: Confessions On A Dance Floor SoundScan Sales: Billboard Top 200 Position / SoundScan Sales / % Change / Total Sales / Week # / Weeks On Chart SDV: 1,051 1 349,556 NEW (350,607) 1 - 1 4 210,065 -40% (560,672) 2 - 2 - Thanksgiving week 8 105,367 -50% (666,039) 3 - 3 13 96,759 -8% (762,798) 4 - 4 15 123,927 +28% (886,725) 5 - 5 - Christmas week 17 158,086 +28% (1,044,811) 6 - 6 - NYE week 21 57,991 -63% (1,102,802) 7 - 7 15 47,064 -19% (1,149,866) 8 - 8 20 28,367 -40% (1,178,233) 9 - 9 24 25,600 -10% (1,203,833) 10 - 10 40 19,938 -22% (1,223,771) 11 - 11 60 18,261 -8% (1,242,032) 12 - 12 59 23,724 +30% (1,265,756) 13 - 13 -Grammys impact 50 25,655 +8% (1,291,411) 14 - 14 56 20,320 -21% (1,311,731) 15 - 15 53 18,100 -11% (1,329,831) 16 - 16 60 16,824 -7% (1,346,655) 17 - 17 67 15,558 -8% (1,362,213) 18 - 18 75 14,288 -8% (1,376,501) 19 - 19 73 12,778 -11% (1,389,279) 20 - 20 82 13,169 +3% (1,402,448) 21 - 21 102 12,280 -7% (1,414,728) 22 - 22 93 9,764 -20% (1,424,492) 23 - 23 107 8,572 -12% (1,433,064) 24 - 24 115 7,865 -8% (1,440,929) 25 - 25 117 9,579 +22% (1,450,508) 26 - 26 117 7,797 -19% (1,458,305) 27 - 27- CT starts on last day of tracking week 120 8,112 +4% (1,466,417) 28 - 28- First full-week impact of CT tour starting 111 8,536 +5% (1,474,953) 29 - 29 124 7,675 -10% (1,482,628) 30 - 30 140 7,512 -2% (1,490,140) 31 - 31 135 6,750 -10% (1,496,890) 32 - 32 141 6,558 -3% (1,503,448) 33 - 33 135 6,392 -3% (1,509,840) 34 - 34 138 6,439 +1% (1,516,279) 35 - 36 145 5,782 -10% (1,522,061) 36 - 36- USA tour ends last day of tracking week 174 4,837 -16% (1,526,898) 37 - 37 American Life SoundScan Sales: ISSUE RANK SALES DROP SUBTOTAL ----------------------------------- S.D.V. 469 469 05/10 #1 240,821 241,290 05/17 #8 90,886 -62% 332,176 05/24 #15 57,925 -36% 390,101 05/31 #26 33,509 -42% 423,610 06/07 #49 24,302 -27% 447,912 06/14 #51 20,548 -15% 468,460 06/21 #72 15,764 -23% 484,224 06/28 #93 13,557 -14% 497,781 07/05 #89 11,556 -15% 509,337 07/12 #103 10,490 -9% 519,827 07/19 #125 8,600 -18% 528,427 07/26 #139 7,302 -15% 535,729 08/02 #150 7,138 -2% 542,867 08/09 #188 5,876 -18% 548,743 08/16 DNC 08/23 DNC 08/30 DNC 09/06 DNC 09/13 DNC +16% 572,500 09/20 DNC 09/27 DNC 3,930 10/04 DNC 4,542 +15.6% 586,179 10/11 DNC 3,192 -29.7% 10/18 DNC 2,686 -15.9% 592,057 10/25 DNC 2,348 -12.6% 594,405 11/01 DNC 2,412 +2.7% 596,819 11/08 DNC 1,811 -24.9% 598,630 11/15 DNC 1,752 -3.3% 600,382 11/22 DNC 1,654 -5.6% 602,036 11/29 DNC 1,631 -1.4% 603,667 12/06 DNC 1,763 +8% 605,430 12/13 DNC 2,394 +35.8% 607,824 (Thanksgiving week) 12/20 DNC 1,775 -26% 609,599 12/27 DNC 2,647 +49% 612,246 01/03 DNC 3,993 +51% 616,239 01/10 DNC 4,192 +5% 620,431 (Christmas week) 01/17 DNC 1,619 -61% 622,050 01/24 DNC 999 -38% 623,049 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iasonas Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The grammys didn't have any effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 I think Week 13 was Grammy week. Our forum with all the COADF sales is gone so I don't have easy access to that info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 40 19,938 -22% (1,223,771) 11 - 11 60 18,261 -8% (1,242,032) 12 - 12 59 23,724 +30% (1,265,756) 13 - 13 50 25,655 +8% (1,291,411) 14 - 14 56 20,320 -21% (1,311,731) 15 - 15 +30% and +8% could've been Grammy weeks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimfanis Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 +30% and +8% could've been Grammy weeks... yes, those were the Grammy weeks. Overall the effect was minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marsha Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hopefully Billboard will have article on SS 1st day sales. They did for who-shall-not-be-named. She sold 157,000 her first day. 157K for who-shall-not-be-named? I hope figures-shall-not-be-predicted will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I am curious if this album will make the r&b albums chart or not. If it does, it'll be her first since Immaculate (or did Bedtime chart also?). With her doing BET and working with urban producers, it seems fitting this album would chart r&b considering her 80's albums did. I know Justin's FutureSex/LoveSounds charted r&b and I think Nelly's Loose did as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Oh, R&B is the new Pop then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 I forgot to post this. Billboard.com: First Day Sales Put Madonna On Track For 7th No. 1 April 30, 2008, 6:40 PM ET Keith Caulfield, L.A. Madonna is on track to net her seventh No. 1 album on next week's Billboard 200 with "Hard Candy," based on first-day sales measured by the Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart released Wednesday afternoon (April 30). Unweighted sales for the Warner Bros. album from the Building Chart's panel of reporters through the close of business Tuesday, April 29, stood at 100,000. Among all female artists, only Barbra Streisand has earned more No. 1s -- with eight. Currently, Madonna, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson are all tied for the second most, with six apiece. Late