6.23.15 Canada Promo Continues

[FanOfTheMan]

Jun 23, 2015 15:21:40 GMT -5 floralia said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:16:25 GMT -5 wal said:

STL ‏@7314stl 34m34 minutes ago
@shoshannastone So are you doing cartwheels over TOH placement on US sales charts Are these sales numbers good in your opinion & WBR's ?


shoshanna stone ‏@shoshannastone 
@7314stl wait for Billboard

Interesting, maybe AdamOfficial sales were particularly good ?

  I sure hope the AdamOfficial sales officially count somehow for debut week sales. 

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Jun 23, 2015 15:30:29 GMT -5 Q3 said:

Jun 23, 2015 14:47:18 GMT -5 floralia said:

Do you think that sales via AdamOfficial would be notified to HDD ? Or would HDD use a guesstimate for those ? Neither ?

They clearly treat the sales estimates for new releases differently than albums with history and account for presales but I do not believe they get sales data from MyPlay.com. And, no, Adam's team nor WBR would not provide any info to HDD.

HDD builds their estimate based on reports of sales totals from 8 retailers and distributors -- that represent a large percentage of US sales and allows them to make a very accurate estimate. They use that to project the total. They do not publish this list -- and it might have changed -- but two years ago, MyPlay.com did not report sales to HDD, neither did Amazon. [MyPlay.com runs Adam's official store.]

I know that iTunes, Target and Anderson (Walmart, Best Buy) provide sales totals to HDD. I am not sure who the other retailers are.

Soundscan gets actual, transaction level data from 99% of US retailers plus reports of venue and event sales. It is very accurate and is as close to 100% of retail sales as possible. Nielsen gets actual streaming data from the services. Billboard has the data.

Interesting, thanks. Fan-site sales do look like a weak point in the model. 

[Q3]

Jun 23, 2015 15:16:25 GMT -5 wal said:

STL ‏@7314stl 34m34 minutes ago
@shoshannastone So are you doing cartwheels over TOH placement on US sales charts Are these sales numbers good in your opinion & WBR's ?


shoshanna stone ‏@shoshannastone 
@7314stl wait for Billboard

I like the wink!

I can't see how the HDD SPS for Adam is right. They have him at 44,341 total SPS with 41,112 in sales. That is only 3,169 in total TEAs and Streaming.

The numbers do not work with what we know about streaming and track sales.

Read those HDD # with a rock of salt. I think he clearly has #2 is sales but could be #2 on the Billboard 200 too.

[theosgma]

Jun 23, 2015 15:31:30 GMT -5 satisfied said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:23:06 GMT -5 bamafan said:

ghost.....You are right.   ( You are very mature and wise for such a young person )

   

Let me add to this sentiment.  It is a joy to have you on this forum.

[Q3]

Jun 23, 2015 15:27:39 GMT -5 4Ms said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:16:25 GMT -5 wal said:

STL ‏@7314stl 34m34 minutes ago
@shoshannastone So are you doing cartwheels over TOH placement on US sales charts Are these sales numbers good in your opinion & WBR's ?


shoshanna stone ‏@shoshannastone 
@7314stl wait for Billboard

What's with the winky face?

Does SS know the BB numbers already??

I don't think so. They would still be processing. BUT she would know the sales for Adam's album and tracks.

[theosgma]

Jun 23, 2015 15:35:29 GMT -5 @graciejane said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:04:23 GMT -5 snappie said:

Maybe he'll do a few music festivals over the summer, as he's mentioned promo is his priority and usually "younger" audiences attend these as something to do for their summer vacation?

We can only hope, but most of those lineups are pretty set already.  It is a real shame that he has never been a part of the summer festivals, I think performances in venues like those could go a long way in increasing his visibility to the younger crowds.   

He has been part of summer festivals but it was ages ago when you were just a little tyke

[bamafan]

So, does Billboard use the more complete/accurate Soundscan numbers?  If so....I'm hopeful!!!   

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Jun 23, 2015 15:35:40 GMT -5 FanOfTheMan said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:21:40 GMT -5 floralia said:

Interesting, maybe AdamOfficial sales were particularly good ?

  I sure hope the AdamOfficial sales officially count somehow for debut week sales. 

Yes, they're included by BB -  they're also included in HDD but as an estimate , see Q3s interesting post above. 

[Jablea]

Jun 23, 2015 12:32:15 GMT -5 skaschep said:

This morninging the Netherlands on our radio station 3fm with the DJ Giel there was a band from Sven Hammond that did a cover of Ghost Town. Quite a rocky feel to it. I think I prefer the original though. Giel doesn't like the whistle apparently. He was however the first DJ to play GT on Dutch radio in the morning of the release. 

Translation: Wow. Check this wonderful cover by Sven Hammond of Ghost Town from Adam Lambert. Really.. Nicely done people. 

Link to the performance: giel.vara.nl/media/341781

What do you guys think? Something for Adam to try out? 

As a result GT is now back to #5 in iTunes though! It had dropped a bit to #8. 

I don't listen to many covers past the first minute but this one was cool.  I liked seeing how it could be done very differently.

[theosgma]

Jun 23, 2015 15:36:11 GMT -5 Q3 said:

Jun 23, 2015 15:16:25 GMT -5 wal said:

STL ‏@7314stl 34m34 minutes ago
@shoshannastone So are you doing cartwheels over TOH placement on US sales charts Are these sales numbers good in your opinion & WBR's ?


shoshanna stone ‏@shoshannastone 
@7314stl wait for Billboard

I like the wink!

I can't see how the HDD SPS for Adam is right. They have him at 44,341 total SPS with 41,112 in sales. That is only 3,169 in total TEAs and Streaming.

The numbers do not work with what we know about streaming and track sales.

Read those HDD # with a rock of salt. I think he clearly has #2 is sales but could be #2 on the Billboard 200 too.

I think I am not going to sleep.  Sleep is underrated.  Just ask the people on the sidewalk at the B&N signing!  What time does the final Billboard come out?