Billboard and Bullets and Soundscan Oh My! Cooking up the Charts
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Monday, September 15, 2008 - 17:19
Billboard and Bullets and Soundscan Oh My! Cooking up the Charts
"ahhhh, math. it never lies."
-- David Roland Cook
Welcome to the number nerd thread, official home for all-things charts related. While this thread is, by design, quite focused in terms of topic, it is rarely "just the facts ma'am." Here you will find all nature of Renaissance nerds (™CathyM-K), being effusive and emotional, pragmatic and poetic, inquisitive and inspired by David Cook and the numbers that serve as benchmarks throughout his career.
We are descended from the original and epic David Cook: You Had Me at Hello thread at TWoP, and are therefore sister-thread to the DWoP thread here at DCO. We are set in our TWoPPy ways and thus prefer a certain posting etiquette to make this thread as readable as possible: Please use proper sentence case (no all-caps or no-caps) and proper punctuation. Also, we prefer an image-free thread so please disable graphical sigs when posting, and use links instead of embedded photos. Snark is always accepted in conjunction with numerical analysis.
Chart-watching is a jargon-filled hobby, and we use a lot of different industry terms, acronyms, and nicknames that can take a little time to get comfortable with. If you're confused about anything you read here, check-out the handy CJT Glossary, maintained by FolkFan. Still not sure what the heck we're talking about? Just post a question to the thread, or send a PM to LadyM for clarification.
Here's what you can expect here:
- Mediabase updates on any tracks currently seeing radio airplay will be posted daily, with published chart positions released on Mondays.
- Album sales estimates from Hits Daily Double are posted Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays as they come in.
- Official Soundscan sales reports for singles and albums are generally leaked on Wednesdays.
- Billboard Charts are published on Thursday and generally leak late Wednesday.
Any other day? Come join the party for insights and analysis on industry trends, promotional strategies, comparing/contrasting David's success to other artists and past Idols, etc. So break out your spreadsheets and your dog-eared copies of 'Billboard's Guide to Hot-100 Hits,' 'cause it's gonna get analytical up in here.
Some helpful general resources for the purposes of this discussion:
- A run-down of Billboard Chart Methodology
- Recurrent Rules for songs appearing on Billboard radio airplay charts.
- Mediabase rolling charts for Top-40, AC, HAC, Alternative, Mainstream Rock, Active Rock, and AAA radio formats.
- All Access (free membership required) for Mediabase summaries, Callout scores, Playlist adds, Spincrease charts, Future release dates, etc.
- Real-time feeds of the Top Songs, Top Albums, Top Videos, Top Songs (Pop), Top Albums (Pop), Top Songs (Rock), and Top Albums (Rock) on iTunes
- Hits Daily Double (source for industry news, weekly album sales estimates, Vibe-rators rankings, etc.)
- Radio Market Rankings and Station Format Listings (Courtesy of R&R)
- Contact info for PDs/MDs at Active/Mainstream Rock stations and CHR/HAC stations.
How are sales? Has he gone Gold or Platinum yet? How is he doing on the Billboard charts?
- Weekly Sales & Billboard Chart History for 'Time of My Life', 'Light On', 'Come Back to Me', 'Permanent', and David Cook (The Record).
- Sales vs. Airplay Trend Graphs for 'Time of My Life' and 'Light On'.
- Comprehensive sales history/rankings of Past Idol Albums (updated weekly or as numbers are available).
How is DC faring on the radio?
- David Cook's Yes.com Channel and the DCO Yes.com Chat Forum (Watch in real-time as TOML, LO, or CBTM are played across the country).
- Mediabase QuickCut Reports (summary of spins across all formats) for 'Time of My Life', 'Light On', 'Come Back to Me', and 'Bar-ba-Sol'.
- Mediabase Add Reports (real-time playlist adds and add history) for 'Time of My Life', 'Light On', 'Come Back to Me', and 'Bar-ba-Sol'.
- Queenjaclyn's Comparative Graph of Radio Trends for all DC Singles (currently tracking TOML and LO).
- MediaBase Request Form (replace the "XXXX" in your browser's address bar with the call letters of your target radio station (Radio-locator.com) and change "FM" to "AM" when appropriate)
- Request Come Back To Me on The Pulse (or 1-877-50-PULSE) and Sirius Hits 1 (or call 1-877-MY-HITS1). Request Bar-Ba-Sol on Sirius/XM Octane (or call 1-888-3-OCTANE).
