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?

It has always been the case. Those who usually buy albums are not music lovers so you won't find obscure or albums that are deemed specialist there. Supermarkets tend to stock the most MOR or popular albums. So Ed sheeran, coldplay, Adele, Emeli Sande all those will be there but even someone like Iggy Azealia who appeals to a younger audience who may buy it there are unlikely to find it in a supermarket.

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 .

Woolworths were just the same.

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

Supermarkets will only stock albums that are guaranteed to sell. J-Lo has never sold too many albums here, so...

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.

Yes, i went looking for John Mayers new album on release, don't think they ever even stocked it, even though it charted pretty well over here. Always have a look at the music aisle when i'm in Tesco or Asda, and get fed up of seeing the same old crap. Although i have picked up a couple of bargains in the past, Tom Petty's greatest hits and Alanis Morissette for £3 each.

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.

There is a small supermarket chain in the North West called Booths.

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 can't remember the last time I bought music from a shop

I bought a Frank Sinatra cd called Ultimate Sinatra but was not available in Sainsburys or even ASDA I hate when this happens I went to HMV in Bradford to buy it!

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.

I know what you mean but some people don't buy off line and some people don't have an HMV where they live! I live in Halifax, West Yorkshire there is three big supermarkets not far from where I live and not one of them is selling the cd! So that must make some difference to the charts

There is a lot more supermarkets around then there is an HMV! HMV is mostly in big city's like Bradford,Leeds, Manchester but the supermarkets are over the place!

All Supermarkets stock is the most popular end of the pop market.

If you want anything go elsewhere

I thought that was common knowledge!

The majority of sales are now through iTunes or online retailers like Amazon etc. the Supermarkets main customer are female and usually doing grocery shopping. So they only stock the usual generic casual buyer stuff, or bulk cheap CDs to run on promotion usually compilations. It's the same with DVDs/Blu-Ray they only tend to get in the major films and avoid smaller independent releases.
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.

The last album that I bought from a supermarket was "Wanted On Voyage" by George Ezra. I quite like it, it's easy to listen to.

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.

I got fed up of all the supermarkets near me not stocking deluxe versions, stopped buying CD's from them altogether when the lady behind the counter tried to tell me that the latest Leona CD didn't have a deluxe version when I knew it did.

Supermarkets do deals with suppliers, they then produce their own top 40 charts that don't match anyone else's.