Stevie #6 Billboard Debut - Page 3

HejiraNYC · #31 03-28-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by skuncles

My guess is first week sales would be in the 10,000-20,000 range. These days those are pretty decent for first week. The album will be at least top ten, but then quickly drop. The only people looking for this album are the die hard core fans. The general music buying/downloading public doesn't know about nor care that there is a new album on the horizon.

Oh please... Live in Chicago sold 19K during its first week with minimal promotion during the middle of a Fleetwood Mac tour, no less. I would venture to guess that first week sales will be in the 50K - 75K range and that she will chart in the Top 5. But this is only assuming that WB has done a halfway decent job of promoting this thing which, as of now, it seems like they are failing miserably so far. If they can turn this ship around quickly enough, the sky is the limit.

You know who would be a prime target audience? The ComicCon contingent. They would eat this stuff up!

Jondalar · #32 03-28-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Oh please... Live in Chicago sold 19K during its first week with minimal promotion during the middle of a Fleetwood Mac tour, no less. I would venture to guess that first week sales will be in the 50K - 75K range and that she will chart in the Top 5. But this is only assuming that WB has done a halfway decent job of promoting this thing which, as of now, it seems like they are failing miserably so far. If they can turn this ship around quickly enough, the sky is the limit.

You know who would be a prime target audience? The ComicCon contingent. They would eat this stuff up!

I agree that Stevie's album will do better than that. What is interesting though is that Stevie is not coming off a thing like The Dance and there is no big VH1 promotion so far. If this album is actually good and gets good word of mouth like Bella Donna and the Wild Heart and the music just catches on and somehow some of the songs find a home, it might stay around for awhile. That's what I'm hoping. It would be nice if Stevie's album would hit #1 just for the promotion factor. And if retailers see that it has hit #1, maybe they will order more. There is just so much agism and sexism in rock and roll though. She has a lot to fight against.

Christopher · #33 03-28-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Oh please... Live in Chicago sold 19K during its first week with minimal promotion during the middle of a Fleetwood Mac tour, no less. I would venture to guess that first week sales will be in the 50K - 75K range and that she will chart in the Top 5. But this is only assuming that WB has done a halfway decent job of promoting this thing which, as of now, it seems like they are failing miserably so far. If they can turn this ship around quickly enough, the sky is the limit.

You know who would be a prime target audience? The ComicCon contingent. They would eat this stuff up!

LMAO

but you may be onto something.

A few months back, before we heard SL and the sizzle reel, I was thinking upwards of 50K 1st week sales, but after hearing and seeing what we are in store for, I can see the possibility of a 1st week take upwards of 75K or more, depending on what the promotion starts to look like 2-3 weeks before 5/3.
Does anyone else find it interesting that SL is the current single, but is not even featured in the IYD trailer? I guess, maybe the thought is, we'll get the SL vid soon, or could be that WBR is planning on releasing another promotional track right before the IYD release date.

HejiraNYC · #34 03-28-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Christopher

LMAO

but you may be onto something.

A few months back, before we heard SL and the sizzle reel, I was thinking upwards of 50K 1st week sales, but after hearing and seeing what we are in store for, I can see the possibility of a 1st week take upwards of 75K or more, depending on what the promotion starts to look like 2-3 weeks before 5/3.
Does anyone else find it interesting that SL is the current single, but is not even featured in the IYD trailer? I guess, maybe the thought is, we'll get the SL vid soon, or could be that WBR is planning on releasing another promotional track right before the IYD release date.

Seriously, I think Stevie appearing at ComicCon would be tremendous. Maybe ten years ago it would have been unspeakably tacky, but it's such a huge phenomenon today, and this album fits in nicely with fans of Dungeons and Dragons, the Twilight series and Lord of the Rings. And from what I can tell, the videos for "Moonlight" and/or "Annabel Lee" appear to be rather steampunk. Very au courant, I would say. It would be awesomely surreal to see William Shatner, George Takei and Stevie together in the same room signing autographs.

GoldDustOrphan · #35 03-28-2011, 10:51 AM

I hope there's still a system in place to integrate Warner music into Warner TV productions and CW programming, because that exchange is not as fluid as it once was. There's a little show on The CW called "The Vampire Diaries" that employs lots of music. It's a ratings hit with a Stevie-friendly demographic. New episodes begin next week.

Every delivery system available should be used. And the Comic-con crowd is fertile for this, since the trailer is also selling them a visual lifestyle/fantasy world as well.

SapphireSister · #36 04-19-2011, 08:47 PM

What are your guesses on how many albums she'll sell in the first week according to SoundScan? iTunes downloads? Just curious what range you think she'll be in...

Whoever guesses the closest will receive a special gift from me! (Stevie related)

MacMan · #37 04-19-2011, 08:51 PM

How big of a range do you want?

I'll say between 75k and 95k

Artemis · #38 04-19-2011, 08:52 PM

65k. Top 3 debut.

APerfectLie · #39 04-19-2011, 10:12 PM

87K with a #2 debut.

J.Miller · #40 04-19-2011, 10:18 PM

48k- there are a lot distractions out there. Gas keeps on going up. I am looking at about 4 weeks after its release . Will it still be at 20k or more by then?

Allycattt · #41 04-19-2011, 10:33 PM

My guess will be somewhere around 87k-93k. Definetly top 5.

BombaySapphire3 · #42 04-19-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

. If this album is actually good and gets good word of mouth like Bella Donna and the Wild Heart and the music just catches on and somehow some of the songs find a home, it might stay around for awhile.

Bella Donna and The Wild Heart recieved massive airplay on FM radio which everybody listened to back then..there is no way to possibly compare their exposure with IYD..I'm hoping very much however that the music can compare.

Jondalar · #43 04-20-2011, 10:22 AM

I hope In Your Dreams does well, but if itunes or amazon is any indication, it is not going to do as well as I thought it would.

GavinBrown · #44 04-20-2011, 12:02 PM

I am going to guess 85k...number 3 spot in first week...she will absolutely chart in top 5!

Artemis · #45 04-20-2011, 12:03 PM

Out of interest, does anyone know how many copies the Soundstage Sessions sold in the first week? And what was promotion for that like?