Hits Daily Double: Jonas Topping 720k, Can It Beat Coldplay?

 

August 13, 2008

 

Hollywood’s sizzling Jonas Brothers are poised to top next week’s HITS Album Sales chart, with a total that, as of the moment, looks in the 725k area for their second label effort, the aptly named A Little Bit Longer.

 

That total would put it well in range of the year’s second-best debut, Capitol’s Coldplay with 721k, though it still trails by quite a bit Lil Wayne’s still-dominant first week tally of a million-plus back in June for his Cash Money/Universal Motown album Tha Carter III.

 

There are still a number of variables to consider, though. There are a good number of non-traditional retailers involved, which makes the final number difficult to predict. Also, Hollywood did not make the album available on pre-sale at iTunes, releasing four separate tracks over the month, selling 1.3 million single downloads, many of which could be converted into “complete-my-album” sales.

 

 

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news07209m01

 

 

Edited August 14, 200816 yr by britster

 

Billboard: Jonas Brothers On Track For First No. 1 Album

 

August 13, 2008 , 5:00 PM ET

 

The Jonas Brothers are on track to score their first No. 1 album next week on The Billboard 200, as "A Little Bit Longer" (Hollywood) leads Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released this afternoon (Aug. 13).

 

Unweighted (first day) sales of "Longer" through the close of business yesterday (Aug. 12) stood at 201,000. Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.

 

Both Hollywood and its distributor, Universal, are projecting that "Longer" could finish the week with a number between 675,000 and 725,000.

 

Based on the percentage of first-day sales that recent albums by Carrie Underwood, Usher, Mariah Carey and Jonas Brothers labelmate Miley Cyrus contributed to their first-week sales, Billboard estimates that "Longer" could surpass 600,000 and might start with as many as 725,000.

 

Konowitch also calls out iTunes' "Countdown to 'A Little Bit Longer'" campaign as a key ingredient in the ramp up towards the release. Four individual tracks from the set were put up for sale in the weeks previous to the album's street date, and purchasers could then use iTunes' Complete My Album offer to download the full set yesterday.

 

 

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003838781

 

 

Edited August 14, 200816 yr by britster