tkramer
War Child
The new album has moved up to #6 more than a month before its release on Amazon! This is amazing. So my question now is, do these sales count towards week one? How are they factored in?
Popmartijn said:Yes, these pre-orders count for the first week sales (granted that they're also shipped in that first week). Because only when they're being shipped are they scanned, thus adding to the total sales. SoundScan is tracking online shops like Amazon for a while now.
tkramer said:Still at #4...!!!!!!!! How is this album selling like this a month before street date?!
AussieU2fanman said:it might go Platinum before even hitting the stores!
womanfish said:
LOL. Wishful thinking. Would be very cool. But for all we know it could be selling anywhere from a hundred to a few thousand copies a day. There's no real way to know. Even if it sold 5000 copies a day, which is probably VERY unlikely, that would only be 150k in the next month. Nowhere near platinum. I'm guessing it could rack up around 50 thousand or so in presales and my guess is still 500 to 550k for first week sales.
tkramer said:
I'd be thrilled for 50K, but no one really knows. My thoughts for starting the thread in the first place was that this is a pretty good gauge of anticipation for the new release. I mean, how many unreleased albums are in the top 10? Only one.