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Billboard will count catalog sales in top 200 starting in December BILLBOARD WILL COUNT CATALOG IN TOP 200, LIKE HITS HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG
Move Will Be Made for Sales Week of Nov. 16-22 http://www.hitsdailydoubl...?news07829 POSTED by mlbee2002 in MJJC: November 9, 2009 When Michael Jackson was the country’s best-selling artist after his untimely death, Billboard ignored him in its Top 200 sales chart. When the Beatles reissues stormed retail on 9/9/09, Billboard refused to go, “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” relegating them to their Catalog chart. Throughout, HITS’ Top 50 Album sales chart continued to reflect what was really going on sales-wise, and now the Bible will follow our lead. Beginning with the issue dated Dec. 5 (representing the sales tracking week of 11/16-22), the Billboard 200 ranking will be based on SoundScan’s Comprehensive Albums chart, which means back catalog and reissues. Wonder when they’ll start counting digital downloads on their singles chart. Oh, they do already? “The events of 2009 and the continuing creativity in the repackaging of catalog titles, have led us to the conclude that the Billboard 200 would be best served presenting the true best sellers in the country, without any catalog-related rules or stipulations, to the media, pubic and our readers,” read the letter from the guys in charge. The change will not effect the presentation of the charts or the calculations of the marketing reports in SoundScan, as the Top Current Albums, Top Comprehensive Albums and Top Catalog Albums charts remain unchanged. The move to a current/catalog hybrid chart will only affect the Billboard 200. All other current-based albums chart will follow BB’s longstanding catalog criteria. In addition, the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart will be ranked on overall sales, with the R&B Core Store Panel no longer involved in calculations. There will also be a 15-position Folk Albums chart, to be managed by Gary Trust, which will run periodically in print and appear weekly on billboard.biz and billboard.com. "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: BILLBOARD WILL COUNT CATALOG IN TOP 200, LIKE HITS HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG
Move Will Be Made for Sales Week of Nov. 16-22 http://www.hitsdailydoubl...?news07829 POSTED by mlbee2002 in MJJC: November 9, 2009 When Michael Jackson was the country’s best-selling artist after his untimely death, Billboard ignored him in its Top 200 sales chart. When the Beatles reissues stormed retail on 9/9/09, Billboard refused to go, “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” relegating them to their Catalog chart. Throughout, HITS’ Top 50 Album sales chart continued to reflect what was really going on sales-wise, and now the Bible will follow our lead. Beginning with the issue dated Dec. 5 (representing the sales tracking week of 11/16-22), the Billboard 200 ranking will be based on SoundScan’s Comprehensive Albums chart, which means back catalog and reissues. Typical. Michael's chart achievement this year won't be in any record books. I'm presuming this is a knee-jerk reaction to all the bad press they got re: MJ and the Beatles. Best selling albums should be reported as such. |
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Marrk said: bboy87 said: BILLBOARD WILL COUNT CATALOG IN TOP 200, LIKE HITS HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG
Move Will Be Made for Sales Week of Nov. 16-22 http://www.hitsdailydoubl...?news07829 POSTED by mlbee2002 in MJJC: November 9, 2009 When Michael Jackson was the country’s best-selling artist after his untimely death, Billboard ignored him in its Top 200 sales chart. When the Beatles reissues stormed retail on 9/9/09, Billboard refused to go, “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” relegating them to their Catalog chart. Throughout, HITS’ Top 50 Album sales chart continued to reflect what was really going on sales-wise, and now the Bible will follow our lead. Beginning with the issue dated Dec. 5 (representing the sales tracking week of 11/16-22), the Billboard 200 ranking will be based on SoundScan’s Comprehensive Albums chart, which means back catalog and reissues. Typical. Michael's chart achievement this year won't be in any record books. I'm presuming this is a knee-jerk reaction to all the bad press they got re: MJ and the Beatles. Best selling albums should be reported as such. this has been going on for years and the MJ thing just pushed it over the edge, but fans of tons of rock groups, like Pink Floyd and especially AcDc, whose "Back in Black" actually two years ago outsold the number one selling album that year. So labels get ready to never see your new release selling the most anymore, bout time. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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what took so long "we make our heroes in America only to destroy them" | |
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Here comes The Eagles Greatest Hits again  | |
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Now they're doing it. smh | |
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xlr8r said: Here comes The Eagles Greatest Hits again
Well i think this will clearly paint a CLEAR picture to the rest of the labels and country what is selling still and what isnt. Just think how pissed a label will be when the new Rihanna that they spent millions on cant outsell Elton John's greatest hits from 30 years ago. Oh i cant wait, time to clean house. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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