Idols In Concert – Stats – 08/19/10

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Concert stats reported to Billboard this week include Danny, Adam, Jordin and AI itself.

Updated: Kris and Jordin from Pollstar

43 Sugarland, Danny Gokey
Amphitheater at the Wharf; Orange Beach, Ala.
Aug. 6, 2010
$352,344; 8,449 of 9,556 (88%); $56.50, $26.50

50 American Idols Live
American Airlines Center; Dallas, Texas
Aug. 9, 2010
$313,324; 5,518 of 9,938 (56%); $70.50, $50.50, $40.50

76 Adam Lambert
Warfield Theatre; San Francisco, Calif.
July 23, 25, 2010
$161,834; 4,550 of 4,550 (2xsold-out); $43, $35

196 Jordin Sparks
Regency Center Grand Ballroom; San Francisco, Calif.
July 10, 2010
$6,784; 409 of 1,424 (29%); $28, $12.50

Pollstar (from IdolStages):

Barenaked Ladies, Kris Allen, Angel Taylor
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
July 22, 2010
$92,830; 3,063 of 4,179 (73%); $19-$62.50

Barenaked Ladies, Kris Allen, Angel Taylor
The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
July 21, 2010
$27,162; 466 of 1050 (44%); $30-$75

 
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  • jrain

    jason1313:
    08/19/2010 at 6:31 pm
    allison problem is not allison but 19e, everybody says she been on tv allot so she must get big sales !!NOT!!….

    I don’t agree, people know who she is and she came off the biggest launching pad we have and she got tons of promo, maybe less than Adam but still. The lead off single was unfortunate but her performance on SYTYCD is indicitive of how people feel. Other artists come on that show and have a sales boost, she clearly didn’t. It did not even break itunes top 1000 or lead to radio adds. Promoting her now is pointless, better to regroup and move on to her next CD and work on her image and performance skills.

  • SpenserJ

    so anybody that says that its not her time is bullshit

    Okay, I’ll provide a different bullshit theory then. This is not the CD that is going to make Allison’s career. NO ONE responds to it. She performs on different tv shows that generally give an artist a healthy sales bump, yet, neither of her songs received any dicernable bump at all. She’s sent several singles to radio, but the PD’s aren’t adding them and the dj’s aren’t playing them. America has spoken – they do not like this CD. It’s not Allison’s fault – she’s very talented. It’s not 19′s fault – they got her quite a bit of decent promo. It’s the music. The material simply isn’t strong enough.

    anybody can have a hit with good backing (Justin bieber anyone)

    This theory is disproven by every artist on a major label who’s had plenty of backing and either became a one hit wonder or just disappeared. If the record companies had a full-proof formula for catching lightning in a bottle, they’d never fail.

  • jrain

    I am sure that she probable would have gotten a video for DWTP if buying public would have well bought her music. They put extra money into rerecording the song with Orianthi.

    As much as people like to hate at Jive, I actually think their plan for DWTP was a great one, but unfortunatly didn’t manifest itself.
    1. make the song more radio friedly – Orianthi helped with that. Song was good but not great. But it still sounds like it could be on the radio.
    2. Go on tour with adam and hit radio stations all across the country, getting some radio adds. This didn’t quite happen as I recall or some didn’t add the song.
    3. Sell the song to Orianthi and especially Adam fans. This will generate solid sales to get the song to top 50 radio which will produce a video and give it a chance at top 40. – this clearly did not happen, not sure exactly why.

  • jason1313

    BTW i have brought over 27 copies of her cd and given them to friends and 3 times on my phone and anything else to help her and when i go to the GNC i well buy about 300$ of her stuff t shirts ect..

    so yes i have a say about what happening to her and i don’t like it

    growing up being an opening act was for nobody’s jest a fill in into the real acts were ready if adam was a big star with hit cds under his belt sold out stadiums i would have no prom with calling allison a opener but adam is not he is on the same level as alli just starting out getting his feet wet jest like her

  • smeggingnuts

    jrain
    I agree with you I thought they had a great plan but for some reason it just didn’t happen..(btw I wasn’t blaming Jive just saying that a MV would have probable been in the works if their plan have panned out)

  • jrain

    jason1313
    Save youself some breath. I know you love Allison, but don’t let it cloud your judgement. She’s not ready to be a headliner. Take a deep breath and regroup with Allison fans for her next CD, I know it’s a tough wait. The lead off single will be the key and she will need her whole fan base at that time. Don’t go pissing off Adam fans in the process until then because you will need our support.

  • jason1313

    don’t worry i wont pissing off Adam fan for i to like him and think its great were he at and deserved it and kicking a$$

    this rant has nothing to do with adam and i thank him for staying true to allison and helping her

    my beef is with jive, 19e

  • jason1313

    what puzzles me is that jive had a contract for her befor she was on tv thay didn’t care were she placed, made the tour,won,lost

    but now that thay have her thay don’t know what to do with her

    good thing Elvis did not bump into these guys when he started out

  • Indigobunting

    Jason-

    I think Allison is just immature for her age; she hasn’t been able to portray an appealing public persona.

    FIBOU wasn’t a bad single- my daughter bought it and likes it.

    Allison was my second fave after Danny on the show, but that rapidly changed once I saw two AI tours. On the show her vocals were excellent and I thought she was sassy in a cute way. But on tour, she mumbled her lyrics, forgot some lyrics, and worried more about stomping around tossing her hair than singing. She went down near the bottom of my list after that and her album was too poppy for me too. It is unfortunate, but people need to like you and her appearance on AI, New Year’s Eve, SYTYCD did her no favors either.

    It is not Jive’s fault she didn’t get a big sales bump from her appearances. They even had her single as a commercial before the Twilight “Moon” movie; which was genius. And they have given her THREE singles!

