Top 100 US Album Sales Weeks of the Decade, 2010-2015 | Taylor enters at #1! |
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Nov 7 2014, 11:16 AM
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Nov 7 2014, 01:26 PM
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Hmm, I don't think we were, really! I think it was fair to assume Taylor's monstrous success and mass appeal had been mainly down to her accessible, modern country sound and wholesome image. Despite the fact 'Red' was pop-centred and still achieved massive opening sales, there were songs on it that clearly would have appealed to the country music market, who are obviously much more loyal album-buyers than others. Also, since the debut of 'Red', she's had quite a bit of negative media attention about her private life which may have tainted the relatable image on which her success was built. So in further alienating her original country fanbase by transitioning completely to pop with '1989', I don't think anyone could have expected her first week to actually increase on that of 'Red', especially considering the state of 2014 album sales in general. In saying that though, I'm very happy to have been proven wrong! It just shows how much of a phenomenon Taylor Swift is as a personality and brand, considering that her music and other factors have changed significantly and yet her sales are higher than ever. I think 1989's success is a validation of some things I've been reading about for a while regarding the traditional, strict separation of country and non-country audiences. Namely that the line is blurred today. Young country listeners also listen to pop and don't feel so protective of their artists as before. Taylor is only one of many artists in the last five years that hasn't just crossed over, but hops back and forth all the time. I think gone are the says of a pop That Don't Impress me Much with synths and country one with twang. It's also the result of an extraordinary branding and marketing campaign as you say. She went from singing about the mean 14 year old popular girl stealing her boyfriend only a few years ago to... MULTIPLE front page reviews and articles in the New York Times for 1989. She always had fans in young people and parents who want to let their children listen to wholesome music... but something happened with 1989 where she was suddenly viewed as an adult, as a serious artist. This is a reflection of how her music has improved, to be sure, especially lyrically. But it's also the result of an incredibly smart and world class promotional campaign (you can read more about that at Hits Daily Double). |
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Nov 7 2014, 05:50 PM
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Of which 440k were old at 99c The 99c deal is nothing to be ashamed of, it's brilliant marketing. People don't even realize after 3 years that Amazon actually paid Interscope and Gaga full price for the album but they made a deal to sell it for 99c because they thought they would make a big profit out of it. Amazon did the deal to promote their new streaming service, the price was the deal offered by Amazon, but Amazon paid FULL PRICE to Interscope and Gaga for every copy sold. If people didn't want the album then they wouldn't have bought it whether it be $14 or 99c. |
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Nov 7 2014, 06:37 PM
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Nov 7 2014, 06:56 PM
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True. I kinda feel bad for her in that regard - as much as the 99c thing may not even have had anything to do with her, she's never gonna be seen as a legitimate million seller.
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Nov 7 2014, 07:17 PM
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A record is a record
I don't see what's tarnishing or non-legitimate about it, if Amazon used the album to promote their new streaming service at the time. It has nothing to do with Gaga or being desperate for sales. Regardless if it was offered by one retailer for 99c for 2 days. "Sold" implies that there's an intent to purchase from the consumers. It wasn't offered for "free". People wouldn't buy the album if they didn't like it even if it was for free. This post has been edited by Kath ♡: Nov 7 2014, 07:19 PM |
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Nov 7 2014, 07:20 PM
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You have good points Kath, but the reason it's "tarnished"/I feel bad for her is because no matter how legit the sales were, this argument will come up every time Born This Way's first week does The general public that are aware of what happened with BTW's first week will always think "oh yeah that's the thing where she sold them for 99c isn't it?", which devalues her achievement quite a bit
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Nov 7 2014, 07:43 PM
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A record is a record I don't see what's tarnishing or non-legitimate about it, if Amazon used the album to promote their new streaming service at the time. It has nothing to do with Gaga or being desperate for sales. Regardless if it was offered by one retailer for 99c for 2 days. "Sold" implies that there's an intent to purchase from the consumers. It wasn't offered for "free". People wouldn't buy the album if they didn't like it even if it was for free. If Taylor's 99c Microsoft sales had been included in her total and she had beaten Britney's record because of it, what would have happened? Need I say more |
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Nov 7 2014, 08:01 PM
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This isn't exactly the same situation as Born This Way, but I'm hearing a lot that 1989's huge opening is because of Taylor's lack of cooperation with Spotify and the resulting inability of consumers to stream the album. I don't think it necessarily devalues the achievement but it has caused a number of people to shrug it off with an (overly) simple explanation.
