Monday Morning Mediabase Update – 11/17/08

Yay! Nice to see both LO and TOML going up..slow and steady.
Off-topic cos the headlines post is not available yet:

Singapore has released David Cook’s album already
and for a limited time, it comes with a free calendar poster.

Singapore fans:
Buy it at Sembawang..but not the Plaza Singapura branch cos we already cleaned the store of its stocks LOL

Widz thanks for the info! I wonder how many cd’s they got in? It’s good to hear it sold out!

Frosty the Snowman? Really?

Singapore has released David Cookà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s album already
and for a limited time, it comes with a free calendar poster.

:eek_wp: no fair…I want a poster or something too!

HDD building chart has gone up… lol

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

Why the lol? How do you interpret those HDD numbers?

I can’t view the numbers, and yeah what’s so funny??? huh?

Why the lol? How do you interpret those HDD numbers?

There is nothing to interpret at this point. You can’t extrapolate the numbers, because different vendors release sales at different points of the building chart.

All you can do right now is watch the numbers.

Thanks MJ. Sue, you have to use Internet Explorer or Netscape to view the numbers. Firefox won’t work.

Ok I see it! So with 36.20% reporting, we see that Archie is at 67,735! Not bad, I wonder if he will get to the 200,000 predicted album sales? Never the less he is doing great.

NOW IN: 36.20%

LW TW artist / album label power index
– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 244,174
FEARLESS
– 2 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 99,397
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 3 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 67,735
DAVID ARCHULETA
2 4 AC/DC COLUMBIA 64,213
BLACK ICE
– 5 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 35,677
THR33 RINGS
3 6 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 29,556

HDD numbers have just been updated. Look at them now! Hey, this is fun!

CHART DATE: 11/17/2008
LAST UPDATE: 11/17/2008 12:38:30
NOW IN: 54.98%

LW TW artist / album label power index
– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 359,191
FEARLESS
– 2 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 143,840
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 3 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 116,181
DAVID ARCHULETA
– 4 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 73,375
THR33 RINGS
1 5 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 65,911
SOUNDTRACK
2 6 AC/DC COLUMBIA 64,213
BLACK ICE
– 7 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 57,546
KEEPS GETTIN’ BETTER
3 8 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 45,667
SOUNDTRACK

CHART DATE: 11/17/2008
LAST UPDATE: 11/17/2008 12:32:47
NOW IN: 54.98%

LW TW artist / album label power index
– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 359,191
FEARLESS
– 2 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 143,840
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 3 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 116,181
DAVID ARCHULETA
– 4 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 73,375
THR33 RINGS

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ 7 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 57,546
KEEPS GETTINà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ BETTER

Isn’t that a Target exclusive? Gives us a window into at least one of the vendors that reported.

Where did NOW 29 come from to go to 2nd? I thought DA was going to land in 2nd. Looks like he has some catching up to do if he is to nab the number 2 spot.
:unsure_tb:

Taylor Swift is going to debut at over 700k? *insert Simon Cowell/Fantasia performance face*

Where did NOW 29 come from to go to 2nd? I thought DA was going to land in 2nd.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Could the initial prediction be that off? It came out of nowhere. I’m hoping that Now 29 is sold at just a handful of outlets and that we’re pretty much seeing its peak right now so that David can move up into its place.

OMG, is this what you guys are doing? This real-time stuff is so exciting!

ETA: I’m truly baffled by the folks who are still buying those Now discs in this era of singles downloads… GOOO Archie!

Go David… is like elections all over again…lol Go David…

According to Amazon, this is the track listing of what’s on Now 29…

1. Pink – “So What” (ZOMBA)
2. Katy Perry – “Hot & Cold” (EMM)
3. Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up” (UMG)
4. Rihanna – “Disturbia” (UMG)
5. Ne-Yo – “Closer” (UMG)
6. Chris Brown – “Forever” (ZOMBA)
7. Kardinal Offishal w/Akon – “Dangerous” (UMG)
8. T.I. – “Whatever You Like” (WMG)
9. Lil Wayne w/T-Pain – “Got Money” (UMG)
10. Savage w/Soulja Boy – “Swing” (UMG)
11. Young Jeezy w/Kanye West – “Put On” (UMG)
12. Yung Berg w/Casha–”The Business” (SONY/BMG)
13. Jordin Sparks – “One Step at a Time” (ZOMBA)
14. Leona Lewis – “Better in Time” (SONY/BMG)
15. Boys Like Girls – “Thunder” (SONY/BMG)
16. Saving Abel – “Addicted” (EMM)
17. Daughtry – “What About Now” (SONY/BMG)
18. Matt Nathanson – “Come On Get Higher” (EMM)
19. Darius Rucker – “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” (EMM)
20. Keith Anderson–”I Still Miss You” (SONY/BMG)

All this for only $11.99 at Amazon.com.

Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that a Target exclusive? Gives us a window into at least one of the vendors that reported.

Yep, and iirc AC/DC is a WalMart exclusive so they’ve reported as well.

Yep, and iirc AC/DC is a WalMart exclusive so theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve reported as well.

Walmart is supplied by two different vendors that tend to report at different times. AC/DC is way too low (HDD is generally not that far off), so there should be another update for them.

All this for only $11.99 at Amazon.com.

Except NOW! isn’t selling as well on Amazon as David is. lol. I don’t think HDD counts Amazon, though, at least not in the building chart. It takes the top 8 (I believe) vendors, and its final numbers are pretty close to the actual numbers reported by soundscan.

NOW apparently frontloads on the building chart. Last time one debuted, it already had half its sales at 35-36% in. That isn’t too surprising when you consider that NOW doesn’t do well on iTunes, which is one of (if not the) last vendor to report in. NOW barely made the teens on iTunes this week, and David was at #2 for half the week, #3 for the other half (and is still at #3).

From looking at the chart, it seems a little over half of Walmart isn’t in. Target may be all in, but the numbers may get adjusted up when soundscan reports the actual numbers. Christina still looks a little low, which makes HDD about 10K off for her. I suspect most of David’s sales came from Walmart and iTunes–the two vendors that offered special versions.

He ranks #1 at Virgin this week (Taylor is #5, NOW isn’t in the top 10), #2 at Newbury Comics (Taylor is #1, NOW is #8), #9 at Borders (Taylor is #5, NOW isn’t in the top 10), #6 at Hastings (Taylor is #1, NOW is #4). Walmart doesn’t give its top 10. Neither do Target or Best Buy. Even though he’s currently at #3 on iTunes, I’m sure he well-outsold the current #2, Twilight, for this past week on iTunes, putting him at #2 on iTunes with Taylor at #1. NOW is at #15 on iTunes, and that’s higher than it was most of the week.

I would be pretty shocked if NOW stayed at #2 for much longer when more retailers report their numbers.

Thank you Soundscene for being the voice of reason here. I don’t want DA to get beat by NOW! that would kinda stink! Man, when is HDD gonna update their numbers again???

By the way – am I correct in thinking DA has surpassed Jordin’s first week sales at this point? So much for not being marketable…

^Not to ruin your fun Tatiana, but Jordin wasn ´t marketable neither (yes I know you don ´t want to put Jordin down), but I think is true that as it is now David has surpasse Jordin first week… I hope he gets steady sales from now on…

No, I like Jordin alot! I just don’t like how so many peeps put David A down and said he couldn’t hack it outside of AI – bloggers, the mainstream media, and some other AI fans I used to commiserate with, grrr. They can continue to say what they will, but I like it when the numbers speak for themselves.

Tatiana..

they can say anything they want
but it worked out just fine
so if it works for him then it works for him.

lol

^LOL Froggie…

I know Tatiana, we all are in that together…Go David!!!!

haha….good one frogcooke!! :laugh_tb: :clap_tb:

Just to refresh everyone’s memory, here are the predictions HDD made a few day ago…

YOUR FEARLESS WEAKEND TOP 10 CHART PREVIEW: This is clearly Taylor Swiftà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s moment, as the 18-year-old prodigy follows the universal (see how we did that?) critical hosannas for her sophomore album on Big Machine with what is shaping up as a stunning 550-600k bow. Youth will also be served in the #2 slot, which will be occupied by the debut Idol runner-up David Archuleta (Jive/ZLG), with a projected 200-210k. Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a battle shaping up for #3 between two more debuts: Archuletaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s labelmate T-Pain and UMeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Now 29, as both trend toward 160-170k. This weekà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s charttopper, the soundtrack to Twilight (Chop Shop/Atlantic), is jockeying for the #5 position with AC/DC (Columbia), as each appears on course for 100-110k. The second half of the leader board will most likely be occupied by Repriseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s debuting Enya (90-100k), Disneyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s High School Musical 3 (85-90k), RCA/RMGà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Target exclusive on Christina Aguilera (bowing with 70-80k) and either Grand Hustle/Atlanticà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s T.I. or Columbiaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s John Legend (both looking 60-65k-ish). (11/14a)

heeeheee frogcooke!!!! :lol_tb:

70% of retailers in:

– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 479,305
FEARLESS
– 2 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 146,956
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 3 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 136,569

What soundscene said sounds very reasonable and logical, but I have to say this is starting to get nerve-wracking. However, the fact that Now 29 increased by only a little over 3000 since the last update is encouraging.

Archie is closing in on number 2. :clap_tb:

CHART DATE: 11/17/2008
LAST UPDATE: 11/18/2008 09:23:31
NOW IN: 73.27%

LW TW artist / album label power index
– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 490,861
FEARLESS
– 2 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 147,872
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 3 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 145,863
DAVID ARCHULETA
1 4 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 97,431
SOUNDTRACK
– 5 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 85,338
THR33 RINGS
– 6 ENYA REPRISE 70,192
AND WINTER CAME
2 7 AC/DC COLUMBIA 64,213
BLACK ICE
– 8 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 57,546
KEEPS GETTIN’ BETTER
3 9 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 52,861
SOUNDTRACK
8 10 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 39,724
PAPER TRAIL

CHART DATE: 11/17/2008
LAST UPDATE: 11/18/2008 13:53:05
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
– 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 597,013 –
FEARLESS
– 2 DAVID ARCHULETA JIVE/ZLG 180,460 –
DAVID ARCHULETA
– 3 NOW 29 UME/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 166,422 –
VARIOUS ARTISTS
– 4 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 163,800 –
THR33 RINGS
1 5 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 115,132 -32%
SOUNDTRACK
2 6 AC/DC COLUMBIA 104,778 -34%
BLACK ICE
– 7 ENYA REPRISE 93,628 –
AND WINTER CAME
3 8 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 88,491 -17%
SOUNDTRACK
– 9 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 73,606 –
KEEPS GETTIN’ BETTER
8 10 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 65,488 -3%
PAPER TRAIL

Hey, I thought Archie would come in between 160-180K. Maybe I’m getting better at these predictive powers. HDD, call me! LOL.

Good show Archie. I’ll wait for the official numbers before running comparisons.

Very proud of you David! those are great numbers no matter what now hoping for consistent album sales the coming weeks.

Yeah David! Quite okay with those numbers. Let’s see where they go from here. I am sure he is quite proud of himself.

Great job, Archie! Who is Taylor Swift? Sheesh, that’s a lot of albums.

Someone said that amazon is not part of HDD and that it should go up for Billboard’s numbers.

Last week, #1 was Pink and she sold 180, 470, so David did great!! Woohoo!

Wow, Taylor Swift sold a CRAZY number of albums.

blissful, she is a country (poppish) singer/songwriter who is big with the teen crowd. She also dated and got dumped by one of the Jonas brothers recently. The only song of hers that I heard on the radio (HAC/Top 40) was Tears on My Guitar which I actually found execrable, but I heard that the reviews for her new album are generally favorable. She’s been releasing a single a week from this new album and has gotten mass single downloads off that gimmick. She’s apparently built herself a head of steam that’s translated into full album sales. Wow!

Taylor is a crossover artist. Her song, “Love Story” has been a huge hit. Check out her music video of it on youtube. Not bad.

Woohoo!! David’s album debuts at Number 2! Congratulations, David!!! :clap_tb:

Last week, #1 was Pink and she sold 180, 470, so David did great!!

Actually, last week’s #1 was Twilight with 165K. Pink was #2, like David, with 180K a couple weeks ago.

I had heard that Amazon wasn’t in the final HDD numbers, but I don’t know that for sure. Soundscan numbers are generally around the same as HDD.

soundscene, thanks for the clarification. Someone gave those figures on another forum.

Still glad to see Bucky has a song on the charts in “I’ll Walk.” Okay, I’m living in the past, lol, but I do love country music and I do love Bucky.

I finally found the full numbers available at http://www.mediabasemusic.com/charts.asp (although they aren’t ranked, the spin count is shown).