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Results:Adele - 25 first week sales (UK)
<150k
6 (7.89%)
150k - 250k
1 (1.32%)
250k - 350k
6 (7.89%)
350k - 450k
5 (6.58%)
450k - 550k
11 (14.47%)
>550k
47 (61.84%)
Voters: 76. You can't vote on this poll right now - are you signed in?
Adele: 25 - Opening Week Predictions (UK)
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hazydayz
21-11-2015
What do you think sounds better? My CD player and turntable or a 10MB mp3/m4a file playing on your tiny tiny little speakers that probably cost about 10p to make in China?


And since everyone loves Adele. What do you think Adele would want? Do you think she would want her fans listening to her music on these devices or on great sound systems where the music can really be heard and appreciated? That goes for any artist who records their music in studios with millions of pounds worth of equipment. Do you think they spend money on hiring the best session musicians and best instruments and engineers just for their fan base to listen to it on a compressed digital file? Of course they don't. Even a £50 budget CD player or record player will sound better than any laptop or phone you could have. What's the point then. She might aswell record the album in one day in a cheap studio because if people are listening on laptops and phones they wont hear the bass properly or appreciate the drums, they wont appreciate any effort she puts into her vocals because they wont be hearing it properly so why bother? £500 a day studio would do, then bung the mp3s on her website for a tenner and have done with it.


If people wanna pay $12 for something a search engine result will give them then that is their choice. If I was Adele I'd be laughing all the way to the bank, saves money making CDs and vinyl records when you can just charge them money to download a digital file.


And I know there's a big campaign in record stores in the UK and USA and for those of you that went and bought the album on CD or vinyl, good for you. Good for you for leaving the house and getting out in the world and actually paying for a real copy of the album, hold it in your hands, put it on your shelf, show people in your family.
konebyvax
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by my name is joe:
“even at the 3rd time of you saying this, i'm not convinced anyone has the faintest idea of what you're getting at”


I'm glad it's not just me who hasn't the foggiest idea what Hazy's trying to say. But at least he didn't mention Eminem so that's a positive
iseloid
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by mystery23:
“Just in the US ”

My word. It's great to see her having big success there. It's nice to see that with British artists.

Originally Posted by konebyvax:
“Yes, she's hitting 3m+ in the US alone. Looks like my 4.5m WW prediction will turn out to be too conservative . And they say no-one buys albums anymore....”

People still don't haha. It's quite sad. There have been some great albums this and last year that people have no idea are out there.

But tbh, she's the kind of artist who would always have sold albums - as in the genre. A middle of the road approach always will sell.

She'll smash the YTD sales here and in the US before the end of next week without a shadow of a doubt, and will likely be in the top 5 albums of this century in terms of sales.
hazydayz
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by konebyvax:
“I'm glad it's not just me who hasn't the foggiest idea what Hazy's trying to say. But at least he didn't mention Eminem so that's a positive ”

Eminem who in one album outsold all of Adele's combined lol


When Adele can sell 170+ million albums like Eminem, then we can talk about it. Until then, King Mathers is on his thrown.
shadesofblack
21-11-2015
Eminem is like 50. Give her time.
konebyvax
21-11-2015
.............................................
Hollie_Louise
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“Eminem who in one album outsold all of Adele's combined lol


When Adele can sell 170+ million albums like Eminem, then we can talk about it. Until then, King Mathers is on his thrown.”

When Adele has released 9 albums, then we can talk about it.

And that first part is simply untrue. Eminem's best-selling album sold 32 million. 21 has sold 30m, 19 has sold 7m. Just on first day sales in the UK and USA alone she's sold over a million copies of 25. So that's 38 million.

So just for clarification, none of Eminem's albums have outsold all three of Adele's albums combined.
shadesofblack
21-11-2015
Lol.
Michael Jackson had sold like 400 million albums by the time he was Eminems age. Madonna probably has him bet as well. So maybe he sits on the throne of white rappers?
Apollo Creed
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by konebyvax:
“But Be Here Now was (stupidly?) released late in the week so only had 3 days IIRC? Adele has a full week; I genuinely think she will sail past it but time will tell....”

I haven't seen anything concrete about how many copies Oasis sold in 7 days for 'Be Here Now'. I've read a few figures saying 813,000 in 7 days but nothing official. All we are hearing is this 696,000 figure in 3 days. It would be interesting to know who sells more. Obviously Adele has it harder in this day and age but I'd like to know whether '25' will in fact be the fastest selling album ever in British history.
shadesofblack
21-11-2015
Hey! How many of those sales of his are digital! You didn't count them right?!
FMKK
21-11-2015
Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“Eminem who in one album outsold all of Adele's combined lol


When Adele can sell 170+ million albums like Eminem, then we can talk about it. Until then, King Mathers is on his thrown.”

King Mathers? Pretty certain MJ has sold more than him...
GeorginaPL
22-11-2015
Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“The difference with N SYNC is that people actually went out and bought the album physically. They didn't pay money for free invisible digital files they can't hold or touch.”

Usually one buys music to listen to it, not to hold it or to touch it.


Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“How can you honestly tell someone you own this album if you don't have it on CD or vinyl? What you gonna do? Show them a screenshot on your phone or ipad? That's not owning an album. Owning an album is holding something in your hands that you can touch and feel and play and put on a shelf. Not an invisible computer file that is free.”

