Virtual_Insanity Posted December 6, 2021 Posted December 6, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 11:24 PM, simmnfierzig said: The question is 6 or 7 weeks before Christmas, not 7 or 8. I think Mariah has the next 3 weeks, but next might be close She had 3 weeks in 2019 and 2, with Willow in between, in 2020. A return to #1 after is certainly possible, but also a pretty long time away Which is similar, yes. But she also didnt greatly benefit from the old rules there, which is what some Adele fans have been arguing over and over. It made the surprise release more possible, sure It also meant people had to know about the album and go to her website. You couldnt stumble across it in a store doing something else. But absolutely most people who wanted to buy the album knew about it being out, I'm not arguing against that. I said it before, and since we are repeating old and tired arguments over and over, idk if she would have sold a bit less or a bit more with a traditional release ala Adele now. I'm really not sure, but I dont think the difference would have been big either way Expand Everyone knew about the album, everyone was at home on the net 24/7 locked down. Folklore was unavoidable. And yes she did, because it allowed her to sell eight covers on CD and eight covers on vinyl which all counted for her first week because of the old rules. There is no way she could possibly have had all those ready to ship, which would have effected her opening week big time !! Not to mention she also had an array of merch bundles which came with a digital copy which counted for week one. Swifties are incredibly loyal and Taylor sold a tonne of Folklore merch and every item was counted as a sale. I have no doubt she benefited greatly from the old rules.
Headlock Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 11:31 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: Obviously they have to adjust to the new rules. Its impossible to have almost 900k physical copies ready to ship. Far easier when you can throw a free digital download and tick yes its a sale. Stop acting obtuse. Expand Uhm… they were ready to ship to stores worldwide no problem And she didn’t sell 900k physical copies first week btw. They would’ve only needed to ship 500k.
Headlock Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 11:51 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: Everyone knew about the album, everyone was at home on the net 24/7 locked down. Folklore was unavoidable. Expand So you’re saying the GP knew about it then On 12/6/2021 at 11:51 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: Everyone knew about the album, everyone was at home on the net 24/7 locked down. Folklore was unavoidable. And yes she did, because it allowed her to sell eight covers on CD and eight covers on vinyl which all counted for her first week because of the old rules. There is no way she could possibly have had all those ready to ship, which would have effected her opening week big time !! Not to mention she also had an array of merch bundles which came with a digital copy which counted for week one. Swifties are incredibly loyal and Taylor sold a tonne of Folklore merch and every item was counted as a sale. I have no doubt she benefited greatly from the old rules. Expand Seeing as she sold millions of copies before merch bundles were a thing, I’m going to point to that not meaning much She wouldn’t have had those ready to ship, because she was surprise dropping the album and had just finished it right before it’s release. Taylor has had no problem having first week physicals in stores for her proper releases (this was also before the vinyl backlog).
fridayteenage Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) This week's top-selling songs: 1. @johnrich & @mikeroweworks Santa's Gotta Dirty Job 2. @eltonofficial & @DUALIPA Cold Heart (@pnau Remix) 3. @whoisgayle abcdefu #2 again for ch. wonder if it'll top during its run at some point. it's had more weeks in the sales top 3 than levitating already. Edited December 7, 2021 by fridayteenage
georgechxng Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 10:17 PM, Marco_g2 said: How is Easy On Me such a hit? I dont know anyone who likes that song? Expand Ask the +30 countries where the song went #1 on the official charts
OrgVisual Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 3:48 AM, Gaia said: Wow so first week of physical sales in stores was only 67k. I thought it would be 200k or something with the way stans are acting like that was a huge handicap Expand And not all or majority of those 67k sales are physical CDs in store They talk as if folklore would be any close to 288k in the 2nd week with CDs available
Gaia Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 1:45 AM, Sept said: And not all or majority of those 67k sales are physical CDs in store They talk as if folklore would be any close to 288k in the 2nd week with CDs available Expand This is issue I have with the excuse. Her fans ordered online and they know that. There may be tens of thousands of copies she'd have sold in store from casual buyers/listeners, but acting like she would have sold 300k more or whatever is pfffft
supertiffany Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 10:17 PM, Marco_g2 said: How is Easy On Me such a hit? I dont know anyone who likes that song? Expand lot of people have it on their year end Spotify top 5 despite being little over 1 month old
confetti Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 Easy on Smash I remember people predicting only 2-3 weeks at the top.
Harry Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 is 10 weeks doable including after the Xmas freeze
simmnfierzig Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 1:53 AM, Gaia said: This is issue I have with the excuse. Her fans ordered online and they know that. There may be tens of thousands of copies she'd have sold in store from casual buyers/listeners, but acting like she would have sold 300k more or whatever is pfffft Expand I havent seen anyone suggest anything close to that. I have only pushed back on the narrative that folklore had only things going for it and nothing against. But of course it also had a lot of stuff going for it. No question
Virtual_Insanity Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 12:16 AM, Headlock said: Uhm… they were ready to ship to stores worldwide no problem And she didn’t sell 900k physical copies first week btw. They would’ve only needed to ship 500k. Expand Its quite a different thing to ship to stores than having to ship one copy to 500 thousand different addresses. Again, stop being obtuse. Its tiring.
Virtual_Insanity Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 1:53 AM, Gaia said: This is issue I have with the excuse. Her fans ordered online and they know that. There may be tens of thousands of copies she'd have sold in store from casual buyers/listeners, but acting like she would have sold 300k more or whatever is pfffft Expand She might have sold an extra 20k max but that was more than balanced out by the multiple copies her fans ordered online not to mention the tonnes of merch items she sold, which all came with a difital copy of the album to nicely pad out her first week sales.
Virtual_Insanity Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 12:20 AM, Headlock said: So you’re saying the GP knew about it then Seeing as she sold millions of copies before merch bundles were a thing, I’m going to point to that not meaning much She wouldn’t have had those ready to ship, because she was surprise dropping the album and had just finished it right before it’s release. Taylor has had no problem having first week physicals in stores for her proper releases (this was also before the vinyl backlog). Expand She didnt need to have them ready to ship because everything that was ordered came with an instant digital copy which counted straight away for her week one. Whats not clicking for you ?
Headlock Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 12:41 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: Its quite a different thing to ship to stores than having to ship one copy to 500 thousand different addresses. Again, stop being obtuse. Its tiring. Expand Actually not really. That could easily be done in a week with all the resources Adele has at her disposal. Why are you doubting her? On 12/7/2021 at 12:46 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: She didnt need to have them ready to ship because everything that was ordered came with an instant digital copy which counted straight away for her week one. Whats not clicking for you ? Expand I’m clearly talking about if her album rollout hasn’t been a surprise release, hence me referring to her past normal rollouts You are SO bad at trolling omg
Headlock Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 12:43 PM, Virtual_Insanity said: She might have sold an extra 20k max but that was more than balanced out by the multiple copies her fans ordered online not to mention the tonnes of merch items she sold, which all came with a difital copy of the album to nicely pad out her first week sales. Expand The way none of this conjecture is based on actual evidence
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