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Some cds not in the supermarket?
Have you ever notice that some supermarkets don't stock some cds, I know ASDA did not stock Jennifer Lopez's A.K.A album until the album had been out for one week plus I was at ASDA yesterday they did not even have Robin Thicke's new album.
I might start downloading more new albums in the charts, it is good where you can download a single of the album then complete the rest off the album later on.
What do you guys think?
I might start downloading more new albums in the charts, it is good where you can download a single of the album then complete the rest off the album later on.
What do you guys think?
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If you want music HMV or an independent shop for physical or amazon, Play any online site or just DL off ITunes or stream there are much better ways of collecting your music than supermarkets
One good thing about Woolworths was that you buy vinyl singles VERY cheaply once they were out of the charts.
Funny how the buying public were not impressed by the vocal talent of Terry Wogan though - Woolworths were almost giving this one away...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElnCI1fkfFM
I remember a former member of "Girls Aloud" releasing a CD through Tesco a few years ago. I never heard it and don't know how well it sold, I do know there were a lot of copies in their bargain bins for a long time.
That was Nadine. She released her solo album exclusively through Tesco. My local stores still sell it, think it costs about a fiver or so. Never been tempted to buy it though, even though I liked GA's music
Haha, poor Nadine! The album wasn't half bad actually, nothing spectacular but it had some good tracks on it.
They thought she would do a Cheryl. Unfortunately for Tesco, it was only Cheryl that shifted units outside of Girls Aloud. That's why supermarkets rarely take risks, even calculated ones.
Occasionally they have "Disky" compilation CDs from Holland, I have found a few hard to find tracks on them over the years.
Though it works for some bands. Quo released their 2011 album. Quid Pro Quo exclusivly through Tescos and it gave them their first top 10 album for 20 years.
Thing is Ms. Cole uses her personal life and constant attention seeking to make number one.
I haven't really listened to it as I don't think it's available anywhere online, except maybe Youtube?
Maybe, but that only works if you're popular with a certain amount of the public. Her former bandmates have never had similar success, even with the same tactics.
I think when albums are not available in the supermarkets they never do any good on the charts.
I don't think so. You make it sound as if what is sold in supermarkets, makes a big deal in charts. It doesn't. You need to consider HMV, itunes, amazon and play.com as well. CD sales from supermarkets make up a tiny percentatage of how the charts work.
If you want anything go elsewhere
I thought that was common knowledge!
This makes sense as they only really stock chart albums etc. that they are garuanteed to shift stock of as they are not specialist in any area of media to warrant stocking various genres of music or film. Usually the same with their charts are based on predictive sales rather than physical sales. Hence the reason that if suddenly a smaller or more specialist musician releases an album and suddenly it's a huge hit out of the blue it could be a few weeks before appearing in the chart in supermarkets.
Woolworths for years stocked the Official Charts until either the late 80's or early 90's then they changed over to their own chart which was chart oredictions rather than sales.
Most of the time I buy from HMV (if I'm near one) or I'll order from Amazon. Most of the albums that I want to buy aren't available in supermarkets.
Not always - I remember Jake Bugg's debut album entering at number 1 despite not being stocked in the supermarkets. It was a bit of a shock as they had stocked loads of copies of Leona Lewis' album which came out the same week.