I know I always get my hopes up with that damn HITS Daily Double site but Musicology is currently number 2 with 4% of the tally in. It has sold 3,623 so far. If that pace kept up (and I know it won't) than the number could exceed last weeks sales. It'll probably end up selling around 50-60K and depending on whether or not some shows are counted (I thought I read somewhere on this site that two shows would be tabulated into the final numbers) we're looking at another 80-90 K total this week (definitely TOP 15).

AND, it's still kicking ass on Amazon (#4).

AND, "Call MY Name" is getting added all over the place (except for my hometown, of course).

AND...well, I need to get a life and stop keeping up with all this minutae...

hey, DONT let it go!, we are relying on ya. Do you have global chart figures or sales to date yet?, i cant find the world charts anywhere!. Hows it doing in Spain, Italy, Germany etc?.

Spoke too soon...with 21.21% of the vote, Musicology has only climbed to 10,072....it's defintely looking like 50,000 this week...a new video is desperately needed.

NOW IN: 50.33%


LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 GRETCHEN WILSON EPIC/SONY NASHVILLE 121,447
HERE FOR THE PARTY
1 2 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 104,229
CONFESSIONS
-- 3 8BALL & MJG BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 65,986
LIVING LEGENDS
2 4 D12 SHADY/INTERSCOPE 53,626
D12 WORLD
5 5 HOOBASTANK ISLAND/IDJ 44,936
THE REASON
-- 6 TEENA MARIE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL 32,645
LA DONA
8 7 DIANA KRALL VERVE 29,484
GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM
9 8 NOW 15 CAPITOL 28,033
VARIOUS
-- 9 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ROADRUNNER/IDJ 28,015
END OF HEARTACHE
3 10 PETEY PABLO JIVE/ZLG 27,764
STILL WRITING IN MY DIARY: 2ND..
6 11 MARIO WINANS BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 26,989
HURT NO MORE
11 12 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 26,899
FALLEN
10 13 PRINCE COLUMBIA/CRG 26,820
MUSICOLOGY
18 14 GUNS N'ROSES GEFFEN 26,091
GREATEST HITS
4 15 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 25,258
FEELS LIKE HOME
12 16 OUTKAST LAFACE/ZLG 24,527
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW
15 17 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 22,905
COLLEGE DROPOUT
13 18 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 21,416
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
37 19 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 20,912
THE BLACK ALBUM
19 20 JESSICA SIMPSON COLUMBIA/CRG 20,664
IN THIS SKIN

newpower99 said:

Teena Marie has a new album?!

It sure is falling down the chart fast. Notice, Outkast is still selling well, and they have been on the list for years..lol.

2freaky4church1 said:

falling fast? you havent watched the chart positions of Prince's last few albums eh?

It's actually still going pretty well without much radio play.

It will still be top 10 with the two concerts added.

It will drop right down for 2-3 weeks though with no concert add-ons unless a new single really catches on.

Still good numbers though.

Did I miss something? Was that "A Million Days" being released as a single to Top 40 stations a fake? Cause I think that would help sales alot, along with Call My Name.

shygirl said:

yep fake,Call My Name is the new single in all formats

NOW IN: 68.24%


LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 GRETCHEN WILSON EPIC/SONY NASHVILLE 152,700
HERE FOR THE PARTY
1 2 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 152,367
CONFESSIONS
-- 3 8BALL & MJG BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 92,190
LIVING LEGENDS
2 4 D12 SHADY/INTERSCOPE 78,026
D12 WORLD
5 5 HOOBASTANK ISLAND/IDJ 63,614
THE REASON
-- 6 TEENA MARIE CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL 60,665
LA DONA
9 7 NOW 15 CAPITOL 39,521
VARIOUS
6 8 MARIO WINANS BAD BOY/UNIVERSAL 39,439
HURT NO MORE
3 9 PETEY PABLO JIVE/ZLG 39,351
STILL WRITING IN MY DIARY: 2ND..
11 10 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 37,695
FALLEN
10 11 PRINCE COLUMBIA/CRG 36,712
MUSICOLOGY
8 12 DIANA KRALL VERVE 36,135
GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM
12 13 OUTKAST LAFACE/ZLG 34,857
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW
15 14 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 34,506
COLLEGE DROPOUT
4 15 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 34,009
FEELS LIKE HOME

i think this is still a really good showing without a top 100 song. i think enough people have heard musicology now to make their minds up on it so its time for call my name, which is rising nicely, hopefully it will help keep the album afloat next week. if the album stays in the top 10 its a miracle, but if its in the top 20 i think we can be satisified (if you get that feeling from the charts!).

will be nice if he has a hit single cos it will be a shame if the album basically has 80k sales for months cos of 75k concert sales and nothing else!

Not looking so good for a Top 10 finish right now. With about 86% of the sales in, prince is hanging at number 13. Only about 2,000 records separates number 9-13 so maybe Prince can bob and weave his way into a TOP 10 finish. It will be Top 10 in Billboard ragardless. With sales of 50 K plus 20-25K for 2 shows, the album will sell 75,000 which will put it at Number 6. That will knock Teena Marie, another great R and B old school comeback, down to 7th.

All and all a great showing but a fourth week in the Top 10 without factoring in the sales would be quite an achievement. Hell, regardless of however anyone looks at it, 4 weeks in the Top 20 is spectacular considering where the man was at the beginning of the year.

In case anyone is wondering, Lionel Richie's comeback album is out of the Top 50 after a week. Outrageous!

>>In case anyone is wondering, Lionel Richie's comeback album is out of the Top 50 after a week. Outrageous!<<<





btw, I'm almost certain there is only one show in this reporting period which goes from Thursday - Wednesday (May 6- May 12) . Regarless he should be around # 7 on Billboard

GottaLetitgo said:

newpower99 said:

I think there are two shows.

Totals are in and Musicology is number 10...this is just such a psychological victory because I didn't want anyone to say the album couldn't stay in the Top 10 without the concert sales. Sales only dropped 27%...a terrific number compared to drops of D12 (42%), Petey Pablo (51%), and Mario Winians (40%). Grreat work Prince and Sony...now let's get a video out for "Call My Name".

Mazerati said:

For his emceeing of Motown 45, he deserves to fall off the Top 100.

GottaLetitgo said:

4 weeks in the top 10, with or without concert CD "sales", is pretty damn impressive for Prince considering all the other factors...

Byron said:

what are the total numbers to date - with and without the concert giveaways?

also, #10 without the concert CDs added is the same number it was last week before concert CDs were added in. If there are 2 dates to add in, it should end up in the 6-7 range.

alandail said:

That's truly amazing...the album must be having some kind of word of mouth success. I was one of those people who thought it would plummet this week, and I'm happy to see I was wrong.

are there any big releases coming up next week? Airplay for Call my name is really picking up quickly. I wonder if there's a chance it could stay in the top 10 area while he's on the break from touring.

also, check out the top 10 lists here:

http://www.hitsdailydoubl...les_tt.cgi

It's #2 at Virgin, and in the top 3 at several others.

Another Top 10 finish!!! GREAT!!

Falling fast? Not quite. Musicology is gonna be on Billboard for a long time.

alandail said:

No clue, although I keep thinking that it's hovering somewhere around 380,000-400,000 copies sold without counting the concert CDs...

it is still at nr 3 in the album top 40 in holland

MendesCity said:

She sure does,and it's EXCELLENT