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post Nov 7 2014, 11:16 AM
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QUOTE(Kath ♡ @ Nov 6 2014, 07:31 PM) *
Born This Way still has the highest digital sales debut in Billboard history tho

Of which 440k were old at 99c laugh.gif

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post Nov 7 2014, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(Noahspike @ Nov 6 2014, 11:56 AM) *
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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QUOTE(britster @ Nov 7 2014, 01:16 PM) *
Of which 440k were old at 99c laugh.gif

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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post Nov 7 2014, 06:37 PM
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QUOTE(Kath ♡ @ Nov 7 2014, 05:50 PM) *
The 99c deal is nothing to be ashamed of, it's brilliant marketing.

But it has tarnished her record because everyone remembers it as the album where nearly half the sales were 99c, and the album that brought about the Billboard rule change.




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post 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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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.


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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 tongue.gif 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 sad.gif
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post Nov 7 2014, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE(Kath ♡ @ Nov 7 2014, 07:17 PM) *
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 laugh.gif


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post 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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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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QUOTE(Consie @ Nov 7 2014, 08:01 PM) *
... 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.

That's just ridiculous laugh.gif

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post 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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Taylor has another entry this week in the Top 30 with her 401k, and will probably enter again next week laugh.gif

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post Dec 1 2014, 05:33 PM
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QUOTE(Umi @ Aug 8 2014, 09:54 PM) *
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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post 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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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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QUOTE(Umi @ Aug 8 2014, 08:43 PM) *
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 biggrin.gif

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


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QUOTE(britster @ Nov 7 2014, 08:38 PM) *
That's just ridiculous laugh.gif

laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif it's really lol
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