last year, Chris Brown's "Exclusive" posted a first day number of 107,000 and finished the week with 294,000. However, sources closes to the Madonna project indicate that with much of "Hard Candy's" first-day figure driven by iTunes sales, its full sales week could end up closer to the range of 225,000-250,000. Madonna's last studio effort, 2005's "Confessions on a Dance Floor," started at No. 1 with 350,000. Billboard estimates the merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks,Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. Album sales. Leading the charge for "Hard Candy" is first single "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake, which peaked at No. 3 on The Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs. The download has sold 1 million copies to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan, including 185,000 for the week that ended April 27. Madonna first rang the Billboard 200's bell when "Like a Virgin" reached No. 1 in late 1984. Since then, she's claimed No. 1s with "True Blue" (1986), "Like a Prayer" (1989), "Music" (2000), "American Life" (2003) and "Confessions." She also owns a whopping five sets that peaked at No. 2 -- "I'm Breathless" (1990), "The Immaculate Collection" (1990), "Erotica" (1992), the soundtrack to "Evita" (1996) and "Ray of Light" (1998). On the Wednesday Building Chart, Lyfe Jennings' new "Lyfe Change" (Columbia) was in second place with 25,000. Other new titles appearing in that preliminary list's top 10 include the Roots' "Rising Down" (Def Jam), Portishead's "Third" (Mercury), Def Leppard's "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge" (Island/UMe), Augustana's "Can't Love, Can't Hurt" (Epic) and Mudcrutch's self-titled album (Reprise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catboy Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I think it was already posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yes, but I want it in the SS thread becuase they are SS sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Madonna's SoundScan Debuts Hard Candy Madonna ???,??? #? 5/17/08 The Confessions Tour Madonna 40,352 #15 2/17/07 I'm Going To Tell You A Secret Madonna 25,475 #33 7/8/06 Confessions On A Dance Floor Madonna 349,556 #1 12/03/05 Remixed and Revisted Madonna 20k #115 12/13/03 American Life Madonna 240,821 #1 05/10/03 GHV2 Madonna 150,300 #7 12/01/01 Music Madonna 419,601 #1 10/07/00 Ray Of Light Madonna 370,683 #2 03/21/98 Soundtrack: Evita (2-CD) Madonna 92,300 #6 11/30/96 Something To Remember Madonna 110,000 #6 11/25/95 Bedtime Stories Madonna 145,000 #3 11/12/94 Erotica Madonna 167,000 #2 11/7/92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 please, let it not be lower than AMERICAN LIFE.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candylipsgirl Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 please, let it not be lower than AMERICAN LIFE.... How can that be? I am surely mixed up. AL single was a disaster on radio. And had nothing going for it. Horrible 2nd video... I guess Madonna is losing fans....for this CD Im really NOT very impressed with such small numbers.225k-275k? I think sales of 300-350 is NOT SPECTACULAR for Madonna- and it cant muster that> With a HIT SINGLE and Justin/timbaland. Im really worried now regarding the longevity of this album in the USA. Im very skeptical about its future. HOPE IM WRONG. But most likely another 1 million and then done. We wont see double platinum for about 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missy bi_tch Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 How can that be? I am surely mixed up. AL single was a disaster on radio. And had nothing going for it. Horrible 2nd video... I guess Madonna is losing fans....for this CD Im really NOT very impressed with such small numbers.225k-275k? I think sales of 300-350 is NOT SPECTACULAR for Madonna- and it cant muster that> With a HIT SINGLE and Justin/timbaland. Im really worried now regarding the longevity of this album in the USA. Im very skeptical about its future. HOPE IM WRONG. But most likely another 1 million and then done. We wont see double platinum for about 100 years. get some sleep... get over it... you want analbum, a world tour and madonna....u got them all be thankful, let's not be anxious over the numbers and positions, we leave that to those other stars who live their every waking hour fighting their last breath to #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zezwer Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 get some sleep... get over it... you want analbum, a world tour and madonna....u got them all be thankful, let's not be anxious over the numbers and positions, we leave that to those other stars who live their every waking hour fighting their last breath to #1 But don't you want her to still be relevant? well well... we're all different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimfanis Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 But don't you want her to still be relevant? well well... we're all different... well, relevant is very objective. The