Historical Charts/Graphs:
- Billboard Chart Positions & Sales Post AI7 Finale (David Cook's record-breaking assault on the Billboard Charts).
- Sales totals and Hot 100 chart history for all American Idol Coronation Singles (TOML = best-selling coronation song in Idol history).
- Queenjaclyn's Billboard Hot-100 Comparison Graph of all Idol Coronation Songs (TOML moved to recurrent 10/25/08).
- Sales & Billboard Chart History for DCTR Album Tracks.
- DC's position on 2008 End-of-Year Charts (includes Billboard, Mediabase, R&R, Soundscan, Google, and others).
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Weekly sales snapshot (numbers updated as leaked or reported):
Off-chart: DCTR - Last known total = 1,250,000
Off-chart: COME BACK TO ME - Last known total = 359,000
Off-chart: LIGHT ON - Last known total = 1,000,000
Off-chart: TIME OF MY LIFE - Last known total = 1,300,000
Off-chart: PERMANENT - Last known total = 167,104
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Comments for this Forum Topic
DCTR is #643 this Thanksgiving morning, on iTunes. Windy is #676.
Here is the Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special Commercial / Promoaired a few times on FOX tonight. David is at :12 after Brad Paisley and before Dolly Parton. I wouldn't be surprised if this promo airs several times during FOX's NFL (Detroit/Green Bay) game. Thankgiving, CookWood, and NFL FTW!
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.
eta: I just checked Kelly Clarkson's YouTube Channel since she's also with RCA. Kelly only has one video up, "I Do Not Hook Up". Her current video, which is still on VH1 Top 20 isn't up anymore nor is "My Life Would Suck Without You". A number of official videos are no longer on Daughtry's page either -- in fact, I couldn't see "Life After You". So maybe RCA is shifting gears.
Happy Thanksgiving to friends in the States. I hope the Ninja is ready to carve the turkey in his particularly artful way. I know his puppy would love a turkey sandwich and if not pie at least the whip cream!
antul, you are right. It isn't even on the list anymore. I wonder what's going on?
Have someone checked other artists?
Could it have something to do with the agreement You Tube has made with some major labels and that they are going for a fresh start ?
And of course:
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Hello all, Happy Thanksgiving! Am thankful for all you chart nerds and experts, a lot of us have learned so much from you. May I say, I didn't realize how thankful til I saw how things have been shaping for the AI 8 alumni (with the sales and marketing and stuff) -- compared to how things are, I think we had it easy. Coz it's relatively pretty easy to be a David Cook fan - he makes it so.
Anyway, coming in here to drop a tidbit. Kitunen reported that they showed a promo clip of the Carrie Underwood Xmas special on SYTYCD, David included. At the AI official site, apparently there are pics from the show. Here are the ones of Dave: One, and Two.
Pinoy fans represent!
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antul:
it's not just CBTM, the LO video on OfficialDavidCook YT channel is no longer there.
antul, you are right. It isn't even on the list anymore. I wonder what's going on?
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Although David's record has dipped a bit at iTunes, it is making a very nice showing at Amazon, where the CD version has now been put on sale along with the MP3 album. Here are all the updated sales rankings:
Currently at iTunes:
David's album is #591 on Top Albums list (#93 in Pop) on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=...
CBTM is not on the Top 120 Music Videos list, while CBTM is #651 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=4...
In Pop, CBTM is #199, TOML (Single) is #320, and LO (Album) is #351 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=4...
Currently at Amazon:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #256 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music) (Up from #399 - Amazon's current sales price has dropped to $8.99)
#8 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Post Grunge
#26 in Music > Pop > Adult Alternative
N/A in Rock
Amazon MP3 Top download rankings:
DCTR - #50 (Sale price is $5)
CBTM - #539
LO (Album) - #1,302
TOML (Album) - #1,637
TOML (Single) - #2,386
Currently, at Walmart:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Sellers list
Walmart MP3 Downloads:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Album Downloads list (Down from #28), while CBTM is not on the Top 100 Song Downloads list
Currently, at Target:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list in Rock, and not on the Top Sellers list in Pop
Currently at Tower Records:
David's album is not on the Music Top 100 list
Currently at Best Buy:
David's album is #34 on the Best Selling list
Currently at Borders:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers Top 150 list
Currently at FYE:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list
Currently at Barnes and Noble:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers list
VH1 Top 20 Countdown:
David does not currently have a video on the Countdown. It's time to look forward to the next single and video, and be ready to vote.
