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Thread started 06/02/04 7:03am

livewire

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Soundscan figures are in...

Our invaluable source over at www.okayplayer.com has posted this week's Nielson Soundscan totals and here's how they stack up:

1. Avril Lavigne - "Under My Skin" (380,507)
2. Slipknot - "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)" (242,683)
3. Usher - "Confessions" (196,970)
4. Gretchen Wilson - "Here For The Party" (125,216)
5. Method Man - "Tical 0: The Prequel" (84,430)
6. Hoobastank - "The Reason" (80,929)
7. D-12 - "D12 World" (71,770)
8. Prince - "Musicology" (70,866)
9. Various Artists - "Shrek 2" [Soundtrack] (69,838)
10. New Found Glory - "Catalyst" (63,426)

Welcome back to the Top 10 "Musicology," we've missed you.

Peace, David
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Reply #1 posted 06/02/04 7:23am

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livewire said:

Our invaluable source over at www.okayplayer.com has posted this week's Nielson Soundscan totals and here's how they stack up:

1. Avril Lavigne - "Under My Skin" (380,507)
2. Slipknot - "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)" (242,683)
3. Usher - "Confessions" (196,970)
4. Gretchen Wilson - "Here For The Party" (125,216)
5. Method Man - "Tical 0: The Prequel" (84,430)
6. Hoobastank - "The Reason" (80,929)
7. D-12 - "D12 World" (71,770)
8. Prince - "Musicology" (70,866)
9. Various Artists - "Shrek 2" [Soundtrack] (69,838)
10. New Found Glory - "Catalyst" (63,426)

Welcome back to the Top 10 "Musicology," we've missed you.

Peace, David


you've got avril lavigne and slipknot at 1 and 2??!! eek nana
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Reply #2 posted 06/02/04 7:24am

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That's the 40'000 record sales + two LA concerts (15'000 each).... he'll be staying in the Top Ten for months biggrin
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Reply #3 posted 06/02/04 7:34am

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I stil think it's a bit sneaky, but damn, it sure was a genius move. Let's hope he doesn't squander the buzz...where's that damn Call My Name vid?
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Reply #4 posted 06/02/04 8:29am

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That puts the 6 week total at roughly:

Retail Sales: 500,000
Concert Sales : 203,000

Total Soundscan Sales: 703,000
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Reply #5 posted 06/02/04 9:24am

namepeace

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That puts the 6 week total at roughly:

Retail Sales: 500,000
Concert Sales : 203,000

Total Soundscan Sales: 703,000


That's telling that he's sold well at retail outlets. A lot of the press has focused on his concert sales. He's found a way to sustain his momentum. If he had thought of this in the 80's, both Parade, SOTT and Lovesexy would have sold a lot better!
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Reply #6 posted 06/02/04 10:04am

npgaddicted

namepeace said:

newpower99 said:

That puts the 6 week total at roughly:

Retail Sales: 500,000
Concert Sales : 203,000

Total Soundscan Sales: 703,000


That's telling that he's sold well at retail outlets. A lot of the press has focused on his concert sales. He's found a way to sustain his momentum. If he had thought of this in the 80's, both Parade, SOTT and Lovesexy would have sold a lot better!



Is that right? There really was not a SOTT tour in the US. There would have been limited album sales from the concert ticket/CD combination.
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Reply #7 posted 06/02/04 10:04am

SynthiaRose

Yea, Prince !

By the way, I can't believe people are buying Avril's shit. I liked her last album but then when I heard about her wretched attitude and fake punker routine I found it hard to like her.

Plus, the warbling in her latest single imitates Alanis Morissette (one of my favorites!) way too much for my taste.
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Reply #8 posted 06/02/04 10:09am

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Here's the Top 20!

ARTIST/TITLE/CURRENT WK SCANS/SCANS TO DATE

1-Avril Lavinge/Under My Skin/381,250
2-Slipknot/Vol 3. Subliminal/243,232
3-Usher/Confessions/196,970/3,771,930
4-Gretchen Wilson/Here for the Party/125,216/491,401
5-Method Man/Tical O/84,430/249,353
6-Hoobastank/The Reason/80,929/1,154,599
7-D12/D12 World/71,770/1,018,833
8-PRINCE/MUSICOLOGY/70,866/703,637
9-Soundtrack/Shrek 2/69,838/149,412
10-New Found Glory/Catalyst/63,426/210,561
11-Alanis Morissette/So Called Chaos/62,124/177,019
12-George Micheal/Patience/61,679/97,587 (72% increase...Oprah)
13-Various/Now 15/56,194/1,406,601
14-Lonestar/Lets Be Us Again/53,731/53,731
15-Evanescence/Fallen/51,623/5,267,038
16-Outkast/Speakerboxxx/50,495/4,964,656
17-8 Ball & MJG/Living Legends/47,561/233,455
18-Kenny Chesney/When The Sun Goes/47,199/1,966,499
19-Kanye West/College Dropout/45,044/1,694,030
20-Norah Jones/Feels Like Home/42,984/2,973,045

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Reply #9 posted 06/02/04 10:55am

2funky2c1

YEA 0+>, 8 is great but he should definatly be ahead of D12. they suck
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Reply #10 posted 06/02/04 11:28am

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2funky2c1 said:

YEA 0+>, 8 is great but he should definatly be ahead of D12. they suck


Come on, you should know by now that there is very little correlation between sucking and selling poorly smile
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Reply #11 posted 06/02/04 12:48pm