Eagles sold millions with their last record. Are they relevant?? Madonna will be fine. Her relevance will always be questioned no matter what. It doesn't matter all that much if she sells 200K or 400K the first week with this record. Really. Charts and Billboard positions are fun but in the long run are waste of time and energy. I remember being dissapointed back in the day when the True Blue album stayed "only" 5 weeks at No 1 (I wanted it to break the Thriller record) or when the Like A Prayer stayed in the top 10 for like 15 weeks as oppsoed to matching True Blue's 30+ weeks. You know what I mean? We as fans are never happy and we want more and more and more ... Just relax and enjoy the music in the new record. I'm sure the videos and the remixes will be fierce. A greatest hits record is coming at the end of the year (hopefully with news songs) and she's also touring. Madonna is not going anywhere ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielal Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 man, nr 1 on amazon with HArd Candy and the Limited Edition chrting alsop very high and on US iTunes now nr 1 with L Edition and the regular also up there all these for a long time something is not right here so in those 100 k first week sales did they include all the iTunes and Amazon pre-orders? cause if they dis so and predict 225-250 k then Hard Candy will sell what 15 k a day? Like un the Uk? Wow but isn'tlike US 5 times bigger than K in popilation? Only 15 k per day for Madonna in US in a country of 300 million? Wow end of story if they predicted well in those 100 k first week sales did they include all the iTunes and Amazon pre-orders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 ^They did include pre-orders at Amazon and iTunes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 HITS: WEAKEND CHARTS: MADONNA WILL ROLL IN BATTLE OF DIVAS Will Top Both Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis, But 25k’ll Get You Into Top 10 May 2, 2008 Hard Candy is sweet indeed. Madonna’s final studio album for Warner Bros. before embarking on her deal with promoter Live Nation will debut at #1 on next week’s HITS Album Sales chart with a total of between 270-290k. She’s easily the topper in a three-way battle of the dueling divas which also includes Mariah Carey’s previously #1 Island/IDJ album E=MC2 at 85-90k and J/Syco Music newcomer Leona Lewis’ Spirit at 80k. Hard Candy is actually one of six newcomers in the Top 10, which would ordinarily be good news. Unfortunately, it takes a little under 30k in sales to get there. Columbia R&B star Lyfe Jennings will bow in the Top 5 with between 70-75k for his third album Lyfe Change, as will The Roots’ Def Jam album, Rising Down, with a first-week number that appears to be between 65-70k. Def Leppard’s Universal album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge is up next with 50-55k, boosted perhaps by their appearance on Dancing with the Stars this week. Island trip-hop pioneers Portishead are back with Third, their first studio album in 10 years, showing surprising strength at 45-50k, good for a Top 10 debut. SBMG/Commercial Music Group’s Now 27 keeps going along at 28-30k, followed by Big Machine/Universal Republic country star Taylor Swift (26-30k). Reprise’s Tom Petty reunion of his early Florida band Mudcrutch rides some critical kudos and a series of intimate performances at the Troubadour to a bow inside the Top 10 at 26-28k, where it will duke it out with Rhino’s Juno soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danielal Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I don't want to tire anyone here but something is again strange here. I'm from Europe and I really don't get it So Hard Candy does 100 k in US for its first day (including here all the pre-orders from Amazon and iTunes) So if it sells an average 15 k per day then it will do what the official sources predicy 1. But doesn't Hard Candy do 15 k per day in UK, a country 5 times smaller than US? WTF? 2. Now how come Payollah Crazey's E(wwww)= M(ore) (Cows)2 did close to 150 k in its first day when its pre-orders were less bigger than Hard Candy, which did only 100 k in its first day? So it's like her fans didn't pre-order her album but then went to buy in its first day likecrazy? I'm not saying she didn't do those numbers but it's strange if u think about it How come an album that has less pre-orders sells more in its first day? It's not normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitch Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I don't want to tire anyone here but something is again strange here. I'm from Europe and I really don't get it So Hard Candy does 100 k in US for its first day (including here all the pre-orders from Amazon and iTunes) So if it sells an average 15 k per day then it will do what the official sources predicy 1. But doesn't Hard Candy do 15 k per day in UK, a country 5 times smaller than US? WTF? 2. Now how come Payollah Crazey's E(wwww)= M(ore) (Cows)2 did close to 150 k in its first day when its pre-orders were less bigger than Hard Candy, which