Link:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml
AOL Streaming counts toward the Billboard Hot 100, so let's stream big here!
Links:
http://music.aol.com/song/come-back-to-me/11560011==
wavelength
it's not just CBTM, the LO video on OfficialDavidCook YT channel is no longer there.
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BTW, DCTR hard copy CDs are also on sale at amazon.com, for $8.99. Which is just over 50% discounted, so that will count too. Perfect holiday shopping price. Hmmm, holiday shopping... is there anyone I know who still doesn't have a copy but should?
Yup, that's right: The document that the person in question at that blog was citing was a soundscan document that gave a list of requirements for sales to count for each of the following: (1) brick & mortar sales, (2) venue sales, (3) internet/mail order sales, and (4) digital downloads (including both singles and albums). In each of the categories (1) to (3), there was a rule listed that said that a CD sold through that means could not be priced at less than 50% of list price. That rule was not listed for digital downloads.
And, like LS, I've seen HDD (which relies on Soundscan sales data) mention the Amazon MP3 sales before as part of its sales forecasting, including when U2's CD was on sale (I forget whether it was for $1.99 or $3.99). Based on my reading of the document, as well as HDD (which would know) citing those sales, I firmly believe that the person in question is wrong.
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Magic Rainbow thread.
DCTR is at #643 this morning on iTunes. Keep in mind that the very Amazon promotion that Lil Sparrow is referencing has caused a shift for a few days where more are buying at Amazon than at iTunes, assuming the promo has been successful. It is an attempt to get market share away from iTunes. MaryG will have numbers for Amazon to see the results. In a strange coincidence, Windy is also #643. Heh.
Better experts than I have weighed in on this one at said blog (waves to LadyM, QueenJ, FolkFan - I forget which of you it was), Lil Sparrow, and concluded that these sales will most certainly count for all parties. I think someone was applying a rule related to hard copies to a situation related to mp3 copies, if I recall the argument. Apparently in some cases, it isn't the label swallowing this, but Amazon, in an attempt to win away market share from iTunes. I wonder if there are some cases, though where the label is swallowing at least some of it in their own separate promo to win headlines for an artist's debut. Heh.
I had an important numbers-related question to ask.
Over at The Blog That Shall Not Be Named, several posters are claiming that super-discounted Amazon MP3 sales of certain albums are not counted by SoundScan and Billboard, because the album price has to be 50% of what it originally was.
This kind of flies in the face of several weekly reports I've read at HDD, which claim that such super-discounts are responsible for propelling an album's chart position up higher than expected. For example, Third Eye Blind - a band that used to be popular, but has no radio play right now or major exposure - had a deep discount, sold 50K on its opening week, and plunged by 80% the following week. HDD predicted the high debut solely on the Amazon MP3 sale. They also put about 50 albums on sale for $5 about every month, sometimes of very popular titles. I noticed when they put Tori Amos's latest album on sale for $2.99 she vaulted back into the BB200 for that week before disappearing again.
So can anyone answer this for me? DCTR is on sale there for $5 and is doing very well. It is #58 right now. Would this extra boost help him, or will it not count? I understand that the label can eat the profits for this type of thing (though DCTR has probably sold enough that it's not a real issue at this point), but to me that's different from it not being counted at *all*.
Very interesting. David has played a ton of Live Nation venues. Almost all of the tour sales figures that we find are from Live Nation promoted shows. Hopefully the live recording will be an option on the next tour.
From HDD:
Live Nation and the iTunes Store launched a new live music program this morning, offering exclusive downloads of live performances from OK Go, Jesse McCartney, Saving Abel, A Fine Frenzy, Duffy, Plain White T's, Ziggy Marley and other acts, with many more to follow. To coincide with the program's launch, iTunes has added a new area dedicated exclusively to live recordings. Through its Studios division, LN regularly records concerts in more than 80 of its venues, which have been transformed into “wired” live recording studios, opening a new avenue for touring acts offer audio and video recordings of live concerts directly to their fans, creating new sources of revenue for Live Nation, artists, labels and publishers. Said Michael Rapino, “We are thrilled to offer artists a new high-quality platform to share the magic of their live shows with their fans.” (11/24a)
Can we beg David to play some Live Nation venues next year?
