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Post by geezlouise on Mar 4, 2015 19:59:40 GMT -5
Wonder how all these new Billboard rules will impact Adam's new music? Big Sean Opens at No. 1 By BEN SISARIO MARCH 4, 2015 3:46 PM The 26-year-old rapper Big Sean is a protégé of Kanye West, and gets plenty of paparazzi attention as the boyfriend of the pop starlet Ariana Grande. Now he has another claim to fame: a No. 1 album. Big Sean’s new album, “Dark Sky Paradise” (G.O.O.D./Def Jam), opened at the top of Billboard’s latest chart, with 139,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music. By album sales alone, “Dark Sky” barely beat the next-best seller, Kid Rock’s “First Kiss” (Warner Bros.), which opened at No. 2 with 137,000 copies sold. But recent changes to Billboard’s chart rules widened Big Sean’s lead.
First, “Dark Sky” was far more popular on streaming services like Spotify, with songs getting 17 million plays in the United States; “First Kiss,” on the other hand, had only 580,000 streams. Billboard’s rankings also reflect how many individual tracks have been downloaded from an album, and Big Sean had the advantage there, too, with 218,000 tracks, versus just 85,000 for Kid Rock. In Billboard’s new rules, 1,500 streams or 10 track downloads are each equivalent to the sale of one complete album. So by that formula, “Dark Sky Paradise” ended up with 173,000 “album equivalent units” and “First Kiss” had 146,000.
As a sign of just how many streams it takes to make a difference on the new chart, take a look at Drake’s latest album, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” (Cash Money/Republic). The album continues to be a huge success online, this week racking up 34.6 million streams. But that was not nearly enough to push the album toward a higher position on the chart. With 59,000 full album sales, “It You’re Reading This” fell two spots this week to No. 4, just behind the “Fifty Shades of Grey” soundtrack (Republic Records), which holds at No. 3 with 67,000 sales and 13.3 million streams. Also this week, Taylor Swift’s “1989” (Big Machine) falls one to No. 5 in its 18th week on the chart, and Imagine Dragons’s “Smoke & Mirrors” (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope), last week’s No. 1, fell eight spots to No. 9. Just for reference sake, here is Kelly Clarkson's sales estimate for her new album... she's had a lot of promo, but her first single is not exactly burning up the charts. YOUR NEW RELEASES: New Mom Kelly Clarkson Bows With Her Other New Release RCA's Kelly Clarkson, fresh off her history of duets with Jimmy Fallon (and a brace of national magazine covers), is set to have next week's biggest album chart and SPS (Sales Plus Streaming) bow. Here's a look at the week's key debuts. Kelly Clarkson (RCA) 75-80k sales, 85-90k SPS |
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Post by maitospf on Mar 4, 2015 20:19:11 GMT -5
Butterfly, you lucky girl  Ahh...butterfly! the expression on your face...happy tears...exactly how I would have felt. Lucky, lucky girl!!!  |
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Post by adamme on Mar 4, 2015 20:32:13 GMT -5
Who stole my Adam.. beard,tattoos ,body building.. What?? He is morphing into another man... STOP already... what's next piercings. I want my Adam back
No.. the changes in Adam is good thing. He's working out, getting in really good shape.. so maybe the next time he's on stage he will showing up his six packs.. LOL.
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Post by adamme on Mar 4, 2015 20:34:16 GMT -5
Who stole my Adam.. beard,tattoos ,body building.. What?? He is morphing into another man... STOP already... what's next piercings. I want my Adam back Adam isn't a possession, he's a person and he belongs to himself not his fans. I love this evolution and I wouldn't care if he pierced his face and forked his tongue if that's what he wanted to do because who he is as a person has nothing to do with how he changes his appearance.
And he's a 33yo man not a teen or a boy. 
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Post by adamme on Mar 4, 2015 20:45:58 GMT -5
I just read over at idolforums that tommy has quit his current group SO I'm thinking oh noooooo I so wanted new band. Bummer. Bummer. Anyone want to take a gander in hopes that Rufus might consider a tour w Adam or other than Quinn w dad. Does he have anything ongoing?? sigh. I hope I can express my negative thoughts. It's not about the Person but more so the artistry.
I don't even dream to have Rufus on drum, I just want all new faces in his band.
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Post by kryptoman68 on Mar 4, 2015 20:48:57 GMT -5
About that article, several things. 1) No way in hell is Adam going to give a secret date to some guy in Prague! 2) April 1st is a Wed., so "no!" 3) I suspect that Adam probably said "early April" which lost in translation, became April 1st! I checked the original, and it literally says "first day of April" (první dubnový den). So if something got lost in translation, it must have been in the English to Czech translation as you suggested... Probably "first dayS of April". We will see. |
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 4, 2015 20:51:51 GMT -5
TALCvids @talcvids 2m2 minutes ago Love! RT @sara_Bul: "She keeps Moët et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet... " #QUEEN + #adamlambert in Cracow, Poland… Instagram.com/p/z00bMoPaZ2/ |
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Post by adamrocks on Mar 4, 2015 20:56:19 GMT -5
Sleepwalker voted your favourite Adam Lambert single
Posted on March 3, 2015 By Pip Ellwood
Last week we asked EF readers what their favourite Adam Lambert song and Sleepwalker has emerged victorious.
With 21% of the vote, Sleepwalker won by quite a margin with Trespassing placing in second with 15%. Sleepwalker was taken from Adam’s 2009 debut album For Your Entertainment. Finishing in last place was No Boundaries, which was the winner’s single for the year that Adam placed second on American Idol.
Whataya Want From Me, Adam’s highest charting single on the Billboard 100, finished in fourth place on our countdown. We expected it to be much higher than that!
The full list, as per your votes, is:
1. Sleepwalker (21%)
2. Trespassing (15%)
3. For Your Entertainment (14%)
4. Whataya Want From Me (13%)
5. Aftermath / If I Had You (9%)
6. Better Than I Know Myself (7%)
7. Time For Miracles (6%)
8. Never Close Our Eyes (4%)
9. No Boundaries (3%)
Adam is expected to release his third album The Original High in 2015. The first single is expected to debut soon. Do you agree with the ranking of Adam’s singles? Leave your comments in the usual place.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 21:04:46 GMT -5
I've enjoyed QAL so very, very, very much but it is really exciting to hear Adam talk about the album. (Man, I hope he gets a big hit single from it.) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 21:06:47 GMT -5
About that article, several things. 1) No way in hell is Adam going to give a secret date to some guy in Prague! 2) April 1st is a Wed., so "no!" 3) I suspect that Adam probably said "early April" which lost in translation, became April 1st! I checked the original, and it literally says "first day of April" (první dubnový den). So if something got lost in translation, it must have been in the English to Czech translation as you suggested... Probably "first dayS of April". We will see. Agree, I bet he simply said it will be released "the first of April", meaning early April and not April 1st. |
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