Skin Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Damn! Still no new info. Poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 well, Bedtime Stories had a smaller opening than Erotica but went on to sell about a million more, so... it will all depend on the singles and whether they're radio hits or not. True and at the time when Bedtime Stories was released Madonna was coming out of a huge backlash because of the Sex book. That's why I think that the next song she were to release from Hard Candy should be Heartbeat, BGO, or even Dance 2night. Give it 2 me is not a great follow-up in the USA. She needs to come to the USA and do the kind of promo she did with Ray of Light! She needs to leave Warner with a bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 CHART DATE: 05/05/2008 LAST UPDATE: 05/06/2008 13:57:07 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 282,785 -- HARD CANDY 1 2 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 87,068 -51% E=MC2 2 3 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 81,803 -17% SPIRIT -- 4 LYFE JENNINGS COLUMBIA 76,332 -- LYFE CHANGE -- 5 ROOTS DEF JAM/IDJMG 54,710 -- RISING DOWN -- 6 DEF LEPPARD ISLAND/IDJMG 54,402 -- SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE -- 7 PORTISHEAD ISLAND/IDJMG 44,894 -- THIRD 5 8 NOW 27 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 31,390 -8% VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 9 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 29,744 +4% TAYLOR SWIFT -- 10 MUDCRUTCH REPRISE 28,191 -- MUDCRUTCH 6 11 JUNO RHINO 25,252 -18% SOUNDTRACK 4 12 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SUB POP 24,945 -50% FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS -- 13 STEVE WINWOOD COLUMBIA 23,629 -- NINE LIVES 11 14 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 22,900 -15% SOUNDTRACK -- 15 CARLY SIMON HEAR MUSIC 22,676 -- THIS KIND OF LOVE 22 16 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 22,615 +19% COCO 12 17 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 22,579 -15% BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT 8 18 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 22,283 -26% TROUBADOUR 14 19 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 21,990 -7% SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC -- 20 AUGUSTANA EPIC 21,869 -- CAN'T LOVE, CAN'T HURT 13 21 JAMES OTTO WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 21,001 -18% SUNSET MAN -- 22 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD EPIC 20,109 -- POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 18 23 JORDIN SPARKS 19/JIVE/ZLG 19,133 -6% JORDIN SPARKS 16 24 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 18,102 -20% TRILLA -- 25 LIL' MAMA JIVE/ZLG 17,738 -- VYP: VOICE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE 19 26 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 17,644 -13% JONAS BROTHERS 23 27 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 17,631 0% DAUGHTRY 17 28 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,720 -25% LADY ANTEBELLUM 21 29 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 16,274 -18% CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 24 30 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 16,234 -6% AS I AM -- 31 PHIL STACEY LYRIC STREET 15,772 -- PHIL STACEY 3 32 ASHLEE SIMPSON GEFFEN 15,742 -69% BITTERSWEET WORLD 25 33 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 15,582 -6% GOOD TIME 30 34 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 15,119 +10% LITTLE VOICE 34 35 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 14,871 +12% SOUNDTRACK 28 36 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 14,832 -5% CARNIVAL RIDE 27 37 DANITY KANE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 14,140 -11% WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 29 38 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,840 -6% BACK TO BLACK 7 39 ATMOSPHERE RHYMESAYER/ILG 13,683 -55% WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS... -- 40 ESTELLE ATLANTIC 13,511 -- SHINE 42 41 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 13,117 +14% JUST LIKE YOU 15 42 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 13,104 -44% ACCELERATE 36 43 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 13,075 +5% GROWING PAINS 41 44 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 12,969 +12% ROCK N ROLL JESUS -- 45 GNARLS BARKLEY ATLANTIC 12,903 -- ODD COUPLE -- 46 SARAH MCLACHLIN ARISTA/RMG 12,518 -- RARITIES, B-SIDES... VOL. 2 37 47 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 12,380 -1% EXCLUSIVE 26 48 FLO RIDA ATLANTIC 12,357 -24% MAIL ON SUNDAY 43 49 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12,157 +7% AMERICAN MAN: GREATEST HITS V2 31 50 RACONTEURS WARNER BROS. 12,008 -13% CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwc1980 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 THAT'S GOOD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomuch Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm actually pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciccone's Cheeks Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 282k. hmm actually not as bad *at all* as I was beginning to think! lol. 30k+ more than AL (thank GOD) .Will be VERY eager to hear BBs final #s tomorrow. Will either be close, dead close to 300k or more like 270 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hafo Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Interesting that it matched HDD initial estimates! Billboard was way off, if those numbers hold true in Soundscan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciccone's Cheeks Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 lets pray that soundscan is higher lol yes! cause dont 4get w/ MIMI 3 weeks ago, HDaily was actually way OVER than BB ended up being (which is rare) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomuch Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 282,000 on the power of the first single. Let's face it there really hasn't been much promo. Just goes to show how a hit record can move a CD. Janet was all over TV singing and moved 100,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm happy with 282k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reQuiem4adream Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 hope next week she sells like 200k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyme? Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Why is billboard giving such a low estimate (220-240k)?. soundscan is usually quite close to Hits. retards. anyways, i'm hoping second week would not be such a fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBrightside Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 not bad ..... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomuch Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 lets pray that soundscan is higher lol Yeah, lets pray cause I think God really cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zezwer Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 better than nothing... I'm a little relieved though... it looked like it could have been under 250 for a while... I hope it won't be lower for BB though.... hopefully higher... would be great to see 3 as the first number instead of 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macko Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Hope it won't drop too much next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciccone's Cheeks Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 seriously from the early HD %s, estimates, aura in the air etc..I was truly dreading she do around 225-250 (max)! This IS a relief! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 better than nothing... I'm a little relieved though... it looked like it could have been under 250 for a while... I hope it won't be lower for BB though.... hopefully higher... would be great to see 3 as the first number instead of 2... Ain't gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Ain't gonna happen How come sometimes the numbers from Billboard are lower then HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 GI2M is the best song on the album. I wouldn't go that far...it's a good song, it's just not the type of song that will attract the average USA buyer! I honestly think that BGO should be released next atleast in the USA, even Heartbeat is a better choice. Hopefully I will be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesshot Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 She is lucky to pull that much given the sorry promotion she has done. 282k is good considering. If it wasn't for 4M, it would have been bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laprol Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 A week ago this number wouldve depressed me.. but now I think its kind of a relief. Still wish it had done 300 K though. Oh well, lets hope it doesnt drop too much next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Bigham...aren't you a bit overboard with some of the flop comments? There is a difference between being insulting and just making a comment about an album flopping.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagol Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I wouldn't go that far...it's a good song, it's just not the type of song that will attract the average USA buyer! I honestly think that BGO should be released next atleast in the USA, even Heartbeat is a better choice. Hopefully I will be wrong. I agree. BGO should've been the next single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bad Robot Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Considering the market has fallen about 30% since 2005, these sales are the "2005 equivalent" of about 400k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air1975 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 The economic state of the US is also a pretty sorry one - gas prices are high, food costs a lot more, people are getting fucked in the housing market - a lot of people have much less spending money than they used to and must buy the essentials (which for most, unfortunately, does NOT include Hard Candy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfan58 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 haha at bigham deleting critical posts... Geez...talk about going overboard! Some people love to abuse the little power they have! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zezwer Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Geez...talk about going overboard! Some people love to abuse the little power they have! lol yes... and in a couple of minutes our new posts will be deleted too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm hating the censore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mattcho Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I am A-OK with 282K, given the market and lowered expectations in the last week. Billboard seems way off here. - Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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