Stevie #6 Billboard Debut

[tabruns]

45,000-50,000 is pretty excellent in this market but I was hoping it would match TISL's first week sales.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by tabruns

45,000-50,000 is pretty excellent in this market but I was hoping it would match TISL's first week sales.

yeah that was 109K but the music business is doing bad

Stevie's album is starting to move down the charts on iTunes, it's peak for the deluxe edition was #5 and now it's down to #10, The peak for the regular edition was #18, now it's down to #50. However, she does have two editions that both did well. JLo deluxe is at #6 still, but Stevie's reg version was thumping hers early on. I don't know. Stevie is going to be in big trouble beginning next week. Hope they got something planned. TISL went gold in one month and then fell sorta flat not long after, but I can't see retailers ordering more of In Your Dreams without something happening.

On the plus side, Stevie is still doing really well on Amazon at #2 and is one of the most gifted CDs on there.

[Jondalar]

hmmm Fleetwood Mac is trending again on yahoo. I feel a tour coming on.

[darklinensuit]

With all due respect to Jennifer Lopez, I cannot name one of her songs, & I'm pretty sure I've never even heard one from start to finish.

I can't say I'm that invested in how Stevie does the 1st week - I'm more hopeful that the album sustains interest than that it flashes & disappears like TISL.

- Jake

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

hmmm Fleetwood Mac is trending again on yahoo. I feel a tour coming on.

Can you imagine if they were releasing their post-Unleashed album now? It would have been huge.

The sustained ranking on iTunes of Rumours suggests an obvious Glee bump but then word-of-mouth/twitter.

Once again, I fear they lost their chance to bring a new generation into the fold. Hopefully some of those who are enthusiastic now will remain when the new album comes out in 6 years (using The Dance-to-Say You Will timeline)

[Jondalar]

I don't know but its only Friday and already Stevie's reg version is down to #74 on iTunes and her deluxe is #10 now. Can't help but wonder if this album might end up selling less than 250k. She is going to perform on the American Idole Finale, but it doesn't seem like the Glee thing helped her at all, although it was a major boost to Rumours and Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits. Seems like her new album and maybe, Glee helped Crystal Visions too, which will definitely go gold.

[kak125]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I don't know but its only Friday and already Stevie's reg version is down to #74 on iTunes and her deluxe is #10 now. Can't help but wonder if this album might end up selling less than 250k. She is going to perform on the American Idole Finale, but it doesn't seem like the Glee thing helped her at all, although it was a major boost to Rumours and Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits. Seems like her new album and maybe, Glee helped Crystal Visions too, which will definitely go gold.

yeah i think what could be hurting her right now is being sick and not being able to really promote the cd. its too bad that reprise couldnt have run an ad during Glee for IYD. i dont think that many people know she has a new cd out.

[mikephxaz]

Will the sales be calculated through Billboard alone?? Do they release the numbers next week for this week sales? Is it a tally of Amazon and I-tunes and other retailers or do they release their own numbers?? And my last question is does I-tunes sell the majority of the music now a days??? Sorry for all the questions!!

[skuncles]

I believe the chart will include total sales period. We will know by next Wednesday where the album will debut. Early estimates are saying top ten possibly top five.

[tabruns]

The last estimate I saw posted on here was #6, I believe.

[StandbackStevie]

Definetly top 5 I want to say She would be coming in at #1 I have a good feeling on that but if not she will definetly be in the 1-5 range she is number one in Barnes and Noble and Amazon she is #2.

[Macfanforever]

I like to know how is the hard copy sale are going.She has to weed through the trash to get to the top.I hope she got a big shovel to do so.

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

Definetly top 5 I want to say She would be coming in at #1 I have a good feeling on that but if not she will definetly be in the 1-5 range she is number one in Barnes and Noble and Amazon she is #2.

She's been consistently at the top or near the top for B&N and Amazon which has to bode well. On iTunes her deluxe version hit #6 I think and the regular version hit #18 or something (those sales will add together).

We don't have any idea about floor sales at stores yet.

The question is how much of the market are B&N, Amazon, iTunes, etc. Let's remove floor sales for the sake of argument: If B&N, Amazon and iTunes were all roughly 1/3 of the market in sales then I would say Nicks would have a really good shot at hitting in the top 3. But if iTunes is 50% of the market and B&N/Amazon the other 50%, then her debut would be more like #5 or so.

[mikephxaz]

Originally Posted by StandbackStevie

Definetly top 5 I want to say She would be coming in at #1 I have a good feeling on that but if not she will definetly be in the 1-5 range she is number one in Barnes and Noble and Amazon she is #2.

I'm crossing my fingers for #2 or #3 anything under five would be a disappointment ...If she started feeling better and made a dozen more television appearances she could keep sales strong for a month

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

I'm crossing my fingers for #2 or #3 anything under five would be a disappointment ...If she started feeling better and made a dozen more television appearances she could keep sales strong for a month

Anything top 10 would be amazing. Keep in mind that she hasn't had an album out in 10 years and she's 63 in a field where youth is king.