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Nov 7 2014, 08:17 PM
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If Taylor Swift beat Britney with 99c offers I wouldn't consider it a legit record-breaker then. Lady Gaga still sold 600k of legit copies which is still huge
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Nov 7 2014, 08:38 PM
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Nov 7 2014, 09:11 PM
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Yeah that's a joke. If I want to listen to music for free and a way to listen to it for free is taken away, I'm going to choose the other extremely obvious way to listen for free.
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Nov 16 2014, 07:35 PM
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Taylor has another entry this week in the Top 30 with her 401k, and will probably enter again next week |
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Dec 1 2014, 05:33 PM
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Top 10 Group Sales Weeks: Rank. Chart Date - Sales - TITLE - Artist 01. 13/10/12 - 599,915 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons 02. 14/12/13 - 546,230 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction 03. 01/12/12 - 539,665 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction 04. 27/02/10 - 501,665 - SOLDIER OF LOVE - Sade 05. 13/02/10 - 480,922 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum 06. 12/11/11 - 447,411 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay 07. 06/12/14 - 387,098 - FOUR - One Direction (2014 debut) 08. 07/06/14 - 382,665 - GHOST STORIES - Coldplay (2014 debut) 09. 01/10/11 - 347,479 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum 10. 08/06/13 - 338,677 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk It's quite funny to see how one-note the group sales list is right now. 3 acts make up 70% of the list, with 2 acts taking up 50% alone. There aren't very many successful groups right now. |
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Dec 20 2014, 09:18 AM
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J Cole is the only solo male to crack 300k this year. |
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Mar 15 2019, 05:16 PM
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Wow, cool post. I'd like to write like this too - taking time and real hard work to make a great article.
I put things off too much and never seem to get started. |
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Amazing content.
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Sep 17 2020, 01:52 PM
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This is a list of the top 100 largest sales weeks for an album for the decade to date, that is from January 1st 2010 and ending December 31st 2019. I thought it might be interesting to see Italic refers to an album that was not on its début week and purple refers, as ever, to British artists. Rank. Chart Date - Sales - TITLE - Artist 1. 15/11/14 - 1,287,000 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 2. 10/11/12 - 1,208,290 - RED - Taylor Swift 3. 11/06/11 - 1,108,403 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa 4. 13/11/10 - 1,046,718 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift 5. 06/04/13 - 968,018 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake 6. 17/09/11 - 963,970 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne 7. 23/11/13 - 792,394 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem 8. 10/07/10 - 741,413 - RECOVERY - Eminem 9. 03/03/12 - 729,900 - 21 - Adele 10. 12/10/13 - 657,922 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake 11. 03/12/11 - 630,571 - TAKE CARE - Drake 12. 28/12/13 - 617,319 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé 13. 13/10/12 - 599,915 - BABEL - Mumford & Sons 14. 14/12/13 - 546,230 - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES - One Direction 15. 01/12/12 - 539,665 - TAKE ME HOME - One Direction 16. 27/07/13 - 528,471 - MAGNA CARTA…HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z 17. 31/08/13 - 527,783 - CRASH MY PARTY - Luke Bryan 18. 27/02/10 - 501,665 - SOLDIER OF LOVE - Sade 19. 11/12/10 - 495,835 - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY - Kanye West 20. 13/02/10 - 480,922 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum 21. 24/12/11 - 479,377 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé 22. 07/01/12 - 467,236 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé 23. 31/12/11 - 447,673 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé 24. 12/11/11 - 447,411 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay 25. 03/07/10 - 446,680 - THANK ME LATER - Drake 26. 27/08/11 - 436,078 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay-Z & Kanye West 27. 