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Why does it matter? Because the world is fickle. People have no long term interest in anything anymore. If an artist in the calibre of Madonna creates a great record but no one seems bothered to buy it, then what incentive is there for these artists to continue in the future? It is important that the album does well, getting a number one is good for the fans, good for the artist and good for the music industry in general. Sam Smith is hardly likely to be getting success in the way he is now in five years time is he? I for one like to see older artists, not just Madonna. getting success in the album charts. It proves people still want to buy their music. If success is not forthcoming in the charts, then the inclination to continue diminishes. It would be very sad if these artists just stopped making music because the worlds population have attention spans of a goldfish and are interested in an artist for just five minutes before they go on to the next phase.
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You seriously believe that Madonna will care about chart position? that if she doesn't chart highly enough she will stop? If anything to an artist like Madonna having the career she has had...she probably is bored with Rebel Heart album now and moving on to another project, namely the upcoming tour.
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Is Madonna #1 in the midweeks?
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You seriously believe that Madonna will care about chart position? that if she doesn't chart highly enough she will stop? If anything to an artist like Madonna having the career she has had...she probably is bored with Rebel Heart album now and moving on to another project, namely the upcoming tour.
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The first day sales for MDNA were 33,000, and it ended the week with sales of 56,000.
If Rebel Heart follows the same trajectory, it will end the week on sales of 35,000 or thereabouts. Sam Smith sold 33,274 copies of his album last week. It's gonna be close. Or it might not be if Sam Smith receives a huge boost in sales due to Comic Relief and Mothers Day. |
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The first day sales for MDNA were 33,000, and it ended the week with sales of 56,000.
If Rebel Heart follows the same trajectory, it will end the week on sales of 35,000 or thereabouts. Sam Smith sold 33,274 copies of his album last week. It's gonna be close. Or it might not be if Sam Smith receives a huge boost in sales due to Comic Relief and Mothers Day. Don't forget though, Sam smith sold more albums last week because of the Brits promotion. He hasn't sold that many in a week for some time. |
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The first day sales for MDNA were 33,000, and it ended the week with sales of 56,000.
If Rebel Heart follows the same trajectory, it will end the week on sales of 35,000 or thereabouts. Sam Smith sold 33,274 copies of his album last week. It's gonna be close. Or it might not be if Sam Smith receives a huge boost in sales due to Comic Relief and Mothers Day. |
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I think Madonna will get it but I bet its super close. Quite exciting to have a chart battle like this. Nothing this interesting has happened for ages.
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I think Madonna will get it but I bet its super close. Quite exciting to have a chart battle like this. Nothing this interesting has happened for ages.
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I'll be so annoyed if Sam Smith gets to number 1, I wouldn't mind if it was someone I thought deserved it, but he gets on my nerves.
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I hope you're right. But Madonna should theoretically be miles ahead. It's meant to be one of the most anticipated albums for 2015. It should be on around 50K minimum by now.
Madonna really doesn't have anything left to prove. How many other females over 50 are selling like she is? There is only Barbra Streisand who can manage it but that's because she appeals to an entirely different market. It pains me to say this but pop is a young persons world. Madonna will always have those who support her but picking up new fans who are under 21 who will send her soaring to the top of the charts just isn't going to happen. |
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I'll be so annoyed if Sam Smith gets to number 1, I wouldn't mind if it was someone I thought deserved it, but he gets on my nerves.
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Thing is she is 56 and for some reason people hate this fact. I've never seen her garner such a negative reaction from people in this way since 1993 so I think you have to be realistic about it. The UK is going through an out of love with Madonna phase at the moment. It will pass eventually but for now she just has to ride it out.
Madonna really doesn't have anything left to prove. How many other females over 50 are selling like she is? There is only Barbra Streisand who can manage it but that's because she appeals to an entirely different market. It pains me to say this but pop is a young persons world. Madonna will always have those who support her but picking up new fans who are under 21 who will send her soaring to the top of the charts just isn't going to happen. |
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I don't disagree with you, but there are more than 25,000 Madonna fans in the UK. Why aren't they buying her album?
Wasn't MDNA the most illegally downloaded album of 2012 with over 2 million lost sales? and that didn't even leak. |
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In US chart news, HDD is predicting that it's a 3-way battle between Madonna, Empire soundtrack, and Luke Bryan. They are predicting she will sell around 115-125k (including streaming). Actual sales are around 100k-110k and as far as I know, this does include the tour bundle and pre-orders. This would make it her lowest selling studio album ever in the US.
Empire (Turn First/Columbia) 115-125k (90-100k sales) Madonna (Live Nation/Interscope) 115-125k (100-110k sales) Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 95-105k (85-95k sales) MDNA debuted with 359,000 copies it's first week (185k from the ticket bundle). |
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I don't disagree with you, but there are more than 25,000 Madonna fans in the UK. Why aren't they buying her album?
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In US chart news, HDD is predicting that it's a 3-way battle between Madonna, Empire soundtrack, and Luke Bryan. They are predicting she will sell around 115-125k (including streaming). Actual sales are around 100k-110k and as far as I know, this does include the tour bundle and pre-orders. This would make it her lowest selling studio album ever in the US.
Empire (Turn First/Columbia) 115-125k (90-100k sales) Madonna (Live Nation/Interscope) 115-125k (100-110k sales) Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 95-105k (85-95k sales) MDNA debuted with 359,000 copies it's first week (185k from the ticket bundle). Next time she records a record, she needs to keep bloody quiet about it. No instagram teasers. no reveals as to who she is working with, no nothing. Keep it a huge surprise. No pre-releases some three months before either. no confusion as to what version is best - just ONE for all with perhaps a deluxe version coming later. The people responsible for releasing her albums should ask Warner for some advice. They at least knew what they were doing. |
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Maybe that the fans are a little bit older, and getting the album on release day/week/month isn't seen as the priority it once was, they will probably pick it up eventually.
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Yes, that's a possibility. Another is the virtual non-existance of record stores and the outlets that are selling the albums such as Supermarkets, are not selling the version that people want. Perhaps releasing a 14 track standard is harming the albums success too?
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I think releasing 3 editions of the album was silly. The 19-track should have been the standard and the super deluxe should have been just the deluxe.
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In France it is reported she has sold only 17,000 copies of the album. I now think she should have released the album much sooner. The songs have likely been downloaded by many since early February and interest has been lost. Such a shame.
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I don't think The Brits performance did her any favours.
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Such a shame really, her best album in years, I hope this whole mess doesn't dishearten her.
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Such a shame really, her best album in years, I hope this whole mess doesn't dishearten her.
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