    I do fault Jive/19 for not getting her some coaching on live performance/ public appearance.

    I don’t even think it is the material’s fault. She just needs time to mature, figure out her image. I think if she matures she could come out with a great Melissa Etheridge kind of vibe. She is a rocker, IMO not a preppy pop or glam little sister to Adam- her beautiful, husky voice begs for rock.

  • jason1313

    Indigobunting:
    her beautiful, husky voice begs for rock.

    BINGO!!!!!!!!

    that’s what jive needs to do hook her up with metallica Steven Tyler salsh hell even david Gilmore would wright some kick ass song for this girl

  • weareallinnocent

    I logged in for the sole purpose of saying “Amen” to SpenserJ‘s comment above. My work here is done. :-)

  • SpenserJ

    Awe, weareallinnocent, you made me feel loved :).

    Allison is talented. She’ll make a career for herself, I have no doubt. I just don’t think there’s any point in waiting for the miracle that’s going to turn this CD around. It’s done. Time for her, and her team to step back and regroup (after she’s done touring of course).

  • escape

    Take a deep breath and regroup with Allison fans for her next CD, I know it’s a tough wait. The lead off single will be the key and she will need her whole fan base at that time.

    I honestly do not see there’s any way Jive will give her a 2nd album. She’s had 3 singles and a debut album that went nowhere. She was given high profile gigs on American Idol, SYTYCD – and of course the big Glambert tour. But none of this has helped.

    Every season there is 1 Idol that is dropped from their contract – and I predict that Allison will be that casualty for Season 8.

  • girlygirl

    to throw a little levity into the idea about opening acts, I was watching the twitter list for Kris’s concert tonight opening in Miami for Maroon 5. He was getting great responses in the tweets — but not everyone seemed to realize who was up on stage — one tweeter thought Kris/KAB were actually Maroon 5, while another thought Kris was Owl City (who opened for M 5 earlier on this tour), while someone else thought KAB was a boy band! Now I’d think that people who go to concerts would have at least some clue about who is on the bill, but evidently that’s not always the case.

  • YankeeFan08

    one tweeter thought Kris/KAB were actually Maroon 5, while another thought Kris was Owl City (who opened for M 5 earlier on this tour), while someone else thought KAB was a boy band! Now I’d think that people who go to concerts would have at least some clue about who is on the bill, but evidently that’s not always the case.

    I don’t think it’s that unusual to not know who the opening acts are. I’ve been to many concerts where I had never heard of the opening act. Often times I don’t even care who the opening act is. Most people are buying the ticket to see the headliner, not the opening act.

  • girlygirl

    YankeeFan08

    see, I don’t get that. If I’m going to a concert, I’m getting there on time and I’m going to listen to the opening act. If I like them, I’m going to make sure I know who they are so I can track down their music, etc.

    Tickets cost to much $$$ for me to only show up for the headliner. But that’s just me. YMMV

    Anyway, tonight’s tweets were just funny. I would bet that those people got many @replies correcting them. But it does show it makes sense for Kris — or any opening act — to make sure to introduce themselves to the crowd at some point during their set

  • tripp_ncwy

    Anyway, tonight’s tweets were just funny. I would bet that those people got many @replies correcting them. But it does show it makes sense for Kris — or any opening act — to make sure to introduce themselves to the crowd at some point during their set

    Allison doesn’t really have to do that since her name is plastered on the screen behind her, the same with Orianthi. I tried to make this point the other day about staging. Kris could have used some staging for his set. I know sometimes it is not possible when your are an opening act but it would be nice. It shouldn’t cost that much to design an electronic mural as a background. It could have been as simple as his album cover with his name on it.

  • jrain

    I honestly do not see there’s any way Jive will give her a 2nd album. She’s had 3 singles and a debut album that went nowhere. She was given high profile gigs on American Idol, SYTYCD – and of course the big Glambert tour. But none of this has helped.

    Every season there is 1 Idol that is dropped from their contract – and I predict that Allison will be that casualty for Season 8.

    She will get a second album because she’s got the talent and potential. She just got too much fame too quick. If they drop her, she will be snatched up by another label. She has the raw elements to make it big, it’s just a matter grooming and timing.

    If her next CD flops then yes, she may get dropped but it’s pointless for Allison’s fanbase to bang their collective heads against a wall trying to promote her right now.

  • springboard

    Allison will get another album if a record label thinks that she is marketable , not because she has the potential of becoming a great artist a few years down the line.
    The question is, how marketable is she? She is not a pop princess, she has neither the voice nor the personality, and her fans think that she is a rocker.
    The trouble is, how many female rockers make it big theses days, or at least big enough to interest a major label? Would it give her any chance of being adopted by top 40 radio? twenty years ago, possibly, but considering the current trend, I can’t see it happening.
    Rock radio? It would depend on her material, but would a major label be interested?
    Also, she now has a failed album and three failed singles, and as it seems that radio stations don’t like taking risks, she’ll have a mountain to climb to get any airplay.

    I think that she will have to be an independent artist for a while, may be front a band, and come back for a fresh start in a few years time.
    And who knows, by then, what the current music will sound like.

  • agathe.hb

    the best route for Allison is the rock route, I totally agree, and I also agree with springboard that currently is not the most popular route….. Allison has mentioned something about writing with Orianthi? perhaps those two would really rock it out? that could be awesome :)

  • jrain

    @springboard
    I don’t disagree with anything you said but not every artist is expected to sell really well initially. Question is, how much tolerance will they have. She may not have connected with the audience at large but she does have a rabid core fanbase.

    Remember one thing, one hit changes everything and smoothes out alot of the problems with an artist. Doesn’t matter if it’s rock or pop rock, that’s what will open the doors. She and her label have alot of work to do the question is what is the right timing.

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