Darren-5-08

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10albums.html :smoke:

I know someone who is a manager in Walmart and they said some of the stores in the chain had sold out as early as 7am.

Very excited about tomorrow's midweek. Hope they give us figures :P

Haha, relax, she may hit #1 yet. iTunes is a 48hr rolling chart and it has only been out for 17.5hrs there!

A very popular local artist released her album on the 20th.

It may be #7 combined, there are 2 versions in the top 300, then a remix and another album version in the top 1000.

Australian iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 5. Born This Way Belgium iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 8. Born This Way Canadian iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Denmark iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 12. Born This Way German iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 4. Born This Way Spanish iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 16. Born This Way Finland iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way France iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 5. Born This Way Greece iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 2. Born This Way Irish iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Italian iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 5. Born This Way Luxembourg iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) _. Born This Way Mexican iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 5. Born This Way Dutch iTunes 3. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 21. Born This Way New Zealand iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Norway iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 4. Born This Way Austria iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Portugal iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 7. Born This Way Switzerland iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Sweden iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 5. Born This Way UK iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 2. Born This Way US iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 3. Born This Way Japanese iTunes 1. Born This Way (Bonus Track Version) 2. Born This Way

@atemyheart__: HMV stores across the UK have ran out of Born This Way copies, after just 6 hours of being on sale.

Reports from the US are saying that the album had sold out in stores across the country as early as 7am.

8. Judas 11. The Edge of Glory 18. Born This Way 30. Hair 97. You and I 98. Marry The Night 110. Scheisse 111. Fashion of His Love 113. The Queen 117. Black Jesus + Amen Fashion 128. Government Hooker 154. Americano 160. Judas 191. Bloody Mary 217. Bad Kids 221. Electric Chapel 226. Born This Way 231. Heavy Metal Lover 258. Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) 368. Born This Way 397. The Edge of Glory 469. You and I 594. Hair 773. Government Hooker 897. Scheisse 898. Marry The Night 951. Born This Way (The Country Road Version)

No, but there are several sales trackers who are very reliable at predicting sales and, while this obviously isn't completely accurate, it's the closest we have to official sales figures.

Adele ~208k TT ~520k

GaGa #1 (Bonus Track Version) and #5

I know, but the point is, it isn't a chart of singles sales. Born This Way is the best-selling song of 2011 so far.

On the UWC points system. A lot of points come from airplay. I'm fairly sure it has sold more than any other song so far this year.

I know, but it would be a waste to do Europe without doing BGT and I'm sure her team will know that, given the opportunity they missed when Alejandro was climbing on iTunes and she didn't perform it on BGT.

I think Marry The Night and You & I have a very good shot of Top 40. Both have hype behind them.

The live finals are May 29th - June 4th and she's in Europe at that time :) Also, 3 hours after release on New Zealand iTunes she was: #3 (Special Edition) #56 (Standard Edition) Bear in mind, these were sales between 12 midnight and 3 am...

I ADORE you for being realistic. I can see this album reaching 1.5million before the year is out. Hopefully she'll be on BGT, I'm sure she'll have chosen a single to perform on X Factor, which would allow her sales to continue during the Christmas period. I think this could do really will if she plans the promotion properly.

Again with these idiotic remarks. The songs are crap IN YOUR OPINION, and I can't change that. If the album was to reflect the critic response to the album it would do very well indeed. It's current score on Metacritic is 74/100 (with around half of the reviews in). Adele managed 75/100 with 21. I don't care if you don't like the music but don't come off with statements like that. Makes you look stupid.

Her image is *weak in your opinion only. Critics have been positive about it. There is no way this album will flop, anyway, regardless of quality. There is just too much behind it and there are far to many die-hard fans to let it flop.

I'm sure they would have made sure it would count before setting up these partnerships though. They're going for sales; I think they'll have done their research.

UK Pre-Order Charts Amazon 1. Born This Way (=) (At #2 (+1) on OVERALL Chart) 2. Born This Way (Special Edition) (=) (At #6 (=) on OVERALL Chart) HMV 1. Born This Way (Special Edition) (=) (At #1 (=) on OVERALL Chart) Play 1. Born This Way (Special Edition) (=) 2. Born This Way (=)

She has an unbelievable promotional campaign though, including this: http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/225223_10150196619219574_10376464573_6664507_5967058_n.jpg The taxi promo strategy is, that if you show your copy of Born This Way to a taxi driver whose taxi has been painted like the one in this picture, you get a free ride. She has also teamed up with Starbucks; they'll be selling her album and playing it in-store and doing a sort of promotional game whereby you can collect codes and play online.

*In your opinion. Tracks like Government Hooker, Heavy Metal Lover and, in particular, Scheiße have received huge critical acclaim. Even (the VERY few) negative reviews noted especially Scheiße as a standout track.