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LEONA Album Performing Badly In US
http://thatgrapejuice.net/2009/11/le...ils-echo-fans/
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Stupid thread title.
Her single hasn't taken off and so to be still selling that amount is fantastic. Jordin Sparks sold 48k with a top 10 hit single and America is her home country. Leona's sales are much more than expected and pretty impressive all things considered. |
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I'm not really surprised to be honest. Echo just didn't do anything for me, really. There was only about two songs that I liked and I wasn't about to pay what they wanted for it only for me to just be playing two of the tracks from the whole lot. I just hope the next album has a lot more catchy tunes on it than this one's got.
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The choice of happy as the lead single has been a colossal error. There are several extremely radio friendly tracks on echo (much more than spirit) such as I got you, out of my head, and brave, all of which could have definetly got to number 1 in the UK, let alone the US. Happy is just a really dull song, and does the album a huge disservice as the lead single.
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The choice of happy as the lead single has been a colossal error. There are several extremely radio friendly tracks on echo (much more than spirit) such as I got you, out of my head, and brave, all of which could have definetly got to number 1 in the UK, let alone the US. Happy is just a really dull song, and does the album a huge disservice as the lead single.
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Sounds like Leona's stuffed and released a turkey in time for Christmas.
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Not too sure what you mean by 'radio friendly', but there's far better songs [in my opinion] on the Spirit album than there is on the Echo album.
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Songs which would do well chart-wise, with catchy melodies and repetitive hooks
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The choice of happy as the lead single has been a colossal error. There are several extremely radio friendly tracks on echo (much more than spirit) such as I got you, out of my head, and brave, all of which could have definetly got to number 1 in the UK, let alone the US. Happy is just a really dull song, and does the album a huge disservice as the lead single.
In the commercial pop world the rules are simple: you have a hit single you sell, otherwise you don't. Lead singles are crucial and if you get it wrong it's usually very hard to recover. I Got You, Outta My Head, Naked, Can't Breathe, Love Letter would all make much better singles than Happy. After hearing the entire album I doubt many people would choose Happy to be a single never mind a lead single. |
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Wonder what the Syco machine will do to salvage this?
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OK sales considering 'happy' has flopped on radio ( although seems to be getting a big second wind on US itunes recently ). Also the estimate was taken before she had done any promo, so it may not be accurate. We will have to wait and see what the real figures are.
From a perspective point of view ( a chart expert could correct me if I'm wrong ) this will be still be one of the highest opening week sales for a UK solo female artist in the US. 1 Leona spirit ~ 200,000 2 Joss Stone ~ 118,000 3 Leona echo ~ 60,000 4 Amy Back to Black ~ 51,000 The long term sales are what really matter though. |
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Not suprised by this because of the way Happy has done. She should have released the album over there in the new year allowing time to do promo.
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The States is a totally different set up to Europe. Albums like singles normally chart low then raise. Whereas over here they chart high then fall. People don't understand the US System. Saying that Outta My Head will not perform in America for her. She should give them another balad first. Quote:
Not suprised by this because of the way Happy has done. She should have released the album over there in the new year allowing time to do promo.
![]() Either way Leona's album sales for this week in the UK are massive. |
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I hope Leona's sales can pick up. But to be fair, there haven't really been any impressive sales from a female in the U.S. I think it's only been Carrie Underwood who have achieved good first week sales.
I am hoping Rihanna and Alicia Keys are added to that list in the next coming weeks. |
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Ditch Ryan Tedder and in the future get some better production.
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Even if her new material - album and singles - don't do so well in the US there's the rest of the world. The pop business is notoriously fickle - one moment you're the king of the pop sand castle, the next moment some young pretender is on the beach kicking your sand castle down.
![]() I think Leona Lewis will have a long career but it's inevitable she'll lose some of her fanbase. Most UK acts never have a US top album or single so she's done very well. |
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I hope Leona's sales can pick up. But to be fair, there haven't really been any impressive sales from a female in the U.S. I think it's only been Carrie Underwood who have achieved good first week sales.
I am hoping Rihanna and Alicia Keys are added to that list in the next coming weeks. Whitney did 300k in her first week. |
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It can also work in reverse. US acts failing to do well in the UK. Mariah Carey is going to be on X Factor to promote her new song. Her last three songs:
"I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" "I Stay in Love" "Obsessed" ...all failed to make the top 40 UK singles chart. Mariah Carey has had a longer career than Leona so it's inevitable that as the years go by it's harder to appeal to the younger people buying/downloading songs and albums. |
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It can also work in reverse. US acts failing to do well in the UK. Mariah Carey is going to be on X Factor to promote her new song. Her last three songs:
"I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" "I Stay in Love" "Obsessed" ...all failed to make the top 40 UK singles chart. Mariah Carey has had a longer career than Leona so it's inevitable that as the years go by it's harder to appeal to the younger people buying/downloading songs and albums. |
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It can also work in reverse. US acts failing to do well in the UK. Mariah Carey is going to be on X Factor to promote her new song. Her last three songs:
"I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" "I Stay in Love" "Obsessed" ...all failed to make the top 40 UK singles chart. Mariah Carey has had a longer career than Leona so it's inevitable that as the years go by it's harder to appeal to the younger people buying/downloading songs and albums. ![]() ![]() I can see Mariahs album flopping really badly over here. Not even her fans know what the hell is going on with her singles!!! |
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Obsessed has not been released in the UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?...sessed&x=0&y=0 |
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http://thatgrapejuice.net/2009/11/le...ils-echo-fans/
Wonder what the Syco machine will do to salvage this? Leona is signed to 'J' in the US. |
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Its an import from the US. Go and search for obsessed on itunes, Amazon mp3 site, Hmv downloads you will not find it.
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In stark contrast, Leona’s first LP, ‘Spirit’, debuted on the Billboard 200 with over 205, 000 units; more than triple the numbers that ‘Echo’ is expected to ship in it’s first week.
Oh dear.
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Uh-oh. 60k is bad! Mind you, i won't lose any sleep. I don't lose sleep anyway, i just put Echo on and i'm away.
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