8.19.12 Adam performs at Summer Sonic 2012 Osaka

Uh, as we are talking about singles, can I continue my train of thought about this topic I had the other day. Scroll if you want.


Let's look at each factor as related to BTIKM, NCOE, and the new single.

• X which is sales:
  - BTIM has the best score on this because at that time it was the only new music from Adam after almost 2 years waiting. we rushed out to buy it. Did it have 34K unit sales on the debut week? However, it didn't chart. To the radio, it was not good enough.
  - NCOE has lower score b/c it sold less, 29K on the debut week as far as I can remember.
  - Now I think the third single will have even lower score than NCOE. The reason is all the fans already have it. Eventhough many of us try to buy multiple copies again to help it, I think it's very hard to reach NCOE sales level UNLESS the new single can resonate with many new fans. I hope the label has some very good strategy here to expose it to a much larger audience. My wish is it can go viral like the Gotye song.
  
  
• Y: Hit predictor/score (I don't know what to call it)
  - BTIKM has higher score here because WWFM and IIHY were quite successful. IIHY might not be a hit, but close. So people can look at it as there's a possibility that BTIKM can be a hit.
  - However this score is lower for NCOE because BTIKM was not a hit
  - Now the third single will even have lower score because NCOE and BTIKM were not hits.
  
  
• Z: PD rating:
  
  • Song rating:
    - BTIKM may not have high score. This is my guess basing on complains from fans that this is not a strong song.
    - NCOE has higher score than BTIKM here. at least it was what some of the PDs picked it, that indicates they liked it. Some of the non fans also expressed that they liked the song.
    - The 3rd single: assuming that it is Trespassing, do you think it will have higher score than NCOE. What if it is Cuckoo? You tell me please.
    
  • In terms of "how likeable is the artist:: I've got a feeling that the PDs and DJs like Adam except those who have problem with his sexuality
    
  
  
• T: Request: this is something we can do, and we need to work harder. Sometimes we thought that only glamberts made radio requests. But some people reported the DJs told them other fan groups made a lot more requests than us.
  

In summary, the scores for the new single will look like

• Sales: Lowest score (compared to BTIKM and NCOE)
  
• Hit score: Lowest
  
• PD rating: ??? you tell me where this score maybe
  
• Request: the same
  

When you add these up, you can see the Spin score for the 3rd single could be the lowest among these 3 songs. <- Alarm

Request is where only fans can do. Sales is where both the labels and fans can do. The labels helps with the promotion and marketing plans to expose the song to a larger audience. I really hope the label do something special to promote this song. Any brilliant idea for fans to help with the sales?

Ha...I always take his family friendly explanation with a wink and a nod. The song is sexual - no doubt about it. Tell me how many radio listeners are going to say oh yeah that song is about stripping emotionally. None.
Hell, I know he said that and I still don't believe it.

BTW-
I sure didn't hear very many BTIKM lovers when RCA released it. Suddenly everyone loves it?

I hope Trespassing is the next single. 8-)

I have no idea what this is. How could Trespassing have the lowest sales when it hasn't been released yet? [img src="i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx348/Quu3/Adam%20Smilys/Other%20Smileys/dunno1.gif"][/IMG]

In summary, the scores for the new single will look like



Sales: Lowest score (compared to BTIKM and NCOE)

Hit score: Lowest

PD rating: ??? you tell me where this score maybe

Request: the same

If you are referring to this:



The song isn't going to become a hit due to the Glamberts. If it becmes a hit and a big seller it will be because radio put it in high rotation and new fans bought it. Just like WWFM. That came out with the album. And IIHY didn't sell 900K to Glamberts either. We all already had it. It was the spins in big markets, like Z100's that got it the jumpstart. All, Trespassing needs is a big station like Z to jump on board, or a ton of smaller stations (yes, that can work too.)
If we use your reasoning, there's no sense in releasing anymore new singles because his fans already have them. :-/

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You should have read the parts above it. I explained there already. It's because fans already have the song. BTIKM and NCOE was released before the CD was dropped. We didn't have them. So if there isn't any special plans from fans and the label, I bet the new single will have the lowest sales compared to BTIKM and NCOE.