03/11/12 - 409,303 - NIGHT TRAIN - Jason Aldean 28. 22/11/14 - 401,599 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 29. 07/01/12 - 398,766 - 21 - Adele 30. 06/12/14 - 387,098 - FOUR - One Direction 31. 07/06/14 - 382,665 - GHOST STORIES - Coldplay 32. 11/12/10 - 375,191 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj 33. 07/07/12 - 374,264 - BELIEVE - Justin Bieber 34. 04/01/14 - 373,803 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé 35. 14/04/12 - 358,653 - MDNA - Madonna 36. 27/12/14 - 353,538 - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - J. Cole 37. 12/03/11 - 351,649 - 21 - Adele 38. 19/10/13 - 349,755 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE: 2 OF 2 - Justin Timberlake 39. 01/10/11 - 347,479 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum 40. 17/11/12 - 344,249 - RED - Taylor Swift 41. 08/06/13 - 338,677 - RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES - Daft Punk 42. 04/12/10 - 334,505 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 43. 03/01/15 - 331,478 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 44. 17/04/10 - 329,107 - RAYMOND V RAYMOND - Usher 45. 06/07/13 - 326,841 - YEEZUS - Kanye West 46. 10/01/15 - 325,609 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 47. 20/11/10 - 319,701 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift 48. 27/11/10 - 317,895 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 49. 13/04/13 - 317,587 - THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE - Justin Timberlake 50. 17/07/10 - 313,292 - RECOVERY - Eminem 51. 16/07/11 - 310,309 - 4 - Beyoncé 52. 11/01/14 - 310,270 - BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé 53. 06/07/13 - 296,642 - BORN SINNER - J Cole 54. 10/03/12 - 296,549 - 21 - Adele 55. 17/12/11 - 292,501 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé 56. 17/04/10 - 290,903 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber 57. 01/03/14 - 287,668 - THE OUTSIDERS - Eric Church 58. 09/11/13 - 285,839 - PRISM - Katy Perry 59. 10/04/10 - 282,672 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber 60. 13/12/14 - 281,212 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 61. 06/10/12 - 280,128 - THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - Pink 62. 25/10/14 - 278,096 - OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT - Jason Aldean 63. 27/12/14 - 277,607 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 64. 31/12/11 - 276,689 - 21 - Adele 65. 16/04/11 - 276,446 - FEMME FATALE - Britney Spears 66. 08/01/11 - 276,142 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift 67. 05/01/13 - 275,508 - RED - Taylor Swift 68. 18/12/10 - 271,567 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 69. 26/10/13 - 270,417 - BANGERZ - Miley Cyrus 70. 09/04/11 - 270,381 - F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown 71. 19/05/12 - 267,338 - BLOWN AWAY - Carrie Underwood 72. 29/09/12 - 265,961 - AWAY FROM THE WORLD - Dave Matthews Band 73. 11/12/10 - 262,865 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 74. 01/01/11 - 259,136 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift 75. 03/05/14 - 258,807 - FROZEN - Soundtrack 76. 09/08/14 - 258,643 - 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - 5 Seconds Of Summer 77. 30/11/13 - 258,201 - ARTPOP - Lady GaGa 78. 01/01/11 - 254,341 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 79. 21/04/12 - 253,057 - PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED - Nicki Minaj 80. 17/03/12 - 246,529 - 21 - Adele 81. 25/12/10 - 243,227 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 82. 19/06/10 - 242,630 - TO THE SEA - Jack Johnson 83. 02/12/10 - 241,214 - A THOUSAND SUNS - Linkin Park 84. 12/01/13 - 241,202 - RED - Taylor Swift 85. 10/11/12 - 241,139 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - Kendrick Lamar 86. 11/12/10 - 240,530 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift 87. 02/10/10 - 240,209 - PASSION PAIN AND PLEASURE - Trey Songz 88. 08/01/11 - 240,022 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle 89. 04/12/10 - 239,234 - O HOLY NIGHT - Jackie Evancho 90. 08/12/12 - 237,541 - UNAPOLOGETIC - Rihanna 91. 25/02/12 - 237,479 - 21 - Adele 92. 30/04/11 - 234,527 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters 93. 28/07/12 - 234,289 - UNCAGED - Zac Brown Band 94. 07/01/12 - 232,938 - TM:103: HUSTLERZ AMBITION - Young Jeezy 95. 20/12/14 - 230,238 - 1989 - Taylor Swift 96. 24/07/10 - 229,296 - RECOVERY - Eminem 97. 17/09/11 - 228,926 - I'M WITH YOU - Red Hot Chili Peppers 98. 01/01/11 - 227,673 - MICHAEL - Michael Jackson 99. 10/12/11 - 227,133 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé 100. 10/12/11 - 226,714 - HERE AND NOW - Nickelback Great songs! 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