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Post by mahailia on May 19, 2012 11:37:06 GMT -5
I you are looking for an Adam event -- you can also check page on or the click on the Calendar link in the header. Cassie does an amazing job of collecting all the events. Check it out. Each calendar entry goes to a post about the event. If she is missing something, post in the thread and we'll add it. Very cool! Q maybe you could add Cassie's link to the Daily News Headline page, I didn't even know about it! eta: OK, went back to page 1, could not find a link or anything to click for "Calendar", looked in mail site, and in Daily News section. Where is this? Link please?
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Post by cherry on May 19, 2012 11:38:39 GMT -5
WTF!!! Just now, like half hour ago and 5 days since release I found 1 (1!!!) on-line store to buy "Trespassing"! Only 1 in the whole Moscow. I don't have time to go to any big store (don't have any I trust nearby) right now, so I tried to find it in our biggest on-line store OZON, I usually buy here and can pick up my order on the way. I couldn't find it here at all. Not one copy! So, I dig around and found that one of our biggest food store chain have it!!! I ordered 5!!! Okay, now another futile struggle with our realities :-/ :-/ :-/ I wanted to buy dl - deluxe edition TP. I tried our iTunes. Could you imagine that our iTunes doesn't sell music AT ALL (or I'm totally cuckoo). Okay, I said to myself, I'll just make another account in the US iTunes. I'm too "clever", they sell dl only for American based accounts (or something like that). Okay, said I ones more, and went to Amazon. They have only regular edition >:( >:( >:( Oh..so sorry for you! :( Can I help you somehow? I can easily buy one deluxe version...and send.... ???
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Post by Q3 on May 19, 2012 11:39:37 GMT -5
Q3 are sales to those outside the US through AO counted as well? Maybe answered already but these are not counted as US sales for Billboard/Soundscan if billed to a non-US account BUT are counted as RIAA sales in the US if sold by a US retailer and shipped from the US -- and will help Trespassing go Platinum. The Sony Music Store is run by Play.com and some orders are shipped form the UK. Play is a US based company but in 2011 were purchased by Rakuten, Inc. And I do not know how they process the Japanese orders. All of that said, it appears that all of the AdamOffical.com product is being shipped from the US -- even to Canada. And that means that the wholesale sales (used for RIAA certification) are US sales.
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Post by QueeenAl on May 19, 2012 11:41:28 GMT -5
File this under "cassie is the last to figure it out" along with my finally realizing Adam is talking about Marijuana seeds. Adam sings "I throw more shade than a cloudy day". One of the gay publications reviewing Trespassing mentioned that "throw shade" meant something in the gay community. So I hopped over to Urban Dictionary to find this: throw shade = to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect. When throwing shade it's immediately obvious to on-lookers that the thrower, and not the throwee, is the bitcy, uncool one "How does Kimmy keep any friends? Last night at the party all she did was throw shade at people." I can't imagine Adam bragging about being bitchy and uncool, but maybe he's talking about the fierce attitude? The other day someone said Adam is writing Urban Dictionary. But sometime I think we are overthinking things and words are just words.
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Post by maria222pf on May 19, 2012 11:41:51 GMT -5
There is so much to Adam... the voice, the music, the performance, the fashion.. and even the boyfriend ... so much visual richness there ... wow we are so lucky ! Specially the music ... the music is like an aura of movement... MAGIC IN MOTION Just WOW
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Post by rabbitrabbit on May 19, 2012 11:42:49 GMT -5
WTF!!! Just now, like half hour ago and 5 days since release I found 1 (1!!!) on-line store to buy "Trespassing"! Only 1 in the whole Moscow. I don't have time to go to any big store (don't have any I trust nearby) right now, so I tried to find it in our biggest on-line store OZON, I usually buy here and can pick up my order on the way. I couldn't find it here at all. Not one copy! So, I dig around and found that one of our biggest food store chain have it!!! I ordered 5!!! Okay, now another futile struggle with our realities :-/ :-/ :-/ I wanted to buy dl - deluxe edition TP. I tried our iTunes. Could you imagine that our iTunes doesn't sell music AT ALL (or I'm totally cuckoo). Okay, I said to myself, I'll just make another account in the US iTunes. I'm too "clever", they sell dl only for American based accounts (or something like that). Okay, said I ones more, and went to Amazon. They have only regular edition >:( >:( >:( There is a way to set up a US itunes account if you are overseas. This might interest anjalee too. I'm not totally sure of the details, this is from memory, but I've seen people say they have done this is other Adam fan places. They purchase an itunes gift-card with paypal or something (this gets around the need for a US credit card), then pay for their downloads with this. When they are going to set up the account and get to a place where they need to enter a creditcard, they download one of itunes 'free' apps and this gets around it somehow and lets them create the account. It's kind of complicated, but if you think you'd like to have US itunes for other reasons, might be worth it.
