Guest I'llTeachYouHowTo... Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 YES!!! NUMBER ONE, NO PROMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vocalism Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Less than MDNA! About 350K, so not much less. What's impressive about MDNA is that it's not the holiday season. But I guess the Super Bowl exposure and the ticket redemptions made up for it. They're about even in sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim34 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 It looks like she is going to enter the german charts at #3 that`s not bad ! Don`t get me wrong, but I´m a bit disappointed by that. Germany is one of her biggest market and I was sure she will have another number one album here ! Whatever.....I love MDNA I can`t stop listening Is there a list with all the charts stats worldwide for MDNA ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reQuiem4adream Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 how much did coadf sell first week? Madonna's SoundScan Debuts MDNA Madonna ~359,000 #1 4/14/12 Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna #10 27,907 04/24/10 Celebration Madonna 72,159 #7 10/17/09 Hard Candy Madonna 279,522 #1 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...
XXL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Madonna's SoundScan Debuts MDNA Madonna ~359,000 #1 4/14/12 Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna #10 27,907 04/24/10 Celebration Madonna 72,159 #7 10/17/09 Hard Candy Madonna 279,522 #1 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 Album redemption or not these figures are amazing, especially when compared to COADF figures (6 years ago), an album that received an hammering promotion and that was released during the Christmas season. She beat all recent releases' debut first week sales from the likes of Rihanna and Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 YES!!! NUMBER ONE, NO PROMO. There's only one Queen and that's Madonna BITCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Vavance Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 There's only one Queen and that's Madonna BITCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Madonna's SoundScan Debuts MDNA Madonna ~359,000 #1 4/14/12 Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna #10 27,907 04/24/10 Celebration Madonna 72,159 #7 10/17/09 Hard Candy Madonna 279,522 #1 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 Her 3rd highest 1st week sales! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Her 3rd highest 1st week sales! Talk about consistency and commercial/creative longevity Very few people either in music or film have lasted as long as she has in the entertainment field You could count them on one hand Jimmy Iovine from Interscope said it best: "It’s incredible what she’s done. You can have an act earn money like her, but you can’t have a career like that.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Madonnatribe Madonna lands another Number One album worldwide as MDNA enters atop the Chart in Canada selling 32,000 units. Her previous album ranked from the 17,000 copies of the Celebration collection and the 18,000 units of American Life to the higher numbers of Music (50,300), Hard Candy (58,000) and Ray of Light (59,900) and the record 74,000 copies sold by Confessions on a Dance Floor. MDNA also debuts at Number 1 in the charts of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Both the Slovak and the Czech Album charts have been mashed together this year by the IFPI branch of both countries, so there is one official chart but they still count the positions as separate countries. On the singles charts, they still have separate top 100 singles for each country. In Croatia, MDNA debuts on the Top of both the foreign artists and the overall albums chart. In Brazil MDNA has been certified both Gold and Platinum by the Associaçao Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. The new album enters at Number 2 in the Swiss Albums Chart behind local act Züri West - but outselling both Unheiling and Silbermond - two very strong competitors in the country. In Argentina the Deluxe Edition of MDNA is on top of the chart after entering at #5 last week while the Standard edition debuts at #5 this week. In Spain Madonna enters the Official Spanish Chart at Number 1... yet another #1 for MDNA - and a Gold certification for sales of 20,000 copies. MDNA is also Number 1 in the Mexican unofficial Mix-Up chart, a good sign towards the Official album chart to be released later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Madonna's SoundScan Debuts MDNA Madonna ~359,000 #1 4/14/12 Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna #10 27,907 04/24/10 Celebration Madonna 72,159 #7 10/17/09 Hard Candy Madonna 279,522 #1 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 What bothers me are some of these dates are off. Erotica's an October release - Hard Candy was April not May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reQuiem4adream Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 What bothers me are some of these dates are off. Erotica's an October release - Hard Candy was April not May. I think it's the chart date not the release date. i'll check. Hard Candy was #1 on May 17th Billboard Top 200 Chart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I got it from the other thread. I'm not blaming you. It just irks me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest I'llTeachYouHowTo... Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 There's only one Queen and that's Madonna BITCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernatural Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Live Nation planned this so well by putting up the clean version for redemption. Of course, they had to leave out the best track Gang Bang whereas Some Girls was still included. This forced ppl to go out there to buy or order online for the explicit version. you would just have to download GB and any of the bonus tracks that you wanted, this is what strawberrybounce did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeSomeMo Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Billboard says redeems were 185,000. Article: Editor's Note: What Role Did Bundling and Exclusives Play in Madonna and Justin Bieber's Big Debuts? By Bill Werde (@bwerde), New York Madonna has the no. 1 album on this week's Billboard 200. She sold 359,000 copies of MDNA compared to Lionel Richie's Tuskegee, which opens with a really impressive 199k first week. But many of Madonna's sales came through a bundle option, in which fans who purchased tickets for her upcoming tour received a code that could be redeemed for either a physical CD or a digital download of the album. Madonna's 'MDNA' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Lionel Richie Bows at No. 2 Justin Bieber's new single "Boyfriend" debuts at no. 2 on the Hot 100. Fun.'s "We Are Young" continues its incredible run atop the greatest songs chart. No doubt, true Beliebers will be sad to note that "Boyfriend"'s Hot 100 score did not include meaningful points from plays on streaming services, including on-demand subscription companies a la Spotify, as Team Bieber decided to withhold the song from such services for much of its first charting week. The "Boyfriend" download was also exclusive to iTunes, restricting the buying option for those that do not frequent the Apple retail store. Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend' Debuts at No. 2 on Hot 100, Sells 521K Digitally There are plenty of people crying foul on both fronts. Those people should probably calm down. Both examples offer a glimpse into the complicated, largely experimental and ever-changing world of marketing, distributing and monetizing new releases in today's marketplace. Of Madonna's 359,000 sold, trusted sources tell Billboard that somewhere in the area of 185,000 came from the bundle/redemption code. Sacre bleu, you say, doing math: 359 - 180 = 179. Mr. Richie's 199,000 is the true king-making total this week! But that's completely ridiculous. With all respect deserved and paid to the beloved songs of Mr. Richie, think about two important points. One: Madonna fans who redeemed that code are not receiving the album for free. The price of Madonna's album was bundled into the ticket purchase. I can understand why there's confusion about this. Even the CEO of Ticketmaster tweeted that fans buying tickets got "a free copy of MDNA." (The March 30 tweet has since been taken down). Such is the less-than-fully-transparent nature of bundling. But let's take a hypothetical for a second: the cost of MDNA wasn't bundled into the ticket price, or that Billboard doesn't count those sales. All 185,000 fans who used the Madonna redemption code were the first in line to buy tickets to her tour. These are her top fans, each of whom were eager to shell out anywhere from $50 to more than $350 for a seat. If no bundle existed, do you really think a large portion of these fans wouldn't have purchased the album? We'll never know for certain, of course. But I think it's a more than safe bet that Madonna has the no. 1 album in the U.S. under any circumstance - joining her deserved no. 1 debuts in at least 17 other countries, according to manager Guy Oseary's tweets. For context, here are her recent albums' first-week sales, per Nielsen SoundScan: 2008 - Hard Candy - 280K 2005 - Confessions on a Dance Floor - 350K 2003 - American Life - 240K 2000 - Music - 420K 1998 - Ray of Light - 371K So you can see, given that MDNA has a nice buzz and single going, it's pretty much beyond reason to think that suddenly this album would sell substantially less than any recent one Madonna has released. That said, let's wait and see what the drop-off is next week on sales of MDNA. Second weeks tend to follow a fairly predictable curve. And while it's far from a perfect science, it's one of the best bullsh-- detectors out there for an inflated first week. Billboard's head of charts Silvio Pietroluongo says that an iconic pop star's album will generally drop anywhere from 65 to 80 percent second week. If MDNA drops a lot more than that, it'll be an indication of the degree of first week inflation caused by bundling. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/editor-s-note-what-role-did-bundling-and-1006670752.