Hopefully it can go top 100 this week.

Gary’s performance for Magic!

 

Pt1: https://youtu.be/LrNmvjAoq4k (Incredible & This is My Time)

 

Pt2: https://youtu.be/1tognAxcB9A (Greatest Day & Merry Christmas Everybody)

Edited November 30, 20204 yr by jay727

Looking positive...Gary is now 4K ahead of Steps at 29k. Steps have also started to fall down iTunes. Gary should now be in the lead there, with #5 and #41.

 

On Amazon he’s #5, #23, #27, while Steps are #15

 

He’s reduced the normal version of the album on Amazon to £4.99 for cyber Monday (nice little entry point for those who aren’t too sure about the direction of the record).

 

There’s not much love for GB in the main forum. Quite surprised actually by some of the comments over there...

Edited November 30, 20204 yr by jay727

There's never been too much love for Gary outside his fanbase. And even inside the "fanbase", he gets some horrible comments.

Now the situation is worsened by the fact that Gary is outselling Steps - which, in my opinion, is the normal order of things - and this doesn't get endear him to many people either.

The guy can't win, no matter what. Other people get away even with murder, he can't get away with an album he's made out of passion (and which is excellent, in my humble opinion).

Gary is sometimes doing things which I wonder why he does them He does not need it. Like trying to sell the album together with a tour he already must have known will never take place (aside he lives on another planet). These things are not making him friends.

I doubt that the dislike is because of him outselling Steps. Neither he nor Steps really sell well and both are only selling in the UK. Without tour at least this can only be a project of heart and none for profit.

As the tour thing is impacting sales in the 1.week it will be interesting to see what will be left in week 2 for the general sales. At least he will have a no 1 solo album

1 Gary Barlow - Music Played by Humans (28.6k) *

2 Steps - What the Future Holds (24.4k) *

Gary looks almost certain to achieve to 3rd solo number 1 album now.

It’s still a little too close for comfort for me...

 

That said...Gary is now ahead of Steps on iTunes (4 and 47)

 

On Amazon, Gary is #2 and Steps are #13 (but Steps have reduced their price to £4.99)

Gary is sometimes doing things which I wonder why he does them He does not need it. Like trying to sell the album together with a tour he already must have known will never take place (aside he lives on another planet). These things are not making him friends.

I doubt that the dislike is because of him outselling Steps. Neither he nor Steps really sell well and both are only selling in the UK. Without tour at least this can only be a project of heart and none for profit.

As the tour thing is impacting sales in the 1.week it will be interesting to see what will be left in week 2 for the general sales. At least he will have a no 1 solo album

Kylie has done things that made her look desperate to get the no 1, yet nobody hated on her. Robbie always does something extra in the eve of an album release, yet he doesn't get as much hate. Take That have always sold albums with tour tickets and nobody cared, yet now Gary has done something outrageous. People were free to cancel their order after getting the tour tickets. If they didn't cancel the order, it means they wanted the album. Those sales are as valid as anyone else's.

To me, it looks like people just find excuses to attack Gary, pure and simple.

 

There's so much love for Miley on the main forum - nobody seems to care that Prisoner is practically a copy of Physical and that the video is of two women acting like slu**.

Don't get me started on others that are idolized, although their character is more than questionable.

 

Why wouldn't the tour never take place? Do we presume we'll be kept prisoners in our homes forever?

I think artists more and more are showing you have to try everything and anything to get albums selling, we have sen loads of it this year so i dont see any harm in Gary doing the same.

I’m pleased Gary and his team have been versatile in reducing the price and targeting customers. Did feel like the TT machine was very difficult to move once the engine has begun

Albums take alot of work to get sales these days bar a very current artist like Lewis capaldi or adele and ed Sheeran and I think artists have to pull out all the stops nowadays to even achieve gold and its good to see Gary and the team putting in a good effort. MPBT will nearly outsell 12 months 11 days full total in just 1 week.

 

I hope that he will get a number one. He is very talented, independent if you like one album more than the other. This is personal taste. What I dislike is playing commercial cards to make sales like 28,000 - come on - playing with the emotions of naïve fans. I mean who is able to think knew that there would be no tour. But there are also those who simply do not think when it comes to their 'star'. He does not need that. He can play fair. I agree that this does not harm him with the general public but for others it does as it is part of a picture. There are artists who do not do that and do not have 70 million and a 30 year career

Naive fans? Oh come on, everyone who bought a ticket knew the risks.

The tour will eventually take place, so...what's the actual harm? It's not like fans have already bought plane tickets or made hotel reservations.

 

Elisabeth, is it really more awful to sell tour tickets instead of filming your wife in labor? Were you that bothered by Robbie's actions?

It seems to me you are just looking for reasons to pick on Gary, honestly.

Whatever people might think of the new material, Elita and Incredible are performing really well on iTunes and have been for weeks. I know the iTunes sales are very low, however it still shows what songs people are most interested in. If only Gary's fanbase discovered streaming :P

My album is yet to be delivered, so, in the meantime, Spotify it is for me. And I think that even after the delivery, I will still listen to it on Spotify. The physical albums are more of a memorabilia. I'm thinking of buying a vinyl and framing it.

I hope that he will get a number one. He is very talented, independent if you like one album more than the other. This is personal taste. What I dislike is playing commercial cards to make sales like 28,000 - come on - playing with the emotions of naïve fans. I mean who is able to think knew that there would be no tour. But there are also those who simply do not think when it comes to their 'star'. He does not need that. He can play fair. I agree that this does not harm him with the general public but for others it does as it is part of a picture. There are artists who do not do that and do not have 70 million and a 30 year career

 

Whilst I actually hate Gary, his team or himself didn't book the tour with the intent of playing on his fans' emotions. We all know tours set for early next year are going to be pushed back. However tour promoters still need a cash flow, therefore tours went on to be scheduled for March/April etc, I'm not sure when Gary's is, but it's a bit misguided to think this is all a personal "sales" issue for the album when in fact it's just that a tour promoter and event organizers etc all need a consistent cash flow, Little Mix also had their tour ready for April but we all know it's not going to happen. When there's little support for this specific industry from the Government they need that flow.

His intimate gig tickets got sold out within seconds LOL

I wonder if the CD + Ticket bundles count towards his sales this week?

I think they will be counted.

Sold out in 11 seconds apparently. Another gig has been added

Apparently the mids are:

 

today's mids in album should be: Gary 32K, Steps 27K, Boe/Ball 20K

Good sales, hopefully 40k for the end of the week.