Posted November 22, 200618 yr HIS KINGDOM HAS FINALLY COME Jay-Z Looks at Biggest First-Week Total of the Year with 850k, Four-Way Tie for #2 with Snoop, Daughtry, Beatles, Now 23 November 22, 2006 He’s everywhere…and by next Tuesday, Jay-Z’ll make himself at home on top of the album chart, too. Riding the wave of Black Friday and holiday dollars, the rapper looks headed for the year’s best debut week total of the year for his Kingdom Come-back on Def Jam, with our national network of retailers estimating a sales total of 850k, which will soundly defeat the previous high, Rascal Flatts’ 714k last April. Aside from a marketing blitz that included Budweiser and Hewlett-Packard commercials along with promos for the NBA and NASCAR, Jay-Z is officially the #1 on-demand artist ever on Clear Channel Radio, with 600,000 plays over the past week on more than 220 station websites. He also performed the single, “Show Me What You Got,†on last night’s national ABC telecast of the American Music Awards and last weekend, his “Hangar Tour†included seven shows in less than 24 hours in Atlanta, Philadelphia, DC, New Jersey, Chicago, L.A. and Las Vegas, with exclusive MTV coverage. Another legendary rapper, Snoop Dogg, follows with his Geffen album, The Blue Carpet Treatment, which will go head to head with Daughtry’s self-titled 19 Recordings/RCA bow, both in the 270k range. That would make it the highest Idol non-winner first-week sales total since Clay Aiken. The Beatles’ much-ballyhooed George/Giles Martin mash-up on Apple/Capitol, LOVE, looks to be in the 250k area, which would put it right behind the other two and in a four-way fight for the pole position with Sony Music Label’s Now 23, whose counterpart rose a whopping 70% last Thanksgiving. Another posthumous 2Pac album on Amaru/Interscope, Pac’s Life, looks to be headed for the 160-170k neighborhood. A singles collection from U2, U218, is on course for 100k, though that could be affected by a retail giveaway of a bonus live album for a limited number of early buyers. Siempre, the new album by Syco/Columbia international popera stars and Simon Cowell discovery Il Divo, currently on tour with Barbra Streisand, also appears headed for a six-figure opening. Next Tuesday’s new releases include Epic’s Incubus, TVT’s Ying Yang Twins, Star Trak/Jive/ZLG’s Clipse, Jive/ZLG’s Too $hort and Columbia’s Our Lady Peace.
November 22, 200618 yr Jay-Z is the ugliest man to walk the earth. And his music is the worst music to grace our ears. I would rather stab myself in the stomach then buy his c**p record.
November 22, 200618 yr rap really is by far the strongest genre in the US. This would never happen in the UK
November 22, 200618 yr rap really is by far the strongest genre in the US. This would never happen in the UK we prefer cover boy bands like westlife
November 22, 200618 yr There's also an album from a new age singer released. I don't know why they didn't mention her as she sold 850k first week with her previous albums.... Maybe she's been pushed back, or it's a live album or something. I can't remember her name though. *goes to check it* Edited November 22, 200618 yr by Chinchill
November 22, 200618 yr Loreenna McKennitt is the singer I was talking about :) But her last album was in 1997... Edited November 22, 200618 yr by Chinchill
November 22, 200618 yr Britney isnt rap and had first week sales of 1,350,000. That was in 2000 though :lol: I think dance will be the next big thing in the US, it is starting to get popular again... Its like we go in cycles, for 5 years its dance music. then another 5 years it punk & grunge rock, then another 5 years its pop and pop rock, and so far it has been rap for about 3 years. I think next year when all the pop comebacks take place, pop will be the biggest seller once again. Edited November 22, 200618 yr by Tyler
November 22, 200618 yr omg i hate this man his soo c**p. he cant rap at all. arghhhhhh. americans do not have good taste in music!
November 22, 200618 yr Surprise Jay-z was so popular. This is one of the underated songs of this and last year Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb-Encore 2fuyAghW1AY
November 22, 200618 yr Britney isnt rap and had first week sales of 1,350,000. That was in 2000 though :lol: I think dance will be the next big thing in the US, it is starting to get popular again... Its like we go in cycles, for 5 years its dance music. then another 5 years it punk & grunge rock, then another 5 years its pop and pop rock, and so far it has been rap for about 3 years. I think next year when all the pop comebacks take place, pop will be the biggest seller once again. Dance has never been big in the US...
November 22, 200618 yr Surprise Jay-z was so popular. well i'm surprised and shocked that you were surprised that he was so popular in the states. he's one of the biggest music stars over there with about 8 consecutive #1 albums and one of the most powerful men in the record business as label boss. (however i do own about 5 of his albums, so maybe im biased)
November 23, 200618 yr we prefer cover boy bands like westlife Lol, how many cover boy bands are there apart from Westlife?
November 23, 200618 yr Britney isnt rap and had first week sales of 1,350,000. That was in 2000 though :lol: I think dance will be the next big thing in the US, it is starting to get popular again... Its like we go in cycles, for 5 years its dance music. then another 5 years it punk & grunge rock, then another 5 years its pop and pop rock, and so far it has been rap for about 3 years. I think next year when all the pop comebacks take place, pop will be the biggest seller once again. Dance? Are you joking? All that dance can do in USA is one or 2 times a year put a dance version of an old ballad in the Top 10 and not even break the albums Top 40. lol. Not even Madonna could do big things from her dance album.
November 23, 200618 yr well i'm surprised and shocked that you were surprised that he was so popular in the states. he's one of the biggest music stars over there with about 8 consecutive #1 albums and one of the most powerful men in the record business as label boss. (however i do own about 5 of his albums, so maybe im biased) Thank God that anywhere else he is only known as Beyonce and Linkin Park collaborator, and his solo albums are ignored.
Create an account or sign in to comment