Guest harbors Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 12/13 charts: 184 RE-ENTRY MADONNA HARD CANDY 5,136 +45%3,539 682,150 (Gold) OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 In light of everything, the album wasn't quite a disaster in the US. (Given that only 18 albums this year have cracked over 1 M sales, and barely so for most of them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernatural Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Haha I was gonna say it was probably 201 last week. Maybe she will do the Grammy's and keep this afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 She performed HU when it wasn't even eligible that year, but I can't see her performing at this one (especially with such minor nominations). Plus, HC should be long gone from being close to the BB 200 at that time. Especially if there's no broadcast of S&S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 ^Wasn't her excuse for performing HU the fact that Stuart Price was nominated that year? Or something like that. My memory is shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorjosh Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Wow! This re-entry and 45% gain was so unexpected! Nice going. Passing 700k should happen rather soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldtooth Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Didn't the Evita soundtrack re-enter as well to make a nice even 30 weeks? Cool beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WordsTheyAlwaysAttack Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 if she was smart now she would release the beat goes on as the final single, kanye west is hot right now and it's perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moboy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 She could easily be asked to perform, esp. if it's with Justin. CBS wants ratings and Justin and Madonna will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 There are 4 sales weeks left in the year- with a little less than 18K needed to break 700K, it probably will happen in the new year (as sales will decline next week, and so on, likely increasing again closer to Christmas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 There are 4 sales weeks left in the year- with a little less than 18K needed to break 700K, it probably will happen in the new year (as sales will decline next week, and so on, likely increasing again closer to Christmas). I am going to guess it won't pass 700,000 until well into January. However, it's nice to see it has gone well beyond American Life and might one day get a platinum certification. Of course, if WB releases a new Greatest Hits next year, I suppose we can expect it to contain "4 Minutes" and thus cannibalize the sales from this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 if WB releases a new Greatest Hits next year, I suppose we can expect it to contain "4 Minutes" and thus cannibalize the sales from this album. yesso the only possible "reason" to buy HC will be to see the songs on the dvd and like them, but, again, only the fans buy the concerts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindi Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I am going to guess it won't pass 700,000 until well into January. However, it's nice to see it has gone well beyond American Life and might one day get a platinum certification. Of course, if WB releases a new Greatest Hits next year, I suppose we can expect it to contain "4 Minutes" and thus cannibalize the sales from this album. Although from a financial point of view, it wouldn't make much sense for WB to release it unless they think HC has pretty much run its course (as it very well could have). I imagine late 2009 release would make much more sense to capitalize on holiday sales, especially for Greatest Hits compilations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 regardless of when and whats on it, you can count on warner to fuck it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldtooth Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 regardless of when and whats on it, you can count on warner to fuck it up How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chayman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 promo, packaging, timing, did they secure a new song to release at the same time, digital availability (itunes and mp3 - drm free) with video/without, will they allow it on sony blue-ray...madonna is saturated in the us market - they need to make this a must have - and by next christmas, digital will be even more important, and warner is not on the cusp of that trend... also - she needs to not get lost among other releases - the beatles have been putting off digital/itunes release for the last 4 christmas seasons - if they release next christmas, they will be huge... promo is whats needed and warner is not at the top of that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A Beatles digital onslaught will not affect a Madonna compilation, as that unlikely will not score highly in the digital realm (with all her tracks having been available digitally since 2005). GH albums struggle enough these days, they would get the bulk of their sales from the physical realm even moreso than regular album releases, I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 SoundScan re-ran the charts. HC is now #185 on the BB200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nichu94 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 SoundScan re-ran the charts. HC is now #185 on the BB200. What does it mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Just what it says, that it actually was No. 185 for this week, rather than No. 184. Not a biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 After the initail chart was done, a retailer probably sent in corrected figures so SoundScan compiled a new chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Falls off the BB200 after 30 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nothingfails0603 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 well, 30 weeks is respectable, only 7 less than COADF. The album has been "dead" since around June (when 4M's airplay began to taper off and sales plummetted) yet it managed to hang around 30 weeks, more than double AL, which is the album people have been likening this to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciccone's Cheeks Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 any word yet on how much it sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 ^We won't know unless it re-enters next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Bitch needs to pull a mimi i.e. re-release and add some rubbish to the new edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Bitch needs to pull a mimi i.e. re-release and add some rubbish to the new edition. For as money-grubbing as everyone claims Madonna is, she has surprisingly resisted that marketing tactic. Which is more than I can say for Rihanna, Mariah, Coldplay, Usher, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Re-releasing is tacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindi Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Madonna seems too eager to wash her hands off Warner Bros. I highly doubt she could be arsed to record new songs for a re-release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertogerard Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Madonna seems too eager to wash her hands off Warner Bros. I highly doubt she could be arsed to record new songs for a re-release. By now the entire industry realizes that the real money is in touring. I'd rather have Madonna put her creative energy into her live shows. Madonna is at her best when performing and NO ONE ELSE can touch her. That being said, I wish she would go back to making kick ass videos instead the crap videos we've been getting lately ("4 Minutes" being one exception). One can only wonder what David Fincher, Mary Lambert or Chris Cunningham could have done with "Jump", "Get Together", "Love Profusion" and countless others. But I digress. I can't wait for her to kick off the next incarnation of her career with Live Nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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