I know that some artists have been recording their shows, and selling the recordings to people as they leave the show, for a while now. It sounds like it's about to become a lot more common, with iTunes getting involved and Live Nation being more consistent with it. Getting people to pay for the recording as they leave, while they're still in the moment, is genius.
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DCTR has moved up to #497 (#79 in Pop) at iTunes.
It looks like David's appearance on Regis and Kelly yesterday may have generated a small bump for his record at iTunes, while a five dollar sales price on the MP3 version at Amazon has sparked some additional interest. Here are all the updated sales rankings:
Currently at iTunes:
David's album is #534 on the Top Albums list (#87 in Pop) on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=...
CBTM is not on the Top 120 Music Videos list, while CBTM is #659 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=3...
In Pop, CBTM is #192, TOML (Single) is #314, and LO (Album) is #361 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=3...
Currently at Amazon:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #399 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music) (Down from #366 - Amazon's current sales price is $11.99)
#10 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Post Grunge
#44 in Music > Pop > Adult Alternative
N/A in Rock
Amazon MP3 Top download rankings:
DCTR - #68 (Sale price is $5)
CBTM - #427
LO (Album) - #768
TOML (Album) - #1,822
TOML (Single) - #2,336
Currently, at Walmart:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Sellers list
Walmart MP3 Downloads:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Album Downloads list, while CBTM is not on the Top 100 Song Downloads list
Currently, at Target:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list in Rock, and not on the Top Sellers list in Pop
Currently at Tower Records:
David's album is not on the Music Top 100 list
Currently at Best Buy:
David's album is #34 on the Best Selling list
Currently at Borders:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers Top 150 list
Currently at FYE:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list
Currently at Barnes and Noble:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers list
VH1 Top 20 Countdown:
David does not currently have a video on the Countdown. It's time to look forward to the next single and video, and be ready to vote.
Link:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml
AOL Streaming counts toward the Billboard Hot 100, so let's stream big here!
Links:
http://music.aol.com/song/come-back-to-me/11560011==
I give up. Is it Grammy's, Grammies, Grammys, Grammys'-----? I see a lot of variation here. the Grammy.com home page is no help.
You mean, Grammy.com isn't run by English professors?!
To answer Follia's question:
Grammy is a proper noun, so the plural of Grammy is Grammys. Just like the plural of Emmy is Emmys and the plural of Tony is Tonys. Or, if you're not on your mobile phone and don't care about brevity you can use the full name and include awards, thereby eliminating the problem: Grammy Awards.
DCTR has risen a bit this morning to #535 on iTunes. Windy is #665.
Brian from USA today has David's songs on idol airplay:
11 8 David Cook, Come Back To Me (1672)
16 14 David Cook, Time Of My Life (1228)
17 17 David Cook, Light On (1100)
He has fallen out of the top ten on Idol airplay. His total for the week is 4000
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Video report
Light On and Billie Jean (Studio) made strong gains this week. Ydniw has finally stabilized and showed a slight gain. We'll be keeping an eye on Declaration, to see whether the R&K appearance had any effect.
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I give up. Is it Grammy's, Grammies, Grammys, Grammys'-----? I see a lot of variation here. the Grammy.com home page is no help.
Purple08:
Ha Ha! Your comment about Grammy's being about talent reminded me of the prescient Simon Cowell comment to David that went something like this : " If this remains a talent contest instead of a popularity contest, you may win the whole thing."
I do hope you are as spot on as Simon turned out to be at that moment.
I have never had any 'expectations' about the Grammies one way or the other. David Cook is immensely talented, has one of the best (or the best) male voices I have ever heard, has had commercial success this year, and by all accounts is well liked and respected by many, many people in the industry. There is no reason he should not be nominated. There is no reason to presume he will be nominated. We shall just have to wait and see.
I never watched the AMAs before. After last night, I expect I never will again unless there is a David Cook related reason to do so. Given who was and wasn't nominated, and who won several of the awards, I am not surprised it is not a precursor to what will happen at the Grammies.
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"Have some faith in me and I'll let you be who you need to be."
I see I am not the only one relieved by Lady Gaga's misfortune. On one level I feel bad for her -- she's had an extraordinary year -- but changing the rules for her at this late juncture would have just destroyed the Grammys' credibility. Although they'd probably still have more credibiity than the AMAs and other "voting" awards. Gloriana over Gaga? Really? To me it proves the awesome power of country fans, even more than Taylor Swift's triumph over Michael Jackson. Taylor has sold a sh1tload of records; Gloriana, not so much.