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This is too cool. Not just the genius move of the concert sales, but who thought Prince would be filling arenas at this stage of his career. I can't help but laugh because Prince is beating the music industry, and especially the stranglehold of radio, at it's own game.
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Reply #12 posted 06/02/04 2:39pm

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sinaplenty said:

livewire said:

Our invaluable source over at www.okayplayer.com has posted this week's Nielson Soundscan totals and here's how they stack up:

1. Avril Lavigne - "Under My Skin" (380,507)
2. Slipknot - "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)" (242,683)
3. Usher - "Confessions" (196,970)
4. Gretchen Wilson - "Here For The Party" (125,216)
5. Method Man - "Tical 0: The Prequel" (84,430)
6. Hoobastank - "The Reason" (80,929)
7. D-12 - "D12 World" (71,770)
8. Prince - "Musicology" (70,866)
9. Various Artists - "Shrek 2" [Soundtrack] (69,838)
10. New Found Glory - "Catalyst" (63,426)

Welcome back to the Top 10 "Musicology," we've missed you.

Peace, David


you've got avril lavigne and slipknot at 1 and 2??!! eek nana


Yeah. Slipknot rules, 2!
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Reply #13 posted 06/02/04 2:41pm

poetbear68

What I would like to know is how to get the link to the Neilsen SoundScan sales for myself, if that's an option even available to the general public. I would love to look at past Prince album sales and statistics. If anyone has any info on this, I would REALLY appreciate it!
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Reply #14 posted 06/02/04 2:46pm

poetbear68

Here's a week-by-week view of the sales of Musicology. Weeks Four and Five are subjective, as they are mathematical estimates. Please correct anywhere you see needs it. Overall, impressive, though. Especially since the fact that even without the concert scans, the album would still be over 500,000 copies.

Week One – 191,000
Week Two – 173,000
Week Three – 150,000
Week Four – 76,637
Week Five – 42,000
Week Six, 71,000

Total 703,637
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Reply #15 posted 06/02/04 4:15pm

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YEAH...YEAH!!
"Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise."



"We had fun, didn't we?"
-Prince (1958-2016) 4ever in my life
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Reply #16 posted 06/02/04 4:28pm

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SynthiaRose said:

Yea, Prince !

By the way, I can't believe people are buying Avril's shit. I liked her last album but then when I heard about her wretched attitude and fake punker routine I found it hard to like her.

Plus, the warbling in her latest single imitates Alanis Morissette (one of my favorites!) way too much for my taste.


even tho i hate all these pop tarts like Britney & Jessica for some reason i like Avril...at least she plays guitar smile
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Reply #17 posted 06/02/04 5:38pm

realm

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SynthiaRose said:

Yea, Prince !

By the way, I can't believe people are buying Avril's shit. I liked her last album but then when I heard about her wretched attitude and fake punker routine I found it hard to like her.

Plus, the warbling in her latest single imitates Alanis Morissette (one of my favorites!) way too much for my taste.


even tho i hate all these pop tarts like Britney & Jessica for some reason i like Avril...at least she plays guitar smile


Yeah, Avril is cool but the new stuff from Juliana Hatfield is pretty excellent. Juliana's music jelz with me more, maybe its the years difference? It's still great to see agirl up in the charts that knows how to strum a guitar.
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Reply #18 posted 06/02/04 8:01pm

ELBOOGY

This ain't nuthin but a muffin y'all we gotta lotta butta 2go! 2million copies will be sold!
U,ME,WE!....2FUNKY!
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Reply #19 posted 06/02/04 8:49pm

namepeace

npgaddicted said:

namepeace said:



That's telling that he's sold well at retail outlets. A lot of the press has focused on his concert sales. He's found a way to sustain his momentum. If he had thought of this in the 80's, both Parade, SOTT and Lovesexy would have sold a lot better!



Is that right? There really was not a SOTT tour in the US. There would have been limited album sales from the concert ticket/CD combination.



You are right. But that's my point. Had he thought to bring the Parade and SOTT tours to the US (which he didn't) and bundled the albums with the tickets, he would have sold more copies of each album. Similarly, had he employed this strategy, I think Lovesexy would have sold much better.
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

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Reply #20 posted 06/03/04 8:57am

SynthiaRose

realm said:

Mazerati said:



even tho i hate all these pop tarts like Britney & Jessica for some reason i like Avril...at least she plays guitar smile


Yeah, Avril is cool but the new stuff from Juliana Hatfield is pretty excellent. Juliana's music jelz with me more, maybe its the years difference? It's still great to see agirl up in the charts that knows how to strum a guitar.



I admit she does have some talent ... but when I hear her sing "this time-ee-ime-ee-ime" ... it just turns me off. She's copying Alanis, a person no one should attempt to touch. The parallels are already there with her being from Canada, so I'm just like ... get your own style and stop trying to sing like my favorites. Love Alanis. Can't stand Avril. It's just me.
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Reply #21 posted 06/03/04 12:20pm

2funky2c1

savoirfaire said:

2funky2c1 said:

YEA 0+>, 8 is great but he should definatly be ahead of D12. they suck


Come on, you should know by now that there is very little correlation between sucking and selling poorly smile



All im sayin is is that they dont know what it's all about. lol
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Reply #22 posted 06/03/04 1:53pm

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Avril can't play the guitar if her life depended on it. 3 chords shouldn't count....lol
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