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Post by mahailia on May 19, 2012 11:43:53 GMT -5
File this under "cassie is the last to figure it out" along with my finally realizing Adam is talking about Marijuana seeds. Adam sings "I throw more shade than a cloudy day". One of the gay publications reviewing Trespassing mentioned that "throw shade" meant something in the gay community. So I hopped over to Urban Dictionary to find this: throw shade = to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect. When throwing shade it's immediately obvious to on-lookers that the thrower, and not the throwee, is the bitcy, uncool one "How does Kimmy keep any friends? Last night at the party all she did was throw shade at people." I can't imagine Adam bragging about being bitchy and uncool, but maybe he's talking about the fierce attitude? Adam is writing about a "character" in that song, I doubt seriously if Adam is the type of man to trash people or spread rumors.
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Post by Coconutgrove0 on May 19, 2012 11:46:47 GMT -5
Why is it so important for Adam to have number 1 album in iTunes if only purchases done in the US count? Why so limited take of the album sales?
Isn't he an international star and all the album selling around the world is telling about his popularity?
I'm all for it that he gets a mention of having number 1 album, but the basis for this (only US sales and iTunes) is just beyond me.
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Post by rabbitrabbit on May 19, 2012 11:49:49 GMT -5
More questions on iTunes gifting: 1) how does iTunes know if an email account is international? If it is international, does it count for week one sales? (#1) 2) I have a friend in Ukraine, her email is a gmail account, how would iTunes know it is international? 3) Does the sale count as soon as completed, or when it is downloaded or email is opened or received by the gift recipient? I am strategizing on who/how/when I am going to do my gifts. If anyone here needs a gift, pm me with your email address. 1) correct me if I'm wrong, but if you buy from a US itunes account in order to gift, it doesn't matter who you gift it too, but they might need a US itunes account to be able to download. 3) the sale ONLY counts when the gift is downloaded. So if you send trespassing gifts to friends and acquaintances, you need to follow up and ask that they actually download it. It might be in their junk mail so they could miss it. 4) one easy way to gift from the US internationally is to buy a download from AO (doesn't help itunes charting, but is an immediate sale). When you get to the download page just copy the URL and send it in an email to your recipient. They will be able to download the album one time wherever they want, they don't need itunes. 5) if you want to protect all your identity when gifting through itunes. Send a gift to your fandom email address. Go to your fandom email, and then forward the email itunes sends you to the person you want to gift. You can edit the email to remove your real itunes email first. viola! ETA: One other thing, it might be easier to set up a US account with AO than itunes. This is what I would try, I don't know for sure if it would work: a) toggle your country to the US b) set up a new AO account using a different email address (if you already have an AO account) c) buy a DOWNLOAD, pay for it with paypal rather than a credit card.
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Post by QueeenAl on May 19, 2012 11:50:58 GMT -5
Why is it so important for Adam to have number 1 album in iTunes if only purchases done in the US count? Why so limited take of the album sales? Isn't he an international star and all the album selling around the world is telling about his popularity? I'm all for it that he gets a mention of having number 1 album, but the basis for this (only US sales and iTunes) is just beyond me. YES! someone eloquent please explain (put it into words, I know why, but having it reasoned it out helps.), because it IS important!!!
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