Again, music is not something touchable. As for me, I'm of the old school and if I really like a piece of music then I want to have a CD and I to be able to listen to it on my (old) simple Sony stereo. But I spend much more time listening to mp3 files than to physical CD's. I get a CD, rip the files, copy them to my mp3 player, and have them with me wherever I go. There is absolute no chance I would carry my stereo around to be able to listen to music while on bus, walking or biking. So for the practical purpose of listening, mp3 files are simply more handy as one can easily carry them around at all times everywhere.

But I kind of get where you are coming from, I think. For me, if I want to read a book, I need a physical book. I would still not consider getting a piece of electronic equipment and reading books this way. But for some people it works. And at least for me the digital untouchable media works much better in case in relation to music than to books. Plus, can't read a digital book while moving around, but with mp3 files it works beautifully.

To sum up, if we accept that music is for listening, not for putting on shelf, then we have to admit that digital files on small devices work in more situations than bigger physical media.
shadesofblack
22-11-2015
Hazydayz- show her some love man. She stayed off of streaming. She is helping out every record store with that decision.
I bought the vinyl and the cd. My dad will play the vinyl on his linn record player. See? Can't we all be friends?
GeorginaPL
23-11-2015
^^ lol! this is such a sweet text
Dynopia
23-11-2015
Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“What do you think sounds better? My CD player and turntable or a 10MB mp3/m4a file playing on your tiny tiny little speakers that probably cost about 10p to make in China?


And since everyone loves Adele. What do you think Adele would want? Do you think she would want her fans listening to her music on these devices or on great sound systems where the music can really be heard and appreciated? That goes for any artist who records their music in studios with millions of pounds worth of equipment. Do you think they spend money on hiring the best session musicians and best instruments and engineers just for their fan base to listen to it on a compressed digital file? Of course they don't. Even a £50 budget CD player or record player will sound better than any laptop or phone you could have. What's the point then. She might aswell record the album in one day in a cheap studio because if people are listening on laptops and phones they wont hear the bass properly or appreciate the drums, they wont appreciate any effort she puts into her vocals because they wont be hearing it properly so why bother? £500 a day studio would do, then bung the mp3s on her website for a tenner and have done with it.


If people wanna pay $12 for something a search engine result will give them then that is their choice. If I was Adele I'd be laughing all the way to the bank, saves money making CDs and vinyl records when you can just charge them money to download a digital file.


And I know there's a big campaign in record stores in the UK and USA and for those of you that went and bought the album on CD or vinyl, good for you. Good for you for leaving the house and getting out in the world and actually paying for a real copy of the album, hold it in your hands, put it on your shelf, show people in your family.”

Honestly the dumbest f******* post I've ever seen on DS. If people want digital, what business is that of yours? Somehow people who buy digital are recluses that don't leave the house?! Have you actually heard yourself.

I honestly don't think Adele gives a crap either.
konebyvax
23-11-2015
After 3 days (courtesy of Buzzjack). Gonna be a close race for that #1 spot this week

1 Adele - 25 (537.6k)
2 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (34.5k)
3 Justin Bieber - Purpose (30.5k)
4 Enya - Dark Sky Island (23.6k)
5 One Direction - Made In The A.M. (16.9k)

She's surpassed Take That's Progress in 3 days. But not Oasis' 3 day total (although she may do so by the end of the week). She may even surpass Oasis' 7 day total (not official as it spanned 2 tracking weeks) of 764,000 (it really tailed off didn't it?)
FMKK
23-11-2015
I think once the hype began to subside and word got out that the Oasis album was a bit of a disaster, then sales maybe tailed off? That's my guess anyway.
my name is joe
23-11-2015
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“I think once the hype began to subside and word got out that the Oasis album was a bit of a disaster, then sales maybe tailed off? That's my guess anyway.”

probably.

for 25 It's gonna be touch and go with Be Here now
Hitstastic
23-11-2015
I'd love to see Adele break that all time fastest selling UK album. It will have taken 18 years to see a new album take that title away from Oasis.

If Adele does break that sales record, 25 will hold the title for a long time I reckon. The only future album that could potentially break the sales record set by 25, would be Adele's fourth studio album 30 released in 2020. lol
IsThisHappiness
23-11-2015
It's amazing that someone is capable of selling this much in 2015! So happy for her!
shackfan
23-11-2015
Originally Posted by hazydayz:
“The difference with N SYNC is that people actually went out and bought the album physically. They didn't pay money for free invisible digital files they can't hold or touch.


How can you honestly tell someone you own this album if you don't have it on CD or vinyl? What you gonna do? Show them a screenshot on your phone or ipad? That's not owning an album. Owning an album is holding something in your hands that you can touch and feel and play and put on a shelf. Not an invisible computer file that is free.”

If they are paying for it, they are still forking out money.
Chickens hit
23-11-2015
This is good....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Q5gcScKa8
my name is joe
23-11-2015
i don't suppose anyone knows what Be here now sold in week 2, or even how much it eventually sold?

the problem with massive first week sales is it leaves you little chance of longevity, and i'm not sure i'd fancy a second single doing much from 25 either..not in Uk at least
shadesofblack
23-11-2015
Here in the states, 25 has sold 2.3 million copies in 3 days and will break NSYNCs record by end of day. 3 million is right there!

As for longevity, it's gonna be about one-offs like the Grammys and music videos.
Apollo Creed
23-11-2015
Originally Posted by my name is joe:
“i don't suppose anyone knows what Be here now sold in week 2, or even how much it eventually sold?

the problem with massive first week sales is it leaves you little chance of longevity, and i'm not sure i'd fancy a second single doing much from 25 either..not in Uk at least”

it had sold 1.5m by the end of the year. I don't imagine huge numbers were sold after that to be honest
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