I'm hopeful for a Grammy nomination for David -- and confirmation that Lady Gaga is ineligible certainly helps the odds -- but to quote a very level-headed guy, "hope for the best, plan for the worst."
Glad to see that DCTR got a little bump for R&K. Hoping he'll get another, bigger one from CookWood.
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Now that the new Lady Gaga information is out that she is NOT eligible for a BNA Grammy, I do think David has a shot at that. It's really the only one I think he stands a decent chance for both a nomination and a win. So I'm a tad less cynical than I was earlier. The AMAs and PCAs are, indeed, very different from the Grammys. The former two are TV Shows produced for a network that wanted an awards show, and nominees are based on Nielsen Soundscan & chart information (bad for David right now when it comes to singles). The Grammys are more like the Oscars, Emmys & Tonys in that there's an academy of peers who nominate and then vote. This can be unpredictable and often artists held in high esteem among their colleagues get noms (this is good for David).
R&K gave DCTR a nice little bump today. Album is up to 571 overall and 97 on pop, on itunes on these rss feeds:
Overall:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=...
Pop:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/gen...
There is some movement for David on Amazon MP3. He is up to #66 now. There are over 500 albums for sale on Amazon MP3 for $5 right now, so not everyone is seeing this kind of jump.
Here are the 2008 AMA Nominees for Breakout Artist: Colbie Caillat, Flo Rida, Jonas Brothers, Paramore, The-Dream.
Here are the 2008 Grammy Nominees for Best New Artist: Adele, Duffy, The Jonas Brothers, Lady Antebellum, Jazmine Sullivan.
The eventual Grammy Winner (Adele) didn't even make the list of AMA nominees.
Now I'm not saying David's a lock for a Grammy BNA nomination, but the AMAs is not by any stretch of the imagination a harbinger of what's to come for the Grammys.
ETA: BTW, no matter who wins or is nominated for BNA this year, any honor associated with that award will likely be tarnished by the howling that will ensue because Lady GaGa did not get nominated or win a BNA. Yes, rules are rules, but people won't care and will grouse about the fact that she is not nominated. Actually, for David's sake I kinda hope he just gets nominated but doesn't win BNA. If an American Idol were to win against LG's non-nom? Urgh! Knives will be drawn. Just sayin'.
QueenJ: Thanks for getting the facts, mame.
I agree with Purple08 that David appears to be more known as a musician than as a celebrity though he will never loose the title: "American Idol winner" as Regis introduced him today on the show. David doesn't appear to court celebrity status and he has been on the road too long to have taken advantage of the "Hollywood" scene anyway. But his great personality keeps getting him interview and performance spots on daytime TV - not too shabby.
I still have hope that the musicians of the Recording Industry will nominate him for the Best New Artist Grammy.
He's nominated for my award show and that's all that matters to me!
Lady Gaga will not be eligible for BNA, for basically the same reasons I stated last night. Crisis averted.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/23/lady-gaga-not-eligible-for-best-new-a...
IMO David is on the radar, he is just not promoting a new record. My bet is when he does next summer the exposure will be high. And for someone who is not promoting a new record he still gets a lot of opportunities such as performing on R&K with absolutely nothing to pimp, that doesn't happen to everyone. He is getting the reputation for being a hard worker, a musician and a good guy. It may not be flashy but he still is in the public eye.
I am not a frequent poster, but I wanted to way in on the discussion of how aware the music industry is, or, is not aware of him. I think DC flies under the radar of the media blitz. He is not doesn't get in to scandals, doesn't date celebrities, or hang out with the party scene in Hollywood. I mean he walks the red carpet by himself! What is newsworth about that! I think that the music industry gives him props, for his accopmplishments in a very factual manner. The actual "music industry", is about the music, and not the celebrity. I think that the celebrity aspect would propel him into the "celebrity" that as fans we sometimes equate with stardom and success.
I wouldn't count the grammies out. He is the first male to chart with three top ten HAC hits in the past 10, 13 years? I don't remember all the details. One of the main accolades that Cook does get both from the music, and media is his incredible singing chops. His incredible voice is undeniable in the interpretation of Light On... so who knows, Permanent is a gem in itself, and let me tell you I was a little bitter at how it hardly got "noticed", by the media when he performed in on AI
Now, if the grammies remain about the talent and quality of music, Cook has a shot.