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Yeesh, that was a lot. I guess it's a double edged sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Point: These die hard fans 80% atleast would have purchased the album anyway obviously. my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeSomeMo Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Point: These die hard fans 80% atleast would have purchased the album anyway obviously. my 2 cents. They probably bought it anyway regardless of the bundle. Interscope were brilliant in this case. They obviously knew the Superbowl would be the only real promo Madonna would do and they used the hype from that to fuel pre-sales AND to fuel ticket sales which helped sell extra copies. Sorry, but that's a good strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 So I'm not really sure what the point of the bundling was if the majority of those sales were going to occur anyway. All she did was boost her sales by, what, 50K? Was that worth the asterisk next to her #1 album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 So I'm not really sure what the point of the bundling was if the majority of those sales were going to occur anyway. All she did was boost her sales by, what, 50K? Was that worth the asterisk next to her #1 album? Is this a serious question? It entices people to buy tickets, gets good word of mouth for the album, fueling more ticket sales, promotes her brand, etc. It's all down to the numbers for these people now, I don't think they care much about chart placement or the semantics of it, the only people who care are fans. It's smart of them too considering how little albums are selling now. May as well find a better way to get your music out there. I know waht the next comment is - MADONNA IS LOSING HER INTEGRITY, BLAH BLAH... well that would mean something if the music was shit and her tours were shit, which they are not and likely will never be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernatural Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 So I'm not really sure what the point of the bundling was if the majority of those sales were going to occur anyway. All she did was boost her sales by, what, 50K? Was that worth the asterisk next to her #1 album? Madonna on her LN deal, 2007; "The paradigm in the music business has shifted, and as an artist and a businesswoman, I have to move with that shift," she said in a statement. "For the first time in my career, the way that my music can reach my fans is unlimited. I've never wanted to think in a limited way and with this new partnership, the possibilities are endless. Who knows how my albums will be distributed in the future? That's what's exciting about this deal everything is possible. Live Nation has offered me a true partnership, and after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckeye Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 all this talk about tour redemptions, i never even noticed when bruce springsteen and tom petty did this, and their albums debuted high on the charts, infact no one talked about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest groovyguy Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 all this talk about tour redemptions, i never even noticed when bruce springsteen and tom petty did this, and their albums debuted high on the charts, infact no one talked about it. It becomes a controversy because it's Madonna! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Jesus Lord, is there really going to be a fucking controversy over her Number One because of the bundling? Did anyone have a fit when Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, or any of those sagging balls rockers did it?? Hell, for M's ticket prices, I say they should have counted two albums for each purchase Well earned Nymber One! Go MADONNA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Is this a serious question? It entices people to buy tickets, gets good word of mouth for the album, fueling more ticket sales, promotes her brand, etc. It's all down to the numbers for these people now, I don't think they care much about chart placement or the semantics of it, the only people who care are fans. It's smart of them too considering how little albums are selling now. May as well find a better way to get your music out there. I know waht the next comment is - MADONNA IS LOSING HER INTEGRITY, BLAH BLAH... well that would mean something if the music was shit and her tours were shit, which they are not and likely will never be. Yes, it was a serious question. I guess it was a bonus for fans who bought tickets, but I'm not sure it really enticed anyone to buy them, and I'm not sure it boosted sales all that much, so I'm just wondering if it was worth the inevitable detractors who will try to say it was a gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Jesus Lord, is there really going to be a fucking controversy over her Number One because of the bundling? Did anyone have a fit when Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, or any of those sagging balls rockers did it?? Hell, for M's ticket prices, I say they should have counted two albums for each purchase Well earned Nymber One! Go MADONNA! Sexism, Ageism, Madonna-ism. She'll always be controversial. Thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Yes, it was a serious question. I guess it was a bonus for fans who bought tickets, but I'm not sure it really enticed anyone to buy them, and I'm not sure it boosted sales all that much, so I'm just wondering if it was worth the inevitable detractors who will try to say it was a gimmick. I guess if that were a problem we would have heard about it already. I don't think it'll be all that big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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