Stevie #6 Billboard Debut

[Bryan]

IYD has officially bombed in Ireland, number 33. Hope that doesn't mess the chances of a show here in October.
It's number 7 in the UK midweek chart though so it'll likely stay there 'til Sunday's Official.Her highest result since 1994

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by Bryan

IYD has officially bombed in Ireland, number 33. Hope that doesn't mess the chances of a show here in October.
It's number 7 in the UK midweek chart though so it'll likely stay there 'til Sunday's Official.Her highest result since 1994

Highest result since 1989, actually

[BombaySapphire3]

Was Stevie ever big in Ireland as a solo act? It's kind of difficult to really consider it a bomb if she's never been a factor there to begin with.

[Bryan]

Yes.she has been.So yes,it bombed.
And I say highest since 1994 as in TISL tanked in England and her last ever success there was a top 20 place in 1994.She'll beat that now, but not her biggest ever..unless she can leap to number 2 by Sunday.unlikely.

[MacMan]

# 33 isn't bad... It's about right on par with all the other countries the album debuted in - outside of North America of course.... Way to go Stevie!

[BombaySapphire3]

Actually a UK number 7 would be an accomplishment..Bella Donna just missed the top ten there and TOSOTM was helped by the huge sales of Tango in the UK.

[kak125]

Stevie is at #167 on the billboard chart this week. I was hoping her appearance on the voice would help sales but I guess not.

http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/bi...order=position

The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac is at #189 this week too.

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by kak125

Stevie is at #167 on the billboard chart this week. I was hoping her appearance on the voice would help sales but I guess not.

http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/bi...order=position

The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac is at #189 this week too.

I actually thought she would have fallen off the chart by now, so I guess it did help.

Is this week #9 for her now?

[kak125]

yeah this is week #9 for her on the billboard chart.

[snicksfan85]

There's only around a 250 copy difference in sales from last week's. (I looked at SoundScan.) Her appearance on The Voice did help because it wasn't the normal 30+% drop it has been almost every week.

[mitzo]

So what are total sales to date, I wonder??

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Originally Posted by mitzo

So what are total sales to date, I wonder??

As of last week - 120,666 in the U.S.

[jrpjr]

Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

As of last week - 120,666 in the U.S.

WOW....thats sad

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by jrpjr

WOW....thats sad

Whats sad is the fact that one can do a simple search and d/l the record for free. Internet piracy has indeed practically gutted the recording industry which is still more prevalent than ever even after shutting down peer to peer sites like Limewire.

You must also put IYD sales numbers in perspective to other pop/rock female peers over 45yrs old. Sheryl Crow's 2010 record "100 Miles to Memphis" has sold only @150K copies to date. Sarah Mclachlan long awaited "Laws of Illusion" 2010 release has sold @280K to date. Melissa Etheridge & Heart's 2010 releases haven't even crossed the 100K threshold thus far, and Hole's 2010 comback album, which Love heavily promoted ( appearing on daytime shows like The View) last year has only moved @40K which was viewed as one of the biggest commercial flops of 2010. Music sales have not been spectacular to the rock genre in general, and even worse for the over 40 set. No one (female/rock/40+) that I can recall in the last 2 years have even gone gold.

Even new releases in 2011 from legends and female peers closer to Stevie's age demographic have paled in comparison to Stevie's IYD sales. Aretha Franklin & Dolly Partons new releases both only sold @10K in their respective 1st week, debuting outside The Top 40 album charts. And Emmylou Harris's "Hard Bargain" racked up only 17k in 1st week sales. Don't forget, Stevie sold 52K+ copies of IYD its 1st week!! Despite being sick, cancelling TV performances & concerts and being an old broad. And she moved a respectable 20k+ 2nd week and a steady amount since. So all considered Stevie and "In Your Dreams" are doing just fine. I never expected her to sell gold in this current climate, I was just hoping that she'd get over the 200K mark sooner than later, but by years end she'll probably slowly but surely get over that hump. Stevie's 70's & 80's female peers could not touch what Stevie has accomplished saleswise with "In Your Dreams" at this point. The only exception would be Madonna, and her last 2008 record only sold over 700K with a hit single courtesy of Justin Timberlake's help. So all considered these sales numbers are promising for a new FM record going at least gold. Lets just hope, all the stars align and Stevie, Lindsey, along with Mick, John and Dave Stewart all are feeling the majick to go back into the studio one more time (fingers and toes crossed )

[MacMan]

It's not even so much as piracy that's causing album sales to drop, although it's a big factor.. It's also the fact that pretty much everything can be heard on youtube.. You want to check out a tune you've heard about? Head on over to youtube... with the ability to put together setlists etc. why buy? There's also other ways that labels and artists are making their money llike licensing the music to subscription services like Spotify, which is huge in Europe... or likefm or free services like soundcloud... everything is available to listen to. So even though actual album sales are lower, the awareness of the music and I'm sure the numbers of people that are actually hearing the music (legally) are still probably pretty high... It's just a different time with many different options to hear the music.