I don't know that the AMA;s have anything at all to do with the Grammy's. I'm not saying David will get a nomination, but the Dixie Chicks pretty much cleaned house at the Grammy's after not being mentioned at the AMA's. The voting for these awards is totally different.
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Waterfall and Scott,
I'm also in the process of resetting expectations for the Grammys this time around. David's complete absence from the AMA roster is not a very good omen imho.
Now, I wonder why David doesn't seem to be on the radar of the music industry, and, perhaps the public at large. Is it his "branding"? Is it that he's been flying under the radar building support at the grassroot level but not doing enough "splashy" promotion? Has he been doing it the old fashioned way, that is less likely to capture the attention of the media? Has he been doing it HIS way to develop the kind of career HE wants?
I keep going back to the double release of CBTM as the promoted single and BBS as the unpromoted, (or behind the scenes promoted) single last spring. I suspect that that might have been a strategic turning point of sorts. I have wondered what the behind the scenes negotiation were about that action by RCA and what role 19E had, and David of course.
In any case I'll always be in his corner to listen to his music and cheer him on.
Onwards and Upwards, ( tm David) .
I'm hoping that we are seeing the start of a bump from Regis and Kelly:
iTunes:
DCTR - #550 (#95 Pop)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #298 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)
Popular in these categories: (
#9 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Post Grunge
#35 in Music > Pop > Adult Alternative
Amazon MP3:
DCTR - #140
(There's been no visible positive movement for any of David's singles yet.)
I no longer expect David to win any Grammys. DCTR is just not on the radar. I will love to be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong. I think album number 2 could be the big one. If it's quality (I'm confident it will be), with a mix of great rock and pop/rock tracks, and has a CHR hit (or 2) while continuing to dominate HAC, with maybe 4 singles, I think you'll see David make waves in 2011.
Scott, yes. I totally concur. And would also love to be pleasantly surprised about the grammys. Would love a nomination but not even expecting that much. Don't want to be disappointed.
And now I eagerly await AI9 for two reasons: Ellen and David. Damn, they won't let me quit that show.
I don't usually come over here but yep, it's gone!
Holy crap! DWoP just went poof again! WTF?
ETA: Just read LS's post right below mine and want to say WOW! That's an impressive jump for DCTR...do you suppose it's because of the sale price, the appearance on R&K, or a combination of the two?
Listen captcha, you're getting on my last nerve!
ETA2: Nevermind...it's back. Weird...
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DCTR is $5 on Amazon MP3 today (along with Kelly, Archie, Jordin, and Brooke: it's an Idolpalooza!) The rank has jumped from #263 to #140.
I thought that I would do a baseline for us before Regis and Kelly, in hopes of seeing a bump later on (fingers crossed). Here are all the updated sales rankings:
Currently at iTunes:
David's album is #636 on the Top Albums list (#105 in Pop) on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topalbums/sf=...
CBTM is not on the Top 120 Music Videos list, while CBTM is #540 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=1...
In Pop, CBTM is #148, LO (Album) is #254 and TOML (Single) is #307 on the Top Songs list on this feed:
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wpa/MRSS/topsongs/sf=3...
Currently at Amazon:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music) (Down from #358 - Amazon's current sales price is $11.99)
#10 in Music > Alternative Rock > American Alternative > Post Grunge
#37 in Music > Pop > Adult Alternative
N/A in Rock
Amazon single MP3 Top download rankings:
CBTM - #246
LO (Album) - #829
TOML (Album) - #1,459
TOML (Single) - #2,261
Declaration - #6,577
Currently, at Walmart:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Sellers list
Walmart MP3 Downloads:
David's exclusive track album is not on the Top Album Downloads list (Down from #25), while CBTM is not on the Top 100 Song Downloads list
Currently, at Target:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list in Rock, and not on the Top Sellers list in Pop
Currently at Tower Records:
David's album is not on the Music Top 100 list
Currently at Best Buy:
David's album is #34 on the Best Selling list (Down from #31)
Currently at Borders:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers Top 150 list
Currently at FYE:
David's album is not on the Top Sellers list
Currently at Barnes and Noble:
David's album is not on the Music Bestsellers list
VH1 Top 20 Countdown:
David does not currently have a video on the Countdown. It's time to look forward to the next single and video, and be ready to vote.
Link:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml
AOL Streaming counts toward the Billboard Hot 100, so let's stream big here!
Links:
http://music.aol.com/song/come-back-to-me/11560011==