womanfish
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I posted this on the TBT thread, but I think it would be more appropriate to open a new thread for the actual album:
Looking forward to the actual album itself. I would think on Dec. 1st that they should be able to score a number 1 or number 2 spot. Taylor Swifts album will have been out for 3 weeks and will probably have dropped off quite significantly.
Foo Fighters, which I would say probably garner about the same backing as U2 commercially at this point (aside from touring). Just went to number one with 127,000 units.
Hopefully on that October 25th date, the band gets the album up for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon, etc...
Taking the new streaming/views rules into consideration, I was thinking they most likely would get:
around 3,000 units from TBT lyric video views
around 1,500 units from the official video (depending on when that is released)
and around 5,000 or so from spotify streams
then some more from other streaming sources...
So maybe 10 to 12 thousand equivalent units to add to whatever actual album sales they get that first week.
Not sure what to expect from first week actual sales. But I would think somewhere in the 100,000 to 150k range.
Anyone have any more insight into that sort of thing??
Still think they should just do the ticket sales tie in thing like so many other artists do now. It got LCD soundsystem to number one this time around.
Would probably put U2 at the top for a few weeks.
I know this is a little early as we don't have all the facts. But as it stands, there are no albums of note being released the couple of weeks before U2, and U2 is the only one listed on December 1.
I think this gives them a good shot.
I looked back at other artist's number one numbers for 2017
Ed Sheeran - 451k
The Weeknd - 348k
Harry Styles - 230k
The Chainsmokers - 221k (used ticket for album promotion)
Katy Perry - 180k (used ticket for album promotion)
Lana Del Rey - 107k
Arcade Fire - 100k (used ticket for album promotion)
LCD Soundsystem - 85k (used ticket for album promotion)
My guess as of today,
U2 hits the number 1 spot with 140k in sales.
If they use the ticket for album promo - 170k (i really have no idea on this, could be much higher, no experience on these figures...)
They will be knocked off by week 2 by Fall Out Boy, but will stay in the top 5 or 6.
If they use the ticket promo, they will stay in the top 3.
That's all I've got for now. What do you guys think?
Looking forward to the actual album itself. I would think on Dec. 1st that they should be able to score a number 1 or number 2 spot. Taylor Swifts album will have been out for 3 weeks and will probably have dropped off quite significantly.
Foo Fighters, which I would say probably garner about the same backing as U2 commercially at this point (aside from touring). Just went to number one with 127,000 units.
Hopefully on that October 25th date, the band gets the album up for pre-order on iTunes, Amazon, etc...
Taking the new streaming/views rules into consideration, I was thinking they most likely would get:
around 3,000 units from TBT lyric video views
around 1,500 units from the official video (depending on when that is released)
and around 5,000 or so from spotify streams
then some more from other streaming sources...
So maybe 10 to 12 thousand equivalent units to add to whatever actual album sales they get that first week.
Not sure what to expect from first week actual sales. But I would think somewhere in the 100,000 to 150k range.
Anyone have any more insight into that sort of thing??
Still think they should just do the ticket sales tie in thing like so many other artists do now. It got LCD soundsystem to number one this time around.
Would probably put U2 at the top for a few weeks.
I know this is a little early as we don't have all the facts. But as it stands, there are no albums of note being released the couple of weeks before U2, and U2 is the only one listed on December 1.
I think this gives them a good shot.
I looked back at other artist's number one numbers for 2017
Ed Sheeran - 451k
The Weeknd - 348k
Harry Styles - 230k
The Chainsmokers - 221k (used ticket for album promotion)
Katy Perry - 180k (used ticket for album promotion)
Lana Del Rey - 107k
Arcade Fire - 100k (used ticket for album promotion)
LCD Soundsystem - 85k (used ticket for album promotion)
My guess as of today,
U2 hits the number 1 spot with 140k in sales.
If they use the ticket for album promo - 170k (i really have no idea on this, could be much higher, no experience on these figures...)
They will be knocked off by week 2 by Fall Out Boy, but will stay in the top 5 or 6.
If they use the ticket promo, they will stay in the top 3.
That's all I've got for now. What do you guys think?
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