did only 100 k in its first day? So it's like her fans didn't pre-order her album but then went to buy in its first day likecrazy? I'm not saying she didn't do those numbers but it's strange if u think about it How come an album that has less pre-orders sells more in its first day? It's not normal Agree actually. Was thinking that same thing; it's not right… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 This shit has to get into the 300,000 range. IT HAS TO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 what I am worried about is that the album might not even make 1 million. We're living in times where album sales are so bad that if an album can reach one million and not be a fall release, it's fucking Thriller. Madonna hasn't had long legs on an album since Music. AL was off the charts in three months, and even tho COADF lasted 37 weeks, it was pretty much "over" as a serious chart presence as soon as the Christmas season ended. Can Madonna reach a million with less than 300k opening? Look how long it took Rihanna to reach 1 million and that album has been loaded with smash hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 what I am worried about is that the album might not even make 1 million. We're living in times where album sales are so bad that if an album can reach one million and not be a fall release, it's fucking Thriller. Madonna hasn't had long legs on an album since Music. AL was off the charts in three months, and even tho COADF lasted 37 weeks, it was pretty much "over" as a serious chart presence as soon as the Christmas season ended. Can Madonna reach a million with less than 300k opening? Look how long it took Rihanna to reach 1 million and that album has been loaded with smash hits. Sadly thats the market we live in though. The bulk of ones sales takes place 1st week now for most artists and sadly Madonna did nothing to promote for the first week at all. It shouldnt fall as fast as Confessions though since 4 Minutes is still getting lots of play, but unlike Confessions Hard Candy does not have the Christimas bounce to fall back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Sadly thats the market we live in though. The bulk of ones sales takes place 1st week now for most artists and sadly Madonna did nothing to promote for the first week at all. It shouldnt fall as fast as Confessions though since 4 Minutes is still getting lots of play, but unlike Confessions Hard Candy does not have the Christimas bounce to fall back on. that's the main reason I think the lack of promotion has been so disheartening. With the right promotional push, this album could easily match Confessions in the US, could even be her biggest since Music, but she just doesn't care. The music industry has changed and only a few albums have the legs that even Erotica had now. I think if Madonna had promoted her little butt off this week and whored the album, I think we would see a better turnout. Mariah knows a bad first week spells trouble for the album (Glitter and Charmbracelet anyone) and Janet knows that the first week is pretty much the only good week the album has (think 20 and Damita's openings), but Madonna still has the "I'm Madonna, my name will sell this album" mentality, and it really doesn't for any artist anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danny86 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 With the right promotional push, this album could easily match Confessions in the US, could even be her biggest since Music, but she just doesn't care. I know this is going to be considered as "loon talk", but why should Madonna care if Hard Candy is Platinum or Double Platinum? She got so much from touring and LN contract that album sales are just drops in the ocean for her. I think somebody said it in another thread that Hard Candy was promoted well (especially online and on mobiles) - if somebody wants to get the new Madonna album, they can get it. Does Madonna really have to catch the audience of Oprah/AI/whatever tv show who only buy a CD when it's being promoted on their favourite show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I know this is going to be considered as "loon talk", but why should Madonna care if Hard Candy is Platinum or Double Platinum? She got so much from touring and LN contract that album sales are just drops in the ocean for her. well, her and Mariah are practically neck and neck in US sales. Should Madonna concede and just let Mariah effortlessly take Barbra over? It's not like Garth Brooks, whose sales aren't going to be touched for some time, so he took a break from the industry because nobody else is going to reach 120 million in America anytime soon. Madonna and Mariah have been the biggest rivals for ten years now, and if Madonna just goes "here Mariah, take over", it'll just bring more lambs to the board to start shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Projections: W1: 270k W2: 135k - probably enough to be #1 for a 2nd week W3: 67k Total: 472k after 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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