I think top 3 is quite ambitious, I'll be really happy with top 10.

 

Looking at last weeks chart the top 3 sold:

#1 - 36,679

#2 - 16,684

#3 - 15,015

 

I really can't see Emma selling over 15,000 copies in one week. I'm expecting something more along the lines of Melanie C's last albums which was 4,084 copies, probably a few thousand more due to her being a bit more high profile and having so many editions available.

 

Last weeks #10 sold 5,281 copies which should be doable...

 

If it does chart well I hope Melanie C is watching and releases several different formats on her next album release (whether she would be able to fun it though??)

Last week was a very busy chart, lots of new entries. By April we should be back down to lower numbers.

 

 

Last week was a very busy chart, lots of new entries. By April we should be back down to lower numbers.

 

 

What sort of numbers you reckon we would be looking at for top 3? I really can't see Emma selling 10k or more surely there won't be top 3 albums under 10k (it's so sad how the charts have deteriorated if so). :cry:

It depends on new releases I haven't seen who else is out around April release date.

 

The Chart April 12th 2018 - #10 sold 4005 copies, 11k for #4. The Greatest Showman was a beast this time last year doing 40k+ though week in week out.

 

Top 5 maybe not top 3 should surely be the aim. You just never know with these releases BMG got a big number 1 album for Rick Astley.

 

I'd be shocked if she was comfortably top 10.

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I would say Emma has a lot more going for her than Mel C, major label backing, multiple formats, much more likable, covers/robbie/will etc, Spice girls reunion hype.

 

As long as BMG get it stocked in supermarkets I think she will be very successful, the multiple formats are for the collectors but the tracklist is defo aimed at Asda mums.

£100 for the test pressing!!! :o How many were available because they are sold out already!! Are they eligible for the charts? I'm so tempted to get a vinyl but £30 is alot of money, not sure I can justify it right now.

 

Only 50 copies available

The vinyl is soooo expensive, but I couldn’t resist it! 🙈 Total charge £35.50; £5.50 of that is the price for Royal Mail 1st class signed for. :drama:

 

I honestly don’t want to sound like I’m complaining, because I realise that no one is being forced to buy these formats - I’ve only bought mine because I want to and I (just about) feel that I can justify the expenditure. Ideally though, I would have been happier with an unsigned black vinyl version that retailed for around £16.99. I’m always a bit “erm...” if a 1 disc vinyl version of an album exceeds £20. Oh well, I’m sure once I receive it I’ll be happy I have it!

 

 

 

 

As far as chart positions go I’m only hopeful for low Top 10. Anything higher would obviously be incredible, but I don’t really see it happening. Multiple formats being available doesn’t guarantee anything really, particularly when a lot of these orders are going to be from international fans.

The album is doing surprisingly ok on Amazon.co.uk

 

It currently sits at #3 on Top Sellers CDs & Vinyls and #1 on Hot New Releases :wub:

Very pleasing to see it doing so well on Amazon! :wub:

Top 3 on Amazon must be a few hundred sales.

That new picture is GORGEOUS!

I think Emma will achieve between 7000 - 8000 sales in the first week.

She has the hardcore SPICE FAN base, and the album will attract middle aged mothers because of the covers and duets.

 

Its clear that the next single will be the duet between her and Jade.

 

Hopefully the album can be sold on merchandise stands at the concerts.

In love with this white photoshoot :angel:

I prefer these two "white" pictures over the chosen picture for the album cover, haha... but tbh this has been a bit of a recurring theme in her solo career for me, there were plenty of shots I preferred from the A Girl Like Me, Free Me & Life in Mono photoshoots over the front covers!

Emma's been signing copies of My Happy Place CD for Amazon today:

 

 

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I'm a bit baffled that BMG evidently had all those albums factory sealed, and have now had to unseal potentially thousands of copies so that Emma could sign them. What a waste of plastic and a waste of their time! Plus it's a bit ugh that these employees are handling these albums with their bare hands. It's not the easiest thing to unseal an album carefully and quickly, and I bet they wanted to get that task done as quickly as possible, so I can imagine that some of these albums won't exactly be in a "fresh from the factory" condition any more. One of them in that video is opening them with scissors. :cry: They're digipaks so that makes them relatively fragile.

 

 

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...and after that process of unsealing them, here we have Emma just casually tossing them around lol. :drama:

 

Maybe I just have a bad case of OCD, but I'm just imagining copies of this being finger-printy, scuffed and dented. :unsure: I just find it a bit off-putting to spend £10 on something that I can see hasn't been handled very nicely. I think some things are better left unseen lol. I'll keep my order but I'm nervous that I'll receive something I'd consider as being substandard.

 

 

 

To end this message on a more positive note...

 

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Sooo many albums! There surely must be a good 2,000 to 3,000 amongst these piles?

But just think your copy could be bashed by Emma herself 😍

 

That is a lot of albums to sign, this hopefully is a great sign of lots of pre-orders.

But just think your copy could be bashed by Emma herself 😍

 

 

:lol: hilarious :lol:

If it could be guaranteed that it was indeed Emma who bashed it rather than Sandra the employee, I'd tolerate it :angel: ( :lol: )