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Post by Q3 on Mar 4, 2011 1:54:24 GMT -5
Why did RCA/19/Adam decide to perform Acoustic Aftermath on Idol on March 10, 2011?
There are wins, win-wins but rare to see a win-win-win-win. Doesn't get much better than this.
1. Because Acoustic Aftermath is available as a single on iTunes and other digital music sites, so there is a single to sell
2. It will promote Acoustic Live EP.
3. And it will promote the new Glam Nation DVD+CD set which is on presale.
4. BONUS: Adam will release a dance-mix version of Aftermath as a charity single benefiting the Trevor Project. The performance will build awareness of this important fundraising effort.
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 5, 2011 12:04:21 GMT -5
And because I love your follow-up to WHY this appearance is getting so much press so much, Q3, I'm adding it here as well..... [grin] Hence the comment from RCAEd telling all of us how lucky we are to be following a workaholic??! ;D
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 19, 2011 5:20:11 GMT -5
[/b]: Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 17:46 Attn Ed: QUICK Certification Question re Glam NationDVD..Is it DVD or CD on Chart?I thought the Glam Nation Live CD/DVD was originally positioned as a DVD/CD -- and the DVD part was what was focused on, both here and with the media. Now in the past couple of weeks, it's been referred to more as a CD/DVD in reviews -- with Entertainment Weekly going as far as to call the DVD the bonus part; I thought it was the other way around. I ask this for RIAA certification purposes. I had visions of a Adam being able to hopefully achieve gold on the DVD/CD, since if registered as a DVD the threshold is 50K (as opposed to 500K for a CD). Separately, I realize there may be some marketing benefits to positioning it as foremost a CD and perhaps even for a live album Grammy nod. Just basically wanting to know which chart we can expect it to show up on. Thank you. RCA Ed: Friday, March 18, 2011 - 15:46 Re: Attn Ed: QUICK Certification Question re Glam NationDVD..Is it DVD or CD on Chart? Despite the common usage of CD/DVD in the press (force of habit), we registered the release as a DVD. So it will show up on the Soundscan/Billboard DVD charts, and will obviously debut a lot higher than a CD would have, then hopefully achieve RIAA certification much quicker as well. All sales through the AO store will also be reported in Soundscan, and contribute to the overall total reflected in the DVD charts.[/quote][/ul]
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 19, 2011 5:43:36 GMT -5
This was initially reposted in the Radio Request thread, but there's some promo info too (bolded). Hence the repost here: I have a partial answer on Aftermath Remix and radio. 1. Adam seemed to have jumped the gun when he said to request. 2. RCA Ed had his timing messed up -- it is going out to radio next week -- it will be a digital file emailed to stations. (I do not have official confirmation from RCA on this, this is what 3 radio PDs have told me they understand is happening.) 3. After the Trevor Project campaign is over -- April 10 to May 10th (no date yet), Aftermath Remix will be sent to digital retailers -- iTunes, Amazon MP3 and others. At this point the current plan is to have an add date and do a soft push for airplay (not a lot of promo money).4. Everything related to this appears to be in motion and could change at any moment. There appears to have been some miscues on this single's release because I do not believe RCA planned it. Since it took a non-traditional path, some of the normal processes were not followed, and that resulted in a lot of confusion. I am getting the impression that this is one Adam kind of mucked up a bit. However, it looks like it will work out fine in the end, and he will get an extra single out of FYE in the US. My question is that I wonder if Adam purposely tweeted that radio request tweet to demonstrate the song was popular and should go to radio. Just a thought -- but I have never seen him miss that much in the past. Plus the Tampa and Philly pull backs on playing the song were just odd. I think it should all be clearer next week. In the meantime, I would wait until stations have the song before requesting. In other words, ignore Adam's tweet.
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Post by wal on Mar 25, 2011 13:24:55 GMT -5
On the chart question -- based on what RCA Ed posted a few days ago, GNL will be tracked as a DVD not an album. That means it will be in Nielsen Videoscan not Soundscan like albums. (I have not confirmed this but he was so specific that it was a DVD not an album.)Billboard has video and DVD charts. Most of Billboard's DVD/Video charts use information provided by Nielsen VideoScan, which tracks sales from video outlets as Nielsen SoundScan does for music outlets. One DVD/Video chart, Top Music Video utilizes data collected by Nielsen SoundScan. There are different subscriptions for VideoScan and SoundScan data.I think unless RCA Ed or someone else at Sony releases the data, we may not know the numbers. I expect Ed to release the numbers. There is a chance that Brian at USA Today may get the numbers but it would be special because he only gets a limited amount of SoundScan data and this will apparently be tracked in VideoScan.There is a website that estimates DVD sales www.the-numbers.com/dvd/charts/weekly/thisweek.php but they do not use the Nielsen data. They do estimate big selling music movies, like MJ's This Is It, but that sold 2.7 million units. I do not expect to see GNL here.Finally, it will certainly be a long form video for RIAA certification. And over time has a real shot of being gold -- but that is 50K units and very few DVDs hit that level.
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Post by wal on Mar 26, 2011 14:12:24 GMT -5
On Saturday 26th March 2011, @beckpatrick said:
In preparation for @adamlambert's Glam Nation Live DVD/CD, here are certification thresholds for gold and platinum worldwide. Based on Adam's past successes there & DVD certification thresholds, I'd expect USA, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungry, Latvia, New Zealand, Slovakia and Switzerland to be best shots for gold/platinum.
UNITED STATES Gold: 50,000 Platinum: 100,000
AUSTRALIA Gold: 7,500 Platinum: 15,000
AUSTRIA Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 10,000
CANADA Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 10,000
CZECH REPUBLIC Gold: 1,500 Platinum: 3,000
DENMARK Gold: 7,500 Platinum: 15,000
FINLAND Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 10,000
FRANCE Gold: 7,500 Platinum: 15,000
GERMANY Gold: 25,000 Platinum: 50,000
HUNGARY Gold: 2,000 Platinum: 4,000
JAPAN Gold: 100,000 Platinum: 250,000
LATVIA Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 8,000
THE NETHERLANDS Gold: 30,000 Platinum: 60,000
NEW ZEALAND Gold: 2,500 Platinum: 5,000
NORWAY Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 10,000
POLAND Gold: 5,000 Platinum: 10,000
PORTUGAL Gold: 4,000 Platinum: 8,000
SLOVAKIA Gold: 500 Platinum: 1,000
SWEDEN Gold: 10,000 Platinum: 20,000
SWITZERLAND Gold: 3,000 Platinum: 6,000
UNITED KINGDOM Gold: 25,000
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Post by wal on Mar 27, 2011 11:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by HoppersSkippersMiners on Mar 31, 2011 15:46:07 GMT -5
Eh - this used to be the general promotional strategies thread, but it was really just about Aftermath, so we changed the title. We should make a probably make a thread for GNLive when we get the chance. You wanna start it?
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